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By Neil Cameron
Campbell River Courier-Islander
Campbell River businessman Allan Edie said Nunns Creek may be a jewel to some but it and Nunns Creek Park have turned into a diamond in the rough.
Edie made the comments Tuesday night when he appeared before coun-cil seeking and receiving approval to construct a 15,000 square foot storage building in the north west corner of the Campbell River Common property which he owns.
Edie said the ‘jewel’ comment came from a Campbell River council member and it soon became clear which council member when councillor Ron Kerr got his turn to speak on the proposal.
“One of the concerns from one of the councillors was that Nunns Creek was a jewel to the community,” said Edie. “It may be, but it’s in the eye of the beholder. As we were doing our redevelopment we pulled eight shopping carts out of the Nunns Creek area, we pulled out car bat-teries, we also pulled a microwave out, various bottles and drug paraphernalia.”
Edie didn’t stop there. He also sug-gested taking the bridges out of the Nunns Creek pathway and told council to take a close look at the skate park and the shoes hanging above it.
“A suggestion or possible recommen-dation to clean up the Nunns Creek area would be to take out the bridges, which basically serve as paths or escape routes for some of the current inhabitants. And you may want to re-visit the skate park, the graffiti on the skate park and the shoes that hang from the electrical wires that hang above the skate park.”
Shoes tied together and hanging from electrical wires have been associated with drug and gang operations.
“The other thing I will be asked to do is post a bond for landscaping,” said Edie. “We’re hopefully going to upgrade that area along 16th Ave. but for curiosity’s sake it’s kind of a redundant exercise when right across the street from me there’s a house that was levelled two years ago and the rubble still exists. Appreciating that it’s on First Nations land there still may be an opportunity for the city in their joint development of sidewalks and infrastructure along 16th Avenue to request our neighbours also to clean up their area.”
When it came time to speak to the motion to allow the building, Kerr let fly.
“I believe the visual impacts of the building on 16th Avenue and Nunns Creek Park are too great to be over-looked,” he said.
Continued on page 2.
Photo by Neil CameronSome believe that shoes hanging from wires indicate gang or drug related activities and a local businessman brought this scene and associated graffiti at Nunns Creek skate park to council’s attention Tuesday.
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Request for services to Campbell River’s Parks and Recreation Department that have almost tripled since 2009 came close to threatening some popular city events in 2014.
During budget deliberations Monday council heard from Parks and Recreation Manager Ross Milnthorp that his staff was being forced to choose between routine maintenance and special events. And, he said, if council couldn’t come up with an extra $25,000 then events like Canada Day, the Salmon Festival and Logger Sports, wouldn’t have the assistance of city staff.
“Service requests have gone from 244 in 2009 to over 600 in 2013,” he said. “These service requests are a variety of items from downed trees to service requests for parks items. In addition that’s generally the way our request for service at special events come through, from set up for a theatre event in Willow Point Park to Canada Day etc. We have absorbed that increase in service requests in our existing staff up until now and what we have sacrificed is the routine main-tenance of our park facilities, things like dug outs and back stops and signage etc.”
Councillor Andy Adams felt the gun to council’s head and quickly made a motion “that council direct staff to maintain support for parks staff to Canada Day, Dragon Boat Races, Salmon Festival including Logger
Sports, Transformations on the Shore for 2014.”
In effect, Adams was saying Parks and Recwould assist city events and have to make do with the shortfall in other areas.
“We knew this was coming, but I’m concerned that some of the long standing traditional events such as Canada Day and Dragon Boat races and Salmon Festival and Logger Sports — we would not continue to provide services for those functions which we have done in the past,” he said. “Those are must do’s and it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other, either we maintain the support we have done in the past and not do (other service level requests) or the other way around.”
Councillor Ron Kerr said the parks and recreation department had been hacked away at too much in the past and that he couldn’t support Adams motion.
“I believe their budget has been hacked and chopped and parks and rec is always one of the first to go,” said Kerr.
Adams said, “last year we added two pos-itions and I think they need to work within the budget that they have.”
One of the issues involved with this situa-tion is that it only costs $25 for a park permit,something the city intends looking at in the future.
Adams motion failed and council approved the extra $25,000.
ALL LIGHT FIXTURESContinued from page 1.“The negative impact of this large, steel-
clad barn, looming over the sidewalk will impact the streetscape of this neighbourhood now and into the far future.
“Nunns Creek Park hasn’t been developed, but this structure will restrict its potential. Existing buildings in this area have large set backs from the street. This has little or none. The landscape plan and screening is a joke compared to other recent develop-ments in Campbell River.
“There’s no screening here, there’s actually better screening on the down-town homeless shelter, and it’s only temporary and we’re going to be look-
ing at this building for a long, long time — 20 or 30 years.”
Kerr was the only member of council to vote against the building.
Mayor Walter Jakeway thinks having a sys-tem that prevents the Willows Pub from selling to a company wanting to turn the building into offices is un-Canadian.
Jakeway made the statement when city staff suggested not approving the office build-ing because it doesn’t conform to the Official Community Plan. In a rare move City Manager Andy Laidlaw weighed into the issue, address-ing council about the importance of maintaining the goals and objectives of the OCP.
Staff had told council the proper place for the office buildings, according to the OCP, is down-town, even though the company, Storey Creek Trading Ltd., said they couldn’t find anything suitable downtown.
“In this particular case, to meet council’s strategic plan, that plan supports offices in the downtown core,” said Laidlaw. “Currently it is our understanding and identified in previous reports that there is space in the downtown core and areas around the downtown core. This office use is not supported by the Official Community Plan (at Willows Pub), it is not consistent as set out to have office buildings in residential areas and the use here is not a neighbourhood use as it currently is so this would require both an OCP and zoning amendment changes and we think it’s pretty significant and we wanted to identify that for council because it’s not that often that we’re making recommendations that don’t support the applications.”
Council eventually voted to give the request from the two businesses a public airing. They directed staff to come up with the necessary OCP amendments and proceed to a public hear-ing. If the OCP changes are approved, then the actual bylaw allowing the business office use
could also be voted on.“I believe all over town we have non-com-
forming properties that don’t conform to the zoning in the neighbourhood,” said Jakeway. “Why would we not be able to do that legally because we do it already? What I see the OCP does to the current owners is that once they have a pub, they’re a pub forever without going through an awful lot of grief and that doesn’t seem to fit our country. I think we have freedom to make choices and to vary what we do as long as it’s legal. To tie the owner down because once they have a pub it’s always a pub just seems amazing. In this case it’s stuck and I think we have to unstick it somehow, hopefully we can expedite it somehow.”
Council also were in receipt of a letter from pub owner Susan Thulin who urged them to approve the sale. There were also letters from about 70 local residents who were against the proposal.
City Land Use Manager Ross Blackwell explained to council the dangers and time involved in changing the OCP, a process he said could take two to three months.
“It would entail a great deal of change to the OCP, many sections of the OCP and general text would all have to be amended because this is a use that is entirely opposite of the direction of the OCP,” he said.
Councillor Andy Adams made a motion to give initial approval to the process and have staff “prepare an appropriate amendment bylaw to the OCP and proceed to public hearing.”
“I am neither for or against this initiative, I want to make that perfectly clear,” said Adams. “But consistent with any OCP or zoning amend-ment council has been consistent in letting the public have their voice and so proceeding to a public hearing to enable that I think is the appro-priate thing to do in this case. And I certainly recognize it does put some added pressure on
resources of staff.”Councillor Larry Samson said the alternative
to not approving the office building designation was not a pretty one.
“We have a letter form Mrs. Thulin that they tried to sell the property, they’ve tried to make a go of it and it’s just been a work in process,” he said. “So what’s the best way and how do we
recycle a used building, what’s the best use of this building? We’ve seen the applicant and his form and character designs and how it is going to fit into the neighbourhood. To have a building that sits there empty is not something we want to see. There are situations where we do have to make changes and allow certain zonings.”
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Campbell River city coun-cil approved the first steps in a zoning change that will allow the Campbell River SPCA to open an education and adoption centre.
Since the animal control service changes in the city, the SPCA has been looking for an adoption centre and they found what they wanted
at 891 13th.The building is owned by
the Association Francophone de Campbell River and was a former daycare.
Council made the motion Tuesday night to bring to issue to public hearing, with the intent of changing the text of the zoning bylaw to allow for the facility.
Stephanie Arkwright, Branch Manager of the SPCA, and Jeanne Landry of the AFCR both appeared before council.
“Our staff and vol-unteers will maintain cleaning duties multiple times a day to ensure that our facility will be kept clean and free of odour causing agents,” said Arkwright. “As far
as noise issues go the small number of dogs that will be at the centre will be housed indoors.
“Dogs will go outdoors in our enclosed back yard for socializing and as well bathroom breaks but will be accompanied by staff and vol-unteers.”
Arkwright said the lease would cover a three-year per-iod at first.
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Annie, the nine-year-old border collie is still lost and the desperate family has turned to the help of psychics to find her.
Annie lives in Merville but went miss-ing while visiting a Soderholm Road resident in Campbell River on New Year’s Eve, with her owner Katie White.
When a neighbour set off fireworks just as Annie was let outside, the dog was spooked and took off into the night.
“Two psychics said that Annie was with a family who had found her who live close to a school about five miles from where she was lost,” said White. “A young boy has bonded with her. She is really trying to get home but right now she is tired and resting at a home with very nice people. One of the readings said these
people that have her are trying to find her owners.”
Also known as ani-mal communicators, they provide informa-tion or “readings” over the phone, email or in person. In this case it was by phone.
White also had a third reading from another pet communi-cator on Monday who said Annie is hanging out around a boat or airplane storage with a concrete parking lot where people are com-ing and going.
“The area has trees on one side with a hill or incline,” said White. “The building is white (covered with plastic, vinyl or aluminum) and has a green/blue tinge. The area is not on the water, but close
to a small creek or pond that has ducks or geese on it.”
But still the mystery continues.
“We have been looking everywhere and although there have been sightings, none of them have been confirmed to be her,” said White. “On Monday we had three sightings of a black dog between Nurmi/Williams Beach Road and the Merville store area. The dog has been seen crossing the highway. We have also been getting calls with possible sight-ings of a black dog along the highway in Oyster River. Keep on the lookout from York Road to Discovery Foods Plaza.”
There is a $500 reward for Annie’s safe return. You can call 250-897-0069 if you see Annie. White says to try to take a picture of the dog so her identity can be confirmed.
“We have been searching every day, as have many other countless people,” said White. “We are so thankful for all of their support. This is the silver lining in Annie’s disappearance, that so many people have offered their prayers, time, words of encouragement, equipment and knowledge. It brings tears of gratitude to my eyes when I think about how many people care about Annie and want her to come home to her family. I want to thank each and every person who has reached out and helped us.”
And the waiting has been taking its toll on the family. “My stepson, Jacob (13), misses her dearly,” said White. “He asks everyday if she has been found yet. It is heartbreaking to tell him that we haven’t located her yet. Our home and hearts feel empty without the presence of Annie. She brings so much joy into our world and it hurts deeply to have her lost like this.”
Desperate family turns to psychics to help find Annie the border collie
Photos submittedHappier times for Katie White with Annie before the beloved family pet disappeared New Year’s Eve. Below is another shot of Annie.
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Campbell River city hall is about 10 per cent away from being forced into seismic upgrades.
The subject came up during budget delib-erations when council voted down council-lor Larry Samson’s proposal to purchase a $175,000 back up generator for the facility.
“If we have a significant climate event like we had three years ago and where power goes down for a number of days, city hall shuts down,” said Samson. “And it’s important that we have a functioning city hall in the sense that that’s where our staff operate, our engin-eering staff, our operations as well as the day to day activities.”
As it stands now Timberline is desig-
nated as the city’s main Emergency Operations Centre and it has back up power. But Samson said he thinks leaving city hall defence-less in the case of an emergency is wrong.
“We talk about Timberline being
the EOC centre,” he said. “I don’t think it’s
ideally situated and I think city hall will be the key component in a significant event, so I think it’s important that we go forward and slowly start upgrading our facilities.”
But Samson’s motion had a double-blade sword. He wanted council to approve the
money for the generator or seismic upgrading. His rationale was that if the back up generator was put in place, then the work might have to be re-done as the seismic upgrading pro-ceeded.
Facilities and Supply Management Manager Dave Morris confirmed that city hall was at 70 per cent to regulations and that once it falls to 60 per cent the city would be forced to improve the building’s emergency capabilities.
“The building as it stands right now at 70 per cent is adequate,” he said. “But it certainly has room for improvement in terms of seismic upgrading. The emergency generator would be a priority.
“This building serves as our emergency operating centre for level
2, and currently doesn’t have any back-up power. Level 3 would be at Timberline which is in better seismic condition and they do have emergency back up power there.”
All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
Victor Hugo
Too true — but it’s also true that the stone wall of brute ignor-ance that new ideas have to over-come can be pretty high. Take the notion of climate change. More than 95 percent of accredited sci-entists concur that it is, in fact, upon us. The United Nations acknowledges it. The World Bank bemoans it. The Pope does not dispute it.
And then there’s Donald Trump.
The bouffant buffoon from the Big Apple recently tweeted that he’d just flown in from New York and “It was freezing. This climate warming bulls—t has got to stop.”
Ah, well. The Donald isn’t the only
Tweedledum running around with his eyes clenched shut and his
fingers jammed in his ears (hello there, Stephen Harper). Canada’s own gift to uninten-tional international slapstick, Conrad Black, is a pro-nounced skeptic, as is New Zealand High Court Judge John Priestley...sort of.
The judge recently rejected the appeal of an illegal immi-grant from the Pacific island nation of Kiribati. The immi-grant claimed refugee status because of climate change, argu-ing that rising sea levels make it too dangerous to return to his island home. The judge ruled he didn’t qualify because he wasn’t being ‘directly persecuted’.
The prospect of climate change invites all kinds of creative think-ing. In Beijing the level of air pollution has soared past anything
we in North America can imagine tolerating. Flights have been
grounded. Citizens have been warned not to ‘go outside’. What has the Chinese gov-ernment done about it? Well, for one thing they’ve issued a list of ‘unexpected bene-fits’ from air pollu-tion.
UNITY. The smog has caused the people to ‘find soli-darity’ in their com-
plaints.DEMOCRACY. Air pollu-
tion affects the rich and the poor equally.
EDUCATION: The Chinese populace is being enlightened as to the unseen costs of rapid growth. Not only that, but the peoples’ “knowledge of meteor-ology, geography, physics and chemistry have progressed.”
HUMOUR. The Chinese are broadening their appreciation of wit and satire thanks to ‘smog-related jokes’.
SECURITY. The communist party official tabloid helpfully points out that “Smog may affect peoples’ health and daily lives , but on the battlefield it can serve as a defensive advantage” by messing up the guidance systems of enemy missiles.
Well, yes, there’s that alright.Perhaps that’s all we really
need in North America — a little public relations campaign to make us feel better.
I can see it now — a song and dance routine featuring Stephen Harper, Conrad Black and Donald Trump wearing straw boaters, linking arms and skipping across the stage singing:
“Whenever I feel afraid, I hold my head erect
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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
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Campbell River Courier-Islander
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Basic BlackArthur Black
Thank you, Hugh Smith, for a wonderful article on John Young.
Unfortunately, I graduated from Carihi in 1964 so didn’t have him as a principal.
I moved to England in 1965 and imagine my surprise when I opened the Sunday Times supplement to find a two-page spread
on an innovative educator who was changing things in a small village on the west coast of Canada.
The coverage was international as well. He was an inspiration to both students and teachers and a caring individual to the end.
Sandra Doran
Some people might think local businessman Allan Edie was being a little harsh when he suggested that Nunns Creek Park was less than a jewel. Edie made the comments during Tuesday night’s council meeting, even suggesting the bridges over the creek and on the trails be taken out.
Well, he was only telling the truth.Nunns Creek as a part of our heritage (one of the first
settlers was Fred Nunns) and as a part of fishing values, is a jewel. Thankfully it has some concerned stream keepers who keep a watchful eye on it. But that jewel hasn’t been polished and Edie was only pointing out the tarnish that has been allowed to grow there.
Even during the same meeting it was admitted that the city actually doesn’t have a long-range plan for Nunns Creek Park. So in essence, perhaps we can diagnose the disease as Campbelltonitis. You know, that other area of Campbell River that is treated like a second or third cousin most of the time?
And since Nunns Creek is a part of Campbellton, it would only figure that it has suffered from neglect and lack of focus as well.
Nobody can blame the city for the deposits of shop-ping carts and car batteries and other items into the stream, that is the work of idiots.
Perhaps Edie’s comments can be used as a wake-up call. Much has already been accomplished by the Campbellton Neighbourhood Association, but fixing the park and creek areas probably isn’t within their limited financial ability.
Time probably is now that the Nunns Creek Park plan is finalized. That it does have a vision. That it does have paln to prevent the degradation of what is, no matter how we try to spoil it, a true jewel for the city of Campbell River.
A jewel by any other name
Who believes in the big bad wolf?
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paralyzed friend when he needed it. I wish I knew your names and could thank you properly. My friend is almost 60 and has been paralyzed for the better part of a decade, his chair broke in the mid-dle of evergreen on the way home from the food bank. I wasn’t with him because we thought it would be better if he booted on ahead. It would have been another half and hour at least before I found him with his hand being crushed by the weight of his body and chair. These two little women pushed him all the way up the hill. I know from experience that neither Lefty nor his chair are light by any means and I am more than impressed. Thank you, you are amazing human beings. Not too many peo-ple would stop and ask, “Do you need help?” Thank you for showing Lefty and me that people do care.
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Loads of roses to Keith at Dortec Security for your due diligence in getting my
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Congratulations to city council and its staff for finding idiotic ways to use-
lessly spend our tax dollars each year so that they have excuses to increase taxes again the next year. Council and its staff obviously live in their own little world and have no clue about their city and its citizens. How can they hon-estly or even dishonestly justify spending $400,000 — $500,000 in granite alone into the sidewalks downtown? Is this “beautification” the only way they could think of spending our taxes after raising them 13%? Can’t have a surplus in the budget after raising taxes that much, it might look bad, so they better make the money go away so that they can raise them some more again this year. Do they think a town of blue collar work-ers and retirees really care about walking on some fancy rock, or are they placing it for the new build-ing that they gave a five-year tax break to? Maybe the tax payers could use that money to try support their families and pay some of the other bills that keep going up as well. There are a lot of other ser-vices that could use some funding instead. I guess the citizens need a lawyer (any volunteers) to sue the city for stealing from us, and then insulting us by making us walk on our tax dollars. Maybe the mayor should be given the power to fire every last one of them and start
from scratch, instead of council being able to kick the mayor out of meetings for voicing opinions of the people that voted them in.
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Big bouquets of roses and many thanks to the following businesses and
people who helped to make the Campbell River Citizens on Patrol Christmas party a huge success. The volunteers had a very enjoy-able evening thanks to their gener-osity and kindness
Canadian Tire, Acklands-Grainger, Quality Foods, Bailey Western Star, Starbucks (Mariner Square), Lordco, ICBC (Caroline Robinson), Northern Reflections, Shaw, Chances Casino, Rick Benn, Staples, Suzanne’s & Jenny’s, Greig Seafoods, AJ Forsyth, Steve Marshall Ford, Fleck Bros. (Guillevin International Co.), Finning Canada, EB Horsman & Son
Campbell River Citizens on Patrol
In regards to the park-ing issue at the 800 block of Shoppers Row. I didn’t
write the original complaint, but I do agree that the closed parking lot is affecting the customer parking for the area restaurants, medical facilities and other businesses. May I suggest that folks try to utilize the street parking between the pawn shop and High Tide Sea foods and between Miki’s Sushi and the Pier (which has plenty of parking) before they park in front of local businesses? It’s not that much fur-ther to walk. Remember, our cus-tomers pay our rent and bills. We’re all residents of a smaller town and would like to see our customers shopping locally instead of send-ing them on their way because they have nowhere to park. It might be that you need to own a retail busi-ness or restaurant to understand, but any help would be appreciated.
P.S. It’s 2 hour parking for the above reason.
Asking Nicely
A parking lot full of thorns to the city coun-cil and the Pier Street
Association for harping on the downtown workers regarding the lack of parking that’s available to us. What the city council and the Pier Street Association fail to real-ize in their so-called infinite wis-dom is that the downtown workers are the ones who frequent the Shoppers Row businesses while we are working downtown. Ever since VIHA moved their offices into the old Bargain Shop location, there has been an influx of downtown workers also scrambling for places
to park during the day. During May-October we aren’t able to park at the foreshore parking lot due to tourist season, so where does that leave us? The Pallan Timber group has left their paid-parking lot customers high and dry also with nowhere to go, so now there’s even more people scrambling for a spot just so they can go to work. The Pier Street Association has sug-gested that the downtown workers utilize the Pier parking lot claiming that it’s only a “three-minute walk to our offices” (which isn’t true) but that solution also isn’t going to work once tourist season hits and then the Pier will be complaining that they have nowhere for their customers to go. Not to mention that the commercial fishermen also park at the pier so adding all the downtown workers in the pier park-ing lot would certainly make that space over-crowded in no time. So what do you suggest City Council and Pier Street Association? It’s all fine and dandy for those of you who are lucky enough to have a reserved spot during the day but for those of us who don’t it’s a giant pain in the butt! Instead of the businesses whining about the work-ers using parking spots maybe they should take a minute to realize that we are also their customers. No one has taken the downtown work-ers into consideration at all and we are all left very frustrated with our options few and far between. I know some people will tell us to carpool or utilize mass transit etc. but that option isn’t always feasible either so now what? It sure would be nice if someone could see things from our point of view because without the downtown workers, the businesses would be without us as customers.
Annoyed as Hell
A sleigh full of red roses to everyone involved who selflessly contributed
to two winter fund raisers in sup-port of Cystic Fibrosis Canada’s Campbell River chapter. This year close to $5,000 was raised through the sale of unique west coast holi-day cards by Runaway Soul with photos by Erin — Erin Wallis Photography, designed by Shannon — Shannon Andrews Design.
We had orders from all over Vancouver Island, the mainland and as far away as Pennsylvania!
We are so grateful to both Erin and Shannon for all these wildly creative souls do in the fight to beat CF.
We would like to thank Ayaz Amlani and Sure Copy once again for donating the printing (you’re amazing) and Monks Office Supply for supplying the envelopes.
Roses to Ballons “N” More
Party Shop, Appleseed Cottage, Eden Street Spa, Bikram Yoga, Gourmet Essentials and River Sportsman for displaying and sell-ing these cards at such a busy time of year.
Secondly we had a successful Christmas raffle and would like to thank prize donators, Kim Wood, Bill Black, Jeanne Stoppard, Marg Branchi, Don Kretlow, Ken Clark, Jill Lawrence and River Sportsman.
Extra roses to the Courier-Islander for their heartfelt coverage of all Cystic Fibrosis initiatives for the past 30 years!
The last rose goes to our vol-unteers and supporters who make projects like these possible. While there is still no cure, the funds you help raise are making an incred-ible difference to the lives of chil-dren and adults living with Cystic Fibrosis.
Our chapter members are so thankful to live in Campbell River the “caring capital of the world”.
Cystic Fibrosis Canada, Campbell River Chapter
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Let’s get our small people mov-ing and musical with the City of Campbell River Recreation & Culture Department’s February pro-grams.
Toddler Yoga for three and four-year-olds will be held from 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. Each class is personalized around toddler’s curiosities as they learn yoga through social interaction, repetition and play.
Yogi Kids is offered for children five to eight years old from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. This fun and interactive yoga class teaches kids how to stretch like a tree, pose like a down-ward dog and have fun with yoga moves designed for kids.
Both yoga programs are held on Saturdays at the Sportsplex starting Feb. 1. The cost of either six-week program is $60.
Plus, back by popular demand, Sing, Move & Make Music encour-ages family interaction. This class
for children and their adults pres-ents opportunities for cooperation, singing, coordinated movement and just having fun. The children will play musical instruments, sing their favourite songs and move to the beat.
Two Tuesday classes start Feb. 4 at the Sportsplex. One and two-year-olds attend from 8:30 to 9 a.m. Children two and a half to five years old attend from 9:15 to 9:45 a.m. The cost for six sessions is $36.
Starting Feb. 20, five weeks of Soccer Stars runs from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. at the Sportsplex. Soccer Stars is a great place to meet new friends and be introduced to the fun filled game of Soccer. Kids will work on skills such as ball handling, shooting and passing. The cost of the five-week program is $25.
For more information regarding classes, please call the Community Centre, 250-286-1161, or Sportsplex, 250-923-7911.
Long before European explorers arrived on the Canadian West Coast, First Nation’s people had been sus-taining their growing popula-tions for thousands of years. Securing reliable food sources was a key component of sur-vival. Alongside hunting, fish-ing and plant gathering, the ability to cultivate seafood was an essential knowledge. The remains of Quadra Island’s for-gotten clam gardens are a testa-ment to early people’s ingenuity.
The Museum at Campbell River, in partnership with the Discovery Passage Aquarium and the Nuyumbalees Society, is pleased to present Prof. Dana Lepofsky of Simon Fraser University on Friday even-ing, Feb. 7, from 7-9 p.m. Dr.
Lepofsky will share the little known story of the clam gardens on our coast and the research work taking place. The talk will address how early First Nations people managed to enhance the growth of shellfish in order to secure their food and liveli-hoods.
Dr. Dana Lepofsky is Professor at the School of Archaeology at Simon Fraser University and a founding member of the coast-wide Clam Garden Network. She has pub-lished dozens of papers on the effects of human interaction with their environment and has supervised a great number of students.
Entrance is by donation. To reserve a seat please call the Museum at 250-287-3103.Dr. Dana Lepofsky
Learn the story about clam gardens
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Hey kids, it’s time for another year of Lego Days at the Museum at Campbell River!
The year kicks off with the first Lego Day on Saturday, Feb. 1, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Led by Lego Master Alex Witcombe, kids are encouraged to put their creative brains to good use.
New this year will be monthly prize at each Lego Day. That’s right, a prize! Parents are welcome to join in and co-create alongside the kids
(however parents are not eligible for the prize, sorry).
Are you ready for another fun filled year of exploration and creative problem solving? Based on past Lego Days, the kids of Campbell River seem to have no problem coming up with new things. Lego Days are great for exercising the brain and building the imagination. The cost for Lego Day is $5. Parents are free.
Call the Museum at 250-287-3103 to register.
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This Saturday, Jan 25, is the 255th anniversary of Robert Burns’ birth. Well respected in his day as The People’s Poet, Burns wrote and published a famous ode to a specialty of the everyday 18th Century Scot’s modest diet, in 1786:
“Address to a Haggis” Fair fa’ your honest, sonsie
face, Great chieftain o the puddin’-
race!Aboon them a’ ye tak your
place,Painch, tripe, or thairm:Weel are ye worthy o’ a graceAs lang’s my arm...Haggis is a rough kind of sausage made
from the heart, liver and lungs of everyday farm animals – in Scotland, back then, primar-ily sheep – mixed with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt and stuffed into the animal’s stomach and simmered for hours.
Every year in many parts of the world, Burns is celebrated on the anniversary of his birth in hearty Burns’ suppers where the Haggis is not only featured but brought to the table to the skirl of bagpipes and the merri-ment of his many fans.
The real challenge for today’s wine lovers is what wine to serve with Haggis! The climate in Scotland has historically been very chal-lenging for ripening wine grapes but pioneer-ing winemakers in Scotland are beginning to address that.
Outside of the Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire there’s this quirky little Scottish winery that has been making fruit wines since 1987. The Cairn o’ Mohr Winery has come up with a blend of the bramble and autumn oak leaf wine they call Gangs wi’ Haggis £8.25 specially devised to compliment Haggis, Neeps (turnips) and Tatties (potatoes).
Unless you’re going to be nipping over to Bonnie Scotland y’rself in the next day or two, you might want to substitute a rich but medium bodied red like United Republic of Wine’s Independent Red (35790) $17.99. It is a well-rounded California blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Zinfandel, and would work with Haggis.
Off the northern tip of Scotland, on the Orkney Islands, the Orkney Wine Company produces a fruit wine called Red Orkney £10.95. Velvety smooth, layered with forest fruits and hints of vanilla oak. Made with wild blueberries and four other berries, it would be a perfect match for Haggis!
Like California Zinfandel, Argentine Malbec has a dis-tinct fruit flavour profile very reminiscent of blueberries. Clos de los Siete (128710) $24.99 blends Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Petit Verdot into a rich, mellow Argentine red under the super-vision of French winemaking legend Michel Rolland.
Back in Burns’ day, there was an ongoing trade dispute between England and France
that had been going on for a 100 years. Rather than drinking French wines, if in fact he could afford wine at all, Burns might have been sipping on a Portuguese red wine with his Haggis.
It is doubtful that any traditional Portuguese red of the day would have the depth and elegance of Meia Pipa (786863) $19.99. From Setubal, near Lisbon, this is an innovative blend of traditional Portuguese wine grapes Aragonez (Tempranillo) and Periquita (Castelão) with Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon.
As well as Portuguese and Spanish wines, the fortified wines Sherry and Madeira were immensely popular back in Burns’ day. High in alcohol, they travelled well and still, to this day, are wonderfully suited to an endless var-iety of foods, including Haggis of course.
For a simple and scintillating dry and “nutty” sherried Spanish treat try Alvear Fino (112771) $14.99. If you prefer sweeter forti-fied wines find a bottle of Caso dos Vinhos Madeira (101477) $28.03 and revel in its caramelized, “nutty” sherried overtones and try to imagine just how wonderfully well this went with all the varied fare of auld Scotland.
Purists, of course, might prefer a good Scotch with their Haggis. Endorsed by the World Robert Burns Federation, The Arran – Robert Burns (190116) $64.99 is lighter bodied Scotch.The back of box the Scotch comes in features Burns’ poem “A Bottle and a Friend”:
Here’s a bottle and an honest friend!What wad ye wish for mair, man?Wha kens, before his life may end,What his share may be o’care, man?Then catch the moments as they fly,And use them as ye ought, man:Believe me, happiness is shy,And comes not aye when sought, man. Doug Sloan is a Campbell River wine
Now that we are well into the new year, how are you doing? Do you feel like challen-ging your mind and body? How about learning something new?
ElderCollege at North Island College in Campbell River offers you many opportunities to stretch your mind and body. There are a var-iety of courses and workshops on offer to suit almost anyone.
Perhaps you have photos from your holi-days that you would like to share online with your family and friends. The course “Sharing a ‘Drop’ on the Net” will show you how to do it using free Internet applications and services.
Will you be travelling in 2014? Or maybe you would just like to give your brain a work-out. “Japanese for Beginners” will provide you with conversation basics. An intermediate course in Spanish – “Beyond the Basics” will be of interest to those who have a basic know-ledge of Spanish and would like to expand their repertoire.
Exercise your mind and engage with others in a lively discussion of current news stories of interest. Enroll in “Current Events Discussion Group” and gain more insight into what’s hap-pening in the news around the world both local-ly and internationally. Also “Think About It”, a new speakers series, will present four speakers with four different topics guaranteed to provide lots of food for thought.
When the weather in winter is less than ideal, it is easy to slip into non-activity. If you want to get moving again, maybe you might like to try “A Taste of Tai Chi”. In this class,
you will learn a short tai chi form and qigong exercises to enhance your health and help you relax. If you enjoy music and dancing, maybe “Social Dance” is for you. Basic step patterns for foxtrot, jive, waltz and Latin dance will be introduced and you don’t need a partner to join the class. Or come and try “Nia”, a fitness fusion combined of dance arts, martial arts, and healing arts done barefoot to soul-stirring music.
This is the time of year when we all start looking ahead to spring and many of us are anxiously awaiting gardening season. “Gardening for Seniors” runs for six weeks and a different instructor each week will introduce participants to various aspects of gardening.
In April Campbell River ElderCollege in partnership with the Museum at Campbell River will present “History on the Run Speaker Series”. This four-week series will introduce participants to the history of Campbell River covering such topics as “The Mill” and “The Tyee Sports Fishing Club”. Unlike other ElderCollege daytime courses this series will be offered in the evening at the Museum.
These are just a few of the courses currently being offered at Campbell River ElderCollege. For a full listing of courses visit www.nic.bc.ca/eldercollege.
To enroll in classes or workshops you must first become a member of ElderCollege. The membership fee of $10 is paid once per aca-demic year and is open to any person over 50 years of age. Fees for courses range from $10 to $60.
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Kimm Cappelani is reaching out to Campbell River to ask for help on behalf of her parents who were burned out of their Lieshman Street home on Wednesday night,
losing their home and everything they own.“They need clothes, coats, shoes, dad
is a size extra large or 11, mom is a small or size 6,” said Cappelani. “A trust is being set up at the Bank of Nova Scotia for donations. We need to get them a little kitchenette. For now, donations are grate-fully accepted at the Coast Discovery Inn.”
Locations for furniture or larger items drop off and information on the trust will be forthcoming on the Courier-Islander web-site and facebook page.
“Other than being in shock and the trauma of losing everything, they are doing okay,” said Capellani.
Help needed for burned out coupleOn March 31, 2014, the Wills, Estates and Succession Act
(WESA) will come into force in British Columbia. WESA will modify and modernize the law governing estate planning and administration. A Provincial government website promises that “the new act provides greater certainty for individuals who put their last wishes into writing and simplifies the process for those responsible for distributing an estate”. While the accuracy of this statement remains to be proven, WESA is making a number of important changes.
Currently, if a person dies without a Will, leaving a spouse and children alive, the surviving spouse is entitled to receive the first $65,000 of the estate, as well as a share of the remainder. Under WESA this pref-erential share will be increased to $300,000, and the surviving spouse will also receive ∏ of the remainder. Where one of the surviving children is not a child of the surviving spouse (blended families), the preferential share is reduced to $150,000. Under WESA, the courts will be give the
power to correct errors made by the person drafting the will (for example, due to misunderstanding instructions) if it is determined that the Will does not carry out the willmaker’s intentions. The courts are also given the authority to turn to documents other than the Will (including notes and emails) to help interpret the Will. Courts can even enforce these documents as though they were wills. These provisions may help save wills that suffer from some acci-dental technical defect. But they may also beget an abundance of new litigation, with disputants alleging that some document or other proves that they are entitled to a greater share of the estate.
WESA will bring a multitude of other changes as well. I will provide a partial list:
- Minimum age to make a Will is reduced to 16, but age to wit-ness a Will remains 19.
- Marriage after the date of the Will no longer revokes the Will. However, WESA will not revive a Will that has already been revoked by marriage.
- Where joint tenants die together, they are deemed to have owned the property as tenants in common.
- A beneficiary who does not survive the willmaker by five days is deemed to have died first for inheritance purposes.
- Changes will be made to the probate process.- Changes will also be made to the process for applying to vary
a Will. WESA will usher in many more changes as well. The full effect
of some of these changes won’t be known for years. For profession-als practicing in this area, it will be a leveling force, as we all come to work on April 1 figuring out how to work with the new law. And for the public at large, if nothing else, perhaps it will be a reminder to review your estate plan.
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They tried to stink them out with a fresh dumping of chicken manure, they tried to put them in dog-house sized shelters, and they tried to order them out via court injunc-tion, but now the City of Abbotsford is look-ing to Campbell River for the gold standard of extreme weather care of the homeless.
According to the 2011 Fraser Valley Regional Homeless Count there are an esti-mated 117 homeless individuals liv-ing on the street or in shelters on any given night in the City of Abbotsford.
That gold standard is actually steel, used to build the storage con-tainers that have been renovated to provide extreme weather, low barrier shelter for Campbell River’s most vul-nerable citizens.
Referred to as “The Hobo Hotel” and “ The Tin Inn”, the temporary homeless relief shelter, a pilot pro-ject run by Paul Mason under the umbrella of Radiant Life Church has been a success. There have been no homeless deaths this year and the low barrier standards allows for the home-less to be indoors when they would not be permitted at the Evergreen Shelter, which has zero tolerance for non-sobriety.
Abbotsford City Councillor Henry Braun, Emergency Room Physician Dr. David Melynchuk, and Abbotsford police constable Paul Walker met with Mason, Art VanHolst of Radiant Life Church and Campbell River Councillor Ron Kerr to discuss the pros and cons of the cargotecture solution.
“We wanted to bring this out in the open,” said Mason, “and not hide it out in the boonies. And the beautiful thing about it is if it had not worked, it has wheels, we can pull it away.”
Mason explained that the loca-tion is situated where the homeless spend their time and they are the most vulnerable of the population because they sleep outside.
“The other shelter puts conditions on the guests, conditions that often
simply cannot be met. It is pretty hard to get people to take ownership with their addic-tions and mental health issues in terms of being responsible for their condition when they are out in the cold.”
Mason said that although this has worked as a temporary measure, the deliv-ery of this kind of service is not what is really needed to eliminate homelessness. “Harm reduction works. If you look at Rose Harbor, it is low barrier. Clients come in on the ground floor and as they recover they
move up to the other floors and eventually out to their own place. This has already hap-pened in the first six months they have been open.”
The problem is that as of 7 a.m. April 1, the shelter closes and will be towed back to the mainland where it was lent out to facili-tate the pilot project.
“We will be back to having nothing again,” said Mason. “We need some long term, sustainable solutions.”
Photo by Sian ThomsonPaul Mason, left, and councillor Ron Kerr meet with the Abbotsford group outside the city’s homeless shelter.
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Two people were transported to hospital due to smoke inhalation and two apartment units were severely damaged during a fire Jan. 22 on Leishman Rd.
Onlookers were impressed when a fireman went back into the burning building to save the two kittens still inside.
Damage is estimated at $400,000. At 5:07 p.m. Campbell River Fire
Rescue received multiple calls of a structure fire at 381 Leishman Rd. When fire fighters arrived, the fire was under way on two floors in two apartments of the 14-unit building.
“This fire was well under way, and it was challenging to keep it from spreading beyond the first two units,” says Fire Chief Ian Baikie. “The scope of this incident required 29 fire fighters, three fire engines,
one ladder truck, one rescue truck and one command unit.”
Occupants from the two fire-dam-aged apartments and two adjoining apartments were displaced by the fire overnight. Emergency Support Services has arranged food, shelter and clothing for the people from these four apartments.
“The Fire Department also appreciates the assistance of BC Ambulance Service, BC Hydro and the RCMP for people affected by the fire,” added Fire Chief Ian Baikie. “Campbell River Fire Rescue would like to remind residents to make sure they have working smoke alarms in their homes and to test these devices regularly.”
The cause of the fire is under investigation, but does not appear to be suspicious.
Fire destroys home, but fireman rescues two cats from inferno
Photo submittedSome of the 29 firefighters who reported to this Leishman Road home fire Thursday night.
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At Layritz turf field in Victoria on Saturday, Mainstream Canada Young Masters took on Prospect Lake F.C. in Division 4B of the Vancouver Island Soccer League. The Young Masters went into the game leading the league with an undefeated record of 10-0-1.
The Campbell River side were pleased to begin the game energetic-ally, as they have had notoriously slow starts in most games this sea-son. Central midfield players Jacob Blanchard and Mark Ross quickly took control of the game as they outworked their opposition and often gained ball possession for the Young Masters.
Cody Dodge played with great desire as he often drove forward from his right back position to join the attack. In the 20th minute, he was rewarded for his efforts as he snuck the ball past two Prospect Lake defend-ers who dove to the aid of their goal-keeper.
The score remained 1-0 for Mainstream Canada until 35 minutes in, when Young Masters forward Wyatt Bryce was brought down in the penalty area. He stepped up to take the ensu-ing penalty kick and finished it in fine form. Mainstream Canada dominated the first half and were unfortunate to have just a 2-0 lead going into halftime.
In the second half, Mainstream Canada continued to overpower their competition, as they were able to push one or two defenders forward to join offensive efforts.
Centre backs Colton Reesor and Shane Berry were rarely tested by the Prospect Lake forwards, but were strong when called upon, and they instilled confidence in their team-mates with their composure and smart ball movement. Blanchard and Jason Fawkes continued to run the ball adeptly through midfield and often linked up with teammates to threaten the Prospect Lake goal. Wide players John Jepson, Alex Desrochers, Kellen Rondeau, and Connor Fairweather also made terrific runs forward and deliv-ered good crosses into dangerous areas.
At the 60 minute mark, Campbell River forward Zach Tillapaugh got to a loose ball in front of goal and made no mistake, pounding the ball through traffic to make the final score 3-0.
Mainstream Canada’s next game will likely prove to be the most import-ant league match of their season. They will host second place Zgoda Juniors F.C. (9-2-1) at Willow Point Park at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 25.
Young Mastersstay undefeated
The new year brought with it a great opportunity for the KLP Construction Peewee A Tyees to com-pete in the 2014 Tier 2 hockey tourna-ment in Trail. And the Tyees took full advantage of the opportunity bringing home the gold medal.
The round robin schedule began with Campbell River taking down the host team Trail Smoke Eaters by a score of 6-1. Strong goaltending early in the game by Tyees netminder Antoine Minfray bought enough time for the road-weary offence to get on track and take hold of the game.
A very early 8 a.m. game two start turned out to be a remarkably high paced game against the Winfield Bruins. A large and fast team, the Bruins proved to be a formidable chal-lenge for the Tyees, but strong team play helped propel Campbell River to an 8-5 victory.
The Tyees third round robin oppon-ent was against the Salmon Arm Silverbacks – recognized as one of
the stronger teams in the tournament. Surprisingly, the game turned out to be an offensive explosion for the Tyees. Jalen Price netted four goals, one of which he scored while two men down as he powered his way to the net in impressive fashion. Forward Riley Billy had his strongest output of the season by also twinkling the twine four times. Defenceman Matthew Ubriaco tallied two goals on slap shots from the point, and defensive partner Bryce Narhi scored one on a wicked top corner slap shot, also from the point. Other single goals were potted by River Fahey, Noah Fladager, Owen Parker, and Nolan Corrado. Accurate passing and strong team play resulted in Campbell River drowning the Silverbacks 15-4.
In order to remain undefeated during round robin play and ensure a berth in the goal medal game, the Tyees needed to earn a victory against the Kelowna Rockets. Four goals and one assist by Price, and a hat trick
and one assist by Fahey led an offen-sive surge that the Rockets couldn’t control. Fladager and defenceman Narhi had three points each, Ubriaco earned two assists, and single helpers went to Billy, Clinton Nelson and Josh McKenzie. Strong defensive play and a balanced attack resulted in an 11-4 Tyees victory, and a berth in the gold medal game.
Sunday morning brought the Campbell River Tyees and Salmon Arm Silverbacks together for a rematch that would have much more on the line than their earlier round robin affair. Both teams, realizing a gold medal was on the line, played a spirited and emotional fast-paced game.
Two minutes into the game Minfray maintained the stalemate by making an excellent glove save on a strong rush to the net by the Silverbacks. A couple minutes later, the Tyees opened the scoring when Billy tipped in a point shot by Nelson. Campbell River
then doubled their lead when Ubriaco scored on a slap shot from the point. Before the end of the first period, the Tyees made it a 3-0 lead when Parker scored on the power play by tipping in a point shot from Narhi.
The three-goal lead looked in jeop-ardy late in the first period when the Silverbacks had a two-man advantage for almost two full minutes. A moment in the game that would be later viewed as a turning point for both teams, hard work, and at times sacrifice, by all the Tyees penalty killers allowed the team to kill the penalties off - allowing only two shots on goal in the process.
Fahey made it 4-0 in the sec-ond period on a quick release shot that found the top corner of the net. Fladager assisted on a Corrado goal to make the score 5-0 to close out the scoring in the second period. The entire team stayed true to a defence-first philosophy to preserve the win and help Minfray receive a well-earned gold medal shutout win.
Photo submittedKLP Construction Peewee A Tyees gold medal winning team members, seen here after their win at the Chilliwack Jamboree last month, include back left, assistant coach Craig Robertson, Josh McKenzie, Riley Billy, Clinton Nelson, Noah Fladager, Matthew Ubriaco, River Fahey, Owen Parker, Brendan Almer, Nolan Corrado, Grady Robertson and head coach Pat Corrado. Front left, Antoine Minfray, Bryce Narhi, Sam Ellis and Davis Frank. Missing are Evan Fox and assistant coach Greg Fox.
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Is your New Year’s resolution to improve your running – maybe tackle a 15K race?
The River Runners Running Club have partnered with the Campbell River Recreation and Culture Department to offer their popular 15KRunning Clinic once again. The clinic is aimed at taking runners from a 5K or 10K distance to running the full 15K at the Merville 15K Vancouver Island Series Race on Sunday, April 6.
The clinic will take place on Saturday mornings, meeting at the Sportsplex at 9 a.m. Participants will receive a training plan. Each week there will be a group run and on some weeks there will be informative speakers, covering topics to help you go the distance; clothing, fuelling for the run, injury prevention, etc. Clinic dates are Feb. 8 to March 29.
Participants must be able to run at least 5K in less than 40 minutes to register for this programme. Registration can be done in person or by phone through Recreation and Parks. Contact the Sportsplex 250-923-7911.
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FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY: Campbell River‘s Sam Budden, right, and a Harbour City player appear to be running on air at their Upper Island Boy’s Under 12 Development Soccer League game Sunday at Pinecrest School. The Campbell River side travels to Ladysmith this Sunday to play the Mid-Isle Highlanders.
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So you took a bit of time off the bike for the winter season and normally get back into riding when spring breaks. Whether you spend you’re winter skiing or just
like to take a break to recharge, it’s totally normal for a lot of cyclists.
Although this winter never really arrived, many of you probably hung the bike up anyway; well rather than mope about bad ski conditions and wait until spring to grab the bike, let’s take advantage of the dry warm winter and get started now.
The key to keeping it fun is to not overwhelm yourself with
big goals the first week or even the first month. Start witha couple rides per week and gradually increase the length of ride. Add in extra rides each week as it feels comfort-able. Start with Beaver Lodge trails or some of the blue trails in Snowden, and don’t worry about anything but having a good time.
Maybe mountain biking isn’t your style, so get on the pavement bike and cruise the Seawalk, or run your errands without your car once in a while.
No matter how you approach it, when spring actually arrives, you will already feel good and be ready for a great season of riding.
Last week I mentioned the two cycling events Swicked will be attending as a big group in 2014. Here is a bit more detail…
We are going to the Capitol Forest mountain bike race in Washington State, and the Whistler Gran Fondo.
If you even think you might be interested in a big challenge, increasing your fitness and doing it in a fun, casual and social environment, then drop into Swicked Cycles on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 9 a.m. We’ll fill you in on all the information for the events, training and our sup-port along the way. Call 250-914-BIKE with any ques-tions.
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Photo submittedCampbell River wrestlers recently competed in the War on the Floor Wrestling tournament, held at Simon Fraser University. This is considered an “elite” tour-nament, attracting the top wrestlers from all over British Columbia. Earning medals were Carihi athletes Ali McPhee (bronze) and Hailey Dean (silver), and Timberline athlete Conlon Foy (silver). Carihi Secondary will be hosting the Campbell River Invitational this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Members of the public are invited to attend. Above, Carihi wrestler Alex Jinda exe-cutes a takedown of his opponent at the War on the Floor.
Sunday had the U-15 Waves host their rivals Harbour City FC at Pinecrest in Upper Island Boy’s Under 13-15 Soccer Association action.
Despite the slippery field conditions it was perfect weather for a soccer game. The Waves played well con-trolling the ball in the midfield.
Waves Torin Halverson scored first beating the Nanaimo keeper. A few minutes later Nanaimo scored as one of their players broke in and went one on one with the keeper.
Waves fought hard shutting down most of Nanaimo’s dangerous through balls. In the last minute of the first half Nanaimo scores on a successful give and go rush down the middle making it 2-1.
The second half was a battle with action at both ends of the pitch. The Waves had several great chances to tie the game. The best opportunity was on a corner kick but the redirected ball hit the cross bar. The match ends 2-1 for Harbour City.
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Development in sport and life is the keystone of excellence with athletes of any age. From novices to professional athletes, developing and refining both sport and life is a lifelong endeavor. Sport and life must be balanced to lead a healthy lifestyle with mind, body and spirit – in addition to aspiring to be the best. How often do we hear of pro athletes, and even up-and-coming athletes who get themselves into trouble in life or are not good role models and mentors for our young ath-letes? This is not what sport is about or who our young athletes should be looking up to.
“Every athlete is different; as a coach, I push every athlete’s limits to be the best they can be. Only great things will come from doing one’s
best.” - Dale TrenholmWith my experience coaching
athletes, over the past 15 years, who seek goals ranging from achiev-ing personal bests to being the best in Canada or the best in the world, helping them be healthy and upstanding citizens, no matter what their aspiration are, was/is very important to me. I realize being the best isn’t, or can’t be, on every ath-lete’s plate, but for some it is, as I currently have an athlete who wants to be a world champion. I will cer-tainly accommodate and help him
accomplish this feat. From every experience, and every lesson, ath-letes will grow, even if their sport doesn’t carry them into college or a professional sports career. At the very least, they will have learned something that will help them with their future lifelong endeavors.
As a coach I am a realist and an idealist, and it is very important to keep these two in balance to be an effective coach for the development and success of the athletes I coach. I can be real and see that an athlete will not go far, and then I will see an athlete that has big dreams and
has the potential to go far. Both are great, because this is what these athletes want to do, and I will help them improve upon the point they are at with their life and sport. However, this doesn’t mean I won’t coach them or expect any of them to put in less than a 100 per cent effort. I always encourage and expect whom I coach to strive for personal excellence in practice and competition by doing, and being, the best they can each day. Roadblocks, and overcoming fears, are natural, and I show them that they can choose how they want to overcome disappointment and tough les-sons. Growth comes from stepping outside our comfort zone, and, as a coach, I feel it is my job to help them feel more comfortable there than if they were trying to handle it by themselves.
A grandparent asked me last summer, after his grandson lost a gold medal by a foot at a national championship earlier that day, what my thoughts were. The loss was very disappointing for all concerned, too. In a nutshell, I said we have two choices: we can be mad, stressed, and think it is the end of the world, or we can learn from the lessons, gain valuable feedback, affirm the proper thoughts, and move on because that is the past, which of course is history. In addition, I needed to get him focused for the next day. That same athlete went on to win a gold medal in his next race.
To sum up my advice to coaches, parents, and friends, if you think of development, disappoint-ments, lessons, and successes as feedback for us to take the appropriate, positive course of action for the future successes of our young athletes, the results with their sport and life will follow. For example: If she/he is nine years old, then keeping it fun and positive, while patiently developing the physical and mental skills over the coming years, is very important. We need to be more of a realist than an idealist with our young athletes and work on the weaknesses very patiently so our young athletes don’t lose the fun that sports have to offer. If we focus all our energy on winning, then development will be missed, which is critical to win in life and sport no matter what level he/she aspires to achieve.
Dale Trenholm is the head coach of River City Elite track and field club.
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The Campbell River Minor Lacrosse Association is getting ready for another season.
The association registration for returning players is going online this season starting Jan. 29. Players go to their website at www.camp-bellriverlacrosse.com.
For new players there will be two registra-tion dates in the lobby of Rod Brind’Amour Arena. The first one runs Jan. 29 from 6-8 p.m., and the second goes Feb. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more info about registration call Janet at 250-923-7585.
Lacrosse registration goes Jan. 29, Feb. 1
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Members of the public are invited to apply to serve on the Board of Variance, an independent panel of fi ve members appointed by Council to consider minor variances from the City’s Zoning Bylaw.
Appeals to the Board are generally made by homeowners or developers when compliance with a minor aspect of Zoning Bylaw (such as a side yard setback) would cause “hardship” to the applicant.
Why join the Board? This is an opportunity to play a role in land-use decision-making in Campbell River. No specifi c knowledge or qualifi cations are required, but an interest in civic governance and land use regulations is important.
The Board meets when applications are received, typically 4 to 10 times a year.
Criteria for membership on the Board includes being available to meetings during working hours, with at least 10 days’ notice. Meetings generally last no longer than an hour.
During a meeting, the Board will consider whether the application is “minor” and whether “hardship” is evident, and will either deny or approve an application. The Board usually visits a site, and then hears representations from an applicant and/or their neighbours before making a decision. City staff provide administrative and technical support.
The term for these positions is three years, starting April 1, 2014 through to March 31, 2017.
Questions? Please contact Tracy Bate, Deputy City Clerk at 250-287-5705 or email [email protected]
Information and applications are at City Hall or at www.campbellriver.ca
Apply today! Deadline is 4:30 PM Friday, January 31, 2014.
SERVE YOUR COMMUNITY ON THE BOARD OF VARIANCE
Terms for these positions are three years, starting April 1, 2014 through to March 31, 2017.Information and applications are at City Hall or at www.campbellriver.ca • Apply today! Deadline is 4:30 PM Friday, January 31, 2014.
Questions? Please contact Tracy Bate, Deputy City Clerk at 250-287-5705 or email [email protected]
Community Services, Recreation and Culture Commission (CSRCC)This year there are four appointments to be made to the CSRCC. The commission requires applicants with the following experience and expertise:• Community support services • Organized sports • Public safety• Seniors and youth programsThe CSRCC provides policy advice and recommendations to City Council for the planning and provision of City parks, recreation and culture services, early childhood development, seniors and youth programs, community support services, organized sports, visual arts, performing arts, heritage conservation, outdoor recreation, community beautifi cation and community safety.
Last year City Council established two new commissions, with appointments ranging from one to three years to ensure continuity in membership. The one-year appointments are now coming up for renewal, and members of the public with the required experience and expertise are encouraged to apply.
Serve your cityInterested in helping Campbell River move forward?Make your point. Be heard. And help shape Campbell River’s future by applying to serve on the City’s advisory commissions.
Advisory Planning and Environment Commission (APEC)There are three appointments to be made to the APEC. APEC requires applicants with the following experience and expertise:• Economics and fi nance • Sustainability, conservation and environment • Social issues impacting the CityThe APEC provides policy advice and recommendations to City Council on various issues related to long-range planning such as the Offi cial Community Plan, land use and development planning, permitting and development application processes, transportation planning and environmental and sustainability issues.
Campbell River City Council will consider the 2014-2018 Financial Plan at meetings to be held in the City Hall Council Chambers, 301 St. Ann’s Road, Campbell River, B.C. on:
Wednesday, January 29th at 9 a.m.
Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide Council with comments on the Financial Plan at the beginning of the meetings (5 minutes maximum per presentation).
Register in advance to speak by calling 250-286-5700.
People unable to attend in person are invited to send comments in writing by either emailing them to [email protected] or by delivering or mailing them to City Hall: 301 St. Ann’s Road, Campbell River, BC, V9W 4C7.
Please ensure comments have arrived by 8:30 a.m. on Monday, January 20th for the January 20 meeting and 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 29th for the January 29 meeting.
Financial Plan documents will be available in the Council Agendas section of the City’s website (www.campbellriver.ca).
Council meetings can be viewed live in the Council Webcast section on the City’s website and will also be televised the following day on Shaw TV.
For additional information phone 250-286-5700 or email [email protected]
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