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The projects, which will include building new stores and expanding, remodelling or relocating existing stores, represent an investment of more than half a billion dollars in Canadian communities, according to Walmart, which noted the supercentres are expected to generate more than 9,200 store and construction jobs. Walmart Canada’s supercentre format, which was first launched in Ontario in 2006 and is available in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan, provides a full range of groceries and general merchandise under one roof. As of Jan. 31, Walmart Canada operates 325 stores across the country, 124 of which are supercentres. By the end of January 2012, Walmart is expected to have 333 stores in Canada, including 164 supercentres and 169 discount stores.
Angie Prescott is used to helicopters flying over her Black Creek home, but she was not prepared for the one which flew near her property Thursday morning. Prescott said around 9 a.m., a dark green helicopter flew overtop the roof of her home, circled closely over her property, and then dropped down close to a field behind her home. She said her family is used to seeing military, RCMP and Coast Guard helicopters fly by, but never has one flown so close. She added during the approximate hour-and-a-half session, the helicopter blade wash and vibration shook her home so much that not only did she have to raise her voice to talk with family members, but bolts holding a wardrobe to the wall ripped out of the wall from the vibration, and caused damage to the wall. “It looked like a training session in an army helicopter; they flew directly over the house and then they dropped down,” she noted. “The side door was open, and I could see soldiers or people in some sort of uniform sitting on the edge.” Prescott called the RCMP who directed her to contact 19 Wing Comox, who said they can’t confirm if it was a military helicopter. “It’s a total residential area and seems like a bad place to practice drills, especially for our neighbours who have horses,” she added. Lieut. Trevor Reid, 19 Wing Comox public affairs officer, confirmed the helicopter was under the RCMP jurisdiction. Cpl. Darren Lagan, communications officer for the RCMP Island District, said the helicopter “is most likely military” but could not comment further.
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CLOSE SHAVE TRYING her hair out for size as a mustache, Tammy Fassaert from the St. Joseph’s General Hospital laboratory was one of 13 people who raised money for the annual hospital cancer fundraiser. The group — which included volunteers from a variety of hospital departments and members of the public — raised $11,400. The hospital is currently collecting a list of volunteers for next years’ headshave; for more information, contact Lynn Dashkewytch at 250-890-3046. PHOTO BY ERIN HALUSCHAK
Walmart eyed as supercentre Lindsay Chung Record Staff
Courtenay’s Walmart is being eyed as a supercentre. The City of Courtenay has received an application to expand the Walmart at the Anfield Shopping Centre to include a large grocery section and extend and enclose the garden centre. The application has not gone before council but is expected to in early September. The existing Walmart is 106,585 square feet, and the total area would be 135,295 square feet after the expansion, according to the documents at City Hall. A 28,710-square-foot grocery section is being proposed to extend into the land that Walmart leases beside Staples currently being used for parking, while plans also include extending and enclosing the garden centre, creating a sec-
ond entrance at the front of the store and constructing one new loading bay. Courtenay planning technician Erin Ferguson says the Walmart expansion has been a possibility since the development began 10 years ago. “It was always in the works from the initial development permit that was approved,” she said. “When they designed the whole complex, they always considered that Walmart might expand in the future.” In its application, Walmart has included a contribution toward street trees, noted Ferguson. Walmart Canada announced in late January that it planned to open 40 supercentres and expand the supercentre format into two new provinces — Manitoba and Quebec — in the company’s next fiscal year, which runs from Feb. 1, 2011, to Jan. 31, 2012.
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Sailing cuts planned on major routes Scott Stanfield Record Staff
“To be honest I’m not surprised to see them getting into this situation,” said Tony Law, who represents Hornby-Denman on the Ferry Advisory Committee Chairs. “We’ve always said that fares have a big influence on traffic. We predicted that traffic would go down, and BC Ferries was still optimistic it would go up...I think the decline is due more to fare increases than BC Ferries has been willing to give credit to.”
UB man facing charges Record Staff Kenneth Karl Slezak, a 46-year-old Union Bay man who is charged with a variety of offences following an assault last week, will make his next appearance in Courtenay court Sept. 1 by video. Slezak made a brief appearance Thursday morning in provincial court by video and his lawyer asked for a oneweek adjournment. On Aug. 16, Comox Valley RCMP responded to a call of two men fighting roadside on Highway 19A in Union Bay. It was later discovered that a 72-yearold man had stopped to offer assistance to a younger man who was parked by the side of the road with his hazard lights activated, confirmed Const. Nicole Hall. The older man was then attacked and threatened before having his vehicle stolen by the younger man, who then fled the scene. The stolen vehicle was located abandoned roadside in the Nanaimo area Shortly afterwards, the Nanaimo RCMP located a hitchhiking man, who proceeded to assault RCMP members before being successfully placed in custody. The man was held in custody before appearing in Nanaimo court. Slezak is charged
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BC Ferries is planning to cut up to 400 sailings in order to deal with a $35-million deficit forecast for this year. The main cuts proposed are extra Friday and Sunday sailings on major routes during the off-season, the corporation’s CEO David Hahn announced Wednesday. No cuts are planned for smaller routes such as those to the Gulf Islands.
Hahn said passenger trips have dropped to a 20-year low and vehicle traffic has dropped to an 11-year low. He blames the drop on rising fuel costs, a slow economy and a strong Canadian dollar that’s keeping away tourists. Others, however, blame the drop on escalating ferry rates. In the past 20 years fares on major routes for a car and driver have increased from $29 to $75. Shorter routes have experienced even bigger increases.
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Exhibition covers all the bases Whether you come for the pancake breakfast, the quilt show, dahlias, chicken p**p bingo, toe-tapping music or the heart-thumping Midway rides, the Comox Valley Exhibition has something for everybody this weekend. In its 137th year, it is one of the longest-running agricultural fairs in British Columbia. The fair has grown from a small local celebration of Comox Valley agriculture to a regional leader in agricultural events. The theme of the 2011 exhibition at the Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds in Courtenay off Headquarters Road is Cowboy Trails ‘n 4-H Tales, celebrates Comox Valley farmers and local agriculture youth. Admission is free Friday and Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m. and is priced at other times depending on age, with a maximum daily cost $10 per person. Aug. 26 — noon to 7 p.m. – Kia mainstage entertainment features the Luzna Orchestra. The midway, beer garden
THE MUSIC NEVER ENDS The 2011 Comox Valley Exhibition has lined up some strong entertainment: • MC Helen Austin • Ed Peekeekoot • Cowboy Church with Alan Moberg • Richard Cassie • Alan Moberg • Luke Blu Guthrie • Black Swan Fiddlers • Laurie Tinkler School of Dance • Ocean Waves Square Dance • Island Hula Hoopla • Kumugwe Dancers • Tickles and Yowza • Magic of Donald Dunphy • Sue Medley and
and food is open until 10 p.m. Pancake breakfasts happen at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. Aug. 27 — 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. — the Kia mainstage entertainment is highlighted by Time Well Wasted. The midway, beer garden and food stays open until 10 p.m. Aug. 28 — the fair runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The chili contest starts at 2. A partial list of features
Barry Donaldson • Jazztet • Clare Brett/Clare de Lune • Keisja Cox • Kevin Ayres • Gord Krueger • Paul Rogers • Perry Johnson • Emily Spiller • Rob Petrie • Anela Kahiamoe • Erik (Big E) Eriksson • Voices Three and Bruce Wing • Luzna on Friday night on the Mainstage • Time Well Wasted on Saturday night on the Mainstage.
includes sheepdog demos, goat milking, chainsaw carving the Boomtown Gang in their colourful historical clothes and Wild West shooting. Other events include: • Interfor & Shar-Kare Chinook Forest Products Logging Show; • Let’s Go Track ‘n Trail Kids Fun Run; • Comox Valley Dodge Strongman Competition; • Wagz World of Dogs; • Culinary demonstra-
tion booth making cheese, yogurt, soap, bread, jam, etc. • Thrifty Foods Home and Garden Show; • Black Creek Farm and Feed Supply Poultry Show; • Kiwanis Extreme Zucchini Race; • South Country Feed and Supply Hoof ‘n Woof; • Shar-Kare Petting Pen; • Comox District Co-op Farmer For A Day • ProForm Hay Analysis Competition; • First Insurance Island Photo Booth; • West Coast Amusements; • Quilt Show; • Scavenger Hunt; • Island Farms Daisy and Farmer Vicki; • Miniature Horse Demonstrations; • Chicken Poop Bingo; • Slegg Meadow Stage Entertainment; • Kidzone; • Bouncerama; • DoCo Train; • Woofy’s 4-H Shows; • Cattle Sorting. For more, visit, www. cvex.ca.
After having spent the al pension for BC Ferries summer meeting with party CEO David Hahn. faithfuls and residents of “Progressive busithe Comox Valley and shar- nesses, the kind of busiing ideas, Kassandra Dycke nesses we want in our is throwing her hat in the community, invest where ring in the race to be nomi- there is a skilled workforce. nated as the provincial can- Our young people need more didate for the Comox Valley than a high school diploma NDP. to have real opportunities “The Comox Valley is an these days. They need loanamazing place to be able free access to post-secondto call home,” ary and trades says Dycke, education. “and what “And most makes it so importantly, amazing is the we need them! people. When These young folks are our it comes right future in the down to it, as Valley and the a community time to invest we are strongis now.” ly united by Concern our basic valthat residents ues and our on the Comox vision for a KASSANDRA DYCKE Valley have better way forward for our kids and been feeling disempowered and disconnected from the grandkids.” Dycke vows to work hard democratic process is one to ensure value for the tax- thing compelling Dycke to step forward. payer’s dollar. “People are tired of being “I believe that people don’t mind paying taxes ignored. They want respect. when in return they get They want an equal chance the services and invest- to participate.” The Comox Valley NDP ments in their community that they need. Everyone will choose their candidate benefits from access to good to represent them in the public healthcare and ser- next provincial election vices for seniors, affordable Sept. 18 at the Filberg Cengreen energy, increased job tre. To contact Dycke, e-mail security and employment opportunities, accessible kassandradycke@shaw.ca. ••• public transit networks, and Dycke, who unsuccesshigh-quality education,” says Dycke, “The problem fully sought the nomination is, right now, despite paying for the 2009 provincial elecmore and more tax, people tion in the Comox Valley, don’t feel they have any where the seat was won by of these benefits, and they Liberal Don McRae, joins see their tax money being Kathryn Askew in seeking wasted on things like an the NDP nomination this outrageous $315,000 annu- time.
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Denman has brand new dock after years of work After five years of fundraising and getting permits, the Denman Island Community Dock officially opened last Saturday afternoon. The Denman Island community has been without any form of small boat docking facility (either private or public) since the removal of the deteriorating 100-year-old government dock almost two decades ago. Denman Island may have been one of the few inhabited islands in the world without a dock for small boats, the Denman Island Residents Association (DIRA) dock committee said in a news release. DIRA held its ribboncutting ceremony last Saturday afternoon for the official opening of the new facility. It will provide not only emergency access in the event of any interruption of the BC Ferry Service, but also provide the community with economic opportunities that previously were not available to this island community. The DIRA Dock Committee headed by chair John Johnston has been working for five years to get the nec-
Islands Trust local Trustee David Graham and DIRA chair Frank Frketich. The Deep Bay Auxiliary Coast Guard Crew arrived aboard their rescue vessel and the Denman Island ambulance crew also attended. The BC Ferry Quinitsa saluted the ceremo-
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Cathy Snyder is going bald in a couple of weeks. But unlike her friends who are undergoing cancer treatment and her mother who lost her battle against the disease, Snyder is losing her hair by choice. It’s a choice she made eight years ago too, and it’s one that she hopes will raise a lot of money for pediatric cancer research and for programs for children with cancer. Snyder, an advertising sales representative at the Comox Valley Record, is shaving her head Sept. 10 during the eighth annual Dance de Rock in Courtenay. Dance de Rock is a weekend-long dance event, which raises money for the Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock — a major fundraiser for pediatric cancer research and programs for children with a history of cancer — and other cancerrelated charities such as the Masons Cancer Bus Fund and the Comox Valley Hope Afloat Dragon Boat Team. Somebody shaves their head to raise money for Tour de Rock every year. “It’s been on my mind for a long time,” said Snyder. Snyder shaved her head to raise money
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going through cancer as well and seems to have come out victorious, and I hope that’s true as well.” Snyder says that “it just seemed time to do it again” this year. “I felt really strongly about supporting them,” she said. “Tour de Rock, the money all goes to kids, and that’s something I can’t imagine going through with one of your kids. It helps raise awareness too.” Snyder says she is finding this head shave particularly emotional. “It’s been an interesting journey for me,” she said. “It’s been a much more emotional time for me, maybe because I lost my mom or because my one
friend is younger than me and my other friend is a year older. It’s just really hit close to home for me.” “The good thing for me is going bald is a choice for me, and I’m raising funds and I know that slowly my hair will grow back in,” she added. “For me, it’s a good sacrifice to make. I’ll have my mom in my heart, and I’ll have a lot of people around.” Snyder is collecting donations for Tour de Rock right now. “I’ve had some really wonderful support from people, and people are really open to supporting Tour de Rock,” she said. Snyder has pledge sheets with her at the
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REMEMBERING JACK LEIGH Ball signs a book of remembrance/condolences for Jack Layton’s family at Zocalo Café after the NDP leader passed away Monday in his Toronto home after battling cancer. Café owner and former NDP MP Catherine Bell says the book will be at the Zocalo for a while, and they will get it to Layton’s family. People will gather Saturday at 10:390 a.m. at the Filberg Centre to pay their respects. PHOTO BY LINDSAY CHUNG
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SAR Techs evacuate injured patroller A CH-149 Cormorant helicopter from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron was called to evacuate an injured patroller of the Ditidaht First Nation on the West Coast Trail Wednesday afternoon. At approximately 2 p.m., Parks Canada requested assistance to evacuate an injured trail patroller who had fallen in a remote portion of the West Coast Trail, north of the Nitinat Narrows. In response, Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre Victoria sent a helicopter from 19 Wing Comox. This was 442 Squadron’s second evacuation from the popular B.C. trail in three days. “The patient was only a few metres into the forest, so we landed on the beach and our Search and Rescue Technicians (SAR Techs) walked into the area to meet up with the Parks Canada personnel,” said Capt. Jean Leroux, Aircraft
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This is why we have RCMP On Aug. 16 at around 7:51 p.m., a complaint of mischief was received from a resident in the 2000 block of 13th Sreet, Courtenay. The resident reports that two young males slashed the tires on a green Ford Ranger pickup truck parked at that location. • On Aug. 16, a report was received by the Comox Valley RCMP of bags of marijuana being located at an unused mini storage facility. The marijuana weighed more than 30 pounds. The investigation into this find is continuing. • A theft from a sawmill was reported Aug. 18. The theft occurred in the 3800 block of Macaulay Road in Black Creek. Stolen in the theft were a Husqvarna chainsaw, a motor from an industrial bandsaw and an undisclosed number and type of tools. The investigation into this theft will be continuing. • On Aug. 18, a call for assistance was received from the Chances Casino in Courtenay. The casino required assistance in investigating a male that they had detained as he was trying to get two counterfeit $100 bills changed. In the past week the Comox Valley have been experiencing a rash of counterfeit $100 bills. Charges have been laid against the male. • A theft of a motor vehicle from the front of the Waverley Pub in Cumberland results in charges against one male. On Aug. 19, a Jeep was stolen, from in front of the Waverley Pub, and witnessed by the owner. The vehicle was pursued and stopped by the owner. The thief was confronted and bit the female owner. The RCMP police dog was called and along with the police helicopter. The accused was located shortly after and arrested for theft and assault and lodged in police cells. • While working a police road check on
POLICE BEAT Aug. 20 on Tsolum River Road near the site of the Norwood Barn Dance, a male was found driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. The male attempted to run away but was caught a short distance from his truck. The male was subsequently given an immediate roadside prohibition for 90 days, as his attempt to flee constituted a refusal of a breath screening device. Once this male is able to get his licence and vehicle back his fines will be in excess of $4,200. • On Aug. 20, the Comox Valley RCMP received a telephone call from a female reporting that there had been damage done to the Robb Road Elementary School in the 1900 block of Robb Avenue in Comox. Two broken windows, a burned shirt, items ground into the siding, feces smeared on the children’s slide and a padlock that was cut off of a crawl space. • On Aug. 20, a report of a vehicle having its windshield smashed was received by the Comox Valley RCMP. The damage was done while the car was parked on the 300 block of Anderton Road
in Comox. • A report of a stabbing was received on Aug. 20, from an occupant of an apartment at 175 Centennial Drive in Courtenay. The investigation reveals that after an argument a female had stabbed her boyfriend with a knife. The female accused was arrested on scene and attended court. The female has been charged with aggravated assault with a weapon. • After receiving a complaint of a motor vehicle stuck on the shoulder of Knight Road in Comox an investigation was started and the female registered owner was located at home. Through further investigation it was found that the female had been consuming alcohol prior to the accident and was given an immediate driving prohibition and vehicle impoundment. • The Comox Valley RCMP attended to a report of suspicious activity at Corsa Welding, at 3230 Cliffe Ave. in Courtenay Aug. 21. It was reported that a man, who had two dogs on a leash, was doing something in the engine compartment of a forklift. The police attend-
ed and found several pieces of copper wire piled on the ground beside the forklift. A man matching the description was located a short distance away and arrested for mischief and possession of house-breaking tools. The man was released on court documents for a future court date. • On Aug. 22, at 8:47 p.m., a 1990 Plymouth Voyager van, B.C. licence 754SCD, was stolen from the trailer park located on the 2600 block of Mansfield Drive, Courtenay. The Comox Valley RCMP responded to a report of an extortion Aug. 22 at the Maple Pool campground at 4685 Headquarters Rd., in Courtenay. A female reported to police that she was forced to sign over her vehicle for an owed debt. The suspect female and male were located and arrested and charged with extortion. Both appeared before a justice of the peace and were released with a future court appearance. ••• Weekly statistics for the week of Aug. 16 to 23. Roadside prohibitions ............6 Assaults ......................7 Liquor offences.........22 Disturbances ............29 Break and enters .......3 Total number of complaints attended for the time period .................454. — Comox Valley RCMP
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Jane Slingsby says she brags about St. Joseph’s General Hospital all across B.C. Slingsby, clinical educator with the Eye Bank of British Columbia in Vancouver, is impressed by the number of people who participate in the eye donation program at St. Joseph’s. The program, which is run through the Eye Bank, uses eye donations from anybody between the ages of two and 75. Slingsby says St. Joseph’s is somewhat unique in how it runs the program, and the local hospital is one of the top in B.C. in this area. “They stand out as the best team for the size of the community,” said Slingsby. “Proportionately, this would be the best. It’s amazing, and it’s amazing that it’s changed hands. I came here in 2006, and the running of the program has changed hands three times. It ebbs and flows, but they’ve been able to keep the interest, and it’s amazing.” As of about 10 or 12 years ago, a mandatory reporting law came into effect in B.C., which means all hospitals must report all deaths of people aged 75 and younger, explained Slingsby. When Slingsby started working at the Eye Bank six years ago, she began monitoring that reporting and comparing deaths and donations every six months to see which hospitals and which units within each hospital were reporting. “I brag about Comox all over the province,” she said. “They were able to carry this through without that mandatory reporting law. When you consider the size of the hospital and the few who die in that age range and the challenges of weather and transportation, this hospital would have the highest number of donors per number of deaths 75 and younger.” Seventeen people donated their eyes at St. Joseph’s between January to June, according to Slingsby. “(That) is huge, the highest we’ve been since 2008,” she said. “It’s huge, the contribution of this community.” Rosie Chrest, a licensed practical
nurse, has been working in the eye donation program for 15 years. Chrest is one of five enucleators at St. Joseph’s — along with Denise Bagnet, Leah Zboyorsky, Christine Koppa and Joanne Trithardt — who retrieve the eyes. They work with chaplains Brian Ducedre and Steve Hill, who is the hospital’s director of pastoral care, mission and medical ethics. “We have a fantastic team of nurses who do
the harvesting,” said Hill. “They come out at all hours of the night because of the opportunity to do some good. It’s probably near and dear to their hearts.” Donated eyes can be used for two types of transplants: corneal and scleral. Each eye donor can potentially help eight to 10 people, and that number is even higher when you consider people whose tissue can’t be used for transplants but can be used for education and research,
according to Slingsby. Hill and Chrest praise St. Joseph’s administration and the hospital’s board of directors for supporting the eye donation program through the years. Chrest says eye donation can bring families some comfort at a difficult time. “Quite often when a person is deceased, the family feels real joy to be giving back,” she said. “It’s kind of a positive in their loss.” writer@comoxvalleyrecord.com
JANE SLINGSBY (CENTRE), clinical educator with the Eye Bank of British Columbia, was at St. Joseph’s General Hospital recently to talk about the eye donation program. Here, she is joined by Steve Hill, the hospital’s director of pastoral care, and Rosie Chrest, a licensed practical nurse. PHOTO BY LINDSAY CHUNG
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Abandoning barbecue, volunteers save the day After one of the busiest summer search and rescue seasons on record for the team, Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue team members and family were just sitting down to relax Wednesday at their annual barbecue. Suddenly, they were contacted by Victoria’s Emergency Coordination Centre and advised of a lone hiker, from Victoria, and her dog who were lost in Strathcona Park after a solo hike to Mount Albert Edward. Team members abandoned the barbecue and with light failing fast, departed for
the mountain. One of two teams was met by helicopter at the base of Mount Washington and conducted a rapid air search but with only 15 minutes of flight time until dark were unable to locate the subject and were inserted at the ranger cabin near Hairtrigger Lake and assigned to search three likely locations. A second team began the long hike in the dark towards Mount Albert Edward starting from Raven Lodge with multiple assignments on the way. Utilizing past search history, SAR
managers predicted a likely route of the missing woman and dispatched a third team to drive to a location near Diver’s Lake and to sound the vehicle siren. The missing woman contacted search managers to let them know that she had indeed heard the siren and the team was sent off to navigate towards her location. Two hours of difficult hiking brought CVGSAR members face to face with the woman who was assessed and then hiked back out to the waiting vehicle. She and her dog were transported back to
Injured hiker evacuated A CH-149 Cormorant helicopter from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron was dispatched to evacuate an injured hiker on the West Coast Trail near Nitinat Lake on Monday afternoon. The Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Victoria received a call from Parks Canada around 12:50 p.m. Monday, requesting Canadian Forces assistance to evacuate a hiker suffering from a lower leg injury. Upon arriving in the area, the Cormorant crew dropped off a Search and Rescue Technician (SAR Tech) on the beach, who then proceeded on foot to locate the injured man who had been stabi-
lized by park staff from the Huu-AY-Aht First Nation. “They provided great first aid, and they should really be commended for their work,” said MCpl Christian Morrissette, SAR Tech. “We realized however, that the only way to get him out of the forest was by hoisting him out.” “We needed everyone’s help to spot and position for the hoist,” said Capt. Jean Leroux, aircraft commander. “We had 35-knot winds and all we could see through the low clouds were a few treetops.” Once the hiker was on on board, the Cormorant flew him to Tofino, where he was trans-
ferred into the care of the British Columbia Ambulance Service. Despite being in pain, the injured man was in good spirits. — 442 Squadron
Raven Lodge, where she was assessed by BC Ambulance staff and transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital for further assessment and treatment. CVGSAR members on all teams, particularly the helicopter inserted team displayed amazing night navigation skills in difficult terrain and were back at Raven Lodge by 3 a.m., says Paul Berry of CVGSAR to pack up equipment in readiness for the next operation. It must be remembered that all members of CVGSAR volunteer their time, expertise and in many cases their own equipment, at their own expense to conduct this important work. All of the 22 members involved in Wednesday evening’s operation were required to be at their places of work Thursday morning. For those venturing into the back country be aware that trails
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Together, we will find a cure. Calling all kayaking enthusiasts: Mark your calendars for the 2nd annual
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HAMSTERS HELP FOOD BANK A fun time was had at the Petland Hamster Races Saturday morning. The annual event raises money for the Comox Valley Food Bank. This year the event raised $250 and a shopping cart full of food donations. PHOTO BY ERIN HALUSCHAK
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Courtenay youth to visit other parts of the world A young lady from Courtenay is one of two youths from Vancouver Island recently selected to participate in one of Canada World Youth’s international educational programs. Canada World Youth (CWY) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization. Since its creation 40 years ago, 34,000 young people between the ages of 17 and 24 have had the opportunity to live and work as volunteers in communities in Canada and overseas. Youth from all regions of Canada and more than 67 countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean and Eastern Europe have participated in CWY programs in more than 600 Canadian communities. Marika De Haitre’s exchange will run for six months. Together with other Canadian and Nicaraguan youth, she will spend the first three months in Nicaragua living with a host family and working with Funarte in community-based projects. During the remaining three months, De Haitre will be in Sas-
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Living in pain? Help available Comox Valley Nursing Centre offers series of sessions The Comox Valley Nursing Centre’s chronic pain educational series for fall is all lined up. Sept. 19 — Orientation to sessions; Sept. 26 — Nature of Chronic Pain; Oct. 3 — Emotional well-being; Oct. 17 — Exercise; Oct. 24 — Healthy Eating; Oct. 31 — Medication Management. Sessions take place on Mondays from 2 to 4 p.m. at 615 10th St. in Courtenay in the Gla-
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A SECOND ANNUAL Kayak For A Cure event Sept. 17 will keep alive the work of Blaine Brown by raising money for cancer research.
Kayakers collecting pledges for big day on Sept. 17 The second annual Kayak For A Cure Comox Valley is set for Sept. 17. Paddlers will have spent months fundraising and will enjoy a day of paddling, prizes, barbecue and camaraderie as reward for all their hard work. Blaine Brown brought Kayak For A Cure to the Comox Valley after his cancer diagnosis in February of 2010 at the young age of 39. The goal was to give something back to the community by raising money for cancer research for all the great care he received. He also wanted to raise awareness of the importance of early detection in young people and create a successful
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“We run this class a week or two before the event, and it really is a lot of fun to get out and meet other paddlers who will be on the water on the 17th,â€? they say. After a great day on the water, there is a big barbecue and some prizes. Kayaks and all safety gear are provided by Comox Valley Kayaks. Our other sponsors include Odlum Brown, Alberni Outpost, WestJet, Central Mountain Air, Pacific Coastal Airlines, Vancouver Island Air, Heriot Bay inn, Scotty Marine Products, Atlas CafĂŠ, Union Street Grill, The Blackfin Pub, Iday Spa, Cherry Point Vineyards, Storey Creek Golf
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Friday, August 26, 2011 • COMOX VALLEY RECORD
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Donations allow upgrade of transition society office Several groups in community make it all possible The Comox Valley Transition Society (CVTS) is ready to undertake some much-needed improvements to its downtown office space, thanks to the generous support of several community partners. On Thursday, Comox District Co-op presented CVTS with a $750 gift, the most recent contribution toward the project. “It’s significant,” says Heather Ney, executive director of CVTS. “Those kind of
donations are huge for this ratty old kitchen Soroptomist Internaus. They all add up and that we serve 50 or so tional of Courtenay, the enable us to serve our lunches out of every Comox Valley Newcomclients better and lon- week, so we’re going to ers Club and, of course, ger.” Comox District The renovation Co-op. It’s significant. Those project will con“Our direcsist of upgrades kind of donations are huge tors have a lot to the society’s of history here main meeting for us. They all add up and in the Valley space and adja- enable us to serve our clients and they’ve been cent kitchen, better and longer. involved with a which is used for lot of local orgaHeather Ney nizations,” says a weekly women’s drop-in, as Richard Kerton, fix that up and final- manager of Comox well as other events. “The drop-in is ly expand our group District Co-op. “They’re intended for women space.” very supportive of iniThough the project tiatives that are imporwho are homeless or at risk of becoming home- is being funded largely tant to people of the less, who are living through revenues from Comox Valley and that in deep poverty with the society’s thrift store have a local impact. all their money going and proceeds from the “The Transition toward rent and noth- Thrifty Foods Smile Society definitely fits ing left over for food Card Fundraising Pro- the Co-op’s values of or other necessities,” gram, donations have community, educaexplains Ney. “We have also been made by tion and co-operation,”
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Boating tips taught Cape Lazo Power and Sail Squadron’s fall boating class will start Sept. 6 at Mark R. Isfeld Secondary School. Registration starts at 6:30 p.m., and weekly classes run from Sept. 6 to Dec. 13 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Successful completion of an accredited examination at the end of the course will provide you with a boating course certificate, a pleasure craft operator
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Father, son escaped from claws, fangs of cougar was estimated at about $625,000. Twenty five years ago this week in the Comox Valley Record: Accident rates on the Island Highway were no worse than similar highways in B.C., according to the Highways Department. Between January
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When is it time to lower the boom? Q. A very annoying problem we hear on the local roads are the numerous boom boxes playing at all hours of day or night. I think our noise bylaw should be enforced, as we have enough noise pollution as it is without these ridiculous noise boxes waking us from our sleep. Can you enlighten me on the subject, please? A. I’m not sure that you will be surprised to find that the Motor Vehicle Act and Regulations don’t deal with noise of this type from vehicles. It only prohibits noise from the engine, exhaust system or the braking system, or from the contact of the tires with the roadway. Police have to fall back on either a municipal bylaw or the Criminal Code when the issue gets out of hand. No person shall make or cause any noise or sound on a highway or elsewhere within the corporate limits of the City which disturbs or tends to disturb the quiet, peace, rest, enjoyment, comfort or convenience of the neighbourhood or of
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Every Friday we feature Valley history taken from our back issues. Five years ago this week in the Comox Valley Record: Paul Krismer did not “begrudge” a young cougar that attacked his four-year-old son Paul Daniel. In fact, the Comox Valley father said the unprovoked attack at Schopen lake Provincial Park north of Campbell River was simply an isolated incident. Conservation officers said the year-old cougar was in search of food when the boy was playing on the beach a few metres from where Krismer was fishing. “In my view he saved his own life. He hunched over and tucked his head in and that likely saved him,” said Krismer, who jumped on the cat and kicked it before it retreated into the bush. Paul suffered a puncture wound at the back of his head and cuts to his head and back. Ten years ago this week in the Comox Valley Record: Bar owners and managers lifted their
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Friday, August 26, 2011 • COMOX VALLEY RECORD
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Successful seed-saving can be tricky I had a conversation recently about saving seeds. The person mentioned some problems with seeds not coming true … specifically, tomato seeds. (For those new to the gardening lingo “coming true” means plants grown from seed are exactly the species named on the seed packet.) Chances of tomatoes not coming true from the seeds you saved are high unless you know that the tomato variety is an open-pollinated one. Tomatoes are the most popular vegetable grown which is why they are a favourite with breeders who are constantly trying to develop an even better one. And therein lies the problem. Many of the varieties of tomato seeds on the market nowadays are hybrids. They are the offspring of two different parent plants in the same species. So if you saved seed from a hybrid, the resulting plants will not likely be the same as what you grew the year before. The new seedlings will be throwbacks to one or other of the parents in the original breeding. For successful seed saving, you must stick to the open-pollinated
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“F1” in the seed cata- rot to set in, beginning your vegetables. It is logues.) at the blossom end… especially important ••• the starting point for in a greenhouse situDrat! Some of our developing fruits. ation since the plants tomatoes in the greenThe only accurate are not exposed to rainhouse have developed way to determine if you fall. Uneven watering blossom end rot. have enough calcium results in nutrient defiWe should have in your soil is by hav- ciencies for any develreplaced our old irriga- ing a sample analyzed oping fruit at a very tion system that John by a lab. However, if critical time. had vigorously severed you amended your vegOne further problem in a couple of places etable bed with either could be soil acidity, or with the pH. If the soil shovel but is too acidic (low we opted to pH) the calcium Chances of tomatoes not leave it for coming true from the seeds you and other nutrithat notorients are “locked” ous “next saved are high unless you know in the soil and that the tomato variety is an year”. become unavailB l o s s o m open-pollinated one. able to the end rot is plants. usually assoA pH of ciated with tomatoes ground calcitic lime- between 6.5 and 7.0 is but other fruits such as stone which contains ideal for most plants, squash and cucumbers calcium (Ca) or Dolo- allowing them to access mitic lime which con- the necessary nutrients can get it too. The cause in all tains both calcium and for growth. cases is a lack of cal- magnesium (Mg), then Knowing full well cium in the developing the soil is not at issue the perils to the tomafruit so either there is in this instance. to plants of irregular For plants to absorb watering, it serves us not enough calcium in the soil or the plant is calcium…or any other right. We should have nutrients for that mat- taken the extra time not able to absorb it. Calcium is very nec- ter…from the soil, they and dealt with the irriessary for the develop- must have adequate gation in the greenment of a strong cell water. It is the only way house. Never pays to structure. A deficiency nutrients can travel up cut corners. of this mineral will into their vascular sysLeslie Cox co-owns result in weakened cel- tem. Growing Concern CotThe right amount of tage Garden in Black lular walls that will begin to collapse as the water delivered on a Creek. Her column fruit grows. This opens regular basis is impor- appears every second up the possibility for tant for the growth of Friday.
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Friday, Aug. 26 C.V. NEWCOMERS’ Women’s Walking Group (for those living in Comox Valley less than 2 years) meets for Kye Bay walk; meet at Home Depot (recycling area), 8:50 a.m. Carpool. FMI: Kari 250339-5851, Bev 250-871-2027, Maureen 250-871-3337, www.cvnewcomers.blogspot.com. ST. JOSEPH’S Hospital Auxiliary Half Price Sale on everything in store (excluding showcase items), Cottage Thrift Store, behind hospital off Rodello St., Comox, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. EVERGREEN Seniors Friday Night Dance with music by Crosstown Express, Rotary Hall, Florence Filberg Centre, 8 p.m. FMI: 250-338-1000.
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C.V. FARMERS’ Market with entertainment by Celtic Cargo Cult, C.V. Exhibition Grounds, Headquarters Road, Courtenay, 9 a.m.noon. FMI: Mkt. Mgr. Vickey 250-218-0321, www.comoxvalleyfarmersmarket.com. CUMBERLAND United Church offers Meditation, First & Penrith, Cumberland, 9–9:45 a.m. Shared leadership & variety of meditation styles. By donation. FMI: Julianne 250-400-7084. C.V. DAHLIA Society hosts open garden tour at Karen & Bill’s, 1787 Ryan Rd, 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Free. ST. JOSEPH’S Hospital Auxiliary Half Price Sale on everything in store (excluding showcase items), Cottage Thrift Store, behind hospital off Rodello St., Comox, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. OUR LADY Thrift Store Society Sidewalk Sale, 2703 Kilpatrick Ave., Courtenay, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FMI: Nick 250338-4845. KITTY CAT PAL Society Adopt-a-Pal kittens & cats available for adoption at Driftwood Mall, 10:30 a.m.– 2:30 p.m. FMI: 250-218-7223, www.kittycatpals.com.
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Monday, Aug. 29 C.V. OSTOMY Association meeting, C.V. meeting C V Community Health Centre, Cedar Room, 961 England Ave., Courtenay, 7 p.m. Ostomates & spouse/support person welcome. FMI: Betty 250-8714778, Ken 250-339-3791.
Tuesday, Aug. 30 C.V. WOOD Carvers meet every Tuesday to carve & learn about carving, Royston Community Hall, 9:30 a.m.–3 p.m. No experience necessary. FMI: Al 250-331-0156, Jim 250-339-5350. COMOX Seniors Centre offers Nia classes by Ann Marie Lische every Tuesday, d’Esterre House, 1801 Beaufort Ave., 3–4:15 p.m. $10 drop-in/guests, $7 drop-in/ members. FMI: Arabella 250941-8885.
Wednesday, Aug. 31 C.V. FARMERS’ Market with entertainment by Birgit Kuit, Comox Bay Farm, Comox Road, Courtenay, 9 a.m.–noon. FMI: Mkt. Mgr. Vickey 250-218-0321, www. comoxvalleyfarmersmarket. com. ST. JOSEPH’S Hospital Auxiliary’s Dollar Days on all clothing, Cottage Thrift Store (behind hospital off Rodello St.), Comox, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE IRIEN screenings & lens assessments, Holiday Inn Express, Courtenay, 7–9 p.m. Info meeting on Irlen Syndrome, a light-based visual perceptual difference. FMI: Karen Roe, certified Irlen screener, irlen@shaw.ca, 250339-9989; Bonnie Williams, Irlen diagnostician BC, irlenbc@shaw.ca, 250-808-6192.
Thursday, Sept. 1 ST. JOSEPH’S Hospital Auxiliary’s Dollar Days on all clothing, Cottage Thrift Store (behind hospital off Rodello St.), Comox, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. FREE IRIEN screenings & lens assessments for relief of Irlen symptoms, Holiday Inn Express, Courtenay, 1–4 p.m. FMI: Karen Roe, certified Irlen screener, irlen@ shaw.ca, 250-339-9989; Bonnie Williams, Irlen diagnostician BC, irlenbc@shaw.ca, 250-808-6192. OCEAN Waves Square Dance Club Annual Corn Roast weekend begins with dancing w/panel of callers/cuers, Fanny Bay, 7:30–10 p.m. FMI: Cathy or Guy 250-338-7942.
Friday, Sept. 2 ST. JOSEPH’S Hospital Auxiliary’s Dollar Days on all clothing, Cottage Thrift Store (behind hospital off Rodello St.), Comox, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. OCEAN Waves Square Dance Club Annual Corn Roast weekend dancing with callers/cuers Fran Archambault & Lorna Corbet, Florence Filberg Centre, 7:30–10 p.m. FMI: 250-338-7942.
Saturday, Sept. 3 C.V. FARMERS’ Market with entertainment by Ashlea Jonesmith, C.V. Exhibition Grounds, Headquarters Road, Courtenay, 9 a.m.noon. FMI: Mkt. Mgr. Vickey 250-218-0321, www.comoxvalleyfarmersmarket.com. C.V. DAHLIA Society hosts open garden tour at Warwick Dahlias, 1672 Constitution Rd., Black Creek, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Free. FMI: 250337-8985. ST. JOSEPH’S Hospital Auxiliary’s Dollar Days on all clothing, Cottage Thrift Store (behind hospital off Rodello St.), Comox, 10 a.m.–1 p.m. OCEAN Waves Square Dance Club Annual Corn Roast potluck dinner & dance, Florence Filberg Centre, dinner 5 p.m., dancing with caller Gord Ruedig & cuer Diana Ring, 7:30–10 p.m. FMI: 250338-7942.
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Students get ready for salons Lindsay Chung Record Staff
Rhonda Del Rio wanted her hair and esthetics academy to look less like a school and more like a salon. She set about doing just that when she opened her academy in Courtenay, designing the salon at Del Rio Academy of Hair and Esthetics Ltd. on Cliffe Avenue to create a relaxing environment for her students and for clients. Rhonda is the owner/operator of Del Rio Academy of Hair and Esthetics Ltd., which has campuses in Courtenay and Port Alberni. In Courtenay, Rhonda is an instructor, administrator and stylist, while Corrie Henning teaches esthetics and nail technician, and Michelyne Lagotte comes from Nanaimo to teach hairdressing. “I wanted it to be more like a salon atmosphere because if you put students in a school atmosphere, they act like students,” said Rhonda. “If you put them in a professional atmosphere, they act professional.
I’m so proud of them.” Del Rio Academy of Hair and Esthetics offers courses in hairdressing, esthetics and nail technician, along with a professional hair studio and day spa. In the Courtenay salon/spa at 4-2720 Cliffe Ave., there is room for 11 hair stylists, as well as four nail stations, four pedicure stations and two spa rooms. “It’s nice to be able to pamper people who wouldn’t be able to afford services otherwise,” said Rhonda. Del Rio is a Paul Mitchell concept salon and offers a range of hair services, including colour, perms, cuts, sets and conditioning treatments. Salon services include nail enhancements, manicures, pedicures, facials, waxing, makeup, microdermabraision, ear piercing, massage and hot stone massage. Laser treatments will soon be offered. The spa uses La Biosthetique and Dr. Belter skin products. “No expense is spared,” said Rhonda. “We use top of the line products because that’s
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what (the students) will be using.” Del Rio’s hairdressing course is 1,500 hours, while the esthetics course is 1,000 hours, and the nail technician course is 400 hours. Del Rio Academy also offers refresher courses and an apprenticeship support program for hairdressing. Enrolments for hairdressing and esthetics start in September, January and May, while nail techni-
cian enrolments start in November, September, January and March. The Courtenay campus celebrated its first graduate, Millie Miller, this spring. Before she even finished all her hours at the academy, Miller received a job at The Head Shed in Courtenay. For more information about Del Rio Academy, visit www. delrioacademy.com or call 250-871-8300. writer@comoxvalleyrecord.com
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The Comox Valley Home Based Business Association (CVHBBA) is hosting its monthly meeting Sept. 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the Best Western on Cliffe Avenue. In addition to the usual networking opportunities, each meeting also features speakers on educational topics related to small business. According to Sean Murphy, RMT, owner of Valley Healing Massage and program director for the HBBA, “This month’s theme is Community Involvement In Business—a topic which will be addressed through brief, but dynamic presentations by three members of the community. Jakob Christoph, representing the Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce, will speak about the opportunities and resources provided to businesses through the chamber; he will also address how small businesses can con-
nect with the larger business community through the Chamber. Pieter Vorster, owner of Continual Palingenesis - Social Media Solutions, is a communicator/educator/ activist who will speak on the concept of “open money,” illustrating with the Comox Valley Community Way model –a functional complement to the current economic model for doing business, which is also approved by CRA. Brad Bayly of the United Way Central & Northern Vancouver Island will speak about how the United
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Pointing fingers at the sky Although many factors determine our weather, we shouldn’t be surprised to learn a study of the Tsolum River has found the amount of rain is the No. 1 factor in whether flooding will occur. After the Courtenay River jumped its banks a few times during the past couple of years and the Tsolum flooded Maple Pool Campsite, fingers were pointed. BC Hydro was releasing too much water from its power-generating dam high on the Puntledge River just below Comox Lake, some alleged. Clearcut logging, primarily by TimberWest and its predecessors, increased rain runoff above the Comox Valley and led to flooding, argued others. The Puntledge flow is unquestionably part of the picture, Graham Hill of Northwest Hydraulic Consultants reported last week to the Comox Valley Regional District. Its watershed is more than twice as large as the Tsolum’s, he said. He added, though, that statistics indicated Hydro was doing a good job of releasing extra water down the Puntledge to relieve pressure on the dam caused by swollen Comox Lake. Hydro times its extra releases to avoid high tides and ocean storm surges, which cause the lower Courtenay River to back up, increasing the risk of flooding. Hill said statistics and aerial photos comparing the amount of clearcut land above the Valley to a greater amount in the 1960s do not support the accusations that clearcutting is a major factor in flooding. Many rivers on the east side of Vancouver Island from Duncan to Port Hardy — including the Tsolum, Puntledge and Oyster — had their largest and/or second-largest recorded flood in the past five years, noted Hill. Peak rainfall days have been above average for the past decade, he said. More intense rainfall equals more intense flooding. Climate change, a rise in sea level and huge cyclical weather patterns such as El Niño indicate we could be entering a period when flooding is more common. Instead of finger-pointing, we need to find ways to prepare. editor@comoxvalleyrecord.
Record Question of the Week This week: Sixty-nine per cent of respondents said they approve of a decision to return the Royal prefix to the branches of our military. Next week: Would you welcome a B.C. election this fall? Visit www.comoxvalleyrecord.com and vote in the Poll on the mainpage. If yyou cared about Jack Layton or his ideals, make sure you’re at the Filberg Centre in Courtenay this Saturday at 10:30 a.m. to be with like-minded people.
How low can you go? Besides breaking into somebody’s home and stealing jewelry Aug. 9 on Marsden Road, a thief stole a dog from the residence.
Plea for sanity in nutty world Dear editor, I read once again how politicians are divided over an issue and once a decision has been democratically arrived at, the losing parties do all they can to undermine the decision. I refer in this case to the decision by Comox council to limit political signage. The issue itself is small, in the grand scheme of things, trivial. Yet I see the councilors who opposed the decision bitterly denouncing the decision. Now I have to ask, is this really the way to behave? The decision was made and now it’s time to move on. You were part of the council that made the decision and as a councilor it is now your duty to support that decision not undermine it or council. It may be that you were wrong in your stance on this issue, or you may have been correct; it matters not. The point is the decision was arrived at democratically, a majority decided that it should be so. Now your job is to support that decision, as if you agreed with it. If it is the wrong decision, that will become apparent, and the issue can be revisited. Nothing and nobody is perfect. But if it is the correct decision,
and you bend your energies to criticism and undermining the decision you are doing your best to make it fail. In such cases there never will be a right decision, because you make it wrong. And we need to ensure that we make at least some correct decisions, not just the wrong ones. This will take courage, it will take humility, and it will take vision, not necessarily qualities we look for in our politicians at any level. This is not to single you out. This problem is the fundamental flaw in our political process. We can never move forward in strength because the losing parties always try their best to undermine the decisions that did not fit into their opinion. Our world stands at a crisis point. Our financial institutions teeter at the brink of an abyss that will claim us all should they fall. Our environment, our resources, our food and water, all face disaster. And yet we bicker and squabble amongst ourselves and undermine decisions already made.We dwell on the past, not to learn, but to nurse grudges. It is time for us to realize that our political systems, are in serious need of an overhaul, that we might unleash the inventiveness,
the energy and the resolve that mankind has buried deep within itself, instead of pandering to a political elite who wish to score points off each other and keep their jobs whilst the world falls apart around them. Comox councillors, I apologize to you, I do not mean to criticize you, but wish to use you and your recent decision to illustrate a point. Your problems of unity are the same that affect all such institutions, from the smallest town council to the largest nation. It’s all part of the same, just the scale differs. You have rules regarding the conduct of meetings. I think it high time you looked at your conduct out of meetings. I look forward with anticipation and hope that you might set an example to all of us, and help guide us at this time when we need to all pull together. You may well think me naive and simplistic, but if we do not begin to make changes here, at the grass roots level, then where. Look at Obama’s call to America’s political institutions to work together, and yet the ingrained attitudes on both sides meant he was doomed to fail. If we cannot make changes at the top, then we must at the bottom. Richard Boyle, Comox Valley
How far is it to your child’s school Dear editor, In the past week I, and several other parents, received a letter from the school board letting us know that our children were not eligible for bus transportation this year. This was surprising in that neither us nor the school have moved and the walk limits have actually been reduced. Upon contacting the school board we
have been given responses that directly contravene stated board policy or we are simply told that ‘the policy is under review,’ neither of which is a useful or helpful response. The board policy on busing for this school year states that the walk limit is 1.6 Kilometers measured by the nearest passable road for students K through 7. All we are asking for is that
the board follows its own policy and reverses its decision for those students in this situation. If you are a parent who has been denied transportation for your children, you need to immediately measure the distance to school yourself and contact the school board immediately. E. Kozak, Courtenay
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Jack’s work continues Still degrees of separation to go Dear editor, I am deeply saddened by the passing of Jack Layton — the greatest prime minister we didn’t get a chance to have. While Jack’s life — filled with accomplishment and dedication to what he believed in — was full and blessed by just about every measure, it is Canada’s loss that saddens me most. Canada, the ideal — a land where justice and peace are the hallmark of its people, where our diversity is the source of our pride rather than the cause of our concern, where a flourishing culture is an unassailable commitment, where human rights rather than the bearing of arms is the foundation of its’ law; a Canada where opportunity and equity are mutually inclusive goals,
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where our national identity is a matter of personal pride and has a meaning beyond the interests of its competing provinces; a Canada where the role of the state is to ensure tolerance and facilitate compassion among its members rather than simply engorge the wealth and power of a few —that Canada has lost its greatest champion. As much as I am saddened by the passing of our muchbeloved friend and political leader, I am deeply heartened
by the honour and respect such an overwhelming number of Canadians have accorded him. Though 40 per cent of Canadians have supported the vision of a limited Canada impoverished by corporate tax cuts and servant to its powerful southern neighbour, for the Canadian people Jack’s dream remains a bold-spirited dream of pride in the inherent goodness of our association together. This morning the funeral procession moves slowly toward Jack’s last visit to our Parliament buildings. Canadians line the way to wish him a fond farewell and the peace he so richly deserves. And the dream which he instilled in our hearts grows restless once again. Norm Reynolds, Courtenay
Dear editor, First, there was the patting of the back. Then there was the passing of the buck. The board of the regional district affirmed how great it was that they purchased the Cliffe Avenue property for some kind of facility for homeless people. Then, after hearing the concerns expressed by Courtenay councillors, they handed the ball to “Courtenay” to come up with something different. What’s that all about? Here’s what I think. I think this may be a good issue around which to discuss whether the current system of governance still makes sense. Housing is not a Courtenay issue. It is a Comox Valley issue. The business people who have questioned the suitability of the location are not necessarily Courtenay residents. They
are Comox Valley residents. (And, isn’t downtown Courtenay really downtown Comox Valley?) The people who are sticking up for the location are not just Courtenay residents. They are Comox Valley residents. This is a Comox Valley issue. As are many other Comox Valley issues that Courtenay seems to have charge over. Another crossing of the river. A new police station. Sports and cultural venues. Economic development. Sewer and water. The estuary. All Comox Valley issues. And, yet there are many overlapping, duplicating and/or competing jurisdictions dealing with them. Will opening up debate on governance cause any further delay in dealing with the housing issue? I don’t think so. We are already at least three degrees of separation away from it.
First, the location became the issue and who was for or against it. Then it became whether the Courtenay councillors should have walked out from that meeting. Then, the waffling of regional district board. Now, there comes the possibility of public confrontation in a forum over the location. I can see supporters of the location coming to a meeting to see which downtown business they should boycott. And while all this is going on, we should ask ourselves this question: What is the likelihood of the provincial government coming up with funding for a facility, the purpose of which has yet to be defined and the proposed location of which has caused such conflict? I think it is high time to get ourselves together over governance. Erik Eriksson Courtenay
Keeping abreast of truth Dear editor, Some people in our society do not appear to grasp the present reality which foresees the demise of carbon-based fuels and also points to the adverse effects of industrial advances on our environment. Ever since the iconic photos of our planet earth were sent from space the awareness that our earth is all we have has entered our consciousness. There are two lines from a hymn we sang years ago in school: “New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth, They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth.” These words have echoed in my head as I survey the rancour between those concerned for the earth’s environment and those who feel we should “progress” regardless. Many of our statutes and regulations were formulated to meet the old vision of our human journey which gave us dominion over the
earth to use its resources to our benefit with little regard to the damage wrought to natural systems. Now we understand far more about the interconnectedness of all beings, how we all have a niche in this marvellous world. Many of us realize that time indeed has made ancient truth uncouth. The arguments for and against “Gas and Go” show this very well. The proponents have the law, regulations and the industrial mindset to bolster their thinking. The opponents know all about the rules but many feel we need to recognize a new reality with regard to our living space. We have to learn new duties. We need to assess what we have considered “the way of doing things” in light of new knowledge. If this has made the old ways uncouth let us have the courage to say “No this is no longer appropriate and neither are the structures we have established to maintain the status Joy Johnston, quo.” Comox
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What about those green lanes on Comox Avenue? Green cycle lane markings becoming the standard in North America James Taylor Secial to the Record
In the past few weeks, we have begun to notice fresh pavement markings all around Comox. With the shorter and wetter days of fall coming soon, we will all be a little safer due to the efforts of the Town of Comox. The last thing any of us wants is a collision involving a motorized vehicle and a cyclist. Two of the factors that greatly affect safety are the visibility and predictability of all us using the roadways. As cyclists, it is our responsibility to be clearly visible through proper clothing and adequate lighting and reflectivity. In addition, our movements and intentions need to be clear to the motorized traffic that is passing us. To these ends, the efforts of city workers are greatly appreciated. Having clear cycle lane markings, especially in the darker months, is most important. It makes our path much easier to
COMOX VALLEY CYCLISTS appreciate the new bicycle lanes in Comox. predict for the other vehicles on the roads. To this end, the new green lanes in Comox are a really important step forward. The green cycle lane markings are quickly becoming the standard in North America. The first implantation of these lanes is in situations involving potential conflict areas for
cyclists and motorists. In a situation where vehicles have the option of continuing straight ahead or using a right turning lane, the potential for serious conflict exists. Often, lessexperienced cyclists who intend to continue straight along a road are unsure of how to deal with the righthand turning lane. Knowing that the Motor
Vehicle Act directs them to stay as close to the righthand side of the side of the road as safety allows, they will stay to the right on the turn lane and then attempt to cut back in to continue going straight ahead. Motorists meanwhile may try to stay clear of the cyclist by accelerating around the turn. The green cycle lane
specifies the path that the cyclist is to take and indicates to motorists that they must yield to cyclists on this path. The reflective green path alerts everyone to be cautious and gives predictability to the expected movements for all users. While it may seem like a simple solution requiring just slapping down some green paint, this is far from
the case. As some of us have found out the hard way, painted lines in wet weather or in freezing conditions can be very slippery. This danger is increased for cyclists and motorcyclists. Consequently, the surface must have adequate skid resistance. Additionally, it needs to be quite durable due to the volume of traffic crossing it. Since it is both disruptive and labour intensive to reapply any road markings, it is particularly critical to have high durability. The lane marking used on Comox Avenue came as a thermoplastic epoxy-modified acrylic roll. It is several millimetres thick and is torched into the existing pavement. The material comes impregnated with glass beads to enhance reflectivity. It lasts six to eight times longer than normal painted pavement markings and can be applied under most weather conditions. Thank you, Comox, for helping to make the roads safer for all of us. Krista Kaptein usually writes Shifting Gears with contributions from fellow Comox Valley cycling coalition members — this month by James Taylor. The column appears every fourth week.
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Kingfishers beautiful, intriguing, somewhat elusive It is quite easy to miss a solitary, motionless bird perched along a river bank, shoreline or lake as it sits waiting for an unsuspecting fish to pass by. A raucous rattling call will reveal an intriguing, beautiful and somewhat elusive bird, the belted kingfisher. They are found across Canada and in the west from Alaska to Central America, with some birds being year-round residents. Locally, a good place to watch for kingfishers is along the Puntledge and Campbell rivers or along the coastline from Courtenay to Union Bay. I have also seen them perched on the rocks at Comox Harbour. A stunning, medium-sized stocky bird, the female kingfisher has a blue-gray body and dark gray head with a shaggy crest on top. The male is darker blue — females, unlike most species, are more brightly coloured than the males. Both sexes have a white collar around their necks, and the females have a beautiful chestnut
The birds are residents in dirt banks made from of Read Island east of road construction and Quadra Island, and gravel pit excavations due to the remoteness but are still vulnerable of the island, it was to loss of safer natural a few days before the nest sites along rivers kingfisher made it to and waterfronts where M.A.R.S. humans like to spend Initially she was recreational time. thought to be stunned This year, there has but then been plenseemed to tiful “bait” As their fish, but have flight populap r o b - name suggests, tions vary lems and with food b e c a m e their food of availabilemaciated. choice is fish, but ity. These are some will also MARS h i g h l y eat amphibians, will be at strung birds that small crustaceans, a few public events b e c o m e insects and small remaining extremely mammals. this sumstressed in mer and captivity, refusing to eat, and it still have some raffle is also very difficult to tickets available for replicate their habitat the draw on Sept. 5; and allow them to dive your support will help as they normally would us help wildlife. To report injured in the wild. She still has to be tube fed, which is of orphaned wildlife, hard on the bird, but please call toll-free at she is flying and perch- 1-800-304-9968. For all ing and hopefully will other calls, phone 250soon be returned to her 337-2021 or visit www. wingtips.org. mate and home. Sandy Fairfield is Kingfisher populations seem to be stable, the educational co-orand they are one of the dinator for the Mounfew species that seem tainaire Avian Rescue to benefit from some Society (MARS). The human development. MARS column appears They are making nests every second Friday.
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FAIRFIELD rufous band below this collar extending down the flanks. Both also have white under parts. Kingfisher tails are quite short and are spotted with white and some white banding on the tail ends. Although there is usually no doubt when identifying these birds, they have two unmistakable features: one is the long heavy dagger-like beak which they use to loosen dirt when excavating their nest and to pound fish against a perch before consuming the prey. The other feature is the two front toes, which are fused together just below the nails and are used as shovels when they dig out their nest. Usually, you hear these birds long before you spot them when they are actively fishing. Kingfishers perch on trees, posts, rocks or other suitable “watch points” close to the
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BELTED KINGFISHERS ARE fascinating to watch as they fish. water, diving in headfirst when they spot prey. Before diving in, they will often hover above the water. Once they enter the water, they open their wings to keep the dive shallow. Their thick plumage is heavily oiled, and extra layers of downy feathers help insulate them against the cold water. It may surprise you to know that kingfishers, like many other birds, cast pellets consisting of fish scales, bones, pieces of shell or other material they cannot digest.
Mated for life, both birds are involved in nest building that is truly a labour of love. Loosening the dirt with their beak, the shovelling is done with their fused toes and can take up to 14 hours. The tunnel can be between 30 and 250 centimetres in length and usually is slanted uphill to protect the nest from high water, ending in a bare nest chamber. Between five and eight eggs are produced, and the young are born blind and totally naked — as their feathers begin to emerge from
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the feather shafts, they resemble “pre-historic monsters.” A few years ago, MARS received seven baby kingfishers that were found when a river bank was excavated and their nest destroyed. It was a great challenge to raise these birds, and three were successfully raised and released. In the last week, we received another kingfisher, this time a mature female who had a mate and was found on the ground after she presumably hit a cabin window.
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person from the Comox Valley. With 19 groups performing, Record Arts each dance was only allowed Not many people take a couple about 10 minutes. of bags of goose down, a blanket “It was just a tiny sample of and some tanned hides with them our culture,” says Everson. on a trip. But that’s just what Performers were bused to a Andy Everson packed when he different location each day and went to Taiwan this July. often participated in a parade Everson and six other Cana- before taking their act onstage dian First Nation performers in a tent. participated in the Global Indig“The biggest challenge,” says enous Peoples Performing Arts Everson, “was the heat. It was in Taiwan. The July 27 to Aug. 3 around 35 degrees and very event marked the country’s 100th humid. Our dances are meant to anniversary with a celebration of be performed in the winter so our indigenous culture. regalia includes In an opening wool button blanspeech, CIP Minkets, headdresses It was a chalister Paelabang lenge for us to repreand fur. We were Danapan acknowlout in the heat edged that this sent Canada as there most of the day so was the first time are so many indighad to make sure so many foreign enous cultures here. we stayed hydratindigenous danced. No one wanted ers have performed We could only present to get heatstroke a very small crossin Taiwan. and pass out on the “Dance consti- section. stage.” tutes a great part In the spirit of Andy Everson cross-culturalism of aboriginal culture everywhere and to keep cool around the world because it dem- during parades, the troupe got onstrates how people dialogue some Taiwanese farmer’s hats with nature,” he said in an inter- and used felt pens to paint First view with the China Post. Nation designs on them. The also The festival showcased per- drank lots of water. formers from a dozen nations; the The drums, however, were a group Everson was with was the different story. only one from North America. “I performed in Taiwan four “It was a challenge for us to years ago so knew how the humidrepresent Canada as there are so ity would affect our drums,” Evermany indigenous cultures here,” son explains. “We took the tightest says Everson who is a member ones we had. But unless you were of the K’ómoks Band. “We could in an air-conditioned venue, it only present a very small cross- was almost impossible to keep section.” them dried out. Mostly it was OK, The Canadian contingent of but there were a few flat sounds the festival was organized by Alex and there was nothing we could Wells, a three-time world cham- do about it.” pion hoop dancer from Mount A highlight for Everson was Currie. performing at the Chiang KaiTo round out his performance, shek Memorial Hall in front of Wells invited Pow Wow dancers 10,000 spectators. Luke Whiteman and Shirley Hill, “The show was broadcast in Pow Wow singer Nelson Leon Taipei so there were cameras and Le La La dancers Jason and everywhere,” he says. “It was Zack Taylor and Everson to join really exciting to perform in front him. Everson, founder of the local of such a large crowd.” Kumugwe Dancers, was the only A Taiwanese anchorwoman
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told the dancers she could tell they tried to stay close to their cultural traditions and not embellish them. “We acknowledge that we’re performing but try not to twist our culture in ways it’s not meant to be,” says Everson. One thing Everson noticed was that all the performers spoke the colonial language of their home country. “No one spoke their indigenous language,” he says. “It was English, French, Spanish or Mandarin. We all shared that history of what happens when a country is colonialized.” One night, some Polynesian groups were comparing their indigenous languages and asking Everson how to say different See WE REALLY, B3
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CANADIAN FIRST NATION performers seek refuge from the heat (top) during a trip to Taiwan. The group included Andy Everson from the K’ómoks Band (second from right).
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Pearl Ellis holds opening reception Sept. 10 in Comox The Pearl Ellis Gallery in Comox presents The Bold and The Beautiful — Steel and Pastel, two different mediums and two different artisans. It is the combination of Ablaze Metal Art’s Miraculous Metal and Leonard Barrett’s Sensitive Pastels. This show runs from Aug. 31 to Sept. 19. A reception will be held Sept. 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. Sandra and Walter Moses of Ablaze Metal Art discover the countless ways they can manipulate metal into masterpieces in Miraculous Metal. Metal can take many forms. It can be a tool, a structure, an instrument ... and ... it can be a work of art. You’ll find perfect images for the home, office or garden. Unique, distinctive, metal art, locally created by Walter and Sandra Moses. If you can dream it ... they can create it. New pieces will include “The Guardian” (tree), “Freedom in Flight” (eagles), “Sunny Daze” (new sun) and many more new and exciting pieces. Ignite your concepts around décor — Ablaze Metal Art does that and more. For walls, free standing or other trends, they create art for homes, business or gardens. Sandra has been involved in creative pursuits of one kind or another her whole life, and Walter has worked with steel for 36 years, building things like frames for telescopes at observatories in Hawaii and Chile, rides for Disney theme parks and bridges. Now Walter turns Sandra’s ideas into art. Learn more at www. AblazeMetalArt.com. Leonard Barrett discovered at a very early age in Saskatoon, Sask., that he got a great deal of enjoyment out of drawing pictures. He was first influenced to draw by Lindner, who taught in Saskatoon. It was from a friend, Henry Bondly, that Barrett learned to draw figures. It wasn’t until he really started seeing people that it made him realize that what he wanted to do was to draw people from all
membership fees are only $20 a year. Memberships fees help support the gallery programs. A large number of our members are not artists themselves but rather are enthusiastic supporters of art. With a membership, all purchases of art at the opening reception are reduced by 10 per cent — and remember, the gallery is tax-free. — Pearl Ellis Gallery
Comox Valley Farmers’ Market SPIRIT BIRD by Leonard Barrett (left), Mystical One by Walter Moses and Voodoo (below) by Barrett give you an idea of what to expect at the Pearl Ellis Gallery’s newest show, the Bold and the Beautifrul, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 19. walks of life. Barrett went on to study commercial art in the 1960s and didn’t realize how bored he was until he went up north to Frobisher Bay. There he met some of the greatest people, and it was then that he realized it was people that he wanted to paint. He could paint flowers and scenery, but it was putting people to canvas that gave him the most satisfaction. It is through the faces that he puts on canvas that he tries to tell stories of the people he draws.
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ANDY EVERSON (back row, second from right) and other Canadian First Nation performers were a colourful sight even in colourful Taiwan. PHOTO SUBMITTED
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words in his language. “No one could speak their indigenous language, but they all knew some words,” says Everson. “My words for things were very different, but theirs all had a similar sound. I realized that they all lived different lives and had different indigenous languages but also had this common thread and history of words that go way back to common
origins. It was a powerful moment.” The festival was funded by the Taiwanese government, which hopes to make it an annual event. “It was a great experience,” says Everson. “It really helps put things in perspective about how good we have it in Canada. In Taiwan, it wasn’t unusual to see an entire family, including an infant, bouncing along on a scooter to get from one
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Friday, Sept. 9 COMOX VALLEY ART GALLERY hosts a free acrylics workshop with master Ed Brickler for ages 14-adult. 2:30-4:30pm. Pre-registration required. Call 250338-6211 to register.
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Thursday, Sept. 15 VANCOUVER ISLAND MUSICFEST presents the Bad Boys Blues of Big Dave McLean and Doc MacLean at the Cumberland Hotel. Advance tickets are $20 at the Cumberland Hotel. FMI: 250-336-8844. Friday, Sept. 12 CELEBRATION SINGERS invite all new and previous members to the first practice of the season, 7:30 p.m. at Mark Isfeld Secondary School on Lerwick Road. FMI: Nancy Young at warbler2@shaw.ca 250334-3409.
Friday, Sept. 16 STATE OF SHOCK plays The Avalanche with special guests. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance (starting Aug. 29) at The Avalanche (275 Eighth St. in Courtenay), Bop City Records or www. clubzone.com or $20 at the door. COMOX VALLEY ART GALLERY opening 7 TO 9 p.m. A RELEASING BREATH — artwork by Sara Vipond and joel D. The Significant Dream Project guest curator: Cathy Stoyko. FMI: 250-338-6211.
Sunday, Sept. 25 WILDLIFE plays the Waverley Hotel in Cumberland. COMOX VALLEY ART GALLERY presents Toronto International Film Festival movie (title TBA) at the Rialto Cinema. Tickets at CVAG gift shop. FMI 250338-6211.
Thursday, Sept. 29 COMOX VALLEY ART GALLERY Team Trivia Challenge! eight people per team. Brainiacs, we want you! 7 p.m. game start hosted by Martin Hagarty. FMI: 250-338-6211.
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RACHEL BRAMLEY, 13, and Jillian Peacock, 16, of the Brigadoon Dance Academy are competing in Scotland.
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Comox Valley product moves up to professional league Third baseman from Valley ‘having a lot of fun’ in pro baseball Scott Stanfield Record Staff
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He started out at local ball diamonds before moving on to the provincial and college ranks. This season, Carter Bell has stepped up to professional-level baseball with the Yakima Bears of the Class A Short-Season Northwest League. Although the team sports more losses than wins as the regular season winds down, the third baseman said his squad is “turning it around” and getting better. “It’s a lot of fun,” Bell said before a Sunday night game against the Boise Hawks. “For a lot of guys it’s their first time playing pro ball...It’s been a good change for me.” Bell and his teammates are benefiting from the expertise of two members of the Bears’ coaching staff who played big league baseball for several years. “They definitely know the game and they’re passing it on to us,” he said. The Northwest League consists of eight teams, each of which is associated with a Major League Baseball club. Yakima’s affiliate is the Arizona Diamondbacks, who selected Bell in the 29th round of the first-year player draft in June. In 2008, the San Francisco Giants selected him in the 22nd round, but Bell opted instead to play ball at Oregon State University on a scholarship. “It’s one of the elite programs in the nation,” Bell said, noting his team
made it to super regionals and finished second in the Pac-10 Conference. “The coaches there, they teach you a whole bunch about becoming a grown man and just playing the game. The college experience and college atmosphere, I’m really happy I got to experience it.” A communications major, Bell was the lone Canadian baseball player last season in the Pac-10, which has since become
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Carter Bell the Pac-12. He hit around .330 during an injuryplagued season that included a torn quadriceps muscle and a broken finger. The team’s secondplace finish was a pleasant surprise, considering its pre-season ranking of 75th in the nation and eighth in the conference. “We ended up being ranked as high as second in the nation,” Bell said. “We were leading the Pac10 all the way until the last series. We proved a lot of people wrong.” He and several OSU teammates were drafted by Major League teams. Because Bell signed with Arizona in June, the club sent him straight to Yakima. Next year he plans to attend the Diamondbacks spring training. With any luck, he will someday step onto an MLB playing field. “That’s the ultimate goal, but you’ve gotta’ start somewhere. I’m just happy to get my professional career started and work from here.” When asked about his
strengths, the Vanier graduate said there is always room for improvement in his game. “It’s baseball and you’re always trying to improve. Baseball’s one of those games where you never stop learning,” he said. “I have fun when I’m out there and I play with some enthusiasm. I like to keep it upbeat and have fun and keep the guys loose. You don’t play well when you’re all tight and scared.” The Victoria-born Bell grew up playing in the Comox Valley Baseball Association, then spent three years with the Parksville Royals of the B.C. Premier Baseball League. “Definitely wouldn’t be where I’m at today without all the help that’s been around the Valley, and with my parents helping me out,” said Bell, who played for Team Canada last summer at worlds in Japan. Despite losing 4-1 to the Hawks on Sunday, the Bears are only a few games back from Boise as playoffs approach. “That’s everybody’s goal around here is to make the playoffs and get that experience. We definitely have to start playing at a higher level.” On an individual basis, he said his season is “going OK.” As of Wednesday he was seventh among Bears’ batters with a .263 average. “I started off feeling pretty comfortable. It’s baseball, so you have your ups and downs. Just trying to stay consistent,” Bell said. “It’s just all a learning experience. I enjoy it a whole bunch. It’s definitely like a dream come true. I’m just really happy to be in this situation.” reporter@comoxvalleyrecord.com
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Grant Compton has a tendency to break his age when he steps onto a golf course. The 85-year-old shot a 74 last weekend at the Crown Isle club championship, good for the low net win in the Super Seniors 70-plus age group. His score was just one shot behind low gross winner Ramsay Poucher, a spring chicken in his early-70s. “To be honest these were off the forward tees,” Compton said. “I was 35 on the back nine, one under par.” His latest feat is just one of the 240 times the Courtenay resident has carded a score lower than the number of birthdays he has celebrated. It’s a far cry from what he could shoot as a young man. A Valley resident since 1986, the PEIborn Compton played his first round of golf at age 24 when he lived in Montreal. “We were terrible,” he said. “Four of us used to go out on the weekend and play at the Montreal municipal course. A good score for us in those days would be like 125.” But things started to change one winter when he read a golfing book written by a Scotsman. While others joked about clothing styles in the pictures, Compton studied the book in earnest. Come springtime, he kicked off the season with a 95. Compton started golfing seriously in his late-20s after graduating in chemical engineering from Wayne State University in Detroit. “I’m a great believer in people taking lessons and practising,” he said. “Which is like a motherhood state-
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limited to a maximum of five WHL games in a season so Herringer will go from the Royals’ camp to the camp of the North Island Silvertips of the B.C. Major Midget League. Victoria’s first exhibition game is Sept. 2 in Kamloops.
A MEMBER OF KFed’s Revenge hits a cross-court spike against Hammertime in the CVSSC’s intermediate tier Beach Volleyball League. KFed’s Revenge enters the playoffs unbeaten.
KFed’s Revenge is served With an unblemished record heading into playoffs, it’s yet to be seen whether another team in the Comox Valley Sports & Social Club’s intermediate tier beach volleyball league can get on enough of a roll to steal a set, let alone a win from Ross Mackinnon’s powerhouse team called KFed’s Revenge. The Revenge stacked up 11 straight wins in the regular season and will need three more in playoffs to secure first place, including a firstround meeting with eighth-seeded Smackitover.net (5-6) Monday at the Standard Park beach volleyball courts.
Also vying for first place are the Needle Park All-Stars (8-2-1) vs. the Vollies (6-4-1), Some Beach (8-3) vs. the Dirty Bandits (6-4-1), and the A* Team (5-2-4) vs. Hammertime (7-4). The 14-team tier also features a set of consolation games to shake out the final seedings for the lower part of the tier, including I’d Hit That (4-6-1) vs. Show Us Your Tips (2-8-1), team Awesome (4-7) vs. Sand in My Shorts (2-7-2), and the Headshots (2-9) vs. the Ball Smackers (0-11). Registration is open until Sept. 19 for the CVSSC’s tiered Indoor Volleyball League.
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When the Oceanside RCMP detachment’s Tour de Rock riders are out in full gear, they attract a lot of attention with people waving, honking and stopping them on the side of the road to chat. Const. Rochelle Carr and auxiliary officer Bill Peppy from the Parksville-based detachment take the interruptions in good spirit, aware the point is to get as much attention as possible as they train hard for their 1,000-kilometre cycle down Vancouver Island in September. “I love to work with kids,” said Carr, who has been in Parksville about one year, Special coming from three years at feature her first post in Tofino. She said that while Black Press Parksville isn’t exactly the newspapers on Lower Mainland, it feels Vancouver Island like a large, populated will publish this area compared to her time special feature covering four blocks in page spotlighting Tofino. police officers Growing up in the busy taking part Fraser Valley she imagined in this year’s Island communities would Canadian Cancer be too small for her, but she Society said she has come to enjoy Cops for Cancer the small-town atmosphere Tour de Rock. and loves how smaller communities come together for events like the Tour. Peppy, on the other hand, is used to smaller communities, having been in Parksville since 1999 and coming from the Cowichan Valley. He has volunteered with the RCMP since 2006, the year he and his wife Debbie took over organizing the Cops for Cancer golf tournament. They have been heavily involved in the Tour for years and last year even helped out with some of the cooking. “My wife has been the biggest supporter of the Tour. She’d be riding if she could,” he said, pointing out she’ll get to do more of the tournament organizing this year. “It’s about going to the next level of giving back,” he stressed. Peppy, bakery operations manager for Country Grocer in Nanaimo, has two children, Kurtis, 20, and Lindsey, 16. In his spare time is also head instructor of the
ON TOUR: This year’s Tour de Rock begins in Port Alice on Saturday, Sept. 24 and ends Friday, Oct. 7 in Victoria. Tour de Rock raises funds and awareness for pediatric cancer research and programs. Black Press photo
Const. Rochelle Carr and auxiliary officer Bill Peppy from Oceanside RCMP in Parksville will ride up to 150 kilometres per day, starting on Sept. 24, as they complete a 1,000-km bike journey across the Island to raise money for pediatric cancer research.
HELP OUT: Donations to Tour de Rock can be made at www.copsforcancer.ca.
for the trip. Carr, Peppy and the rest of the 22-member team of law enforcement, media and military personnel will ride as much as 150 km a day, on top of scheduled public events in communities from Port Hardy to Victoria.
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the pace on most uphill sections, with the peloton quickly reacting before a breakaway could be established. In the end, masters rider Bill Yearwood outsprinted the group to take the win as Duane Martindale and Mike Sevcov rounded out the podium. A mix of young and veteran riders lined up for the 3.5 lap C road race. On the last lap Kia Van der Vliet and Grant broke away to work together for the last lap. In the final charge up the hill, Grant pulled away to take his third win of the weekend. Ernie Klassen rounded out the podium after breaking away from the rest of the group. In the cadet race three young riders aged 10-12 lined up for a fast and surprising finish as Max Andrew, in his first road race ever, took the sprint over Isaac. Jessica suffered a dropped chain for third. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Comox Valley Cycle Club
The 2011 Dove Creek Omnium had a total of 56 riders in four categories lined up for three events. The time trial was won by Don Gilmore in 21:18 over the 16.5km course. Derek Tripp won the B, Mark Grant the C and Isaac Van der Vliet the D. Steve Bachop won the Half Mt. Washington HC with a 1:42 second gap over Simon Tremblay with a time 29:34. Derek Tripp, Mark Grant and Jessica Reynolds won each of their categories in the mist-covered mountain. The Dove Creek Road Race A category raced 87km, B 71km, C 54km, and Cadet 21km. In the A category road race 23 riders lined up for a fast, surging and surprising race that featured several out-of-town riders. Despite the numerous attacks and counter-attacks the group stayed together to the end. Bachop and Doug Merrick attacked early on the climb to open a gap. Bachop sprinted away for the win as a charging Warren Muir closed the gap before taking third. Bachop won the overall A omnium GC with Muir and Steven Grandy tying to round out the podium. In the B category, 20 riders lined up for 4.5 laps around the course. It was a cohesive group effort with an average speed of about 37 km/h. Rhonda Callendar set
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Hockey player raises money for cystic fibrosis Every since she was volunteered to run the four, Bree Anne Healey tournament, calling on wanted to play hockey. friends and other hockAt age six, with ey families to find girls unbridled enthusiasm who could be encourand after having taken aged to try Canada’s a year of CanSkate, she favourite sport. No preconvinced her parents vious experience was to enroll her in the Comox Valley Minor Hockey League. The year was 1991 and there was only one other girl playing in the league at the time. Before long, she was passing, checking and scrambling for the puck with the boys and picking up skills that can only be learned through tough BREE ANNE HEALEY competition. Over the years, Bree required and thanks continued in minor to coaching of volunhockey on defence, teer parents, the girls wing and, from time had a blast, wearto time, in goal, from ing their brothers’ or beginner to bantam, friends’ gear and buildincluding one year of ing a camaraderie that would last for years. peewee rep. The Dairyland In the early-’90s, in an effort to pro- female tournaments mote female participa- became an annual tion in a traditionally event, sparking an male-dominated sport, interest among girls Dairyland sponsored and resulting in the and funded the first formation of the Valfemale hockey tourna- ley’s first female diviment in the Valley. At sion, run through that time, there was no minor hockey and inifemale division in the tiated, created and coComox Valley and very coached by Paul. As well as mixed few girls had ventured into the sport. Paul play, Bree participated Healey, Bree’s father in the female division who was the ice co- and played a year on ordinator with Minor the North Island female Hockey at the time, rep team. After gradu-
ating from high school and a short hiatus of travel and work, Bree resumed her beloved sport of hockey. The 25-year-old now resides in Duncan where she plays on two men’s recreation teams and in a women’s league out of Fuller Lake. This summer, she has helped mentor at a Christian hockey camp in Duncan. From Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 at Burnaby 8 Rinks she will play in the Longest Hockey Game in the World, a Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation event. Bree’s goal is to raise $10,000. “I’m fortunate enough to participate in this amazing event,” Bree states on her Facebook page. “I’m looking for donations and support. All the money raised will go towards finding a cure for CF. Please reach out to me if you have any questions.” Donations have been coming in, both in the form of money and items such as hockey gear. For more information, visit www.longestgame4cf.com.
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14 MEMBERS OF the Comox Valley Road Runners ran in the Log Train Trail Marathon in Port Alberni. Billed as a ‘non-race,’ the run traces the remains of a log train rail trail. From left front: Danny Keyes, Wayne Crowe, Angela Plamondon, Vince Brotherston, Mary Ann Rolfe and Zina Richmond. Back row: Terry Nielsen, Roger Plamondon, Leo Rolfe, Graham Rowland, Sandra Rowland and Roz Smith. Missing: Sophie and Daniel Peirrera. SUBMITTED PHOTO
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TEAM AM-ERIKA’S PAUL Mysak sneaks a pass through the defence of Flashdance’s Jakob Glennie in Ultimate Frisbee league action. The teams played a marathon game won 13-12 by Team Am-Erika.
will feature Flashdance (2-4) against Discs of Hazzard (2-4). In Tier B playoffs Monday, the Huckin’ Canucks overcame a depleted lineup to win 13-8 over Discusting, sealing their spot as the No. 1 seed and a meeting with Boom Goes the Dynamite (3-3). Meanwhile, Discusting (3-3) will face off against Disclexic (3-3) in the other semi, with the winners advancing to the first-place game. Slipped Discs (2-4) and Disc-O Inferno (1-5) are the lowest seeds in the tier and will meet in the final playoff meeting. Registration is open until Sept. 5 for the fall 7-on-7 Ultimate League, organized by the Comox Valley Sports & Social Club,
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score board SLO-PITCH COMOX VALLEY MEN’S LEAGUE Standings as of Aug. 11 Tier 1 Team W L T Mariners 8 1 0 Watson & Ash Grabbers 5 3 1 Seeco Slammers 4 4 0 Heaters 4 4 0 Fishers Island Adventures 4 5 0 Smokin Woodys 3 3 2 Supreme Convenience Holdups 2 6 1 Applesauced 1 5 2 Tier 2 West Coast Grinders 6 2 0 Madman McKay Jays 6 3 0 Outlaws 5 2 1 Cleveland Steamers 5 3 1 Ballers 5 4 0 Merit Home Furniture Cruisers 4 5 0 Coco Loco’s 3 6 0 Slippery Mitts 0 9 0
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suggest we are overlooking some good fishing in local waters. Last Friday I went fishing in Johnstone Strait with Charley Vaughan and Bruce Bell. The objective was simple enough: catch a nice mess of sockeye and pink salmon in that order. At the risk of repeating myself in my Aug. 19 column I wrote the following: “From what I have learned over the years, it seems that when the sockeye leave Discovery Passage at Campbell River many of them follow a current that runs close to Kitty Coleman, Bates Beach and on to Cape Lazo where they veer out into the Strait of Georgia, and travel across and down the west side of Texada Island.” In the meantime, Bryan Allen decided to do a little local sockeye and pink salmon fishing in the above waters that we fished last year. What follows it the tale of two fishing trips. Charley, Bruce and I launched at Browns Bay at about 10 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 19 at a very crowded launch site where virtually all of the parking areas were already full of vehicles and boat trailers. Shortly after launching we joined hundreds of fellow anglers in search of salmon — mostly sockeye and pink. We checked out Deepwater Bay and several other hotspots, saw only one fish taken before we headed up to Greensea near the middle of the strait. Shortly after arriving Bruce landed a prime eight pound-plus sockeye. After what seemed an eternity I landed a prime five-pound pink.
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RALPH SHAW On the way home we stopped to fish a stretch of water where we saw some pink salmon jumping and Charley landed another nice pink salmon. Not bad everybody caught one fish after a long day on the water and proof of the saying, ‘It is about fishing not catching.’ We had fished all day, and from what we witnessed everybody was having the same kind of a day, with the exception of a chinook angler who caught three nice fish. In the meantime Bryan felt the urge to go on the water to see if he could find a sockeye. He launched at Comox Marina and traveled up to the waters around Bates Beach in the same general location we had fished a year ago. Shortly after he had his gear into the water he was fast into a large sockeye in the eight-pound class. In the ensuing four
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hours of his local trip he was into another large sockeye that did a long distance release, a wild coho, a small chinook, and several more pink of which he kept three for a prime limit of four fish — one sockeye and three nice pink up to eight pounds. I truly believe that we are spending a great deal of money to travel to Johnstone Strait to fish when we have the same fish going by our doorstep. I am aware there are times when the season for sockeye is open in Area 13 waters and
not in Area 14 waters, but when we can keep sockeye they can be caught in good numbers right at home from small 14-foot boats greatly reducing the overall cost of saltwater fishing to the average angler. This year they are reporting a huge run of Fraser River pink with a diversion rate of 80 per cent where millions are going by our local waters in basically the same route as sockeye. They are large fish up to eight pounds; they do not come into our usual beach locations
so it is primarily a boat fishery. They take the same gear as sockeye. When fishing either species, fish a red or green flasher, a 24- to 32-inch leader and a pink sockeye hoochie. Most hits happen at depths from 40 to 80 feet, slow trolling. Look for jumping fish to locate traveling schools of fish. To make the point of local fishing Bryan launched his boat at Union bay on Saturday shortly after 8 a.m. and was back on the ramp just after 11 a.m. with a limit including a 12-pound sockeye, two prime pink and a hatchery coho. Does it get any better? 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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It is with broken hearts we announce John Michael (Mike) Nicell passed away on Friday Aug. 19, 2011 following a lengthy and courageous battle with complications following cancer treatments. His loving wife of 27 years, Lenore, brothers, Paul (from Dublin) and Patrick (from Ontario), children Paul (Darcie), Mary (Colin), Brenda and granddaughter Kelly were all at his side. He is also survived by grandchildren Amanda, Shayne, Michael, Claire, Elina, Connor and greatgrandson Skylar. He has family in Ireland and Eastern Canada. Mike was born on Jan. 30, 1934 in Dublin, Ireland, immigrated to Canada in 1954, and arrived in Vancouver in 1957. Mike ended his 39 year career with Eatonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s as store manager of the Park Royal, West Van store. He was a member and past president of the WV Chamber of Commerce and also founding president of the Coho Festival, now in its 32nd year. Mike was passionate about salmon conservation, the environment and contributed to the DFO as a signiďŹ cant volunteer both locally and federally. Although he loved sport ďŹ shing, ironically his contributions never included eating seafood. Some of his happiest times were cruising the islands with his wife and wonderful friends. Mike and Lenore retired to Union Bay, Vancouver Island where he continued to contribute to his community. His endeavours included salmon enhancement projects, president of the Hart Washer Creek Society and on the local credit union Board of Directors. He continued his talent for carpentry, making furniture and even a canoe. Mike was an honourable man who quietly helped and mentored. One of his greatest thrills was taking people out to catch their ďŹ rst ďŹ sh. That led to volunteer work taking persons with disabilities out on the boat with Lenore. Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family would like to express their sincere gratitude for the extraordinary and compassionate care he received from the doctors and nurses of St. Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hospital. At Mikeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s request, there will be no service. As was his tradition, the family will be having lunch at the Coho Festival on Sep 11/11 in his honour. All of you are invited to do the same.
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March 22, 1928 - August 23, 2011 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jackâ&#x20AC;? was born in Balcarres, Saskatchewan, he lived a life of service and dedication to his fellow human beings. He was a Warrant Officer in the Canadian Forces and a member of the Royal Canadian Legion. Jack was always ready to lend a hand and took time to train to assist others. He was a proficient HAM radio operator and technician and used these skills while volunteering for Citizens on Patrol and Emergency Preparedness programs. Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interests included boat building, sailing, automobile rally racing, making wine, and model aircraft. He loved dogs and cherished his friends. A Service of Remembrance for Jack will be held on Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 11:00 am at Piercyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mt. Washington Funeral Home, 440 England Ave. Courtenay, BC. In lieu of flowers, if wishing, donations can be made to the BC Cancer Society in Jackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Memory.
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our brother, uncle, and a great friend to many. Born in New Westminster, BC and passed away peacefully at Campbell River & District General Hospital at the age of 54. Predeceased by his father Bill 1998, mother Ann 2006, and brother Jim 1996. Jack leaves behind his brother Gary (Joanne & family), sister Wendy (Peter Savin), sister Tracy Mullen (Tj Dafoe), and will be lovingly missed by his pride and joy nephews Austyn & Braedon Mullen. Jack touched the lives of many people with his smile and generosity, he maintained his trademark sense of humour all the way and will be missed by countless friends and family whom were blessed to have known him. In 1976 Jack was severely electrocuted at the Ocean Fallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mill and suffered for many years with muscle and nerve damage. He maintained his Small Engines Certificate in 1980 and his Motorcycle Mechanics Certificate in 1981 but because of chronic pain he was unable to make a working career and had permanent disability. The early years he loved riding motorcycles and was a caregiver to his grandfather and mother for many years. He would always lend a helping hand to anyone in need and will be deeply missed by his friends. New found hobbies of sketching native art, enjoyed friends visiting and always looked forward to Friday afternoons with his nephews which consisted of a buffet of candies and chocolate, sketching groovy art, and shooting targets with their homemade slingshots. By family request there will be no service. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Love is a smile, a tear and a touch, love says little, but means so much, love is forever, and we give it to you, from the family who thought the world of you.â&#x20AC;?
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NOV. 24, 1933 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; AUG. 5, 2011 Grace passed away peacefully at her home after a lengthy illness. She is pre-deceased by her father Rev. John Dougald Kennedy; mother Della Elizabeth Johnson, Brother Ross Kennedy, sister-in-law Elsie Kennedy, and brothers-in-law Gordon Smith and Geordy Marshall. She will be dearly missed by brothers Ken, Allister, Eldon (Viv); sisters Alice Marshall, Jean Smith; children Darlene Bandet (Rob Birtwistle); Doug, Jim, and Ken Petraschuk; Shelley and Bonnie Robertson; grand-children Breanna, Ashley, Cayla, Jessica, Kelly, Robert, Brandyn, Alyssa, Ryan, Sasha; and great-grandchild Hana; many nieces, nephews and friends. Grace was born at Lacombe Alberta, the middle child of 7 children. Being the depression her parents struggled to make a living and spread the word while living in a log cabin at Burtonsville, AB. Her father was assigned new preaching circuits moving them from Alberta to BC in 1941 where they lived in Kelowna and West Summerland and back to Calgary in 1946. Here Grace attended Colonel Walker School where she excelled at and won medals for running long jump. She married Peter Petraschuk and had four children. Grace was a devoted mother while holding jobs such as service work at the Calgary General Hospital. The marriage dissolved and Grace moved to Vancouver in 1970 residing with Ken Robertson and giving birth to two daughters. Courtenay became home in the early 1990â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and the Comox Valley Seniors Village was her ďŹ nal residence. Here she made many friends and enjoyed the company of devoted caregivers. Special thanks go out to them and Drs. Swanson and Silcox. Momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strong spirit is truly what kept her with her family these last few years. The world was a better place with her unselďŹ sh love, support, laughter, and sense of humor. We love you mom. A memorial service will be held at 1:30pm on August 27, 2011 at the Courtenay Fellowship Baptist Church, 2963 Lake Trail Road. Reception to follow at Darlene & Robâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home.
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GRAHAM Sylvia Muriel (nee Casey) July 1917 - August 2011
Stephen passed away peacefully at the Comox Valley Seniors Village. Predeceased by his loving wife Dorothy; father, William Wharram; mother, Dorothy Wharram, sister, June Hayler; brother-in-law, John Hayler; Aunt Olive Banks Gordon; Uncle William Banks, and Grandmother Lily Banks. Stephen is survived by daughter Susan Wharram (Paul Jespersen), Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; son Peter (Tracy) Wharram, Union Bay; grandchildren, Alexandria Wharram, London, England; Sarah and Michael Wharram, Union Bay. Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s niece, Elizabeth (Graham) Bragg, England; great niece, Victoria Davies, England; great nephew, Andrew (Sarah) Bragg, England, Great great niece and nephews, Rachel Davies, James Davies and Patrick, England. Stephen was born in Howden Hall, Hemingbrough, Yorkshire, England. Stephen was the eldest child born to William and Dorothy Wharram. He was followed by his sister June. He spent his younger years growing up on the farm at Howden Hall on his Grandfathers estate in Hemingbrough. He and his sister spent many hours riding their ponies in the fields around the farm and holidays at the seaside. Stephen attended boarding school where he excelled at his school work, enjoyed many sports, soccer, and cricket. Stephen won many trophies and awards in track and field, horseback riding and academics. His later schooling was spent a Warwickshire College where he continued to excel both scholastically and at sports. He won many awards for mathematics and graduated with a full scholarship in Engineering. Further education was put on hold as World War II had broken out and like many young men, at the age of 20, he was eager to join the battle and serve his country. He held the rank of gunner in the Royal Artillery Division in the Yorkshire Regiment. He spent most of the war serving in Northern Africa, and Italy at the battle at Anzio. Stephen finished out the war in Greece before returning in 1945, to his home in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England. It was in Harrogate where he met and married Dorothy Varley on November 9, 1949. Stephen chose to finish his education in Accountancy rather than Engineering. He received his degree as a Chartered Accountant and completed his articling in Bradford and Sheffield, England. Encouraged by his Canadian Aunt Olive, Stephen and Dorothy immigrated to Vancouver, Canada in 1954. Working as an Accountant for one tax season in Vancouver, they then moved to the Comox Valley in September of 1954, where Stephen accepted a position as an accountant at Lavers department store. He soon opened his own practice and later joined and opened a branch of Standeven and Company in Courtenay. The business grew rapidly and soon became Wharram Standeven & Company. Many of the Accountants who practice in the community today started out with Stephen. He was highly respected by his co-workers, clients, and in the community. His honesty, integrity and work ethic were beyond reproach. Even with a busy practice Stephen always made time to volunteer in the community. Over the years he served many community organizations; a member of the Kiwanis Club of Courtenay for over 50 years and serving as President in 1960. President of the Red Cross, Chairman of the United Appeal, President of the United Good Neighbours, Chairman of the Board at Glacier View Lodge from 1982-1989, and was a volunteer for the Filberg Festival. He was also active in his church, The Anglican Church of Saint John the Divine, where he served as a Warden for many years. Stephen believed it was important to give back to your community; he instilled this in his children and grandchildren, leading by example. Stephen went about his charity work quietly and dedicated never expecting anything in return. In his retirement years he enjoyed golf, reading and spending time with his family. He also continued his charity work with many organizations in the community. Our family would like to thank all of the staff and care givers that so lovingly looked after Dad over the last few years. We would like to give a special thank you to the nurses, caregivers and staff at the Comox Valley Seniors Centre. We so appreciated your special attention and loving care you gave to Dad. We also appreciate the caring support you gave us in the last few weeks of Dadâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. We thank God for your special gifts of caring for those in need. Stephen will be missed by his many friends but especially by his family. Dad, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Popsâ&#x20AC;?, always had a smile on his face and a loving nature, but we are comforted to know he has joined the light and love of his life, his friend, and companion, Dorothy. Funeral services to be held at, The Church of St. John the Divine, 579 5th Street, Courtenay, 2:00pm, Saturday, August 27, 2011. In honour of Stephen we graciously ask that if attending the funeral you wear something red, his favorite colour. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Stephenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name to the Alzheimer Society of British Columbia.
Sylvia was the last surviving child of Anthony and Julia Casey of Powell River. She was the middle child and was predeceased by her older brothers Ranie, Albert (Bud) and sister Bernice, her younger sisters Shirley, Lorraine (Tiny) and brother Wilfred (Skip). The Caseyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s were part of the original company town where her father was employed at the pulp and paper mill. Sylvia was a self confessed tomboy and loved being outdoors whenever possible. She was very athletic and took great pride in her physical abilities especially her love of running. She was well known in Powell River for her long runs from the town site up through Cranberry and along the connecting roads back to her home. She had great hopes of running competitively one day but had to forgo this dream. She adored her father and spoke highly of him, reminiscing about times spent digging clams on the beach, boat trips up Powell Lake and his abilities to fix anything mechanical. At the age of 15 Sylvia moved to Vancouver with her mother and other siblings. She left school and went to work to help support the family as her father has remained in Powell River. In 1936 Sylvia married Richard (Dick) Fielding and together they had a son, Howard, They separated and Sylvia became a single mother. With incredible determination, a good work ethic and the support of a large extended family, Sylvia was able to support herself and Howard during very difficult social and financial times through the depressions. Around 1950 Sylvia accepted an invitation to accompany the friend of a friend to a curling banquet. Her date was Joseph Graham. She fell in love with curling and Joe. They became a couple in 1953 and were avid curlers for many years. Joe worked for Taylor paving in Vancouver and in the late 1960â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s they moved to Courtenay when the company amalgamated with Cochrane paving to become TayCo Paving. They became active participants in the Comox Valley Curling Club. Sylvia loved a good party and loved to dance. She taught this love of dance to Howard. Sylvia was very creative, having won artistic competitions in school. She continued her creativity with needlework, rug hooking, sewing, gardening and gourmet cooking. She loved dogs from the depth of her heart and supported the SPCA. In 1973 Sylvia and Joe purchased property, built a home and their focus turned to gardening and landscaping and their last dog Kelly. In their later years they did some cruising to the Panama Canal, and Alaska. Besides her parents and siblings, Sylvia was predeceased by Joe in 2006, She leaves behind Howard and his wife Diane, nieces and nephews and long time friends in Powell River, Vancouver, Victoria, Montreal, and California. We want to extend a huge thank you to all Sylviaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s informal community supporters; the staff at Mane Lines hair salon, BMO bank, Thrifty Foods, Shoppers Drug Mart, Comox Valley Taxi and her long time neighbours. We are grateful for the support of Dr. Edward Howard, Lifeline, Handidart, and VIHA Community Support Services. With all of these people cheering her on Sylvia was able to live in her home until two weeks before her death. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Comox Valley SPCA.
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Minimum 3 years in supervisory/management roll with demonstrated leadership in retail industry. Exceptional customer service. High level of competency in ability to train, coach and lead an effective front end retail team. Willingness to contribute to the success of the management team and organization. Salary commensurate with experience. Please send hand written cover letter along with resume to drawer #4458 at the Comox Valley Record, 765 McPhee Avenue, Courtenay, BC, V9N 2Z7
ARENA OPERATOR Glacier Gardens Arena • 19 Wing Comox 1 Part-time and 1 Casual Position
Responsible for the daily operation of the Arena by maintaining the ice by operating the Zamboni machine and ensuring Arena area is clean. The incumbent is required to issue equipment and control ice users by logging in users, as required. QUALIFICATIONS: High school diploma AND some years experience in a related field OR; An acceptable combination of education, training, and experience will also be considered AND; Current CPR and basic First Aid qualifications. Current BC driver’s license. MUST HOLD A BRITISH COLUMBIA ICE FACILITY OPERATORS CERTIFICATION OR 5TH CLASS ENGINEERS CERTIFICATE. Salary: $16.58/hr. Successful candidate must be available to work weekends. Eligible candidates should submit a resume clearly outlining their ability to fulfil all position requirements by mail to: HR Manager, 19 Wing Comox, P.O. Box 1000, Stn Main, Lazo, BC V0R 2K0, or by email to npfhrcomox@cfpsa. com or fax to 250-339-8168. Applications must be received by 1500 hrs, 1 September 2011. Please note that only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted. If you have special needs and require accommodation measures for the selection process, please notify the HR Manager at that time. CELEBRATIONS
A successful candidate must have public practice experience in preparing year end files as well as a sound knowledge of Careware and Simply Accounting. A good working knowledge of personal income tax is an asset. An accounting designation is not mandatory. All applications will be held in the strictest of confidence and interviews can be scheduled to suit a convenient timetable. Please send a resume with a hand written cover letter to File #156, Campbell River Mirror, 104250 Dogwood St., Campbell River, B.C. V9W 2X9
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
ASPEN CO-OP Comox Location is looking for part time cashier and full service gas attendant at our convenience store and gas bar. Lottery and retail experience would be an asset. Apply in store with resume at 699 Aspen Road, Comox.
CINNSATIONAL is seeking mature part-time help. Are you a happy person who would like to get out of the house for a few hours a week? No experience necessary but the successful candidate must be able to work during school hours and weekends. Apply in person with resume at store in Driftwood Mall.
KURT LEROY TRUCKING LTD, in Campbell River, has a job opening for a self-starter OFFICE ASSISTANT. Prefer knowledge in logging and trucking industry. Proficient in data entry, custom software, payroll production and cycle time reports. Reporting to our certified accountants and owners. Wage negotiable + benefits. Full-time, Mon.-Fri., 9:30-5:30. Please fax resumes and drivers’ abstract (250)2879914.
CAREER OPPORTUNITY Part Time Customer Service Representative To be a successful candidate you will need the following credentials. • Self motivated with a positive, professional attitude • Good attention to detail • Outstanding customer service skills • Strong team player • Excellent organizational skills Deadline for applicants is Friday, September 2nd. Please drop off your resume to: The Comox Pharmasave (beside Quality Foods) attention Lisa Ramsay.
All submissions must be received by August 31, 2011.
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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
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Canadian Tire Courtenay Front End Manager
A dynamic accounting firm in Campbell River is looking for a new team member. This position has room for advancement and excellent compensation opportunities for the right individual. The position would be challenging but rewarding both financially and professionally.
HELP WANTED
Research & Planning Analyst Comox Valley Campus
Ph. 250-338-5811 features@comoxvalleyrecord.com Deadlines: Tues. 12 noon & Fri. 12 noon
Birthdays • Weddings • Special Occasions
Jarrad Reddekop & Rhea Willson Andy & Susan Reddekop are very pleased to announce the marriage of their son, Jarrad, on August 13, 2011, in Deep River, Ontario, to Rhea Nadine Wilson. Following a honeymoon in France, the happy couple will return to Toronto where Jarrad is completing his doctorate and Rhea is entering 2nd Year Law at Osgoode.
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Birthday! Chuck, Dad & Grand-Paw Love from: Vicky, Daryl, Cheyenne, Kyle, Matthew, Kurt, Heidy, Alyssa, Steven, Christina, Troy, Isamu, Kiyoshi, Tsukasa, Roc. Comox Quality Foods Cake Winner August 26
Chuck
PROGRAM MANAGER Required by The John Howard Society of North Island to oversee Campbell River Community Programs. This is a 35 hour per week full time position. Please refer to www.jhsni.bc.ca and see employment opportunities for details. Interested applicants are invited to send their resume to Wendy Richardson wendy@jhsni.bc.ca or fax (250) 286-3650 or mail to The John Howard Society of North Island 201-140A 10th Avenue, Campbell River, BC, V9W 4E3. Deadline: August 31, 2011
Personnel Support Programs • 19 Wing Comox Temporary Full-time Position (Anticipated term until 06 Jan 2012)
Instructs physical fitness training sessions and conducts physical fitness evaluations for apparently healthy populations. He/She instructs and advises military personnel in accordance with the Canadian Forces physical fitness program standards. He/She also performs lifeguard duties, inspects physical fitness equipment and initiates corrective action, as well as assists in the organization and delivery of local Wing and regional sports competitions and with administrative duties for fitness and evaluation programs. QUALIFICATIONS: -Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education, Exercise Physiology, Exercise Sciences or a related field AND some years of experience in physical fitness evaluation and prescription or in a related field OR -College diploma or certificate in Physical Education, Exercise Physiology, Exercise Sciences, or a related field AND several years of experience in physical fitness evaluation and prescription or in a related field OR-An acceptable combination of education, training, and/or experience will also be considered AND -Current CPR and Basic First Aid qualifications-Current National Lifeguard Service (NLS) Certificate -Current Certified Personal Trainer (CSEP-CPT) qualification -Canadian Forces EXPRES Test – Incentive Level AND -Successful completion of the Personnel Support Programs (PSP) Instructor’s Course by the end of probation Successful candidates will be prepared to commence employment as soon as possible. Eligible candidates should submit a resume clearly outlining their ability to fulfil all position requirements by mail to: NPF Human Resources Manager, 19 Wing Comox, PO Box 1000, Stn. Main, Lazo, B.C. V0R 2K0, or by fax at 250-339-8168, by e-mail to npfhrcomox@cfpsa.com or online at www.cfpsa.com. Applications must be received before 1500 hrs on 01 September 2011. Please note that only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted. If you have special needs and require accommodation measures for the selection process, please notify the NPF Human Resources Manager at that time.
The Canadian Red Cross is seeking a Lead Technician for their North Island Health Equipment Loan Program based out of Courtenay. For details please go to:
Installation & Service Coordinator Comox Fireplace & Patio is recruiting for a full time Installation & Service Coordinator. The duties associated with this key permanent position include ordering, receiving and inventory control; scheduling and dispatching; and customer service. A genuine ability with people and exceptional organization and prioritization skills are mandatory. We offer an extremely competitive wage / benefit package and a positive, enthusiastic working environment.
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Employment section.
kevin@comoxfireplace.com
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
by fax at 250-338-8522, or in person at 4911 North Island Hwy in Courtenay.
WE’RE LOOKING FOR GREAT PEOPLE!
Auto Salesperson Wanted! Aggressive pay plans and benefit packages, huge inventory of over 200 vehicles, large advertising budgets and a great place to work. Join our team. Contact Brad Trotman:
sales@comoxvalleydodge.com 250.338.5451 or in-person 4847 North Island Hwy, Courtenay CAREER SERVICES/ JOB SEARCH
Fitness and Sports Instructor
We are still hiring - Dozer & excavator operators required by a busy Alberta oilfield construction company. We require operators that are experienced and preference will be given to operators that have constructed oilfield roads and drilling locations. You will be provided with motels and restaurant meals. Competitive wages, bonus and transportation daily to and from job sites. Our work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Call 780-723-5051.
HELP WANTED
Interested applicants please submit your resume to the attention of the General Manager by email to
Please go to http://careers.nic.bc.ca for further criteria, required qualifications and information on how to apply to posting #100191.
CELEBRATIONS
Family Album
COURTENAY MAZDA has opening for Full Time Lot Maintenance/Car Wash Person. Must have clean drivers licence. Resume to Service Manager, 475 Silverdale Crescent, Courtenay.
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The Right Time Is Right NOW! NOW OW! O W Train for a well paid career in Healthcare, Business, Web or Trades.
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MARINE MECHANIC required. Specialized in Honda or Yamaha outboards. $25 to $30 per hour plus benefits. Apply in person to Colleen Cox or e-mail resume in Port Hardy to: macandal@telus.net
NEWSPAPER
CARRIERS NEEDED IMMEDIATELY
250-338-0725 Carriers Needed COURTENAY ROUTE #360 Mallard 7 Thorpe ROUTE #309 Walbran, Nit Nat Pl & Mission Rd. ROUTE #290 Kilpatrick, Moray, 28th St. 29th St., 30th St. COMOX .
Route # 111 600 - 900 block 5th St Route #136 Pidcock, Menzies, 2nd & 3rd St’s
ADULTS & SENIORS WELCOME NO COLLECTIONS GREAT WAY TO EXERCISE AND MAKE MONEY AT THE SAME TIME
Comox Valley Record Hours: MONDAY TO FRIDAY 8:30AM-5:00PM 765 MCPHEE AVENUE COURTENAY
Looking for an employee? There’s funding for on-the-job training! For info on NEWS eligibility call 250-703-0277.
www.newemployee.ca Funded in whole or part through the Canada–British Columbia Labour Market Development Agreement.
The Lemare Group is currently seeking a heavy duty mechanic for the North Vancouver Island area. Full time, union wages. Email resume to office@lemare.ca or fax to: 250-956-4888.
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HOME CARE/SUPPORT
MEDICAL/DENTAL
COMMUNITY Support Worker Community minded, problem solver, with a good sense of self. Must be physically fit. Providing supports for all aspects of daily living from a biopsychosocial perspective. LTCA/RCA/HSW or equivalent; Criminal Record Check; First Aid; Class 5 License required. Email resume to vanislcc@yahoo.ca attention: Carol Gjesdal
TEMPORARY POSITION available for Licensed CDA. 3 days per week. Knowledge of Dentrix an asset. Please apply in person with resume to Dr. Bill Toews office, #3011757 Beaufort Ave., Comox.
HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD
WE are currently looking for an administrative/office assistant.Email resume to stddgh@gmail.com
OFFICE SUPPORT CLERK
BILLY D’S Pub requires an experienced Full Time Server. Please apply in person during non-peak periods.
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HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
Enthusiastic about customer service? Retail sales experience? Interested in supervisor or management positions?
We want to hear from you! Training considered for the right applicant.
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com
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 Sept. 29th, 2011 7:00-8:30pm Limited space RSVP Cheryl 250-898-8790
PERSONAL SERVICES
PERSONAL SERVICES
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
WORK WANTED
ART/MUSIC/DANCING
FINANCIAL SERVICES
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
Stone, brick, block, mason clean professional, 20 yrs exp. Call Dennis 250-334-2186
PIANO LESSONS in Jazz and Pop All ages and Beginner Adults Mike Eddy Associate in Music in Piano Performance Bachelor of Music in theory and Composition 250-941-6776 Comox
THE Willemar Grocery is looking for a full time sales clerk. Must be available to work weekends and evenings. Job requirements include customer service, cash handling and cleaning. Cash and lottery experience are an asset, but willing to train. Apply in person at 1155 Willemar Avenue with resume to complete application form.
ESCORTS
Vancouver Island Forestry company
AUGUST SPECIAL! Please call Nicole at 250-339-4104 or visit www.cvmassage.com
Skidder Operator
ART/MUSIC/DANCING
to start immediately. Please send resume with references to
MISC SERVICES
• • •
Individual Counseling Couples’’ Counseling Personal Development Workshops 250-287-2440 Campbell River * Comox
viforestry@gmail.com
FINANCIAL SERVICES NEED CASH TODAY?
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
✓ Do you Own a Car? ✓ Borrow up to $20000.00 ✓ No Credit Checks! ✓ Cash same day, local office www.REALCARCASH.com 250-244-1560 1.877.304.7344
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
Black Creek-8331 Isl Hwy, Sat Aug 27, 9-3. Tools, Garden Barrels, Appliances.
GARAGE SALES
COMOX, 1781 and 1790 Astra Rd (close to Kin Beach) - Multi Family Garage Sale, Sat Aug 27th, 9am start - no early birds
COURTENAY - 1 2395 Valleyview Drive, Sat 9-1. Kids items, furniture, clothes, toys, antique sideboard, tools.
COURTENAY - 2834 Wentworth Rd. Corner of Island Hwy north; (formally Blue Chicken Antiques) Across Wentworth from Art Knapp’s Sat 27 Aug 7am. Antiques, collectable’s, tools, books, CD’s, LP’s, bottles, pictures, frames, dishes, glassware, jewelry etc. Whole property is also for sale. Start your own business here - we did 35 years ago!
COMOX - 1784 Dogwood Ave. Sat Aug 27 9-12. Garage Sale to raise money for Africa.
COURTENAY - 1278A Joshua Pl. Aug 27 9-3pm. Clothes, crib w/matching change tabl., toys, baby items, 3 wheel stroller and much more.
COURTENAY - 415 Qualicum Ave Sat & Sun 9-4. Live & artificial plants, appliances, patio furn., cabinets, tools, ornaments, statues
COURTENAY - 1400 Carron Rd. Aug 27 & 28th 9am to 2pm. Rain or shine. Pickers welcome. Large assortment of tools, antiques, computer jazz, office supplies, camping equipment, fishing rods, etc.
COURTENAY, 5540 N. Island Hwy., Sat, Aug. 27, 9am-1pm. Entertainment unit (8.5’Wx6’H) La-Z-Boy recliner sofa, Palliser reclining love seat and more.
COMOX: 1408 Canso Ave (off Torrence), Fri, 5pm-8pm & Sat, 8am-2pm. Downsizing 4 bdrm house, something for everyone. No early birds!
COMOX - 2043 William Pl. (Next to Longlands Golf) Our first yard sale. Multi family - It’s BIG! Sat & Sun 8-12 noon. Pottery, old linens from England, toddler bed and yard toys, play kitchen & houses, bikes, table saw, cross country skis, craft paints & supplies, canning jars, stained glass angels, granite sink, lighting fixtures, old wood chairs & dresser, firewood, stereo equip. No early birds, please. COMOX - #35-1901 Ryan Rd. Sat. 8-12 Good Furniture. All must go! COMOX - 678 Nootka Street. Crafts, toys, books, upright piano, chairs, lots of treasures, downsizing. COMOX - 842 Grumman Pl. Sat 8-1pm. Wood burning bbq, 2 basket garland deep fryer, fabric, doll making stuff, appliances, stereo, TV, gardening, books, frames, quilting. Comox - 913 Eastwick Sat Aug 27 8-12. All proceeds to Kin Ken School in Kenya Africa, a 25,000 project by the East Coast Duffy family & supported by friends in the Comox Valley. All kind of goodies! COMOX. MOVING SALE. Everything must go! Saturday Aug. 27, 8am-noon. 947 Sand Pines Drive. COURTENAY - 1073 Evergreen Ave, Sat Aug 27, 8-12. Some antiques.
COURTENAY - 1110 4th St Sat Aug 27 8-2. Vintage pram, JR designer clothes. Lots of new items, jewellry, gift items. COURTENAY - 1195 Hornby Pl. Sat 27th 9-2pm. Something for everyone. EARLY BIRDS PAY DOUBLE!
COURTENAY - 1612 + 1624 Sussex Dr Crown Isle, Sat Aug 27 8:30-4pm. Family sale, furniture, pictures, clothing, shoes, money boxes, etc. COURTENAY, 1620 Hobson Ave., Sat & Sun, Aug. 27 & 28, 8:30am. Something for everyone! Too many items to list. COURTENAY - 1725 Sussex Dr. Sat Aug 27 9-4. Lots of great items. COURTENAY - 190 Willemar Ave Sat 27 8-3, Sun 28 9-2 Chesterfield + chair, TV stand, dresser, chestedraw, desk, tent, new DVD, tow bar, trailer hitch, jewelry, lots of fabric, lace, 2 lounge chairs, etc. COURTENAY - 2200 Urquhart Ave 8am Sat Aug 27. 40 yrs of troller commercial fishing gear. COURTENAY - 2676 Willemar Ave 9-1. Clean sweep time to purge, all must go. Household, games, tables. no early birds. Courtenay Flea Market EVERY SUNDAY Puntledge Road past bottle depot No booking required. Space $15 Vendors set up 7am-2pm Call Greg 250-334-1540
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES CARPENTRY JOURNEYMAN CARPENTERrepairs, renovations. Free estimates, all work guaranteed. Please call (250)3375501 or visit: www.comoxvalleycarpenter.ca SKILLED CARPENTER. Licensed & certified. Free estimates, Doug 250-650-1333. www.suncrestholdings.ca
ELECTRICIAN Small jobs to new construction. B Connected Electrical. 250-792-2168. www.bzzzt.ca
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ELECTRICAL
Garage Sales
GARAGE SALES
LANDSCAPING TOP SOIL. $13 per yard + trucking. 250-218-4078
COUNSELLING
mw52@shaw.ca
WORK WANTED
Apply to Drawer #4455 at the Comox Valley Record Newspaper
THINKING OF AN IKEA KITCHEN? I can design + deliver + install for you. 20 yrs experience call 250-338-3148
PERSONAL SERVICES
TRADES, TECHNICAL
is looking for an experienced Grapple
RENO’S, FIX-UPS and more. Lifetime resident, trusted, insured! Call 250-897-8515.
COURTENAY: 912 21st St (off Piercy Ave), Sat & Sun, 9-2pm. Kids clothes, toys, furniture, appliances, too much to list, lots of great deals! COURTENAY - East 1732 10th St East. Sat 8-12. Household, books, plants, clothing. COURTENAY - East Junction of Muir & Mission. Sat. Aug 27 8-12. Multi Family. Lots of stuff, good prices. No earlies. FANNY BAY Little Way Rd. Sat 8-12. Early have to make the coffee. Coins, collectibles, power tools/ hand tools, Vintage tools, furniture, Retro lamps, Melmac. Vinyl deck ends, cutting torch w/ regulators, Acetelyne B torch, 1998 Chev, Cube truck, fishing gear, travel trailer, Vintage Clothing, Paintball markers & gear, Native Art, Cerwin Vega speakers, Yamaha amp, Harmon Kardon Amp. ROYSTON - 3895 Royston Rd. Sat 9-? Multi family moving Sale. Furniture & collectibles, etc ROYSTON - 4636 Arran Rd. off Spindrift, Sat Aug. 27 8-3 WALLACE GARDENS CFB Comox, Sat, Aug. 27th, 8am1pm. Multi-Family Sale!
WESTERN FOREST PRODUCTS INC. NOOTKA FOREST OPERATION Western Forest Products Inc is an integrated Canadian forest products company located on Vancouver Island delivering unique, quality products to our customers in a safe, sustainable environment. We are currently seeking fully experienced: H.D. Mechanic, Hooktender, Grapple Yarder Operator, Chaser, Hydraulic Log Loader Operator, Stacker Operator, Front End Log Loader Operator, Bandit Operator, Boom Man. Please forward resumes to: Operations Administrator, PO Box 220 Gold River, BC, V0P 1G0, Fax: 250-283-7222. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Pacific National Processing Ltd. Quality Management Program Administrator We are seeking a highly motivated and hard working team member to join Pacific National Processing Ltd., located in Tofino, BC. PNP is a wholly owned subsidiary of EWOS and managed by Mainstream Canada, the Canadian division of the international aquaculture company Cermaq. We are a growth oriented company and we strive for the quality of our product, safe working environments and sustainable aquaculture. We are currently seeking to fill the position of “Quality Management Program (QMP) Administrator”. This position specializes in quality monitoring and assuring compliance with the requirements of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA). This is a full time, 5 days on, 2 days off, position operating approximately 40 hours per week. Alternate work shifts and possible overtime may be required. The ideal applicant will have experience or training in food safety, HACCP, regulatory compliance, CFIA audits and seafood processing. You must be proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and have basic computer skills. We offer competitive wages, a corporate bonus program, company paid benefits package, and a matching retirement fund plan. If you have the skills we are looking for, and you would like to become part of our team please forward a resume, in person, by fax or e-mail to: Mainstream Canada Box 142, 61 – 4th Street, Tofino, B.C. V0R 2Z0 Fax: (250) 725-1250 E-Mail: careers@mainstreamcanada.com Please state QMP Administrator in subject line DEADLINE TO APPLY: September 9, 2011
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)
HANDYPERSONS WAYNE’S HANDYMAN & Reno. Service. 20+yrs exp. in carpentry, decking, fencing, framing, finishing, drywalling, mudding, painting. Small jobs ok. 250-339-0879
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
GOLDSMITH Custom Designed & Handcrafted Jewellery. Full repair service. Ring sizing while you wait. Engraving Women’s Fashions SIMPLY TIMELESS. 379 4th Street, Courtenay. 250-871-0606
PAINTING FREE POWERWASH with exterior paint job. Taking appointments now for Sept. Best Choice Paint Inc. Interior/Exterior/Powerwash Seniors discount. Fully Insured. Quality work guaranteed. 22yrs exp. Call John at Best Choice Paint Inc. 250-898-3118 bestchoicepaint@hotmail.ca
RUBBISH REMOVAL
~ ~ ALL AWAY ~~ RUBBISH / JUNK REMOVAL 7 days a week • Residential cleanup • Green Waste • Rock / Concrete • Wood / Fencing Material Big & Small **We Do Them All** Environmentally Conscious Fast Reliable Service
Scott 250-792-1668 VALLEY WIDE SMALL HAUL
Bark, top soil, gravel, sawdust, wood chips. Yard clean-ups, construction site, dump runs, re-cycling. Residential & Commercial
250-338-4209 or 250-218-2817
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
LARGE GLASS DISPLAY CASE
FOR SALE 8FT BY 5 FT. $300 O.B.O. PHONE: 250-897-0950 PETS
PETS
PETS REMEMBERED
PETS REMEMBERED
Pets Remembered
We Love You Eli Remembering the most amazing dog that ever lived. A kindred spirit, companion and best friend. We Miss you, Stinks! Many thanks to Dr. Heather Matheson, Marjorie, Mary, Janice, Stephanie at Tree of Life Veterinary. Your care and compassion is so appreciated!
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COMOX VALLEY RECORD • Friday, August 26, 2011
PETS
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE
FEED & HAY
FREE ITEMS
SPORTING GOODS
FOR SALE BY OWNER
GOOD HORSE hay for sale $5.50 per bale. Free delivery for 50 or more. 250-338-5503
FREE: BEIGE chesterfield and chair, in good condition. Call 250-338-7610.
MEN’SCLUBS - Full set callaway Woods, Arnie Palmer Irons, Bag incl. $225 334-3980
PEACE & CARROTS FARM HORSE HAY FOR SALE • First Cut, Fresh 55-60lb bails, lower sugar content, no rain. July cut. • $6.50/from barn, 6736 Headquarters Rd (beside Tyee Valley Rd) (250)337-4030.
FRIENDLY FRANK
REAL ESTATE
STEREO UNIT: Cassette, CD, radio, turntable $50. Floor lamp $25. (250)339-6037.
ACREAGE
PETS 11 WEEK old Lab/Wolf X. Excellent disposition, Intelligent, Beautiful. Move forces sale. 250-702-6310
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
FUEL/FIREWOOD “250-703-FIRE(3473)” Establish since 2004. Custom cut, split, delivered. Fir, Alder, Hemlock, clean wood. Well seasoned. Don’t wait till winter! SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest firewood producer offers firewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords, fast delivery. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com or 1877-902-WOOD.
AUCTIONS Auction House Vancouver Island 239 Puntledge Rd, Courtenay 250-871-7355
Auction Tonight Fri, Aug. 26th, 6:30PM Gold & Silver jewelry, coins, dinettes, couches & chairs, 52” flat screen projection TV, black leather love seat & chair, sterling silver flatware, toys, radios and lot’s of misc.
Viewing 12pm-6:30pm or bid online until
5:30pm Friday Full list posted online www.AuctionHouseVi.com
UNDER $100 AB Rocket Exerciser -$40, Crock Pot -$25, Rice cooker/steamer-$30,Travel Hairdryer - $6 (All OBO)250-703-0692
UNDER $300 AS NEW Aluminum checker Plate locking tool box. Never used fits Toyota Tacoma of Ford Ranger. $250. 897-1416
FURNITURE CHESTERFIELD $150.,Maple Dining set, $400. obo. Floor lamp $25. (250)339-6037.
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE DUNCAN PHYFE mahogany set, 2 pedestal table/leaf, 4 chairs, 1 china cabinet, 1 side board $500 OBO. HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/newspaper? MOBILE HOME 12x49 $32,000, Hutch - like new w/glassware $200, T-Fal deep fryer $75, Dirt Devil - vacuum w/power head $80, 4 TIRES 185/60/R14 82H radial $80, Dark blue rocker/recliner $175. Call 250-334-0717, 4-8pm They’re Here! 2011 LIFESTYLE COUPON BOOKS Support the Comox Valley Horseshoe Club Reduced ! ~ $13.00 CASH ONLY Available at Comox Valley Record 765 McPhee Ave. Courtenay VI’S HOT-TUB Covers, made in BC. Professional in home service. 250-897-8037.
RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO
RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO
250-338-2472
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APARTMENTS / CONDOS LAKE TRAIL APARTMENTS 2 bdrm condos conveniently located with 2 appl and on site coin-op laundry; recent/new renos; decks & windows recently replaced; near schools & bus routes; N/S; N/P; starting from $700/month, incl. FREE heat & hot water; for immediate & Sept 1 possession.
SOUTHVIEW MANOR
2 bdrm lower 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; $725/month; avail for immediate possession.
ULVERSTON MANOR
2 bdrm lower suite in centrally located Cumberland apartment block; features new paint, flooring, secured entry, 2 appl, & on site coin-op laundry; N/S; N/P; for immediate possession; $675/month
THE TIDES Enjoy the beautiful views from your patio in this
2 bdrm, 2 bath, 2nd floor condo unit fronting the Puntledge River, large open green areas, estuary and airpark pathway; inc 6 appl & underground secure parking for only $950/month; avail for immediate possession.
TOWNHOMES PINE PLACE
Spacious 3 bedroom townhomes include 5 appl, & are ideally located near schools & all amenities; lower level features kitchen, dining & living room areas; upper floor contains bdrms, bathrm, & in suite storage; for immediate possession; rent $975/month.
SUITES KENDAL AVENUE SUITES
Beautifully finished suite featuring 2 bedrooms, 5 appliances, exceptional finishing, large bathroom & semi-private patio area; situated in new Cumberland subdivision; available Oct. 1 $800/month.
NOW OFFERING STRATA MANAGEMENT SERVICES
82.8 ACRES, 300’ lakefront, S Cariboo. Beautiful, pastoral, private, rural setting. Borders crown land. Adjacent 80+ acre parcel available. www.bchomesforsale.com/ view/lonebutte/ann/
2 BDRM PATIO HOME in Courtenay, fully remodeled & upgraded. Features a private back patio. Walking distance to town. $199,000. Open house Sat 9-4 & Sun 1-4 851-C5 5th St. Call Esme 250-334-4297
FOR SALE BY OWNER 2+1 BEDROOM Rancher on private fenced 1/2 acre, 5 minutes from downtown Courtenay. $279,000. Details at www.proper tysold.ca/8275. Call 250-898-8483.
OPEN HOUSE Sat Aug 27th & Sun Aug 28th 1 - 3pm 4693B Cruickshank Ave Beautiful East Courtenay duplex, view photos at www.lloydrussell.blogspot.com Call Lloyd 250-703-0890 Asking price $249,900
Hot off the press! $282,900 motivated & heading to University. Great split level 3 bedroom. 2 baths, in law suite. 250-792-5909 gailforce47@shaw.ca
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RENTALS
RENTALS
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FAIRMONT 432-11TH STREET TWO BEDROOM corner suite. Very bright and spacious. Nicely decorated. Large, private patio garden. Very quiet mature adult building midway between downtown and Safeway complex. Security entry. A very attractive suite. Call David @ 250-3380267.
TRADEWINDS 1600-1610 Comox Ave. TWO BEDROOM suite. Nicely renovated. Home-sized kitchen with new cabinets. Attractively decorated. Resident social room. Located just three blocks from centre of Comox and across from Filberg Park. Security entry and elevator. Quiet adult building. Call Greg @ 250-339-1222.
WESTWATER 60 Anderton Ave. Independent Living for Seniors “The Affordable Alternative” TWO BEDROOM with in suite washer/dryer. Very spacious – in suite storage and ensuite off large master bedroom. Full sized kitchen appliances with dishwasher. Fireplace and Jacuzzi tub. Elevator. Secure scooter storage and charging. Resident social room. Security entry. No pets. One Bedroom also available. 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. Dishwasher. Large, private patio overlooking garden area. In suite washer/dryer. One Bedroom also available. Call Greg @ 250-339-1222.
OAKCREST 1155 Stewart Ave. TWO BEDROOM CORNER SUITE very attractive – bright and spacious with extra windows. Nicely renovated/1,000 sq. ft. Located in central Courtenay in a quiet, adult building. Well managed and maintained. No pets. Security entry. Call John @ 250-703-2264.
GREENBRIER 750 Eighth Street TWO BEDROOM CORNER SUITE. Bright and spacious 1064 sq. ft. Two full baths including ensuite. In suite washer/dryer. Very attractive and nicely decorated suite. Quiet, well managed mature adult building just three blocks from downtown. Private patio overlooking garden. Security entry. Call David @ 250-338-0267.
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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
RUTHERFORD MANOR 1075 Edgett Road, 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.
For viewing call Donna 250-334-9667
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RYAN COURT
1015 Cumberland Road, Courtenay
1450 Tunner Drive, Courtenay
Adult Oriented. 2 Bedroom apartment available in clean, quiet building. Manager on-site. Close to downtown with bus stop out front. House cat accepted with pet deposit.
Close to North Island College includes washer and dryer in suite. Clean and modern 1 Bedroom. Cat okay. Lease required.
Call 250-338-7449 HOLLYRIDGE MANOR
Call Sharon 250-334-9717
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.
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1045 Cumberland Road, Courtenay
1520/1540 Piercy Ave., Courtenay
Close to Downtown. 1 & 2 bedroom condo available in quiet, well maintained building. Ideal for Seniors. Bus stop out front. Small pets accepted with pet deposit.
Call Sharon 250-334-9717
2 bedroom suite available immediately in clean, quiet bldg 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.
To View, Call 250-334-4483
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1255 9th Street, Courtenay Available now Deluxe 2 bedroom suite in quiet, well maintained building. Rent includes basic cable, full size stove, fridge, washer/dryer, carpet and blinds. Nice feature: large open concept kitchen. No pets. 2 Rental references and Security Deposit required.
For viewing call Donna 250-334-9667
146 Back Road, Courtenay FEATURES: Fridge/stove, dishwasher, washer/dryer, wall-to-wall carpets, blinds. Children welcome. Quiet, well-maintained 2 bedroom condo. Ideal location. Walking distance to Superstore and North Island College.
Call 338-7449
VANRIDGE MANOR 123 Back Road, Courtenay Features 5 appliances, wall-to-wall carpet, blinds, gas fireplaces - gas included in rent. Low hydro. Children welcome. Quiet, well-maintained 2 bedroom condos. Ideal location, walking distance to Superstore and North Island College. No pets.
Call 250-703-2570 TOWNHOUSES
TORRY PINES 1560-13th Street, Courtenay Completely renovated 2 bedroom townhouse available. Units feature a private entrance, patio area, and lots of storage. Ideal for family or working couple. Small dog accepted with pet deposit.
Call Sharon 250-334-9717
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COMOX- FURNISHED Room Sept. 1st On bus line. Priv bath & entrance. Suitable for student. $375. 250-339-7782.
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OPEN HOUSE COURTENAY 2707B Willemar. Better than new and no HST! Come and check out all of the great features this 2000 sq. ft. Duplex has to offer. Wed & Fri. 5:00 - 7:00 pm. Sat & Sun 11:00 - 1:00 pm. Scott Sutherland RE/MAX Ocean PaciďŹ c Realty. 282 Anderton Rd. Comox 250339-2021/ 250-897-2475. scottsutherland@remax.net
RECREATIONAL PROPERTY RARE OPPORTUNITY: waterfront property on beautiful Jim Lake, 0.83-acre with 360 sq ft insulated cabin, located near Green Lake/Watch Lake. Rare privacy, only three lots on the lake, good ďŹ shing for rainbows to 10 lbs, nice swimming, surrounded by crown land. Great trails for hiking, ATV and snowmobile. Seasonal 10-km back road access in 4x4 or pick-up. FSBO. $230,000. 250-395-0599. (Please see bchomesforsale.com/70mile/frank.)
RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO 2 bdrm in triplex beautiful Puntlage park, newer kit. & bath, 2 appls., thermal windows, hot water incl. coin laundry, N/S, N/P. $695 Avil. Sept 1. Refs. 250-339-6348. MOUNT Washington BC Fully Furnished 1, 2, and 3 bedroom Condos. Starting at $650 per month includes utilites, cable, gas, parking. Are you relocating, building or working in the area. Stay in the alpine, fantastic views, great mountain biking hiking, summer festivals. Stay 1 month or 5 Call us today1 866 707 0018 or visit us www.washingtonwaychalets.com info@washingtonwaychalets.com BEAUTIFULLY renovated, upper ďŹ&#x201A;oor 1100sq ft+ 3 bedroom, 1 bath. Incl: gas ďŹ replace, and 3 piece stainless steel appliances. Located in Comox, near the rec centre, ďŹ rehall and golf course. No pets or smoking. Off street parking. Shared laudry. $1100 plus shared utilities Call 250-830-7782.
MOUNTAIN VIEW Manor, 125 Centennial Dr, Courtenay. 1 & 2 bdrms, secure entrance, ELEVATOR. 250-334-2800.
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250-897-1611 Licensed Professionals www.pennylane.bc.ca TRUMPETERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S LANDING modern newer condos bordering the airpark. Avail. units include 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 6 appls, custom ďŹ nishing, balconies/patios, underground pkg, storage units, some with wonderful ocean views. N/S, No pets. Avail. Immed & Sept. 1. Rents from $1,100/mth. ARGO COURT 2 bdrm, 1 bath, F&S, coin laundry, basic cable & hot water incl., N/S. No pets. Avail. Immed. $700/mth. Call Res.Mgr: 334-8602 LORELIE APTS 2 bdrm, 1 bath, F & S, coin laundry, N/S. No pets. 1/2 mth free w/6 mth lease. Avail. Immed. - $650/mth CRAIGMARK PLACE 2 bdrm, 1 bath condo, 4appls., balcony, res. pkg, storage, N/S, No pets. Avail. Immed.- $750/mth. Call Res. Mgr. 218-3736 BARCLAY SQUARE 2 bdrm, 1 bath townhouse, 4 appls, balcony, new paint & ďŹ&#x201A;ooring, N/S, No pets. Avail. Immed. - $750/mth BRAIDWOOD MANOR 1 bdrm, 1 bath condo, 3 appls, coin laundry, balcony, res. pkg, N/S, No pets. Avail. Immed. - $650/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/mth BARCLAY SQUARE 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 4 appls, patio, newer carpets & new paint, N/S, No pets. Avail. Sept. 15 - $775/mth BRAIDWOOD MANOR 3 bdrm, 1 1 1/2 bath condo, 3 appls, N/S, No pet. Avail. Sept. 1 - $775/mth ROSEWOOD TOWNHOUSES 2 bdrm, 1 bath, F & S, coin laundry, basic cable incl., N/S, No pets. Avail. Oct. 1. Call Res. Mgr. 3348602 DRESSAGE COURT 3 bdrm, 2 bath townhouse, 5 appls, gas F/P (gas incl), balcony w/mountain view, N/S, No pets. Avail. Oct $950/mth ST. AUBINS COURT 2 bdrm, 1 bath townhouse, 5 appls, patio, N/S, No pets. Avail. Sept. 1 - $775/mth WALK TO QUALITY FOODS from this detached townhouse in Comox, 3 bdrm, 1 1/2 bath, garage, fenced yrd w/patio, balcony, N/S, No pets. Avail. Immed. - $1,050/mth MANOR PARK one level 2 bdrm, 2 bath condo in Comox, 5 appls, F/P, balcony, N/S, No pets. Avail. Sept. 15 - $950/mth. PUNTLEDGE TERRACE 2 bdrm, 1 bath townhouse, 5 appls, patio, N/S, No pets. Avail. Oct. 1 - $800/mth
APARTMENT/CONDOS 1 BDRM + den, 1 bath, 6 app, open concept, gated parking. N/P. N/S. Stunning View. Garry Oak Gardens. 2 BDRM - 2 bath, 5 app. interior storage, walk to town, close to river. N/P, N/S 1 BDRM - new paint & ďŹ&#x201A;ooring for quiet & mature tenant, No smoking & no pets. 1 BDRM - large bright unit in suite storage, newly painted, new ďŹ xtures & ďŹ&#x201A;ooring. F/S, N/P, N/S. Maplewood Manor - $650 COMOX, large sunny 3 bdrm apt, fenced deck, NS/NP/ref required.Suits small family $900 250339-2322
COURTENAY. 1-BDRM & den top ďŹ&#x201A;oor, in small quiet bldg, near dwntwn, updated kitch & bath. 1321 Lewis Ave. NS/NP. Sept 1. $700. (250)213-6045. CUMBERLAND, 2 bdrm Apt, N/S, N/P, avail Sept. 1, $950 mo, call 250-339-0260.
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL COUSINS RD. Shop/Warehouse space. 1200 sqft (30x40â&#x20AC;&#x2122;) Quick possession. 250-703-1644/338-7476 HEALTH Care Professional: Space to rent in a highly visible Naturopathic ofďŹ ce. Ground ďŹ&#x201A;oor, great parking, wheelchair access. Contact Heather or Erika at the Braidwood Naturopathic Clinic. #2-204 North Island Highway, Courtenay, B.C. (next to Canadian Tire). Phone: 250-3340655. Email: drmarin@shawbiz.ca
DUPLEXES/4PLEXES COURTENAY- 1 year old duplex, 3 bdrms, 5 appls, hardwood ďŹ&#x201A;rs, 1325sq ft. #1101500 Cumberland Rd. $1050/mo. (250)338-4710.
CHOCOLATE COTTAGE and blueberry cottage-vacation home rentals in Courtenay. Nightly/Weekly/Monthly. Call 250-338-3113 or online at: www.blueberrycottage.ca COMOX: 2 bdrm, den, fully furn new home, NS/NP, $1300 utilâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d. (604)815-9906. COURTENAY- 3 bdrm suite lower, $875, newer appls, fenced yrd, private parking/entrance, shared W/D, wood/electric. No dogs. Call 250-338-6075. FANNY Bay, immaculate waterfront home $1300 per month. Remodeled, hardwood and heated tile ďŹ&#x201A;oors. 2 bdrm., 2 full baths, garage, 5 appliances. No pets, non smoking. References required. Available Sept. 15. Ph. (250) 702-1620.
350A Nim, Nim 3 bdrm,1 bath, n/p, n/s, 3 appls,+ 2 shared, $900/mth Available Immed. 2705B Urquhart 1 bdrm, 1 bath, N/P, N/S, 5 (shared laundry) $700 (incls hydro) Available 1 Sept. 2705A Urquhart, 3 bdrm, 2 baths, N/p, N/S, 5 appls(2 shamed) $1250 incls, hydro, Available Oct 1 268B Mitchell Pl. 3 bdrm, 2 bath, small pet, N/S, 5 appls $12,00/mth Available Immed.
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250-218-0298 www.coolcomox.ca
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www.bahaisofcomox.org 250.702.3041gh250.702.0574 www.bci.org/courtenaybahais
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Honouring paths Living in all thespiritual divine fl ow
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Sunday Services 10:30 Lions Den Nordin St. Comox
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RESONATE BAPTIST CHURCH “Sounding forth the Supremacy of Christ in all things” 10:00AM at Cape Lazo Middle School Everyone Welcome www.resonatechurch.ca
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Comox Community Baptist Church Canadian Baptists of Western Canada
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SUNDAY SERVICE 10:30 A.M.
Community Church
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250 BEACH AVENUE
Rev. Maggie Enwright 250-339-3966
Full Wheelchair Access
@ 10:30 am
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N.I. College, 2300 Ryan Rd.
Lil 250-338-7727 (office)
1580 Fitzgerald Ave. Courtenay 250-338-8221 www.cvsalarmy.ca church@cvsalarmy.ca
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St. George’s 6th & Fitzgerald Ave.
Courtenay
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“To live and to tell the Good News and the love of the Risen Jesus” Sunday Services: 10:30 am Nursery-Gr.6 Sunday School Gr.7-12 Youth Program
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Nursery - Kid Jam - Youth Group Little Lambs Christian Daycare 1105 Pritchard Rd., Comox www.baychurch.net/339-7527 Little Lambs 339-1834
Independent - Fundamental 467 - 4th Street (just east of Fitzgerald) 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. Prayer and Bible Study - 7:00 p.m. Rev. Paul Johnson, Pastor
250-338-8454 www.gbccv.org • info@gbccv.org
250-334-2823, 250-897-4850
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250-400-7800
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