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PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH In today’s PQ NEWS: Our 2012 calendar Friday, January 6, 2012

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Councillors say meeting was legit Gathering to read in camera documents not a meeting of council, says new councillor Willie By NEIL HORNER NEWS REPORTER When the three new Qualicum Beach councillors gathered at town hall Tuesday, they didn’t tell the mayor — and while that has Teunis Westbroek crying foul, the councillors involved are standing their ground. The gathering was organized by Coun. Dave Willie in an attempt to get new council members up to speed on decisions made in camera over the past term, and was attended by Councillors Scott Tanner and Bill Luchtmeijer and senior staff members. The review, Willie said, was held in Dave Willie. the staff coffee room PQ NEWS FILE PHOTO at town hall, located directly across from the mayor’s office. Mayor Teunis Westbroek was incensed when he saw the three council members sitting down together across the hall however, noting that three council memSEE COUNCIL ON A3 bers is a quorum.

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Young Portia Miller gets ready to have her hair cut by stylist Andrea McDowell. Miller was fulfilling a pledge she made to support the town’s saving of the trees in District Lot 10 — and to help young people with cancer by providing her hair for wigs. See page A14 for more. NEIL HORNER PHOTO

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Province supportive of local health centre

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Even strong supporters question the delays By AUREN RUVINSKY NEWS REPORTER Last week Vancouver Island Health Authority president and CEO Harold Waldner told THE NEWS they are waiting for final approval from the Ministry of Health to start work on the proposed health centre in Parksville. The Minister of Health could not be reached but spokesperson Stephen May confirmed, “The ministry supports the concept and approach of the Oceanside Health Centre.” While Waldner said he was “confident” construction would start soon, May said ministry officials are “hopeful that this project will be moving forward early in 2012.” “The ministry continues to work with VIHA to complete the detailed business plan before the project can proceed to construction,” May said. “We are confirming information being provided to us from the health authority related to the service model, services available and ensuring the best value for taxpayer dollars.” The proposed urgent and primary care facility, last estimated at $14.4 million, appeared to have the green light last January for construction beside Trillium Lodge in Parksville, but then stalled. Even the strongest local supporters are questioning the delays. Tom Davies, spokesperson for the Federation of Oceanside Residents Associations recently told THE NEWS “...this is frustrating for the people of the community, folks don’t believe it’s coming anymore, it’s always just around the corner.” Waldner said there will be an open house information day “early in the new year” as soon as they get the final signature from the ministry. Construction is expected to take one year.

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Council gathering could have been handled better, says Tanner He said it should be considered a council meeting — one to which the mayor was not invited or informed. “I was in my office and looked across to where the councillors’ lounge is across from my office are and there were three councillors in there,” he said. “I didn’t know anything about it and staff was going back and forth. If I had been told or invited to it there wouldn’t be an issue, but to do that without letting everyone know it was happening was rather disrespectful.” Westbroek said even in camera meetings, where the public is excluded, need

to be properly posted and advertised. “You can call a meeting on very short notice, but you still have to make it public,” he said. “You can’t do it secretly.” That’s not how Willie sees it. “We must be pretty poor individuals to pick a room right across from the mayor’s office to hold a secret meeting. I think people will see this for what it is.” Willie said it made perfect sense to have the three new council members get caught up with all the in camera minutes from the past term, noting that while open council meeting minutes are open to

anybody, in camera notes require a stricter protocol and can only be viewed — even by councillors — with senior staff present. He said the mayor’s response to the review, which he stressed was not a council meeting and did not discuss town issues going forward, was inappropriate. “He burst into the room at about quarter to 11 and there was no Happy New Year or Merry Christmas, but rather, slanderous remarks about this being an illegal meeting. We were flabbergasted. I think is a clear indication of why some of us are having great difficulty in seeing

his ability to speak for us on anything. “Time will tell. I hope it does. He has tremendous amount of experience and we need that on council. He has shown great leadership.” Willie noted while Westbroek wasn’t invited to the gathering, neither was Coun. Mary Brouilette, as both the incumbents had been present and involved in making the in camera decisions and didn’t need to be updated. Tanner also defended the gathering, calling it a useful exercise. Tanner conceded the gathering could have been handled better, however.

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Looking Back: 2011 held many surprises Today’s edition of THE NEWS continues our 2011 year in review. Read short stories about the year’s big events June, 2011

By BRENDA GOUGH NEWS REPORTER June 3 • As of Thursday the Coastal Fire Centre has 128 firefighters in action outside B.C., mostly in the area of Slave Lake, Alberta, including 23 from the mid-Island region. The Coastal Fire Centre is based in Parksville and covers the entire southwest corner of the province including the Lower Mainland inland to the Coquihalla toll booths and north almost to Kitimat. • You may not get your mail. And you might want to consider sending an email instead of a letter. Postal workers were poised to start striking today (Friday, June 3) after issuing 72-hour strike notice on Monday while negotiations with Canada Post were ongoing. • Vandalism in Parksville’s Community Park Wednesday was a case of arson, say police. June 7 • Search and rescue volunteers from the length of Vancouver Island converged on the Horne Lake area Sunday as they took part in the second annual Rescue on the Rock event. • The weather was perfect as Kwalikum Secondary grads paraded to the Civic Centre for their Under City Lights dry grad festivities Saturday night in Qualicum Beach. • June 10

• The harmonized sales tax and the referendum on its fate are still widely misunderstood, but support for returning to the old provincial sales tax is declining. That’s the main finding of a poll released Thursday by Angus Reid Public Opinion. • Medical infrared thermography, the technology used in the 1950s for military night vision, is now being used to provide early risk assessment of breast health in Qualicum Beach.

The owners of the Qualicum Manor wish to have a medical office on the premises as part of their application to the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA) for funding to establish palliative care and respite care at the facility. The proposal involves a two-storey addition.

Postal workers were on strike across the country in June.

June 14 • Qualicum Beach Airport Appreciation Day kicked off Saturday providing an opportunity to see a local airshow up close and personal. • A project is underway to develop a detailed proposal for restoring fish and wildlife habitat in the Englishman and Little Qualicum river estuaries and some interesting discoveries are being made, according to James Craig with the BC Conservation Foundation (BCCF). The $10,000 project was proposed by the BCCF, with $5,000 coming from Living Rivers — Georgia Basin/Vancouver Island, and the other half matched by the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation. June 17 • Despite having the oldest per capita population in the country, Qualicum Beach only has one palliative care bed. However, that appears likely to change.

Search and rescue workers trained at Horne Lake.

Classic cars were a big draw in Qualicum Beach.

• The group formed to try to save Kwalikum Secondary School from closure used the school’s successes to try and sway the B.C. education minister against shutting it down. Yet, the response was not one they put a lot of faith in. Minister George Abbott visited School District 69 (Qualicum) last week to meet with the board and staff as well as the Oceanside Communities for Quality Education group. June 21 • Thousands of families filled the streets of downtown Qualicum Beach Sunday for the annual Father’s Day Show and Shine, held by the Seaside Cruizers. • PASS/Woodwinds held their graduation ceremonies at Pheasant Glen Golf Resort in Qualicum Beach last Thursday. • About 1,500 people attended the recent public meetings held for the proposed Raven Underground Coal Project, the majority of them raising concerns and showing their disapproval of the project, said Coalwatch Comox Valley president John Snyder.

The boys of summer were kicking things up a notch.

• The Town of Qualicum Beach hired a consultant to meet with concerned parents and citizens to come up with a plan to help convince the school district not to close Kwalikum Secondary School. The school board, however, is treating the report as another document in its reams of information they will use to reach a decision. • The dysfunction among the board of the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Foundation — which led to the United Nations body that governs them to threaten the loss of its status unless it shapes up — continues. Clashing personalities and agendas — evident in a meeting this week — is preventing the group to make progress in forming a cohesive unit, capable of running a biosphere. • THE PARKSVILLE QUALIBEACH NEWS has a new publisher. Peter McCully takes over the helm this week, coming over to THE NEWS from the Gulf Islands Driftwood on Salt Spring Island. He was the publisher there for four years and worked as a sales consultant, manager and associate publisher for a total of 12 years. Peter brings with him a record of excellence, recognized by provincial and national newspaper associations. Peter and his wife Barb are looking forward to relocating to the area and becoming part of the community. CUM

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June 28 • After a long tough process the Arrowsmith Water Service settled important governance and funding issues. The new agreement gives the partners weighted voting power depending on their level of ownership, giving Parksville three votes, the RDN two, and one to Qualicum Beach. The ownership proportions remain the same, but Qualicum Beach will not contribute to the costs of the new Englishman River intake and water treatment facility. • Backpacks have now been banned at the Qualicum Beach Museum after staff discovered some items missing from the displays last week.

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July 1 • The announcement in the first week of July that the province will pony up $7.5 million to upgrade the E&N rail line is good news to MP James Lunney. “This is something we have been pushing for for some time,” Lunney said Wednesday. “I’ve been on the E&N file for years now and we’re very keen to go ahead, but I knew we weren’t going to secure federal funds without a provincial commitment and the premier heard that from me on election night.” • Local teachers in School District 69 joined those across the province giving a strong strike mandate in ongoing negotiations. About 60 per cent of teachers across the province participated, of which 90 per cent (25,282 teachers) voted to give their provincial leaders the mandate. • The province is “absolutely committed” to opening a health centre in Oceanside, said Premier Christy Clark. Speaking in Qualicum Beach during a whirlwind tour of Vancouver Island Tuesday, Clark said she sees such a facility as a clear need in the community.

The Oceanside Overdrive car show draws hundreds of vehicles and thousands of people to the Parksville beach. This year’s show is Sunday, July 31.

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Excavators armor the bank of the Little Qualicum River. • Arrowsmith Search and Rescue joined the search for a missing kayaker on Hornby Island. Search manager Ken Neden said he received a call for assistance at 4 a.m. Thursday from Comox Valley Search and Rescue to help search for a 16-year-old whose kayak washed ashore. The teen, identified as Orlando Graham, launched his red kayak from Sandpiper Beach at approximately 2 p.m. on June 29 and failed to return home before dark.

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Year in Review: 2011 outside the entrance to the sanctuary. She said the way the fences were damaged and the little amount of evidence left behind, she believes the rabbits were crushed to death under someone’s boots.

July 15 • Due to loud construction noises at around 4:30 a.m. Monday morning at the French Creek Harbour, Regional District of Nanaimo chairman Joe Stanhope brought forward a motion to send a letter to the federal department responsible. Stanhope, director of Area G and a French Creek resident, said the noises from the breakwater extension project woke up many people and he received calls. • Despite some nerves over the recent poor weather, excitement was building for Parksville’s big summer event, starting in Community Park. Though it has taken months of preparation and work, the 12th annual Quality Foods Canadian Open Sand Sculpting Competition and Exhibition kicked into high gear July 15 with the pound-up

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• Tendering for the construction of the Nanoose Bay Fire Hall was completed this month, but all bids were higher than the budget estimate. The board approved borrowing up to $3.2 million. July 22 • Despite sparking heated debate around the council table, the Town of Qualicum Beach’s cosmetic pesticide bylaw is causing little stir in the flower beds outside. • Political representatives from surrounding regions, including our own Regional District of Nanaimo chairperson Joe Stanhope, travelled to Vancouver this week to share their disapproval of ferry fare increases with the B.C. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure. July 26 • The Ministry of Highways was working to save the Little Qualicum River bridge this month, but they did so in an environmentally sound manner.

July 29 • A proposal to add 25 residential units to The Gardens at Qualicum Beach has stalled, mostly due to the reaction from tenants. Mayor Teunis Westbroek attended an information meeting, after which he said he didn’t hear a single expression of support and took that message to Wednesday’s council meeting. • A Canada goose that thought he was a rabbit is back in the wild after being rehabilitated at Wild ARC in Metchosin. The goose, known as André at the EARS rabbit sanctuary in Coombs, B.C. where he was dropped off orphaned, spent the first few months of his life sharing food and sleeping quarters with rabbits sent there from the University of Victoria. He was in with the 20 rabbits that were stomped to death when an intruder broke into the facility in June. André, a fuzzy yellow gosling at the time, was unharmed. In Tuesday’s NEWS: The Year in Review continues, with the remaining summer month and then into the fall and winter.

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eniors and care-providers continue to be negatively affected by a bad law enacted by the province nearly a decade ago. That law — Bill 29 — was ruled unconstitutional by Canada’s top court in 2007. The provincial government was given a year to come up with a fix, but the resulting agreements didn’t address the main problem — the allowance for privatization of health-care services. That aspect of the legislation resulted in repeated mass layoffs at one Nanaimo care home, with a lesser contract for workers each time. While the ability to contract out — and repeatedly re-contract to different providers — is good for those in the business of running seniors’ We’re still long-term care homes, it’s decidedly bad for those stuck with a actually providing and receiving care. bad law that For residents, the instability from constant staff turnover is disturbing, at a time in their penalizes lives when stability and continuity of care is seniors and crucial. For workers, the lack of job security is unacceptable. health care The supposed solutions announced in 2008 inworkers cluded financial compensation and retraining for those affected, more consultation and expanded rights. But the ability to contract out remained. And the latest situation at Malaspina Gardens in Nanaimo, where nearly 180 workers were given six-month layoff notice earlier this week, is clear evidence the fix was ineffective. The layoffs came as a surprise to the union, which was prepared to continue negotiating toward an alternative. The province brought in bad legislation in 2002, but was given an opportunity by our top law makers to go back and get it right in 2007. Instead, we’re still stuck with a bad law that penalizes seniors and healthcare workers.

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A bachelor diet aid: It came from the fridge

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o, how you doing Oceanside? Are you still clinging to your New Year’s resolutions, or have you already begun to chip away little just-this-once pieces of your determination and begun the short slide to failure? I’m still good with my pledge, thanks for asking, but I have it pretty easy, really. Yeah, my weight bloomed over the fall and winter, but I have a system to lose those extra pounds and it works really well. It involves chicken and vegetables at the deli for lunch and dinner, as many wasabi peas as I can choke down for a snack. And that’s it. Doing this day after day does take a certain amount of bloodyminded determination, but I have anther ace up my sleeve: The Parksville Qualicum Beach News is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body governing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the mediation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or publisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to: B.C. Press Council, 201 Selby St., Nanaimo, B.C. V9R 2R2. For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

my spectacularly bad luck with cooking. Take chicken soup, for example. Pretty easy thing to deal with, you’d think. I certainly did when I picked up a barbecued chicken at the store in Fort St. James. I bought egg noodles, bouillon, celery, the whole bit. This was going to be home-cooked soup, the way mom used to make it. I chopped everything that needed chopping and fired it up, boiled it up and let it simmer. Soon, the whole apartment held the rich aroma of chicken soup and I could hardly wait for it to cool at all before I dished myself up a great big bowl.

It tasted as good as it smelled. I finished it off and went back for seconds. I dipped the ladle in the pot and when I pulled it out, there, nestled in amongst the egg By Neil noodles, chicken Horner and peas was a AA battery. The kind you put in your flashlight. That was one big pot of soup, so it took a couple of flushes. That was nothing, however, compared to the char horror to come. Fort St. James borders on the Nak’azdli reserve on the shores of Stuart Lake and I got to know one of the elders, who took me with her when she checked her nets in the lake one time.

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Along with the sturgeon, trout and other fish in her net, there was a great big char, which she gave me. I was delighted and cooked it up and ate maybe a quarter of it for my dinner before putting the rest in the freezer for later. The next day however, Hydro, with whom I’d been having of a dispute over a bill, responded to my declaration of “to heck with you, I ain’t paying that” by turning off my power. This latest escalation really got my back up. “Fine,” I said. “Be like that. It’s summer and it’s warm. I’ll eat in restaurants and there’s a shower at work. You’ll be getting no revenue from me!” I was about two weeks into my defiance when I traced the source of an increasingly vile

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smell. It came from the fridge. I opened the door and promptly retreated, gagging. That’s when I remembered the char. The only way I can describe the large, moist and mushy horror that greeted me when I opened the freezer is to say it pretty much personified the gaseous, gelatinous grossness of death itself. I paid the power bill the next day. It’s pretty easy to keep those — and many, many other — incidents in mind as I line up for my usual at the deli these days and while my diet may leave me feeling slightly unsatisfied and bored, there are no surprises, so it’s a lot more appealing than the alternative. news@pqbnews.com

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LETTERS Change coming to all this year

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Plan unacceptable

The year 2012 is an eventful one, when three major cycles of development for humanity’s evolution cease. The way we think and believe will no longer be viable, because a new evolutionary force is entering our world. It is a force aimed at the value of goodwill and at its foundation, equality. Humanity will experience major shifts of awareness (consciousness) influencing one’s progression of daily thought. These build the personality within humanity to be strong and courageous, able to withstand modification, alterations. Humanity will deeply assess prevailing values, ideas we have been taught and beliefs around those ideas. Humanity will assess life itself (what is it?) and our part in it (who are we?) Humanity worldwide enters into a time of preparation as January begins, the structures we know and believe in will begin to disappear more rapidly and by the end of January all of humanity begins a life review, a “looking within� assessing past plans and goals for the purpose of creating a right and appropriate future. Goodwill to all in this coming year!

Micheal Razberry Parksville

Stop the nonsense I cannot believe the suggestion that 50,000 people left B.C. in the 1990s, as a recent television commercial is stating. There was never a year in the ‘90s that our population decreased, as a mater of fact, 748,384 people came to B.C., in the ‘90s! This averages 68,035 increase every year of the ‘90s. The last two years of that government,1999 and 2000, the increase was 28.265 and 27,856 respectively. How can this commercial be allowed to air when it is full of deceit? The only way it can be justified is maybe 50,000 people left B.C., but 748,384 replaced them! No wonder people are not coming out to vote, this kind of crap has to stop!

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fter years of private sector commercial real estate and development, I was hired by BC Buildings Corporation in 1992 as lease manager for the City of Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. BCBC was a crown corporation mandated to provide accommodation for the ministries of B.C. and other public entities. The Ministry of Health was one of our biggest customers and I negotiated and built leased premises for everything from alcohol and drug clinics to mental health clinics to ambulance stations, to administrative offices. When health was regionalized in 1995, I liaised with all the Lower Mainland health authorities on behalf of BCBC. On Vancouver Island, the Capital Region board opted to stay with BCBC, while Mid Island and North Island boards decided to do their own thing. As a result, some very stupid deals were done. VIHA does not belong in the real estate business. There were solid business reasons the Ministry of Health built and owned hospitals but leased all other premises from the private sector. They didn’t want the financial exposure and they knew they needed the flexibility that leased premises provides. Government programs are forever expanding, downsizing and relocating. The proposed health centre is nothing more than an office building, partially to be leased by private sector tenants like doctors, labs and pharmacies; with the remainder to be occupied by a consolidation of health tenants who should not be under the same roof. Uses like alcohol and drug and mental health can’t be sharing common areas with breast feeding clinics and seniors’ programs. There are other uses that are not compatible neighbours. What happens when one of the VIHA uses outgrows the space or has to relocate for other reasons? Will VIHA and the tax payers be on the hook for the cost of the vacant space, or will a program be compromised because they are not allowed to move out or expand? VIHA may get nice new offices, but what benefit is this health centre to the people of Parksville and Qualicum Beach? Please, please put that $14 million towards a hospital.

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Cats also need to be licensed here

Re: thousands of stray cats (THE NEWS, Dec. 27). As I prepare once again to fork out license fees for my two registered, spayed, tattooed, micro chipped terriers — that never leave my sight, except when kennelled — I can’t help wondering how our feline friends continue to be off the W.H. Martin hook. Kitty gets to roam freely, doParksville

Frank Fairley

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ing its business in your and my garden, preying on our birds, and irritating neighbourhood dogs with its teasing dashes through the backyards. OK, so they catch the odd rodent and do us a favour that way, but my terriers would be pretty good at that too if they had the same freedoms! So how about a licence system similar to dogs? Surely this is justified to pay for all the same benefits I’m told I get for my dog fees, and the cat

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It’s not Greens who don’t get it This letter is in response to the letter entitled Greens don’t get it (THE NEWS, Dec. 27). The point to get is that once an ancient forest or forest remnant is gone, the entire plant, bird and animal community that it supported is gone too. The time it takes for an old growth community to develop is measured in millenia. For example, Douglas firs can grow for over 1,000 years, die and then continue to provide habitat for wildlife for another 300 years. Yellow cedars can live for over 1,800 years and continue to provide habitat for another 600. Along with these venerable conifers other trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, lichens and fungi have developed a unique plant community that supports myriad wildlife dependent on this mature forest. To compare old growth forest to a rash of younger trees (often grown in monoculture, for 100 or 200 years ‘til the next cut) is like comparing a riparian meadow to a lawn. Fortunately, for those who wish to understand why old growth is so special, there is a great read, Wildlife Trees in British Columbia (Lone Pine, ISBN-10:1-55105-071-4) available locally. This informative, colorful, and enjoyable book will move the intelligent reader from calling out “crazy� to calling out “protect.�

Lynne W. Brookes Errington

Fun with numbers MP James Lunney is quoted (THE NEWS, Dec. 6) as saying, “People ... are always throwing out outrageous numbers.� Then he goes on to say “fully 31 per cent of crimes are not reported.� Hey, James! If they are not reported then how do you know how many there are?

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Keeping her pledge By NEIL HORNER NEWS REPORTER When you vow you’re going to do something, it’s a good idea to keep your word, and while Portia Miller is only five, she already knows that. On Friday, the Qualicum Beach resident followed through with a pledge she made in a bid to both protect trees threatened by logging and also help some other little girl threatened by cancer. “I’m cutting my hair off because they saved the trees for me and I said if they saved the trees for me I would cut my hair off and give it to Locks of Love, for children who have had cancer,” she said. The land in question is a 3.5 hectare portion of DL10, located on the west bank of the Little Qualicum River. Although the land is owned by the Town of Qualicum Beach, the logging rights had been owned by Island Timberlands. The Town of Qualicum Beach last year purchased those rights for approximately $180,000 in order to ensure the trees remain standing. “Along with the pledges for cut-

ting her hair, Portia, also included her birthday and Christmas money, which she requested instead of presents, to preserve the Little Qualicum River Floodplain forest, often referred to as the Qualicum Beach Salmon Forest,” said Wilderness Committee mid-Island spokesperson Annette Tanner. The group, she said, has led tours through the area, located on the west bank of the Little Qualicum River, on Earth Day every year to show people the site is important to the future of the area’s water supply. Her husband, Qualicum Beach Councillor Scott Tanner, was also on hand to watch Borealis Hairbar N Tanning 2 stylist Andrea McDowell transform her below-the-waist tresses into a shoulder-length bob. “It’s terrific to see someone with the youthful energy Portia has in bringing attention to these areas that are so rare and in desperate need of protection,” Scott said. “There is so little of it left.” Locks of Love (www.locksoflove. org) is a non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children in the United States and Canada.

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#30-3920 ISLAND HWY

$24,900

• A place to call home or use as a getaway retreat. • Clean mobile that is light & bright. 16’ x 7’ covered porch • All appliances included & is fully furnished. 16’ x 14’ wired workshop • 2 bedrooms, spacious living room, large laundry room, lots of storage • In the quietest area of the Qualicum MHP. What a great buy.

1360 ERRINGTON ROAD

$179,000

#6-1733 WHIBLEY ROAD

$84,900

• Family park, pet allowed with permission • 2 bedroom, good layout, bright with skylights • Large sundeck, shed for garden tools • Close to Coombs Market or Parksville 1851 MARTINI WAY

$199,900

406B 181 BEACHSIDE DRIVE

$86,000

7-322 VILLAGE WAY

$159,900

• OCEANVIEW, 1 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath suite on 4th floor • 1/4 ownership, 12 weeks of usage, enjoy yourself or place in rental pool • Full kitchen w/ granite counter tops, gas fireplace in main lvg area • Full services, Spa, Fine Dining, Pool, Hot Tub & Owners Lounge

• 930 sq. ft. condo • 2 bedroom, 1 bath, south facing balcony • Carport w/ secured storage area & power • Furniture package is included

850 POPLAR WAY

417-650 BERWICK ROAD

$212,900

$222,000

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• 2 bdrms & den, spacious kitchen, family room w/woodstove • New roof & all new vinyl windows • Updates: new tile in entry, kitchen, hall & pantry, laminate flr in living rm, water filter system w/UV light. • Back door off the family rm takes you to 17’ x 20’ deck

1723 KAREN’S COURT

$279,900

• Open floor plan home on .55 of an acre • Living room w/ fireplace, vaulted ceiling in lvng rm & kitchen • South facing veranda & a large deck w/ mountain view • Bonus bldg for artist’s studio, workshop, in-law suite, etc.

LOT 375 SOUTH LAKE ROAD

• Spacious home nestled on a very private .46 acre treed lot • 2 bedrooms & a den or 3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, large front deck • Spacious lvg rm w/woodstove, large eating area, kitchen with island • 10 year old roof, newer kitchen and some newer flooring • Large hedges & picturesque Whiskey Creek running through the backyard

$289,000

1531 KING ROAD

$295,000

• THE GARDENS one bdrm & bath 625 sq. ft. suite • Kitchen, lvgrm with cozy electric fireplace • Vibrant, retirement comm, maintain your independent lifestyle • Security features, social, recreational & wellness programs

1726 SETTLER ROAD

$319,900

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Enjoy the privacy & beauty of this meticulously kept, sun drenched home Large white kitchen w/pantry, bright eating area, 2 bedrooms & den Spacious living room with gas fireplace & custom mantle, storage shed Bathrm with soaker tub, engineered hardwood floors, heated crawl space • Artfully landscaped, fenced yard, lovely pergola and slate patio extension

606-194 BEACHSIDE DRIVE

$324,900

• 2 bed, 540 sq. ft., furnished home on Horne Lake • Panoramic view overlooking the lake • 11000 sq. ft. gentle sloping lot, 62 ft. of lake frontage • Sleeps 5 people comfortably, separate RV hookup

1603 MARINE CIRCLE

$329,900

• Picture an English country garden set in a quiet rural neighborhood • This cute and cozy home beckons the gardener with its mature gardens • Kitchen with oak cabinets, newer vinyl windows, cozy woodstove • The back of the property has been rabbit and deer fenced • There is a detached workshop with storage on the upper floor

4544 MAPLE GUARD DRIVE

$359,900

• Enjoy peaceful tranquility, nature & privacy of this sun drenched rancher on 2.5 acres • 3 bedrooms, large bright kitchen, spacious eating area & living room with cozy fireplace • The sliding door off the living room takes outside to the patio & very private back yard • There is even an 8’ x 15’ covered deck, a large greenhouse & a garden shed • Located in a cul de sac. Perfect blend of comfortable living, great location & affordable price

874 FAIRWAYS DRIVE

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• 4 bedroom 1900 sqft home has been exceptionally well built. • Bright kitchen w/skylight, formal living rm w/gas fireplace, master bedroom on main floor • Upstairs boasts a large bonus rm/guest room with kitchenette, large bedroom • Beautiful bathroom with sep. shower, jetted soaker tub, heated tile floor & skylight. • Double garage, private, fenced back yard w/many trees & raised garden beds

Parksville • Revel in luxury & enjoy resort-style living year round • 9-ft ceilings, wood flooring, s/s appliances, granite counter tops, gas fireplace • Fitness center, indoor pool, hot tub, steam room & workout gym

547 NOOTKA ROAD

$394,900

1121 PINTAIL DRIVE

$438,888

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Completely renovated chalet style, 3 bedroom home on a quiet, private, treed lot. 1241 sq. ft. home has been lovingly updated w/new kitchen & bathrooms. New hardwood flooring in the lvg room, kitchen, dining area & bdrm. This home sits on a large 1/2 acre lot where the garden has been done organically. Lots of RV & boat parking. Across from the ocean, only a short walk to the waterfront.

756 LANCASTER PLACE

$449,000

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• Bright cozy rancher w/upper bonus room located on Eaglecrest Golf Course. Could include Eaglecrest Club Membership & cart. • 2061 sq. ft, 3 large bdrms, formal living & dining room, family room • Master bdrm with bay window, ensuite with soaker tub & sep. shower • Door off the family room takes you outside to south facing covered patio • Lots of room for RV or boat parking. Close to sandy swimming beach

564 HAZELWOOD PLACE

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• Eaglecrest, 1993 sq. ft. 2 storey-main level entry home • Master bdrm on the main level w/ soaker tub & separate shower • Open floor plan, 3 bedroom & 3 bath, bright kitchen • Formal dining w/vaulted ceiling, gas fireplace in lvngrm • Private, fully fenced back & side yards

• Family perfect 2140 sq.ft two storey home on a very private .29 acre lot • It features 3 bedrooms, a den, large dining room and 2 1/2 bathrooms • Large kitchen, family room with wood stove, formal lvg room w/rock fireplace • New hardwood flooring in lvg room, family room, & kitchen, vinyl windows & roof • Located in on a park like, mature, landscaped lot with lots of RV/boat parking

896 FAIRWAYS DRIVE

$489,000

619 BANKS AVENUE

$495,900

• Immaculate Windward home w/new roof, recently repainted inside & out • New high efficiency natural gas furnace, pot lamps, 4’ crawl, BI vacuum, • Kitchen w/white cabinets, new st/st fridge, new washer & dryer, tile floors • Family room w/gas FP, vaulted ceiling, skylight, bedroom with walnut floors • Living & dining room with 3/4” beech floors, tiled entry w/skylight • Private, fenced back yard w/pebbled aggregate patio, shed & n/g BBQ outlet • Located in a quiet cul-de-sac with an easy care yard, no grass anywhere

283 CRESCENT ROAD WEST

$525,000

• Well designed rancher on crawl in the Evergreens subdivision • Bright kitchen w/island & pantry, formal dining rm w/cathedral window • Living rm with 10 ft ceiling & crown molding, 3 bedrms, 2 1/2 baths • French doors off living rm takes you outside to private covered patio • So many updates through out this lovely home

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$625,000

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• Immaculate 3200 sq ft 2 storey 3 bdrm home • Bright kitchen, formal dining & living room • Double garage w/220 power, heat pump, security system • Huge deck overlooking Eaglecrest Golf Course • Bonus-lower one bdrm suite with laundry hookup

• Immaculate 5 bdrm, 3 bath home, ensuite w/soaker tub & shower • Bright kitchen with island & family room with gas fireplace • Lovely open living room with high ceilings & gas fireplace • Large private backyard with mature landscaping & 12 x 15 shed

• Enjoy sunsets & a view of the ocean, Lasqueti & Texada Islands • Charming, 1860 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, 2 bath rancher on crawl • Within easy walk to golf course, beach & downtown Qualicum • “great room” style living & family room overlooking fenced yard • RV parking, detached garage/workshop & a generous 72x145 lot

• Immaculate home on 15.45 acres with 3 mortgage helpers. • Mature forest, trails, fenced garden beds & landscaped • Main home has open concept, walk out basement & garage • Plus: A suite below main home, 768 sq. ft. mobile & sep. 2 storey home • Detached single garage, 2 carports & 2 large storage areas

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• Exceptional value for almost 1500 sq. ft. • Bright and clean in gated community • 5 appliances, fireplace • Immediate possession

$225,000

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Level acreage offered at $695,000 situated on high volume, excellent “Quadra Sands” aquifer. Soil type is said to be good for many crops including, berries, grapes etc. Call Mark Anderson 250-757-8444

Ready for occupancy 2 bedrooms plus den Open floor plan Backs onto parkland

$326,000

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356 HACKBERRY, PARKSVILLE New Parkswest Construction home in popular Maple Glen, open plan with 2 bedrooms and den. The kitchen has a pantry and open to the great room with cozy fireplace. 2-5-10 Home Warranty.

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Brenda’s List THE NEWS’ Brenda Gough helps you plan your weekend

More upcoming events in our weekly calendar. A32

The Old Dutch Inn Qualicum Beach is the other place to be. This Page

Parksville’s Rod and Gun is one of the places to be this weekend. This Page

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Maria Manna at Old Dutch

Students want your old trees

By BRENDA GOUGH NEWS REPORTER

Kwalikum, Ballenas grads are on the fundrasing path By AUREN RUVINSKY NEWS REPORTER With the end of the holiday season, Kwalikum Secondary students are looking to help with the clean-up while raising funds for Dry Grad 2012. Students, parents and Town of Qualicum Beach volunteers will go door-todoor through town this Saturday collecting Christmas trees and empty bottles. The annual pick up is well-supported by the Town of Qualicum Beach and the community in general, said Karen Katchur, one of the parent organizers. People are asked to leave their discarded trees, along with any bottles or other donations to the grad effort at the end of their driveway by 9 a.m. Trees can also be dropped off at the town works yard on Berwick Rd. Katchur can be reached at karenkatchur@shaw.ca or 250-752-3944 for more information or to help with the effort. The annual KSS Christmas tree and bottle drive runs tomorrow (Jan. 7) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Contact the grad committee with questions, comments or to help with an event. The KSS chairs Leigh Campbell and Jennifer MacIntosh can be reached at KSSGrad12@gmail.com or check sites. google.com/site/kssgrad12. • • • • Ballenas Secondary grads are also holding a bottle drive in Parksville Saturday, watch for them in Parksville between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. or leave a labeled bag in front of your house. Contact the grad committee chairs for info. or check www.bssgrad.ca.

The Coalition, from Salt Spring Island, will be at Parksville’s Rod and Gun Friday. SUBMITTED PHOTO

If you are in the mood for some sultry jazz music The Old Dutch Inn in Qualicum Beach is the place to be this weekend. The restaurant and hotel has been expanding its entertainment line up with live music Thursday through Sunday and there is a special trio Friday, Jan. 6 and Saturday, Jan. 7 from 6 to 9 p.m. Dynamic Victoria vocalist Maria Manna will join pianist Ron Hadley and Joey Smith on bass. Manna who sings in native Italian and English will perform jazz and pop standards and well-known Italian favorites. The accomplished vocalist is an entertainment legend in her hometown of Edmonton and her self-titled CD is receiving rave reviews across North America and Europe. On January 12 soulful Victoria blues/ jazz vocalist Maureen Washington is in the house. On January 19 Victoria crooner Aaron Scoones will be at Hadley’s side and on January 26 Victoria jazz vocalist Gergana Velinova will join Hadley on stage. You can find Hadley tinkling the ivory every Thursday at the restaurant where he will be joined by special guest musicians from 6 to SEE GREAT ON A26 9 p.m.

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hey describe themselves as a fusion of rock and awesome. The Coalition band is playing their first gig of the new year at the Rod and Gun on Friday, Jan. 6. If you like to listen to a mix of covers and hits you’ll recognize and want to dance to, check out The Coalition. It’s difficult to pigeon-hole

The Coalition into a certain genre of music. Picture a band that sounds like a mix between Sublime, The Beatles, and Rage Against the Machine. With Dave Lettinga — lead vocals and guitar, Malcolm Shoolbraid — drums and vocals, Ross Duncan — lead guitar and vocals and Michelle Duncan — bass and saxophone, the band consists of four Salt Spring Island musicians playing cover tunes from the ‘80s and up. SEE

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Victoria jazz singer Marina Manna is part of the busy music lineup in Qualicum Beach. SUBMITTED PHOTO

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More toys for tots PARKSVILLE — Royal LePage staff and patrons in Parksville and Qualicum Beach have continued their commitment to collect toys for hospitalized children staying at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital (NRGH). Royal LePage Realtor and co-organizer Michele Wuerch, a trained paediatric nurse, organizes appropriate gifts for children undergoing medical treatment with the help of NRGH Unit Coordinator Denise Pond. “I am very proud of the efforts shown by our Royal LePage offices in Oceanside and the generosity of the community as even a small gift can really lighten the burden for a young patient.� The toy drive has turned into an annual event and December 2011 marked the third year they delivered new toys to NRGH. This year almost 150 toys will find a new home with a sick child. — Submitted

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Hadley said it is a great venue and now that the word is out they are starting to get some good crowds. “People are enjoying it. The food is good and its a nice place to listen to music and dine,� he said. Hadley who also organizes Music On Sunday at The Old School House (TOSH) said when the winter series begins on January 15 people who attended that day’s Music On Sunday concert at TOSH will get a 20 per cent discount on dinner when they show their Music On Sunday ticket or ticket stub. For reservations call 250-752-6914 or visit www.olddutchin.com.

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Date: Monday, Jan. 9th & Wednesday, Jan. 11th Time: 7:00 pm Place: Village Theatre, 110 West 2nd Avenue, Qualicum Beach Production Dates: May 29-June 15, 2012 Roles: 5-16 roles for men and women of all ages. All roles are open. We welcome new members. The auditions will include a variety of theatre exercises and readings from the script. For more information, please contact Gerri Hemphill at 250-468-1751 or at gerri.hemphill@shaw.ca www.echoplayers.ca

Wunderbread performed at The Beach Club’s New Year’s Gala. BRENDA GOUGH PHOTO CONTINUED FROM PAGE A25

Eclectic music on tap They refer to themselves as a super group and will be rocking the Rod and Gun Friday night. Michelle, who is married to Ross said the band has been together for a year and she said they like to put their own spin on the covers they play. “Our music is eclectic. We like doing mash ups to make it more interesting,� she said. Michelle said they have some danceable reggae but also play some edgier rock mostly from the ‘90s. As for being married to the singer in the band she said it is all good. “There is no drama in our band. We are pretty tight friends and it is an excellent group to play with.� On Sat., Jan. 7 at the Gun it is full on hip hop with mix masters from Party People. DJ Anger who is a familiar name in Victoria’s hip hop scene will be scratching and mixing it up along with DJ Trever who is also well known in the Victoria club scene.

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Manager for a Strata Condominium Complex and a Holiday Resort Rental Pool

By BRENDA GOUGH NEWS REPORTER

Applicant will have opportunity to manage a well-established strata corporation and a waterfront vacation resort rental pool in Parksville on Vancouver Island. This full time position provides a great opportunity to provide quality hospitality services to guests; to manage an existing and competent compliment of employees; to work with an active strata/rental pool council. It also provides an opportunity to manage a strata corporation. The applicant’s qualiďŹ cations would include experience or training in managing and promoting a resort, good knowledge of computerized reservations systems, social media, understanding of budgeting and ďŹ nancial statements; working effectively with the public, trades people, guests, and strata condominium owners. The applicant should also be competent in managing a strata condominium complex. The applicant must have or be willing to obtain a strata manager’s license. Compensation commensurate with experience Apply by February 1, 2012, providing a resume of experience, training, and references to: hjlmoller@gmail.com

A crowd of hearty souls braved the frigid waters of Parksville Bay to ring in New Year’s Day 2012 by participating in the 22nd annual Polar Bear Swim. After a very brief dip in the ocean, about 150 people made a run for the shore. Mild temperatures on January 1 likely drew the large crowd of onlookers who cheered and offered encouragement. Volunteers from Arrowsmith Search and Rescue monitored the swimmers in the water, while the Parksville Fire Department manned the beach. Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) recreation programmer Anne Porteous said 150 swimmers registered for the noon time event at the Parksville community beach and she said it was a huge success. “Everyone was safe. It was a great event and it seems to get bigger every year,� she said. In 2011 there were 110 swimmers registered and Porteous said they will plan for huge numbers in 2013. The RDN sponsored event included a certificate for the swimmers and hot beverages and snacks.

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More people watched the Polar Bear Swim, rather than brave the cold water themselves on new year’s day.

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LEGALS WAREHOUSE LIEN ACT: Whereas: Linda Joanne Talbot of 826 Wren Place, Victoria, B.C., V9B 3B6,is indebted to Accel Towing of 1178 Smithers Rd.,Parkville,BC V9P 2C1 for towing and storage on a 1968 Ford Mustang. There is presently an amount due and owing of $8,900 plus any additional costs of storage, service and sale. Notice is hereby given that on January 20,2012 or thereafter, the said 1968 Ford Mustang will be sold according to law. Contact Accel Towing 1-250-954-2228.

LOST AND FOUND FOUND Prescription Glasses on Ruffels Rd. near Bellevue. Call The News to identify @ 250-248-4341. LOST CAT “Abby� since Dec 26 in vicinity of 330 Dogwood. 5yrs old Tabby Cat, short hair w/black triangle on her back at base of next. Quite shy. Call 250-248-7289 or PV SPCA at 250-248-3811. LOST: MALE neutered chocolate Siamese with dark head cat, outdoor cat, last seen in Seablush area. Please call (250)468-9641. LOST: PRESCRIPTION glasses, Community Centre and Jenson area. Please call (250)586-5965.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR GREAT AUNT THELMA TANA REID OCT 20, 1922 JAN 12, 2011. It’s hard to believe a year has passed since you left us. We miss the love & laughter that you always surrounded us with. We miss the long chats about those Canucks. We feel your presence with us everyday. Love Kim, Dan & family.

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Economic Development Manager Kwakiutl Nation is seeking a creative and energetic Economic Development Manager (EDM). The successful candidate will possess a tightrope walker’s ability to balance Aboriginal Title & Rights interests with First Nations Economic Development aspirations. Kwakiutl (pop. 755) is located in Tsakis, British Columbia, adjacent to the community of Port Hardy on the scenic north end of Vancouver Island. Reporting to the Band Manager, the EDM will have the requisite skills to protect Kwakiutl’s Land Base, research and/or develop a statement of declaration and promote Employment and Job Creation. Further, the successful candidate will have experience in First Nations community economic development, strategic planning, project management and writing: funding proposals, TORs, and business plans. The position requires 35 hours per week in an ofďŹ ce environment with ex time (as needed), criminal records check and valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle. The closing date is January 12, 2012. Please apply by sending your cover letter w/salary expectations & resume to manager@kwakiutl. bc.ca Thank you for applying. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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PIPE LAYERS REQUIRED at Locar Industries. Minimum 5 years experience. Fax resume to 250-751-3314

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PARKSVILLE – BRIGHT & spacious 2 bdrm, D/W, W/D optional. Large balcony, security camera & parking incl’d. Near schools, beach, downtown & on bus route. From $775. Available Jan. 1st. Call 250-248-8592. PARKSVILLE, CLOSE to all amenities. N/S, secure, comfortable, recently renovated 2bdrm suite. Avail immediately. W/D, F/S, D/W. $850./mo + utils. Ref’s. Call 250-248-6287. PARKSVILLE OCEAN view 2 bdrm Apt, quiet bldg, pets ok, heat/hot water incl’d, avail Jan. 15th, $800/mo.(250)248-3350. PARKSVILLE APT- 2 bdrms, grd flr, patio, quiet 4-plex, F/S, D/W, free laundry. $825 mo. Avail now. 250-927-0287. PARKSVILLE- PERFECT for seniors, quiet secure bldg, steps away from beach/boardwalk. Close to all amenties, 2 bdrms, 2 bath, gas F/P, recent updates, beautiful & bright. $1150. Available Now. Call 1-(902)662-2512.

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IF YOU are looking for a reliable house cleaner to clean your home, please call me! Qualicum Beach area! Excellent references & many years experience. Call 250-752-4342

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FREE DROP OFF: Oil, batteries, scrap metal. We pay $Cash$ for unwanted Cars & Trucks. Call anytime. Norm & Sons Towing & Salvage (prev. of Bull Dog Auto) 250-7578911 or 250-954-7543.

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2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on local moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)951-0010.

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SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest firewood producer offers firewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD. WOOD PELLET fuel for sale. We deliver. 250-757-9232

GARAGE SALES QUALICUM BAY Lighthouse Community Centre. 240 Lions way, Qualicum Bay, B.C. Date: Jan. 8th., 8am to 12 noon. Pancake Breakfast and Flea Market. Tables $8.00. Ph: 250-757-8481 or 250-7579938. Rain or shine!

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BUYDENS COMPUTERS From Nanoose to Deep Bay. Call Kevin 250-240-7372

A STROKE ABOVE Painting. Commercial & Residential. Interior/Exterior. WCB, liability insurance. All jobs warranted. See what we can do! Dave 250-248-0335, 250-240-2310.

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SPORTS Royals grads get a little off season kudos PARKSVILLE — From the dugout comes word of some off-season recognition for Royals’ graduates Taylor Green and Mark Hardy. According to longtime Royals’ head coach Dave Wallace, Taylor shared the Canadian Minor League Hitter of the Year award with Brett Lawrie (Langley Blaze and Toronto Blue Jays), and Mark was named Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Standout southpaw Clayton Isherwood from Texada Island has been selected to the spring roster of the Canadian national junior team for the third straight year. In the World Tournament qualifier, ‘Ish’ pitched a complete game shutout against Guatemala. Canada qualified second in the tournament ensuring them Royal Clayton Isherwood of a berth in the World Youth has made the spring Tournament in Korea in Augroster of the Canadian Sept., 2012. national junior team. All of this, of course, sets PQ NEWS FILE PHOTO the stage for the start of the Royals 2012 season. Indoor workouts commence Jan. 29 at Glenwood Centre in Port Alberni (10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.) and continues until they head outside Saturday and Sunday, March 4-5. The regular season opens Easter weekend (April 7-8) and runs through to until July 22. The Royals will not be fielding a junior team in 2012 as there is a AAA Bantam program being re-introduced to the central and north island. Based in Courtenay this team will participate in the BC AAA Bantam league 40 game schedule featuring teams from Vancouver Island (5) Lower Mainland (8) and the Okanagan (2). — James Clarke

Looking Back: 2011 highlights Today’s edition of THE NEWS concludes our 2011 year in review in sports By JAMES CLARKE PQ NEWS SPORTS Sept. 2 • Oceanside may have only sent four female swimmers to the recent BC Seniors Games in West Kootenay, but boy did they come up big. Big, as in 15 gold medals collectively, to go along with three silver and five bronze. Sept. 16 • The 11th annual Panters Classic old-timers hockey tournament had a distinctively French Canadian feel to it as three new teams from Quebec made the trip to Parksville. Played out last week at Oceanside Place (and surrounding area), the Classic featured four age divisions for players 55 plus. Sept. 20 Parksville’s Ballenas Whalers football teams posted bruising bookend wins on home field against the Belmont Bulldogs from Victoria. The JVs took to the field for game one of the BC High School Football double header, and a shortbenched AA Ballenas team showed a lot of moxie in a 34-6 win. Sept. 30 A new soccer league for U14 and U15 boys and girls is being embraced by the players and parents. Just three weeks into its inaugural campaign, the Vancouver Island Premier League, comprised

The Ballenas Secondary School Whalers football teams hosted, and defeated Belmont in September. of around six teams in each division, from one end of the rock to the other, has already established a solid foothold. Oct. 11 • From Victoria came word University of Victoria rower Kai Langerfeld of Parksville posted a record-smashing time of 5:56 in two-kilometre erg training (done on a rowing machine), the fastest time ever by a Vikes student-athlete in the 46-year history of UVic rowing team.

• It was back to the drawing board for Oceanside’s Save On Foods Generals, as head coach and GM Dave Johnston continues to try and find the formula for what ails his young team. Back in action a few short days after Johnston released his head coach, assistant coach and both goalies, the Generals were thumped 7-3 on Friday in Sidney against the Peninsula Panthers, then gave up two unanswered goals in the third period at home on Saturday to go down 3-1 to the Campbell River Storm.

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Oceanside Generals healthy, rarin’ to grab a few more wins By JAMES CLARKE PQ NEWS SPORTS Twenty-nine down, 13 to go.

Oceanside’s Save On Foods Generals return to action this weekend with a two-game set against the Campbell River Storm —

rested, hungry and ready to tear into the home stretch of the VIJHL’s 42 game regular season. “Everybody’s back

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Longtime Parksville Golden Oldies Sports Association (PGOSA) member Robin Pearson, 64, said he got the idea a while back, explaining that he and his wife Vicki have been “going down there for the last three years (during the winter), and I always thought I would love to bring some ball equipment because the kids don’t have anything. Nov. 1 • Graduating Parksville Royal Kevin Biro has been hitting the books at the University of British Columbia since the start of the school year, but last week the dedicated ball player from Deep Bay got word he’d been rewarded yet again, by being named the recipient of the 2011 BC Premier Baseball League Academic/ Athletic Excellence Award. Nov. 11 • Kwalikum Secondary School’s senior boys soccer team had a great ride back from Victoria knowing they’d pulled their season out of the fire. The local team earned their school’s third consecutive berth in the AA provincial champion-

Nov. 29 • Taylor Grobowski cleared the way with a hat trick, and Oceanside’s Save On Foods Generals finally beat the Glacier Kings. Not just once, but twice.

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Gens tied for third place in the league Everyone had to report back Jan. 4. “The kids were really eager to get back and get together and get playing ... over the top energy,” said the longtime bench boss. In a non-move that speaks volumes about the pieces in place, Johnston stood pat with the players he has over the holiday break. Jan. 10 marks the VIJHL’s trading deadline when each team has to have it’s 23-man roster finalized. The Generals head into the weekend tied with the Saanich Braves for third in the seven-team league at 14-14-1. The Storm are the cellar at 9-19-1. “We’ll have our hands full — it’s always a tough game against them,” said Johnston. “They’re a lunch bucket team that’s very difficult to play against.” Game two of the home and home goes Saturday,

Girls breaking the ice By JAMES CLARKE PQ NEWS SPORTS

Leading the charge for the Generals’ quest for playoff glory will be the likes of hard nosed sniper Dylan Haugen, left and their stand-out starting ‘tender Michael Gudmandson. JAMES CLARKE PHOTO 7:30 p.m. at Oceanside Place. “Absolutely — I think we’re a team that’s capable of being a force come playoff time,” John-

ston answered quickly when asked if he’s pleased with where his team is at at this point in light of the rocky start to the season.

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The third annual Icebreaker female hockey tournament is in the books, and the teams are signing up for next year. Played out at Oceanside Place Dec. 27-29, this year’s Icebreaker featured 14 teams in four divisions ranging in age from 5-18. The tourney, said Oceanside Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) female coordinator Sue Street, included all three levesl of OHMA female hockey — Initiation, Atom and Peewee. The Initiation part was a jamboree style with each player taking home a Timbits participation medal. Oceanside had two teams in the mix — the Atom Icebreakers turned in a terrific showing as they carved out a silver medal in their division, and the Peewee Icebreakers were a strong fourth. One of the bright spots of the tournament she said was the enthusiasm of the Tri-Port Eagles, comprised of North Island players. The highlight of the tournament was the Midget final, a marathon 3-2 triple overtime win for the North Shore Winter Club over the Comox Valley Lightening.

“It was fantastic. It was definitely a well-fought game, for sure,” she said of the game at Howie Meeker Arena. Sue’s daughter Shayna plays for the Lightning (Oceanisde doesn’t have a female Midget team this year), and the local sparkplug earned Game MVP honours to go along with her goal in Comox’s opening game. The Lightning are sitting tops in their eight-team Recreational Island League and won their division at the big annual Haley Wikenheiser International Women’s Hockey Festival Nov. 17-20. Earning props for their part in the big picture was OMHA head ref Chris Herr and company. “The referees did a fantastic job — we didn’t have a single complaint, not one, and not only that, we had a couple people comment on how strong our referee program is here in Oceanside — they told us they use our program as a model for their association. It’s impressive; our officiating program is doing a great job here.” As for the girls, “they all played fantastic,” said Sue. OMHA will be hosting a Pewee Recreational tournament March 17-19, a co-ed Atom invitational March 22-23, and Initiation Novice March 23-25.

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