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Comox Fire deals with NE Woods blazeComox Fire Rescue re-
ceived a call on Sunday af-ternoon, June 21 of smoke in the North East Woods. A fi re was located very deep in the forest area.
Sixteen Comox fi re-fi ghters used over 2000 gallons of water and three hours to extinguish the fi re.
A small crew from the Coastal Fire Base (forest-ry) in Campbell River was also dispatched but the Comox fi refi ghters had it well in hand before the forestry crew arrived.
Comox fi refi ghters re-turned to the location the following day to ensure the fi re was out.
“This is the largest of several incidents we have had in the North East Woods in the past week”, said Fire Chief Gord Schreiner.
“The area is extremely dry and any small fi re can quickly become a major problem. These fi res can be very dangerous, ex-tremely diffi cult to extin-guish and can threaten
nearby homes. If you are caught lighting one of these fi res you would face severe consequences. I am proud of our fi refi ghters who quickly responded to this incident and worked very hard to limit and ex-tinguish the fi re.”
If you see or smell any smoke in any of the lo-cal forested areas please called 911.
Comox fi refi ghters work on putting out a fi re deep in the North East Woods on Sunday. (Photos submitted by Comox Fire)
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3L Developments Inc. has closed its lands to public access, eff ective immediately.
The lands comprise 153 Ha. encompassing sec-tions of the Puntledge and Browns Rivers, including Stotan Falls.
The closure follows the driest spring on record, resulting in tinder dry conditions and high risk of fi re.
The Comox Logging Road (Duncan Bay Main) is closed and signage has been posted at the prop-erty boundaries.
In keeping with other private forest lands on Vancouver Island, 3L De-velopments Inc. is manag-ing access to its lands out of concern for the safety of the public and the envi-ronment and to preserve the value of its lands.
Although Stotan Falls is a popular recreational area, the public is remind-ed that 3L Developments is the owner of the lands, and as owner it has the right to manage public ac-cess to protect the lands, the public and the envi-ronment.
Stotan Falls access closed due to fi re risk
In recognition of Cour-tenay’s 100th anniversary, 19 Wing has been invited along with Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Quadra for a special centennial Free-dom of the City celebra-tion July 1.
A parade contingent comprised of serving men and women from the 19 Wing Defence Team and HMCS Quadra will march to city hall along Cliff e Avenue between 10th and 8th St. at 9:20 a.m., stop-ping in front of municipal building for Mayor Larry Jangula’s welcoming ad-dress.
This ceremony is open to the public with viewing areas located on the west side of Cliff e Ave. across from city hall.
Freedom of the City is an honour bestowed by a municipality upon a valued member of the communi-ty and can also be granted to military units that have earned a municipality’s trust. By granting Free-dom of the City, a military unit then has the privilege to march throughout the city, and is an affi rmation of the bond it shares with the citizens.
The tradition of grant-ing Freedom of the City to a military unit dates back
more than three centuries during a time when mili-tary units had to defend city walls against adver-sity and needed the trust of the citizens to be able to march or camp through-out the city.
Freedom of the City has been previously granted by the City of Courtenay to CFB Comox in March 1996, the Canadian Scot-tish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) in October 1996,
and HMCS Quadra in Au-gust 2008.
Granting this symbolic freedom is a private mat-ter between civic offi cials and the military unit with the decision resting with municipal authorities.
The ceremony will con-clude by 10 a.m. at which time 19 Wing will join the parade contingent that will march down 5th St. for the annual Canada Day celebration.
Freedom of the City on July 1st
A new interpretive centre was unveiled at the Co-mox Valley Regional Hospital on Wednesday. It will help local residents to stay informed and up-to-date on construction progress for one of the biggest health care projects in Vancouver Island North. A rib-bon cutting ceremony was held and attended by Co-
mox Valley MLA Don Mcrae, Courtenay acting mayor Manno Theos, councillors Erik Eriksson and Bob Wells, Comox Strathcona Regional Hospital District board chair Charlie Cornfi eld and chief project offi cer Tom Sparrow. The hospital construction is on sched-ule to be fi nished by 2017 and is on budget.
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Fanny Bay Improve-ment District is seriously worried about running out of water due to the drought conditions.
Waterworks trustees are taking every possible action to avoid this from happening.
One of the steps that the district just implemented is a complete fi re ban rec-ommended by the Fanny Bay Fire Department.
“We are a major water user of the system and as a fi re department we are
committed to a number of operational changes that will reduce water usage,” said Fanny Bay fi re chief Mike Smith.
“One key commitment is that we institute a com-plete fi re ban, which in-cludes campfi res, to miti-gate the risk.
“In support of further water conservation we have instituted several water re-use procedures which we are using for training exercises.”
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can’t predict the amount of water available and therefore can’t guarantee an adequate fl ow of water at the fi re hydrants, or a continuous supply of wa-ter for fi refi ghting or other activities.
The water supply in this area is subject to rainfall and melting of the accu-mulated snow pack and for the last few years this has decreased the supply of available water.
Homeowners and cus-tomers have been advised
to urgently practice water conservation.
Trustees are develop-ing an emergency plan to provide Fanny Bay Wa-terworks customers with emergency drinking and cooking water.
Residents are asked to check the Fanny Bay web site (http://fannybay-community.com/fb-water-works/) and notice boards for additional informa-tion.
Fanny Bay imposes complete fi re banImprovement district trustees fear community will run out of water
BY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff
Disc golf is coming to Cumberland.
Council has recom-mended staff work on a partnership agreement with the Comox Valley Disc Golf Club for the de-velopment of an 18-hole disc golf course in Coal Creek Historic Park on a trial basis.
The course is proposed to be located in the south-east area of the park adja-cent to the fi eld area near historic Chinatown.
The club, which has over 30 active members, will be responsible for funding, course layout, develop-ment and management of the course.
Disc golf is a low im-pact recreational activity that wouldn’t aff ect the
surrounding area and re-quires minor infrastruc-ture and maintenance compared to a traditional golf course. The plan meets the criteria of the Coal Creek Historic Park Master Plan.
Council approved the disc golf course plan and favours it to be on a trial basis in order to give the community an opportuni-ty to try it out and give its feedback, which the club will address.
The proposal has also received support from the Coal Creek Historic Park Advisory Committee.
The plan for now is to set up “tonal’ targets and after a year, the club, based on public input will create a permanent struc-ture replacing the “tonal” targets with the basket va-riety.
What is disc golf? This rapidly growing sport in British Columbia is played like traditional golf but instead of hitting a ball with clubs into a hole, you throw a smaller, softer and more streamlined looking Frisbee disc into a target. The scoring is similar to traditional golf.
There is a tee area from where players toss the Frisbee at each target and make each consecu-tive shot from the spot where the previous throw landed. Instead of bun-kers, players have to work around shrubs, the wild
terrain, and trees. The putt lands in a bas-
ket or hits the tonal to complete each course.
The club spearheading the project believes this project would benefi t the surrounding community by increasing and enhanc-ing recreational oppor-tunities while respecting conservation goals.
The club’s proposal has received support from the Town of Comox, which created a course across from the Comox Commu-nity Centre in 2007, City of Nanaimo and Campbell River.
Club to build disc golf course in Cumberland
Basket target, top, and ‘tonal’ target below
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Research study seeks women with ‘chronic’ metastatic breast cancer
In central Vancouver Island, including the Co-mox Valley, a new health-care study is seeking the participation of women who were diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at least two years ago and are not experiencing ac-tive health decline. In oth-er words, women who are living relatively well with metastatic breast cancer.
There are several types of breast cancer and dif-ferent ways the illness can progress over time.
An increasingly com-mon type of breast can-cer is chronic metastatic breast cancer (sometimes referred to as stage 4 or advanced).
Although once consid-ered to be a breast cancer only associated with poor health outcomes, there is now a growing number of women who live many years with metastatic breast cancer as a long-term chronic condition.
The study is lead by Sheryl Shermak an inter-disciplinary doctoral stu-dent at the University of Victoria, out of the nurs-ing department.
Sheryl has spent many years in community ad-vocacy for breast can-cer and is also a medical social worker. Her gen-eral research interest is people’s experiences of living with chronic or ongoing forms of serious illness in smaller commu-nities.
The research goal of the study is to increase aware-ness and insights into the lives of women who expe-rience metastatic breast cancer as an ongoing health condition, an often hidden group of women with breast cancer.
Research participation will include two informal interviews, with options for further participation depending on interests and health of potential participants. The exact format and timeline of study participation is fl ex-ible as to meet individual participant needs, for ex-ample the length of each interview.
If you think you might be interested in participating in this research, you can learn more by contacting Sheryl at 1-250-886-4691 or [email protected]
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BY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff
Courtenay Elementary has a new attraction that honours the K’omok’s First Nations.
Two new totem poles are now centerpieces at the school, which has been working on this huge art project that was fund-ed by Artstarts in Schools, a non-profi t organization that
brings professional art-ists into BC schools.
The art project was led by Grade 5 and 6 teach-er Heidi Jungwirth, who originally put in the grant application.
The totem poles also give recognition that the school is in the local area of the traditional territory of the Comox Valley First Nation.
The art work is the cre-ation of local artist Karver Everson. These were his fi rst totem pole carvings. They are visibly located right in front of the school and aptly complement the gate design of the school’s Gateway Community Gar-den.
Everson said the de-signs are symbolic of the Courtenay school.
“I know the killer whale was their animal, their crest,” said Everson. “So I put killer whale on the bot-tom and a human on the top which represents the kid. And the school helps lift the kids up. That’s why they’re on the top. They kids are our future and
Courtenay Elementary proudly displays new totem poles
Students are proud of the new totem poles guarding their garden
they are so important and I just liked to acknowledge that. It’s been a true bless-ing to work with everyone here.”
A grand opening event was held that included a First Nations blessing cer-emony and dances. It was just one of many activi-ties that were held at the school in celebration of National Aboriginal Day.
The students also pre-sented west coast styleartwork that refl ects amyriad collection of dif-ferent cultures from allover the world. They willall hang on the gates lead-ing to the garden.
Later in the day, the chil-dren engaged in an arrayof activities that includeart, culture and sports.
Karver Everson performs a traditional dance
Student work will adorn the garden fence
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evening after work. My dogs were curious but thankfully not more than that.
I caught her easily next to the fence and put her in a clean cardboard box with a towel. She was grey and though I have some bird interest and bird books I couldn’t identify her.
I called MARS and they were so helpful, they accept-ed the wee thing and gave me a number so I could ask about her.
They identifi ed her as a juvenile and yes female Hooded Merganser, with an eye problem and an infec-tion.
They started treating right away and then sent her to Victoria where there were more resources.
I am quite sure the 50 dollars I left that night con-tributed little to the care she got, including medicine, transportation, infrastruc-ture and more.
Sad to say she could not survive the eye injury and so they had to let her go. I am sure her passing was humane and gentle.
MARS is a fantastic re-source for all of us, not just the birds and other crea-tures they help.
They teach children about the fabulous bird spe-cies here, give volunteers the opportunity to care for and learn about veterinary science, and give people like me some hope that the birds we rescue might sur-
vive.Today I saw a small card
at a local retailer with the Mayday for MARS contact information.
I went to the site only to see that it closes in 5 days and has raised less than 10% of projected need.
Please people, support this very worthwhile cause.
P L LuptonComox
I’m still scratching my head over Terry Smith’s letter of June 19, about the “connector to nowhere”. Thanks a lot, from someone who lives on the West side of the Tsolum, the forgotten population, who have had to put up with a traffi c-light controlled, one-lane bridge on a winding, tortuous farm road for too many years.
Decades ago some crazed yahoo burned down the Tsolum Bridge. The high-ways dept. put in a “tem-porary” bridge, which of course became permanent. In case no one has noticed, traffi c in the Comox Valley gets heavier every year as more folks move here.
We need to keep traffi c fl owing, and unfortunate-ly that takes money. The Fifth Street and 17th Street bridges are often at capac-ity. The Tsolum Bridge is a necessity -e specially if one of the fi rst two is closed (as has happened in the recent past). Finally the Tsolum
Bridge is to be replaced. If it had been done in a time-ly manner (i.e. within fi ve years), it would have cost a lot less and been a simpler fi x, but hindsight is 20-20.
There is fairly heavy traf-fi c already on Piercy Road which is a connector to the Inland Highway.
Instead of dumping this traffi c onto a one-lane bridge, or into the chaos of downtown Courtenay, let’s be pro-active and keep this traffi c on the north side of the Valley.
It has very little to do with car dealerships or Costco, and everything to do with a new hospital, greater devel-opment in the Crown Isle region, heavy truck traf-fi c off the highway, avoid-ance of the disaster of Ryan Road intersection with the old Island Highway/Comox Road, and an increase in the density of traffi c.
As someone who worked for the E.H.S. in the past, you don’t want to be do-ing CPR on a patient in the back of an ambulance in the middle of a traffi c jam.
Now, maybe the home-less sleeping in ditches and seniors living in poverty will get faster ambulance service to the hospital when they need it.
And semis with fi fty-foot trailers won’t have to crawl across a one-lane wooden bridge or wind their way along Anderton Street and up First Street hill...and
into the chaos of downtown Courtenay. New connector? Bring it on!
J. GouldCourtenay
Dear Carrie Miller and City of Courtenay Council,
I have in the past re-quested that the City of Courtenay consider paint-ing the cross walks near the Wachiay Friendship Centre and Courtenay Elementary School area.
My request was aimed at improving cross walk vis-ibility and safety near Cour-tenay Elementary School.
I see that other commu-nities have painted cross-walks and I would like to invite you to consider this again for our school area.
Our neighbourhood area is low-income and not es-thetically pleasing. Howev-er, some fantastic changes have been happening in our area with the erecting of the Totem poles at the Friend-ship Garden at Courtenay Elementary School.
Let’s keep the momen-tum going!
Carrie, thank you for your explanation on why this is not necessary for our neigh-bourhood area.
However, times are chang-ing and perhaps we can all help to create a neighbour-hood feeling.
Kindle ParsonsParent volunteer at Courtenay
Elementary School
A letter to Mayor Paul Ives and Council, Town of Comox:
Re: Baybrook Heritage BC has been
contacted a number of times by members of the Mack Laing Heritage Soci-ety and others who are con-cerned about the proposed demolition of the house “Baybrook” located in the Mack Laing Nature Park.
Constructed in 1922 by noted naturalist, author, and photographer Hamilton Mack Laing (1883-1982), and home to Mack Laing and his wife Ethel from 1923 to 1949, Baybrook is a signifi cant heritage site for the province of British Co-lumbia.
The heritage values of Baybrook lie in its associa-tion with the life and work of Hamilton Mack Laing and its context within the natural surroundings of what is now Mack Laing Nature Park, a mecca for birdwatchers and constant inspiration for Mack La-ing’s work.
Because of Baybrook’s rich heritage value, and val-ue to the local community, province of British Colum-bia, and Canadians in gen-eral, we believe that Bay-brook should be conserved for present and future gen-erations.
We encourage the Town of Comox to retain the Bay-brook property and use the
building in ways that will conserve the heritage val-ues of this signifi cant site while celebrating the im-portant life and work of Mack Laing.
It is our understanding that Baybrook has been as-sessed by a qualifi ed pro-fessional and deemed a candidate for heritage con-servation and rehabilita-tion.
Heritage BC would be happy to off er our assis-tance to the Town of Co-mox in this process, in-cluding advice, capacity building training, and as-sistance with conservation planning.
The conservation of Bay-brook would also be eligible for a potential grant through the Heritage Legacy Fund Heritage Conservation pro-gram administered by Heri-tage BC.
We write with concern for the future of the irreplace-able heritage of Baybrook and encourage the Town of Comox to consider alterna-tives to the demolition of this important heritage re-source in your community.
Kathryn Molloy, Executive Director
Janice Henry, Chair Heritage B.C.
This is a sad story but oth-er stories might be happier. I saw a distressed webbed footed bird in my yard one
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drivers who abide by the speed limits and rules of the road. If you were late for an appointment then get out of your bed earlier. You are a dangerous driver woman, very dangerous.
A BOUQUET of shiny wrenches and wet puppy kisses to Garret from Mi-das. I had a fl at tire the other day on the duke. Garret and his 4-legged buddy Kasey stopped and changed my tire for me. Thank you so much!
PLENTY OF BOUQUETS to Paskal (sp?) of the Comox Fire Hall for his response in helping my mother as she felt faint while out for a walk by the Comox Rec Center. Fortunately she did not need to be hospi-talized.
A BEEF from a retired and tired landowner in Union Bay. When I attended the Union Bay board meeting last week, I couldn’t be-lieve my eyes when I saw who was presenting a del-egation and petition to the District and was threaten-ing to sue the Trustees. Is this not the same person who pursued a fruitless le-gal action against a land-owner several years ago, which cost the community over $100,000. And was this not the Chair of the day when the old Board purchased the Union Bay School. This led to two more lawsuits that cost landowners a huge amount of cash. And now he is proposing that land-owners pool their cash and personally sue the current Trustees. Give your head a shake. Absolutely no credibility here folks, what were you thinking?
BOUQUETS to CVRD direc-tors for selecting Comox Lake water supply as the number one priority af-ter a 2 day work shop. It needs to be number one. The Comox Valley has
been blessed with what was an endless supply of high quality water, but this has changed in just the last few years with nu-merous boil water issue and Stage 3 restrictions. Thanks to BC Hydro for fi nally starting to be part of the solution. Let’s see the BC Government step up to plate on watershed management. Let’s see all property owners pay more of their share of the CVRD overhead on water costs-Even those Directors on wells, who supported un-fair surcharges on Area B customers, on October 13, 2013.
BIG BOUQUETS to Fresh Slice Comox. Big thanks from the grade 7 Huband Elementary Graduates! The pizza was delicious and the customer service was way above and beyond our expectations. Thanks for keeping those Grade 7 dancing machines fueled for the night, they had a blast!
LET ME GET THIS RIGHT ... Some people in Union Bay want their local gov-ernment to reinstate an agreement that has not existed for 6 months and if they don’t they will ini-tiate a class action lawsuit against their government. In other words, citizens who are arguing for a “free” water treatment plant from a developer be-cause they don’t want to pay anything will be asked to fork over money to support a lawsuit against themselves and those same citizens will pay for the Board’s defence. Al of this is being led by a community member who has taken the commu-nity down this road be-fore with poorly thought out law suits that cost the community thousands of dollars. Think about it.
REPLY TO “blown engine” from Mad Max himself!
I apologize if you think my motor is too loud, it’s not blown or broken. It’s a 2-inch exhaust on a V8. Not to mention I don’t go past 50km, which is our speed limit. Perhaps if you had an ounce of cour-age and a smidgeon of hu-man decency you could have fl agged me down and asked me if I could have driven a little slower past your house. Too bad you’re content with per-petuating the Cumber-land stereotype of being an ignorant redneck utter-ing threats behind closed doors. Next time keep the name-calling and the threats to yourself.
BOUQUETS, sunfl owers and daisies to the restau-rant Locals. A big thank you. June 2 I celebrated my 86th birthday with family and friends. What an enjoyment. The food was “tops” and wonder-ful. And strawberry short-cake with a candle on the plate, written in chocolate “Happy Birthday”. That made my day complete. Food and friends at din-ner. A big thank you to the ladies that served us and the Chef and staff . Yes, we will be back for the won-derful food. Have a nice day all.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEND a huge big bouquet of roses to the wonderful honest person who found my wallet in Costco on June 9 and took it to my house. Left no phone number, so I can’t thank you personally, but I am very, very grateful to have it back. I would love to give you a big hug. So a big thanks again. We need more good people like you. Thanks very much.
I WANT TO TELL the Comox Valley community of my fabulous warranty service from AnMarcos Furniture. The warranty on my two bar stools expired a year ago. They insisted on try-
ing to come up with some-thing to replace a broken gasket under the stools that could not be pur-chased. The stoold would scratch the fl oor without this. At the same time a pipe broke and their ware-house and the restaurant next door were fl ooded out. But with all this water mess ruining their stock they took the time to come up with a solution and re-pair the stools. Then said they were sorry it took a coupld of days!!! A VERY satisfi ed customer.
RE: WATERING LAWNS. After reading your rant about people not watering their lawns and therefore hav-ing a wasteland because of it I would like to respond. First of all, how ridiculous are you? Do you not real-ize that we have no snow pack for run-off to the rivers, barely any rain-fall which is way behind any average accumulated in years, and fi sh stocks could be negatively aff ect-ed for decades because of this. It’s up to all of us as a community to follow the water restrictions so we don’t screw our selves through the summer. Clean water to drink and shower with is the priority here, not your silly lawn. If anything you’ll be looking like the selfi sh fool with one of the few green lawns this summer while every-one else has brown. Guess that bylaw offi cer will then know who to fi ne ... as he takes a drive at 5am!
MANY WONDERFUL Sun-days to the Living Hope Christian Fellowship for the delicious lunch they prepared for the Mark R. Isfeld Secondary School staff . Our full bellies greatly appreciated your thoughtfulness.
TO THE WRITER complain-ing of brown lawns: Is lush green grass really more
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important to you than drinking water? Lawns are purely decorative and should be at the bottom of the priority list. Unless you are watering fruits or vegetables, it’s a waste of a very valuable resource. Please reconsider and respect others for being mindful of this.
I’D LIKE TO COMPLAIN. Com-plain about, who com-plain. Not that I have any real problem with people who complain. I complain, I heard someone complain about the weather today. I’m getting older, now that’s a complain. Thank you Echo for hearing me complain. You can’t com-plain about that.
THANK YOU and Thank you again to Ted of FORTIS BC for taking the initiative and going that extra mile to help remedy a problem at our strata complex. You are a tremendous ambas-sador for FORTIS! Hope your work ethic and cus-tomer relations skills are appreciated. - A very grate-ful strata council member.
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HUGE DRIVING BEEF to the impatient crazy driving woman in the white Honda CRV with a black & white ZNP sticker on the back of her car. Around 8.20am, Thurs 11th June, you were driving from Forbidden Plateau Rd towards the Tsolum Bridge junction and as well as riding peo-ples’ backsides, you over-took me on a blind corner with no regard at all to other drivers on the road - let alone any wildlife! I sincerely hope that WHEN you have an accident - it’s not a case of if - that you only injure yourself and not the other more careful
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BOUQUETS to our waste collection people. The swampers have to be the most fi t people in town. They work extremely hard and extremely fast. Take a minute and watch some-time. They’re amazing.
SEWAGE with that Shell-fi sh? Cumberland wants to dump its sewage in Baynes Sound, where shellfi sh is grown instead of in the Georgia Strait so they can save some money. This idea stinks.
I AM WRITING to say how thoroughly disgusted I am with the lack of care exhibited by the staff of the Emergency and X-Ray department of the St. Jo-seph’s Hospital this Sun-day. My stepson has been sick with bronchitis and, as it was not getting bet-ter, we took him back to the clinic. The doctor (who presumably knows what they are doing as they are a DOCTOR) said that he needed to have a chest x-ray TODAY. We went to the x-ray department, where we were told that we had to go through emergency. After sitting in emergency for nearly an hour, we were told that they are not open for outpatients on Sun-day and they would not be giving him the x-ray he needed. I sincerely hope that if these people fi nd themselves in this position that they are given exactly the same lack of treatment and condescending atti-tude we received. If this is the level of care that is the standard at this hospital, I am not surprised they fi nd it necessary to have a secu-rity guard by the door.
A HUGE THANK YOU to An-Marco’s Furniture! On their website, they speak of reliability, honesty and integrity. Mark and his
team deliver. For years, I have wanted a couch that fi t my 5’2” frame and was ecstatic to fi nd Anmarco’s carries a line of BC made furniture built for those with a smaller frame. My feet touched the ground! When the couch arrived, it was a bit taller than the one I tried in the show-room. Hugely disappoint-ing, I did not think much could be done. However, Mark worked with the manufacturer and changed the cushions and legs un-til I was happy. Anmarco’s is true to their word and I am very glad I bought my couch there.
WHAT IS WITH the bread truck that is constantly parked in the parking lot for the City Park and La-crosse box on 20th Street? Sometimes it is there 24/7. I thought there were by-laws restricting commer-cial vehicle parking in pub-lic areas. It is an eyesore as well as blocking the mail-box and is also in the area that should be available to those that want to use the basketball hoop at the park and also taking up public parking spots that should be available to those using the Lacrosse box or the park. I have lived in this area for 5 years and don’t remember a day when it was not there. Isn’t it time the City did something about this?
I WAS AT A FUNERAL last year and there was a native singer from Cortez Island named Brenda. She sang a native love song and it was beautiful. I have never heard anything like this be-fore or since. Has anyone heard of this woman or the native song?
I’VE RECENTLY VISITED the Comox Valley from the UK and looked at many of the beaches here which I must say are beautiful.
I came across Airforce Beach which had a lovely little kiosk there selling delicious gelato and the famous “chip butty” AND DELICIOUS HOME CUT FRIES YUM!! And to my delight a lovely English lady called Sarah served us, and she was so wel-coming and friendly. What great service we received. Thank you for a fantastic experience, keep it up!!
A YEAR OF DOG POO for the person who called in about an animal in distress in Merville on the Island Hwy. and a life time of horse ma-nure to the Comox Valley SPCA for taking a whole day to check on an animal in distress call and then sending out an offi cer with no animal husbandry or people skills to scare an 81-year old lady with terminal lung and bone cancer who has never had the SPCA come to check on her ani-mals. Threatening to take animals away from a dy-ing lady ... shame on you. The vet checks all came out good, over 900 dollars later. I will never donate to that organization ever until they properly train their staff and don’t let the badge go to their head.
ANOTHER TWO-DAY CVRD workshop with yet another outside Consultant on Co-mox Valley Priorities - se-lected by the CVRD CAO. How about a diff erent ap-proach? The Comox Valley has many home grown suc-cessful entrepreneurs and a number of very compe-tent conservationists. I’m thinking that John Edgett, Harold Long, Bill Morri-son, Jack Minard, Wayne White, Paul Horgen could provide expert advice - for the price of a lunch, or two.
ÉCOLE PUNTLEDGE PARK would like to thank Indigo/Coles for choos-
ing us as their “Adopt a school” recipient this year. The library received 148 books from the local Coles store. Thank you to all the people who so generously donated to the program ... it made a pretty awesome 50th Birthday present for the school.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK the fi ve kind souls who last Sunday volunteered their time, strength and beach towels to in order to help me stretcher my golden retriever out from Comox Lake. Had you not shown up and off ered to help when you did, I don’t think I would have had the strength to hike out car-rying an 85lb dog on my own. With your action, I was able to rush him to the vet where emergency procedures saved his life. He lived to run, swim and chase balls another day! Thank you so much.
THERE IS AN ANGEL alive and well, living in Comox. I was in John’s and their comput-er was having a melt down. After several tries, the lady behind said she would pay for my groceries. I think she thought that my cred-it card was maxed out. I was shattered and deeply touched. At that moment, the machine dinged and my card was accepted. I thanked the lady and I am sure I saw little tufts of white feathers around her back. Thank you, kind lady, you know who you are.
BOUQUET TO THE CADETS who picked up garbage outside the DND reservist prop-erty on Waveland and June Roads on Tuesday night. Your eff orts were noticed and truly appreciated by those of us who live in the area.
A HUGE BOUQUET to Kelly Co painting. I had the in-terior of my house painted
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A HUGE BOUQUET of roses to the person that turned in my bracelet at Superstore. The bracelet belonged to my late sister-in-law and has sentimental value to me. I will defi nitely get a better clasp put on it. There truly are a lot of honest people out there and you are at the top of my list. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.
SHOWERS OF THANKS to the wonderful Roots Hair Styl-ist for coming to the res-cue after I was caught in the rain setting up for the Courtenay Evening Mar-ket. Your thoughtfulness made my evening much more pleasant! Thank you.
“ROB” THE FIREWOOD MAN, who ripped us off and never came back: Here’s a hairy moldy beef to you and a heads up to others, his cord is nowhere near a cord.
TO THE FIVE a.m. Water thief ... you must have writ-ten just to get a reaction. You could not possibly be THAT ignorant. Do we shake our heads, laugh out loud or just send you off into the desert and when you return, make sure that you have a boil water advi-sory notice stapled to your
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WARMEST THANKS to Dr. Chris Cannon and Carly of Van Isle vets for being the ones to so lovingly sending Tasha (cat), Holly (dog) and Rio (cat) to sleep in the last six months, where they very much needed to be. One’s only comfort when losing beloved family members is that the suff er-ing is no more. Thank you, Chris. Betty.
SUCH HEARTFELT THANKS to the owner of The House of Colour who, when he knew that the paint and brush or-dered were for the SPCA, immediately said “No charge, for they do such good work.” I say AMEN to that, as a long-time vol-unteer. Please make sure that your pets are well, ev-erybody.
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Comox Valley respond-ed to the following inci-dents between June 16 and 22:
■ On June 16th police took a report of a mischief that had occurred at the car lot of Brian Mcleans located on the 2100 block of Cliff e Avenue in Cour-tenay. It is reported that someone has jumped on several of the cars in the lot causing signifi cant damage. (2015-7623)
■ Police received a call of found power tools on June 20th. The person fi nding the tools stated that they were, on the ground under an over-turned wheel barrow, in a treed area around the 2400 block of Cliff e Ave-nue in Courtenay. Shortly after taking this report a person called in reporting a theft of power tools from their residence. Both were reunited. (2015-7838)
■ On June 20 police took a report of a mischief that had occurred at the McDonalds restaurant on Cliff e Avenue in Courte-nay. It was related that a male had gone into the ball room and damaged a Plexiglas window making it unsafe for children to play. This investigation is continuing. (2105-7856)
■ On the evening of June 20th police conduct-ing radar enforcement
on highway 19a when they encountered a ve-hicle going 104 km/h in an 80 km/h zone. The ve-hicle was stopped and the driver was found to have been consuming alcohol. A roadside screening de-vice was employed and the driver was found to be over the legal limit. The driver was issued with no drivers licence as he had an expired BC learners li-cence; he was given a 90 Immediate Roadside Pro-hibition, had his vehicle towed and impounded for 30 days and was issued a 3 Month notice of suspen-sion under the Motor Ve-hicle act.(2015-7861)
■ Police were fl agged down by a concerned citi-zen on the night of June 21st. It was related that a car was stopped at the intersection of Cliff e Av-enue and 17th street and the driver appeared to be asleep. Police located the driver and the investiga-tion resulted in the driver receiving a 90-day Imme-diate Roadside prohibi-tion and had his vehicle towed and impounded for 30 days. (2015-7889)
■ On June 22nd police received a report of a theft of a boat motor off of a boat that was moored in the Comox Marina. The motor stolen is described as a 9.9 hp Mercury out-board motor. (2015-7982)
DOB: 1964-08-07187 cms, 85 kgs, Brown hair, Hazel eyesWarrants: Care and control while im-pairedCare and control over .08Drive while prohibited CCDrive while suspended MVAComox Valley fi le # 2015-4460
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DOB: 1991-03-11193 cms, 145 kgs, Brown hair, Brown eyesWarrants: Theft under $5000Failing to appearSeveral warrants in other juris-dictionsComox Valley fi le # 2014-5265
If you have any information about the whereabouts of either of these two people, call the Comox Valley RCMP Detachment at 338-1321, or Comox Valley Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (1-800-222-8477). You don’t have to give your name and you could be eligible for a cash reward.
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Greyhound putting the brakes on North Island bus routes for goodBY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff
Greyhound Canada is eliminating bus routes that would impact the Co-mox Valley.
The bus company has notifi ed BC Passenger Transportation Board of its plan to abandon its licence on the routes be-tween Nanaimo to Port Hardy.
Greyhound provides one trip daily in each direction on the following routes:
Nanaimo, Nanoose, Parksville, French Creek, Qualicum Beach, Horne Lake, Bowser, Fanny Bay, Buckley Bay, Union Bay, Cumberland, Roys-ton, Courtenay, Merville, Black Creek, Oyster River, Campbell River, Sayward and Highway 19, Sayward, Woss Camp, Port Mc-Neill, Port Alice and Port Hardy.
Greyhound’s BC Dis-trict manager, Brad Scott, advises the community if they have any comments regarding its proposal,
they can notify the BC Passenger Transporta-tion Board by July 2 ei-ther by mail at BC Pas-senger Transportation Board, P.O. Box 9850 Stn. Prov Govt, Victoria, BC, V8W9T5, or by fax at 250-953-3788. You may also send an email to:
p [email protected] .ca (Quote Application 197-15/Routes U & W).
Although this loss of bus service may be of con-cern to the Comox Valley, Tofi no Bus Services Inc may help alleviate some of the region’s worries.
It has applied to the BC Passenger Transportation Board for a new inter-city bus licence that will in-clude a service in the Co-mox Valley.
Dylan Green, founder and president of Tofi no Bus, said depending on the approval process, there may be no interrup-tion in service.
The service Tofi no Bus plans to off er will in-clude Nanaimo, Nanoose, Parksville, French Creek,
Qualicum Beach, Horne Lake, Bowser, Fanny Bay, Buckley Bay, Union Bay, Royston, Courtenay, Mer-ville, Black Creek, Oyster River, Campbell River, Sayward and Highway 19, Port McNeill, Woss Camp, Port Alice junction and Port Hardy.
Green has sought the support of the Village of Cumberland in its appli-cation to take over the bus routes to be abandoned by Greyhound.
The Tofi no routes will also connect to Vancouver via Departure Bay terminal in Nanaimo and also coor-dinate with Greyhound’s North America-wide net-work via Nanaimo and Vancouver.
The Tofi no Bus route application, however does not include Cumberland, which councillor Jesse Ketler noticed. Cum-berland CAO, Sundance Topham said he talked to Green about the Cumber-land route.
“He told me that they would service Cumber-land through Courtenay and also have the option to come here,” said Topham.
“They also have a rela-tionship with Hostel In-ternational so they might also come in and go to the hostel in town as well.”
Councillor Roger Kishi said Greyhound has been reducing the bus service in the North Island for quite sometime.
“It’s only because of public pressure that’s maintained the service until now,” said Kishi.
“Tofi no Bus has seen an opportunity for increasing their business and I think it’s a good thing they are willing to step in when Greyhound goes out.”
Kishi made a motion to write a letter to the BC Passenger Transporta-tion Board that supports Tofi no Bus’ application for new inter-city route licence. Council approved it.
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SPRING IN THE GARDEN
Vincent Van Gogh was inspired by Sunfl owersBY ELLEN PRESLEYAnderton Nursery
It is not surprising that artists often use fl owers as their subject matter.
When I look at my gar-den, I am often struck by the beauty and exquisite form of a particular fl ow-er. As one fl ower fi nishes blooming another appears and I am in awe with its intrinsic perfection, the way light plays upon each curve and how it moves in the slightest of breezes or how in the early morning, dew clings to a petal.
The famous painter Vincent Van Gogh was in-spired by the yellow tones in wheat fi elds, the beauty of roses and anemones, the delicate white blos-soms of fruit trees and the brilliant blues of the Irises.
Some of his most fa-mous paintings were those of sunfl owers. An
artist who was prone to depression, he found hap-piness in his yellow house in Arles, France. When his friend, Paul Gauguin, came to visit he decorated his house with pictures of sunfl owers.
Helianthus (Sunfl ower) comes from the Greek word Helios meaning sun and anthus meaning fl ower. Many sun wor-shiping religions used the sunfl ower as a symbol of the sun and because of its ability (heliotropism) to turn towards the sun as it grows.
Although the sunfl ower will turn to face the sun as it grows, it will almost always face east once the plant matures - which is why you will see fi elds of Sunfl owers facing in one direction, like soldiers all in a row, answering an an-cient call of the solar sys-tem.
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Sunfl owers are one of the cheeriest fl owers to put in your garden.
It’s like adding sunshine to your world - especially when those gray days appear to daunt us, looking out the win-dow and seeing these sunny friends can really brighten your day.
Sunfl owers come in a vari-ety of sizes and colours. There are the short varieties which are perfect for a children’s gar-den such as “Big Smile” with its gorgeous large 5” blooms of golden yellow with a choco-late colored center. It grows 10- 15” and can be placed in the front of the border, in a container, or as a greeting along a pathway. (Sure to il-licit a smile from even the grumpiest curmudgeon).
Another perfect choice for the children‚‘s garden is the slightly larger sunfl ower “Ted-dy Bear” which grows 1-3 feet high and has adorable double pompom like blossoms. All sunfl owers will attract bees, butterfl ies and birds to your garden - perfect for observing nature throughout the sum-mer.
For the mid to back of the border or next to the fence, try the sunfl ower ‚“Moon shadow” at almost 4 ft.
This sunfl ower has creamy white petals with a dark brown center and fi ts in with any color scheme.
White blooms are a lovely addition to any fl ower bed and are perfect for evening walks as they naturally illuminate in the evening capturing the moon light - delightful for ro-mantic strolls in the garden.
One of the tallest Sunfl ow-ers, is the “Russian Mam-moth” at 10-12 feet which is often used along a fence or at the end of a vegetable garden. Large sunfl owers are great as a focal point, to hide an un-sightly structure or to grow for competition at the fall fair. (The tallest sunfl ower grown to date is 30 feet 1 inch.) This tall variety with its large fl ow-er head was developed in Rus-sia originally for food produc-tion.
Sunfl owers are easy to grow and prefer a deep rich, well-drained soil and thrive in full sun.
Fertilize in the spring and give only water for the rest of the summer as over fertilizing leads to weak stems. One tsp. of borax in 1 1/2 cups of water will supply sunfl owers with enough boron to produce a large seed head.
Pick fl owers to encourage more blooms.
Sunfl ower seeds can be eaten, if the birds don’t get them fi rst. Whereas the birds will eat them raw, we prefer them salted and roasted. Har-vest the seeds when the heads of the fl ower turn yellow and hang them to dry.
Once dry, rub the seeds off
and soak them overnight in a gallon of water with 1 cup of salt. Dry in a 250 F. oven for 4-5 hours and store in an airtight container. The black-seeded varieties are mainly for oil and birdseeds. The gray and white-striped variet-ies like the mammoth are for drying and eating.
As a cut fl ower, Sunfl owers make bold dramatic bouquets and if you are artistically in-clined, they are fun to paint. Vincent Van Gogh preferred to paint from life.
He would pick the sunfl ow-ers early in the morning and paint all in one go before the fl owers collapsed.
Should you try to use sun-fl owers in a bouquet try this suggestion for lasting fl ow-ers. Pick them in the evening or early morning, cutting the stalks cleanly with a sharp knife. Remove the lower leaves, and plunge the stems into boiling water for one and half to two minutes, then con-dition the stems in cool water in a tall container overnight.
Once conditioned, the stem can be recut and used in ar-rangements. Then you and your friends can paint to your hearts content without being rushed.
So whether you are a sun worshipper, an aspiring artist or simply one who loves the happy face, a sunfl ower is sure to make a wonderful addition to your garden this summer.
Happy Gardening! ‘Teddy Bear’ sunfl ower, with adorable pompom-like blossoms
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The Comox Amateur Radio Club will be again hosting their Field Day on June 27th at Kin Beach.
Field Day is when a group of guys and gals interested in Amateur Radio get together, usu-ally in an open area, set up some of their radio communication equip-ment and see how many contacts they can make “around the world”.
They use HF (high frequency), VHF (very high frequency) and UHF (ultra high fre-quency) equipment and what makes it even more interesting is that all the equipment used is powered by DC (direct current) batteries. They
do not rely on the exist-ing power grid.
The reason they do this is to practise radio communications in case of an emergency.
If we, here in the Comox Valley and other close by areas, lost all methods of contacting others, (cell phones, normal phones, and our “power grid” those using Amateur Radio equip-ment could communicate with those who could possibly provide help.
And it’s also a fun time, as participants get to see many diff erent kinds of Amateur Radio equipment, meet other HAMS (that’s what they are called) and hopefully have other interested
people come down and join them. You will be more than welcome to join us and partake in a hot dog, a soft drink and some HAM talk.
This year there’s anoth-er reason for you to visit as one of the past mem-bers and his wife have asked the club members to help in the sale of his Amateur equipment and there is lots of it!
Most of it will be priced at ridiculously low prices and on top of that we will be open to off ers. It could become your chance to become a HAM.
Remember, Saturday, June 27, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM at Kin Beach. Hope to see you there.
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HAM radio operator checks out communication equipment in Kin Park at the annual Field Day
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The warm sunny weath-er this spring has been very enjoyable (although we may pay for it later with water shortages) but to stream-dwelling fi sh it spells disaster.
Many of the streams on Vancouver Island have very low water levels and this situation is likely to get worse as summer progresses. Low summer fl ows are typical of many local streams but this year it is happening at least a month earlier than nor-mal.
Piercy Creek, the main tributary of Millard Creek, usually dries up to a series of unconnected pools by mid-summer, resulting in mortality of rearing coho salmon juveniles due to high temperature, low oxygen and increased pre-dation from raccoons and other predators.
Coho salmon rear in freshwater for a full year before migrating to the es-tuary as smolts in spring so suffi cient good quality water is essential to their survival.
Recently, volunteers from Millard-Percy Water-shed Stewards captured an estimated 1,500 coho fry from Piercy Creek ad-jacent to Piercy Creek Es-tates and released them into the enhanced side-
channel of Millard Creek. Because of its spring-
fed origin, Millard Creek fl ows year round, even during dry summers.
It is hoped that, by un-dertaking this transfer,
the survival of these fi sh to the smolt stage will be increased signifi cantly.
Millard-Piercy Water-shed Stewards have been actively involved in im-proving the health of the
watershed for more than 20 years. We are alway looking for more volun-teers. For additional in-formation please visit our website: http://millard-piercy.org.
Volunteers from Millard-Piercy Watershed Stewards releasing coho salmon fry captured in Piercy Creek into the enhanced side-channel of Millard Creek.
It’s easy to enjoy sum-mer with BC Transit in the Comox Valley thanks to the return of the Goose Spit Park Beach Bus.
Your carefree commute to the park will run, six days a week, from July 4 to August 30, 2015.
The Comox Valley Re-gional District (CVRD) and BC Transit urge resi-dents and tourists to leave their driving and parking worries behind and take advantage of the Beach Bus. Goose Spit Park is home to spectacular surf, sand, scenery and coastal wildlife.
The Beach Bus to Goose Spit Park will see up to four return trips Monday to Friday, with extended service on Saturdays with up to six return trips.
This year’s schedule fo-cuses on late afternoon and evening service.
“Taking in the beauti-ful scenery of Goose Spit Park is even more conve-nient thanks to the return of the Beach Bus,” said Comox Valley MLA Don McRae.
“We’re excited that this option is available to resi-dents and tourists and we encourage everyone to jump on board.”
“Goose Spit is so popu-lar in the summer that traf-fi c getting there, and fi nd-ing parking once you’re there, can take a lot of the enjoyment out of the expe-
rience,” said Bruce Jolliff e, chair of the CVRD’s board of directors. “Taking the bus to the b
each is such an easy way to remove driving and parking headaches from the equation all summer long.”
The return of the Beach Bus provides a popular connection for our cus-tomers to their communi-ty, said BC Transit Presi-dent and CEO Manuel Achadinha.
“We encourage everyone to try the bus and see how easy and effi cient it is to get around.”
Regular fares apply; $2.00 for adults and $1.75 for seniors/youth.
For more information on Goose Spit Park Beach Bus schedules and on all tran-sit services in the Comox Valley call 250.339.5453 or use the online trip plan-ning tools at www.bctran-sit.com/regions/com
CONTEST: To celebrate summer, Comox Valley residents can enter to win a free monthly bus pass. Go online to learn more about the contest terms.
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A SALUTE TO THE PIONEERS | SIMMS & LEWIS PARKJune 275PM -9PM • Multicultural Festival in Simms Park June 286PM-9PM • 11th Annual Battle of the Bands in Simms ParkJuly 17AM-11AM • Kinsmen’s Pancake breakfast in Simms Park 9:15AM • Registration - 5th Street Fun Run at Woods Ave 9:30AM • Kids Bike Decorating contest at lake Trail School • Freedom of the City Ceremony at City Hall 9:00AM • Horseshoe Pitch in Lewis Park 10:00AM • (Pacific) Cadet Glider School in Simms Park • CFB 19 Wing Ordnance Disposal display, Lewis Park • 5th Street Fun Run down 5th Street for all ages 10:30AM • GRANDE PARADE down 5th Street 11:00AM • KIDS ZONE - Bounce Mania, Lewis Park FREE for kids 11:30AM • CRA games, Hoola Hoopla, 7 Story Circus, Facepainting 11:00AM • Kal Tire Go Karts for Kids - FREE rides! • Petting Zoo in Lewis Park • Food and Craft Booths open to serve you • Comox Valley Concert Band in Lewis Park11:30AM • Westview Ford’s Sumo Wrestling Challenge12:00PM • Open House at Courtenay’s Museum on 4th Street • Canada Day Beer Garden in practice tennis courts1:00PM • Antique and Historical Farm Machinery Show • Comox Rotary Ducky 500 race in Courtenay River
June 307PM-11PM • The Nite Before Concert with the “ORIGINALS” Huge line up of stars! Sue Medley & the Back Road Band, Gord Carter, Comox and Friends and many more!
1:15PM (APPROX) • OPENING CEREMONIES (after parade) Presenting Canadian Armed Forces Honour Guard 1:30PM • New Mother Earth plays on Simms Park stage • FREE family swim in Courtenay’s outdoor pool • Costco Canada’s Big Birthday cake is served • RCAF Search and Rescue (SAR) Capability Demo, Lewis Park, subject to weather & operational commitment • Sue Medley, Mary Murphy on Stage, Lewis Park2:00PM • “The Brodie Dawson Band” on Simms Park Stage 2PM-4PM • TEA DANCE at the Native Son’s Hall with “Georgia Straight Big Band” and tea served by Evergreen Club Ladies Everyone welcome - FREE event! 2:30PM • Metis Jigging Contest in Lewis Park 3:00PM • ANNUAL KIDS BIKE DRAW in Lewis park • “Luke Guthrie” on Simms Park Stage 3:30PM • “Darryl and Saskia” in Lewis Park 4:00PM • Battle of Band 2015 winners play in Simms Park • “Bruce and Judy Wing” - Lewis Park near the Beer Garden 7:00PM • Centennial Variety Show at Sid Williams Theatre
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June 26th: Youngblood7PM - 9:30PM talent, featuring Keisja Cox, Joey Clarkson Band, andDes Larson Band.
Sunday, June 28th: Battle of the Bands5PM - 10PM Local musicians 19 years and youngercompete for a recording contract.
Monday, June 29th: Jazz Under the Stars7PM - 9:30PM Some of the Valley’s best jazz,including Ralph Barrat and the Sharp Seven withspecial guests.
Tuesday, June 30th: The Originals7PM - 9:30PM Homegrown original music featuringGord Carter, Comox and Friends, Todd Butler Band,and Sue Medley’s Back Road Band.
Thursday, July 2nd: The Champagne Jam7PM - 9:30PM Doug Cox, Sam Hurry, Barry Polichek,Rob Flannery host a jam session with some of theValley’s best musicians.
Music lovers rejoice! Rock out to a week of freeconcerts in Simms Park and enjoy some of the ComoxValley’s best musicians!
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CRIBBAGE • Every Monday night, 7:00, at the Royston Hall, corner of Old Island Highway and Roys-ton Road. No need to bring a part-ner. FMI: 250-334-1883.LADIES AUXILIARY DROP-IN BIN-GO • Comox Legion Ladies Aux-iliary Drop-in Bingo, upper hall. Doors open 6 pm, bingo 7 p.m. All money goes to charities. Free coffee and tea.
FREE CONCERT • Simms Park 7 pm. “The ORIGINALS”, huge line=up of stars: Sue Medley and the Back Road Band, Gord Carter, Ed Greive with Comox and
Friends.ROYAL PURPLE DROP-IN BINGO • Every Tuesday night, 7 p.m., at the Elks Home on Sixth St.COMOX VALLEY WOOD CARVERS • If you are interested in any type of wood carving please join us at the Royston Community Hall ev-ery Tuesday from 9:30 AM to 3 PM for a day of carving and learn-ing about carving. No experience necessary. FMI call Al at 250-331-0156 or Jim at 250-339-5350.DUPLICATE BRIDGE • Every Tues-day at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m., Comox Seniors Centre.
5TH STREET RUN • Wednesday, July 1. Registration from 9:15 at Woods and 5th, run at 10am.
Everyone gets a time for their run, bring the whole family!5TH STREET GRANDE PARADE • July 1 at 10:30. Many activities all day in Lewis Park, Simms Park, Native Sons Hall, Museum, and Sid Williams Theaatre.JULY 1ST TEA DANCE • Evergreen Club invites all to a traditional “Tea Dance”. Cake and tea served and music by the “Georgia Straight Big Band” in Native Sons Hall 2-4pmCentennial Variety • Show at 7pm, July 1 at the Sid Williams Theatre. Free concert, festival Seating. Do-nation to food bank appreciated.PLAY BRIDGE • Every Wednesday at 7:00 pm at the Royston Hall, 3902 Old Island Hwy and Royston Road. FMI: 250-334-1883 or roy-stonhall.com and on Facebook at Royston Community ClubCOMOX LEGION • Comox Legion
Drop in Darts move to Wednes-days for the Summer months. Check in until 7.25 p.m.toe line 7.30. Blind draw mixed doubles (where possible), Entry $2.25 pp. Why not take in a beer and burger for $10.00, 5.00 pm until 6.00 p.m. then a game of darts. FMI 250-339-9592
THERAPEUTIC RELAXATION PRO-GRAM FOR PERSONS WITH CAN-CER IN THEIR LIVES • Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., Nursing Centre, 615 10th St., Courtenay. Free. Spon-sored by BC Cancer Foundation, BC Cancer Agency, Pacifi c Ther-apy and Consulting. FMI: Diane Davies 250-338-2700.THERAPEUTIC RELAXATION PRO-
GRAM FOR PERSONS EXPERIENC-ING CHRONIC PAIN OR ILLNESS• Thursdays, 1:15-2:30 p.m., Nursing Centre, 615 10th St. Free. Sponsored by the Nursing Centre. FMI: Diane Davie 250-338-2700.
BOTTLE DRIVE • Comox ValleyDistrict 4-H is having a bottle drive as a district fundraiser. July 4, 10-3, Comox and Courtenay Re-turn It centers. Bring your bottles and donate to the 4-H members who will be on hand to take your bottles, sort and return them. If you cannot make it to this event and want to help support 4-H please contact us to pick up. Call Dolina 250-218-5964 or you do-nate directly to our account.
PEARL ELLIS GALLERY MEM-BERS’ PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD SHOW & SALE • From June 23rd - July 19th. Open Tues - Sat from 10 am - 4 pm, Sun 1 - 4 pm, Closed Monday. Free Admission. Located at 1729 Comox Avenue. FMI and to see a virtual gallery of the current show go to www.pearlellisgallery.comEVERGREEN CLUB FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE • June 26. Try something new instead of staying home on a Friday night! You will not be disap-pointed with the live music from DAN HUGHES! Dancing is from 7:30pm to 10:30 pm with our usual coffee and cookie break at 9pm. Dance takes place at Courte-nay Recreation’s Florence Filberg Centre downstairs in the Rotary Hall. Evergreen members are $7 at the door and non-members are $9. FMI call the Filberg Offi ce at 250-338-1000.COURTENAY LEGION • Meat draws every Friday, 5-7 pm.COMOX LEGION • Meat draws every Friday, 3 p.m. Open to all Legion members and signed in guests.
CENTENNIAL SPORTS FESTIVAL AND TAILGATE PARTY • Join in the City of Courtenay’s Centennial festivities! From 11-2, there will be a sports festival and youth ac-tivities at the Comox Valley Sports Centre. Then, from 3-10pm, there will be a jumbo screen with the CFL football season opener. There is also going to be a chili cook off - grand prize is $500! FMI: www.courtenay.ca/100MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL 2015 • The Comox Valley Multicultural Society is hosting the Multicultur-al Festival 2015 starting at 5 pm at Simms Millenium Park. Entry by donation (recommended $5). COMOX BC CONSERVATIVES AGM • The Comox Valley Constituency Association of the BC Conser-vatives will be holding their an-nual general meeting on Saturday, June 27 at the Florence Filberg Centre in Courtenay starting at 10 am. Guest speaker will be Ian MacDonald, the President of the BC Conservative Party. All inter-ested parties welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served. FMI: Art Karpus, Secretary, 250-339-9770.COMOX VALLEY FARMERS MAR-KET • 9-12 every Saturday at the Headquarters Road fair grounds, Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay. Come for the freshness, stay for the fun! FMI: Mkt. Mgr. Vickey 250.218-0321 or or www.comoxvalley-farmersmarket.com & keep in touch on Facebook.COURTENAY LEGION • Meat draws every Saturday 2-5 p.m. in the lounge. Dancing to Gord Kruger and friends.COMOX LEGION • Meat draws are held every Saturday 3 p.m. plus Ace of Spades draw.
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Drop in to Courtenay Tireland and ask for Tony Collier. You’ll be met initially with a blank stare until there’s a big smile and an ‘oh, you mean TeeCee’.
Whatever he goes by, Tony Collier has something most tire shop workers don’t have - a Grey Cup ring.
The Mississippi native was a rookie defensive back with the B.C. Lions when they met the Baltimore no-names in the Canadian Football League championship game in 1994.
If he didn’t know much about Canada by then, he sure found out during Grey Cup week in Vancouver as Canada vs. United States fervour hit a peak.
The CFL, out of fi nancial desperation, had expanded that year into the U.S. But the American teams didn’t have to abide by the Canadian player quota ratios.
The Baltimore franchise owner was bragging that week about how he would eliminate the Canadian quotas for all teams, and probably even change the name of the league itself.
None of that sat well, even with sports fans who hadn’t paid much attention to the CFL over the previous years.
The Baltimore team, coached by leg-end Don Matthews, was stacked with big, strong American talent, especially in the trenches.
The team’s defensive linemen boasted all Grey Cup week that no team could run against them and they didn’t expect
the BC Lions would either.But Cory Philpot, and running mate
Sean Millington, a Canadian, had plenty to say about that - on the fi eld.
Tony was one of only about three rook-ies on the team that year for the Lions.
He’d ended up in B.C. after NFL aspira-tions fell through.
His friend, Cory Philpot, who he had played with at the University of Missis-sippi (Ol’ Miss) and was a year ahead of him, gave him a call and suggested he try the CFL. They both had the same agent, and next thing you know Tony was with the Lions in the defensive secondary.
He ended up playing a key role in the Grey Cup game.
Five minutes into the fi nal quarter, Baltimore quarterback Tracy Ham was scrimmaging at the B.C. Lions’ goal line.
Tony saw his chance, based on fi lm study and a scouting report he did on Ham.
“I saw him scrambling ... I came off of my guy. I caught him right at the goal line.”
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Defensive back Tony Collier made a critical fumble recovery in the 1994 Grey Cup
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He hit him, the ball came loose, Tony picked it up and managed to run it a few yards before being tackled.
An important and seemingly inevitable touchdown was pre-vented.
B.C. went on to win the game on a last minute fi eld goal by Lui Pasaglia.
Tony says it was the game preparation he’d done that put him in position to make a big play.
That, and mentoring by all-star defensive back Less Browne, who had taken Tony under his wing that year and called him “my little rookie.”
The B.C. Lions of 1994 were known as a team of “wingnuts” - there were non-stop fi st fi ghts in the locker room and more shenanigans off the fi eld.
“We were a bunch of misfi ts,” Tony recalled. “Nobody was on the same page.”
He credits head coach Dave Ritchie with being able to get the team together.
“He did an excellent job as far as gelling us as a team. It started to click and everybody started trusting each other.”
The Lions’ off ensive line was comprised of all Canadi-ans, and the defensive line had
three out of four Canadian players. They were all much smaller than their American opponents. But they got the job done.
Tony recalls that nobody thought the B.C. Lions had a chance to make it to the Grey Cup that year.
The team fi nished third in the regular season, then had to go to Edmonton for the semi-fi nal and Calgary for the fi nal.
“It was really cold there,” he said. The Canadian lines-men, he remembers, prac-ticed without their shirts on, while the American players from way down south were bundled up in balaclavas, sweaters, jogging pants.
“I remember thinking,
these guys, they’re ready.”There was jubilation, of
course, when the B.C. Li-ons hoisted the Grey Cup.
That’s when the fumblehe’d forced and the recov-ery he’d made “really hit me”.
Tony went on to playanother two seasons with the Lions, then was brief-ly with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. He had ripped up a knee ligament and “it was never the same”.
So that was the end ofhis football career. He went on to found and run some business ventures on the lower mainland, some with Cory Philpot. Tony met his wife in White Rock and it turned out she was originally from Courtenay and wanted to come back.
Tony had had enough of trying to be an entre-preneur, so when the op-portunity came about fi ve years ago to work at Tire-land he took it.
■ “TeeCee” and his buddy Cory Philpot, along with other great B.C. Li-ons and CFL alumni, will be at Saturday’s centen-nial tailgate party to sign autographs and meet with fans.
We were a bunch of mis-fi ts. Nobody was on the same page. He (Dave Ritchie) did an excellent job as far as gelling us as a team. It started to click and everybody started trusting each other.”
TONY COLLIERFormer B.C. Lion
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Football and the ties that bind
Two of the Moore sisters hitch a ride at one of the early BC Lions training camps in Cour-tenay. In the background is the old grandstand that used to grace Lewis Park. On the left
is Dawn (Moore) Lupton sitting on By Bailey’s shoulder and on the right, perched on WillyFleming’s shoulder, is Cathy ‘Pookie’ (Moore) Cockwill.
By Debra MartinEcho Staff
Why a tailgate party in Courtenay?
Those are usually as-sociated with football, right?
Newcomers to the city and Comox Valley may not know that the B.C. Lions held their annual spring training camps here for many years dating back to the early 1960s.
Long-lasting friend-ships were formed in a connection that has pre-vailed over 50 years.
The last two football training camps held here were in 1997 and 1998, under Head Coach Adam Rita.
Now, modern team needs - especially in the fi eld department - have ruled out the BC Lions’ return for the foreseeable future.
We’re not sure if the fi rst training camp was held here in 1961. That was the fi rst reference we could fi nd in the Comox District Free Press microfi lm edi-tions.
But we do know that for-mer mayors George Hob-son and Bill Moore were major movers and shakers in getting the team over here. And they are both gone now.
In those days, there were no Vancouver Canucks to monopolize professional sports coverage. The B.C. Lions were ‘it’ when it came to pro sports in the province.
The team’s fi rst season was in 1954. By Bailey scored the Lions’ fi rst ever touchdown in a 9-4 upset of the visiting Cal-gary Stampeders.
(Continued on page 24)
Left:Quarterback Joe Kapp in his Arbutus Hotel room, going over the playbook.
Right:Two BC Lions linemen practising at Lewis Park.
These photos are part of the Bill Lamb collection, Courtenay and District Museum
Courtenay and the B.C. Lions have a long relationship, not forgotten during Centennial
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Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Kapp came to the Lions in 1961 to join Hall of Fame running back Willie Fleming.
The stage was set for the team’s fi rst Grey Cup appear-ance in 1963.
And they were doing their spring training in Courtenay.
Former Courtenay mayor Ron Webber remembers Joe Kapp and his gang trying to
sneak back into their rooms at the Arbutus Hotel after missing curfew. They got caught on the outside fi re escape.
Another early memory is fol-lowing a group of Lions players, led by Willie Fleming, down the street. The players were all sing-ing “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, inserting references to Courte-nay.
Another story about the team was that they were banned from the Courtenay Hotel for fi ghting
with locals and tearing the place apart. Webber says he doesn’t think it happened. Another for-mer mayor, Starr Winchester, daughter of Bill Moore, said she’d heard it had.
“I think it would be fair enough to say that the Lions had a ‘very good time’ while they were in Courtenay back in the good old days! Certainly not like that any more, they are very disciplined athletes now that must follow a strict regime,” she said. “I know
my Dad took many of them salmon fi shing at Bates Beach with George Bates and Billy Browne”.
Those who recall the 1963 Grey Cup game will remember that Hamilton Tiger-Cats defen-sive player Angelo Mosca forced Willie Fleming out of the game on a controversial tackle that is still debated to this day. The Ti-Cats won.
Webber was at that game and remembers threatening to bust
a few bottles over Mosca’s head if he ever ran into him.
Sure enough, some hours later, Webber and friends piled into an elevator at the hotel and there in the corner, in a white suit, clutching a bottle of South-ern Comfort, was Mosca him-self. Passed out. Standing up.
Webber says he took one look at the size of the guy and decided not to try any bottle-bashing.
(Continued on page 25)
Courtenay Mayor Ron Webber takes a swill from the Grey Cup on one of its visits here, while quarterback Damon Allen, right, signs an autograph for a fan during 1997 training camp event
Courtenay has long connection with BC Lions football
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Over the next decades a num-ber of great, and sometimes not-so-great, BC Lions teams, players and coaches came to Courtenay in the spring. Vic Rapp and Don Mat-thews come to mind, along with Adam Rita who convened the last two camps here.
Rita, in an email conversation, said he fi rst came to Courtenay as a guest coach in 1977 for the BC Lions, while coaching at UNLV and U of Hawaii. That was a role he continued until 1982 before be-ing hired full-time in 1983, by Don Matthews.
When he was named Lions head coach in 1997, he brought the team back to Courtenay for spring train-ing.
“My fondest memories of Cour-tenay are the people. The most hos-pitable people. The Elks, The Old House, oyster stew at the Hobsons, the Hope and Moore families, who I consider family. Norm, Chris, Ferg, Gordie (RIP) and the list goes on. Pook and Rick Cockwill, my best friends,” Rita writes.
Rita brought the team back in 1998 for training camp, but stepped down as head coach later that sea-son.
He’s retired now from the CFL, living in Ontario where he coach-es at a private high school in Port Hope, as well as doing some coach-ing in Europe.
He’s still a somewhat frequent visitor to the Comox Valley, and only a prior family engagement is keeping him away from this week-end’s centennial tailgate party.
Ron Webber remembers how well the BC Lions have always treated him and other Courtenay residents - fi eld level access at games, the use of the Lions’ private suite once, bus trips with the team from camp over to Vancouver for exhibition games.
“We’ve had a good relationship with them over the training camps,” Webber said.
The late Bob Ackles (“The Wa-terboy”) and his wife Kay became good friends with the Moore and Hobson families.
Starr Winchester recalls that Kay was the fi rst to sign the memorial book at the 1982 funeral of her fa-ther.
The small-town atmosphere here tied in perfectly with the working-man ethos of a Canadian Football League team. No multi-millionaires on either side.
“They’d like to come back. We treated them royally here. They’ve got good memories of Courtenay,” says Webber.
■ Meet some great B.C. Lions and CFL alumni players on Satur-day at the Sports Centre. For details about the tailgate party and sports festival please see our Centennial homecoming week supplement in today’s Echo.
BC Lions really enjoyed Courtenay
BC Lions Jamie Taras thanks members of the Courtenay Junior Secondary band for playing at the 1997 welcoming of the team for training camp
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After battling cancer and infection, Arnold passed away, just as he wished, in the peace and quiet of his home his wife and two daughters by his side. He has written a little about himself that he would like to share.
“I was born in Sherburn Malton York on September 23 of 1927 to devoted parents, Winifred and Thomas Crosier. I leave
behind, my loving wife Mary, daughters Jane (Terry) Swintak and Sara (Garth) Grant, granddaughters Candace and Rhonda, grandsons Thomas and Ian and 5 great-grandchildren.
Educated at Nunthorpe Grammar School in York, I started my engineering training as a junior draftsman with the LNER Railway which became British Rail in 1943. From York, transfers were needed to Edinburgh and London and my responsibilities grew. With completion of BSE. External degree at London University I spent several years with Mott, Hay and Anderson Consulting Engineers working as a designer and resident engineer. In 1952 I moved to a position with the CNR in the Winnipeg buildings construction department. By 1954 I had established myself as an independent consulting structural engineer . T A Crosier and Associates was founded in1954. In the next several years the company evolved and in 1976 became Crosier Kilgour and Partners. Happily married to Elizabeth Mary in 1953, my two daughters Jane and Sara provided a busy family backdrop to an expanding business career in Winnipeg. Retirement from the company was in 1986 at which time Mary and I were living in Vancouver and I opened a new branch office in 1980. As happens to many new settlers in B.C. we decided to move to The Island where we have enjoyed many memorable days together. Daughter Jane and her husband Terry joined us in their retirement and have provided great support to Mary and I in our senior years. We have had a rich and full life.”
Family would like to thank friends and neighbours, Dr. James Ingrey, St. Joseph Hospital, Red Cross, OmniCare, Pharmasave, CV Hospice Society, Community Home Nurses and Workers for their assistance in helping with Arnold’s care and in support of his two daughters. As he wished, there will be no funeral service.
Family will celebrate his life quietly together in their own time.
Thomas Arnold Crosier September 23, 1927 - June 16, 2015
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Kevin passed away peacefully June 12, 2015 in St. Joseph’s Hospital with family by his side. He was born in St. Joe’s Aug. 16, 1952 and lived in the Comox Valley all his life. Kevin was a logger up and down the B.C. Coast until retirement. Not long after, he went to work for his brother in Fort McMurray doing security work.Kevin had a great sense of humour and lived life to the fullest.
Kevin was predeceased by his dad Felix McCabe and his mom Agnes (Nan) McConochie and stepfather William (Bill) McConochie. Kevin is survived by his sons Matthew and Justin McCabe of Ottawa, stepson Cody Zaleschuk of Port Alberni, stepdaughter Brittney Thom, sister Sharon Hastings (John) of Comox Valley, brother John McCabe (Karen) of Comox Valley, stepsisters Betty Armour (Dave), Barb Arseneau, Lynn O’Connell (Mike) also several aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Flowers gratefully declined in consideration of donations in Kevin’s memory to a charity of one’s choice. The family would like to thank the doctors, nurses and staff of the Campbell River and St. Joseph’s hospital for all their wonderful care.
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SELZLER, Eleanor (Nora) January 24, 1926 – June 14, 2015
It is with sad hearts that we announce the passing of our mother, Nora,
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of Alberta, Edmonton, in 1948.Life’s journey took her to Whitehorse, Victoria, Duncan, Gold River, Campbell River, Courtenay, back to Victoria and finally returning to Duncan. During her 32 years in Gold River, Nora saw her three daughters graduate from school; three children get married (two in Gold River), was active with St. Peter & St Paul’s Ecumenical church, Lioness Club, and owned and operated Gold River Builder’s Supplies Ltd until her retirement in 1989.While in Duncan since 2012, Mom was a member of a senior’s choir and was an executive in the Catholic Women’s League of St. Edwards church.Her cremated remains will be taken to Calgary to be interred with her sister Marion in their mother’s burial plot.Nora is survived by her children Brian (Marlene), Kamloops; Janet Norman, Duncan; Karen Cooling (Wally), Saltair; Donna vanAkker (Zig) Victoria; her grandchildren Tracey (Victor); Vincent; Lindsay (Nick), Eileen (Nick); Pamela; Ashley (Darcy); Alysha; and great grandchildren Celeste, Riley & Eric.A funeral mass will be held July 11, 2015 at 11 am at St. Edwards Catholic Church, Duncan, BC.We are grateful for the tender care Mom received from the nurses and doctors of the CDH, especially Dr. Elliott.In lieu of flowers, we ask that you make a donation to the Heart & Stroke Foundation or to any charity of your choice.
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It is with great sorrow to announce the passing of Richard “Dick” Hilton on June 15th, 2015. He was born on February 1, 1916 in Vancouver B.C. but lived in Courtenay, B.C. for many years with his family.
Dick is survived by his three sons Richard (Lisa), Robert (Carol) and Casey (Sherri), and grandchildren, Bryce and Reid. He was predeceased by his wife Mary “Molly” Hilton (nee Rickson) and daughter Linda.
Dick grew up in Winnipeg, M.B., and stayed there until grad-uating from Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute in 1934. In his senior year at school, his team won the Manitoba championship in Basketball. Shortly after graduating, he moved back to Van-couver, and worked a gold dredge on the Klondike River. While he was working on the river, Dick was called to duty for World War II.
He joined the military and was requested to be a member of a new elite unit called the First Special Service Force. This elite unit was highly respected for their heroic eff orts, and feared by the enemy. In February, 2015, the First Special Service Force received the Congressional Gold Medal from the US Congress.
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The i eal can i ate will ha e an acco n ng esigna on, e years rogressi e ex erience in nancial re or ng an
acco n ng with at least two years as a manager s er isor, an ex erience in e elo ing an irec ng rograms of
nancial forecas ng an management, com ter an acco n ng ser ices.
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LEGALS
WAREHOUSEMAN’S LIEN ACT
Notice is hereby given that McPhee Mini Stor-age, 907 McPhee Ave that the contents of the following lockers will be sold at public auction on Saturday, June 27, 2015, 11am if the monies owed are not paid and the con-tents will be removed from premises:• Unit 2 - Jeff Clairmont• Unit 23 - Blake Main-
prize• Unit 31 - Nick Long
LOST AND FOUND
LOST: CAMERA GoPro He-ro4, waterproof case mounted to black mono pod. Lost June 15 between 5:30-8:30 at Co-mox Lake Dam area near the bridge and trail to the lake. Of-fering a reward for return. Call (250)999-9521.
LOST: June 18/15 Silver Per-sona bracelet w/an engage-ment and wedding band charm. Call 250-334-3802
PUBLIC AUTO AUCTION EVERY SATURDAY
11 A.M. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
861 Allsbrook Road, PARKSVILLE
Take Exit #51 off Freeway, West on Hwy. 4A, left on Bellevue,
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Over 120 cars & trucks will be auctioned.
Come buy where the Dealers buy!
Viewing Tuesday thru Friday 9:30-5:00.
Gates open at 9:30 Sale Day Terms: $200
cash/ interact deposit sale day, balance certifi ed funds
on Tuesday, or pay in full sale day.
No Credit Cards Insurance available on-site
sale day Call 951-2246
Toll Free 1-877-716-1177
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
AUCTIONS
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
FINANCIAL SERVICES
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
FULL SERVICE plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, re-liable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1-800-573-2928
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
INFORMATION
CANADA BENEFIT Group - Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian Government. Toll-free 1-888-511-2250 or www.canada benefi t.ca/free-assessment.
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Corporation of the Village Of Cumberland
PROPERTY TAX NOTICES
2015 Property tax notices for the Village of Cumber-land have been mailed to all property owners. If you own property inside the municipal boundaries of the Village of Cumberland and have not received your tax notice, please contact the Village Offi ce at 250- 336-2291. Please ensure your taxes are paid by the deadline of July 2nd, 2015 to avoid a 10% penalty. The Village ac-cepts cash, cheque, debit card and payments made online or in person at par-ticipating fi nancial institu-tions. Home Owner Grants must be applied for each year. If you are eligible for the Provincial Home Own-er Grant, please complete the application on the back of your Property Tax No-tice and submit it to the Village Offi ce on or before July 2, 2015. Offi ce hours are 8:30am-4:30pm Mon-day to Friday (closed for stat holidays).
For more information please visit our website:
www.cumberland.ca and search
“2015 Property Taxes”
PERSONALS
IF YOU WANT TO DRINK it is your business. IF YOU WANT TO STOP it is ours. Phone A.A. 250-338-8042 Call anytime 24/7
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
HIP OR knee replacement? Arthritic Conditions/COPD? Restrictions in walking/dress-ing? Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply today for assis-tance: 1-844-453-5372.
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
MEDICAL Transcriptionistsare in huge demand! Train with Canada’s top Medical Transcription school. Learn from home and work from home. Call today! 1-800-466-1535, www.canscribe.com or [email protected].
MEDICAL/DENTAL
MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION!In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employer-trusted program. Visit: Care-erStep.ca/MT or 1-855-768-3362 to start training for your work-at-home career today!
TRADES, TECHNICAL
EXPERIENCED POWER-SPORT Mechanic required in Whitehorse, Yukon for ATV, snowmobiles, marine, etc. Let’s Talk! $25.00 + per hour DOE. Contact Chris, 867-633-2627, www.checkeredfl ag recreation.com or email: checkeredfl [email protected]
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FIREARMS
WANTED: FIREARMS. All types wanted, estates, collec-tions, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed Deal-er. 1-866-960-0045 website: www.dollars4guns.com.
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
GARDEN EQUIPMENT
TORO 42” 20HP Ride-on lawnmower & grass catcher & trail-er. $1300. Ph.250-338-2180
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SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - Make money & savemoney with your own bandmill- Cut lumber any dimension. Instock ready to ship. Free info& DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.
STEEL BUILDINGS/METALbuildings 60% off! 20x28,30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120,60x150, 80x100 sell for bal-ance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 or visit us online:www.crownsteelbuildings.ca
STEEL BUILDINGS. “Our big35th anniversary sale” 20x20$4500. 25x24 $5198. 30x30$7449. 32x36 $8427. 40x46$12140. One end wall includ-ed. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422 www.pioneersteel.ca
REAL ESTATE
ACREAGE
DENMAN ISLAND
10 Treed AcresAssessed $330,000 asking
$320,000250−477−1805
FOR SALE BY OWNER
COMOX: 2114 Robb Rd. De-sirable area, large lot, 3 bdrm2 bath w/ potential for in-lawsuite or 4th bdrm. Sep. lrg.work shop. Owner skilled car-penter, so many upgrades inkitchen, oak H/W fl oors, etc.Walk in jetted hydrotherapytub. Wood stove. N/S. Asking$389,500. No Agents. Call:250-702-3309.
6TH DECADE
NOT DEAD YET PARTY!
For those of you who do not know me, my name is PHIL EDGETT and I was born with Celebral Palsy.
Some people thought I would not be around this long but here I am.
So if you don’t know me or if you do know me, come and help me celebrate on June 27th at the Mex Pub. Party starts at 3:00.
There will be music and dancing
Please drop in and say hi
FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTS
CELEBRATIONS CELEBRATIONS
ALL YOU NEED IN PRINT AND
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APARTMENT/CONDO
COURTENAY- AVAILABLE July 1st, 2 bdrm suite, 6 yrs old, quiet area, above com-mercial space, all appls includ-ed, minutes from downtown. $875+ utils. Ref’s a must. Call 250-897-4476.
OPEN HOUSE- Saturdays 10:00 am to 1:00 pm Acadia on the Walk, 355 Anfi eld Rd. New luxury 2 & 3 bdrm units avail Aug 1. 6 appliances. No smoking. No pets. Rents start at $950. Ph. (250)926-5501.
APARTMENT/CONDO
LANDSCAPING
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
DRYWALL
LANDSCAPING
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DRYWALL
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
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GARDENING
SCRAP CAR REMOVAL
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GARAGE SALES
Comox - 636 Pritchard Sat June 27 8:00AM to 12:00PM Furniture, TV, Garden Tools, Shoes, Household items, Mag-ic Tricks, Magic Books, World skins game caddy overalls
COMOX: 905 Sandpines Dr., Fri., Jun. 26 & Sat., Jun. 27, 8-1pm. Bath, wedding, house
COURTENAY - 1816 Urquart Sat June 27 8:00am to 2:30pm Ladders, tools, cleaning sup-plies, dishes, cups, glasses, Quail, Horse & donkey ma-nure. Quail eggs, pet supplies (part proceeds sale of pet sup-plies to SPCA).
GARAGE SALES
COURTENAY: 2704 Paula Pl., June 27, 8-2pm. Boys bikes, clothes, toys. Go kart parts, household and more...
GOLF BOOKS. Lots of “gently used” golf books will be at the Halbe Hall in Black Creek. Sat. June 27, 10am-1:30pm. Exc. cond. + low prices. 923-4203
HUGE MOVING SALE - Everything must go! Bring your truck! Furniture, etc. Saturday June 27, 8am-noon. 2096 May Rd. (off Waveland Rd), North Courtenay.
Weird and WonderfulSTUFF SALE!Saturday, June 27
10:00 am – 2:00 pmCLT Warehouse Space - 1625 McPhee, Courtenay
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For more info email [email protected] or visit www.AlberniHeritage.com RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED Phone 250-723-1376 PORT ALBERNI, BC
ALL ABOARD…ALL ABOARD… for Steam Train for Steam Train ExcitementExcitement
SUMMER SEASON TRAIN DEPARTURESThurs & Sat: 10am & 2pm
Fri & Sun: 10am only
July 4 Beaufort Gang Train RobberyJuly 11 The No. 7 Challenge - The Great Steam
Train Race (10am)July 18 Bubbles & Balloons
August 1 Pirate TrainAugust 7 Thunder in the Valley Waterfront Run
2015 Schedule of Special Events
BEAUFORT GANGTRAIN ROBBERY
Saturday, July 4
JOIN THE FUN!JOIN THE FUN!THE NO. 7 CHALLENGE STEAM VS FEET
10 AM SAT. JULY 11
BUBBLES & BALLOONSSaturday, July 18
STEAM UP ANTIQUE MACHINERY SHOW
July 24, 25, 26
9 & Dine is Back at Sunnydale!
•$22.00 plus gst•includes 9 holes of golf
and dinner •tee off between 3pm-5pm
•Book tee-times at the pro-shop
Call to book your tee-time
(250) 334-32325291 North Island Highway, Courtenay
GOLFNEWS
CROWN ISLE’S HIDDEN SECRETS
On yet another spectacular day at Crown Isle, the Tuesday ladies’ club played their own game not knowing who their hidden or secret partner was!
AND THE WINNERS ARE:1st low net-Jan MacFarlane and
Joanne Meyer 2nd low net: Margaret Forgeron and Evie MacDonald, who is a great golfer and great photographer! 3rd low net: Jenny Steel and Linda Foreman
Once again the ladies were in top form with their birdie putts-Congratu-lations to Kathy, Carol,Raelene, Jenny, Margaret, Daneen and Eleanor
KP’s- Marie Knowles and Iris Peters-en and PAR 5’s - Donna Cunliff e and Linda Foreman
We also had a Beat the Champ Quali-fi er: Boo hoo!! The bad news is no one beat last year’s BC Women’s Amateur champ, Taylor Kim. The good news is that all the money raised by the CI la-dies goes to junior golf!
Just 2 weeks til the Crown Isle ladies’ Field Day on July 7th. Hope you are signed up in the locker room.
Next Tuesday, June 30th remember to wear your red and white for Canada Day and bring a picnic lunch to Judy Al-dcroft’s after golf for more party time. Red and white arealso the colours to wear for the Crown Isle Ladies Nine and Wine on July 8th.
- Submitted by Donna Cunliffe
COMOX LADIES THURSDAY, JUNE 11TH
25 ladies came out to play on a nice sunny evening of which 9 were guests. Low gross with 44 were Suzy Venuta and Nancy Riva. Barb Buchanan had a net 32 for Low Net and Low Putts went to Patti Harris and Barb Buch-anan with 14.
The longest putts were made by Sue Leakey and Kathy Branch. Closest to the Hole on #4 and #13 went to Jean Kirby who won the prize from the Tee Box. Snips went to Sue Leakey and Nancy Riva for low handicaps and Mary Buchanan, Jean Kirby, Marg Sid-dall and Joan Baudais for handicaps over 23.
Karen Vanetta and Suzy Venuta both had chip ins.
Draw prizes were as follows:Signature Wines - Judy McMartin,
Nancy Riva and Kim Edwards; Keith Gibson - Barb Buchanan; Creative Or-thodontics- Patti Koch; Kathy Branch- Joan Baudais; Mid Island Gifts- Karen Vanetta; Thrifty’s- Patti Harris; Arizona Gifts- Carmen DeWinter; Chinook For-est Products- Marg Siddall and Bulk Barn- Linda Diamond.
Thursday night golf is open to all non members of any ability. Sign up as an individual or as a group. Just a reminder that the last Thursday of the month is our Fun Night that is run by the Pro Shop.
This is a nine hole scramble that also includes a delicious meal from the Tee Box. Our July night is full so call the
Pro Shop to sign up for the August night. Lots of draw prizes to be awarded after the scramble.
COMOX LADIES LEAGUETUESDAY JUNE 16TH
Tuesday morning was a great day to play golf. Lorelei Banford took Low Gross honours with a smooth 82. Nancy Newton was second with 89. Amber Dufour- 90, Grace Coulter-93. Patti Harris claimed the Low Net with a bril-liant 67. Linda Verdenhalven-70, Barb Buchanan and Jo Falco -71, Anne Patterson and Phyllis Tay-lor- 72 and with a 73 was Linda Diamond and Marg Kelly.
Patti Harris, Jo Falco and Barb Buchanan also had chip ins.
Longest Putts went to Yvonne Baker and Grace Coulter. Marg Kelly won closest to the bucket sponsored by Keith Gibson. A draw for the prize sponsored by Panago Pizza was Gi Carlson. Closest to the hole on #5 and #14 was won by Phyllis Taylor and sponsored by Loonyrama. Jo Falco won the closest to the hole on #7 and #16 sponsored by Panago Pizza. Clos-est to the hole on #9 and #18 was won by Jean Kirby.
If you would like to join the la-dies on Tuesday morning give the Pro Shop a call at 250-339-4444.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT COMOX MEN
45 golfers played for Stableford points on perfect Wednesday eve-ning, June 17th with the following results:
1st Pat Riva 26 pts, 2nd Ken Loga 23 pts, 3rd Gord Baudais 22 pts,
4th Don Ellis 22 pts, 5th Gary Usher 22pts, 6th Rick McCaughan 21pts,.
Hole Prizes:#10 KP15+, Jim Slater, Thrifty
Foods#11 KP 0-14, Terry Christie, Co-
mox Mens Club#12 LD 0-14, Dan Bailey, Bill
Wheeldon Construction#13 KP, Dan Bailey, Westview
Fords Sales,#14 KP, Gord Baudais, Inves-
tors Group (Keith Gibson)#16 LD, Brian Slater, Comox
Mens Club#18 KP, Kaj Petersen, Shilo
PaintingBig Snip for Kaj Petersen and
small Deuce’s for Jim Eremko, Rick McCaughan, Pat Riva, Gord Baudais and Gary Snider.
SON CRUNCHES FIELD ONFATHER’S DAY IN COMOX
Kaj Petersen shoots a brilliant low gross score of 64 including 8 Birdies,and 2 bogeys, beating his father by 13 strokes.
Low net side Dale Riva beat his father by one stroke.
0-14 low gross Kaj Petersen 64, Stu Holland 73
15 + low gross Dale Riva 80, Pat Riva 81
Low Nets Brian Slater 62, Gord Harris 62, Gord Aikman 63, Larry
Kulesh 64, Kenny Simmons 65, Mark (Skin-ny) Vandervoort 65
KP Prizes 10 2nd shot 0-14 Kaj Petersen (Bowlzy
Brkfst Comox Pacifi c Express)2/11 KP 3rd shot 0-14 Kaj Petersen (Men’s
Club)3/12 Long drive 0-14 Namir Moussa (Men’s
Club) 4/13 2nd shot All Hank V12 Verdenhalven (
Westview Ford Mike Paroshy)5 KP All Gord Aikman (Browning Karl Faw-
thorpe) 14 KP All Marty Duda (Investors Group
Keith Gibson) 15 KP 2nd shot 15+ Marc Dewinter (Bowlzy
Brkfst Comox Pacifi c Express)7/16 Long Drive 15+ Marc Dewinter (Men’s
club)8/17 KP 2nd shot 15+ Mike Simmons
(Blackfi n Pub)9 KP All Ken Loga (Rick Siddall Financial
Services)18 KP All Marty Petersen (Glaciers Gut-
ters)Skins, Stu Holland, Gord Aikman, Gord
Baudais, Kaj Petersen x 4, Mark (Skinny) Vandervoort x 2, Ken Simmons, Ian Leaky, Pat Riva.
Deuces recorded by Kaj Petersen x 2See you next Sunday.
- Submitted by Vic Crisp
75 PLAYERS OUT FOR MEN’S MORNING PLAY AT GLACIER GREENS
Seventy fi ve participants out for Men’s Morning play at Glacier Greens on June 20th. Smaller than normal fi eld as a large group of our Saturday players went to Chambers Bay to watch the U.S. Open.
Hcp 0-12 Gross: Doug McArthur (73), Randy Robinson (77) CB and Terran Berger
(77). Net: Larry Lott (69) CB, Wayne Ogilvie(69) CB and Ferg Webster (69).
Snips: Kevin Hunt # 3, Dave Wacowich # 6, Richard Martin # 7 P.O.G., Brian Goodwin #8, Karl Cameron # 13, Paul Schroeder # 16 &# 17 and Larry Lott # 18.
Hcp 13-19 Gross: Jim Larocque (78), Dan Fitzgerald (82) and Ron Morrison (84). Net:Bernie Johnston (67), Joe Dunham (68) andJohn Pringle (69).
Snips: Richard Wand # 1, Rick Verbeek # 8, Lyle Torrie # 12, Don Hilchey # 14 and NeilNeilson # 15.
Hcp 20 + Gross: Jim Perry (88), Andy Clark (90) CB and Bill Krier (90). Net: RodVerchere (65), Claude Dufault (68) CB andAlan Richards (68).
Snips: Al Pasanen # 15 and Tim Hautzinger # 17.
- Submitted by Len Doyle, Saturday Men’s Coordinator
GLACIER GREENS LADIESLOSE A LOT OF PINK BALLS
It never ceases to amaze me that when yougive someone something to hang onto andplay with, they lose it almost right away. Thusyou have 8 pink balls or more gone, just likethat.
In fact several teams of three players eachmanaged to lose the pink ball 2 and then 3times. One team was forced to write the wordPINK on a white ball just to stay in the game.
So, teams of three, a pink ball to take turnsusing, a gross and net score to keep trackof and the game was on. Tuesday morningat 9am at Glacier Greens 7 teams teed off with the pink ball. One team came home thewinner; Tobi Norris, Connie Alexa and PatVerchere with a First Low Gross of 87. YES!!
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First Low Net of 70 was won by Ellie Nicholas, Ja-net Edwards and Roberta Cadieu , and Second Low Net of 72 was the team of Brenda Livingstone, Marie Israel and Wendy Dowe. Not sure if they had their pink balls at the end as only 2 were turned in.
KP on hole #4 belonged to Tobi Norris and on #12 to Twylla Graff and the longest putt prize went home with Tobi Norris.
Congratulations to all the winners.
Next Tuesday will be Red and White Day for the Ladies Club and remem-ber to keep your colours visible to win the Surprise Prize.
SUNNYDALE LADIESTHURSDAY NIGHT FUN
Sunnydale Thursday Night Ladies June 18h re-sults.
Hole prizes were given to: Fran Wright on #2 for sandtrap; Maylene Fries-en for closest to pin 2nd shot on #3 and she had the longest drive on #6!
Anna Butler for closest to the rock on #4; Crystal Friesen to closest to pin
GOLFNEWS
3rd shot on #5; Mary Lynn Doubinin had the longest putt on #9 and the lowest putts! Most honest golfer was Lesley Bird.
Weekly prize winnerswere:
Fluids Bar & Grill - JudyHughes
Great Canadian OilChange/Car Wash - Mari-lyn Curley
Independent Grocer -Coral Tanner
Investors Group JanetGee/Locals Restaurant -Louise Bustard
Jo Klassen’s Grill - Mo-nique Walker & Cora Hawkins
Michaels Off Main -Mary Lynn Doubinin
Panago Pizza - BarbDixon & Fran Wright
Plates Eatery - MelanieVigneau
Pro Shop - Anna ButlerRoyston Coff ee - Peggy
Ferguson Subway - Lesley BirdSunnydale Golf -Erica
RoyWhistle Stop Pub - May-
lene Friesen- Submitted by Mary Lynn Dou-
binin
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A night to celebrate bowlingThe Special Needs Rec-
reation Bowling Leagues concluded another suc-cessful year recently with the much anticipated Bowling Banquet.
Over sixty bowlers, fam-ily members and friends gathered together to cel-ebrate achievements and to reminisce over the past year.
The Tuesday & Wednes-day Afternoon Bowling Leagues have been in ex-istence over 25 years and have 50 bowlers and ten dedicated volunteers.
“The credit is all due to the volunteers,” said Heather Crites, Special Needs Recreation Co-Or-dinator.
“Without these wonder-ful volunteers, this league would not be possible. And a big bouquet goes especially to volunteers Brian Booth and Melissa Webb for organizing all the scores and awards. It’s a big job and all the work is very very appreciated. “
Crites also thanked the staff of Codes Country Lanes for their invaluable support all year; the Co-mox Legion and Ladies Auxiliary for their ongoing interest and support; the
Comox Valley Community Foundation for its support for the weekly League as well as the Banquet; and fi nally the Courtenay Rec-reational Association for its on-going support for Special Needs Recreation over the past 30 years.
Highlights of the year are:
High Averages Ladies: Wednesday - Karen Slater 144; Tuesday: Leona Wag-ner 123 and Linda Christie 122.
High Average Men: Wednedsay - Larry Mc-Cooey 161, Michael Camp-bell 161; Tuesday - Brian Mitchell 130, Cori Pagno-ni 129.
“200 Club” - bowlers who bowled over 200 in a single game: Michael Campbell 210, 208, 222; Larry McCooey 223, 255, 201, 226, 246; Carly Bu-chan 204, Jim Battram 200.
Sportsmanship Awards: Karen Slater and Justine Johnson.
Coach and team with trophies: Sherri Butts, Coach Melissa Webb, Leona Wagner
Early Bird Specials$55 Before
9 amNot valid for groups of 12 or
more. Tee times can be booked up to 3 days in advance. Must mention ad at time of booking.
Offer valid Friday and Saturday only until July 31.
$33 After 3:30 pm
Available 7 days a weekNot valid for groups of 12 or
more. Tee times can be booked up to 3 days in advance. Must mention ad at time
of booking. Offer valid until July 31.
Friday • Saturday
Get 5 lessons in a group setting for $125.Starts Thursday, June 24th.Call the Golf Shop at 250-703-5029 to sign up.
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399 Clubhouse Dr., Courtenay250-703-5050
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FOOTFOOT$15 Adult$12 Junior
18 HOLES
NOWOPENDAILY
TUESDAYSGentleman’sNight Officeat
the
Entry fee includes green fee and entry for all games (Skins, Blind Better Ball, Deuce Pot)
$60 for 18 holes $40 Green Fees / $20 Games • 12:00 – 3:30 pm tee times
$30 for 9 holes$20 Green Fees / $10 Games • 5:30 pm shotgun
Come as a single or bring your own group.
Optional dinner and drinks in the Platnium Room following play.
Millions of people are treated every year for skin cancer and thousands of these individuals die. Around 90% of cases of skin cancer are associated with exposure to solar and artificial ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Health Canada recently updated their requirements for labeling of sunscreens to help consumers know how well they’re being protected from the sun’s damaging rays.
It is recommended to choose a broad spectrum sunscreen that protects you against UVA and UVB rays. UVA rays are the ones responsible for the phototoxic reaction, and thought to be associated with squamous cell cancers and melanomas. UVB rays are responsible for sunburns. There are many products out there that will provide you with adequate protection against both UVA and UVB rays. SPF (sun protection factor): SPF describes the amount of UVB protection (i.e., protection against sunburn) that a sunscreen provides. A common misconception is that SPF tells the user how long they can stay in the sun. This isn’t necessarily true because the amount of solar exposure can vary with many factors such as time of day, cloud cover, amount of sunscreen applied, etc. In general, the higher the SPF, the better the protection against sunburn. However, it is important to note that doubling the SPF does not translate to doubling sun protection. For example, a product with SPF 15 blocks about 93% of UVB radiation and a product with SPF 30 blocks about 97% of UVB radiation.This begs the question of how much sunscreen should we apply? The general rule is to apply sunscreen liberally to all exposed skin. The average sized adult should apply a total of about one to 1.5 ounces (two to three tablespoons), or about a handful, of sunscreen per full-body application.10 This amount may need to be adjusted based on body size. This works out to about one teaspoon to face and scalp and each arm, and two teaspoons to torso and each leg.10Now that we know how much to apply, when is the best time to apply? Apply sunscreen 15 to 30 minutes before you go in the sun and, use a sunscreen on your lips. Reapply every 2 to 3 hours — more often if you're swimming or sweating. If you're in intense sunlight, use a total sunblock, like zinc oxide, on your lips, nose and ears.
If the spring thus far is any indication of the summer we have ahead, then the forecast is for sunny and hot weather. Enjoy the longer and warmer days but remember to practice safe sun. Drop in and see us if you need help choosing a sunscreen.
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ART■ In conjunction with the City of Courtenay Centen-nial Celebrations, the Co-mox Valley Art Gallery is presenting a First Nations program of exhibitions and events running from June 20th - September 5th. The opening recep-tion and public welcoming celebration will take place on Friday, June 26th on the CVAG plaza.The opening reception will run from 7-9 p.m., K’omoks First Nations artist Andy Everson will lead the Welcoming and the Kumugwe Dancers will bring traditional song and dance to the evening of celebrations. The opening events are family friendly, free and open to the pub-lic. Everyone is welcome.■ You and your friends and family are invited to the 4th annual Art & Gar-den Fete on Saturday June 27, 10am - 4pm - 4058 Haas Road, Courtenay. The Art Group of the Co-mox Valley presents a Show and Sale of Original Art. The Green Thumb Garden Club presents a Plant Sale and Floral art demonstration. Origi-nal art, crafts, furniture, collectables. Live music by Franco’s SoundBites, C&C and LunaC through-out the day. Lunch and re-freshments by donation to Transition House. Art and art umbrella sale with proceeds to support the Comox Valley Transition Society.■ The Denman Summer Gallery in June features Dawn Stofer - “Fowl Lan-
guage”. Dawn’s show will run from Friday, June 26th to Tuesday, July 7th. The gallery is open Monday to Saturday.
MUSIC■ This Friday June 26th the Anderson Jazz Syn-dicate will once again be performing at Zocalo Cafe in Courtenay. This trio of guitar, bass and drums will bring their swinging approach to jazz stan-dards, ballads and origi-nal compositions. This performance will be the debut of young drum tal-ent Simon Anderson. On stand up bass, John Hyde draws on his vast musical-ity to enrich each tune. Doug Anderson adds his own harmonic voice to the trio’s goings on with his guitar. The Zocalo will be doing a Beer Tasting and Tapas evening featur-ing Cumberland Brewing Company’s beer so come out and enjoy an evening of great food and fi ne jazz. This will be the last time to see this trio play before the autumn leaves start to fall. Music starts at 7pm. ■ Once again, the Comox Valley Youth Music Cen-tre and the Valley’s own much respected cellist, Helena Jung, will present a stunning cello concert that will feature four more remarkable cellists from Vancouver. This singu-larly unique ensemble, the Vancouver Island Cello Ensemble (VICE), will perform a number of well-known classical pieces such as Rossini’s William Tell, Bizet`s Carmen,
Bach`s Brandenburg Con-certo No.6 and Albinoni`s Adagio on June 27 at the Sid Williams theatre. Tick-ets are available at the Sid box offi ce (250.338.2430), www.sidwilliamstheatre.com Adult $30/ Student/Child $15. For more infor-mation: [email protected] / 250-898-1132■ OKA performs Friday, June 26 at The Waverley Hotel. Oka were hugely popular closers at last year’s Atmosphere Gath-ering. Don’t miss them on this year’s Canadian sum-mer tour at the Wave! $17 advance. Tickets available at Bop City, the Waver-ley Hotel, by phone (250) 336-8322 or online at CumberlandVillageWorks.com. Doors at 9:30 pm■ The Big Yellow Merville Hall is up and running again with its concert se-ries to help raise awareness of the Stolen Church proj-ect. On Friday, June 26th, join Canadian folk music icon, songstress Shari Ul-rich, as she delights fans, old and new. Tickets for the Friday, June 26th show at the Big Yellow Merville Hall are available at Long & McQuade, Courtenay; The Music Plant, Camp-bell River; and Blue Heron Books, Comox. Doors open at 7pm and the con-cert starts at 7:30.
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Courtenay Little Theatre is hold-ing a ‘Weird and Wonderful Stuff’ sale of their overfl ow of theatre paraphernalia. June 27, 10 am to 2 pm, is the date to note to put on your calendars. CLT’s space is at 1625 McPhee Avenue, at the cor-ner of McPhee and 17th.And what a fabulous sale this is going to be! There will be trea-sures from the costume and props departments. Come to buy the two person one hump camel and then be amazed to fi nd just the right shoes for the outfi t! ‘Maybe the riderless horse is just what you need for your backyard tableau?There are racks of costumes,
vintage clothing, and shoes to search through. Think about your nextmurder mystery night or Hallowe’en party or maybe add some specialtyitems to your kids’ tickle trunk. Come just for the fun of seeing adultsenjoying a walk down memory lane with exclamations of, “I rememberseeing this costume on stage!” There are hats, costumes and men’ssuits galore.Or maybe it’s a dragon you really want. There are items for every taste.Who can resist the adorable fl uffy ‘Nana’ dog or a man-sized white rabbitcostume? CLT needs the space and everything is going cheap. Be sureto come and browse on Saturday, June 27th.Courtenay Little Theatre: “We provide opportunities to discover the joyof theatre.” We stand by this motto and invite you to take part in thisWeird and Wonderful Stuff event. Come for the treasures and stay forthe fun!
Here’s a sale you won’t want to miss!
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Cost is $18 advance / $20 at the door and $15 youth.■ The 2015 Filberg Park Summer Concert Series kicks off on Thurs-day July 2nd with the critically ac-claimed Tower of Song! Tower of Song is a creative tribute to the mu-sic of the legendary Leonard Co-hen, presented by two celebrated BC singers and songwriters: Oliver Swain and Glenna Garramone. A very special menu will be available at Tria Fine Catering & Gourmet Eats at the Tea House for all the concert events. Or you can all ahead and order a take out picnic basket. Tickets are available online now at www.fi lberg.com or at Long and McQuade in Courtenay and Blue Heron Books in Comox or online at www.fi lberg.com. Shows starts at 7. Kids 12 and under are FREE! Bring a blanket or use a chair provided. Festival style enjoyment is very welcome!■ Gardeners Green Folk Club will be hosting our last house concert of the season in Merville on Wednes-day July 15th. We’re thrilled to welcome the O’Schraves, a family band of fi ve members, combining three of Ontario’s fi nest traditional music families, the O’Gormans, the Schryers, and the Lefebvres. Julie Schryer (Pierre Schryer Band, Bri-an Pickell Band) on piano and Pat O’Gorman (Rare Air, The Wind-bags, Brian Pickell Band) on bag-pipes, Irish fl ute and tin whistle,
are ably assisted by the younger members of the family: Benoit, 20, on fi ddle, tin whistle and vocals; Zach, 24, on his own handmade guitar as well as cello, tin whistle, piano and vocals; and Aine, 12, on fi ddle, stepdancing, tin whistle and vocals. Tickets are $20, available by e-transfer or you can pick them up in person. Tickets include hot drinks and a lovely spread of desserts. As this is a house concert, ticket numbers are limited. For more info and tickets, please give us a ring at 250-337-5337.
DANCE/MUSICAL THEATRE■ CYMC’s Musical Theatre pro-gram is pleased to announce that its 2015 production of “West Side Story” will run for six performanc-es from July 14th to 18th at the Sid Williams Theatre in Courtenay. Tickets are $26 each for 7:30 pm performances, $24 for 2 pm mati-nee July 18th, on sale now at the Ticket Centre Tues. to Sat. 10 am to 4 pm at 442 Cliff e Ave., (250) 338-2430 ext. 1 or online at www.sidwilliamstheatre.com
THEATRE■ Courtenay Little Theatre is hold-ing a ‘Weird and Wonderful Stuff ’ sale of their overfl ow of theatre paraphernalia. June 27, 10 am to 2 pm, is the date to note to put on your calendars. CLT’s space is at 1625 McPhee Avenue, at the corner of McPhee and 17th.
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Take ‘fl ight’ with artistBrian Scott at Filberg Lodge
In the spring the “Ru-fus” Hummingbird puts on a display that rivals the Snowbirds in the their Tutor jets. The male in or-der to demonstrate his vi-rility to the waiting female Hummers puts on his an-nual display.
He rockets straight up into sky with reckless abandon and then does a power dive straight down breaking off into arch-ing circles much like the Snowbirds without the smoke. He emits a buzz-ing sound and fl ashes colors from his iridescent mantle on his chest. Peril to anyone who gets in his way, he’ll give you a hair cut.
This is one of the sub-jects of Brian Scott’s week-end art show at Filberg Lodge. The fl ight path of the bird is represented by the white line’s fl ashing over the abstraction of the West Coast Garden.
Scott does these paint-ings in oils to emphasize color and texture (acryl-ics being water based dry fl at).
The artist used large
garden trowels, palette knife as well as brush work to create the eff ect.
“Flight of the Swallows” is another favor-ite of the artist. He has nesting boxes in his back hard and is fascinated by the fl ying abil-ity of these amazing birds. They dance a fox trot as they dart and dash pursuing insects. How many mosquitoes doe it take to feed a hungry family of six? These are the subjects of Brian Scott’s Filberg showing June 27 and 28th at the Lodge in Comox. Hours are 11 till 4pm.
Flight of the Swallows, 36x48 inches oil on canvas
Hummingbirds, swallows on show this weekend
Mount Washington takes sightseeing to new heights this weekend as the Resort kicks off another summer season of festivals, events and treating visitors to one of North America’s most mag-nifi cent views.
“The view from the top of the mountain is second to none,” says Don Sharpe, Di-rector of Business Operations and Marketing.
“It’s not only visually spec-tacular; it’s also comfortable, safe and aff ordable. It’s the kind of view that’s easy to show off to your visiting fam-ily and friends.”
The Resort opens daily for the summer starting this Sat-urday, June 27, with the Mile High Scenic Chairlift Ride, family activities such as disc
golf, mini golf and the ever-popular Bungee Trampoline (take advantage of the Alpine Action Pack and try it all on the same day for a discounted price) and on-mountain din-ing and shopping experiences at Ted’s Bar & Grill, Altitude Sport & Gift and the General Store.
The chairlift will operate from 11am to 5pm every day, and until 7pm every Saturday as part of our special Sunset Ride & Dine package where you can enjoy a round-trip sunset ride to the top fol-lowed by a dinner special in Ted’s Bar & Grill. Families are welcome.
Some upcoming events in-clude their Canada Day cel-ebration on Wednesday July 1; wear red and white and ride
the Mile High Scenic Chairlift Ride for half price. Cake will also be served in the court-yard at 2pm.
Also coming up is Tapped, Mount Washington’s popular annual beer festival, which features a huge lineup of 15 breweries, a pig roast BBQ and a beer seminar hosted by Jeff Lucas from Casca-dia Liquor Stores. A return bus shuttle is available from Courtenay.
Get your entry ticket, pig roast and shuttle online and save 10%. Tickets are also available at Cascadia Liquor Store in the Thrifty Foods plaza in Courtenay.
For more information on an action-packed summer at Your Island Mountain, surf to mountwashington.ca.
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View from Mount Washington (Photo by Mike LeBlanc)
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Celebrating weight loss success with a name change . . . and a party!
Just how much is 15,200 pounds? Think 15 horses or nine old-school VW Beetles. It’s also the num-ber of pounds that a Co-mox Valley weight loss studio has helped its cli-ents drop since opening its doors just four years ago.
To commemorate that accomplishment, Sam-udra Weight Loss Health and Wellness has changed its name to “Success Weight Loss.”
Past, present and fu-ture clients are invited to celebrate alongside owner Kristin Bjarnason and her team at a “Celebration of Name Change” open house on Saturday, June 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. at their Sixth Street location be-tween Tulio’s and Atlas Café.
“We wanted a name that
mirrored the growth and transformation of both our clients and our busi-ness,” says Bjarnason, a registered nurse and weight loss coach. “So we held a name-change con-test with our clients, and Success Weight Loss was the winner.”
The new name couldn’t be more appropriate. Suc-cess Weight Loss off ers a medically researched and designed program that employs an Ideal Protein diet in conjunction with personalized, supportive coaching that ensures cli-ents meet their weight-loss goals.
Bjarnason is proud that she and her team have helped so many people lose so much weight, and the nurse in her equally values the decreased blood pressure and blood sugar levels that come with that weight loss.
In fact, that was what
drew her to the program in the fi rst place.
“I did the program my-self and lost 25 pounds, but what I really liked was the healthy approach to losing weight. I just knew
I had to share it with oth-ers. Not only is Ideal Pro-tein scientifi cally proven to help with weight loss, our personal approach and motivation set us apart from other programs.”
Bjarnason notes that weekly meetings, regu-lar body composition analyses, daily videos, goal-setting rewards and a one-year stabilization follow-up program all help
to make certain clients at-tain and maintain theirtargets.
Guests of the June 27open house will be able tosample foods made withIdeal Protein, share in cli-ents’ stories and even re-ceive a free body composi-tion analysis. Door prizeswill be awarded, and thefi rst 10 visitors will receive$20 g ift certifi cates.Guests are encouragedto bring a non-perishablefood item to support thelocal food bank.
“Our name is chang-ing, but our commitmentto motivating, educatingand inspiring others asthey achieve their healthand wellness objectives re-mains the same,” she says.
If you can’t make theopen house, call Kristinat 250.334.7008 to set upan appointment for a no-obligation informationsession or drop by the stu-dio, located on 6th Streetbetween Tulio’s and TheAtlas.
Visit their website atwww.successweightloss.cafor more information.
Carol Klock, winner of Samudra Weight Loss Heath & Wellness name change contest, and owner Kristin Bjarnason show off the weight loss studio’s new name: Success Weight Loss.
Spelling ‘success’ and weight loss at a party
CourtenayO N E H U N D R E D Y E A R S O F H I S T O R Y
1915–2015
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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Glacier View honours 2015 graduating classBY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff
Glacier View Second-ary Centre celebrated the achievement of 19 of its students who are moving on to the next important stage of their lives.
Teachers, school ad-ministrators, along with dignitaries that included Courtenay councillor David Frisch, Comox councillor Hugh MacKin-non, school district super-intendent Sherry Elwood, assistant superintendent Tom Demeo, trustee Cliff Boldt and K’omoks First Nation’s representative Fernanda Pare honoured the 2015 graduating class at the recognition cer-emony held last week.
This year’s group of students that paraded up to the stage to accept their high school diplo-mas were Alanis Aitken, Josh Allen, Brandon Ay-res, Katie Barnes, Darius Brumsey, Montana Davis, Jessica Dingjan, Sheldon Hubelit, Blake Johnston, Rianna Liscum, Marcus Maurice, Jerry McColl, Patrick McLean, Damien Mintz, Skylar Nygren, Aiden Robinson, Dylan Simson Zanbilowicz and Savannah Stevenson.
Principal Murray McRae, in his address to the graduates, said that wherever they’re going, it won’t be back at Glacier View. And he’s fi ne with that because he believes they should move on to bigger and better things.
Bursaries were also handed out and the re-cipients were:
• Dylan Simson Zan-
bilowicz - Comox District Teachers Association Bursary
• Josh Allen - Johanna dePol Achievement Bur-sary
• Hailee Tovstigo - The Corporation of the City of Courtenay Bursary
• Jessica Dingjan - Christopher Klein-Beek-man Bursary
• Montana Davis - Courtenay Rotary Bur-sary
• Marcus Maurice - Jean Kotcher Leadership Bursary
This year’s valedic-torians were Montana Davis and Dylan Simson Zanbilowicz.
Valedictorians Montana Davis and Dylan Simson Zanbilowicz. with principal Murray McRae
Jessica Dingjan receives the Christopher Klein-Beekman Bursary
Rianna Liscum receives the Comox Valley Principals and Vice Princi-pals bursary Josh Allen receives the Johanna dePol Achievement Bursary
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