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NEWSCommunity makes EDAS a success

Eleven schools and countless volunteers filled 800 hand-painted bags with warm clothes, toi-letries, books, cookies and more, which will be distributed to those in need in the Comox Valley, Victoria and Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside as part of the Everybody Deserves a Smile initiative.

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Comox council hears from residentsResidents from Robb Avenue packed council

chambers last week to express their disap-pointment with a 2016 infrastructure plan for their neighbourhood. The plan includes the removal of as many as 122 trees.

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ARTSCLT presents It’s a Wonderful Life

Courtenay Little Theatre tackles one of the greatest Christmas stories ever to hit the big screen, with Frank Capra’s classic movie It’s A Wonderful Life coming to the Sid Williams stage. ■ P21

SPORTSTerri� c trio at Dew Tour

Three Comox Valley athletes tore down the slopes at Breckenridge, Colo. over the weekend. Darcy Sharpe won the snowboard streetstyle while Cassie Sharpe finished second in ski superpipe and Spencer O’Brien took silver in snowboard slopestyle at the Dec. 10-13 event.

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’Tis the season not to drink and driveRCMP CounterAttack program helps keep our roads safe ■ P. 8

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The Comox Valley Regional District and Island Health lifted the boil water notice on Friday.

Following daily testing and regular moni-toring of the system since the notice was put in place Dec. 4, officials have confirmed that water quality in the system is now safely with-in drinking water guidelines.

Water that supplies the Comox Valley water system originates in Comox Lake and is taken from the Puntledge River and delivered to approximately 41,000 residents. Those areas affected by the boil water notice were the City of Courtenay, the Town of Comox, and the Comox Valley, Arden, Marsden/Camco, Greaves Crescent and England Road water local service areas.

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Last chance to bid at Christmas VillageThe 14th annual Odlum Brown’s Christmas

Village is nearing its end, with the final gala and announcement of auction winners to take place Thursday.

With that in mind, now is the time to get down to Crown Isle and bid on your favourite stuffie toy or gingerbread house.

The silent auction continues until Thursday at 6 p.m. on a variety of fantastic displays, including The Record’s own “Molly” (see acco-manying photo), a beautiful bear that comes with more than $500 in gifts.

This year’s charities are Comox Valley Boys & Girls Club, Canadian Tire Jumpstart, Sal-vation Army Family Services and the Comox Valley Child Development Association.

Community makes EDAS successfulVolunteers of all ages lend a hand Friday at Ecole Puntledge Park Elementary to prepare bags for the Everybody Deserves a Smile project. PHOTO BY ERIN HALuSCHAk

Cookies were baked, bags were painted, and the assembly line at École Puntledge Park Elementary was well underway Friday morning.

Eight-hundred hand-painted bags filled with warm clothes, toiletries, books, cookies and more will be distributed to those in need in the Comox Valley, Victoria and Vancou-ver’s Downtown Eastside as part of the Everybody Deserves a Smile ini-tiative.

“It’s been unbelievable the support we’ve had. We had 11 schools working with us this year,” explained Chantal Stefan, teacher and founder of EDAS.

“They did their own EDAS cam-paign and awareness within their schools, and what strong leader-ship came out of that. So then that brought in donations, hand-painted bags and cookies.”

The program has students, com-munity groups and teachers come together to create bags filled with essentials which get distributed to various organizations and the home-less across Vancouver Island and the mainland.

Distribution of the bags began Sat-urday to nine different locations and agencies in the Comox Valley, Nanai-mo, Victoria and Vancouver.

“This is the biggest we’ve ever done,” noted Stefan, and added while Puntledge is the host school, EDAS has had help from Vanier, Cumber-land and Isfeld schools.

She also credits the Rotary Club of Cumberland which donated more than 800 books, and all the Valley Rotary clubs which donated a variety of items and financially to the project.

“There’s so much love that has gone into one of those care packages that by the time they’re packaged and delivered, there’s about 22 hands and hearts that have connected with that bag to make it happen — it’s pretty amazing.”

École Puntledge Park Elementary Grade 7 student Eden Martin said it was her first year working the assem-bly line.

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Filling Comox council chambers to capacity, community members in the Robb Avenue Community Group came together at Wednesday’s Com-mittee of the Whole meeting to express their disappointment with the Town’s pub-lic consultation pro-cess.

Shelley Nickerson, representative for the group, told council the group feels there have been significant barriers to a major infrastructure project on Robb Ave. slated to begin its first phase in 2016 in the area.

“On behalf of the group, I can tell you that we treasure our neighbourhood,” she said, and added she thanks council for investing in the area with a variety of upgrades, but asked for more time and more information.

Nickerson noted a public information meeting held Nov. 26 had about 40 to 50 residents attend, and was the first and only opportunity to review the project.

She added while residents received a notice of the meeting, it did not include how to access or review information if some-one could not attend.

“It gave no specif-ics about the project, no comment sheet, no deadline for feed-back.”

At the meeting, Nickerson added maps were not easy to read, and an arbor-ist’s report was not provided.

She said not one person knew that 59 trees including all of the boulevard cherries are to be cut down, or that another 63 trees are not likely to sur-vive construction.

She presented a petition which out-lines four requests: extend the deadline for public submission to Jan. 31; provide a project summary and fact sheet; deliver to residents a new notice of the proposed proj-ect and adjust the project timeline to allow for sufficient time to incorporate the results of the pub-lic consultation in a

fair and meaningful way.

Municipal engineer Shelley Ashfield said since the open house, her department has received more than 30 comments from resi-dents, many of which “have been the same theme.”

“Yes, we need to go back to the draw-ings. We’ve met with the design team and come up with a new cross section. I think we’ve captured the essence of everyone’s concerns.”

She noted she hopes to have about 75 per cent of the design complete by early January, and added she believes most of the major con-siderations have been addressed at this point.

Ashfield said she is

willing to receive com-ments until the end of January - but prefer-ably sooner than later - any earlier the town can put the project out to tender, the eas-ier it will be to stay on time and budget.

Coun. Barba-ra Price asked why there couldn’t be fur-ther conversations with the residents of the area, while Coun. Hugh MacKinnon said he understands staff budget dead-lines, and knows the public wants to see how their concerns will be incorporated into planning.

Mayor Paul Ives said it would be “pre-mature at this point” to have another open house prior to staff presenting the plans to council in late Jan-uary.

“We have to let the process unfold. The bottom line is the project is not just for Robb Road, but the project is for the town as a whole. It was rather unprecedent-ed that we did do an open house. We hav-en’t done that on an infrastructure proj-ect.”

Price replied she would hate to see a time crunch on an open house if it is held at the end of January.

“Is it going to be perfect for everyone? Probably not,” noted Ives.

“We have to put it into perspective what this project is. I don’t think there’s any secrets; we’re being very transparent here.”

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Rabbi Meir Kaplan of Victoria lit the menorah at the annual Light of Hanukkah ceremony last week at Courtenay City Hall. Kaplan — who is the director of Chabad Vancouver Island — and Mayor Larry Jangula lit two candles on the second day of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights. Public lighting ceremonies were also held in Campbell River, Victoria, Nanaimo and Salt Spring Island during the eight-day celebration that concluded Monday.

PHOTO BY SCOTT STANFIELD

19 Wing Comox has donated $10,000 to the Sonshine Lunch Club, which operates a soup kitchen at St. George’s United Church in Courtenay.

The money was raised through Boomer’s Legacy, a charitable foun-dation named after Andrew ‘Boomer’ Eykelenboom, a Comox soldier killed by a suicide bomber in Afghanistan in 2006.

The entire amount will be used to purchase food for the service.

The club serves an average of about 125 guests each day.

“Well over the 3,000 mark in a year,” club president Tom Morgan said. “I’ve known it up as high as 200, but that’s an exception.”

The soup kitchen operates five days a week, run by a different church group each day.

“It’s run thanks to the generosity of this church,” Morgan said. “It’s nicely placed geographically.”

St. George’s is located at Sixth and Fitzgerald in Courtenay. Besides food, the service also offers guests articles of clothing, non-perishable foods and other items free of charge.

“Also this year, we ran a couple of days where we enabled people to reg-ister to vote,” Morgan said. “To vote, you have to have a home address, so Elections Canada allowed them to use the church as their home address.”

19 Wing donates time, money to soup kitchen

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Tom Morgan is the president of the Sonshine Lunch Club, which operates out of St. George’s United Church in Courtenay. PHOTO BY SCOTT STANFIELD

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The holiday season can be a time of good cheer, with excitement over gift-giving and spending time with

family, the joy of attending seasonal events and the wonder of viewing colourfully decorat-ed homes and public areas.

But not everyone has a rosy impression of the season. Many things can leave one feeling added stress, and even worse, depression.

Worries over money are common. Many of us place a lot of pressure on ourselves to find the right gifts for people, or feel like we’ve spent enough. Others worry that they simply won’t have enough to buy gifts for children or others.

In traditional and blended families, the pull can be strong to try pleasing everyone and scheduling a gathering time that works for all, regardless of how unrealistic it may be.

For people who lost a loved one during the year and are facing the first Christmas with-out them, grief can take a heavy toll.

The renowned Mayo Clinic has some sug-gestions aimed at people for whom Christmas-time is a period of dread, either this year or in general.

People are reminded to acknowledge their feelings, whether those are sadness, anxiety, being overwhelmed, or others. Reaching out to friends or family members, maybe going out for coffee or lunch to talk things over, can be a good way to avoid feeling isolated or to pre-vent resentment from brewing inside.

Also keep in mind that change is inevitable as the years go by, and that the holidays don’t have to be perfect or just like last year. Try out some new activities or building new traditions that reflect your current reality.

If you’re giving gifts, they suggest making an affordable budget and sticking to it. Home-made gifts can be just as special if not more so, and creating them can keep you busy. Just remember to plan ahead for such projects, especially if you need ingredients.

Learn to say no when you need to – listen to your body and your heart. You’ll have more positive energy when you need it.

And if you need to seek professional help to get through this time of year, there are plenty of individual or group counselling options in the Comox Valley. Finding ways to reduce holi-day stress now can help to do so in the future.

Don’t let stress overrun the joys of the season

Remember to ‘shop local’ this season

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The holiday season is upon us, and for many people this includes the tradition of gift giving. The options of where to procure gifts are many and a myr-iad in this day and age of internet shopping, big box stores, along with easy and accessible travel to major centres. Local shopping is the best option, consider it as giving two gifts – the one you buy to give to a loved one, and the bene-fit you create by keeping money in our local economy.

Here are some facts about current trends in shopping that are import-ant to consider (from the locobc.com website):

• Online shopping is a growing trend in Canada.

Sales are expected to dou-ble in the next four years, from $22 billion in 2014 to $40 billion by 2019.

• B.C. retailers cite “competition from internet retailers” as one of two top challenges they face (tied for top issue at 64 per cent along with “big competitors receive better pricing and terms”).

• Two out of every three dollars spent online by Canadians goes to a U.S. retail website.

• Cross border online shopping reduces the amount of money circulat-ing in the local economy by up to 32 per cent.

These trends do two things: they take wealth from our communities and send it to outside compa-nies whose shareholders have no vested interest in where we live. Thus, in the case of internet shopping, the entire economic impact of your shopping decision

is removed from our local economy. In the case of chain stores, only the prof-it from your shopping is removed from our local economy. A local advantage a chain store has over inter-net shopping is that much of the revenue from that business does stay in our local economy in the form of payroll, taxes, and sponsor-ship of events and causes. It is important to consider that many chain stores are some of our best corporate citizens, and despite the shareholders of those busi-nesses not being from our community, they do spend a considerable amount of extra money supporting local events and causes.

Shopping at local busi-nesses with local owner-ship keeps considerably more of our wealth in our local economy. While some wealth has to leave the community to pay for outside suppliers, the rest

stays. The profits stay and are generally re-invested by business owners. Local business employees and owners shop in local stores also, further magnifying the wealth. Local busi-nesses contribute directly to the health, diversity, resilience and strength of our communities. The Downtown Courtenay Busi-ness Improvement Associ-ation, the Comox Business Improvement Association and downtown Cumberland business owners spend con-siderable time, energy and money to make downtown shopping a vibrant place to be.

This holiday season, give two gifts - one to a loved one, and the other to our community.

Choosing to shop local builds and grows our wealth as a community.

Andrew Gower is the chair of the Comox Valley Chamber of Commerce

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LETTERS TO THE EDITORBlack sausage a reminder of problems

Dear editor,I just checked the City of

Courtenay website and we have a boil water advisory in effect since Dec. 4.

There is an old saying, “Men plan and gods laugh.” Whoever initiated this delightful quote must have had some recent experience living in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island.

On Dec. 4, I witnessed the city engineering department putting up a huge black sau-sage along the Old Island Highway beside the Tsolum River. This in anticipation of a flood due to the heavy rains.

I have not heard a single concern expressed at the cause of such flooding. Some scratching of heads about the black sausage, but why is it needed? Because government has allowed over-cutting by forest companies so they can pay rich dividends to their shareholders while heavy rains cause flooding down-stream.

Hedge, investment and mutual fund holders have reaped these dividends. I and others who live downstream pay the black sausage tax. And local government utters nary a word.

I thought Oct. 19 would see some real change in how gov-ernments operate. However, if wishes were horses, fools would ride.

Cliff Boldt Courtenay

Different year, same water problems

Dear editor,It’s hard to believe that

after the month-long boil water advisory last year that we could be facing the same problem again.

Did no one in authority pay attention to the reason for the problem?

Lousy logging practices. Did all our bureaucrats and elected representatives bury their collective heads in the sand? No one has given any indication that anything was done to address this issue. The only movement by the bureaucracy has been to blow $400,000 on a water study. Who is going to pay for all the bottled water for the hotels and restaurants and other businesses? If I were one of those businesses I would send the bill directly to the

regional district. So why are the people in charge so dead set against the obvious solu-tion; a deep water intake into Comox Lake. It would solve a host of problems. I have it on good authority that below a certain depth there would be no turbidity issues. Also because we have so much water we would not have to have draconian water restric-tions.

What we the residents use in an entire year, when the rains come, BC Hydro flushes down the river in a day. Why are we not saving all this extra water in some sort of reservoir?

The questions just keep mounting up and we keep being screwed. It’s time the establishment gave us some answers.

R. McCulloch Area B

I did it on my own; why can’t they?

Dear editor,Having just reading Doug-

las Etherington’s letter (Read-er calls editor a hypocrite for voting, Dec. 8) and being in total agreement with his com-ments triggered me to add some comments of my own on some current news items. In the news this morning (Dec. 8, 2015) the banks were going to contribute $1,000,000 to the Syrian immigration cause. Being an immigrant myself of some 33 years from a Commonwealth country having to have a job and pay my own way to get here stirs me a little. Yes, I did not come from a war-torn country and did not have their hardships.Then the Liberals are going to accommodate these people and pay them once they are here. Don’t we have home-less and desperate people in the Comox Valley and many other Canadian cities? Should this group get some care and attention first?

Finally the bike lane issues, yes we should have them, and in the news today in Van-couver they are going to let skateboarders and rollerblad-ers use them. Some cyclists don’t follow the highway code, so do we expect miracles from the rollerbladers and skate-boarders? Last of all should these users be paying some kind of road tax as motorists do to help to maintain these lanes?

Allan Barwick Courtenay

Keep Puntledge at Puntledge

Dear editor,I attended the Dec. 7

School Board meeting on the proposal to close Ecole Pun-tledge Park and was shocked by the seemingly entrenched position of the board. Despite compelling evidence from the committed parent and community members regard-ing the threats to student learning, active transport, student safety and irreplace-able nature connection and its myriad benefits, the board seemed undeterred. They seem determined to sacrifice a thriving school that is a model for student success. Why?

They say it is to save money but the more one listens to the specifics of the plan, the less sure even they sound about what will be saved. All that is sure is what will be forever lost: a safe, successful neighbour-hood school, securely nestled beneath old growth trees, beside a salmon spawning stream that is at the very heart of the Puntledge Park community.

Ecole Puntledge Park is worth preserving!

I urge you to learn more at change.org and join with us to keep Puntledge at Puntledge.

L. Celest HendersonCourtenay

Yellowpoint was indeed Spectacular

Dear editor,Last evening I was given a

ticket to the ninth annual Yel-lowpoint Christmas Spectac-ular at the Sid. “Spectacular” is definitely the right word for that production. Professional from start to finish. Great orchestra, wonderful voices, incredible choreography, cos-tumes that were amazing and just the right combination of seasonal, nostalgia, and mod-ern. They performed to the delight of a packed house. The smiles and chatter at the end were a testament to every-one’s enjoyment.

Congratulations to the pro-duction team, the performers and all the supporters. We are fortunate indeed to live in a community where we can access all levels of entertain-ment and especially one such as this.

J. AtkinsonCumberland

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Constable Rob Gardner of the Comox Valley RCMP detachment says the toughest part of a fatal car crash comes after he leaves the scene.

It’s the knock on the door… to notify the next of kin.“It’s tough,” said Gardner. “There’s just no easy way

to do it. And it’s even tougher in smaller communities, because news travels so fast. Sometimes the families come down to the scene, because they heard about it and don’t believe it and have to see for themselves. Ao now you’re dealing with the traffic, you’re dealing with everything that needs to be dealt with on scene, and then the family shows up and you have to deal with what they see…”

When the officer makes that call to the victim’s home, he or she generally doesn’t make those calls alone.

“Victim services deserve props on all this - they come with us and help things,” said Gardner. “Without them, I can’t spend the time… it’s important for me to be there for the family, to let them know, but then victim services come in and help the families deal with what happens next.”

Next, as in funeral arrangements.On average, 86 people die every year in crashes

involving impaired driving in British Columbia (ICBC stats).

Based on those numbers, RCMP will have to make up to seven home visits this holiday season, to tell someone they have just lost a spouse, a parent, or a child.

Courtenay Fire Department Chief Don Bardonnex has seen his share of tragedies in his time as a fire-fighter.

“Quite honestly, this, and texting while driving are the two biggest killers we face with motor vehicles,” he said.

Bardonnex could not give numbers as to how many fatalities he has attended that involve alcohol.

“A lot of the fatalities that I go to, well, the last thing I do is check whether the guy is drunk. And I absolutely never, ever check up on somebody after we leave the scene. I learned that early in my career. It just causes so much damage to the firefighters and whatnot. If they are alive when they leave the scene, there’s nothing more we can do, so we never check up on them., and we never ask the cops whether they were impaired.”

He said while that is not a hard policy, it is a personal coping mechanism.

“It’s what works for me, and I push it hard to my firefighters as well.”

Counselling is a necessity with first responders.“We do that all the time. It’s been a big thing forever,

but it was always in the background before. Now we jump on it immediately after the call is over.”

He doesn’t even know how many fatalities he has attended over the years.

“I don’t keep track. There are too many hard things about this job, and keeping track of that has absolutely no value to us.”

Countering the drunk driverThe CounterAttack program – an anti-drinking and

driving program that happens every year during the holiday season – is helping, although Gardner says

there is still work to do.“People don’t really seem to be getting the message,”

he said. “It’s better now than it used to be - companies are making sure that there are safe rides home. But there are still people out there who are not prepared for what happens after the party.

“The education is out there, and we all know what happens, but the message still seems to be missing a select few.”

Gardner sent a warning to the chronic drunk drivers out there: You will get caught.

“It’s just a matter of time,” he said. “That’s the thing about the CounterAttack program, with the ‘stop checks’, we set them up in all different places, at all different times, so you never know when, or where it is going to be. You get the peo-ple who are doing it all the time… eventually, their time will come.”

Much has been said about Canada’s impaired driving laws, and their relative lack of consequence, compared to those of other countries. Gardner said the province

of British Columbia is making headway in that regard.“I think they are making really good progress with

the IRP - the Immediate Roadside Prohibition,” he said. “That’s something that a lot of provinces don’t have yet in Canada and I know they are trying to get that legis-lation. I think that is making an impact.

“If you get caught and you blow over the limit, that’s it. Your vehicle is gone for 30 days; you lose your license for 90 days… So that’s a good thing, absolutely.”

Gardner said the most practical thing to do is make plans before going out.

“People have to plan ahead,” he said. “We always hear people say ‘there weren’t enough taxis’ or ‘I

couldn’t get home, I needed to drive home.’ People know they are going out for the night; they know they are going to be drinking.

“They have to make a plan for that. Get a designated driver, take a tax, a bus, find a friend that is sober. Just think about what is going to happen. There’s no excuse. It’s just not worth it.”


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Established in 1974, the Comox Valley Child Development Association (CVCDA) is a multi-service not-for-profit agency providing a range of programs for children, youth and young adults with developmental delays and disabilities.

We are the only agency in our community to provide these programs and we are proud of our over 40-year history of service to children, families and the community. Last year we provided support to over 800 children, youth and young adults with special needs and their families across the Comox Valley. The provincial government funds only the core services at the CVCDA. CVCDA programs support the whole family. We know that the challenges of parenting children with special needs are great, our staff is trained to provide parents and caregivers with guidance and understanding in dealing with those challenges.

The CVCDA also hosts a unique website called Valley Child. ValleyChild.ca is a fantastic resource for families with children under 6. It has information on all local services and events for young children and our Valley Child Facebook page provides updated information on events and some tips for parents and grandparents.

Information on all programs can be found on our website www.cvcda.ca or by calling 250-338-4288.

For over 100 years, Boys and Girls Clubs across Canada have been helping young people to discover, develop and achieve their best potential. In the Comox Valley, the trained and dedicated staff deliver programs in 3 areas: Out of School Care Programs and Camps for children ages 5-12. The Core Programming includes Physical Activity, Nutrition and Nature, Education, Support and Financial Literacy, Social and Life Skills, Creative Arts, Cultural Diversity, and Leadership Development and Entrepreneurship, thus building confidence and competence along the way. Our Parenting Programs offer professionally facilitated education and group support programs for parents of pre-teens and teens.

The newest additions to our local programs that have been made possible through fundraising efforts in the community are the Adventure Club and the Teen Entrepreneurship Program. The Adventure Club offers young leaders ages 8-12 the opportunity to explore the community and participate in activities that spark interests and confidence. The Teen Entrepreneurship Program encourages youth to develop positive peer relationships and connect with local business partners to experience how passions, interests and well-developed skills provide opportunities in the entrepreneurial world.

Information on all programs can be found on our website www.bgccvi.com or by calling 250-338-7582.

Canadian Tire Jumpstart helps kids get off the sidelines and into the game. The program provides funding for registration, sports equipment and travel. Participating in sport helps kids develop physical and social skills. By helping kids get into the game, we’re equipping them with determination, and confidence that will extend beyond practices and games.

In Canada 1 in 3 families cannot afford to enroll their kids in organized sports. That’s almost 750,000 kids every year who want to play, but can’t. Across Canada, Jumpstart has over 300 Chapters, which are made up of volunteers from across the Canadian Tire enterprise and local community groups, such as local Parks and Recreation Departments, Boys and Girls Clubs and the YMCA/YWCA, among others.

More than 1 million kids between the ages of 4 and 18 have been helped by Jumpstart since 2005 and that number grows every day thanks to fundraising efforts in local chapters across Canada. Money raised within each Chapter stays within the community and goes directly to help kids participate in sport, dance or other organized physical activities.

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“The Salvation Army exists to share the love of Jesus Christ, meet human needs and be a transforming influence in the communities of our world.” With a presence in more than one hundred countries around the world, The Salvation Army reaches out to those in need regardless of race or creed; to improve quality of life, spiritually, materially and socially.

For over 50 years The Salvation Army Comox Valley has operated Cornerstone Community and Family Services and last year more than 2000 families were blessed with clothing, food, furniture and household goods. Hundreds of hours were spent listening to the cares and concerns of your neighbours and thousands of meals were served to the less fortunate. We had the privilege of praying with the homeless, the hungry, the lonely and the abused people that our Lord brought to us. We have a heart for God and a passion to offer a hand up to all of His children.

This Christmas as you take inventory of your many blessings, I pray that you consider sharing your good fortune with one of your neighbours. For more information visit us at www.cvsalarmy.ca or call 250-338-5133.

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Duo home for CLT ChristmasAlana GowdySpecial to The Record

“It feels like I never left,” says Andrew Arnold. But he did. It is 10 years since he appeared on a Comox Valley stage. “I was welcomed back with extremely open arms,” says Chelsea Keene, return-ing after years away from her home community.

Courtenay Little Theatre is delighted that these superb home-grown actors play the leads in the upcoming produc-tion of It’s a Wonderful Life. The classic Christmas movie has been developed into a charming and lyrical musical.

Directed by award-winning Susan Bradshaw, the story of how George Bailey sees the world without him delights audiences of all ages. This musical production has a large cast of talented, enthu-siastic performers. Some are familiar faces, others are new, and still others, like Chelsea and Andrew, are back.

Chelsea studied at the Canadian College of Perform-ing Arts in Victoria, while Andrew was on the produc-tion side of the film indus-try, studying at the Victoria Motion Picture School.

As children and teenagers they were active not only with Courtenay Little Theatre but also with Rainbow Youth The-atre, TheatreWorks and high school performances. For sev-eral summers Chelsea also appeared in CYMC Musical Theatre presentations.

Both performers noted the importance of the support they received from their fam-ilies when they were Valley children with an interest in theatre.

As they have known each other since that time they find working together on stage to be a n enjoyable experience.

“It is quite special,” com-ments Chelsea. “It has elimi-nated any tension that can be there when performing with a stranger.”

Rehearsals have to be fitted around their busy work sched-ules. Andrew is moving into real estate, working with his mother Carla, while Chelsea is a preschool teacher with degrees in both theatre and education. She is also part of the creative team of the

local performance school Love to Perform Theatre Arts. As George and Mary Bailey, Andrew and Chelsea have devoted all of their spare time to developing their roles. They can act, they can sing, and they bring life experiences to the timeless story.

Andrew notes that he is fortunate in the casting of the angel who reveals the impact George had on family and friends. Pat McKenna, now well-established as a Valley favourite, has the delightful role of Clarence, a guardian angel if ever there was one.

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performers, the town of Bed-ford Falls will once again be celebrated in this outstanding production.

Tickets for It’s A Wonderful Life are on sale at the Sid Williams Theatre box office on Cliffe Avenue. Evening shows, 7:30 p.m., are Dec. 28, 29, 30, 31 and Jan. 2 for $22.

There is one matinee on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2 p.m., for $20 a ticket. Consider purchasing a flex pass (six tickets for the price of five) for It’s A Wonder-ful Life or any of this season’s CLT shows.

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Loose Gravel sliding into The Avalanche on Thursday night

It all started five years ago as a jazz workshop featuring a rotat-ing roster of players.

Loose Gravel has transformed itself into a regular quintet + 1 special addition for the show on Dec. 17 at The Avalanche Bar and Grill. The band features some the Valley’s best known musicians in unusual musical settings.

“We like to challenge ourselves and our audience,” said bassist and co-leader James Lithgow.

Featuring bass, two percus-sionists, and a three horn front-line, one of the challenges for the audience is the absence of a piano or guitar.

“It’s a harmonic challenge for the band too, and opens up any given tune for all the players to explore fresh territory,” which Lithgow says is true to the origi-nal intent of the band.

Loose Gravel draws some of its material and inspiration from the famous piano-less bands of saxophonist Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker during the 1950s. Called at the time, West Coast Cool, that Mulligan band laid the groundwork for much of the Cool Jazz movement.

“Cool, but not too cool,” co-lead-er Tony Morrison cautions. “We like to Bebop and play more mod-ern styles too.”

Morrison leads with his flute, tenor, alto and soprano saxo-phones, ably joined up front by some familiar jazz society per-formers: Jay Havelaar on trumpet and Jeff Agopsowicz on trombone.

Morrison’s playing is both stud-ied and intuitive. With a big tone reminiscent of Dexter Gordon, and fluid repertoire he likes to wander through jazz history in some solos and highlights com-munication between band and audience by breaking down the fourth wall.

Keeping the pulse and struc-ture throughout is Oscar Robles Diaz, a familiar band leader/member around town on numer-ous Latin, popular and experi-mental projects. A gifted guitarist as well, he brings terrific melodic as well as rhythmic sense to the percussion discussion on stage.

Joining the band for this Jazz Society performance is the +1 of drummer Bill Street. Lithgow and Street have been playing together longer than either likes to admit and have a telepathic rapport that can lead to some stellar swinging.

Throw in some Christmas music and Loose Gravel promises an entertaining evening Thurs-day, Dec. 17, Avalanche Bar and Grill, showtime is 7:30 p.m.

All you have to do is throw on some Christmas cheer and join the friendly crowd that now gathers every Thursday for the best show in town. Admission is $10 for members, and $15 for non-members.

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The growth in mobile device use will promote what is being labeled ‘mobile cocooning’. Trending research shows that the next generation of

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While there is a focus on technolo-gy and social values, marketers and busi-ness owners should not forget the other trends that can affect their businesses. For example, colour trends will impact fashion, home décor, graphic design and even influence prod-uct packaging, store display or your booth at the consumer or trade show.

Although there does not seem to be any-thing life changing on the horizon to create another one of those paradigm shifts, we will however continue to see many of the current trends and products accelerate in terms of development. As a result they will take a greater role in helping people make decisions on the pur-chase of products and

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Darcy Sharpe won the snowboard streetstyle while Cassie Sharpe finished sec-ond in ski superpipe and Spencer O’Brien took silver in snowboard slopestyle at the Dec. 10-13 event.

Before a huge crowd on Main Street on Dec. 11, Darcy Sharpe continued his domination of the Dew Tour’s snowboard street-style event, taking his third win and $5,000 with his flawless style.

“The course was fun,” he said. “It was quicker than last year, so everybody rode a lot better, and everybody rode really good, so it was fun.”

For Sharpe, it wasn’t about the tricks though. “Just snowboarding was pretty fun,” he said. “Hav-ing a course where you can shred and enjoy it is what it’s all about.”

One report notes: “Tak-ing his smooth Canadian style over one feature and onto the next, Sharpe threw down inventive transfers and technical tricks alike, wowing the crowd with tricks like a switch backside 360 creeper slide to switch 360 off.

“Among a slew of inven-tive moves, his clean switch

270 lipslide to 270 off on the bottom rail appeared all but effortless, impressing the judges enough to award him the win over a group of standout riders.”

Darcy’s sister Cassie also impressed the judges. Competing in only the sec-ond Dew Tour of her young career, Sharpe had a high score of 87.40 to finish second in the women’s ski superpipe final on Dec. 11. She was the only competitor to perform two clean runs and the only skier out of a group of six to score in the 80s each time.

“I did the same run both times, but cleaned it up the second time out,” said Sharpe. “I knew that we had designed a run that was good enough to get me on the podium, but I also knew that it had to be perfect and that I needed to nail my

grabs and get good ampli-tude. My first run was good, but I knew that I could go bigger after the first run and I did. I was thrilled with the result.”

In snowboard slope style on Dec. 11, multi-Dew Tour winner O’Brien had a shot to overtake leader Anna Gasser on her final run.

After scoring 32.20 on her first run, O’Brien put down a full run on her second attempt, landing a cab 540, backside 720, switch back-side 540 and frontside 720 off the toes on the jumps along with strong rail sec-tions to score 86.60 - the best second run of the final - to move up to second place.

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Cassie Sharpe (above) in ski superpipe. Darcy Sharpe (below left) and Spencer O’Brien. PHOTOS SubmiTTeD


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Applicants will be required to have basic local knowledge of and an interest in planning, land use or environmental stewardship, the ability to attend evening meetings, the ability to exhibit ethical conduct and recognize when a conflict of interest may occur. A comprehensive workshop will be provided to APC members outlining their roles and responsibilities.

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Full house for seniors mixed bonspielWord has definitely spread

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Teams actually had to be turned down who wanted to compete in the recent Seniors Mixed Invitational Curling Bonspiel as the full compli-ment of 24 teams was reached very quickly. Five teams from Campbell River plus entries from Powell River, Parksville and the Comox Valley had great fun competing at the three-day event.

“Everyone was very impressed with the bright-ness of the ‘new’ facility and the amazing ice conditions - thanks Cody and Jared,” an

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spiel organizing committee of Terry Kirkoski, Jim Hercus, Ron Sawula and Judy Francis. The wind-up of the bonspiel included lunch, awarding of event prizes, door prizes and of course the humorous antics of our ever popular MC Ted Deadman.”

The teams played a round robin format to determine the event winners, with the top four in each event as follows:

Event A: 1st Bill Hunter, Don Mitcheson, Lois Hunter, Chris Christeson. 2nd George Luterbach, Bonnie Luterbach, Jim Ritzel, Dawn Ritzel. 3rd Bryan Baltis, Kathy Meunier, Marv Damon, Jack Arnet. 4th Joe Hazelwood,

Jeff Johnston, Real Labbe, Leona Peter.

Event B: 1st Jack Perry, Bob Tonkin, Frank Jamieson, Mar-ilynne Cowie. 2nd Willy Van Kemenade, Merv McMorton, Judy McMorton, Dave Wilson. 3rd Val Brown, Tom Shaw, Mike Henderson, Marilyn Henderson. 4th Art De’ath, Betty Campbell, Wayne Clark, Pat Asprey.

Event C: 1st Richard Lewis, Daryl Wright, Kim Jonn-son, Reg Tressel. 2nd Grant Compton, Judy Francis, Joan Compton, Ron Sawula. 3rd Dan Carroll, Terry Woloshyn, Sheila Precious, Don Nicka-son. 4th Ted Deadman, Bill Jensen, Dave Mansbridge, Jules Urban.

Runners give food bank big boostThe Comox Valley Road

Runners held their annual Jingle Bell Charity Run for the food bank on Sunday, Dec. 6 at Seal Bay Park.

Amidst blustery conditions, the broken branches and fall-en trees were cleared away, then for a brief interval the rain paused and 83 hardy run-ners and walkers navigated the 3 km and 7 km swampy trails of Seal Bay Park.

Clanging their cowbells and dressed in a wide range of festive costumes, participants ran, walked, pushed strollers and gathered playing cards given out by dealers along the route. The best poker hands won special prizes, and there were plenty of draw prizes for other participants and for the team of 36 volunteers.

Hot drinks and food at the end provided some relief as the heavy rainfall returned.

The grand prize winner however was the Comox Val-ley Food Bank that drove off with $916 and a van load of donated food.

“This will go a long way to replenishing food bank sup-plies steadily depleted during this time of high demand,” a spokesperson said.

The Road Runners orga-nization is pleased to have the opportunity to give back to the community, and would like to give special recognition and thanks to our sponsors who helped make this event a success: Thrifty Foods, Ski Tak Hut, Mudsharks Cof-fee Bar, Alberni Outpost, J

Waters Electrical, LaCasse Construction, Extreme Run-ners, Comox Recreation, Trail Bicycles, Lewis Centre, Comox Valley Sports and Aquatic Centre, Jim Smiley Remax Ocean Pacific Realty, Medicine Shoppe, Mountain City Cycle, Boston Pizza, Comox Valley RV and Tim Hortons Comox.

Wilf Caats of the Comox Valley Road Runners and Santa (Rick Tae) take a break from loading up the food bank van. PHOTO submiTTed

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Nina Lois ReimerApril 23, 1929-Dec.6th, 2015

Nina Lois was born in Consort, Al-berta to Mary & Dan. She had three younger brothers, Gordon, Bev & Del. They grew up during the de-pression, moving to a couple of towns including Didsbury, on their way to Calgary, where her Dad had a job with the oil refi nery. Nina went to Berean Bible College and Univer-sity of Alberta in Edmonton where she became a nurse. She worked near Dawson’s Creek and Kelowna where she met William and they were married on Dec 27th, 1958. They moved to Port Alice where Bill worked. Son & Daughter came along and the family moved to Rumble Beach and their fi rst home in 1967.Bill retired in 1986 and they bought a new home in Comox in 1989 where they continued to entertain their children & grandchildren and guests.Predeceased by her brother Gordon, and husband William (2008).She is survived by her brothers Bev (Carol), Del (Eileen); Son Ron; Daughter Cheryl; Grandsons: Matthew (Seul), Jason (Lisa) and David (Nikita); Grandaughter Darsi; Great- grandsons Liam and Lucas, plus two more great -grandchildren enroute.Visitation at Piercy’s Funeral Home, 440 England Ave, Courtenay on Fri-day, Dec 18, 2015 10:30-12:15pm. Graveside at Courtenay Civic Cemetery at 1:00pm.A Celebration of her Life will be held on Friday Dec.18, 2015 at 2:00pm at Courtenay Fellowship Baptist Church, 2963 Lake Trail Rd, Courtenay.

Gloria SorokaMarch 14, 1927 ~ November 30, 2015

Gloria was born in Whitelaw, Alberta on March 14, 1927, but she grew up and was educated in Vancouver. In 2005 she moved from Galiano Island to Courtenay, British Columbia where she passed away peacefully at St. Joseph’s Hospital on November 30th, 2015. She is survived by her loving husband Bill, her sister Betty, her two brothers Ted and Vitale, their families, nieces and nephews, cousins, grand children, great grand children and many friends. Gloria was a lover of music, singing, plants and loved spending her free time in the garden. She was greatly loved and will be missed by all.

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William Richard James BryanNov. l8 1966 ~ Dec.5 2015

It is with breaking hearts that we announce the passing of our son Rick on Dec. 5, 2015, age 49.

He is survived by his loving son Derek, Coalhurst Alberta, lov-ing parents Derek “Bud” and Alice Bryan of Comox. Siblings Cindy Lacasse, Lynne and Doug Woodley, Brenda and Andy Marinus all of Comox BC. Nu-merous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins and friends in Comox, Fort McMurray Alberta and Nova Scotia along with his

faithful dog Shade.

Rick loved the outdoors; fishing; camping at WolfLake with family; exploring with his sister; family dinners - especially seafood, and talks around the table.

He left us doing what he loved driving on his ATV with friends out-side Fort McMurray. Our circle is broken but one day we will all be together my Bush Man. Til we do, rest in peace, looking over us.

Celebration of Life will be announced later with a private family celebration at Wolf Lake in Spring. Any donations in his memory may be to the SPCA or any charity of your choice.

Owen Carter TakefmanApril 6, 1955 to December 4, 2015

Unexpectedly and sadly, Owen passed away quietly in his sleep. His gentle smile and that special gleam in his eye were treasured by so many. For a non -verbal person he certainly could communicate amazingly. He enriched our lives and will be greatly missed.

He is survived by his sisters Ann Zanbilowicz, and Joy Takefman and his brothers Mark and Neil Takefman as well as his many nieces and nephews.

If you wish to contribute to Anderson Therapeutic Gardens in his name please go to gardensonanderton.org Click the three line menu and choose “give 3ways” or mail a cheque to PO Box 1416, Comox, V9M 7Z9. Be sure to note that your contribution is in honour of Owen

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3 BEDROOM HOUSE Available Jan 1st. Centrally located in Courte-nay, Clean and Bright. 2 full bath-rooms, laundry, 1/2 basement, plenty of parking. $1250. includes hydro and gas Non smoking/party-ing. Contact: [email protected] or call 250 898 8428

COURTENAY/ROYSTON 2 bdrm, 900sq ft Carriage House quite 1 1/2 acre estate located in Eagle View Estate, Royston, 4 mins from town. $1300/mo incl. Heat, internet, cable, W/D, DW, F/S, fi replace, stor-age unit. N/S, N/P. Please call for appt. 250-400-2964.

CUMBERLAND 1-BDRM house. Fenced yard, F/S, W/D. Looking for quiet, N/S tenant. Pet OK with deposit. Avail. Jan. 1st. $900./mo. Call (250)331-3528.

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2005 PONTIAC Sunfi re, grey, low mileage, excellent cond., routine services, automatic. $1200. Call (250)941-1963.

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OFF-ROAD VEHICLES

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2008 FLEETWOOD FIESTA LX 34’ Motorhome, 2 slides, 92,000kms, new tires, many extras. Located in White Rock. $59,500. SNOWBIRD SPECIAL. 604-808-2230.

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I’ve had the honour of hear-ing Isobel Mackenzie, our seniors’ advocate for the prov-ince of British Columbia, speak on seniors’ issues.

Isobel weaves the personal stories she hears from seniors and families to bring life to the gaps in subsidized sup-ports and programs needed to not only keep seniors living as independently as possible but to support the thousands of unpaid caregivers that are doing the brunt of the care.

In particular, her Septem-ber 2015 report, Caregivers in Distress: More Respite Needed, resonated loud and clear as a bell on the burden of care for unpaid caregivers.

The report focuses on B.C.’s publicly funded respite pro-grams, which include programs in the community for seniors to go on a daily basis to be supported by trained care staff. An example of this is adult day care programs. The second type of respite is by providing support in the home to take over some or all aspects of care provided. This would be having home support staff provide sup-port in blocks of time during a week. The third is temporarily relocating the senior to a resi-dential care bed for a period of time to provide a period of rest for the caregivers.

There isn’t the word count to summarize the report in detail; however, the statistics in her report alone are staggering and worth highlighting:

Over 30,000 seniors in B.C. are able to continue living independently as a direct result of contributions of an unpaid caregiver.

A 2009 Canadian economic study found the value of unpaid caregiver labour is estimated between $25 to $65 billion per year.Ninety-seven per cent of seniors who meet the eligibility criteria for subsidized home support have an unpaid care-giver providing assistance. Over half of these seniors are considered complex. In other words, they require 24-hour care; however, because of a family caregiver, they are able to remain living in their home. It comes with a price, though; in order to keep them living in their home, unpaid caregivers are providing, on average, 24 hours of care per week.Respite, or short-term relief, for caregivers from their duties is essential. If there was a Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs for Caregiving, respite would be under the physiological needs; the ones that are required for survival.

Caregiver distress is real. The report highlights that 30 per cent of all unpaid caregiv-ers are in distress. Findings show that caregivers providing more than 20 hours of care per week are four times as likely to be in distress than caregivers providing six or fewer hours of care per week.

Seniors with behavioural challenges that are getting worse or who are significantly impaired cognitively equate to higher levels of caregiver dis-tress.

Providing respite and decreasing the amount of care provided by caregivers shows a direct relationship in lowering caregiver distress.

But here’s the kicker.Seniors and their caregivers

who could benefit from respite aren’t tapping into what is available, especially those with distressed caregivers. Page 11 of the report gives a breakdown of the data and findings.

There is a myriad of reasons to explain the lack of utiliza-tion, including transportation challenges, waitlists, the public system not keeping pace with the increased needs of B.C.’s aging population, and seniors not being enrolled in home sup-port programs.

The bottom line is we need to shift our thinking on how we place value on family caregiv-ers and in particular, the most vulnerable cohort of unpaid caregivers – those in distress. These caregivers are making sacrifices to their own lives to provide care for their loved ones. As a province, we have a responsibility to care for them as much as for those they are caring for.

To read the full report, visit bit.ly/1I4BW8B

Wendy Johnstone is a gerontologist and is the founder of Keystone Eldercare Solutions. Her

column runs regularly in the Comox Valley Record.

Seniors’ advocate report on caregivers well worth the read

■ Wendy Johnstone

SANDWICH GENERATION

The Comox Valley RCMP was kept very busy from Dec. 4-8, investigating a large number of thefts of vehicles and thefts from vehicle files.

During that time period, seven vehi-cles were reported stolen and many vehicles were entered, rifled through and had items stolen. All vehicles had been

left unlocked.The hard work and tenacity of investi-

gators led to the arrests of three adults and two youths as well as the recovery of all seven vehicles.

All adults have been held in custody pending a court appearance.

The youths have been released with

strict conditions to their guardians, also pending a future court appearance.

All apprehended persons were from Courtenay, with the exception of one adult from Campbell River.

“This is an opportunity to remind everyone to be vigilant about locking your vehicles,” says Comox Valley RCMP

Insp. Tim Walton. “This is a prime example of a crime of

opportunity. If you don’t lock it, you will lose it.”

For more information on how to pre-vent theft from vehicles, visit the Royal Canadian Mounted Police safety tip-re-lated page at bit.ly/1Qhp7uh

Police remind owners to lock vehicles after investigation of theft-related auto crime wave


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