Dec. 20, 2013 www.courierislander.com CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. Established 1945 65 CENTS REACHING OVER 19,000 HOMES FROM BLACK CREEK TO PORT HARDY EVERY FRIDAY By Neil Cameron Campbell River Courier-Islander Campbell River city councillor Ryan Mennie blamed the media Tuesday night for the public fall out over Mayor Walter Jakeway being voted off the Strathcona Regional District. Mennie works for a local radio station. Local social media guru and former candidate for city council, Sean Smith, presented council with a petition with 310 signatures on it he gathered in “a few days” that urged council to re-instate Jakeway to the SRD. In doing so, Smith chastised council for their decision which resulted in somewhat heated exchanges between Smith, Mennie and councillor Larry Samson. But first Smith fired a salvo across the bow of coun- cilor Claire Moglove who he said spear- headed the vote against Jakeway. Smith used one of Moglove’s quotes in his opening address. “‘I think our meetings have gone astray. They’ve got too personal, I would like to get our meetings back on track. I would like to bring the electoral communities and the greater boards together to get more on track, because I think there’s been some divisiveness. I’d like to work together as a board, we seem to have lost our way.”’ “Sound familiar councillor Moglove?” Smith said the quote was a strange one, coming from a councillor who helped div- ide mayor and council. “It seems strange to me that this would be coming at the Regional District meeting from the person who led the amendment to remove our mayor from the Strathcona Regional District boards,” said Smith. Continued on page 2. Petition for Mayor leads to dust up at city council Emblematic of Campbell River’s bright horizon, the sun sets on the mainland mountains with the new Seymour Pacific building in the foreground. BRIGHT HORIZONS Photo by Ken Zaharia 2013 F150 SUPERCREW XLT 1384 - 16th Avenue, Campbell River 1-888-474-2712 www.stevemarshallfordcampbellriver.com DL#10579 Disclosure: Selling Prices are subject to $25 Tire Levy and applicable Taxes (PST & GST) using ALL REBATES & INCENTIVES TO DEALER. MSRP shown includes $43,849 (Vehicle MSRP) plus $599 Sprayliner. Finance payment of $180/bi-weekly (*)PLUS TAXES based on Selling Price of $31,892 with $0 Down from customer [**plus $1000 Costco Rebate (available to eligible Costco members) and using $500 Ford Holiday Bonus rebate to reduce payment] over 84/96 mo term @ 4.99% OAC. Total Paid $42,226 with taxes. 5.0L V8, 6 speed, Automatic Transmission, Trailer Tow Package, 3.73 Electronic Lock Rear Axle STK# 534220 Vehicle may not be exactly as shown MSRP: $ 44,448 Clearance Price!!! $ 31,892 You Save $ 12,556 $ 0 DOWN ** $ 180 bi-weekly* campbellriverhyundai.com 1700 Coulter Rd., Campbell River DL# 7785 Toll Free 1-855-704-1001 CAMPBELL RIVER WINTER TIRES ON SALE NOW! ALL BRANDS • ALL SIZES FREE Storage 250-286-1017 www.riversportsman.com B.C’s Premier Outdoor Store Since 1964 NEW STORE HOURS: 9am - 6pm Daily Who Needs The Pressure? Let THEM Choose Their Gift! GIFT CERTIFICATES ALDER Street is set to re- open between St. Ann’s Road and 10th Avenue today. See page 3. THANKS to the big hearts in Campbell River the Shoebox program doubled its goal for Christmas. See page 9.
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Dec. 20, 2013 www.courierislander.com CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. Established 1945 65 CENTS
R E A C H I N G O V E R 1 9 , 0 0 0 H O M E S F R O M B L A C K C R E E K T O P O R T H A R D Y E V E R Y F R I D AY
By Neil Cameron
Campbell River Courier-Islander
Campbell River city councillor Ryan Mennie blamed the media Tuesday night for the public fall out over Mayor Walter Jakeway being voted off the Strathcona Regional District.
Mennie works for a local radio station.Local social media guru and former
candidate for city council, Sean Smith, presented council with a petition with 310 signatures on it he gathered in “a few days” that urged council to re-instate Jakeway to the SRD.
In doing so, Smith chastised council for their decision which resulted in somewhat heated exchanges between Smith, Mennie and councillor Larry Samson. But first Smith fired a salvo across the bow of coun-cilor Claire Moglove who he said spear-
headed the vote against Jakeway. Smith used one of Moglove’s quotes in
his opening address.“‘I think our meetings have gone astray.
They’ve got too personal, I would like to get our meetings back on track. I would like to bring the electoral communities and the greater boards together to get more on track, because I think there’s been some divisiveness. I’d like to work together as a board, we seem to have lost our way.”’
“Sound familiar councillor Moglove?”Smith said the quote was a strange one,
coming from a councillor who helped div-ide mayor and council.
“It seems strange to me that this would be coming at the Regional District meeting from the person who led the amendment to remove our mayor from the Strathcona Regional District boards,” said Smith.
Continued on page 2.
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Continued from page 1.“I understand that council’s having a difficult
time working together, that there are some differ-ences. But currently this community is in a boom time, probably one of the best we’ve seen in 30 or 40 years. This move just sends the wrong mes-sage to anybody who’s looking at the community from the outside and from our community on the inside.”
Samson said the mayor lost his support when he voted in favour of closing the compost educa-tional facility in Campbell River and allowing it to go to Courtenay, with the two jobs involved.
“Let’s take one item, the compost educational centre up on Pinecrest,” said Samson. “It’s got about 5,000 hits a year, it plays a key component of diversion into our landfill. Some studies shows
over 500 kilograms of diversion with proper edu-cation in this compost education that goes on.
“The Comox Strathcona Solid Waste proposes to cut it, let’s get rid of the one in Campbell River and hire two contractors and we’re going to put it in Courtenay. Never mind that Campbell River is the largest city and pays the largest amount into the solid waste function. We’re going to put both positions in Courtenay. We plead with them to at least put one contractor in Campbell River. No, that’s defeated. His Worship the Mayor votes with the Comox Valley directors to close our centre, to put the two contractors in Courtenay, in the Comox Valley, I would expect as a Mayor as a proponent of Campbell River that they’d be fight-ing for the jobs, whether it’s one job or two part time jobs to stay in Campbell River rather than re-locating our jobs to Courtenay.”
Smith then asked Samson the purpose of the composting education facility.
“The end goal is sustainability, so that our citizens, our kids, learn how to, one, cut down on our waste into landfills,” said Samson. “And to learn how to become sustainable in learning how to grow our own foods, it’s to provide an overall better life.”
Smith countered that perhaps the facility was a waste of taxpayer money.
“My sons learned this stuff this month in school, both of them, I learned it at home on my iPad,” said Smith. “Total cost to the taxpayer? Nothing.”
Smith was about to leave council when Mennie asked to address him. Mennie said he questioned whether those who signed the petition were well enough informed about the issue. He also said the media was to blame for the public unrest.
“I want to challenge the members of the delegation and your support and the people who
signed that petition that while you’re putting a substantial amount of time and effort in putting the petition together, to look at finding ways to channel that energy into positive, productive work to add to the renewal of our community,” said Mennie. “And a very important piece to all of this, I challenge the media to report not incite. Appreciate your viewers, your readers and your listeners enough to allow them to make decisions based on fact not opinion.”
Smith said both councilors missed the point. He said he was just showing how upset some members of the public were over the treatment of a mayor who they voted for.
“The fact of the matter is that the people — and this (the 310 petition) is only in a few days — the point is being made by the people,” said Smith. “Council you have said time and again that you’re upset that the mayor is not represent-ing the council, when he is out there on regional district or in public. I say to you as council mem-bers, you are not representing us. We elected you to represent us, and when we come to you and say we are genuinely unhappy about something, we feel ignored. We see a person with a Master’s degree in finance — a Master’s degree! — being told that he is wrong when it comes to presenting the numbers. We have a person who has a degree in engineering, being told that he is wrong when it comes to the layout of engineering plans. This is a person who has gone out and asked people in their fields, their opinion, brings that opinion back and is still told he is wrong.
“This is a great town and I don’t think for a second that anybody on this council doesn’t have the town’s best interest in mind. But I think they are being waylaid by some personal political games. We are offended.”
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With all substantial underground structural work and above ground paving on the St. Ann’s block project complete, Alder Street will re-open to two-way traffic between St. Ann’s and 10th Avenue today. Nearby Dubeau Street will also re-open on Dec. 20.
To maintain safe, unobstructed access to the active Seymour Pacific construction site, one block of Beech Street will remain closed to public traffic.
This will provide dedicated access for construc-tion traffic working on the Seymour Pacific pro-ject.
Final touches such as landscaping and surface details will be completed in the new year.
An official re-opening event will follow this work.
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Starting New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2014, Campbell River residents will be permitted to keep up to six hens on residential lots within city limits. At the Dec. 17 meeting, Council approved amendments to the Zoning Bylaw, Animal Control Bylaw and Ticketing for Bylaw Offences Bylaw to regulate the keeping of hens.
People interested in keeping hens in residen-tial areas must:
• obtain a licence from the City to keep hens;
• pay a one-time processing fee of $10;• familiarize themselves with the City’s
regulations. Highlights of regulations for keeping urban
hens include:• Urban hens can be kept as pets or for per-
sonal egg consumption, but are not to be used for commercial purposes.
• The small scale sale of eggs is acceptable. Selling of meat and manure is prohibited.
• Chicken coops must meet the minimum setback requirements in the City’s Zoning Bylaw and be maintained in good condition.
• Coops and pens must be located at least three metres from dwelling windows or doors.
Highlights of the Animal Control Bylaw include:
• Noise – Roosters are prohibited in residen-tial zones, and hens must be kept inside their coops from sunset to 7 a.m.
• Rodents – Coops and pens must be main-tained in good repair and sanitary condition, free from vermin and obnoxious smells and substances. Coops and pens must be construct-ed to prevent any rodent from harboring under-neath or within them or their walls. Hen owners are encouraged to keep food indoors, and all outdoor food must be secure from vermin.
• Smell – Manure must be stored in a fully enclosed structure no more than three cubic feet (0.085m3). Coops and pens must be sanitary, and food, garbage and manure must be removed in a timely fashion from each coop and pen.
The keeping of hens in Campbell River is subject to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, and no slaughtering or butchering of hens is to take place on residential properties.
Adoption of the bylaws followed review of this issue by the City’s Advisory Planning and Environment Commission, public presentations and petitions to Council, and pub-lic review of the issue during the development of the City’s Agriculture Plan and Sustainable Official Community Plan.
For more information on the regu-lations for keeping urban hens, visit www.campbellriver.ca. Hen owner licences may be obtained from City Hall after Jan. 1, 2014.
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There is a volunteer opportunity in town that could mean the differ-ence between life and death.
If St. John Ambulance does not recruit more volunteers, the provin-cial office will suspend the Brigade that has been in Campbell River for 60 years.
“It means that we will no longer be in attendance for ball tourna-ments, Canada Day, logger sports, track meets, karate tournaments, and we will no longer offer the courses in first aid that teach the skills to save lives,” said Vern Coward, Advisor to St. John Ambulance.
The local brigade has been volunteering at 20 to 50 events a year for the last half century, offer-ing first aid and CPR training, and recertification, to community mem-
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“You never know when you may be called to assist someone in need of First Aid and we need as many volunteers as we can get,” said Coward.
“Cadets in our program, between the ages of eight and 18, can receive credits towards high school gradua-tion, get first aid training, and com-
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“Adult volunteers mentor the cadets and also receive first aid training and attend the majority of public events.”
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By Neil Cameron
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A business that has been oper-ating in Campbell River for 39 years became part of a “watershed moment” Tuesday night at a city council meeting.
And for the Gord Knight auto dealership in Campbellton that water was a little sour.
Knight employs eight people and was making application to add two bays on to his dealership. He was also planning to hire two more employees.
But his application ran smack in the face of the Official Community Plan and the Campbellton Neighbourhood association. Both say Knight’s plans do not provide the ‘walkability’ both want for the area. And his plans to sprucing up the property were even called lame.
“This is one example of what the Campbellton group is trying to change in the Campbellton area and if you look at what has been called the main street of Campbellton, when you have the vehicles on the parking lot with the noses of the vehicles actually impeding the traf-fic on the sidewalks, a few planters across the front are not going to change this,” said city councillor Ron Kerr. “Nothing short of a buffer strip and a separation between the
vehicles in the lot and the sidewalks is, moving ahead, going to be suit-able. This an example of a really lame attempt to improve what is really stopping Campbellton from being a liveable, walkable commun-ity. There needs to be work done.”
Councillor Andy Adams was the only member of council who thought the application should be passed and that Knight be given a chance to do the improvements after.
But councillor Larry Samson disagreed.
“Once we pass the minor development permit we limit staff and we limit ourself to get the applicant to raise the bar, raise the standard,” he said. “We have seen problems in the past where we asked for good faith in raising some of the standards once we passed it and unfortunately some of it is falling by the wayside. I think it is important that if we do want to raise the standard in Campbellton, which we’ve heard time and time again from Campbellton, this is our oppor-tunity.
Councillor Mary Storry called the decision a watershed moment for the city and Campbellton.
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The 12 participating municipal-ities — Campbell River, Comox, Courtenay, Cumberland, Duncan, Lake Cowichan, Ladysmith, Nanaimo, North Cowichan, Parksville, Port Alberni, and Qualicum Beach — have worked together to adopt a common by-law allowing businesses to purchase just one licence, rather than obtain-ing non-resident permits in each municipality in which they operate.
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The Campbell River Coordinators of the Shoebox Project, would like to thank everyone who partici-pated in the Shoebox Project for women in Campbell River who have accessed shel-ter services this past year. They more than doubled their goal of 72 by filling 155 shoe-boxes with personal items that women hav-ing a difficult time in their lives may not be able to buy for them-selves.
All the brightly decorated shoeboxes for the women were delivered to the Campbell River and North Island Transition Society by Dec. 17. The response to the project was much greater than expected and so besides providing the gifts to the women who have accessed shelter services this past year, shoeboxes were distributed to other women in need in our community.
This was the first year for the Shoebox Project in Campbell River, coordinated by Alison Skrepneck and Susan Dyson.
“We are amazed and over-whelmed by the response. This has been so heart-warming to see the love, thought and care people put into making the shoeboxes for the women” said Skrepneck.
“I didn’t think it would be so emotional,” added Dyson. “This is so positive for the women receiving the gifts, those filling the shoeboxes with personal
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Photo submittedAlison Skrepneck, left, and Susan Dyson - Campbell River Coordinators of the Shoebox Project.
It has such a ripple effect. It has been wonderful to see such generosity and the community pulling together.”
Organizers would like to extend their sincere thanks to those who filled the shoe-boxes with personal items and donated the extras for the women, and to all the staff at the three drop-off locations for their support especially Cheryl Lagos and Cary Ann Crowther at Coastal Credit Union, Tara Nelson at Serendipity in the Garden, and Kathy and Tracy
Plato at Sundance Java Bar.They would also like to thank those in the community who promoted the project, the Shoebox Project volunteers, and staff of Campbell River and North Island Transition Society with special mention to Valery Puetz, Susan Trayler, Melanie Towle and Sonja Mussenden for their words of encouragement and all their help along the way to make this project such a huge suc-cess. The Shoebox Project for Shelters is a non-profit initia-
tive and believes that a small gesture can make a big differ-ence. It was begun in Toronto by four sisters-in-law in 2011 and now operates in many cit-ies across Canada. The project was new to Campbell River this year. For more information about the Shoebox Project go to www.shoeboxproject.com.
“Thanks Campbell River for helping to brighten the lives of the women in our community this Christmas, one small package at a time,” said Skrepneck.
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Cuts to BC Ferries services and hikes to BC Hydro rates will negatively impact the district, students and the com-munities within School District 72 the school board says.
The BC Hydro rate increase will cost the district approximately $103,000 over the next two years and service cuts to BC Ferries will negatively impact Quadra Island and Cortes Island students and staff.
Trustees are concerned that these students are already somewhat removed from participating in extracurricular activities and service cuts such as these just serve to further distance them from their school communities.
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Superintendent Tom Longridge provided the board with a report on achievement within School District 72. He highlighted an improvement in district writing results over last year with a significant increase in the number of students meeting or fully exceeding expectations on the district writing assessment. Achievement in English 10 has also increased from 56 per cent to 66 per cent over the last five years.
The district’s six-year completion rate has increased from 74.6 per cent in the 2008/2009 school year to 82 per cent in 2012/2013.
The number of students enrolled in Distributive Learning courses has increased over the last three years with the average student success rate at 61 per cent compared to a provincial aver-age of approximately 30 per cent.
Outcomes for Aboriginal students have increased from a 50 per cent completion rate to 62 per cent, which is well above the provincial average. While the five year trend is increas-ing, the district said it recognizes that work must continue in this area until Aboriginal student results are equal to the rest of the student population.
The number of Aboriginal students taking Foundations and Pre-Calculus 10 is improving and the number of stu-dents who are successfully passing has increased from 72 per cent to 85 per cent in the last three years. Forty five per cent of those who passed in 2013 received an honours standing.
District data also shows that the number of Aboriginal students who take Grade 12 English as opposed to Communications 12 has increased over the course of the present Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement. Twice as many Aboriginal students take English 12 and 93 per cent of the students who took English 12 passed it and of those, 58 per cent received a mark of C+ or better. The district said this speaks to more Aboriginal students identifying their career pathways and choosing courses that will support post-secondary opportunities. SD72 said it is also keeping with the second goal of the Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement which is to increase the number of Aboriginal students who graduate with a Dogwood Certificate and that all Aboriginal students will be well prepared and knowledgeable about how to achieve their career and life goals.
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Chas Maria Chapter #76, Order of the Eastern Star will, once again, be holding a Used Book Sale at Tyee Plaza on March 1 2014.
They will be supporting the Cancer Unit and Cancer Library at the Campbell River Hospital.
You can donate books (in good condition) any time by call-ing Margaret at 250-923-1760 or Eveline at 250-914-2295 to arrange drop off or pick up.
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What could be better during the holidays than listening to a good story?
As part of this years’ ‘Festival of Trees’, the public is invited to attend a special afternoon of storytelling at the Museum at Campbell River on Saturday, Dec. 21.
Entitled ‘Winter Solstice Celebration’, three stories will be told for various ages. From 1:30 to 2 p.m., a reading for young children will take place in the Willows Hotel by graphic designer Alex Witcombe. Witcombe will be reading the recently published local storybook “The Great Plastic Round-Up” written by a collective of authors known as the Cascadian Crusaders.
At the same time, Laurie North will tell winter tales to ‘Warm the Heart and Light the Way’ in the Changing Gallery. These stories are for everyone eight and up.
And then from 2:30 to 3 p.m., local historian Jeanette Taylor will be telling the story of the ‘Big Snow of 1890’. Taylor is the author of sev-eral books including ‘River City: A History of Campbell River’ and ‘Tidal Passages: A History of the Discovery Islands’.
This ‘Winter Solstice Celebration’ will also feature the announcement of the People’s Choice Award for the Festival of Trees at 2 p.m. This is a free event to celebrate the spirit of holiday stories.
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Sayward RCMP are looking to reunite a bag of lost Christmas pres-ents found on the side of the road with the kids for whom they were intended.
On Sunday, road maintenance crews found a large bag of toys that seemingly fell from a vehicle as it drove on Highway 19 near Sayward.
They turned it into Sayward RCMP, and “once the contents of the bag were examined, it was clear the items were intended to bring smiles to a child or two on Christmas morning,” said Const. Steven Thackeray, who playfully identified himself as “uni-formed Santa Helper.”
After three days, no one has come in to claim the presents.
“We want these gifts to make it under the right tree before Christmas Eve, which leaves us seven days to sort out who the owner is,” he said.
Thackeray didn’t want to give a description of how many toys there
are or what store they are from to prevent any false claims. The rightful owner would have to give a detailed description of the gifts in order to claim them.
“We just want to make sure that these toys find the right kids they were intended for,” Thackeray said.
If you are the owner of the lost presents, or know who is, contact the Sayward RCMP at 250-282-5522.
See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/sayward-rcmp-seek-owners-of-christmas-gifts-1.764807#sthash.BdFi154i.dpuf
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Sayward RCMP seek Christmas gifts’ owners
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Location of Public Hearings: Quadra Island Community Centre 970 West Road Quathiaski Cove, BC
Public Hearing for Bylaw No. 185 will commence at: 7:00 p.m.
Public Hearing for Bylaw No. 186 will commence: Immediately following the close of Public Hearing on Bylaw No. 185
Public Hearing for Bylaw No. 187 will commence: Immediately following the close of Public Hearing on Bylaw No. 186
BYLAW NO. 185
Area aff ected by proposed Bylaw No. 185: The subject area is described as Unsurveyed Crown foreshore or land covered by water being part of the bed of Discovery Passage, Sayward District, +/- 0.06 hectares in area as shown on Map 1 top right (Crown Land File No. 1412592).
Purpose of proposed Bylaw No. 185: This bylaw, if adopted, would rezone the subject area from Access Two (AC-2) to Access One (AC-1) to permit the siting of an existing private dock.
BYLAW NO. 186
Area aff ected by proposed Bylaw No. 186: The subject area is described as Unsurveyed Crown foreshore or land covered by water being part of the bed of Discovery Passage, Sayward District, +/- 0.15 hectares in area as shown on Map 2 right.
Purpose of proposed Bylaw No. 186: This bylaw, if adopted, would rezone the subject area from Access Two (AC-2) to Access One (AC-1) to permit the construction of a dock for private moorage purposes.
BYLAW NO. 187
Area aff ected by proposed Bylaw No. 187: The subject area is described as Unsurveyed Crown foreshore or land covered by water being part of the bed of Open Bay, Sayward District, +/- 0.10 hectares in area as shown on Map 3 below right (Crown Land File No. 1412092).
Purpose of proposed Bylaw No. 187: This bylaw, if adopted, would rezone the subject area from Heritage One (HE-1) to Access One (AC-1) to permit the siting of an existing private dock.
Copies of the proposed bylaws and related information are available for inspection at the Strathcona Regional District Customer Service Centre, located at #102 – 990 Cedar Street, Campbell River, between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., on Friday, December 20, 2013 and Monday, December 23, 2013 and from 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon on Tuesday, December 24, 2013 and Thursday, January 2, 2014. The bylaws and associated staff reports may also be viewed on the Strathcona Regional District website at www.strathconard.ca.
The public hearings will be held by a delegation of Electoral Area Directors representing the Strathcona Regional District Board. Anyone who believes their interests are aff ected by the proposed bylaws will be given an opportunity to be heard or to fi le a written submission at the public hearings.
Written submissions from persons who are unable to attend the public hearings may be delivered by hand or electronically to the Regional District offi ce no later than 12:00 noon on January 2, 2014 to be considered as part of the public hearing record. The Strathcona Regional District cannot consider any representations made after the close of the public hearings.
R. Hotsenpiller, Chief Administrative Offi cer
Inquiries should be directed to:John Neill, Planner
Strathcona Regional District301 – 990 Cedar Street, Campbell River BC V9W 7Z8
Today is the deadline for community members to provide online feedback to the provincial government regarding the service reductions and fare increases to BC Ferries coastal routes w
hich will take effect April 2014.The public consultation process ran from Nov. 18,
allowing ferry users to comment on the planned changes which will impact ferry services between Campbell River and Quadra Island, among other routes.
Claire Trevena, North Island MLA and Official Opposition Critic for Transportation, Highways and BC Ferries sent a letter to Minister of Transportation, Todd Stone, advising him that many island communities found it disappointing that the minister himself did not attend any of the public meetings.
Trevena referred to businesses, schools, community organizations, students, seniors, shift workers, tourism operators, families and people with medical needs whose lives and livelihoods will be impacted and businesses destroyed by the service reductions planned.
“The mammography truck won’t be able to reach the central coast, access for dental care for kids from Haida Gwaii will stop, families will have to leave their com-munities, medical needs will not be met and seniors who only travel Mondays to Thursdays on half price will now be further isolated because they cannot afford the fares; with the government projection of 150,000 less trips by people over 65.”
Trevena said that the business community was aston-ished that no analysis of the economic impact to individ-ual communities was conducted, at a cost of lost business, lost wages, and declining house prices. She referred to WAC Bennet taking over the private ferry companies because he saw the opportunity to grow the economy in a geographically diverse province.
“Your ideological approach to our marine highway is killing our coastal and island communities and their economies,” Trevena wrote. “You could slim down the $64 million management bill, give up the $6 million annual dividend the province receives from the BC Ferry Corporation. If paved highways, bridges, tunnels, over-passes do not make a profit, if gravel highways do not
Deadline today for ferry input
Alcohol was involved in a motor vehicle accident Dec. 16 that sent two people to hospital with undisclosed injuries.
Cst. P.C. Wise, Community Response Unit with the Campbell River RCMP, said that the incident occurred at 6 a.m. Monday, when a blue Camaro rear-ended a brown Caravan stopped at a red light in the north bound lane of the Old Island Highway. RCMP say the Camaro did not break and that alcohol was involved. The driver of the Camaro fled the scene but was later located and arrested for failing to stop at the scene of an accident
Two to hospital
make a profit, why should marine highways be penalized for not making a profit?”
The four per cent increase on some routes makes it a 300 per cent increase over the last 10 years, Trevena said.
“Before going ahead with this round of cuts I would urge you to think of the mantras of your govern-ment, that you claim to care about families and the economy,” Trevena wrote, “If you are truly prepared to
take advice of coastal residents and business, then cutting management, dealing with duplicate boards, or reducing rates to encourage ridership might be considered.”
To post your comments, go to www.coastalferriesengagement.ca. The input received during this engagement process will be sum-marized in an Engagement Summary Report found at the same website address, in the new year.
City of Campbell River residents who take their garbage and recyclables to the curb on Wednesdays are reminded that Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 pick-up will be moved to the following day. There will be no other day changes for waste collection, and regular collection resumes for Wednesdays after the holidays.
“There’s no change in collection days on any other day of the week. This change applies to the two Wednesdays only,” says Amber Zirnhelt, the City’s sustainability man-ager. “People scheduled for Thursday pick-up following December 25 and January 1 during the holidays should be aware that collection times may vary from normal because Emterra is covering two routes those days.”
From Dec. 26 to Jan.10, Emterra will accept extra garbage for curbside collection to help people clear away after the holidays.
No tags will be required for extra containers, but the weight limit still applies. Each container must weigh no more than 20 kg or 44 pounds.
Curbside collection
Of all the years of time-eating, brain-rotting television flotsam that I’ve allowed to stream past my eyes, there are but two — two — TV moments of truth that made it all worthwhile.
The first was seeing Elvis’s first television appearance on the Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Show back in 1956. It was a mind-blower and a game changer. As Bob Dylan said, “when I first heard Elvis’s voice, I knew I was never going to work for anybody and nobody was gonna be my boss. It was like busting out of jail.”
The second seminal TV moment came 13 years later when I watched the first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus blossom out of my TV screen. It was the funniest thing I’d ever seen — funny in a dozen differ-ent ways I’d never dreamed of.
The writer George Saunders says “Humour is what happens when we’re told the truth quicker and more
directly than we’re used to.” So it was with the Python
Gang. They weren’t funny like Red Skelton or Jack Benny or the pattycake gags of Jay Leno and Johnny Carson. They were from-another-planet funny. I laughed ‘til I cried.
Elvis, alas, is gone forever (unless he really is pumping gas in Wyoming), but the Python Gang?
They’re baaaaaaack.Eighty-three percent
of them, at any rate. Graham Chapman died of cancer more than 20 years ago, but the rest of them are hale and hearty — well, vertical, anyway. And when they announced plans for a reunion performance in London next summer, advance tickets took all of 45 seconds to completely sell out.
The principals are treating the
event with typical Pythonesque irreverence.
They call the show “One Down, Five to Go” One of them, Terry Gilliam, says they’re doing the show because “we’ve all become so depressed over the years that our wives don’t find us interest-ing, our children don’t laugh at us anymore.”
Well, that and the money. Terry Jones says he just wants to pay off his mortgage and John Cleese? He’s
still working on alimony payments to his third — or is it his fourth? — wife. So far she’s dinged Cleese for $16 million U.S. He’s still on the hook for a million dollars a year until 2016. Which just goes to show how life can imitate a Monty Python skit.
They promise to involve the departed Chapman who, as they point out, “remains selfishly dead”. Indeed, this reunion is something like raising the dead.
They haven’t had their TV show since 1974, nor made a movie since 1979.
The last time they appeared on stage together was more than 30 years ago.
They can’t just re-enact their old skits — Dead Parrot, Crunchy Frog — too many fans know them by heart.
And we won’t be seeing John Cleese doing his Ministry of Silly Walks tour de force. Not with his new artificial hip.
Still I’d pay serious Sterling to see them up on a stage again.
Anybody out there got a ticket they can spare?
In fact, two tickets? (Elvis, if you’re reading this, this one’s on me.)
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Basic BlackArthur Black
The animal abuser cases lately are abso-lutely shocking. These people better be held accountable for Molly, and the other people for the other dogs found lately. That also should include the RCMP who dropped the other dogs off like that. Animal cruelty laws
should be followed. As angry as I am about these poor dogs, I will be even more angry if charges are not filed. We need the humane society back in our town. Come on people and council...get those doors open for them!!
Judy Melny
It was a barn burner at city council Tuesday night, but some veteran politicians kept their matches in their pock-ets. And two others probably should have too.
Former council candidate Sean Smith presented a petition to Campbell River city council with the names of 310 people on it who were upset council voted Mayor Walter Jakeway off of the Strathcona Regional District Board.
Smith started his attack on councillor Claire Moglove, using a quote from her about how she wanted a more cohesive approach between elected officials in municipal politics.
He then went on to lay into council about sending a wrong message to investors inside and outside of Campbell River. It was a pretty damning address he gave, at times waving the petition around and pointing out that council, unlike the mayor, wasn’t listening to the will of the people.
Moglove, however, didn’t bite. Instead first councillor Larry Samson said the mayor
lost his confidence when he voted with Comox Valley representatives to close an educational compost facility that sent two jobs to Courtenay from Campbell River. Then councillor Ryan Mennie questioned how informed the 310 petitioners were about the issue and proceeded to blame the media for being a part of the upheaval, which was strange since his regular job is with a local radio sta-tion.
Councillor Ron Kerr, who voted to keep Jakeway on the SRD, also remained silent. As did councillor Mary Storry who was involved in the coup against the mayor.
The only thing councillor Andy Adams said came at the end of the dust up. He moved that council receive the petition. Both Mennie’s and Samson’s responses held little substance. They should have followed the lead of more veteran councillors, even though that’s what got them in this pickle to start with.
Sometimes silenceis best
It’s a circus by any other name
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Abuse cases shocking
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We would like to blan-ket Big Rock in roses in honour of everyone who
supported the Rock the Dogs cam-paign!
A huge thank-you to the local businesses and individuals who collected donations and provided items for our draw. Dogwood Pet Mart, Campbell River Pet Center, Woofy’s, True Blue Pet Supplies, Play N’ Trade, Wei Wai Kum House of Treasures, Splash Body Care, Tim Hortons, McDonalds, Dave Smith, and Kevin Weatherall.
A special thank you to Lynn Fedorick of Go Dog Go! who completed the assessments on Jonah and Isaac so they could be removed from the dangerous dog list they were placed on by the RCMP. We are extremely excited (but not surprised) to announce that they both passed their assess-ments with “flying colours” according to Lynn.
We also have to thank the always amazing Jim Proctor DVM for his tireless dedication and commitment to every animal we bring to him no matter what time day or night.
With your generous support we raised over $4,000 which has already helped not only Jonah and Isaac but also two other dogs, Sampson and Delilah who were abandoned on a side road in Campbell River just a couple of days later. To date we have been able to neuter all three boys, spay Delilah, repair the badly dam-aged ear of another poor dog, and provide much needed medical treatment and vaccinations to nine dogs. We have also provided sev-eral bags of dog and cat food to the west coast to help the dogs and cats in need
If it were not for the Courier-Islander newspaper and reporter Sian Thomson, this situation about these dogs and the Rock the Dogs fund raiser for the reef
babies would never have received the support it did, and for that we are very grateful. We are truly humbled by the outpouring of sup-port we have received. Thank you Campbell River from the bottom of our hearts
Maggie Tyerman-Norbjerg and Rob Hazlett
Another year has gone by and we have been able to continue to serve nutri-
tious lunches on Saturday from our venue at the Radiant Life Community Church. This service would not be possible without the dedication of our volunteers and the support of various businesses in Campbell River. Each week we pick up donations from Tim Hortons at Merecorft, Steiners Bakery, Thrifty Foods as well as Staurbucks on Dogwood. We also receive other donations from members of the community at various times and all of these are gratefully accepted. Once again on Jan. 4 Island Return-It on Willow Street in Campbell River will be allowing us to host our annual Christmas tree chipping at their premises. This is only pos-sible with the assistance of Curt’s Landscaping and Tree Services volunteering his time and equip-ment. This will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and we hope to see you there. Happy holidays to all and once again a huge thank you to everyone.
100 dark red long steamed roses to Ruth at Popsey’s restaurant.
The weather was such that we could not attend our planned annual Christmas lunch. Ruth came to rescue by bringing us a delicious turkey dinner and all the trimmings. She went above and beyond all expectations, we had a great time, lots of laughs and smiles, and we waddled off
extremely full of the wonderful meal
100 Yucalta Lodge Residents
A beautiful bouquet of Christmas roses to all who helped to make
the Campbell River Family Services Society’s Early Years Family Christmas Party a great success! Our heartfelt thanks to some very special people, the Daybreak Rotarians, who spon-sor the lunch. Special thanks to Literacy Now for the children’s books and to the Royal Coachman for a great catering job and to all the great Campbell River mer-chants who donated gifts: Target, Thriftys, Save-On, Quality Foods, White Spot, Moxies, Starbucks, Dogwood Pet Mart, Canadian Tire, Subway, Tim Hortons, Little Caesars, and Boston Pizza.
Linda KemplingPregnancy Outreach
Coordinator & Early Years Team Leader
Campbell River Family Services Society
Campbell River Hospital Auxiliary wishes to send a “quilt full”
of roses to the Campbell River Friendship Quilters for their most generous donation to our Hospital Auxiliary Gift Shop of handmade quilts and other handmade articles for our CR Auxiliary Hospital Gift Shop to sell so we are able to pro-vide our local CR Hospital with much needed “care and comfort for the patient” equipment…many, many thanks, ladies…
Also our sincere thanks to all our customers at the CR Auxiliary Hospital Gift Shop and our CR Auxiliary Hospital Thrift Shop and thank them for continuing to purchase at our two shops…
Our sincere good wishes for a Merry Christmas and good wishes for 2014
Campbell River Christian School would like to thank the many people in our community for there kind and generous donations to our Christmas Silent Auction.
Thank you to Spinners, Gary Schell at Bill Howich Chrysler, Chris Seeley at Boston Pizza, Christina Shortt at Discovery Harbour Starbucks, Sari Olsen
at Splash, Sam Hubbard at Industry hair and body care, Norm Cote, Jeff Bergner and Kayla Greenwood at Bill Howich Chrysler, Corina Brearley at Just Sugar It, Residence Inn Marriott Downtown Vancouver, Holiday Inn and Suites Downtown Vancouver.
And all the parents in the school who gave to our class theme baskets. Thank you for your ongoing support.
And to all the people who gen-erously bid and bought baskets and prizes.
Campbell RiverChristian School PTF
A great big “thank you” to everyone who made our Angel Tree fund
sosuccessful this year. To ALL our customers who supported our bake table — you are THE BEST! To the Staff of Quality Foods — the most supportive and creative! Our contributions will make a dif-ference in the lives of so many Campbell River Children.
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Re: Being right in Campbell River seems to come with a price
Approximately 20 years ago Guelph, Ontario, through a regional country wide initiative embarked on a system of solid waste management that composted resident organic waste that was separated by resi-dents at source and collected separately. The waste was aerobically composted in an expensive and complex system financed in part by the provincial government and the local taxpayer and was not without its opponents.
A simpler parallel composting system
was initiated at the same time used an aer-obic process by simply composting organic materials out in the open and mechanically aerating the compost. It appears that this system is still in use to this day although there is an unpleasant smell about the loca-tion area.
I was able to visit the Guelph site, an expensive installation costing millions of taxpayer’s money that had been reduced to a rusting hulk no longer in use. Concrete foundations and walls had deteriorated in a relatively short time. If the regional board are to embark upon a similar waste
management project then the consultant hired could well be right on not spending taxpayer’s money on industrial-type com-posting facilities. It is a retrograde step moving Mayor Walter Jakeway from the regional waste management committee and he is probably correct in wanting to follow what appears to be a consultant’s advice. Being right in Campbell River seems to come with a high price.
The waste management commit-tee should clue into Waste-to-Energy Worldwide that deals with energy recovery from landfill. Saskatoon, Canada by cap-
ping a landfill with clay and tapping into the methane produced created $1.3 million annually. Also it is safer to lock into one location compost-able materials because it can contain toxic trace elements that should not be spread on land. If as suggested com-posting will create jobs then income needs to be generated to pay for these jobs. Other similar projects are produ-cing methane to fuel homes.
A.R. ShawP.S. What kind of technical expertise
does Campbell River have sitting on council? It seems to me council have removed from the regional board the one person who might have some tech-nical expertise and is capable of under-standing some of composting technical aspects and having access to them through his engineering institute. It also seems to me that creating employment is a catch phrase with some council members without truly understanding how many jobs will be created.
First, I want to thank everyone who took the time to call, email or physically come down to sign the petition in support of Mayor Jakeway. With over 300 names in only a few days, it showed that people in this community have a genuine respect for what our mayor is trying to do.
Sadly, a majority of council was not interested in what you, or I, had to say on Tuesday night. I went in front of council as a delegation, to let them know that we support our
mayor and his efforts and that we strongly disagree with the moves made by some of the council, to remove him from positions on the various SRD boards. I made the point that we have built a trust and relationship with the man at the head of this council, because he is approachable, honest and very “non-political”. His voice may not always speak on behalf of council, but it does always speak on behalf of the community and its best interest.
Councilor Larry Samson chose to go on the offensive, chal-lenging me about the Compost
Education Centre, even though that was not something I discussed. While there wasn’t time to get into the full debate, which was already getting heated, I will leave my stance here: It’s a colossal waste of $72,000 to educate the community on something that they could learn from the Internet or any garden centre. Ironically, the mayor voted for the closure of the centre, based on the RD Staff recommendations. Considering that this council is well known for following their own staff’s lead, the hypocrisy of sanc-tioning the mayor for doing that very thing, is mind boggling.
Councilor Mennie’s actions were
even more insulting. His rebuttal to my presentation came from a script. As I did not see him writing any notes during my presentation, I have to assume that he (or someone) pre-pared that rebuttal well before my presentation.
Obviously his (their?) mind was made up about this petition, well before it arrived in front of them. In his statement, he suggested that I did not educate those signing the petition, on how the RD appoint-ments work and that the media was at fault for not reporting “all the information”. Again, he missed the point of the petition. Yes, we want the mayor back on these boards, but
the petition was more about showing the council that we, the citizens of Campbell River, support and believe in our mayor, something that cannot be said for a number of our previous mayors.
Our mayor is not perfect. We get that. However, he is what we have always wanted to see in our mayor. A person who puts people before politics and is more interested in the thoughts and welfare of the com-munity he represents, than that of the politicians who have their own political agenda.
Something to remember, come election day in November, 2014.
Sean Smith
Something to remember come election time
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olet D
ealer
Mar
ketin
g Ass
ociat
ion ar
ea on
ly. De
aler t
rade
may
be re
quire
d. Co
nditi
ons a
nd lim
itatio
ns ap
ply. S
ee Ch
evro
let de
aler f
or de
tails
. †0%
/1.5%
/0%
lease
APR a
vaila
ble fo
r 48/
36/6
0 mon
ths o
n a ne
w or
dem
onstr
ator
2014
Equin
ox LS
FWD/
2014
Silve
rado
Crew
Cab 4
X4 1W
T/ 20
14 Ch
evro
let Cr
uze L
S 1SA
, O.A.
C by G
M Fin
ancia
l. App
lies o
nly to
quali
fied
reta
il cus
tom
ers i
n BC C
hevr
olet D
ealer
Mar
ketin
g Ass
ociat
ion ar
ea on
ly. An
nual
kilom
etre
limit o
f 20,0
00 km
, $0.1
6 per
exce
ss ki
lomet
re. D
own p
aym
ent o
r tra
de an
d/or
secu
rity d
epos
it may
be re
quire
d. Mo
nthly
paym
ents
may
vary
depe
nding
on do
wn pa
ymen
t/tra
de. D
ealer
s are
free
to se
t indiv
idual
price
s. PP
SA/R
DPRM
is no
t due
. Insu
ranc
e, lic
ense
, dea
ler fe
es, a
nd ap
plica
ble ta
xes n
ot in
clude
d. Of
fer m
ay no
t be c
ombin
ed w
ith ce
rtain
othe
r con
sum
er in
cent
ives.
GMCL
may
mod
ify,
exte
nd or
term
inate
offe
rs in
who
le or
in pa
rt at
any t
ime w
ithou
t not
ice. C
ondit
ions a
nd lim
itatio
ns ap
ply. S
ee pa
rticip
ating
deale
r for
deta
ils. $
3,500
man
ufac
ture
r to d
ealer
deliv
ery c
redit
has b
een a
pplie
d to t
he pu
rcha
se, fi
nanc
ing an
d lea
se of
fers
of 20
14 Si
lvera
do Cr
ew Ca
b, an
d is a
pplic
able
to re
tail c
usto
mer
s only
. Oth
er cr
edits
avail
able
on se
lect S
ilver
ado m
odels
. ¥Of
fer va
lid fr
om De
cem
ber 1
0, 20
13 to
Janu
ary 2
, 201
4 (th
e “Pr
ogra
m Pe
riod”
) to r
etail
custo
mer
s res
ident
of Ca
nada
wh
o tak
e deli
very
of an
eligi
ble ve
hicle
durin
g the
Prog
ram
Perio
d. Bo
xing W
eek B
onus
Cred
it is a
man
ufac
ture
r to c
onsu
mer
ince
ntive
(tax
inclu
sive)
and c
redit
value
depe
nds o
n mod
el an
d mod
el ye
ar pu
rcha
sed o
r lea
sed a
nd is
a co
mbin
ation
of m
ultipl
e cou
pons
avail
able:
$50
0 max
imum
Boxin
g Wee
k Bon
us cr
edit v
alid o
n 201
4 mod
el ye
ar Ch
evro
let/B
uick/
GMC/
Cadil
lac ca
rs an
d cro
ssov
ers,
com
prise
d of u
p to t
wo $2
50 co
upon
s; $1
,000 m
axim
um Bo
xing W
eek B
onus
cred
it vali
d on
2014
mod
el ye
ar Ch
evro
let Si
lvera
do or
GMC S
ierra
, com
prise
d of u
p to f
our $
250 c
oupo
ns; $
1,500
max
imum
Boxin
g Wee
k Bon
us cr
edit v
alid a
ny 20
13 m
odel
year
Chev
rolet
/Buic
k/GM
C/Ca
dillac
vehic
le, co
mpr
ised o
f up t
o six
$250
coup
ons.
All p
rodu
cts a
nd ce
rtific
ates
are s
ubjec
t to a
vaila
bility
. This
offe
r may
not b
e red
eem
ed fo
r cas
h and
may
not b
e com
bined
with
certa
in ot
her c
onsu
mer
ince
ntive
s. GM
CL re
serv
es th
e righ
t to a
men
d or t
erm
inate
this
offe
r, in w
hole
or in
part,
at an
y tim
e with
out p
rior n
otice
. Add
ition
al lim
itatio
ns an
d con
dition
s app
ly. S
ee yo
ur GM
deale
r for
deta
ils. ^
Offe
r only
valid
from
Dece
mbe
r 10,
2013
to Ja
nuar
y 2, 2
014 (
the “
Prog
ram
Perio
d”) t
o ret
ail cu
stom
ers r
eside
nt in
Cana
da w
ho ow
n or a
re cu
rrent
ly lea
sing a
Chev
rolet
Aveo
, Cob
alt, C
apric
e, Ca
valie
r, Cru
ze, E
pica,
Impa
la, Lu
mina
, Mali
bu, M
etro
, Mon
te Ca
rlo, O
ptra
Sonic
, Spa
rk, V
olt, S
atur
n Ion
, Aur
a, As
tra, L
-Ser
ies, S
-Ser
ies, S
ky, th
at ha
s bee
n reg
ister
ed an
d ins
ured
in Ca
nada
in th
e cu
stom
er’s n
ame f
or th
e pre
vious
cons
ecut
ive si
x mon
ths,
will r
eceiv
e a $1
,000 H
olida
y Own
er Bo
nus c
redit
towa
rds t
he le
ase,
purc
hase
or fin
ance
of an
eligi
ble ne
w 20
14 Ch
evro
let So
nic, C
ruze
, Mali
bu or
Impa
la de
liver
ed du
ring t
he Pr
ogra
m Pe
riod.
Eligib
le re
tail c
usto
mer
s res
ident
in Ca
nada
who
own o
r are
curre
ntly
leasin
g a Ch
evro
let HH
R, Eq
uinox
, Trac
ker, U
pland
er, V
entu
re, A
stro,
Lum
ina AP
V, Bl
azer
, Trav
erse
, Trail
blaze
r; Sa
turn
Vue,
Relay
, Out
look;
Pont
iac M
onta
na/S
V6, Tr
ansp
ort,
Torre
nt, A
ztek
, Sun
runn
er; B
uick R
ende
zvou
s, Te
rraza
, Enc
lave,
Raini
er; O
ldsm
obile
Silho
uette
, Bra
vada
; GMC
Safa
ri, Ji
mm
y, Ter
rain,
Acad
ia or
Envo
y, tha
t has
been
regis
tere
d and
insu
red i
n Can
ada i
n the
custo
mer
’s nam
e for
the p
revio
us co
nsec
utive
six m
onth
s, wi
ll rec
eive a
$1,00
0 Holi
day B
onus
Owne
r cre
dit to
ward
s the
leas
e, pu
rcha
se or
finan
ce of
an el
igible
new
2014
Chev
rolet
Trax
, Equ
inox o
r Tra
vers
e deli
vere
d dur
ing th
e pro
gram
perio
d. On
ly on
e (1)
cred
it may
be ap
plied
per
eligib
le ve
hicle
sale.
Offe
r is t
rans
fera
ble to
a fa
mily
mem
ber l
iving
in th
e sam
e hou
seho
ld (p
roof
of ad
dres
s req
uired
). This
offe
r may
not b
e red
eem
ed fo
r cas
h and
may
not b
e com
bined
with
certa
in ot
her c
onsu
mer
ince
ntive
s ava
ilable
on GM
vehic
les. T
he $1
,000 c
redit
inclu
des H
ST/G
ST/Q
ST/P
ST as
appli
cable
by pr
ovinc
e. As
part
of th
e tra
nsac
tion,
deale
r will
requ
est c
urre
nt ve
hicle
regis
tratio
n and
/or i
nsur
ance
to pr
ove o
wner
ship
for t
he pr
eviou
s con
secu
tive s
ix m
onth
s. GM
CL
rese
rves
the r
ight t
o am
end o
r ter
mina
te th
is of
fer, i
n who
le or
in pa
rt, at
any t
ime w
ithou
t prio
r not
ice. V
oid w
here
proh
ibite
d by l
aw. A
dditi
onal
cond
ition
s and
limita
tions
apply
. See
your
GM de
aler f
or de
tails
. ^Of
fer o
nly va
lid fr
om De
cem
ber 1
0, 20
13 –
Janu
ary 2
, 201
4 (th
e “Pr
ogra
m Pe
riod”
) to r
etail
custo
mer
s res
ident
in Ca
nada
who
own o
r are
curre
ntly
leasin
g (du
ring t
he Pr
ogra
m Pe
riod)
a GM
or co
mpe
titor
pick
up tr
uck t
o rec
eive a
$1,00
0 cre
dit to
ward
s the
purc
hase
, fina
nce o
r lea
se of
an el
igible
new
2013
or 20
14 M
odel
Year
Chev
rolet
Silve
rado
Ligh
t Dut
y, Silv
erad
o Hea
vy Du
ty, Si
erra
Ligh
t Dut
y, Sier
ra H
eavy
Duty,
or Av
alanc
he. O
nly on
e (1)
cred
it may
be ap
plied
per e
ligibl
e veh
icle s
ale. O
ffer i
s tra
nsfe
rable
to a
fam
ily m
embe
r livi
ng in
the s
ame h
ouse
hold
(pro
of of
addr
ess r
equir
ed). T
his of
fer m
ay no
t be r
edee
med
for c
ash a
nd m
ay no
t be c
ombin
ed w
ith ce
rtain
othe
r con
sum
er in
cent
ives a
vaila
ble on
GM ve
hicles
. The
$1,00
0 cre
dit in
clude
s HST
/GST
/QST
/PST
as
appli
cable
by pr
ovinc
e. As
part
of th
e tra
nsac
tion,
deale
r will
requ
est c
urre
nt ve
hicle
regis
tratio
n and
/or i
nsur
ance
to pr
ove o
wner
ship.
GMCL
rese
rves
the r
ight t
o am
end o
r ter
mina
te th
is of
fer, i
n who
le or
in pa
rt, at
any t
ime w
ithou
t prio
r not
ice. V
oid w
here
proh
ibite
d by l
aw. A
dditi
onal
cond
ition
s and
limita
tions
apply
. See
your
GM de
aler f
or de
tails
. **T
he 2-
Year
Sche
duled
Lube
-Oil-
Filte
r LOF
Main
tena
nce P
rogr
am pr
ovide
s elig
ible c
usto
mer
s in C
anad
a, wh
o hav
e pur
chas
ed, le
ased
or
finan
ced a
new
eligib
le 20
14 M
Y Che
vrole
t, Buic
k, or
GMC v
ehicl
e (ex
cludin
g Spa
rk EV
), with
an AC
Delco
oil a
nd fil
ter c
hang
e, in
acco
rdan
ce w
ith th
e oil l
ife m
onito
ring s
yste
m an
d the
Owne
r’s M
anua
l, for
2 ye
ars o
r 40,0
00 KM
s, wh
ichev
er oc
curs
first
, with
a lim
it of f
our (
4) Lu
be-O
il-Fil
ter s
ervic
es in
tota
l, per
form
ed at
parti
cipat
ing GM
Deale
rs. F
luid t
op of
fs, in
spec
tions
, tire
rota
tions
, whe
el ali
gnm
ents
and b
alanc
ing, e
tc. a
re no
t cov
ered
. This
offe
r may
not b
e red
eem
ed fo
r cas
h and
m
ay no
t be c
ombin
ed w
ith ce
rtain
othe
r con
sum
er in
cent
ives a
vaila
ble on
GM ve
hicles
. Gen
eral
Moto
rs of
Cana
da Li
mite
d res
erve
the r
ight t
o am
end o
r ter
mina
te th
is of
fer, i
n who
le or
in pa
rt, at
any t
ime w
ithou
t prio
r not
ice. V
oid w
here
proh
ibite
d by l
aw. A
dditi
onal
cond
ition
s and
limita
tions
apply
. See
deale
r or c
hevr
olet.c
a for
deta
ils. ≠
Offe
r vali
d only
to el
igible
reta
il les
sees
in Ca
nada
who
have
obta
ined c
redit
appr
oval
by GM
Fina
ncial
, hav
e ent
ered
into
a lea
se ag
reem
ent w
ith GM
Fin
ancia
l and
who
acce
pt de
liver
y fro
m Oc
tobe
r 11, 2
013,
thro
ugh J
anua
ry 2,
2014
, of a
new
eligib
le 20
14 m
odel.
Gen
eral
Moto
rs of
Cana
da w
ill pa
y the
first
mon
th’s
lease
paym
ent (
inclus
ive of
taxe
s and
any a
pplic
able
pro-
rata
amou
nt no
rmall
y due
at le
ase d
elive
ry as
defin
ed on
the l
ease
agre
emen
t). $0
first
mon
th le
ase p
aym
ent m
eans
no bi
-wee
kly pa
ymen
ts wi
ll be d
ue in
the fi
rst m
onth
of yo
ur le
ase a
gree
men
t. Afte
r the
first
mon
th, le
ssee
will
be re
quire
d to m
ake a
ll rem
aining
sc
hedu
led pa
ymen
ts ov
er th
e rem
aining
term
of th
e lea
se ag
reem
ent. T
his of
fer m
ay no
t be r
edee
med
for c
ash a
nd m
ay no
t be c
ombin
ed w
ith ce
rtain
othe
r con
sum
er in
cent
ives a
vaila
ble on
GM ve
hicles
. Gen
eral
Moto
rs of
Cana
da Li
mite
d res
erve
s the
righ
t to a
men
d or t
erm
inate
this
offe
r, in w
hole
or in
part,
at an
y tim
e with
out p
rior n
otice
. Void
whe
re pr
ohibi
ted b
y law
. Add
ition
al co
nditi
ons a
nd lim
itatio
ns ap
ply. S
ee de
aler f
or de
tails
. ‡Av
ailab
le in
selec
t mar
kets.
Subs
cript
ion so
ld
sepa
rate
ly af
ter t
rial p
eriod
. Visi
t siri
usxm
.ca fo
r det
ails. ∞
For m
ore i
nfor
mat
ion vi
sit iih
s.org
/ratin
gs. +
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est B
uy Se
al is
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ister
ed tr
adem
ark o
f Con
sum
ers D
igest
Com
mun
icatio
ns, L
LC, u
sed u
nder
licen
se. C
onsu
mer
Dige
st Be
st Bu
y was
awar
ded t
o the
2013
Equin
ox. *
≠Whe
n equ
ipped
with
avail
able
6.2L E
coTe
c3 V8
. Clas
s is l
ight-d
uty f
ull-s
ize pi
ckup
s. U.S
. gov
ernm
ent 5
-Sta
r Saf
ety R
ating
s are
part
of th
e Nat
ional
High
way T
raffi
c Saf
ety A
dmini
strat
ion’s
(NHT
SA ’s
) New
Car
Asse
ssm
ent P
rogr
am (s
afer
car.g
ov). †
† Req
uires
2WD D
ouble
or Cr
ew Ca
b with
the a
vaila
ble 6.
2L Ec
oTec
3 V8 e
ngine
and M
ax Tr
ailer
ing Pa
ckag
e. Ma
ximum
trail
er w
eight
ratin
gs ar
e calc
ulate
d ass
uming
a ba
se ve
hicle,
exce
pt fo
r any
optio
n(s)
nece
ssar
y to a
chiev
e the
ratin
g, plu
s driv
er. T
he w
eight
of ot
her o
ption
al eq
uipm
ent, p
asse
nger
s and
carg
o will
redu
ce th
e max
imum
trail
er w
eight
your
vehic
le ca
n tow
. Com
paris
on ba
sed o
n war
dsau
to.co
m 20
13 Li
ght-D
uty L
arge
Pick
up se
gmen
t an
d lat
es c
ompe
titive
dat
a av
ailab
le. E
xclud
es o
ther
GM
vehic
les. C
lass
is lig
ht-d
uty
full-
size
picku
ps. ~
Inclu
des
6 m
onth
s tri
al of
Dire
ction
s &
Conn
ectio
ns w
ith T
urn-
by-T
urn
Navig
ation
(Tu
rn-b
y-Tu
rn N
aviga
tion
not
avail
able
in ce
rtain
area
s; av
ailab
ility
impa
cted
by
som
e ge
ogra
phica
l/cell
ular
limita
tions
), ad
visor
ass
isted
-rout
ing a
vaila
ble; V
isit
onsta
r.ca
for
cove
rage
map
, det
ails
and
syste
m li
mita
tions
. Ser
vices
var
y by
mod
el an
d co
nditi
ons.
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It’s short on notice, but long on song.
A local group has organized a Christmas Carol event for the Spirit Square in downtown Campbell River Saturday, Dec. 21.
The event goes from 3 to 4 p.m. with hot drinks and treats for $2 each. Proceeds will go to the Food for the Hungry Canada.
The Campbell River Art Gallery is pleased to announce that the Altrusa Club of Campbell River has become a sponsor of the Gallery School Programs.
Campbell River’s only public gal-lery forms partnerships with leaders in our community to offer programs to the public, including children.
Altrusa’s funding will assist with studio expenses, program supplies and promotion of the program, making it possible to continue to develop school programming that brings the enjoy-ment and practice of art to school-aged children.
This new partnership between the CR Art Gallery and the Altrusa Club is something to celebrate.
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From left to right, Campbell River Art Gallery Curator Liz Larsen Stoneberger and Altrusa Club representatives Barb McLeod and Sandy Richardson at the Campbell River Art Gallery studio.
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Altrusa Club to sponsor Gallery’s school programs
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At their recent 62nd Anniversary Dinner, the Ladies Auxiliary to Fraternal Order of Eagles surprised the Campbell River Hospice Society with a cheque in the amount of $5,000 for the future Hospice House. The cheque, raised by the Ladies through their many fund raising events including their cater-ing services, was presented to Julie Collis, Director of Operations, centre, and Iona Wharton, Director of Programs and Services, right, by Dot Muir, President of Ladies Auxiliary to Fraternal Order of Eagles. The Ladies Auxiliary’s generosity to Hospice does not end there either. On Feb. 15 they will be hosting a dinner and dance fundraiser for Hospice. Local performer Rick Benn will be performing and there will also be a live and silent auc-tions. Tickets are $40 each and they are available at the club. Please get yours early as there are only 200 available and they sell out quickly.
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Wrap up is holiday season by chipping your Christmas tree. It’s good for the earth and supports a worthy cause.
On Saturday, Jan. 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Campbell River’s profes-sional fire fighters will hold a by-donation tree chipping fund raiser at the Campbell River Sportsplex — rain or shine.
All proceeds will support the BC Professional Fire Fighters Burn Fund.
Minimum donation is $5. “This event helps the Campbell
River Fire Department prevent fire hazards for homeowners by provid-ing a way to dispose of dry Christmas trees,” says Fire Chief Ian Baikie. “As a bonus, this fund raiser supports research and treatment for burn vic-tims in British Columbia.”
“The tree chipping event is a great way to make your Christmas a green one by keeping your tree out of the landfill. We appreciate the efforts the Campbell River Professional Fire Fighters go to each year to help reduce waste and raise funds for a good cause,” says Amber Zirnhelt, sustainability manager for the City of Campbell River.
If you miss the chipping event, the Campbell River Yard Waste Drop-Off Centre will accept trees cut in half free of charge. The Yard Waste Drop-off Centre is located on Willis Road (west of the Shell Station on the Inland Highway 19). It’s open year round, Friday to Tuesday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for residents who participate in the City’s curbside col-lection program.
Tree chipping event Jan. 4supports fire fighters fund
Don’t forget the New Year’s Eve Celebration including a Family Skate, Swim and Activity Night.
It goes New Year’s Eve on Tuesday, Dec. 31 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Strathcona Gardens Recreation Complex. It’s a night of free family fun.
There are activities available for all ages:
· Pond Hockey on the Rod Brind’Amour Arena
· Public Skating and Ice Games on Arena #2 & the Leisure Ice
· Parent & Tot Activities in the Leisure Pool
· Swimming & Crazy Challenges
· Active Family Games· Kids Craft Station· Photo Booth · Face Painting & Tattoos· Reptile Show & Wondering
Entertainment · FREE Healthy Snacks · The concession is also open for
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Please bring a helmet and hock-ey stick from home! Limited ice skates on site—bring them if you got them.
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Mainstream Canada Young Masters concluded their Vancouver Island Soccer League play for the calender year with an important 3-1 victory over a hard working Juan de Fuca in Langford this past Sunday. The win keeps the Young Masters on top of the Division 4B standings with a 9-0-1 record.
The Young Masters began well with Jason Fawkes, Kevin Shelswell, Mark Ross and Jacob Blanchard mov-ing the ball about freely and winning the vast majority of the challenges. Up front Wyatt Bryce and Connor Fairweather worked in tireless fashion but couldn’t find the net despite get-ting close on numerous occasions. Meanwhile at the back keeper Aidan Anderson was strong and smart with his distribution.
Despite dominating most of the possession the Campbell River side found it difficult to score and indeed found themselves tied at 0-0 going in at half time.
The second half saw the River side move to a more attacking 3-5-2 formation in the hope of releasing the powerful Ross and Blanchard into more offensive positions. It seemed to work as Blanchard scored the opening goal after 65 minutes of play.
At the back, Colton Reesor, Mohamed Boukhouali and Tyler Kelly played very well and nullified any threat to goal.
Mainstream Canada increased their lead to two after Bryce was brought down in the 18 yard box and he scored the resulting penalty kick.
Juan de Fuca were not giving up without a fight and an excellent indi-vidual goal by Kris Walushka brought it back to a one goal game.
Once again the partnership of Shane Dumanoir and Bryce was to prove too much for the host’s defence and after some neat passing Bryce secured the third goal after 84 min-utes.
With the win the Young Masters stand three points clear of second place Zgoda Juniors and have a cru-cial home game on Jan. 18 against Vic West Casuals who lie in third place six points back of the league leaders.
By Erik Mairs
Special to the Courier-Islander
Leksand, Sweden, late Dec. 2006 - World Junior Hockey Championship:
The fans start gathering outside the Ejendals arena in mid afternoon, well before the 4 p.m. start of the game. At this latitude, 60° North, the sun is already setting and the temperature has dropped below freezing. The only people showing any response to the cold are the 10 young men standing in line shirtless, warmed only by the letters “GO CANADA GO” painted in red on their chests. It’s worth the discomfort now, though, as they know that in an hour or so they will be on Canadian tele-vision coast to coast.
At 3:30 the doors finally open. Three hundred fans push in to the relative warmth of the arena to watch the hockey game. Almost all of us are Canadian. Why are we half-way around the world doing this at Christmas time? Because we are Canadian hockey fans and this is the World Junior Hockey Championship.
For some people Boxing Day suggests shop-ping. But for me and many other die-hard fans it signals the beginning of the tournament. In the years before attending that first championship in Leksand I would be getting up sometimes at 4 a.m. to watch the game live, living through emotional ups and downs and perhaps wondering about the fans who are at the games and what it’s like to be over there in Europe.
TSN does a great job of covering the games themselves but seldom passes on much informationabout the larger experience over there for our play-ers and fans. What’s it like away from the game? Starting Boxing Day, Dec. 26. my wife and I will be attending our fourth tournament in Europe, in Malmo, Sweden. I’ll be sharing with you lots of the experiences of the “other” Team Canada - the one in the stands.
Erik Mairs is a retired Campbell River teacher and will be reporting to the Courier-Islander read-ers on his experiences at the 2014 International IceHockey Federation World Junior Championship, Dec. 26-Jan. 5, from Malmo, Sweden.
Photo by Erik MairsTrue Canadian fans at the last World Junior Hockey Championship hosted by Sweden back in 2006-07.
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A look at the other ‘Team Canada’ atthe World Junior Hockey Championship
Photo submittedThis will be Erik Mairs’ fourth trip to Europe to follow Team Canada at the World Juniors.
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By Ken Zaharia
Courier-Islander Sports Editor
Weekend action saw the Peewee Hurricanes home for two Vancouver Island Peewee Female Hockey League games coming away with three of a possible four points with a win and a tie.
First up was the Oceanside IceBreakers in a first place battle of undefeated teams. Oceanside entered the game with a 4-0 record while the Hurricanes sat at 3-0.
With plenty on the line, the two teams skated to a scoreless draw after the opening period.
The middle frame had the Hurricanes touch down on the score-board first on an Emily Estabrook tally assisted by Paige Beauregard.
After Tatum Feeney scored an unassisted goal to give the Hurricanes a 2-0 lead, the IceBreakers cut the deficit in half, scoring with just five seconds left in the period.
The final 20 minutes the Hurricanes buckled down defensively and added another goal, this one from Beauregard assisted by Jordnye Fair and Feeney, in what turned out to be a 3-1 Campbell River victory. Even more important the Hurricanes raised their rec-ord to 4-0.
Sunday had the Juan de Fuca Grizzlies in town. The Hurricanes controlled much of the play in the first period but the score was knotted at 0-0.
The defensive battle continued the second period which had the Grizzlies head into the final frame up 1-0 on a late goal coming with 44 seconds left.
But the Hurricanes kept the pressure on and it paid off with the tying goal with just over seven minutes left in the game off the stick of Beauregard on a scramble in front of the Grizzlies net.
That was all the scoring the game would see as it ended in a 1-1 deadlock and left the Hurricanes with a 4-0-1 record to sit in second just behind 5-1-0 Oceanside who won their Sunday contest.
The Hurricanes would like to thank all their fans and families that have come out to support them this season.
A number of Campbell River Wrestling Association athletes recently competed at the Cougar Invite, held at Cowichan Secondary.
“The tournament offered up some strong competition for our wrestlers, as it attracted wrestlers from not only Vancouver Island ,but from the Lower Mainland as well this year,” stated Campbell River Wrestling Association coach, Soshanna Assu. “We took a large contingent of wrestlers, as our Elementary Club wrestlers, in Grades 4
and 5, got to partici-
pate along with our Middle School and High School kids. It was fun for every-one.”
In the Elementary divisions, newcom-ers Owen Wellard, Scott Assu, and Alana Holmes each captured silver medals.
Medalists from Ecole Phoenix Middle School were: Jamiliya Wellard, Corrine Holmes, Brady Assu, and Carson Foy - all winning gold; Jacob Varrin, and Kaitlyn Jinda earned silver; Shelby Cyr, Austin Deouris, Jocelyn Staniforth and Tianna Morton each won bronze.
Top finishers from Carihi Secondary were Hailey Dean and Ali McPhee
– each winning gold, and Petro Kindly-Olsen and Alex Jinda earning bronze.
From Timberline Secondary, Brett Nelson captured gold and Conlan Foy earned bronze.
Up next for Campbell River’s elite wrestlers is “The War on the Floor,” being held at Simon Fraser University.
“This is the first tournament of the season that will attract top wrestlers from all parts of the province,” com-mented Timberline coach, Derek Berg. “This will be a good test for our kids, to see where they rank amongst the best in their weight divisions.”
Photo submittedCarihi’s Hailey Dean, on top, working to pin her opponent, on her way to winning gold.
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It’s winter and finding motivation to get outside and ride can sometimes be tough. We all want to get out and play more, but how do we make it happen? Here are a few tips to help eliminate the excuses.
Schedule: We schedule work, we schedule chores, we even schedule sleep, but playtime is just squeezed in if we can find the time. Well, start planning one or two rides per week and make it a regular schedule. Once it’s in the cal-endar, it’s harder to skip.
Pre pack: If some free time pops up are you ready to go, or is the opportunity wasted because your camelback is empty, your gloves are dirty or your shoes are soaking wet? As soon as you finish one ride,
even before you shower, prepare for the next one. Clean your bike, fill your camelback and start the laundry.
Commit: Bailing on your solo ride is easy, but it’s way harder to let your friends down. Plan rides with buddies and commit to a time and place, no backing out now!
Maintenance: Is your bike ready to go. Are you spending more time working on it than riding it. Drop it at your local bike shop and make sure it is maintained properly and regularly. This way its ready to go when you are…and it gets you though the entire ride every time.
Double Down: You may have your favourite gloves, socks or cycling shorts, but inevitably, you will want to ride and they’ll be in the laundry pile. Pick yourself up a spare pair of gloves, socks and chamois shorts and keep them handy.
Winter Clothing: Its wet, its cold, its windy…who cares, the riding is still awesome because we live in a mild climate. The right gear can over come all of our weather conditions. Winter gloves, shoe covers and a good breathable, cycling specific rain jacket will have you warm and comfortable all winter long.
Lights: Days are short and most of us use up all the daylight at work. Well, some of the best rides are after sunset. So get some cycling lights and venture out into the local trails for some fun with your riding buddies. Lights are inexpensive these days and you can get set up without breaking the bank.
With that, I am going to wash my gear, charge my lights and get my bike ready for the next ride…see ya out there.
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This past weekend the Campbell River Killer Whales (CRKW) com-peted at the PCS Christmas Cracker in Victoria. Over the three day meet, CRKW swimmers continued to show the rest of the country that they will be a team to watch as they edge closer to Provincials and Age Group Nationals at the end of the season.
There were over 700 swimmers competing at the meet, with three competition pools running through the morning sessions. Finals were as excit-ing as ever, with the annual Cheer-Off happening on Saturday night, before the racing began. Each team put together very creative Christmas themed cheers this season, but in the end CRKW was edged out by the home club team, although they put in an award winning effort.
The CRKW swimmers were a force in the pool every night when it came to the finals sessions. There were some great highlights from all the CRKW swimmers over the three days, but the 11-12 girl’s were the darlings of the pool race to race. The first night of finals was kicked off with two 12 and under CRKW medley relay teams placing in the top eight.
“This is a huge achievement as there were clubs from across the coun-try competing at the meet,” said Killer Whales head coach Darryl Rudolf.
Melayna Beaudin continued to dominate in the pool, placing in the top three in five of her individual events, including a first place finish in the 400m and 800m freestyle. Beaudin also broke three club records, to add to her success from the meet.
Cianna Dunn continued her “come from behind” race strategy, making finals in all eight of her races, with four second place finishes in the 400m and 800m freestyle, as well as her 200m backstroke and 400m IM. She also joined the “record breaker” Club, with new club records in the 400m IM and 200m fly.
Jasmine Skuse had one of her best meets of her young career, showing everyone that she is going to be some-one to watch over the next few years.
“She (Skuse) make second swims in all her races, that showed a lot of confidence in races, that in some cases, she was swimming for the first time,” said Rudolf.
Lilan Forsyth, Jamiliya Wellard, Maya Ruehlen, Kasey Lathangue, Julia Alguire, and Aleah Jordan also made second swims over the weekend, and were best times in the majority of their races. Forsyth broke another club record, to add to five that had already been broken over the weekend, getting her name up onto the record board for
her time in the 50m backstroke. “The future looks bright for these
young swimmers, and we can’t wait to see what they can do in years to come,” added Rudolf.
Conner Skuse and Mackenzie Padington, had a tough weekend of competition with a very busy schedule and were competing in the very tough 13-14 year old boys and girls respect-ively category which included some of the very best swimmers in the country.
“Both of them swam very strong during the competition, getting them ready for a very busy and exciting championship season coming up in the new year,” said Rudolf.
CRKW coach/swimmer David Palmer, competed in his first competi-tion of the season, having a great start to what should be a fantastic year. Going up against swimmers that com-pete on the International stage, Palmer held his own, not looking out of place and placing top six in three of his indi-vidual races.
“We’re now heading into our Christmas break and training camp, get-ting ready for the most exciting part of the short course season - VIRS, AA and AAA Provincial championships, and the Western Canadian championship in New Westminister,” said Rudolf.
Six Killer Whalesrecords broken
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STRATTON, Barneypassed away Sunday, December 15, 2013surrounded by his loving family.Barney is survived by his loving family; daughtersBernadine, Bernadette (Brian) their children Lane,Shane and Melissa; son Fabian (Heather) theirchildren Carlin and Tannaya; son Rocky his childrenMarisha and Seth, daughter Christie her childrenJordyn, Taylor, Cameron and Hannah, son Warren.He also leaves to mourn his special friend andpartner Thea Stratton, sister Patricia McGregor,brothers Paddy (Lorraine) as well as many otherrelatives and friends.A mass of Christian burial will be held at St. Patrick’sRoman Catholic Church, 34 S. Alder St, Monday,December 23, 2013 at 10am.
BERTRAND, Wendy Louisepassed away peacefully in the Campbell RiverHospital on Tuesday, December 17, 2013 at theage of 61.Predeceased by son Christopher in 2009, Wendyis survived by loving husband of 41 years, Barry;Children, Leon (Mellissa) and Racheal (Tony);grandchildren, Brodie, Jessica and Josh; brothers,William (Bridget) and Andy (Loni) as well asnumerous nieces and nephews.Wendy was born in Victoria, BC and raised thefamily in the Dougan’s Logging camp in JacksonBay until the children became school age. Herdoor and her heart were open to all and sheinstantly became ‘Mom’ to the many children whocame through the Bertrand household. Wendygave selflessly, cared for many, helped all andforgave easily. Her years working at New Horizonsenriched her life as she continued to touch manyothers. Although she loved her garden, her flowersand crafts with the children, family always camefirst. She also loved travel with Barry and plannedher year around the road trip to Tumbler Ridge tosee her grandchildren. After a short battle withcancer, she left to join the many friends, family andpets that passed before her.A Celebration of Life will be held 1:00pm - 5:00pmon Saturday, December 21 at the Thunderbird Hall,1420Weiwaikum in Campbell River.The family would like to thank the many specialpeople who helped us through this difficult time.In lieu of flowers, if people so wish, donations maybe made in Wendy’s memory to the CanadianCancer Society, 4123B - 16th Ave, Campbell River,BC., V9W 2E4
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REED, Joan AgnesOn December 8, 2013 Joan Agnes Reed, ourAlberta Wild Rose, bloomed for the last time. Shepassed away peacefully in the CR Hospital in thecompany of her loving family. Joan was born inMorrisburg, ON and grew up in eastern Canada.She met the love of her life in Ottawa and in 1954married her Flying Officer Glen Reed and the twoof them eventually made a home and raised afamily in Alberta. Shortly after Glen passed in 1996at their home in Bearspaw, AB Joan moved toCampbell River to be closer to her family. Herdaughter Anne Farren (Todd) of Black Creek, BC;her son Clark Reed (Sylvia O’Hara) of Cochrane,AB; her brother Bob Clark (Mag) of Nanaimo, BC;grandchildren Amber, Barbara, Tyler, Mason andgreat grandchildren Halie and Dante are leftknowing they were the apples of her eye and thatthey were all loved unconditionally by this amazingwoman. She enjoyed her time in Campbell River asa Sister in the Fraternal Order of Eagles,researching her family tree with the GenealogySociety and baking for anyone who wanted it. Shehad a standing order twice a month at thecommunity centre where she was fondly known bythe children as the “Cookie Lady”. She loved manythings but especially gardening, knitting, sewingand gambling. She was a regular at Chanceswhere the slot machines loved her. She wasgenerous beyond measure and always thought ofothers before herself, especially her family. Thefamily would like to thank Dr. Ramsey, Dr. Minnaar,Dr. Leslie, Dr. Prinsloo and all the wonderful nursesand staff on 3 North, especially Zachary who was atrue blessing to her family in her final hours.Joan will be taken back to Calgary to her finalresting place next to her husband Glen. As per herrequest there will be no service. Miss her but donot mourn her, celebrate that your life is richer forhaving known her.
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COORDINATORfor the Campbell River Better At Home Program.This is a part-time (28 hours per week, .8 fte), regularposition. The Better At Home Coordinator plans,develops and implements and oversees the day-to-day operation of the Better At Home Program whichutilizes volunteers to provide community based non-medical support services for seniors.Minimum requirements for this position include adiploma in a related human/social service field andthree (3) years recent related experience includingsupervisory or administrative experience and volunteermanagement experience. Preference will be given toapplicants who also have experience working withseniors. This position involves outreach work - avehicle is required for the performance of duties.a
• This position requires union membership.• Wages per current collective agreement.• This position is open to male and female applicants.• Interviews will be held in early January - position
starts January 15/2014.a
For more information on the “Better At Home Program”go to: www.betterathome.ca• aa
Submit resumes by December 20, 2013 to:CR Family Services Society
487-10th Avenue, Campbell River, BC, V9W4E4Attn: Camille Lagueux, Executive Director
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Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.No phone calls please.
JOURNEYMAN AutomotiveService Technician(s) inHanna Alberta. HannaChrysler Ltd. offers competi-tive wages, relocation allow-ance, negotiable dependingon experience. Bright, mod-ern shop. Full-time perma-nent with benefits. Friendlytown just 2 hours frommajorurban centres. More info at:hannachrylser.ca. Fax 403-854-2845; Email:[email protected].
Wanted Dental Reception-ist/C.D.A. part-time for es-tablished dental practice.Apply in person at:Dr. Brodie’s office, WillowPoint Dental, #200 2116South Island Highway.
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School District72
(Campbell River)
School District 72
is seekingapplications for thefollowing position:
Casual School Secretaryat Sayward ElementaryJr. Secondary School
For details on applying for
this posting , please check
the School District’s web
site atwww.sd72.bc.ca.
Administrative Assistant-Part Time
Roga Contracting Ltd., is a forestry based company withoperations in Kamloops, Prince George, Cranbrook andVancouver Island. Currently there is an opening for an Ad-ministrative Assistant at its Campbell River office. This posi-tion is permanent, part time.
This position requires strong organizational skills, attention todetail and good interpersonal skills. Duties include but arenot limited to data entry, reception and production adminis-tration.
The Successful candidate will:
• Have strong analytical and communication skills,• Be a self-starter who is able to work with minimal super-
vision,• Have a sound knowledge of ACCPAC -Windows Ver-
sion, and• Have a sound knowledge of MS Office (Excel, Word,
Outlook)
Candidates with experience in the forest industry will be giv-en preference. Experience with Loggers Edge softwarewould be considered an asset.
Please forward resume to:
Roga Contracting Ltd.722 Mt Paul WayKamloops, BC V2H 1B5or [email protected]
We thank all those who express interest but will only becontacting those to be interviewed.
Ocean Pacific Marine is the largest marine storeand boatyard on the North Island, providingparts and service to recreational boaters andcommercial vessels in the Campbell River areasince 1985.We currently accepting applications for
two fulltime positions
w Marine Technicianw Welder/Fabricator
Marine Technician should have a well roundedknowledge of all marine related mechanicalsystems and have minimum ten years experience.These would include troubleshooting, repairs andinstallations. The scope of work includes the refitand repairs of vessel systems: heating andsteering systems, all running gear components,engine alignment, pumping and thru hulls. AC DCelectrical, engine control systems includingcomplete electrical system from bow to stern.(Stabilizers, thrusters, heaters, chargers, inverters)with work ranging from troubleshooting, repairsand installs to complex modifications. Thesuccessful candidate must be able to readblueprint / fabrication drawings and assist inestimating time requirements for incomingprojects. The successful candidate must be willingand able to cope with a busy often fast changingenvironment. A HD mechanic ticket, welding ticketwould be an asset.
Welder/Fabricator should have minimum tenyears experience in welding and fabricatingaluminum and steel with knowledge of marinecomponents. The scope of work includes the refitand modification of steel and aluminum vesselswith work ranging from simple repairs to complexstructural modifications. The successful candidatemust be able to read blueprint / fabricationdrawings and assist in estimating timerequirements for incoming projects. We are lookingfor an experienced welder/fabricator that can takecharge of projects, complete within agreedtimelines and lead a small team. The successfulcandidate must be willing and able to cope with abusy often fast changing environment. CWBcertification is mandatory but can be received afteremployment commences.Please e-mail resume to:[email protected]
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If you’re in downtown Campbell River Saturday, Dec. 21, be sure to stop by the Campbell River Art Gallery Christmas Market from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. to see popular local artists Carole Goodwin and Jill Paris Rody at work and to sample tea from The Gathering Place Trading
Company.Goodwin
and Paris Rody often work and exhibit together and you can see their paintings on display at the Christmas Market.
Goodwin is inspired by the diverse beauty of Vancouver Island. Her cur-rent work is mostly experi-mental, using mixed media and acrylic paint. She uses collage, gels
and other mediums to create texture, which is then covered with gold or silver leaf.
“When I paint I look for a spiritual connec-tion to my subject, as I desire to feel the one-ness of nature and acknowledge my connected-ness to it,” Goodwin said.
Paris Rody paints to convey the colour and mystery of intimate spaces in her artwork. She travels with her camera, to capture moments in time, and she seeks to illustrate a dream-like peace and tranquility in her paintings. She begins each work with a painterly sketch, then blocks in form and value followed by strong statements of colour.
“All the while I’m thinking of my relation-ship to the scene, and how it touches me emo-tionally,” Paris Rody said.
The Gathering Place Trading Company’s organic and fairly traded products come from family or cooperative farms in developing countries and they give back 13 per cent of their profits to improve the lives of children in need. They sell everything from teas to spices, sea salts and more. Sample their tea when you
visit the Gallery Saturday and check out all their other wonderful products.
The CR Art Gallery’s Christmas Arts and Crafts Market, sponsored by Chan, Nowosad and Boates, Chartered Market features the work of dozens of artisans from Campbell River, Quadra Island, Cortes Island and other communities in the region.
Be sure to stop by the Market this Saturday, Dec. 21 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for a tea sample from The Gathering Place and to see Carole Goodwin and Jill Paris Rody at work.
For more information, stop by the Gallery from Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., call 250-287-2261 or email [email protected].
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