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2014 Buick Encore
Luxury Small Utility4 Clyinder, Auto, Loaded. Leather Stk#8262
2014 Buick Lacrosse
Leather PackageV6, Auto, Loaded Stk#8058
2014 Chevrolet Silverado
Sierra W/T V8, Auto, special package (only 3 left)
WAS $30,999
Dropped $26,405WAS $40,645
Dropped $32,999WAS $33,865
Dropped $26,999
Drop Our Drawers SaleEnds May 2!2014 Model Clearout Examples!
ARTS
15.Of myths and monsters theme for new art show.
SPORTS
23. Don’t miss out on St. Joe’s golf tournament.
Now Open Sunday 10-4
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P R I C E : 5 7 C E N T S P L U S G S T V O L . 2 1 , N O . 3 5
COURTENAY, BRITISH COLUMBIA • Friday, May 1, 2015
CLEAN UP FORBIDDEN SAYS RD TO PROVINCE.06
VALLEY’S FIRST SKI RESORT HAS FALLEN INTO UNSIGHTLY, DANGEROUS RUINS. IT’S IN A CLASS ‘C’ PROVINCIAL PARK.
08.THE 100TH ANNIVERSAY
OF THE BATTLE OF GALLIPOLI
REMEMBERED
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Comox Valley RCMP re-sponded to the following incidents between April 21 and 27:
On April 23rd police re-ceived a report of a theft of a donation container from the Cumberland Mu-seum. The container was seen in the possession of two young males shortly after the theft. This in-vestigation is continuing. (2015-4939)
The Comox Valley RCMP was dispatched to a report of a male commit-ting an indecent act in a vehicle near the children’s playground at the Comox Recreation center on April 24th. The vehicle had de-parted the area prior to police attendance was lo-cated shortly after. This investigation is continu-ing. (2015-4962)
On April 25th police at-tended a single vehicle collision that had occurred on the 6500 block of the Island Highway North near Merville. The inves-tigation revealed that the driver of the vehicle was under the infl uence of pre-scription medication that was to be taken at night due to its side eff ects. The driver was charged with driving without due care
and attention and given a 24 hour driving prohibi-tion. (2015-5017)
Police received a report of a Mischief to picnic tables at the Cumberland Elementary school on Ul-verston Avenue over the week-end. Several racial slurs were written on the tables and a window was smashed. (2015-5117)
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Should there be a limit to free speech?The Charlie Hebdo
massacre showed us that some would violently sup-press freedom of speech. Our Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms lists freedom of speech as a fundamental right. What do you think? Do people have the right to say what-ever they want, or should there be a limit? If there should be a limit, who should set it, and how?
Come to the Philoso-phers’ Café as David R. Clark Q.C., former Attor-ney General of New Bruns-wick, helps us explore this diffi cult question.
Once a month a speaker will introduce a theme to the Café, and then all who attend can join in respect-ful, non-partisan conver-sation, or just sit back and listen. You are welcome to
propose topics and intro-duce them at future Ca-fés. Themes should be of broad interest and nation-al signifi cance, and have an element of controversy
to them. As with each Café, Da-
vid Clark will have just 10 minutes to introduce the topic, and then the fl oor is open for 50 minutes of moderated discussion.
Note that we are mov-ing. The philosophers wish to thank Quality Foods for making meet-ing space available for the Café. Now that we have outgrown that space, we thank the Berwick Comox Valley for opening their doors for us.
When: Wednesday, May 6, 7:00-8:00PM
Cost: FreeLocation: Berwick Co-
mox Valley, community room
1700 Comox Ave, Co-mox, BC V9M 4H4
More Info: peter@peter-schwarzhoff .ca
David R. Clark Q.C., former At-torney General of New Brunswick
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BY DREW A. PENNEREcho Staff
Cumberland council has voted to give itself a four percent pay increase every year for fi ve years. That includes a one per cent cost of living increase in 2015.
“It’s always diffi cult when it’s going to benefi t you, to make that decision,” said Mayor Leslie Baird.
“But there comes a point where it needs to be made.”
This will allow staff to bring forward an
amendment to the 2016 - 2019 as well as the current fi nancial plan, since pay in-creases are currently capped at 2% hikes each year.
One third of the remuneration is con-sidered an expense allowance to cover incidental costs, like travel.
Every year the remuneration is in-creased alongside the BC cost of living. In 2015 the increase was set at 1 per cent. In 2014 there was no increase (although in 2013 it was a 1.1% increase).
Right now Cumberland, which had
3,398 residents according to the 2011 Census and a $4 million budget last year, pays Mayor Leslie Baird $14,862 (includ-ing 1/3rd expense allowance) and $7,989 to councillors (including 1/3rd expense allowance). Bowen Island has a popula-tion of 3,402 and a $6.6 million budget, with the mayor there getting $21,961 and councillors getting $10,980 each year. Courtenay has a population of 24,099
and a $31.7 million budget, with Mayor Larry Jangula getting $50,432 and coun-cillors getting $21,676.
That’s compared with Comox, whichhas a 13,627 population, a $10.9 mil-lion budget, where Mayor Paul Ives gets$31,252 and councillors get $16,734.
In Pemberton, which has a populationof 2,369 and a $4 million budget, paysthe mayor there $25,806 and councillors$12,903 (all census fi gures from 2011 andall other fi gures from 2014).
The raise means by 2019 the mayorwould get $18,255.76 and councillorswould get $9,813.30, according to staff fi gures.
Cumberland council votes to give itself a raise
Lobster Boil to help Syrian refugeesBY VAL MACDONALDSpecial to the Echo
Here is a unique in-vitation: come out to a Lobster Boil on June 6th and help save the lives of a young Syrian refugee couple and their two tod-dlers who are fl eeing the atrocities of ISIS in Syria.
For just $50 per ticket, you will be treated to a full buff et prepared by Chef Matt MacDonald, including clam chowder, a whole lobster, and a spread of sumptuous hot and cold dishes, fi nishing off with fresh strawberry shortcake.
Great music will be provided by a variety of groups: Fiddlejam, Rich-ard Caissie, and the band, Flying Debris.
Salish Sea Foods has donated an oyster bar, plus there will be a cash bar and silent auction.
How did this odd pair-ing come about? Lobster and Syrian refugees?
The idea was the brain child of the Comox Valley Refugee Support Com-mittee, a small but dedi-cated and diverse group of humanitarians which has come together to carry on the Comox Val-ley’s long history of being an extraordinary commu-
nity of caring, welcome, and compassion.
Funds are needed to sponsor the Darwish family to come to Canada from Algeria, where they have managed to fl ee.
Committee member, Caron Mulgrew, proposed a “Maritimes-style, down home, grassroots Lobster Boil. East Meets West. Nothing ostentatious, just the kind of gathering where you chow down on lobster, wear a lobster bib and then toss out the tablecloth at the end. Ev-eryone has to experience this at least once!”
Caron’s enthusiasm stems from the fact that her husband, Darren, personally knows the young Syrian family, as he worked in the oilfi elds of Syria with the father, Yasser Darwish, before ISIS invaded.
The CV Refugee Com-mittee, a constituent group under the auspices of Settlement Agreement Holder, the Diocese of Vancouver, has been ap-proved to sponsor this family through Canada Immigration and Citizen-ship (CIC).
The committee also hopes to help at least two other Syrian families who are still trapped in Syria
Some of the members of the Comox Valley Syrian Refugee Support Committee prepare to launch their June 6th Lobster Boil. From left to right: Val Macdonald, Dave Talbot, Laura Miller, Sue Rambow, Eric Mac-donald, Caron Mulgrew, Linda and Tom Doyeland, and Ralph Rambow.Tickets for the Lobster Boil are $50 each and are now on sale at Christ
the King church offi ce, Laughing Oyster Books, and Red Carpet Con-signment. All proceeds go toward the resettlement of a young Syrianrefugee family of four to the Comox Valley in the near future.Photo credit: Darren Mulgrew
and are, therefore, not able to be recognized as refugees by the United Nations (UNHCR) at present.
The CV Refugee Sup-port Committee has committed to raise at least $40,000 in order to fully support this young family for a minimum of one year, as part of the government of Canada’s Syrian refugee program
(in which Canada has agreed to take 10,000 Syrian refugees, a small percentage of the 10 mil-lion Syrians displaced by the war).
To date, almost half of the needed funds have been raised locally through charitable dona-tions and fundraising.
The Darwish family may arrive as early as this summer as their papers
are being processed in Paris.
Tickets to the June 6th Lobster Boil at Christ the King Church (1599 Tun-ner Drive in Courtenay) are $50 each and are now available at the church offi ce Mon.- Fri. 8 am - noon and 1 - 3 PM, as well as at the Laughing Oyster Bookstore on 5th St. in Courtenay, and Red Car-pet Consignment at the
corner of Anderton and Comox Ave. in Comox.
Charitable donations may be made through Christ the King Church or www.CanadaHelps under “Comox Valley Refugee Committee”.
Members of the public who would like to help thecommittee are encour-aged to contact Caron at [email protected] for more information.
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BY DREW A. PENNEREcho Staff
The selection of a high-way Welcome sign design has forced Cumberland to consider its identity and what image it wants to broadcast to the world.
A fault line appeared over the use of the word ‘legendary,’ the fi rst such diff erence of opinion that has emerged since a new Village council was elect-ed last November.
“You don’t hear me say this very often, but I strongly object to ‘legend-ary,’” said Coun. Gwyn Sproule, during a council meeting April 27, arguing against that particular fea-ture more strongly than she has opposed anything in the past two years. “Okay so sometimes I do hang out from young people form Cumberland, so I know that ‘legendary’ is seen as being cool. But it’s, I think, used inaccu-rately.”
Cumberland has been striving for a Welcome message they can place along the Inland Island Highway for about a de-cade. The Village has al-ready earmarked $40,000 from development ame-nity funds to complete the next phase of the project and it looks like it’s re-ally going to happen, and soon.
A staff report summa-rized public survey results on two diff erent sign op-tions. There was mixed support for colour choices
and some suggested the design could have been more creative. About 57 per cent of people pre-ferred the asymmetrical option over the symmetri-cal one.
But the choice of the word ‘legendary’ came up time and again.
“The wording was one issue, and there’s not agreement for the word-ing,” said senior planner Judith Walker. “There was support for the use of the word ‘legendary.’ There was support for the use of the word ‘historic.’ ‘Wel-come to’ was also sug-gested.”
Coun. Sproule wanted to make sure she gave the people against the word ‘legendary’ a voice, point-ing out the word isn’t in the Village’s Offi cial Com-munity Plan.
“I’ve never heard of anybody mention ‘legend-ary’ once, you know, ever,” she said. “It’s not in our OCP. It’s not anywhere. I haven’t even heard lo-cal people saying ‘We’ve moved to Cumberland be-cause it’s legendary.’ It just came up for the fi rst time with this sign.”
Coun. Jesse Ketler is most defi nitely in the op-posite camp on this one, and she made that plain.
“I personally like the sign,” she said. “A lot of the comments are saying you’re focusing too much on the past and it’s not bringing very much of the present into this sign. I think having ‘legendary’
Cumberland’s‘Legendary’debate
in the wording is bringing it into the present a little bit more.”
To some extent wheth-er or not the rest of the world sees Cumberland as a ‘legendary’ place isn’t really up to them.
A simple one-sentence explanation of the term was submitted to urban-dictionary.com on April 1, 2009 by user Tenacious Faulker, describing it as an intensifi er “added to any word to take it’s meaning to its highest power imag-inable.”
Examples include “Leg-endary win,” “Legendary
fail,” “Legendary awe-someness,” “Legendary weed” and “Legendary sex.”
Turn to the 2012 edi-tion of Collins English Dictionary and you’ll fi nd three defi nitions of the ad-jective, one of shows “leg-endary” can be equated with “notoriety” - some-thing that could be seen as reminiscent of the Vil-lage’s past “Scumberland” identity they’ve largely moved beyond.
Dig deeper and you’ll learn it comes from the mid-16th century Medi-eval Latin legendarius - al-
though this itself traces itsetymology to a noun mean-ing a “collection of legends.”
The modern day myth-makers inside PR offi cesand in home businesseshave begun using the wordto sell Cumberland and thebroader Comox Valley al-ready.
On the Mount Washing-ton website you’ll read about“legendary powder stashes”and “legendary 10.5 metresof annual snowfall” - some-thing that certainly seems abit mythical this year.
The term has been picked up by kayaking and skiingwebsites to promote get-aways in the Comox Valley.
Last year’s Foggy Moun-tain Fall Fair in the Villagewas promoted by organiz-ers as a free community col-laboration that celebrates“Harvest, Heritage, Trees,Trails and Traditions inLegendary Cumberland.”
An Airbnb accommoda-tion called the CumberlandGetaway advertises itself asa “vacation rental accom-modation in Cumberland,steps away from the histor-ic downtown and legendarymountain biking of Cum-berland, BC.”
In an interview Shred Kel-ly vocalist Sage McBride,unprompted, referred to theWaverley Hotel as having areputation as a “legendary”venue among touring musi-cians.
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The wording on a Welcome sign has spurred furious debate in the Village
One word sparks lengthy argument about village sign
I’ve never heard of anybody mention ‘lendary’ once, you know, ever. It’s not in our OCP. It’s not any-where. I haven’t even heard local people saying ‘We moved to Cumberland because it’s legenday’. It just came up for the fi rst time with this sign.”
GWYN SPROULECumberland Councillor
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On Wednesday, March 25, 2015, union offi cials at UNIFOR Local 433 an-nounced they were help-ing fi lmmaker Neil Vokey complete Goodwin’s Way, a documentary “about leg-endary labour hero Ginger Goodwin and his legacy in the Cumberland area.”
Whenever the Village eventually makes its de-cision staff can fi nalize the design and get quotes from developers.
But Coun. Sproule pointed to marketing materials that could cre-ate confusion if Cumber-land went with “legend-ary” over another option, referring to White Spot Restaurants, which intro-duces itself as “a British
Columbia legend.”Coun. Sean Sullivan
said it was diffi cult to en-dorse one of the proposed sign options and said he recognized the diff erences of opinions that exist in the Village.
“There’s so many dis-agreements throughout town withal these com-ments,” he said, adding, “I don’t mind ‘legendary.’”
Coun. Sproule tried to make sure a vote on the wording was only allowed to proceed if there was to-tal consensus. The there was no seconder.
She tried a second mo-tion and that stalled too.
In the end the council members came together in a unanimous vote to defer the issue until Coun. Roger Kishi returns.
‘Legendary’ debate in village
The Comox Valley Den-tal Hygiene Society is of-fering Free Oral Cancer Screenings to the public May 2, 2015 from 10am - 3pm in Courtenay and
Campbell River. Special thanks to Dr. Paul Hel-pard who is providing us with a clinical setting at Shoreline Orthodontics in both communities. Loca-
tion in Courtenay--1520 Cliff e Ave, Suite 100; in Campbell River-- 520 2nd Ave, Suite 200.
Funding for this project is provided by the Comox Valley Dental Hygiene So-ciety and a grant from the British Columbia Dental Hygienists’ Association.
There are two distinct pathways by which peo-ple tend to be diagnosed with Oral Cancer. One is through the use of to-bacco and alcohol, which is the long-term historic problem and cause.
The other is through ex-posure to HPV --Human Papilloma Virus--which is the most commonly trans-mitted sexual virus in the US and likely the world.
HPV oral cancers and tobacco/alcohol oral can-cer produce very diff erent signs and symptoms and the treatment for each type of cancer is diff erent as well.
HPV is the leading cause of oropharyngeal cancers (the area at the back of your mouth/throat and the base of you tongue. There are nearly 200 strains of HPV.
HPV #16 is the ver-sion most responsible for oropharyngeal cancers
aff ecting males and fe-males. Incidentally HPV #16 is also responsible for 95% of cervical cancers in women. MOST at risk for oropharyngeal cancers are white, nonsmoking males in their 30-40’s, 4 to 1 over females--the reason for this is poorly understood.
HPV Oral Cancer Signs and Symptoms may in-clude:
-Diffi cult or painful swallowing
-Persistent sore throat or hoarse voice
-A painless lump felt on the out side of the neck which has been present for over 2 weeks
-An ear ache on one side (unilateral) which persists for more than a few days
Tobacco/Alcohol Signs and Symptoms (which may also be advanced signs of an HPV cancer) may include:
-An ulcer or sore in the mouth that does not heal within 2-3 weeks
-Swelling or lump in the mouth
-A numb feeling in the mouth or lips with no known explanation
-White or red patch on the tongue or soft tissues of the mouth
Having regular oral can-
cer screenings is key to early detection of possible problems. These can be performed by a medical doctor, dentist, or dental hygienist.
Who should be screened? All adults, es-pecially if you don’t see an MD or dentist regularly. Screenings are quick, easy and painless, further infor-mation about Oral Cancer,
HPV and Smoking cessa-tion will be provided at the screenings.
To book an appoint-ment time please contact Monica:
- CVDH Society. Information for this article was sourced from the Oral Cancer Foundation (USA)
What you need to know about oral cancer and HPVFree oral cancer screenings off ered locally on Saturday
Comox Fire Rescue is off ering FREE “Neigh-bourhood Emergency Preparedness Program” (NEPP).
Experience has shown that after a disaster, it may take three or more days for emergency services to reach many of the neigh-bourhoods and individu-als. The NEPP program is designed to provide infor-mation, training and skills necessary for individuals and neighbourhoods to be self-suffi cient after a disaster.
NEPP programs are scheduled at the Comox Fire Station on Friday,
May 8, at 1 pm Friday, May 22, at 10 am and on; Friday, June 26, 2015, at 10 am. Sessions are free. Contact the Comox Com-munity Centre at 250-339-2255 to register.
Emergency Prepared-ness Week in B.C., May 3-9, off ers a perfect time to prepare.
The Comox Valley Emergency Program is off ering free Personal Emergency Preparedness sessions on Monday, May 4 from 1-3 pm and 7-9 pm at 3001 Moray Ave. (next to Walmart). For the Mo-ray sessions pleae call 250-334-8890 to register.
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When a ski resort dies and the carcass that re-mains has rotted down to its skeleton, who is re-sponsible for disposing of the bones? When it comes to the remains of the old Forbidden Plateau ski hill, the Comox Valley Re-gional District believes it’s the duty of the province to pay for the cleanup, since they own the land.
“The whole thing kind of disintegrated into the state it’s in now,” said Area C director Edwin Grieve. “I just think it’s time we raise the awareness with the government to see if they can look into reme-diating and restoring the site.”
This history of the area runs deep, from stories of First Nations using the land as a strategic posi-tion to agricultural settlers moving in nearby. In the 1930s the fi rst lodge was constructed and allowed people to access the vast natural bounty behind.
In 1946 an earthquake shattered the develop-ment in the area with a 7.3 wallop on the Richter
scale.Serious ski activity
kicked off in the Comox Valley with the installa-tion of lifts in 1949 for the establishment of Wood Mountain Ski Park.
The site faced more than a few serious chal-lenges over the years. The ski hill peaked in popular-ity in the 1970s.
When Mount Washing-ton came along and For-bidden Plateau faced a few warm seasons it went downhill fast.
Intense snowfall took out the roof to the day lodge in 1999, and the lifts
have been out of commis-sion ever since. Fire also hit the remains of the day lodge.
Now often well below the snow line, plenty of travelers and community members have made the pilgrimage to the site over the years to examine the burned out buildings and orange chairs from the main lift.
But some are worried the place could be a death trap. If nothing else, it just looks bad, as far as local residents are concerned
It’s an issue that Grieve has decided to take on
wholeheartedly.After a number of folks
in his jurisdiction reached out about the decaying lift machinery and graffi tied-up concrete slabs, he agreed to take action.
“The property values in the area are being aff ected by the eyesore,” he said. “There’s some potential hazards there.”
He wrote a letter to the regional district asking for support for a move to try to get the province to deal with the problem.
“The Class C provin-cial park “has become ex-tremely unsightly with po-
tential environmental and public safety concerns and has been in this state since 1999,” he wrote.
On April 28 he got his wish, as the regional di-rectors voted to support move to ask the province to approve funding for re-mediation of the area
It’s something that
needs to be done “as soon as possible,” according to Grieve.
“It can’t really con-tinue in its current state,” he said, adding he’s not sure the province is aware about the need to clean up their property.
“I think it’s kind of im-portant.”
CVRD wants the province to clean up Forbidden
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About 75 people at-tended a National Day of Mourning ceremony for those who have died from work-related causes, held at the Courtenay Fire Hall April 28. Mayor Larry Jangula said each one of the deaths represents too great a sacrifi ce.
“We never expect that when we go to work we might not come home, or that we might get hurt,” he said. “Workplace safety has come a long way over the years. But the risk is still there.”
Patrick Olsen, regional prevention manager for WorkSafeBC in Courte-nay, reminded attendees that last year 173 workers died in BC workplaces - 98 died from occupational diseases.
City CAO David Allen highlighted a recent acci-dent in Edmonton where a man was submerged in a full load of sand, in a
refl ection on how serious things can happen to pub-lic works staff .
“We imagine what that might be like if it hap-pened in our community with any of our workers,” he said. “Obviously it’s a great concern.”
During his address Jan-gula said his years on a prairie grain farm grow-ing up, and later with the RCMP, taught him about just how real some of these concerns can be.
“I was fortunate never to have been seriously in-jured on the job with the RCMP,” he said. “Not all of my colleagues were so fortunate.”
David Craven, CUPE 556 unit vice president, re-fl ected on how the canary was once used as a rudi-mentary method of keep-ing miners safe.
He also remembered his brother’s unit chief Jo-Ann Fuller and partner Ivan Polivka who died in a 2010 single vehicle ac-cident in Tofi no.
Honouring those who died from workplace injuries
“I would like you all to remember those two para-medics today,” he said.
Don Bardonnex, Cour-tenay’s fi re chief decried the fact that last year workplace deaths and oc-cupational injuries were up 35 per cent from the year before.
“It’s staggering to think that last year in British Co-lumbia the average num-ber of workers that were killed due to injuries on the job or occupational in-juries was over three - ev-ery week,” he said. “That’s simply unacceptable.”
After observing a few moments of silence every-one went outside to watch the fl ag-lowering ceremo-ny.
About 75 people attended the National Day of Mourning.
After a number of public addresses attendees went outside to witness the lowering of the fl ag ceremony.
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As a child in Sydney, Australia, Cathy Kaardal celebrated Anzac Day with her family.
After an early morning ceremony, the neighbour-hood would join the whole country in recognition of a nation-changing event.
Exactly one hundred years ago, on 25 April 1915, the combined forces of Australia and New Zea-land landed at Gallipoli on the coast of Turkey.
Pinned down until al-most Christmas, the men died by the thousand.
Forces from Britain, France, India, Newfound-land, and the Turkish army all suff ered dreadful losses.
Heat, hunger and the smell of death combined with the fragrance of wild rosemary as two coun-tries, once colonies, were forged into independent nations.
On April 25 of this year, Anzac Day Centennial cer-emonies were held across the world.
At the local event, held in Comox Mall, Cathy re-membered playing Two-Up.
This special game, which
uses two coins and a stick, is played only on Anzac Day. She emphasized the celebration of ‘mateship’, the renowned support-ive friendship shared by
Australian men, a country whose early settlement days were dominated by a largely male population.
In an event that was both moving and enter-
taining, the national an-thems of Canada, New Zealand and Australia were led by Maori singer, Shayne Stuchbery.
CFB 19 Wing was rep-
Valley grieves for Gallipoli
A traditional wreath of poppies and rosemary displayed at the Centennial Remembrance Ceremony for the Battle of Gallipoli and Anzac Day.
resented by Padre Bernie Thompson and local resi-dent Lucas Evans, told stories of his recent An-zac Days in Queensland.
Specially made ANZAC biscuits were available. These biscuits are made from a recipe devised a century ago to provide nutrition to the Anzac troops. The biscuits had to last two months on the slow voyage from Austra-lia to Turkey.
“I know they are called cookies here,” laughed Cathy. “But on this one day they are defi nitely bis-
cuits!” Organized by Lewis
Bartholomew and hosted by the HMCS Alberni Mu-seum and Memorial, the event was appreciated by both visitors from Austra-lia and local residents with Anzac connections.
A showing of the movie Gallipoli, starring Mel Gibson, provided a rel-evant conclusion to the afternoon.
It is anticipated that an Anzac ceremony will be held next year.
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Former mayor George Cochrane diesWord came Wednesday
that former Courtenay mayor and long-time coun-cillor, George Cochrane, had died that morning in Victoria hospital.
Mr. Cochrane served on city council from 1972 to 1982, taking over as acting mayor when Bill Moore died, and later that year being elected to the position.
He was a member of the provincial champion bas-ketball teams from Cum-berland 1949-1952.
He later served as a teacher and administrator at Vanier Secondary.
More to come in next Tuesday’s Echo.
George Cochrane chatting with friends at Courtenay’s centennial party on Jan. 1, 2015
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It was a chance for cel-ebration and refl ection as the Comox Valley Child Development Association held its 40th anniversary get-together April 23. The group has selfl essly served
the community and made unfathomable changes in the lives of many resi-dents, but even in honour-ing their own achievement executive director Joanne Schroeder spread the love around.
“We are celebrating our 40th birthday in part-
nership with our neigh-bours Pacifi c Care who are celebrating their 25th birthday,” she said, before emphatically commend-ing those who have made CVCDA’s work such a powerful force. “Having this event is really great because it allowed us to
celebrate the contribu-tions of all the people who have helped out over the years.”
Costco donated a good chunk of the food and Strathcona Sunrise Ro-tary fl ipped wieners, per-severing as the rain came and went.
It’s not hard to see why CVCDA has garnered such a positive reputation even beyond the borders of the Comox Valley.
“We fi gure we’ve prob-ably helped 25,000 people in forty years in the com-munity,” Schroeder said. “A lot of people have been connected to the organiza-tion over the years.”
Mary Ruth Harris, a board member and host of go! Island with Shaw TV, said it’s been a pleasure to serve with CVCDA.
“It’s the most rewarding volunteer experience I’ve ever had in my life,” she said.
“Being part of an orga-nization that provides ser-vices for more than 800 families in the Comox Val-ley is extraordinary.
“That’s the only word that comes to mind.”
Lorraine Aitken, the former CVCDA executive director, attended the cer-emony and was more than excited by what she saw.
“Everything is so vi-
brant and strong,” she commented. “It’s very satisfying to know that everything is rolling right along.”
Because no matter how much success the organi-zation has enjoyed - not to mention bestowed on many a family in the com-munity - there is never time to rest on its laurels.
Administrators are working on another big goal - implementing the Early Years Centre Proj-ect, as it seeks to improve how families access ser-vices.
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This action plan includes 10 satellite locations around the Comox Valley, made possible through partnerships with pub-lic health, School District 71, the Military Family Resource Cen-tre, Aboriginal Head Start and Comox Valley Family Services.
Loved ones of kids under six years old who require supports as they develop will have an easier time getting the help they need.
The organization is already planning for its Nov. 1st tele-thon, getting ready for its next 40 years.
40th birthday
St. John Ambulance welcomes four new Therapy Dogs. Recently qualifi ed are, left to right, “IndY’, a Keeshond, “Emilee’ a Standard Poodle, “Blue, a Short-coat Collie and “Chay” a Great Pyrenees - but they could be “mixes” as well! Dogs are tested for temperament, obedience and socialization before being permitted to work with seniors and high school children. They must prove themselves and then pass additional tests
to work with elementary and preschool children. St. John Ambulance Comox Valley has some three dozen teams working at six seniors’ facilities, seven schools and the psychiatric ward at St. Joseph’s Hospital. Therapy Dog teams contributed 5,555 hours of community service in 2014 and are on track to equal or beat that total this year.
The original American designed and built P80 was designated as the Shoot-ing Star. A re-design of the aircraft including enlarged tandem cockpit and recon-fi gured tip tanks resulted in the Lockheed T-33. Licens-ing of this aircraft design to Canada and the addition of the more powerful Nene 10 engine as well as a few oth-er changes resulted in the Canadair T-33 Silver Star.
The T-33 Silver Star was Canadian built; it was fl own by handsome young/old Canadian pilots with big watches and bigger ambi-tions, who were often ac-companied by grizzled old electronic warfare offi cers or training pilots with good survival instincts.
The Silver Star was main-tained by incredibly inge-nious, hardworking main-tenance staff with a gift for scrounging parts to make the system work.
These Canadian airmen and women when they weren’t fl ying or fi xing airplanes spent their free time playing hockey or ice fi shing in the True North strong and free. It’s a Cana-dian thing, eh - and so is the Silver Star.
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On 25 April our museum was host to the fi rst annual North Vancouver Island Anzac Day service as well as the commemoration for the centennial of the Battle of Gallipoli.
The ceremony, attended by locals and visitors from other nations, proved to be a very successful event and a wonderful addition to our Days of Remembrance we host at HAMM through-out the year. (Our sincere apologies to those who had to stand when we ran out of chairs.)
It was indeed an honour to create an event which means so much to those in our community who have Ozzie or Kiwi ties and see the local support from Ca-nadians who came to pay homage to the Australian and New Zealand Forces who have served so proudly alongside of our own Ca-nadian Forces for the past 100 years. And yes, there were even a few Newfi es in attendance to honour the service and sacrifi ce of the Newfoundland-Labrador soldiers who served beside the Anzac at Gallipoli dur-ing the Great War.
It couldn’t have hap-pened however without the wonderful contribution from those who told stories for our minds, baked Anzac Biscuits for our stomachs and sang songs for our hearts.
Of special note we want to thank 19 Wing Padre Thompson, Captain John Cowan C.S.C. R.A.N (Aus-tralia), Matthew Rennie; Royal New Zealand Re-turned and Services Asso-ciation (Wellington, NZ), Branch 160 (Comox) Royal Canadian Legion, Berwick-Comox Valley, and Les
Spilsbury.Lewis BartholomewExecutive Director
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The recent event at the Filberg, with Dr. Vrain ex-plaining the health impacts of Genetically Engineered foods and resultant use of the herbicide glyphosate, (trade name, Round Up), was a real wake up call for me. And I’ve been a greenie a long time.
I knew there were a few, but widely used, products with genetic engineering, most notably corn, soy, and canola oil in Canada. I had assumed by not buying hardly any processed foods, that I was pretty safe.
But I learned that gly-phosate is increasing used as a desiccant, a drying agent, sprayed on many cereal crops just before har-vest. That means wheat, fl ax, sorghum, oats, and more. And those crops aren’t even GE.
OK, so back to plan num-ber one, only buy organic, or better yet grow my own. I wonder if I can buy locally grown oats and wheat??
Susan HolvenstotCourtenay
I wonder how many peo-ple have heard the news that Island Health (VIHA) has issued a Request for Proposals (RPF) to contract out up to 55,000 surgeries
to for-profi t clinics on Van-couver Island over the next 5 years, ostensibly to reduce wait times.
Rather than spending our tax dollars to create profi ts for private clinic sharehold-ers and their owners, why isn’t our provincial govern-ment building capacity in publicly-funded hospitals and creating outpatient sur-gical clinics.
North Vancouver’s “one-stop” joint replacement as-sessment clinic and Mt. St. Joseph’s Hospital cataract and corneal transplant pro-gram have both dramatical-ly reduced wait times within the public system.
Research shows that for-profi t clinics charge the government more for these surgeries than they would cost in the public system. Private clinics need to maxi-mize their profi ts and so are more likely to cut corners, making them less safe than our public hospitals. As medical practitioners move from our cash-starved pub-lic system to for-profi t clin-ics, waiting lists increase.
Publicly funded hospitals have allowed us to contain the cost of health care. No allowance has to be made for profi ts to be paid to clin-ic owners and sharehold-ers.
This new policy of relying on for-profi t clinics, rather than increasing capacity in our public system, will only increase the costs of health care to the taxpayer.
Kathie WoodleyCourtenay
Next Tuesday, if you are a Comox resident, it is im-portant to attend the Pub-lic Hearing about the pro-posed development of the old Lorne Hotel site.
So much depends on this decision by council, not just the Lorne site but the fu-ture direction of downtown Comox development (the Legion may be next).
Council members need the public to let them know how to vote. Do you like the proposed development for the Lorne site or not? This is the fi nal vote. If you don’t show up, council takes it that you accept the pro-posal as it is. If you are op-posed to the plan, write and attend the meeting.
Only strong opposition would stop the project I was told even though the majority of people attend-ing the Open House on the project last December were opposed to the proposal.
The meeting starts at 7:00 pm, Tuesday May 5 in the Comox Community Centre, 1855 Noel Avenue.
It is also very impor-tant to submit your writ-ten comments by email ([email protected]), fax (250-339-7110) or by hand (Town Hall, 1809 Beaufort Ave.), to arrive before 4 pm Tuesday May 5. Earlier is better so that councillors have time to read them.
Your written submis-sion MUST be addressed to “Mayor and Council”. It MUST identify the bylaws
in the subject line: “Bylaws 1791 and 1792” (re 5 storey proposal at 1770 Comox Avenue - Lorne). It MUST include the name and ad-dress of the person making the submission.
Send your letters and at-tend the meeting. You can be part of creating a down-town that appeals to you, Comox Valley residents and tourists - something that would also be good for busi-nesses. But we need to get it right.
A hodgepodge of build-ings is not the answer. We need a solid design concept that makes downtown Co-mox exciting and lively.
I believe we can do it with good public input and plan-ning.
I would like to see Comox hold a charette, like many municipalities do, where the community is asked for their ideas for creating a successful, vibrant down-town.
This is used to create a vision and plan that makes it easier for the Town and developers to know what is needed and would make passing future projects eas-ier.
Lawrence BuserComox
The April 24 edition of the Echo is mistaken in re-ferring to the T33 captured in the stain glass presenta-tion in the Comox Terminal as a “Shooting Star.”
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POOP BEEF to the person who walks their dog on Keeneland Avenue and uses blue poop bags: please do not put this crap in my emp-ty garbage pail on Fridays. I keep my garbage pail in my garage and it starts to reek after a few days. Use your manners and put it in your own garbage. Stop it!
A BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET to our wonderful audiences who came to the Evergreen Drama Club’s presentation “Picnic in 1915”, an original play written by local play-wright Betty Annand to cel-ebrate Courtenay’s 100th birthday. Your enthusiastic applauses were much ap-preciated.
REAL WORMS AND SLUGS to a select few garage salers who drop by the garage sale address a day or two in ad-vance. They claim to be go-ing out of town and won’t be around on the actual day of the sale. May I encourage garage salers not to fall for this line of bull. Also, hold to your opening time. If you say 8 am, please don’t give those arriving at 7 am the time of day! Let’s get garage sale-ing back to the fun and courteous event it was!
RE: 1915 PICNIC PLAY Thurs-day night. MY HUMBLE APOLOGIES to the cast and crew, also to the au-dience, on the disruption when I fainted and brought the play to a halt. Many thanks to the nurse and my friends for their care and prayers for me. Also the am-bulance attendants and the emergency care at the hos-pital - many thanks. Only in Canada eh? Sorry, sorry for all the commotion.
A LOVELY BOUQUET to the volunteers/parents of the Port Augusta Sea Cadets. For many of you, you’ve been a beacon of support to the many boy and girl ca-dets for a long time. For the recent volunteers ... “keep up the great work!” Your time volunteering is much appreciated.
A HUGE BEEF to those who made a decision that it’s okay to waste our valuable non-renewable resource, WATER!; and to let the riv-er fl ow to accommodate a few people in kayaks! Real-ly? If they want white water, perhaps kayak in November or December? Who said we have a good snowpack and we have enough to allow the gates to open in May/June? Idiot! There is no snow-pack now and I doubt we’ll have one next month. When we’re asked to restrict our water usage in summer, you’ll look like the fool.
A BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET of fl owers to all the city work-ers who do such an amaz-ing job with maintaining all the fl owers and plants around Courtenay and Co-mox! Whenever I am at a stop sign or traffi c light and see the beautiful colours of fl owers displayed, I re-member the advice of not rushing through life and to always, “stop and smell the fl owers”. Thank you.
BAGS OF INGRATITUDE to those young (and some-times not so young) drivers who seem to have forgotten their etiquette in busy traf-fi c. Several times in the last few weeks I have let drivers go ahead of me or let them sneak in front of me when they are trying to merge into traffi c. I have noticed that most of the older driv-ers give a wave of ‘thanks’ and appreciation of shar-ing the road. However, four times in this last while when letting young drivers (some with their ‘N’ on their cars) ahead of me there was ab-solutely no appreciation or etiquette shown. They just screeched in front like it was expected. Please re-member that a small nod, or wave of thanks goes a long way to having us all get along in busy traffi c.
A BIG BOUQUET to Stefan and Bella Fan both who are new to Canada. They both were willing to help me clean-up my backyard. They were so helpful and
did all the work themselves. I really appreciated their help and my wish for them is many happy adventures in this land of ours.
BOUQUETS OF SUNSHINE to the gentleman that handed in my wallet to the staff at John’s Independent Store. I believe you also stopped me on the street - were driv-ing red pick-up and asked if I had lost it ... indeed I thought it was safe in my car but I had lost it - you checked my driver’s licence pic recognized me - impres-sive. I was able to enjoy my daughter’s fi rst day back from college and not have to deal with the stress of a lost wallet because of your kindness. Thank you so much and the staff at John’s :)
A HUGE BOUQUET to the many individuals and local businesses we dealt with when we recently put on a retirement function. To Gil-lian & Pat at the Courtenay & District Museum, your knowledge and approach-ability was greatly appre-ciated. To Lena, Paul and staff from the Beez Kneez Catering Company, your wiliness to be so fl exible and the fabulous spread you put on was amazing. To Terra, Tracey, Pat & Karen who volunteered to run the bar from Vancouver Island Mountain Sports Society, thank you for your profes-sionalism and doing such a great job and to Tammy & Robyn from Always Invited, the rentals were perfect. Great to live in a Commu-nity with such wonderful people and businesses!
I HAVE A BEEF with all cus-tomers who think they can treat customer service peo-ple with little or no respect at all. Have you considered what we have to deal with in a day? We deal with money being thrown at us, no please or thank you, no answer when we ask you a direct question, talking on your cell phone when we’re trying to ask you questions to get you on your way and
then we get told that we are rude or that we should drop everything to handle your request when we have sev-eral people waiting in line to be served. Do you know that most of us are not ig-norant or stupid people, we are teachers, nurses, offi ce managers, etc. that can’t fi nd work in our chosen fi elds and to support our-selves and our families have had to take what is off ered out there. May I make a suggestion? - next time you are dealing with a custom-er service individual that you take a moment to con-sider how you would feel if you were on the other side of that counter and how you would deal with what we have to handle daily. If you need something done in a special way PLEASE ASK US BEFORE we start packing it, we are not mind readers (at least not all the time) that way you get what you want and we get you and others thru the line up quickly and everybody is happy. A little respect, a please or thank you can go a long way to getting you what you want and on your way and keep the line mov-ing.
WITH THE SPECTRE of wa-ter shortages in the years to come I wonder why the town of Comox doesn’t consider rock gardens with succulents instead of grass and sprinklers when they have new areas to plant - specifi cally at the corner of Guthrie and Torrence at the moment. How about xe-riscaping from now on - it doesn’t require grass cut-ting either and that would provide a further saving.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEND a big bouquet to Dr. Colleen Clancy and her staff for tak-ing such good care of my teeth. I appreciate the high level of care and quality of work. Thank you!
A RIVER OF ROTTING SALMON to BC Hydro for the dumb decision to release millions of
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duce counters that says “or-ganic”. Who says the items are organic, who verifi es these products. What legal laws dictate what is meant by “organic’? Who polices this? I agree with Mayor Jangula that there are two sides to this issue. I fi nd the whole thing is a fanatical approach to what is safe. I will still avoid anything that says “organic” until there is a lot more proof of danger-ous products otherwise. Is this an indirect movement to get rid of dairy farms on Vancouver island? What do the milk producers say about this? Their industry is regulated and inspected!
LET’S SEE, last week I got
to do Yamaha demo day at Courtney Motorsports, the FZ 900 was amaz-ing. Then I got to watch the Snowbirds practising overhead in crystal clear blue skies. The topper was the F-18 pass overhead at speed. Boy were you loud, and awesome camo colour scheme. I’m grinning ear to ear now. Then got served a beer at the Whistle by John-ny, who’s always good for a laugh and a smile. To the Valley complainers, I don’t understand. The Comox Valley, best man cave ever.
THANKS TO EVERYONE who came to the Earth Week Feast. We had wonderful food, featuring fresh spring greens from our garden and nettles harvested in the area. Special thanks to LUSH Valley - Jessica, and Chantal, Julan, Bob, Susan, Christine, Lynn and some wonderful student help-ers. We enjoyed celebrating with old friends and made some new ones. Quite a few people sent regrets due to illness - we hope you are all better soon and will join us next month. But we also have a lovely little pink raincoat left behind by one of our younger guests. Please get in touch to claim. Email - or call 250-897-1892.
THE BIGGEST, BRIGHTEST spring bouquet to the staff at St. Joe’s who have pro-vided the best of care to me over the past month. Spe-cial thanks to the ER team, whose quick and accurate assessment started me on the treatment I needed without delay. Also, the nurses in Medical Daycare, who are the best at care and compassion. Your caring attitude and concern for my well-being is greatly ap-preciated. You guys rock!!
KUDOS to Bev, Broom-buster extraordinaire, for all her eff orts in organizing the broom clearing eff orts in the Valley. I had a great sense of accomplishment (and a few sore muscles) after our fi rst work bee. There are many more op-portunities for everyone to join in! GO TO http://www.broombusters.org/comox-valley.html for info.
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for when it comes to bylaw enforcement! You may be the victim. CVRD Directors may want to look at the 3 other local justifi cations before granting CVRD staff more powers to enforce by-laws. The very expensive Chum and Champ saga comes to mind ,as well as the attempted eviction of a trailer owner from his own property, on the Dyke. All local government’s have nuisance bylaws - why should the CVRD be diff er-ent?
A VERY HUGE spring bou-
quet of thanks to Berwick Comox Valley, their staff and residents for their hosting of National Ad-vance Care Planning Day workshops for members of our community. Berwick’s partnership with the Co-mox Valley Hospice Soci-ety encourages people in our community to have the conversation about end of life health issues if ever in a position when one is unable to speak for themselves.
Nearly 70 people attended on the day to hear about changes in the BC Legisla-tion and steps to prepare their own Advance Care Plan. Warm gratitude to Berwick for their support and the use of their beauti-ful residence, Theatre and Community Room.
I LIVE IN COURTENAY and I am frankly getting tired of being dive-bombed by air force jets (Snowbirds) on a daily basis. It is at the point where this noise is disturb-ing my peace both indoors and out of doors. One never knows when the next fl y-by will happen over my house. I understand that hours of practice are required for air acrobatics and I appreci-ate the skills required to fl y such complex formation. This has been demonstrat-ed adequately in the last two weeks.
As in all good things, moderation is the key. Now that we’ve all had our air show experience, could these practices not be re-located over the Georgia Straits or over less popu-lated areas?
ROSES to the gentleman who off ered me $3.00 to pay for my parking at St. Joseph’s when my credit card wouldn’t work. This happened around 3PM on Thursday, April 23rd, out-side the Emergency De-partment. It was a random act of kindness and was much appreciated. I will be paying it forward.
A BOUQUET OF SMILES from the children at Cumberland Preschool (Comox Valley Children’s Day Care So-ciety). A HUGE THANK YOU! for the Home Depot Community Improvements Grant that helped us build a play-yard fence.
IT SEEMS THAT THE CRVD is in a quandary as to how the diff erent municipalities will be able to collect funds from tax payers for the homeless
program. I would suggest the Kiss method. With the yearly tax bills about to be sent out simply include a form with the questions al-ready asked on the referen-dum with tick boxes so that taxpayers could indicate the level they would wish to contribute at, and a signa-ture line. If it would be felt to be necessary it could be indicated that a failure to return the form would be used as consent to the $5 contribution. Expeditious, effi cient, binding and infi -nitely democratic without the red tape and political nonsense.
THANK YOU ECHO for do-
ing such a nice write-up on Tia Lawrence. We’ve known Tia and her mom for so many years that I remember Tia when she was healthy, active and full of so much energy. Please consider donating towards Tia’s Go Fund Me account. http : / /www.gofundme.com/helpTiaNow#sthash.d7S4OjT4.dpuf
THE BIGGEST, brightest, spring bouquet to the staff at St. Joe’s who have pro-vided the best of care to me over the past month. Special thanks to the ER team, whose quick and ac-curate assessment start-ed me on the treatment I needed without delay. Also, the nurses in Medical Daycare, who are the best at care and compassion. Your caring attitude and concern for my well-being is greatly appreciated. You guys rock!
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spring fl owers to all those volunteers who selfl essly gave up their Saturday morning to help with the spring clean-up on April 18th at St. Andrew’s Cem-etery on Dingwall Road. This is a huge job and St. John the Divine Anglican Church Cemetery Trustees are thankful for all the help off ered by the community.
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litres of Comox Lake water to please a handful of thrill seeking kayakers in a year of lowest-ever snow pack and forecast of a dry summer. It’s not the fact that the Valley will be on Stage 3 restrictions for most of the summer, but Hydro is jeopardizing the summer and fall salmon runs and other fi sh in the Puntledge because there will be an insuffi cient fl ow of lake water to keep the river cool and oxygenated enough for the survival of fi sh in the river or needing to enter the river to spawn. Hydro is gambling with a precious and, perhaps, irre-placable resource.
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A BIT OF BOTH, but time for change. With recycling at a priority, my garbage is very minimal, time for a weekly pickup of the recyclables and bi-weekly for garbage. I seldom have a worthwhile amount of garbage to pick up, where as I have up to 3 blue boxes full for the recy-clable truck.
MANY COMOX VALLEY organi-zations are recipient of our local businesses’ donations. It is a part of what makes our Valley such a wonderful community. The Courtenay Fish & Game is no excep-tion and recently were the appreciative recipients of the generosity of George Castle of G C Tree Services and Rick Bracchi of Tire-land. We thank them both. When you have the need for their services of trees looked after or tires main-tained or replaced, please acknowledge them for their generosity to the Fish & Game.
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Comox Valley Nature will be off ering a FREE Public Walk at Stotan Falls with well-known naturalist and Professional Biologist, Dr. Loys Maingon, (Riparian and wetland ecology spe-cialist), on Saturday May 2, 9:30-12:00.
CVN is an entirely vol-unteer-driven non-profi t, with no paid staff and does not charge for these public walks which have been freely off ered for the past 5 years, to promote the conservation of our local regional parks and sites of ecological interest
Situated at the spec-tacular confl uent of the Browns River and the Puntledge River, Stotan Falls is a controversial local site whose riparian zones have been off ered as a public park.
It is regularly used by the public in the summer. It is home to very rich and interesting vegetation and wildlife year round. As many sites on east Van-couver Island, although the Stotan Falls area is a prime green space, it has a long - often forgotten- late
19th and early 20th cen-tury industrial history.
This is an opportunity to understand the site eco-logically and historically.
Interested parties should either meet at Stotan Falls bridge (if they know the location) at 9:30 am.
Parties who do not know the location should meet at 9:00 am in front of The Old Church The-atre on Harmston Avenue, in Courtenay (across from the Courtenay Fire Hall).
This walk is expected to take about 2 hours. It’s open to people of all ages, and is part of CVN’s educa-tional mandate and com-mitment to the Comox Valley’s environment.
The walk will follow 2 trails. A part of the trail has a short steep descent to the river, however the main trail is an old road bed.
Anyone interested in participating in CVN ac-tivities can also contact us at the website http://comoxvalleynaturalist.bc.ca/ or Loys Maingon (CVN President) at 250-331-0143.
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BY DREW A. PENNEREcho Staff
Amid the wash of guitar chords and coff ee shop vocals 27-year-old Nicholas Frenette looks up at the face of a middle aged man whose face he’s about to paint like a can-vass.
“Come with me,” he says, bub-bling with excitement when the brave soul gives him carte blanche with the design. “I can do your whole face?”
Frenette is participating in an event in advance of his Portraits: From Myth & Mind exhibit, which is set to open at the Gatehouse Gallery in Cumberland on May 1. He’s been toiling away on his series of mythological creatures done up
in a striking style, but even his face painting is performed with surpris-ing agility and verve.
The Moncton, NB native moved out to the West Coast to go to art school - something he’d been plan-ning to do for a long time.
“I’ve always been an artist through and through,” he says while in the midst of another dark and mask-like face canvass, recall-ing his early thought process. “I’m not going to be anything else but an artist, so I’ll get that for an edu-cation.”
Well Emily Carr was defi nitely high-end art schooling, if a bit more “modern” than the young painter had bargained for.
“I like the aesthetic quality of picture making and creating things
that are sellable but also interestingand provocative,” he explains, con-trasting his sensibility with that ofthe school’s less literal focus. “I’ma bit more traditional.”
Case in point, Frenette can’t help but turn to the pre-Raphael-ite painters time and time againfor muse-like artistic invigoration.These late-19th century paintersmimicked the Italian Renaissancewhile putting their own fairy taletwist on things, he describes.
Interestingly enough, he points to one example pre-Raphaelitecharacteristics that sounds like ithas more in common with today’sKardashian clan fi xation and rapmusic leanings than with a dip intothe past.
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Nicholas Frenette turns to Greek mythology, 14th century manuscripts and his own creative mind for inspiration.
Of Monsters and MythologyNicholas Frenette’s artistic ingenuity aims to provoke and amuse
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“I like the aethetics of their women, their nudes - I fi nd it’s one of the most pleasing ever,” he said. “These women who look like they have a natural corset built into them. They still have the nice voluptuous asses.”
His own take on the classics by way of aesthet-ically inclined Europeans creatives comes across as overtly expressive, inexpli-cably dreamy, deliciously bizarre and - if nothing else - brazen, though not in an uncouth fashion.
His show Portraits From Myth & Mind dis-plays drawings from his imagination that reach into the past.
“There’s a little bit of mythology tied into most of them,” he says of the portraits. “Some of them are more related to the myths than others.”
This fi ts in well with his love of Baroque opera and his fascination with mal-leable storylines.
“I’m really fascinated with pretty much all as-pects of Greek mythol-ogy,” he said. “I’m fasci-nated with the proposition
of the stories. I like the characters. I like the mon-sters.”
He’s rendered these vi-sions in what he calls “a quirky little style that’s heavily infl uenced by manuscript illuminations from the 14th century” - something that is sure to keep the minds of viewers active as they peer at the metallic shimmer of the paintings.
The Portraits: FromMyth and Mind opening will take place May 1 at the Gatehouse Gallery at 3273 Third Street in Cumber-land from 7-10 p.m.
Of monsters and mythology
tor, Rebecca Christie will introduce the group to the Vital Signs Reports that have been produced in other communities.
The CVC Foundation would like to partner with the CVSPS and other community groups to pro-duce such a Report for the Comox Valley.
The second presenta-tion will be about the Van-couver Island Community Investment Cooperative.
“Launched in the fall of 2014 through the aus-
pices of the Greater Victo-ria Community Planning Council, the intention of the Cooperative is to pro-vide an investment ve-hicle for people wanting to support local projects with their investment dol-lars”, said presenter Pam Munroe.
“Money invested in the Co-Op will be used for projects on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Is-lands that build and man-age supportive/aff ordable housing or provide loans
to entrepreneurs with so-cially responsible busi-nesses”, she concludes.
Following the presenta-tions the Annual General Meeting and election of offi cers will be held.
Everyone is welcome to attend. Light snacks will be served.
For more information email that address or call 250-335-2003.
The Comox Valley Social Planning Society is hold-ing its 17th Annual Gen-eral Meeting on Tuesday, May 12th, 2015, noon-1:30
at the Courtenay Quality Foods (upstairs meeting room) located in the Drift-wood Mall.
The meeting will begin
with two presentations:The fi rst presentation
will be from the Comox Valley Community Foun-dation. Executive Direc-
You’re invited to Social Planning Society’s AGM
Beaufort Vineyard and Estate Winery spends winter fi xing up an old barn to provide an intimate little tasting spot
The tasting room at Beaufort Vineyard and Estate Winery has been known by locals and out of town guests as an in-timate little spot to try some great wines on a hot summer afternoon.
While wanting to pre-serve that cozy atmo-sphere, the Cameron Fam-ily proprietors, General Manager Mark Timmer-mans, and winemakers Susan and Jeff Vander-molen all felt that a little more space would go a long way.
So, while the vines have had the winter off , the rest of the crew at Beaufort have been working hard on a re-invention of the old barn at the back of the vineyard.
What used to be imple-ment storage and cobweb central has become tasting room, winemaking, offi ce, barrel room, and cellar.
General Manager Mark Timmermans says, “We used the same footprint, roofl ine, and interior con-fi guration, as well as all salvageable wood from the original structure, so the feeling created in the new space is a great com-bination of old and new, rustic and comfortable, functional and funky.”
Coinciding with the opening of the new tast-ing room, is the release of the 2014 white wines that Beaufort has become so well known for.
The multiple award win-ning Ortega is tasting like
one of the best yet accord-ing to Susan Vandermo-len. She says, “thanks to the long, hot summer in the Comox Valley in 2014, the Beaufort signature grape varietals like Ortega, Siegerrebe, and Schon-burger had beautiful fruit and were harvested at the perfect times for excellent winemaking.”
The new tasting room opens for case club mem-bers on May 9th, and to the public on May 14th. Beaufort Winery will be open through till the end of August on Thursdays through Saturdays from noon till 5.
More information about Beaufort Winery can be found at www.beaufort wines.ca.
Functional and funky, it opens to public May 14
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Dear Patients:It is with great regret that I have to inform you that I will not be returning to work due to health issues.However, I am very happy to be able to inform you that we have found two excellent Family Physicians who are excited to take half of my practice each. One you may have met already is Dr. Bonnie Bagdan, and the other is Dr. Jonathan Kerr, who is joining us from Ontario.They will be starting this summer. Until then coverage will continue to be provided by Dr. Judith Hammond and Dr. Shannon Marshall, with help from Drs. Hemmerich, Ostry, and Brailey.It is with sadness I leave my practice. I have enjoyed the privilege of being able to share some of your life journey with you. However, I have great confidence in Dr. Bagdan and Dr. Kerr, and it is a relief to me to Know you will be in capable hands. Yours,Dr. Alison Stocks, MD
“At this time Dr. Bagdan and Dr. Kerr will not be accepting NEW patients”
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After celebrating their 32nd birthday, Courtenay Toyota received the Pin-nacle Award from Toyota Canada for the 2nd year in a row.
The Pinnacle award is given to the dealer-ship that achieves the highest score for Overall Customer Service and Satisfaction in both Sales and Service.
An individual award was also presented to Glenice Neal, who was one of the top product advisors for Customer Satisfaction in all of Canada.
Customer Satisfaction Surveys are collected through JD Power & As-sociates measuring the Sales and Service expe-rience and Courtenay Toyota has consistently achieved a very high score on both sides of business operations.
“I couldn’t be more proud of the staff at Courtenay Toyota, win-ning this award for the second year in a row really refl ects the culture we have created in our
dealership. “We treat each cus-
tomer with the nothing but the utmost respect and with the informative low pressure approach to sales and service we make sure they are a Toyota customer for life”, says Brian Rice, Dealer Principal of Courtenay Toyota.
The sentiment echoes down through the staff who takes great pride in making the sales and service experience unique to each customer.
“Our success is based on how well we can serve our customers, the great people of the Comox Valley. We live here, play here and want to make sure every single custom-er leaves the dealership with a positive experi-ence, one that they will be proud to tell friends and family” adds General Manager Andrew Rice.
Courtenay Toyota is very active in giving back to the Comox Valley com-munity with a variety of charitable initiatives in-cluding the Comox Valley
Back to back Pinnacle Awards for Courtenay Toyota
Christmas Drive Thru for Charity as well as sup-porting Sports Leagues, Arts and Culture, and various charitable initia-tives.
Courtenay Toyota has been family owned and operated in the Co-mox Valley for over 32 years, come by and see what makes Courtenay Toyota stand alone when it comes to sales and ser-vice of your next vehicle.
Above:Pinnacle Award winners, L-R, Derek Rice, Andrew Rice, Brian Rice
Left:L-R, Steve Watkins, National Mgr, Toyota Canada - Glenice Neal - George Hrvacanin, Field Consultant, Toyota Canada
Comox Valley car dealership wins prestigious award two years in a row
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Another successful Mountie CampThe Comox Valley RCMP, in conjunction with School district 71, wishes to announce another successful Mountie Camp that would not have been a possibility without the continued support from our community partners.Thirty - two local youths were able to experience a simulated police training camp known as Depot. Depot is the acade-my in Regina where all RCMP officers receive their training to become police officers. During the week of April 12 th-17th, the teens stayed at HMCS Quadra and all training was completed on Canadian Forces property. Students were woken up in the early morning hours every day to partici-pate in an exercise of some sort, and up late some nights doing class work, marching or scenarios.Mountie Camp is a joint effort between the Comox Valley RCMP, School District #71 and CFB Comox. Many commu-nity supporters are also required to make this venture successful as well and this year’s contributors were once again amazing.Special thanks to the following:Comox Valley Crimes StoppersRoyal Canadian Legion branch #28Royal Canadian Legion branch # 17Plateau Temple No.7 – Pythian SistersRoyal Purple of CanadaKnights of Columbus #4597Drug strategy committee / City of CourtenayRotary club of Courtenay – Afternoon 888 Komox Wing RCAFA Comox Valley Airport Commision Beta Sigma Phi Jordan Marshall at Hot Chocolates Thrifty Foods(Courtenay) Plates Eatery and Catering
“Thank you so much for the time and energy and supportput into making this camp successful for the youth in the Comox Valley”.
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The fi rst Sunday in May each year com-memorates the end of the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest, most unforgiving campaign of World War II. It is to those Sailors of the navy and merchant marine who sailed on the stern and unremitting waters of the Atlantic, into the dangers of the enemy that we owe so much today.
From September 3, 1939 through May 8, 1945 a continuous fl ow of war mate-rials was maintained between North America and The United Kingdom by the convoy system. “Fast” convoys could cross the Atlantic in 13-14 days, while the slow convoys took 16-17 days.
Between the threat of enemy subma-rines, and the unpredictable weather of the North Atlantic, each trip could be a nerve wracking experience.
Many of the escort vessels were Cor-vettes, small vessels which, were said, would roll on a wet blotter, and were un-comfortable and often wet below decks. In heavy seas, the mess decks where the crew lived could have several inches of water slopping around.
This resulted in constantly wet cloth-ing and bedding, (hammocks). Food was prepared in the galley aft and had to be carried forward along the open upper deck to the mess deck, forever resulting in cold meals.
Sailors of the Merchant navy faced many of the same perils as those of the Navy, but had their own problems, in-cluding sailing on ships full of high oc-tane gasoline or ammunition. Some of the vessels used were not even designed for ocean crossing.
Although conditions were trying, these young men achieved results of which this nation can be proud. We should not al-low the sacrifi ces of these young men to be forgotten. Without their contribution, the freedom that we take for granted could have been lost.
The Comox Valley Branch of the Royal Canadian Naval Association will partici-pate in a service of remembrance at the Memorial Cairn in Marina Park, Comox, at 1:00 PM Sunday, May 03, 2015. The public is invited to attend.
70th anniversary service Sunday
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Courtenay Heritage Commission seeks new members
Do you have a passion for heritage? The City of Courtenay Heritage Com-mission is looking for three new people to join its ranks.
The commission advises Courtenay City Council on heritage conservation matters, and participates in activities to honour and preserve the city’s history, includ-ing educational and pub-lic awareness programs.
Former Courtenay Fire Chief Lawrence Burns has been a member of the Heritage Commis-sion since 1996, and chair since 2004.
He encourages anyone interested in the conser-
vation of Courtenay’s heritage to apply. “Our meetings and workshops are fun and rewarding,” said Burns. “We all work together, both at our meetings and workshops, to research our history and advise Council on heritage matters. We’re looking for more volun-teers to help fulfi ll our goals.”
Erin Ferguson, the city’s liaison on the heri-tage commission, advised that having heritage conservation experience would be an asset, but isn’t mandatory.
“Individuals with an understanding of heritage conservation, such as architects, designers, and other heritage profes-sionals would be a bonus, but really anyone with an interest in heritage is encouraged to apply,” advised Ferguson.
“This role is an op-portunity to help shape heritage policy in our city, and they’d be joining a great team of Heritage Commission members.”
The Heritage Com-mission meets monthly, during regular business hours. Members are ap-pointed by City Council for a one-year term.
Applicants should pro-vide a letter with details on relevant knowledge, experience, and gen-eral interest in heritage conservation to the City of Courtenay Planning Department, 830 Cliff e Avenue, or email [email protected] .
For more information on this volunteer position,contact Erin Ferguson at [email protected] or call 250-334-4441.
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CourtenayO N E H U N D R E D Y E A R S O F H I S T O R Y
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The Courtenay and District Museum is celebrating the City’s 100th anniversary with the publication of a coffee table style book with the help of the Comox Valley Echo. It is a high quality magazine style publication with a durable cover.
Historically rich content focuses on activities of people who have shaped our community over the decades. Proceeds from the sales of book copies will help the museum with funding development of programs and activities. Copies are $5.00 each which includes GST, and are available at the Museum and the Echo.
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to show your mother how special she is: you can treat her to a day at the spa, take her out for an expensive dinner or pres-ent her with a bouquet of fl owers. Better still, you can treat her to a whole tsunami of fl owers at the North Island Rhododen-dron Society (NIRS) An-nual Mother’s Day Garden Tour Sunday May 10.
This year marks the tour’’s 20th anniversary and its seven gardens each hold something special for moms and other garden-ers. It might be a brand new garden transformed from a bland stretch of grass, a small mecca of species each carefully cho-sen by a plant guru or a large spread with winding paths and secret gardens.
In choosing the gar-dens for this year’s tour, the co-ordinators looked for those in the Comox/Courtenay area that were inspirational and could trigger ideas for a visitor’s own garden. Many feature a wide variety of species and employ design ideas particularly that can be adapted to a normal city lot.
Others have ponds or special features such as crevice gardens that blend textures making the most
of our Valley’s rocky lega-cy.
Since May is offi cially Rhododendron Month in the Comox Valley, one of the best shows of rhodos on the tour is Robert Ar-gall’s large spread near the ocean on Wireless Road.
This is a garden that is beautiful at any time of the year but the display and variety of rhodos are a special attraction-as is the spring blooming of lit-erally thousands of bulbs (last year Robert planted more than 4,000 bulbs.) Other special features are secret gardens fi lled with rare perennials and trees and a large pond shaded
by plantings and guarded by non-fi sh eating bronze herons.
The big surprise in the garden of Jaime Wilms and Dany Fortin on 14th Street in Courtenay is how much can be planted in a compact city lot . Five years ago, they purchased a boring grassy space and have transformed both the front and the back into an oasis of rare plants (some that come from places like Peru and Chile). You can spot the attention and love in special details such as Dany’s crevice garden and Jaime’s whimsical pottery creations hidden like elves under plants.
Another garden that is a miracle of transformation is owned by Linda Blake-like Jaime and Dany’s, she bought a typical city lot with lawn in front and back and almost noth-ing in plants. (“It had one rhododendron and a hy-drangea,” she says.) Tak-ing Asian gardens as a theme, Linda has created a geography of berms and paths that give the illu-sion the garden is larger than it is. A bamboo fence surrounds the plantings (and keeps out the deer) and Japanese maples care-fully selected for form and colour provide tasteful punctuation marks.
On a larger scale, Helen and Joe Stefi uk’s garden on Glacier View Drive cas-cades down a gentle slope and is both woodland and Asian refl ecting the cou-ple’s many travels to the Far East. Paths wind by natural woodland plants through Asian gates, past unusual Far Eastern pot-tery and statues or lead to secluded sitting areas. Even the narrow pond (which began life as a planter) has a Japanese wa-ter feature. For the Stefi -uks, building the garden one section at a time, was a labour of love stretching over many years.
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Bronze herons guard the pond in Robert Argall’s garden.
A garden tour for Mother’s Day
Mature rhododendrons in Robert Argall’s well-established garden.
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Paths wind by natural woodland plants through Asian gates, past unusual Far Eastern pottery and statues or lead to seclud-ed sitting areas. Even the narrow pond (which be-gan life as a planter) has a Japanese water feature. For the Stefi uks, building the garden one section at a time, was a labour of love stretching over many years.
Bernie and Gloria Guy-ader’s half-acre garden on 6th Street is both great and small-great swaths of pink and red giant rhododen-drons form a background for many of Bernie’s true loves-alpine fl owers. The garden is also fi lled with “dwarfs,” from dwarf rho-dos to many delicate al-pine plants to an awesome display of bonsai. This is a garden to be viewed inch by inch.
The garden owned by Wolfgang and Wilma Hoe-fgen on Towhee Court is also rich in detail and un-usual plants many of which were grown from seeds by Wolfgang, a highly experi-enced horticulturalist. His specialty is conifers and this small garden likely holds the best variety in the Comox Valley.
The garden owned by Maggie Seymour on Rob-ert Lang Drive is unusual in that its “bones” were already in place when she bought this city space. In the backyard, mature fea-ture specimens highlight the beds as a backdrop for a prominent pond while the front garden is a shaped terrain that is a balance between rock and shrubs.
While each garden is unique, the gardeners all share the same passion for creating the most beauty they can in the spaces around their homes. As the famous British land-scape designer Vita Sack-ville-West said: “The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something for the good of the world.”
TOUR DETAILS: Tickets cost $10 for all seven gardens and include de-tailed driving directions as well as a coupon for a free draw for a prize rho-dodendron. The tours are from 10AM to 4PM and are self-guided but garden owners are on hand to an-swer questions or provide additional information on specimens. Tickets are available before the tour at Anderton Nursery, Art Knapp’s Plantland, Blue Heron Books and home & Garden Gate. A limited number of tickets will be available at the gardens.
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Top ten picks for Petunia 2015BY ELLEN PRESLEYAnderton Nursery
Petunias have always been a popular annual in the garden. Their showy blooms add wonderful color to baskets, contain-ers, and window boxes and add dramatic splashes of color and texture to the garden bed. Many of the newer varieties need little or no maintenance and behave amazing well with their companion plants.
My favourite is Petunia ‘Black Magic’. Who can resist a deep dark velvet Petunia. When people see it, their fi rst instinct is to touch it and feel the vel-vet. It has a lovely mound-ing habit, 3” wide fl owers and is as dark as a black cat at midnight. It adds high drama and bold con-trast to containers and beds and does not fade with heat. I mixed it with the blood red Geranium ‘Calliope’, Purple foun-tain grass and lime green Ipomea....to create a very bold and dramatic look. So lush and gorgeous!
Fabulous new petunias are coming out of Germa-
ny. German breeder West-hoff from Westfl owers has created the ‘crazytunia’ series that is spectacular. The crazytunia ‘Star Jubi-lee’ is black with wide yel-low petal shaped stripes and defi nitely has the wow factor. It can stand on its own in a pot or in a mixed container.
The crazytunia ‘Terra-cotta’ has wonderful yel-low and pink tones and looks like a tropical fruit
punch. It really gets you into the Summer mood to start creating your own tropical paradise.
A show stopper is the crazytunia ‘Mandeville.’ What could be more strik-ing then a huge fi ery star shaped bloom with yellow stripes radiating outwards from the center. Simply spectacular! It grows 10” by 12” and like all petunias continually blooms from June to October.
Not everyone wants bold in their garden, some peo-ple are looking for some-thing more subtle like Crazytunia ‘Cloud No.9 ‘. It is a very soft white with a subtle blue vein and delicate yellow star and is great for creating that soft pastel, feminine look. You can mix it with other pas-tels by adding light pinks or echoing the blue and yellow of the bloom itself.
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Petunia ‘Black Magic’ - fi rst instinct is to touch it and feel the velvet
A show stopper is the crazytunia ‘Mandeville.’
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Great for the cottage garden look.
A darling petunia is ‘Sunspun Yellow’ which has the cleanest yellow bloom with a deep yellow throat and a white edge. It has a nice compact mounding habit and yel-low always makes a sun-ny impression no matter where you put it.
A few years ago they took the trailing double white Petunia ‘Sonata’ off the market and I have been trying to fi nd a dou-ble white to replace it. The best one is Wave ‘Double White’. It is the cleanest freshest brightest white with fully double blooms and semi trailing. By add-ing white to your garden or containers, it makes the other colors pop.
A very popular choice is the Sweetunia ‘Johnny Flame’. It has a deep pur-ple almost black center with plum and magenta extending to the outer scalloped petals. This free fl owing petunia makes a good spiller for baskets, fl ower pots and window boxes. This petunia won the ‘Medal of Excellence’ and is defi nitely a must in
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any garden. Sun catcher ‘Blue Burst’
gives a regal look to any planting with its deep purple veining highlight-ing the velvety purple blooms. It has a wonderful compact, mounding habit and doesn’t take over its companion in containers. The center velvet veining is defi nitely unique and makes it a good conversa-tion piece.
The award winning ‘Cha-Ching Cherry’ is still the brightest and most eye catching of all the pe-tunias. The nonstop fl ow-ers are a deep red with a central star of lime green and primrose yellow. The
multi colors allow you to match it with many of the other plants in the garden or container. These striped blooms are so cheerful in the garden and give a crisp look to any design.
Petunias have alwaysbeen a most colorful and popular annual plant. It is one of the easiest of plants to grow - all they need is good soil, regular water-ing and plenty of sun-shine. Feed it weekly or get a slow release fertilizer for maximum fl owers.
jIf you haven’t tried pe-tunias for a while, try add-ing them this year and let your garden show its inner pizzazz.
Join Comox Valley Re-gional District (CVRD) parks and Active Comox Valley as they present a free guided “Wetland Wonders” nature walk at Seal Bay nature park. Led by biologist Ian Moul, the walk takes place Saturday, May 2 from 10 am to noon and is part of provincial Move For Health Day.
Learn about the plant communities of a sec-ond growth forest and the various stages of wet-lands, particularly Melda’s Marsh. Kids can take part in an educational ‘what can you see’ scavenger hunt which will help them learn about the various types of tree cones, birds, reptiles and amphibians found in the park.
The event will hap-pen rain or shine and is fun for all ages, however please leave your pets at home. Bring your camera and binoculars for view-ing birds and other wild-life. The walk will take an out and back route, stopping at the marsh to learn about its history and inhabitants. Meet at the
main parking lot on Bates Road. There will be give-aways, prizes, including a draw for walking poles from Alberni Outpost, as
well as healthy snacks.For more information
about CVRD parks visit www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/parksandtrails.
Free guided nature walk at Seal Bay Nature Park
Melda’s Marsh in Seal Bay nature park.
The award winning ‘Cha-Ching Cherry’
Shoreline Orthodontics Tri-K Triathlon - School Participation TrophyThe Al Pullen trophy is awarded annual to the school that sup-
ports the Shoreline Orthodontics Tri-K Triathlon by encouraging
participation in the event and promoting active lifestyles for its
student body and teaching staff through training sessions and ongo-
ing support.
Al Pullen was a teacher and administrator in School District 71 for
many years. During this time he was instrumental in getting students
involved in participating in the Tri K. The year he would switch to a
new school there would be a fantastic rivalry as students from his
previous school would rally to beat the participation level of students
at his new school. A few of the past trophy winners were Puntledge
Park, Glacier View and Aspen Park. Which school will be the proud
recipient this year?
Students, teachers and administrators can all join in on the fun
visit www.trik.ca to register for this years fun. There are categories
for all ages and distances to match.
This weeks training schedule contains a Brick, In this workout
you complete a 20 km ride then immediately go into a 5 km run.
After being on your bike it will take your legs some time to get use to
running. It is important to practice this so that you know what to
expect race day. If you need to walk a bit at first, stretch out your
legs then take off.
Beginner schedule is on the top line and the intermediate sched-
25th Annual St. Joe’s Golf Classic builds on years of success
The 25th Annual St. Jo-seph’s General Hospital Foundation Golf Classic may still be more than a month away, but orga-nizers are encouraging would-be participants and sponsors to sign up early for the much-anticipated silver anniversary edition.
“You can count on this being a sold-out event,” says tournament chair Robert Mulrooney, who’s also a Senior Investment Advisor at HollisWealth and founding partner of Mindset Wealth, the event’s title sponsor.
“This is one of Vancou-ver Island’s premier golf tournaments and the larg-
est single-day fundraiser for the Hospital Founda-tion.”
The event, scheduled for June 17 at Crown Isle, will feature 18 holes of exceptional golf, a buff et dinner, both a live and si-lent auction and - back by popular demand - the Keil Wealth Management “Mil-lion Dollar Shootout.”
“Six shooters get a shot at a million dollar hole-in-one,” explains Mulrooney. “It’s very exciting - last year one shot ran right over the hole!”
Over the past 24 years, the annual charity golf classic has raised more than $520,000 for vital
Past participants have some fun during the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation Golf Classic. The 25th annual Classic on June 17 is now open forregistration and sponsorship.
equipment that enhances the level of patient care at St. Joseph’s General Hos-pital.
“This event is truly key to building relationships and raising much-needed funds for the hospital,” says St. Joseph’s General
Hospital CEO Jane Mur-phy.
“The proceeds from this year’s event will help pur-chase a Masimo oxygen saturation monitor, part of an advanced respirato-ry monitoring system for post-surgical patients.”
In addition to support-ing a great cause, the event has also delivered its share of unforgettable memories and “highlight reel” moments over the years.
Several hole-in-ones have been recorded, in-
cluding Ken Muir’s dra-matic fi rst shot of the day in 2010 and Dave Wheel-don’s unlikely ace on hole #13 - a 340-yard par 4!
The classic has also at-tracted a cohort of VIPs, from Lui Passaglia and
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several of his B.C. Lions teammates to NHLers By-ron Dafoe and Olie Kolzig and renowned First Na-tions artist Roy Henry Vickers.
One year Sportsnet broadcaster Dan Mur-phy attended and was the lucky winner of two tickets to anywhere West-Jet fl ies - he graciously re-donated them and the amazing Dave Stevens auctioned them off , bring-ing in more than $2,000! Who will be the lucky win-ner this year?
From the foursome of Ed Leakey, Ian Leakey, Mike Hamilton and Roy Parker - the fi rst names engraved on the tourna-
ment’s trophy - to the impressive team of Rod McLean, Jamie Edwards, Jeff Edwards and Grant Skelly - the tournament’s only three-time winners - the Hospital Foundation Classic has hosted some phenomenal golf. Partici-pants have also walked away with thousands of dollars worth of auction items, and this year will be no exception.
“The business com-munity has been wonder-ful, as usual, jumping on board and supporting the classic,” says Mulrooney. “We’re still looking for do-nations for the silent and live auctions, and there are even a few spots left for hole sponsors.
“We’d be remiss if we
didn’t acknowledge the great job done by the or-ganizing committee and the tournament spon-sors: Crown Isle, Quality Foods, 97.3 The Eagle and of course Mindset Wealth,” he adds. “We’re building on the outstanding work done by Ron Weir from Royal Bank, who chaired the tournament for years before we stepped in.”
Reserve a spot for you or your team in the 25th an-nual St. Joseph’s General Hospital Foundation Golf Classic by contacting Rod Prieto at 250-703-5010 or [email protected]. To sponsor a hole or donate an auction item, contact Rob Mulrooney or Russ Wigle at Mindset Wealth: 250-338-5222.
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CODES COUNTRY LANES
Bowling highlights from Codes Country Lanes:
Monday AM - Dave Stacey 192, Heather Abraham 208, Joyce Slat-er 163, Nick Tjart 216, Ria Tjart 192, Arnier Auerbach 195, Rita Dalby 184, Lynne Davidson 185, Roy Brekke 208, Bob VanNes 246, June Berry 192, Bob Sharp 223, Arnie Morrison 216.
Monday PM - Lyle Torrie 223, Val Johnson 235, Erma Wilson 197, Ben Braun 200, Rick Rodri-guez 231, Grace Rodriguez 192, Rick Kroeker 283, Kelvin Davis 202, Shirley Evans 203, Pat Hunt-ley 181, Marg Moore 228, Lucille Smith 189, Ruth Johnson 172, Mildred M 215.
Tuesday Breakfast - Shirley Webb 182, Marilyn Shetterly 206, Jane Wedge 203, Barb Pottruff 194, Laurie McWillis 191, Mary MacArthur 179.
Tuesday 12:30 - George An-drews 211, Allison Bennett 123, Garry Pearson 119, Ev Andrews 168.
Tuesday Adult - Eric McWillis 266, George Ghinis 270, Laurie McWillis 208.
Tuesday/Wednesday CRA - Karen Slater 191, Patti Gove 96, Debbie Downer 163, Lisa Bruce 134, Richard Major 133, Allison Bennett 141, Leona Wagner 126, Jack Errington 144, Jeff McLaugh-lin 192, Jessica Anderson 114, Tiffi nee Nicol 125.
Wednesday Adult - Louise Bundschuh 222, Doris Smith 232, John West 213, Matt Casavant 255, Bruno Bagden 225, Heather Kelly 180, Melissa McGrath 164, Sontina Espey 238, Eric McWil-lis 207, Barb Potruff 207, Gord Potruff 244, Darlene Bernard 251, Rick Aker 223, TOM NURSE 303, Ross McWillis 251, Brian Booth 256.
Thursday GA - Linda Meers 183, John McLean 190, Jill Comeau 202, Arnie Morrison 239, Kelvin Davis 252, Linda Jeffery 185, Vera Winter 209, Grace Rodriguez 205, Ivan Ally 210.
Thursday Adult - Alfred Cyre 215, Rick Kroeker 266, Rick Gran-neman 265, Janet Ellis 189, Steve Robson 243, Ed Carefoot 261, Lorne King 229, Duwanee Gran-neman 246, Candace McLellan 278, Scott Van Achte 251, Chad Kelly 252, Eric McWillis 210, Ross McWillis 211.
Friday GA - Ken Scavarda 255, Roy Brekke 204, Arnie Auerbach 205, George Andrews 238, Ev An-drews 210, Jim Bennett 209, Anna Delucry 192, Nick Tjart 222, Ria Tjart 222, Ed Tanner 219, Coral Tanner 197, Minnie Frame 225, Gerhard Sorger 215, Joan Lucas 218.
Special O - Bobby Bolen 173, Joe Grubwieser 183, Mathew Stra-chin 193, Clint McColl 184, Chris Gillis 228, Randy Bates 156, Terry Daniels 188, Colin Wells 170, Matt Cadwell 203, Debbie Downer 151, Marilyn Shetterly 179.
CROWN ISLE LADIESOur cup runneth over
with ladies for our Tues-day game of Nassau. That is ... until the blustery weather hit the Comox Valley in the early morn-ing. Then some of the la-dies who cancelled would have preferred to travel to Nassau and some heat than play here in the cold!! Boy did they make a mis-take! The sun came out and those who chose to play were trated to a great day of golf.
THE WINNERS: 1st low net Front Nine: Gwen Ryp-ien; 2nd: Kar-en Currie; 1st low net Back Nine: Jean Wharton; 2nd: Anne Sands
1st low net 18 holes was a tie between Gwen Rypien and Jean Wharton. Jean who had an awsome game was also the win-ner of the Dorothy Olive Franklin tournament with the money raised going to Junior golf.
KPs: Carol Ayley and Mathilde Schneider
Par 5s: Judy Aldcroft and Audrey Clark
The birdie pot was rav-aged by Raelene, Jeannie, May, Audrey, Gwen, Ma-thilde and Iris -all with the hands in the pot!
WELCOME to all of our new members - Eliza-beth Buchacher, Char-lene Foster, Sue Fulkerth, Marie Knowles, Jeannie McInnes, Barbara Morris, Evie MacDonald, Cathy Nelson, Rhonda Ryan and Gail Soliski. All of you will love golfi ng with this dy-namic Crown Isle ladies club!
Kudos to Dee Horie, Val Dingwall, Katy Macaulay, and Carol Ayley for ad-mirably respresenting the
Crown Isle Ladies’ Club in the North/South Chal-lenge a Royal Colwood and Cowichan golf clubs. The North Island has won this event 5 of the last 7 years but this year it was the South who took the honors.
Make sure that you take some time between May 4 and 8 to watch the golfers who are trying to qualify for the PGA tour at the Qualifying School being held at Crown Isle.
The Ladies’ Nine and Wine with golf, appys, wine, prizes and tons of fun is fast approaching. Mark your calendars for May 27th on your calendar and register at the proshop as a single, double or team at 250 703-5031.
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GOLFING IN 3 SEASONSThe Comox Ladies
League was treated to a little of everything weather wise Tuesday, April 29th, sun, rain and wind but no snow. Yayy!
The game of the day was count your holes that be-gin with T’s and F’s minus 1/2 of your handicap.
The winners were Linda Callender- 35.5, Louella Dooe- 39.5, Nancy Riva- 40.5, Gi Carlson- 41, Phyl-lis Taylor, Grace Coulter and Linda Verdenhalven- 42 and Pat Schmidt had 43.
The longest putt for ev-eryone was won by Linda Callender on holes #3 and #12. Gi Carlson won the longest putt on holes #8 and # 17. The Dollar Store in the Comox Mall spon-sored closest to the hole on #5 and 14 was won by Phyllis Taylor. Sharon Crowe won closest to the
fl ag on #7 and #16 spon-sored by The Tee Box Restaurant.
Panago Pizza sponsored the closest to the fl ag in 2 shots on #9 and #18, which Jean Kirby won. It was a special day for all of us because it was Grace Coulter’s birthday and we all had a piece of Black Forest cake baked by the Tee Box.
Jesse (our manager), Nadine (our pro), Adrian (chef of the Tee Box) and John (head greenskee-per) have been working hard with Kathy and her North Island Committee to ensure we have another successful tournament on Mother’s Day.
Spots are still open and if you enter before May 1st you will be entered into a draw for one person to win a lesson from Nadine.
Call Sharon Crowe @ 250- 339-7450 for further information on the tour-nament.
GLACIER GREENS MENNinety four out for
our Saturday Men’s play. Congrats to Elmo Guinan for his “ Hole-In-One “.
Hcp 0-11 Gross: Jim Liv-ingstone 74, Jeff Edwards 75 & Scott Robertson 76 cb.
Net: Carl Webber 65, Brian Goodwin 66 & Burt Graham 68.
Snips: Carl Webber # 1, Brian Goodwin # 2 “eagle”, Larry Lott # 12 “POG”, Brian Goodwin # 13, Scott Robertson # 15 & Fabian McCarty # 17.
Hcp 12-18 Gross: Paul Schroeder 75, Neil Neilson 81 & Bernie Johnstone 82 cb.
