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Comox Valley RCMP responded to the following incidents between Dec. 2 and 8:

Business break-inOn December 2nd the

Comox Valley RCMP were called to a break, enter and theft at a business on the 1100 block of Cliffe avenue in Courtenay. Entry was gained by smashing a win-dow and once inside the thief stole a small amount of cash. (2014-15283)

Home break-inPolice attended a break,

enter and theft at a resi-dence on the 700 block of 7th street in Courtenay on December 2nd. A back bed-room window was smashed and the thief stole a cam-era and some cash. (2014-15249)

Mischief at resortOn December 3rd police

took a report of a mischief that occurred at a build-ing on the 1200 block of Alpine road at the Mount Washington resort. The caretaker reports finding three doors in the building had been jimmied open with possibly a crowbar. It appears that nothing was taken. (2014- 15337)

Business break-inPolice attended a report

of a break, enter and theft on December 4th at a busi-ness on the 900 block of Fitzgerald avenue. The cul-prit smashed a glass door to gain entry to the busi-ness and once inside stole some cash. (2014-15358)

11th st. break-inA residential break, en-

Police Blotter ter and theft was called into police on December 4th from a resident on the 500 block of 11th street in Courtenay. The only thing the resident could find sto-len was a piggy bank full of change. (2014 - 15388)

Cumberland mischief

On December 4th the Comox Valley RCMP at-tended to a report of a break, enter and mischief to a building on 7th street and Dunsmuir avenue in Cumberland.

The door to the building was pried open and once

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inside the culprit spray painted and threw articles around the interior. (2014-15390)

14th St. break-inA break, enter and theft

occurred at a residence on the 400 block of 14th street in Courtenay on Decem-ber 4th. It appears the cul-prit entered the residence via an unlocked bedroom window. Once inside the residence several pieces of jewellery were stolen. (2014-15398)

Vehicle vs. cyclistOn December 6th po-

lice attended to a vehicle versus a bicycle collision at the intersection of An-derton road and Cooke Avenue in Comox. The in-vestigation revealed that the cyclist had been hit by the vehicle while walk-ing bike across Anderton road in the crosswalk. The driver was charged under the motor vehicle act. The cyclist sustained non-life

threatening injuries. (2014-15467)

Fitzgerald break-inA break and enter was

reported to police on De-cember 6th at a residence on the 1600 block of Fitzgerald Avenue in Cour-tenay. The thieves entered the residence after smash-ing a window in the front door. This investigation is continuing. (2014-15480)

Alarm scares thievesPolice responded to an

alarm at the Miracle Beach Clearing House located at 950 Comox Avenue in Courtenay on December 7th. It appeared that the suspects fled the area be-cause of the alarm. Un-known if anything taken, but this investigation is continuing. (2014-15495)

Two vehicle crashOn December 7th the

Comox valley RCMP at-tended and two vehicle col-lision at the intersection of Ryan road East and Ander-ton road in Comox. The in-

Police Blotter vestigation revealed that one of the vehicles turned in front of the other that had the right of way on a Green light. The offending driver was found to have no drivers licence and had been consuming alcohol. The male driver was given a ticket and a 24 hour suspension. (2014-15510)

Attempted vehicle theftPolice received a report, on De-

cember 8th, of an attempted theft of a vehicle while parked at a business , on the 400 block of Ryan road in Courtenay, on the week-end. The ve-hicles steering column was damaged and wires were exposed. (2014-15530)

Stabbing after traffi c incidentOn December 8th police were

alerted to a man being stabbed after an altercation in a business parking lot on the 100 block of Port Augusta road in Comox. The report was that a traffic infraction had taken place and one of the drivers approached the other to get a picture of the licence plate; an altercation took place. Po-lice are seeking to locate the driv-er of a newer Teal colored import model crew cab truck that has a mis-matched Red or Rust colored canopy. This truck should stand out due to the mismatched colors. If you have information on this vehicle you are asked to contact Cst. Shana Mac-Quarrie at the Comox Valley RCMP detachment at 250-338-1321.

Join The LINC Staff and volun-teers this Sunday, December 14th for a Free Turkey Dinner and Holi-day Celebration for youth 11-18 yrs. There will be music, games, prizes and of course a Turkey Dinner with all the trimmings. The Centre will be open 3-8 pm with dinner being served around 5:30. Please note, the skatepark will be closed during din-ner (5:30-6pm).

“Each year we hope to give a spe-cial night to youth, especially youth who may not get a chance to cel-ebrate over the holidays!” explains Kristine Klupsas, Youth Services

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Humans have been liv-ing in cities for 6,000 years. For most of that time cities developed in the same way ... Things have changed rapidly”

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It’s a conversation not a structed plan - between Fifth and Sixth. Let’s gather in the feedback that’s circling around in informal conversations”

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Could Duncan Avenue go Italian style?Talks start to discuss turning a portion of the street into a pedestrian-friendly ‘piazza’

BY DREW A. PENNEREcho Staff

About 20 local business owners, civic offi cials and area residents hunkered down in the bingo room at the Elks Hall to explore the possibility of turning a small part of downtown into a pedestrian-focused area.

The collaborative meet-ing, held Dec. 4, engaged everyone involved in some serious blue sky thinking meant as a pre-planning session for a task force interested in closing Dun-can Avenue to vehicles in the hopes of pumping more life into the down-town core.

“The conversation right now that the task force is focused on is Duncan Avenue – it’s a conversa-

tion not a structured plan – between Fifth and Sixth” streets, said Elevate the Arts representative Meaghan Cursons, one

of the presenters, noting that all opinions are valid and there isn’t a one-size-fi ts-all answer to the street closure question.

“Let’s gather in the feedback that’s circling around in informal con-versations.”

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Imagine Comox Valley, said there are already a se-ries of City of Courtenay documents in place that encourage pedestrian-friendly spaces and down-town revitalization, adding the Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Association has its own strategy for developing a vibrant core.

He said he was hoping to plant some seeds that might bear fruit later on.

“Humans have been living in cities for 6,000 years,” he said.

“For most of that time cities developed in the same way, because the way people traveled and moved and lived and built were the same … Things have changed rapidly.”


Tom Dishlevoy and Meaghan Cursons spoke about the possibility of making Duncan Avenue more pedes-trian friendly Dec. 4.

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The town plaza or cen-tral square is an important feature of older cities that might be worth imitating, he said.

Tom Dishlevoy, of Thomas Dishlevoy Archi-tecture Ltd., went through a presentation of some of the key elements that could inform a Courte-nay solution of a dramatic change to Duncan Avenue, zeroing in on specifi c ex-amples within Italy.

He highlighted Campo de’ Fiori in Rome which channels the energy of the Middle Ages-era meadow situation on the location, situated southeast of the Palazzo della Cancelleria.

Of course he wasn’t re-ferring to the public hang-ings that once took place there, but rather the mod-ern approach to invigorat-ing the site.

“This amazing square – the Campo de’ Fiori – is a parking lot most of the day, most of the week,” he said. “But it’s programmed so well that it transforms itself wonderfully.”

Participants were invit-ed to give positive or neg-ative examples of street closures across Canada

and around the world. The suggestions touched on not just the most fa-mous examples of public squares in major Euro-pean cities, but referred to cases in a wide variety of cases that included small-er communities.

While Elevate the Arts producer, Bobby Herron, who has worked with both Elevate the Arts and the Comox Valley Commu-nity Arts Council pointed to Prague as a good ex-ample of quality use of car-free public space, San-dra Hamilton pointed to a unique arrangement set up in Copacabana Beach on a

regular basis to manage even high volumes of peo-ple. Urban spaces in Or-egon and Maryland were singled out as providing lessons of how not to do street closures, although several people pointed di-rectly to Portland as a city that got it right.

During an analysis of opportunities and threats surrounding a potential Duncan Avenue closure a variety of issues emerged. While the street in front of the art gallery and the Hub Café is quite wide, shutting the street to ve-hicles and removing park-ing could hurt local busi-

ness traffi c or encourage more vagrants to congre-gate, some ventured. Oth-ers suggested a pedes-trian route could actually encourage more people to shop downtown Courte-nay or it could extend the hours the street is alive with people.

Other elements that arose included issues around ownership and absentee landlords, and how the street would look when empty.

Attendees broke off into several work groups to jot ideas down on paper, feed-back that will be handed over to the DCBIA.

Calling all poker play-ers. The Rotary Club of Strathcona Sunrise is or-ganizing a Texas Hold ‘Em Charity Poker Tour-nament in support of our local and international projects.

The third event in this series will take place on December 13 in the Legion building on Cliff e Avenue in Courtenay.

The doors will open at 10:30am, pre-registration will occur from 10:30- 11:30am and the tourna-ment will start at 11:45am.

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Participants came up with all sorts of great feedback during the discussion about the future of Duncan Avenue at the Elks Hall.

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BY KATIE DEROSAVictoria Times Colonist

More than a year after she was hit by a drunk driver on Comox Road and left for dead, Molly Burton and her mother are working toward start-ing a Mothers Against Drunk Drivers chapter, the fi rst on the Island, in the Comox Valley.

Burton also wants to become a victim-support

worker so she can help others aff ected by drink-ing and driving.

“That seems like a real-ly good way helping other people heal,” she said. “It would help me heal as well.”

Burton, 26, is still un-dergoing rehabilitation to regain the use of her right leg, which needed recon-structive surgery to repair shattered bone and torn fl esh. She can walk short

distances with a cane, but mostly she’s confi ned to a wheelchair and still grap-pling with intense pain.

“I am healing but it’s very slow. It’s a long jour-ney and it’s quite frustrat-ing at times,” Burton said.

Burton was walking

home from a movie along Comox Road just before midnight on Sept. 11, 2013, when she was struck by a car and thrown into a thick tangle of blackberry bushes. Her right arm and right leg shattered, Burton lay there for four hours, slipping in and out of con-sciousness and screaming for help. She was fi nally rescued thanks to a re-lentless search by Brody Fullerton, who heard her cries from his boat.

To get the MADD chap-ter up and running, Bur-ton is working closely with Norm Prince, a volunteer with the organization for the past 12 years. Prince, who lives in Royston, was at the sentencing for the teen who hit Burton and fl ed the scene, and provid-ed support and advocacy for the family.

Prince said there are are no MADD chapters on Vancouver Island but there are community lead-ers in Victoria and Port Hardy.

Burton is holding in-formation sessions in the hopes of assembling a

team of board members and volunteers in the Co-mox Valley area.

She’s also looking at doing public speaking at high schools about the consequences of drinking and driving.

Burton hopes to take MADD’s victim-support course next year.

“All this awful stuff [that happened to me], I need to put it somewhere and have some good come from it,” Burton said.

On Sept. 5, the 17-year-old driver, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, was sentenced to three months of house arrest, a nine-month curfew and a year of probation as part of a 24-month intensive support and supervision order. The order includes a fi ve-year driving prohi-bition and a requirement to perform 200 hours of community service within a year.

As part of a plea deal, charges of impaired driv-ing and dangerous op-eration of a motor vehicle were stayed.

Burton and her fam-ily were unhappy with the sentence and wanted the teen to serve jail time.

The Crown prosecutor sought 41/2 months of jail time, saying the crime was a violent act and that the teen has a history of police complaints and a long list of driving off ences.

Burton would like to see more severe penalties for drinking and driving, even though B.C. has some of the toughest impaired-driving legislation in Can-ada.

She says she welcomes the sight of police road-blocks across the Island and hopes they are suc-cessful in taking impaired drivers off the road.

Burton said especially around the holiday sea-son, she wants to spread the message that if you drink, have a plan to get home that doesn’t involve driving.

“Don’t get behind the wheel. It’s not worth the risk. It’s not just yourself you’re putting in danger, it’s everyone else on the road.”

Molly Burton hopes to help others aff ected by drinking and driving

Molly Burton, 26, is still undergoing rehabilitation after being and struck by a car and left for dead in Septem-ber 2013. Photograph By ADRIAN LAM, Times Colonist

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Heavy rainfall hitscity hardWidespread fl ooding brings‘state of emergency’ call

BY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

Courtenay was battered by heavy rainfall for three days that led to serious widespread flooding in the city and outlying areas.

O n T u e s d a y a n d Wednesday, the water in the Puntledge River, Cour-tenay River and Tsolum River rose to alarming lev-els and crested over some parts of the flood banks.

Flooding increased on the eastside of Courtenay and businesses in the area were told to evacuate their premises on Wednesday af-ternoon.

Later in the day, the city put out an evacua-tion “alert” to people liv-ing near the river and low-lying areas because of the potential danger to life and health. There was concern the river was going to fully breach the flood banks.

City emergency crews, Courtenay firefighters, the Comox Valley RCMP and the Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue were out in force scouring and securing the area. A po-lice helicopter was also deployed in the afternoon to search for anyone that might need help.

The Fifth Street Bridge

Big muddy. The Fifth Street bridge was closed down early Tuesday morning and remained closed Wednesday as the Courtenay River overflowed its banks into Lewis Park

was kept closed leaving on-ly the 17th Street bridge as the only way to get to both sides of the city, although the Condensory Bridge stayed open for those who know it’s there as a lengthy detour. With some of the roads leading up to the

17th Street bridge closed, the traffic situation turned chaotic and it moved at a snail’s pace.

Earlier in the week May-or Larry Jangula declared a state of emergency in the city, which remained in ef-fect until the storm passed.

An emergency and opera-tions centre was set up at city hall. Staff worked closely with Emergency Management BC, and BC Hydro, which had done its best to manage the water levels at the dam and res-ervoir. Jangula said they

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The east side of the city bore the brunt of the deluge as the Courtenay River rose and overflowed into nearby areas. Some arterial roads, bridges, trails and commu-nity facilities like the Lewis Centre were kept closed.

Lewis Park turned into a lake as it ab-sorbed the overflowing water from the Courtenay River, flooding the tennis courts, softball fields and also the park-ing lot.

The LINC Centre took in a lot of water as well as nearby businesses, which had to do some sand bagging.

There was one resident on Stephan Road, near Dove Creek just outside of Courtenay, that got stranded when wa-ter streamed into the road and prevented her from leaving. Comox Valley Ground Search and Rescue, which had been on

standby since the state of emergency wasdeclared, was called in to rescue her andher two cats.

Jangula is grateful that nobody has been hurt so far. However, he said peopleshould never underestimate the wrath ofMother Nature.

“The lesson is we always have to bealert and aware that we could have flood-ing situations,” said Jangula. “We don’tcontrol nature. It does what it’s going todo. We can do all the mitigating things wecan but some of these issues will likely stillhappen.”

Highway 19A from Parksville to Cour-tenay became hazardous because of waterpooling that occurred in some areas. The highway had to be shut down as well.

According to BC Hydro spokespersonStephen Watson, the region got “wallopedwith rain.”


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The Puntledge River watershed took in massive amounts of rain resulting in subsequent run-off into the Comox Lake reservoir and downstream river sys-tems.

The Tsolum River hit a high of 282 m3/s, which is a new record and the Browns River reached a high of about 250 m3/s.

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The highest on BC Hydro’s record for a dai-ly inflow average was 522 m3/s, so it was close.

BC Hydro proactive-ly lowered the reservoir in advance of this storm. With the very high wa-ter flows downstream, as per normal protocol, BC Hydro decreased the wa-

ter release from the dam. A water survey gauge at the 5th Street Bridge reached a maximum of 4.61m at 8:30 a.m. around the peak tide on Tuesday.

As the tide moved out, BC Hydro increased water discharges from the dam to maximum to move wa-ter out of the reservoir.

The highest level the Comox Lake Reservoir has reached in some 50 years of record is around 136.2 m. That level was hit twice, including the flood event in

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With the high reservoir level, BC Hydro’s down-stream operational flex-ibility continues to dimin-ish during high tides.

The Comox dam is made of concrete and founded on bedrock, and is safe and being well managed under the flood risk management conditions. It is designed for these events.

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The City Of Courte-nay’s position on Maple Pool sure gets some good weight, now that they are flooded again. I hope all their “friends” are lined up with temporary housing needs.

Paul EllegoodArea B

SURREAL OFFERINGI am amazed at some

of the inept analysis that I have seen and heard of the recent Courtenay Council elections. Paul Deeton’s letter is the latest surreal offering.

How on earth does Mr. Deeton arrive at the con-clusion that the public re-turned “a council which would support Mayor Jan-gula’s leadership and allow him to lead effectively”? I surely wouldn’t have vot-ed for Councillors Frisch, Lennox and Hillian if I had thought that they were sim-ply going to follow along in lockstep with a Mayor who has made some question-

able statements and deci-sions. Nor would a great many other people whom I know also voted for these Councillors.

If he means that these three Councillors made Maple Pool the focus of their campaign, then I must have missed something. I heard Mayor Jangula say-ing much that sort of thing on the radio - which makes me question the quality of his analysis, too.

This sort of thinking completely disregards the hard work done by David Frisch and Rebecca Len-nox during the election, and what I think must surely be the fact that they brought a younger demo-graphic out to vote.

And what are we to make of Councillor Hill-ian’s re-election? Before the election, certain people amongst the supporters of Maple Pool made him out to be Satan’s envoy on Earth! Yet he is re-elected. Curious, no?

Finally, is Ronna-Rae Leonard not to be allowed to voice her concerns as a citizen because she was once on council? Surely she has the same right as anyone to be heard, and not be penalised because she stepped up and gave her time and energy to serve as a City Councillor, and NDP candidate.

Flood plain bridgeisn’t the answer

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Stephen HarveyCourtenay

THIS DOES NOT COMPUTERe: Recent articles Dec

1 to 5th Hornby Island Fire Hall renewal project in lo-cal papers

What is missing from the articles is the project began obstentiously to ad-dress the current hall but it does not meet seismic codes.

After a number of years “expert” reports indicated the cost of either upgrad-ing or building new, both would be $1 million.

But there is more than what meets the eye in this story.

A $1.9 million cost is being approved by the Co-mox Valley Regional Dis-trict (CVRD) and taxpay-ers through an Alternative Process (AAP.)

Firstly, all volunteer for-mer professional engineers who indicated renovations could be done for much less than $1 million were ousted from the oversight committee and indeed it became a “Select Commit-tee” (SC) for a project that will cost twice as much or more as initially put to our community.

Secondly the SC and the CVRD presented many plans to the community and both erstwhile orga-nizations gave different

answers or were unwilling to give any answers to the same questions concern-ing the Hall size, quality and cost.

Thirdly, the rationale of using an AAP is meant to avoid referendum expens-es on projects where they are of somewhat incon-sequential cost, whereas this project of some con-sequential $1.9 million, ($2.5 million with financ-ing) is a candidate because the CRVD state a $24 in-crease in tax over a total 2014 fire budget for a $455 000 property is an incon-sequential 5% increase for hall construction.

An AAP is not an ap-proval of the taxpayers as outlined in the articles. An AAP is an avoidance of a referendum and conse-quent accountability - un-less a given number of pre-scribed objectors register disapproval in a prescribed manner in a narrow time frame

Anyone understand-ing costs and proportion-ality can intuitively see an inconsequential $24 for a not so inconsequential $2.5 million does not com-pute. $2.5 million divided by 831 registered voters (not property owners lia-ble for tax) in and of itself is a crude $150 a year for 20 years.

So there has to be ex-tremely high property val-

ues or a lot of property owners not eligible to vote to get the price down to the levels the CVRD is stating.

So where from? And what cost? Well, the 2014 budget includes a $200 000 capital reserve ear marked for upgrades other than a new hall, so includ-ing this amount for the 20 future years of paying for and financing required as part of a comparative to the 2014 budget is inten-tionally misleading.

Take the $200,000 out of the budget operations because it will no longer be needed for the formerly approved items means the tax bill goes down, but to re-include the $200,000 to address the hall adds a not so inconsequential 50% jump in the budget and tax and just because the inclu-sion balances out $24 more than 2014 taxes - it doesn’t mean the Hall is costing an extra $24 a year

As the CRVD directors and SC members voted to proceed in this matter, they are either really naive or patronizing abusers of the taxpayer.

There is nothing wrong with the dreamers pre-senting what is wanted in a Hall they’d rather have then an upgraded building they don’t like - but to mis-lead people on both what is happening, and on cost, then take away the right of

the taxpayers to be prop-erly informed and make an inclusive decision by way of referendum is not right.

Could it be criminal? It certainly is not ethical or democratic.

R. GeeHornby Island

DECISION NEEDS REVIEWCVRD directors, most

retiring, voted unanimous-ly on November 20th, to borrow over $45 million dollars for Landfill clo-sures and new land filling, near Cumberland. They did not ask for taxpayer approval to borrow a re-cord $45 million. They did not look at other options.There are some challeng-ing questions about new technologies ,and perhaps partnering with Southern Neighbors , but they need to be considered. Comox Valley residents should be asking why would we land fill all North Island garbage and likely, it seems Powell River emergency garbage, beside our water supply? That would be Comox Lake.

And even if this is the preferred option, why would we not use our $67 million CVRD Reserve Fund instead of borrow-ing? This decision needs a review.

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WE NEED a Swiss Chalet in the Comox Valley. The former Appleby’s/Chad’s site would be a good spot. Who doesn’t love chicken & ribs? PLEASE!

THE ROBERT ‘GARY’ THOMP-SON FAMILY wish to thank all those who lent a hand, ran errands and supported us during Gary’s last weeks: Jody & John, Butch & Hel-en, Stephen (Gooch), Dr Swanson and his staff, The nurses and staff from VIHA and the staff from Costco Pharmacy. Thank you all for all your help. I’m sorry if I forgot anyone, just re-member I’m grateful to ev-eryone. - Lonny and fam-ily

BOUQUETS OF THANK YOUSto the wonderful staff on the 3rd floor at St. Joes! My mom passed away on Thursday and the group of nurses she had were in-credible. You helped make her last few days comfort-able. We will never be able to repay you for all that you did. Thank you just doesn’t even seem enough. But Cheryl, Katie and I am sor-ry I forget the other names, but thank you from the bot-tom of my heart!

JUST WONDERING why Ma-ple Pool has been hassled

so much about flood plains when today in Courtenay roads were blocked off near the river, and some busi-nesses opposite Farquhar-son’s farm were flooded -- why were permits ever granted for these business-es to be built on an obvi-ous floodplain? And Lew-is Park under water with it lapping at the foundations of the Lewis Centre, which first of all got permission to build there in the first place (on an obvious and frequent floodplain) and secondly permission to build fancy and expensive new renovations a couple of years ago at taxpayers’ expense. Seems to be quite a discrepancy in who gets permission for what. And isn’t it time now for the new council to declare all legal action be dropped against Maple Pool imme-diately, and let the amaz-ingly generous and patient volunteers get on with rais-ing the site and making it flood safe? The democrat-ic will of the people was made more than clear in recent elections -- this is what the electorate wants -- now Council, get on with it! And Planning Dept., get on with your paperwork so those volunteering to fix the potential problem can get on with fixing it now!

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DREN’S Day Care Society would like to send a big Christmas hug to all of the volunteers and families who joined us for our Pan-cake Breakfast with San-ta. A HUGE thank you to the wonderful businesses who donated to the event: Quality Foods Comox (a jolly HO HO HO to Kyle), Starbucks Crown Isle, Wal-mart, Thrifty Foods Crown Isle, Investors Group - Ken Derksen and Nicole Deters, Edible island, Sunrise Vet-erinary Clinic, Copperline Electrical Services, The Zen of Why Life Coaching and the Comox Communi-

ty Centre. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas!!

I JUST WANTED TO SAY a huge thank you to the whole team at Van Isle Vet-erinary clinic for the out-standing service I received earlier this week. I realize that it is slightly irrational to see your pet the same way most people see their children; however like most pet owners, I do. When there’s something wrong with your baby, all you want to do is find a way to make them feel better. To sum it all up I was an abso-lute mess when I brought my dog in late Wednesday night. They allowed me the space and comfort to pro-cess all that was happen-ing with my very ill dog-but more importantly they found him relief and com-fort. Extra thanks go to Dr. Beal, Dr. Cannon, and Jody the receptionist for helping my baby and I get through this week.

SOMETHING THAT HAS IRKED ME for years, why don’t ad-vertisers and manufactur-ers, state on the packaging how long their strings of Christmas lights are, take away the guessing game.

IN TRYING TO KEEP with the light-hearted intent of the Bs&Bs I will tell this tale: I thought the ocean had moved, I saw the cement seawall on the other side of Lazo and Sandpines. Who built the wall I pondered? It must be a troll. Yes it is! I know, ‘cause he told me, with a sly twinkle in his eye, leaning into my ear, and I quote “Just watch what I will do.” A bouquet of flow-ers to the lovely woman who now lives on the back-side of the wall, her ocean view destroyed. Come on Town of Comox, don’t let the bullies win.

BIG BOUQUET of thanks to my brother Richard and the gang at My Tech Guys. You

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HUGE BOUQUETS to all of the generous people of the Comox Valley for your car-ing and support during my 4th Homeless Coat Drive. With your help we have managed to collect ap-proximately 2000 pounds of winter clothing. WOW! I would like to thank Re-max in Courtenay for their parking lot for collections. I would like to thank Dr. Price in Comox for having a drop-off site for us. Sheri Featherstone and her team of awesome volunteers at the Cumberland Laundry Facility for donating their time laundering and sort-ing all of the donations. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR! Merry Christmas from Jade and Kiana.

A GIANT BOUQUET of roses to the Music Teachers of SD71 for their hard work and dedication in this busy time of year! You are doing such important work for our community’s students. Music is the flower of the soul. Thank you for nurtur-ing the garden.

TOO GOOD TO BE THREWThrift Store would like to thank the businesses who regularly donate the cloth-ing, shoes and toys weekly. Your generosity helps the Comox Valley Transition Society provide the com-munity with the programs and support that is needed. We wish you and our cus-tomers a joyous holiday season.

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Goose Spit is in jeopardy due to massive coal export expansion planned for Tex-ada Island. When we look out over Goose Spit we will see coal barges (twice a day) and supertankers transfer-ring coal to Asia. The light pollution will also be signifi-cant. The coal is transported to Vancouver from Wyoming by train, barged to Texada and then put in a supertank-er to go to Asia. Washington and Oregon refused to allow a dirty coal transfer station but Canada said, ‘Come on in. We’ll do it! Why not?’ How ludicrous! Let’s vote in leaders who care about us and our planet. After all when our planet is destroyed we cannot eat money.

BOUQUETS to the 250 peo-ple who turned out for the Lorne open house. People do care about their little town by the sea. Beefs to the architect for a design that will not do anything to attract people to our down-town core. The vision has to be much bigger and we all need to put our heads to-gether to come up with some way of attracting the tourist dollar. Go to Google images and look at Winthrop Wash-ington. Tourists go there solely for the look and feel of the funky town. False fronts, quaint shops, board-walks. Craig Freeman (letter to he editor Dec. 2nd) should run for council. He seems to have lots of answers, but will anyone listen?

MY BEEF is the old guy with the ponytail. That came to my work and called me a spoiled bitch. And tell-ing me I had no respect for men. You don’t even know me. I work three jobs. I have looked after my husband for 15 years. So next time you slam someone, keep it to yourself. I feel sorry for your wife and the women in your life. Because you are a nasty

person.

I READ where the FDA said there would never be a cure for COPD which millions of people have. No won-der. The cost for COPD in 2010 was 2.1 trillion dol-lars. How many people are employed in the making of drugs which are to help people with COPD, Chron-ic Obstuctive Pulmonary Disease. I have this disease which costs me about $500 a month and health care. In a real world there would be a cure, that way saving the health care system billions of dollars. Everything today is about the almighty dol-lar and corporations like the FDA and drug manufactur-ers don’t care. If our govern-ment would stand up and be real humans they could stop this and research would find a cure.

ARE YOU AWAREthat certain

liquor stores in the Comox Valley charge an extra/added fee to your bill when you grab a case of beer/bottle of wine from their fridge instead of getting a “warm” one from the main floor shelves? Per-sonally, I looked around and did not find a sign that dis-plays that extra fee. Cash cow?

THE OYSTER RIVER Enhance-ment Society sends a large thank you to Cyriel De-bruyne, his meat depart-ment and staff at Courtenay QUALITY FOODS for once again supporting ORES with a generous donation to our annual Christmas party & silent auction fundraiser. We wish Cyriel and his staff a merry Christmas and a fresh caught salmon or two in the new year.

BOUQUETS to new Cumber-land and Courtenay Coun-cillors who want change. If they got the vote, they should have the voice. Most

don’t vote - they don’t get a choice! Let’s see who makes an effort to connect with constituents over the next 4 years. These are the people who deserve the jobs they want - the people who got the votes. They will work for the people who voted. That’s the way democracy in local government needs to work! With all due respect to the Mayors of Courtenay, Co-mox, and Cumberland - this is the way it needs to work. Those who get the votes get to choose their jobs.

BOUQUET TO: NAPA Auto-pro garage on Anderton Rd. A truly honest and client friendly repair shop. In hav-ing my snow tires mounted, some damage was done to one of the tires. They could easily have told me the tire was defective, but they owned their mistake and gave me a new tire for no charge. This is how to earn respect and keep clients coming back. A good tradi-tion for any small business.

A HUGE BOUQUET to all who helped out and volunteered their time and energy for the 2nd Annual Christmas Drive Thru for Charity on Dec 6th. Many local charities benefit from this initiative and it is always great to see how the Comox Valley Commu-nity comes together during the holiday season. Special Thanks to the sponsors, Rice Toyota, Quality Foods and the special individuals who made this happen including Derek Newnes from Searles Shoes, Mark Middleton and Mike Collins from the Bro-ken Spoke.

BARRELS, BASKETS, AND BUCKETS OF BOUQUETS To My Community: Your actions and generous outpourings have given me the strength and power to keep upright and walking, through what has to be one of the hard-

est journeys I could en-dure as a mother (: the loss of my oldest son, Charlie Angus Petrie. First, to my most amazing friends: For all your generous love and nurturing... Not only look-ing after our gaggle of pets, but for cleaning and spruc-ing up our home... filling the cupboards and freezer full of food, and, ON TOP OF IT ALL, putting your love, time, and energy into creat-ing the MOST special Day we could have had, to re-member Charlie in celebra-tion and with love. Thank you so very, very much for all you have done and continue to do. I am just SO lucky to have you/One of the beauti-ful things that has occurred to me through this experi-ence is how incredibly large my community of friends re-ally is, and how even THAT circle extends to include so many other caring people... It is incredible, and I will always be inspired by the compassion and generosity I have witnessed through all of this. I know that many of you were at a loss of what to do, but truly, what I needed was that compassion and your desire to create ease in our lives/hearts - and that is what I felt. So, I want to thank each and every one of you, with all my heart and sincerity, for all your ges-tures (action, word, and/or thought)... It is that col-lective energy that has con-tinued to fuel my ability to move through this. In clos-ing I would like to announce that I am going to muster up my energy to do the Tri-K this year - in dedication to Charlie AND to YOU, my friends/community. Charlie proudly did the Tri-K each year, doing all three events on his own; one year I joined him. It is a terrific commu-nity event, and so this year I thought with you all as the ‘wind at my back’ I would make Charlie proud(. I have

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I WAS ONE OF THE THREE who won the raffle prize at the Cumberland Christmas Craft Fair last Saturday. What a wonderful surprise! I dove into the box and discov-ered such artistic treasures. Thank you to all of the art-ists who donated something so that I could have such a wonderful, wonderful treat to share with my family.

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He will read from his first published work “Tide Changes: A True West Coast Fishing Adventure on Dec. 15 at 6:30 p.m.

Holland, who now resides in Parksville, will be relating his long jour-ney from Hamilton, Ontario as a young lad, following his heart to be in the West Coast.

Setting off to explore the region by bicycle, Holland soon met some special people along the way that impacted his life. From tree-planting to logging, it was eventu-ally picking wild oysters that led him to the small community of Lund, a picturesque fishing vil-lage on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. It was here where his salmon fishing career started.

Tide Changes is both the tale of a young man’s immersion into the fish-ing industry and his pas-sion for west coast liv-ing.

Holland learns the ropes, as well as the knots and tacks of his trade as he navigates the coastal waters and communities surrounding Lund during his first two seasons of fishing aboard his 28-foot salmon boat, the Antique.

Tide Changes is a true story about the highs and lows one often encoun-ters when pursuing their dreams; we all can expe-rience them.

This book is a tribute to a place in time and to so many special people Holland met along the way then; and of course, his first fish boat, “The Antique” that helped carry him through it all.

Courtenay library features book reading by Tide Changes author Holland



As the water began to slowly recede on Wednes-day evening at the Maple Pool Campsite owners Jin and Dali Lin reflected on the second consecutive day of flooding that forced the majority of the 50 or so residents off the grounds and placed the future of the City of Courtenay’s lawsuit against them into question.

While the water had covered the campsite and forced about 25 people out on Tuesday, the levels hadn’t reached dangerous territory - although that changed around noon the following day.

“We d idn ’ t expect this,” Jin said. “What hap-pened?”

On Monday evening after BC Hydro had re-leased a warning bulletin, Dali said he didn’t think a flood was on its way. But by 6 a.m. the next morn-ing there was no denying the onslaught of water was

coming and RCMP helped evacuate residents.

One resident named Scott who didn’t want to give his last name said one older Maple Pooler was forced to leave by police under threat of arrest, but added the situation was manageable overall.

“Everybody here’s got each other’s back,” he said.

“Compared to Hurricane Katrina this is nothing. Please bear that in mind.”

A 23-year-old named Dan Greenhood, who also lives at Maple Pool, said he understands that the Lins were under a lot of pres-sure.

“At a certain point they can only do so much,” he said, but added the evacu-

ation seemed more frenetic than it needed to be.

“This whole place was in a tizzy.”

Greenhood surveyed the water on Tuesday with his dog Ripley and said he wishes they would have been warned ahead of time.


The main road along part of Maple Pool Campsite was so fl ooded a SAR vehicle had to turn around and go the other way.

Courtenay councillor Manno Theos visited Dieter Merten, who remained in his Maple Pool home with his family through the worst of the fl ood on Tuesday.

Everybody here’s got each other’s back. Conpared to Hurricane Katrina this is noth-ing. Please bear that in mind.”

SCOTTMaple Pool resident

At a certain point they can only do so much. This whole place was in a tizzy”

DAN GREENHOODMaple Pool resident

We didn’t expect this. What happened?”

JIN LINMaple Pool owner

FLOODING

Maple Pool centre stage during floodTwo days of fl ooding hit campground as it awaits city’s decision on pending court case


(Continued from page 15)“There was no foresight,

no planning,” he said. “It’s a small campground com-munity-level disaster.”

For many residents the physical possessions on site are literally represent their entire net worth, he added.

“There’s costs to this,” he said. “Everyone’s safe. No one’s on the roof of their home waiting for someone to rescue them, but their stuff’s in danger.”

Christoph Dollis, 42, has been living on the property for over two years. He did some personal reflection on hardship and adversi-ty on Monday night, not knowing it was about to come in handy.

He’s decided to look at the situation as something

that will actually help him achieve a new personal goal.

“It’s good timing for me,” he said, noting he’s worried about what might happen to his stuff. “I hope I develop more resilience.”

Ted Kemkaran, 50, has been living at Maple Pool since 2008.

“I just woke up and they said the police were evac-uating us,” he said, add-ing he almost cancelled his renters insurance the other day, but is glad now he kept paying the $100 a month.

Norma Cole, 60, felt a bit more frustrated by the flood.

“I’m so stressed out,” she said. “I’m so pissed off.”

She described a lack of organization during the

evacuation.“They underplay every-

thing,” she said of the man-agement at the campsite. “Why didn’t somebody say something sooner?”

Cole added her con-cerns about saving her stuff weren’t heeded right away.

“I’ll get a lawsuit if my place floods,” she told the Lins. “I don’t have much, but what I have I worked hard for.”

Jin Lin said their flood warning system - a measur-ing stick on the property - is a reliable way to predict danger.

“Water comes up to the yellow we might have to go,” she said. “We’re watch-ing that.”

She says she has been printing out weather up-

dates and posting them in a communal area for resi-dents, and pointed out that care must be taken relay-ing information to the resi-dents, many of whom have enough mental health chal-lenges as it is.

“Some people’s reac-tions are different,” she said, adding it’s important to consider the personali-ties in question when re-laying information about the flood. “Some think it’s okay. Some are more ner-vous. You have to know the person.”

Some City of Courte-nay councillors, conscious of the upcoming vote on the future of the lawsuit against Maple Pool Camp-site, toured the property on Tuesday, seeking to downplay the effects of the

flooding, in the hopes the council will decide against proceeding with the action in about a week.

“It certainly doesn’t help,” admitted Coun. Ma-no Theos, during a visit to a resident who had de-cided to stay put at Maple Pool with his wife and in-fant child, adding sarcasti-cally, “And we’re going to be dealing with this pretty soon so it’s like - Beauti-ful!”

Newbie councillor Bob Wells positioned the flood-ing as an example of how the City’s insistence on dragging out the lawsuit has put Maple Pool resi-dents at risk.

“That’s the big frustra-tion. All this could have been done years ago,” he said, referring to prior

plans to shore up the land and put in more concrete barriers. “This is a wake up call. Let’s get on with it.”

On Tuesday night the water receded at about 8 o’clock. At 11 o’clock Wednesday the water had not reached the red “dan-ger” zone on the measuring stick on the grounds.

But that changed by Wednesday afternoon.

That evening Cole was smiling with Jin. Her trail-er had been towed to high-er ground, she said, but the water was currently threat-ening her trailer at its new location.

“It’s flooding out back there now too,” she said, with a laugh.

Luckily the water had already dropped about an inch by 5 p.m.

Dan Greenhood and his dog Ripley said everyone was in a tizzy during the early morning evacuation.

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Are you looking for a some magic this holiday season?

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Dancing snowflakes, skipping gumdrops, and waltzing flowers are all a part of this charmed pro-duction.

Staged by the Laurie Tinkler School of Dance, this adapted version of the seasonal classic is sure to enchant you.

The fantasy of young Clara begins on Christmas Eve when Godfather Dros-selmyer brings magical gifts for the party guests. Baby dolls, a Jack-In -The -Box and even a teddy bear all come to life through the magic of the toymaker.

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In the Land of Sweets Clara is presented with dancing treats from Ara-bia, Spain and Russia.

Her joy is complete as she meets the Sugar Plum Fairy.

Join Clara in the delights of her evening with her be-loved Nutcracker.

Tickets are now on sale at the Sid Williams Box Of-fice.

Three shows are being offered. On both Friday December 19, and Satur-day December 20 there are evening performances at 7:30 pm.

On Saturday afternoon, December 20, there will be a matinee at 2:00 pm.

The show, which is sure to please all ages, is ap-proximately 1 hour and 45 minutes including the in-termission.

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CHRISTMAS DANCING. The Dance of the Snowflakes is one of the most beautiful numbers in the Nutcracker Ballet. Come and be part of the magic as these snowflakes swirl and twirl across the stage of the Sid Williams Theatre.

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On Saturday, Decem-ber 13, from 12:00-3:00, at Courtenay Museum, Paul Horgen, Retired Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto and active community con-tributor will share his new children’s book, Tales of Kona the Guide Dog. Kona will accompany Paul.

This is a great oppor-tunity to meet Paul and Kona, to learn more about guide dogs and to fi nd a perfect gift for children.

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BY JOHN DOEStaff Writer

The developer with a planned comprehensive de-velopment in the Village of Cumberland’s interchange lands that has languished on the sidelines for years has now purchased one of the lots for almost a million dollars.

Along with a co-direc-tor, John Evans, president and CEO of Trilogy Group, bought three sections of land that make up a single lot surrounding the Cum-berland Road and Comox Valley Parkway interchange from Comox Timber Ltd., a subsidiary of Hancock Forest Management, for $947,833 Dec. 10.

“They had an option to purchase,” explained Ian De Lisle, area manager for Hancock Forest Manage-ment, explaining the me-chanics of the agreement they have with Trilogy for much of the land they own in the area.

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Look at what happened out there where Costco went in. You had Home depot come, and then you had Thrifty’s - and then you have Galaxy Motors goingn , That corner’s all developed now and you’ve got the hospital going in.”

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Trilogy buys part of interchange landThree sections making up a single lot at Parkway bought for $950,000 from Hancock

with a developer. There’s a lot more factors.”

The property, referred to as Lot 3 of the CAYET commercial and residential development project, is al-ready zoned for light indus-trial, retail or a gas station, among other uses.

Lot 3 is broken up into three different sections. On Lot 3a Trilogy will be

allowed to build up to a density of 1,858 square me-tres. On Lot 3b the compa-ny will be able to build up to a maximum of 7,664.2 square meters.

De Lisle wanted to make sure that Trilogy had a plan in place before completing the sale.

Securing a good anchor business is an important

part of making sure a proj-ect like this will be a suc-cess, he explained, adding he hopes the development will ultimately spark the kind of economic growth in the area witnessed at Crown Isle Plaza.

“Look at what happened out there where Costco went in,” he said. “You had Home Depot come, and

then you had Thrifties - andthen you have Galaxy Mo-tors going in.

“That corner’s all devel-oped now, and you’ve gotthe hospital going in.”

De Lisle said he wasn’tsure if Trilogy had securedan anchor business for Lot3 yet.

Hancock will log someof the land, although DeLisle said the property isquite swampy and so heisn’t sure how much timbercan be recovered.

Trilogy’s proposed de-velopment was a hot-buttonissue during the Cumber-land election as councillorssuch as Gwyn Sproule andRoger Kishi made a pointof explaining the times theystood up to Evans’ requestsfor more development con-cessions.

The company had beengranted Development CostCharge exemptions by theVillage for several years inorder to encourage Trilogyto start building, but thisfee structure was not re-newed.

This property at the junction of Cumberland Road and Comox Valley Parkway has now been sold and could be developed for a number of different uses.

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Santa recommends getting a refl ective address number so he can fi nd your house on Christmas Eve. Proceeds from sale of the signs help support local charities.

If you are wondering where people are getting the blue refl ective address signs pop-ping up all around the valley you can thank the Comox Valley Monarch Lions Club.

They continue to sell the 911 Refl ective Address Signs as a community fundraiser project that will help keep families safe. Every year people spend precious min-utes waiting for emergency services because the driv-ers can’t fi nd their home. When it’s dark out, address numbers may not be visible from the street. Households that frequently have guests over in the evening can also benefi t greatly from install-ing a refl ective address sign. They’ll help food delivery drivers, taxis, and home vis-iting nurses too!

You can get you own 911 56refl ective address sign at Comox Centre Mall Satur-days December 13 because Lion volunteers will be set up to promote and make these address signs. \Just visit their table to order your customized sign and it will be made while you wait so you can install it the same day.

“We have sold hundreds of address signs and they are very eff ective, especially at night. They are very easy to install because of the pre-

drilled holes. 100% of the money raised from this proj-ect goes directly back into the community,” said Presi-dent Rick Grinham.

The Comox Valley Mon-arch Lions Club serves the community by distribut-ing grants and bursaries; GP Vanier, Mark Isfeld and Highland Secondary School Student Bursary, North Is-land College Student Bur-sary, Coal Hills BMX, the Courtenay Recreational As-soc., Sid Williams Theatre, Child Development Assoc., CV Therapeutic Riding, Boys and Girls Club, Santa’s Work-shop, Senior Peer Counsel-ing, Relay For Life, Comox Valley Hospice, St. Josephs Hospital Foundation, Gla-cier View Lodge, Courtenay Low Income Housing, Sal-vation Army, CV Family Ser-vices, Sonshine Lunch Club, Courtenay Museum, Food Bank, Comox Bay Care-A-Van, other donations within the community.

911 Refl ective address signs also make thoughtful gifts for your family, friends and neighbours! They sell for $40.00. To place your order call (250) 338-9602 or visit www.911refl ectivesign.ca.

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Janet and Duane Gee believe it is important to support our commu-nity in ways such as do-nations to St. Joseph’s General Hospital Foun-dation and uses the matching gift program Investors Group off ers. They know people as we all do who have needed the services of St. Joseph’s Hospital in the area of Cancer care support. With the recent announce-ment that the cancer

care area at St. Joseph’s needs to be expanded to accommodate the growing need Janet and Duane together with Investors Group match-ing gifts knew they could help other people in the future receive the care they require here in our own community. Every bit counts and through their donations they hope to make a positive diff erence in other people’s lives.

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Lake Trail Neighbour-hood Connections is very pleased to announce that we are bringing Fiddle-Jam and the ever popular Merville Contra Dance to Courtenay on Friday, December 12th.

This event is the Sec-ond Annual Old-Time Holiday Celebration for all the Community at Lake Trail School. We had a wonderful time last year and are looking forward to welcoming old and new friends again this year.

It’s a chance to lead up to Courtenay’s 100th Anniversary year with an old-fashioned community dance. There will be fun for all, with refreshments, music and good company.

The Contra Dances at Merville are very popular and pack the hall with happy dancers.

Here’s Courtenay’s chance to have some family fun closer to home. Fiddlejam, an amazing group of musicians of all ages, are ready to play all your favourite old-time

dance tunes. Contra dances are family friendly community dances where a caller directs all the dancers around the dance fl oor. No experience is needed. The steps are simple to learn and suit-able for all ages. Caller June Cannon will get us all twirling and help sort out any tangles.

No need to bring a part-ner- dancers are always willing to step up and make new friends on the dance fl oor.

Before the dance, from

7:00 to 7:30pm, there will be a free Contra Dance workshop, and as well some instruction in basic waltz and polka steps. At7:30 pm, the Funtime Fiddlers start the music with Contra sets lasting about 15 to 20 minutes per dance. In between the called Contra Dances, we’ll play waltzes, fox-trots, swing tunes and

polkas. And the ever popular Sacha is sure to be on the play-list.

So put on your Holiday fi nery, swirly skirts, bow ties, reindeer antlers - whatever you want - and join us for a fun neigh-bourhood frolic to start the season off on the right, and left, foot!

The location of the dance is Lake Trail

School Gym, 805 Wille-mar Avenue. Doors open at 6:30 pm, and the dance starts at 7:30pm.

Cost is $5/person (un-der 12 free) and family for $12.00. Or, bring a dona-tion for the Foodbank and get in free.

For more information contact Sheila at 250-897-1892 or [email protected]

Fiddle Jam comes to old time community dance at Lake Trail

This Sunday, Dec 14 at 4 pm on Vancouver Island Chronicles (CHEK TV) is the documen-tary “Saving the Tsolum

River”. If you live on Vancouver

Island you have probably heard about the return of 60,000 Pink Salmon

to the Tsolum River. What is really remarkable about the story is that most of the returning Pinks were wild: spawn-ing above the hatchery.

What is even more re-markable is that in 2000 the DFO declared the Tsolum to be a dead river and cancelled all projects on the river.

This 2-part documen-tary is the story of the Tsolum River Restora-tion Society and their eff orts to save a “dead” river that at one time was one of the premiere Steelhead Rivers in the area.

Shot over a three year period part one covers the history of the aban-doned copper mine and the eff orts of the society to get the mine covered so that water quality

could be restored. The TRRS has worked

on many projects over the years including re-starting the aban-doned fi sh hatchery on Headquarters Creek and stocking the Tsolum with Pink Salmon.

Most of the accom-plishments of the society can be attributed to the hard work of the 80 or 90 volunteers who take part. Part two (Dec. 21) looks at the challenges moving forward as well some of the work being done now to restore the watershed back to a natu-ral state.

Vancouver Island Chronicles on CHEK TV Sundays at 4pm. Check the web site for sched-ules and program infor-mation. www.comoxval-leyartsandlife.com

Documentary highlightseff orts to save pink salmon run on the Tsolum

Yesterday, Dec.4th, the Comox Valley Food Bank distributed 370 bags of food to 244 households, feeding 341 adults and 172 children.

We haven’t given out this many bags in one day since before 2004.

Last month, November 2014, we gave out 991 bags for the entire month. We expect to be very busy for the rest of December.

As Christmas Day and New Years Day both fall on Thursday this year, We will be closed both days,

and the following Fridays as well, (Dec. 26 and Jan. 02). However we will be open on Tuesday Decem-ber 23rd from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.for hamper distribu-tion.

The fi rst Distribution day for 2015 will be Thurs-day Jan. 08 2015

We at the Comox Valley Food Bank wish to extend a thank you to the people and businesses of the Co-mox Valley whose ongoing generousity enables us to help local families needing assistance.

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Air Canada is flying back to the Comox Valley.

The airline company has renewed its associa-tion with the Comox Valley Airport. It will be offering a new twice-dai-ly, non-stop service from Comox to Vancouver starting May 1, 2015.

“This new service will provide another choice for island residents to access the Mainland, particularly those that want to fly onto addi-tional destinations with-in the expansive Air Canada route network,” said Fred Bigelow, CEO of the Comox Valley

Airport.In 2008 AC Jazz with-

drew its air service route between Comox and Calgary due to high fuel cost and part of the air-line company’s cost-sav-ing plans.

But Air Canada announced recently stra-tegic enhancements that required expanding its North American route network that included the Comox Valley Airport.

“We are delighted to launch our newest regional service at the Comox Valley Airport next spring and we look forward to welcoming customers from the Comox, Courtenay and Campbell River areas

onboard Air Canada Express flights operated by Jazz Aviation,” said Kevin C. Howlett, Air Canada’s Senior Vice President of Regional Markets.

“Customers can fly either point-to-point between Comox and Vancouver, or conve-niently connect in Vancouver to and from our worldwide network at our Vancouver hub to destinations in Asia and the South Pacific, Europe, and our exten-sive North American route network.”

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“Air Canada continues to strategically add new routes in response to the strong demand in Western Canada, notably the growing business market between Calgary and Terrace/Kitimat in Northern BC, the increasing demand to and from Vancouver Island, and the contin-ued travel demand between Western Canada and Atlantic Canada,” said Benjamin Smith, President, Passenger Airlines.

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• AC8307 leaving Vancouver 8:55 a.m., arriving Comox 9:35 a.m.

• AC8308 leaving Comox 9:55 a.m., arriv-ing Vancouver 10:33 a.m.

• AC8309 leaving Vancouver 4:25 p.m., arriving Comox 5:05 p.m.

• AC8310 leaving Comox 5:25 p.m., arriv-ing Vancouver 6:03 p.m.

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The Comox Valley has endured a lot of rainfall in the last three days that has caused severe flooding in parts of the region.

But there’s no way of knowing if the amount of rain that fell on the region has broken any records.

Environment Canada do not keep day-by-day statistics of precipitation said meteorologist Dough Lundquist. However, he said, the heavy downpour that occurred in the last three days could lead to a new monthly record.

“When we get a really big storm at this time of the year, we almost always break the record,”

said Lundquist.On Monday, the total

amount of precipitation in Comox was 29 milli-meters. On Tuesday it was higher at 41mm. The record of rainfall on Wednesday was not available at press time but it was still raining in the valley at the time and Lundquist expected the amount to be between 30 to 35mm.

In other areas, howev-er, a new mark was set on Tuesday when the valley’s temperature hit a high of 14.2 degrees Celsius. It smashed the previous record of 8.3 degrees set in 1962.

The region was also battered by hard blowing wind. On Wednesday the wind gusted at 89 kilo-metres per hour and on Tuesday it was 85 kph.

Temperature on Tuesday breaks mark set in 1962Heavy rainfall may make a splash on the monthly record

On Friday, November 21st, Comox resident Nicole Sherwood became the fi rst prize winner of the Glacier View Auxiliary’s 2014 Raffl e. Nicole won the beautiful Queen size quilt made by a local quilter. The small quilt was won by Georgina Sadler, the framed picture by Anne Law, and the

Quality Foods $100 gift certifi cate by Dorothy Lamoureux. Thanks tothe Comox Mall retailers - The Ink Well, Royal LePage, Roxanne’s, andArizona for drawing the winning tickets. Funds raised by the raffl e will beused to benefi t the residents of Glacier View Lodge.

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LAST FRIDAYNIGHT DANCE OF 2014

Our last Evergreen Club Friday Night Dance for the year 2014 - let’s make it a good one - with the help of our favorite Dan Hughes Band coming to town all the way from Duncan to sing and play for us.We will have plenty of dancing room in the UPPER LEVEL of the ever popular Florence Filberg Centre in the Conference Hall.Dancing starts at 7:30 pm till 10:30 pmMembers $5.00 and Non-members are welcome at $7.00We would like to encourage you to get or re-new your membership before year end.Oh! Bar Service will be available and a coff ee break at 9:00 pm.

GLACIER VIEW LODGE BAKE SALE

The Auxiliary to Glacier View Lodge invites you to our yummy Bake Sale in the Comox Mall on Saturday 20 December, 10am to 5pm.Gift wrapping by donation is also in the Comox Mall from Sunday 21 December to Wednesday the 24th December -- 10am to 4pm each day. Gift bags at $5.00 each are available for last minute gifts. Don’t spend money on gift wrap, come see us. And a huge thank you to everyone who take advantage of our activities, and all who volunteer for the benefi t of the residents of Glacier View. A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS.

COVENTRY NATIVITY PLAY

The Coventry Nativity Play - Friday, December 12 - 7:30 pm - The Anglican Church of St. John the Divine welcomes you to a costumed reading of a medieval nativity play. Performed in mediaeval costumes (courtesy of Courtenay Little Theatre) by local actors & church goers, live mediaeval music performed by Eric MacDonald & Tracy Canil. Food or money donation for the Food Bank and Christmas Hampers are welcome. Door opens at 7pm. St John the Divine Anglican Church is location at 579 5th Street in Courtenay.

SANTA DOESGET CALLS

Santa’s Workshop Society is a registered charity, active in the Comox Valley for over 40 years. The society collects new and used toys, refurbishes them as needed, and then distributes the toys to families in the Comox Valley. Last year Santa’s Workshop donated nearly 800 toys to over 300 families.In the last week of November, Santa’s Workshop fi elded its fi rst international inquiry. A young boy from another country called the society’s front desk asking to speak with Santa, who was fortunately visiting the society’s workshop at the time. Santa listened to the boy’s request for a bicycle and a puppy.Later that week a volunteer from Santa’s Workshop called the boy’s father, and told him of his son’s requests. The father thanked the volunteer, and told him that he would discuss the request with Santa.If you want to learn more about Santa’s Workshop, you may visit its website,www.santasworkshopcomoxvalley.com Visitors are always welcome at the workshop, 331 Fourth St. in Courtenay, between 9 am and 3 pm from Monday to Friday.

MET OPERA AT THE RIALTO

The next Met opera at the Rialto is Wagner’s, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, this Saturday, December 13 at 9:00 am. James Levine returns to one of his signature Wagner works conducting this epic comedy-back at the Met for the fi rst time in eight years-about a group of Renaissance “master singers” whose song contest unites a city. Johan Reuter, Johan Botha, and Annette Dasch lead the superb international cast in this charming and magisterial celebration of the power of music and art. Tickets are on

sale now at the Rialto. Adults and youth $24.95; children and seniors $20.95 (including taxes). For more information call (250) 338-5502 or visit Landmarkcinemas.com.

The Courtenay and Dis-trict Museum and Palae-ontology Centre is creat-ing a Curious Kids Club for children between the ages of 5 to 12 years old.

Children will meet at the Courtenay Museum between 10:00-12:00pm (a perfect time for mom and dad to go scout out the Farmers Market across the street at the

Native Sons Hall) to un-cover some of the myster-ies behind Christmas. The schedule is as follows:

• December 13th- Light-ing Up the Past: Tin Can Lanterns

The cost is $2 for a drop-in or FREE with a Museum Family mem-bership. Pre-registration is suggested as there is a maximum of 12 students.

‘Curious Kids Club’The fl oods that have

put much of the Comox Valley in a state of emergency have even eff ected the Village of Cumberland, despite being perched high up on the hillside.

On Wednesday the Village offi cials worked with Comox Lake Land Corporation to help a handful of homeowners whose cabins on Comox Lake were being threatened by the rising waters.

“We’re trying to work with them to get the sandbags out,” CAO

Sundance Topham said Wednesday. “The water’s rising pretty fast.”

Village staff ers in the protective services and public works departments were mobilized to deal with the scenario as it unfolded. The Village itself experienced some localized fl ooding and even a few washouts.

Multiple back alleys were closed to traffi c and will have to be repaired and community trails were worse for wear thanks to the heavy rains.


In a nod to emphaticdebates that sprung up during election season in Cumberland, the Village has decided to establish two new committees to tackle homelessness and accessibility. During its inaugural meeting Cumberland council voted unanimously to set up a Homelessness/Affordable Housing Select Committee and an Accessibility Select Committee Dec. 1.

Mayor Leslie Baird said a lot of residents in the community are faced with tough choices when it comes to where they can live.

“I get questions often about if I know of any-where that’s for rent even,” she said. “There’s not a lot out there.”

Many older resident are having trouble main-taining their quality of life as living costs go up, Baird explained.

“It has a huge impact on their life,” she said. “Some seniors have to give up their home.”

The Village of Cumberland wasn’t big enough to be included in a recent BC Non-Profit Housing Association map of municipalities and regional districts, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t facing challenges too.

In many ways Cumberland is moving more quickly towards a solution than any of the other local governments.

Reflecting a local desire to come up with a Made in Cumberland solution to some of poverty’s most visible effects, and in the face of the successful Comox Valley Regional

District (CVRD) ballot box initiative to gain acceptance for using tax-payer dollars to combat homelessness, Baird went ahead and proposed a Village committee to look at the issue. The Homelessness/Affordable Housing Select Committee is tasked with examining the both homelessness and afford-able housing possibilities specifically within Village boundaries.

The ball is rolling and soon council will have a chance to vote on the terms of reference for both committees, as soon as administration devel-ops them.

It can be frustrating to watch some community members try to cope with current housing costs, Baird said, especially since there’s isn’t much the Village can do.

“We have very little control over those costs,” she said. “The housing issue affects everybody.”

There was an apart-ment block planned for a future phase of the Coal Valley Estates project, but the developer agreed to build a specific num-ber of houses and didn’t necessarily commit to building rental proper-ties, she added.

To the sound of gentle laughter Coun. Roger Kishi suggested that Cumberland’s move could “shame” other local governments into actual-ly developing a plan to tackle homelessness.

Improving infrastruc-ture for disabled resi-dents came out as anoth-er important community issue during the recent all-candidates meeting, something the accessibil-ity committee is sup-posed to address.

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If you’re looking for a season-al craft fair with a twist, look no further than the 3rd annual Ele-vate Winter Bazaar. Descend into the dark cavernous Lower Native Sons Hall in Downtown Courtenay on Saturday December 13th from 9 am till 5 pm and be prepared for myriad surprises, delights and cu-riosities.

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But there is more to this craft fair than meets the eye! Come and enjoy some truly decadent food and drink from Tria Fine Cater-ing at the Elevate Canteen! Take in some music from around the universe with the Moon Band, DJ Eliazar and other surprise guests. Sign up for workshops including

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Bowling highlights from Codes Country Lanes:

Monday Golden Age AM - Micki MacDonald 203, Nick Tjart 210, Leona Miller 185, Marie Israel 194, Bob Van Nes 298, Pat King 236, Arnie Morrison 264, Heather Abraham 191, Joyce Slater 172, Roy Brekke 245, Anna Turcotte 191.

Monday Golden Age PM - Lucille Smith 200, Ruth Johnson 216, Shirley McLoughlin 163, Christine Wallenberg 162, Bruce Ram 225, Erma Wilson 222, Rita Grill 188, Bill Tower 190, Rick Rodriguez 270, Ivan Ally 265.

Monday Youth - William 125, Jordan 142, Andrew 159, Brycen Burgess 143, Lucien Rousseau 89, Benoit Rousseau 82, Celine Rousseau 81.

Tuesday Breakfast - Laurie McWillis 231, Marilyn Shetterly 180, Brenda Searl 238, Paulette Z 171, Barb Randall 255, Shirley Mangano 180, Karen Annand 151, Isabelle Bracchi 169, Debbie

Raithby 161, Agnes Barker 163, Joyce Boon 150.

Tuesday Club 55 - Garry Pearson 175, Judith Munro 111, Allison Bennett 131, Ed Schievink 98.

Tuesday Mixed - Bill Brun-dige 236, Lynda Brundige 203, Steve Robson 248, Rick Gran-neman 233, Brian Booth 284, Ian Taylor 200, Gary Coombs 183, Bruno Bagdan 299.

Wednesday Club 55 - Bert Brown 211, Ken Scavarda 200, Gerry VanAchte 175, Laura Webber 172, Sally Hazleton 176, Grace Coulter 205, Pat Schmidt 190, Pat Ailles 230, Betty Gilchrist 181, Marie Israel 228, Dave Stacey 203, Laurie Aucoin 204.

Tuesday/Wednsday CRA - Linda Christie 169, Debbie Downer 146, Cori Pagnoni 135, Randy Poole 128, Clayton Heid 141, Jeff McLaughlin 167, John Vincent 82, Larry McCooey 196, Michael Campbell 144, Linda Scott 108, Rachel Anderson 81, Russell Enright 106, Patti Gove 120, Scott Burden 118, Jessica Anderson 118, Allison Bennett 120.

Wednesday Adult - Ken Bird 225, Candace McClellan 202, Tammy Pizzey 173, Deb-bie Miller 241, John West 216, Larry Adam 250, Vicki Major

249, Wayne Wilson 200, Dar-lene Bernard 197, Tom Nurse 241, Brian Booth 260, Bruno Bagdan 274, Al Gavel 223.

Thursday Club 55 - Vera Winter 188, Lynn Devries 174, Bruce Ram 185, Barb Casey 224, Kaela McLean 191, Alan Edwards 219, Grace Rodri-guez 200, Ivan Ally 212, Bob Van Nes 233, Bea Tomkinson 263, Arnie Morrison 247.

Thursday Adult - Dawn Hill 269, Steve Robson 266, Ed Carefoot 223, Candace McLel-lan 224, Jordan Austin 235, Scott Van Achte 239, Chad Kelly 212, Jessica Giroux 237, Paul Zorz 240, Anne Bodnar 263, Rick Kroeker 232.

Friday Club 55 - Ickle Brown 198, Bert Brown 267, Ken Scavarda 227, Roy Brekke 202, Joyce Unsworth 180, Millie McCharles 173, Midge Girard 166, Jim Lucas 172, Marj Arnold 174, Gerhard Sorger 222, Minnie Frame 192, George Sand 212.

Special O - Alan Craig 133, Trevor Carter 143, Larry Mc-Cooey 161, Bobby Bolen 172, Joe Grubweiser 177, Allison Bennett 203, Michael 220, Melissa Knight 168, Morgan Bell 145, Jamie Bennett 181, Clayton Heid 169, Rose Flecher 174, Sherri Lines 196, Danny Erb 190.

The Riptide U14 Girls soccer team faced Juan de Fuca/Sooke on home turf Saturday for their ninth game of the VIPL sea-son. Being the last league game in 2014, Riptide needed a win to advance in the standings going into the New Year.

In the last two match-ups with Juan de Fuca/Sooke, Riptide earned a win and a tie. So the team felt confi dent going in to this game and knew that, if they could overcome their recent somewhat dry spell in scoring, they would accomplish their

goal of advancing past Upper Island Storm to take second place in the standings, just one point behind Saanich.

Both teams started strong and focussed. Riptide maintained most of the ball possession and had excellent scoring opportunities, including two corner kicks and an angled shot that hit the goalpost but defl ected out. Fans were sure that Riptide was about to score any time, but Juan de Fuca’s defense and keeper held strong and it was nil at half.

As it has often hap-pened in games, Riptide scored within the fi rst fi ve minutes of the second half. Sophie L rose to the occasion not only to score the fi rst goal of the game, but did it again about ten minutes later, capitalizing on a direct volley from Tiana Stewart in front of the net after a corner kick from Aisha Hunter-Bellavia.

Then, in what was one of the most seam-less passing plays of the game, defender Rosie Campbell fed the ball to Kaitlyn Dreger at mid-

fi eld who found Frédérica Blouin-Comeau advanc-ing on the left wing. Blouin-Comeau used her speed and ball handling skills to take advantage of her left kick, fi ring an angled shot to beat the keeper and fi nd the top of the net. That was the fi nal goal of the game, earning Riptide a 3-0 win.

Registering their fourth shutout, Riptide’s de-fensive line and keepers, Nicolette Vinnedge and Freyja Reed, held the total goals scored against the team in 2014 to ten. This was an ideal way for

Riptide to end the year.On behalf of the entire

team and franchise, Co-Coaches Jim Stewart, Lisa Wigard, and Matt Laver would like to thank the community for your generous and consis-tent support and extend warm wishes for a Merry Christmas and joy, health, and prosperity in the New

Year. Season’s Greetings Comox Valley!

The Riptide U14 Girls soccer team, sponsored by Lacasse Construction, resumes league play in a home game against Saan-ich on January 17th. For more information, visit the team’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/riptide2001girls

Riptide U14 Girls proudly move into second place in the VIPL standings after Saturday’s win against Juan de Fuca/Sooke. Photo: Courtesy of Heidi Summers

Riptide U14 Girls close out year with big win


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Gavel2. Frieda Home-Marilyn

HannahC Flight1. Frieda Home-Marilyn Han-

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daleThursday December 4, 2014North/SouthA Flight,1 Dave Harper-Pete Marinus2. Gail Fennel-Arlene Pe-

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Piercy; 2. John and Lynn God-frey; 3. Daryl Pippin and Mark Lawrence; 4. Phil Sandford and Maureen Olafson.

E/W - 1. Howie Cohen and

Sharon Feduniak; 2. Roy and Patricia Lowe; 3. Keith Ware and Dianna Rickson; 4. Irene Smith and Dorothy Branch.

Results for Friday, 5th Decem-ber (13 tables):

N/S - 1. Chuck and Lorraine Hodson; 2. Phil Sandford and Maureen Olafson; 3. Jean Tait and Evelyn Ware; 4. Harvey Piercy and Judy Morrison.

E/W - 1. Dick and Lynn Sang-ster; 2. Roy and Patricia Lowe; 3. Grace Whetter and Dorothy Branch; 4. Daphne Welsh and Ann Cook.

Results for Saturday, 6th De-cember (11 1/2 tables):

N/S - 1. Doug and Penny Poole; 2. Lloyd and Bernice Snyder; 3. Tom and Betty Thomsen; 4. Roger and Rose Lucas.

E/W - 1. Roy and Patricia Lowe; 2. Dick and Lynn Sang-ster; 3. Dianna Rickson and Sharon Feduniak; 4. George and Trish Kirkwood.

Bridge Club news

Riptide U16 Girls Top Spot in VIPL

The Riptide U16 girls ended the ninth game of their Vancouver Island Premier League season with a 3-0 win vs Gorge this past Saturday. Goals were scored by Zoe Nilson , Faith Brown, and Haley Smith from dangerous crossing balls whipped in by Jus-tine McMahon and Abbie Simms. It was a resounding win which captured the essence of the teams’ play this past fall: lots of goals, fast attacking play, and a stingy defence. The team looked comfortable throughout the game attacking with its over lapping fullbacks Toni Powsey and Kristin Gage, and complimented with

attacking combinations by Camryn Curts ( who sadly was injuredon the day), Livy Bates, Emily Dreger, and Macayla Gray. Leadingthe team and keeping yet another clean sheet was Danielle Rob-ertson aided by the steel curtain back line of Jayden Grant, BayleyHollingsworth, Megan Robertson and Lizzie Watson. The teamgoes into the Christmas break top of the table with 20 points and2 points ahead of the second place team, Saanich Fusion, with agame in hand. “The girls have played tremendously this past falland fully deserve the top spot”, said Coach Ash Mohtadi, “ butnothing is a given and it will come down to the fi nal whistle of thefi nal game to determine who wins the league”. Good luck to theRiptide Girls in the New Year!

Our Saturday Men’s event was played on Sunday Dec. 7th. Parts of the course were still frozen on Saturday.

Sunday weather was good for a December day and 59 players had a nice day of golf as the results will show.

HCP 0-121st Low Gross Chuck

Kennedy 72, 2nd Stan Mills 73, 3rd James Dickson 74,

1st Low Net Marty Barbaro 66, 2nd War-ren Brandson 68 c/b, 3rd Karl Cameron 68,

Snips: Hole #1 & #15 Stan Mills, #5 Richard Martin, #11 Mackenzie Osborne, #12 & #17 James Dickson, #14 Warren Brandson

HCP 13-181st Low Gross Keith

Allan 79, 2nd Lyle Tor-rie 85, 3rd Peter Hill 86,

1st Low Net Glenn Horsepool, 2nd Al Murray c/b, 3rd John Pringle 71,

Snips: Hole #4 Keith Allan, #11 Randy Doan

HCP 19+1st Low Gross Joe

Dunham 89, 2nd Jim Clark 91 c/b, 3rd Chris Bard 91

1st Low Net Peter Leskovich 70 c/b, 2nd Philip Ball 70, 3rd Henry Bondy 71,

Snips: Hole #8 Gary Wood, #17 Philip Ball

There was no Ben Gill Challenge on #15 this week and let’s hope we get to play next week, till then, see ya.

- Submitted by Ron Carter

Glacier Greens Men play Saturday

on Sunday with good results

Many people across the world claim that cross-country skiing is the best form of exercise.

Cross-country ski-ing uses all your mus-cle groups, so you can strengthen your upper and lower body and your core as well as your car-diovascular system.

Here on the island, cross-country skiing also off ers many other health benefi ts associated with gliding through snowy meadows and forests in the fresh mountain air!

The Strathcona Nordics would like to take you ski-ing every weekend this winter. The club’s skier development programs off er a set of 10 weekly sessions where you can

work on cross-country ski skills in a fun atmosphere with a group of peers and develop the confi dence to tackle the trails for the fi rst time or to take your-self to the next level.

They have programs for beginner, intermedi-ate, and advanced skiers; for children, youth, and adults; and for recreation-al skiers and racers.

The Strathcona Nordics recreational programs be-gin on January 10 and 11 in the Nordic Area of Mount Washington - but they say, “don’t delay in registering - programs usually fi ll up before the December 31 deadline.”

Visit StrathconaNor-dics.com for more infor-mation and to register.

Get out on the trails this winterwith the Nordics

$ 500 non-refundable down paymenton 2015-2016 Membership Dues

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The Comox Valley La-dies Curling Club has just completed our Cash Bon-spiel Nov 28-30/2014.

Our theme Jailhouse Rocks produced many jail birds on and off the ice.

From a fi eld of 24 teams and four events the winner of the A Event, sponsored by Sherlocks Family Hair Care, was Sandra Galla-way team: 3rd Liz Ellis, 2nd Mary Ellen Warner and lead Elaine Starchuk,

Second in the A Event was the Amber Dufour rink and Third in the A Event the Stacia Johnson rink.

The B Event sponsored by Kirk Cambell Inves-tors Group winner was the Claire Bonin rink from the Seattle Granite Curl-ing Club defeating the Sharon Meeres rink. 3rd Mary Ellen Konyer from Nanaimo.

C Event sponsored by Brian McLean Chevrolet Buick GMC winner was the Michele Haider rink defeating. Ann Strilesky from Parksville, 3rd Kim Jonsson rink and 4th Dee Horie team

D Event sponsored by 98.9 FM The Goat, Jan-ice Ainsworth defeated Deb Goodwin, 3rd Les-lie Shearer and 4th Mary Holden team.

The Ladies Club had very good support for our ticket raffl es from the Old House Hotel, the Spa and T Dale Robert s Notary sponsored a dinner at Lo-cals for one prize.

Golf Courses all over the island supported us with 2 rounds of golf at each course: Comox, Sunny-dale, Crowne Isle, Glacier Greens, Gold River, Quadra Island, Storycreek, Morn-ingstar , Arrowsmith and Port Alberni. The winners

are posted on the Comox Curling Club website.

We are thankful for all the gift certifi cates for our raffl e baskets from the Downtown Courtenay Merchants:

Francis Jewellers, Shoe-biz, Ski Tak Hut, Penny Tyme, Kradles, Butch-er Block, Cherry Wine, Courtenay Florist, Robert A Couture, Sharon’s All Sizes, Trousers, Uptown Yarns, Bonnie & Clydes,

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tenay, Locals Restaurant, Myrtle Point golf course.

Saturday afternoon was a vendors market at the curling club with over 15 vendors for the lady curl-ers shopping experience.

In all it was a very suc-cessful bonspiel and was only possible with the help from our sponsors.

- Submitted by Barbara Dix-son, CVCC ladies bonspiel chair

A Event, sponsored by Sherlocks Family Hair Care, winner was Sandra Gallaway team; 3rd Liz Ellis, 2nd Mary Ellen Warner and lead Elaine Starchuk,

It was ‘Jailhouse Rocks’ for ladies Cash Bonspiel

The B Event sponsored by Kirk Cambell Investors Group winner was the Claire Bonin rink from the Seattle Granite Curling Club

C Event sponsored by Brian McLean Chevrolet Buick GMC winner was the Michele Haider rink

D Event sponsored by 98.9 FM The Goat, winner was the Janice Ains-worth rink


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