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Highland Secondary School Grads will once again arrive in style at their graduation ceremo-ny as the Highland Grad Classic Car Cruise con-tinues this year.

There are expected to be about 40-50 vehicles ranging from Model-As to the most potent Mus-cle cars transporting over 90 Grads on a scenic cruise around the Comox Peninsula on the after-noon of Saturday, May 30.

The event will get underway shortly after 2:00 pm, as the Grads meet their drivers and cars in the Highland Secondary Parking lot, just off Pritchard Rd. in Comox.

The cruise itself will start at about 3:00 pm and follow a route that includes Lazo Road, Knight Road, Military Row, Ryan Road, Crown Isle Drive, Lerwick Road, Anderton Road, and Comox Av-enue. The Cruise will take a quick loop through Marina Park to allow cruise participants to view

the rest of the cars. They should start arriving atFilberg Park at approximately 4:00 pm .

There may be a few minor inconveniences tothe public during this time, mostly at the inter-sections listed above. We appreciate the patienceof the motoring public in this matter.

Highland Secondary would like to take this op-portunity to thank the RCMP and Comox FireDepartment for providing support to the proces-sion, thus ensuring that it runs smoothly andmost importantly, safely.

We would also like to thank all those automo-bile owners and drivers who generously supplytheir time and wheels, without which this eventcouldnt take place!

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BY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

Telus plans to install small cell technology in the Comox Valley Region-al District to improve cel-lular service in the Ryan Road and Anderton Road area.

The technology is not new as it has already been applied in other munici-palities in the province including the Town of Co-mox.

In his delegation to the CVRD, Doug Anastos, se-nior real estate manager for Telus, said the new technology will enhance capacity and coverage to cell phone users.

Theyre small, about the size of a laptop com-puter, Anastos explained. Its about a square foot in size and weve been us-ing them in an urban set-ting and the reason is to intensify our network. We use them in areas where theres poor coverage, spe-ci cally in the Anderton/Ryan Road area of the re-gional district.

Telus aims to address this issue the best they can, especially with the prolif-eration of cell phones and devices that people rely on for various reasons that include business needs and emergency purposes. This had made Telus job challenging, said Anastos, as they work on staying up to speed and meeting demands with the wireless network.

The small cell technolo-gy will not need a new tow-er. They will be installed in existing infrastructure such as BC Hydro poles or buildings.

Anastos said theyve done this in the Brooklyn Elementary School area in the Town of Comox and indicated the technology has worked well.

Telus is hoping to start installing them in the re-gional district some time this month or June and wrapping it up in the sum-mer.

CVRD chair Bruce Jol-liff e appreciated Telus ef-fort to improve service and suggested it also look at Denman Island and Horn-by Island where reception is also poor.

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Neighbour Katie Rempel took this dramatic shot from her backyard after the explosion and fi re last Friday afternoon

Butane cylinders in the backyard (Photo: CHEK News)

Neighbours angry at hash oil production that caused explosion and reBY MICHAEL BRIONES AND DEBRA MARTINEcho Staff

They were three ama-teurs wanting to make shatter, a drug derived from marijuana.

But they ended up shat-tering their lives, and those

of their families and loved ones instead, not to men-tion destroying a duplex and the peace and quiet of a family neighbourhood.

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on First Street in Cour-tenay last Friday after-noon are upset with the alleged creation of a form of cannabis that led to a dangerous situation in the neighbourhood.

Three individuals who were in the house at the time were seen leaving the scene and ended up driv-ing themselves to St. Jo-sephs Hospital. The men, 25, 28 and 29 suff ered life

threatening burns and injuries and were airlifted to Vancouver and Victoria hospitals.

Following the execu-tion of a search warrant, Comox Valley RCMP con-cluded that the explosion that erupted in the base-ment the duplex on the 2000 block of First Street was due to production of butane hash oil or BHO as its often called.

Cst. Don Sinclair, spokesperson of the local

RCMP, said they located equipment that was used and other evidence.

The three suspects in the explosion were neither the homeowners nor the tenants. Sinclair said they are looking for the tenants and want to talk to them.

Butane was used in the hash oil making process, which Courtenay Fire Chief Don Bardonnex said was a dangerous accident waiting to happen.

Butane is 2.1 times

heavier than air so its going to drop, its going to drop to the oor, said Bardonnex. Its not going to come out of the base-ment unless its ventilated so its just sitting there waiting there for an igni-tion source.

He said the surprising fact is they survived.

The re was rst report-ed at around at 4:56 p.m. last Friday. Numerous blasts were heard from the residence.

Lora Kane, who lives next door said she heard a boom and the whole house just shook.

And I just saw the shad-ow of ames and some guy screaming roll around roll around, I just went Oh God this is bad.

One witness who was cycling in the area at the time said he heard a huge boom before he saw men running out of the house and speeding away in a truck.

One guy was all burned ... his shirt was in shreds, he said.

Bill Wright lives across the street and saw the smoke as he returned home, telling CHEK News that I saw a big puff of smoke as I was coming down the road and as I got close to my property here I see a couple of pieces of something smouldering on the road.


A distraught woman affected by the fi re gets a helping hand from Fire Chief Don Bardonnex. He said he didnt know whether she lived in the duplex or not, but she was worried about her cat.


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I pulled over and looked at it and it was a couple of pieces of clothing that were still on re a little bit.

Nicole Lebrun, who lives across the street, told CHEK News all of a sud-den I started hearing a bunch of screaming, more bangs, loud, loud bangs. Sounded like someone got shot up. So I come outside and all of a sudden I see the house like up in ames.

Neighbour Jenny Wright said what she saw and heard still disturbs her.

I saw the ames and then I heard the scream-ing. I saw the people come outside and get in the truck and rush off .

A day after the re, neigh-bours were also nding out what the alleged cause of the explosion was. Theyre angry.

Well Im a little bit an-gry yeah, because of the complete disregard for the neighbouring families, I mean theres kids all the way through here, said Kane.

Its very shocking for us especially living across the street, were walking past there quite often with the kids, said Jennie Wright.

Does make you a little bit angry that you know if the explosion had come out the front and if we were

standing out front with our kids it could have been a whole other story, said Bill Wright.

The house suff ered ex-treme damage and is now structurally unsound. Its likely to be torn down.

The new drug the trio were attempting to make is called shatter; it looks like maple syrup or thin tof-fee on wax paper.

The drug is similar to hash oil and is also known as honey oil or budder.

Butane is poured over the top of a cannabis shake, which pulls out THC (tetra-hydrocannabinol), the prin-cipal psychoactive compo-nent of marijuana, from the leaves and creates a gummy substance.

There is no heating in-volved, but it creates a lot of fumes.

The product contains a THC level of up to 80 per cent, which can give hallu-cinations.

Top grade marijuana on the streets usually mea-sures about 20 per cent.

Last weeks explosion wasnt the rst on the Is-land to be caused by BHO makers.

Three men were sent to hospital in March 2014 with serious burns after their house north of Qualicum Beach exploded while they were using butane to make the marijuana product.

The back of the duplex after the fi re; the building was knocked off its foundation due to the explosion (Katie Rempel photo)

Comox Valley Regional District is to appeal a BC Supreme Court ruling that set aside a decision not to consider an ap-plication from 3L Devel-opments Inc. seeking to amend the Comox Valley Regional Growth Strat-egy (RGS).

The company had gone to court to ask for a judi-cial review of the rejec-

tion of its request for an RGS amendment cov-ering land between the Puntledge and Browns Rivers, which ultimately could pave the way for an intensive development of up to 700 homes and some commercial space close to Stotan Falls. The RGS currently allocates the land mainly for large-lot, low-density residen-

tial development.3L won its case earlier

this month when Justice Emily Burke ruled the CVRD must follow the full and detailed amendment process set out in the RGS document, rather than halting the request at an early stage.

But following an in-camera board meet-ing on Tuesday, CVRD

chair Bruce Jolliff e said: We respect the decision made by the judge of the BC Supreme Court, but we do not agree with it. Therefore, we will be l-ing an appeal of that de-cision.

Until the outcome of that appeal, the board will have no further com-ment, as the matter will be before the courts.

Regional District to appeal Supreme Court ruling


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A $6 million gift to the ValleyThe late Mamie Aitken leaves a generous bequest that will benefi t at least four groupsBY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

Catherine Mary Ma-mie Aitken has left the Comox Valley a sizable donation of over $6 mil-lion.

Its the largest amount ever donated to the com-munity.

The generous amount has been entrusted to the Comox Valley Community Foundation, which will be responsible for allocat-ing the income generated from the Aitken fund to four local organizations the well-known philan-thropist speci ed in her will.

They are St. Josephs Hospital Foundation, stu-dents attending North Island College and the Comox Valley Hospice Society, and the founda-tion, which will use the funds for its annual grant-ing program.

It is an amazing gift to the lasting bene t of the community, said Norman Carruthers, president of

Norman Carruthers, president of the CVC Foundation, congratulates North Island College vice-president of strategic initiatives Randall Heidt for being one of the chosen recipients of the Aitken Fund.

the CVC Foundation. It will have a profound im-pact on the Valley, and be-cause only the income will be spent, the gift will keep on giving to our commu-nity for generations to come.

Carruthers estimates the possible income of the Aitken fund would be between $250,000 to $500,000 annually. It will be shared equally by the four organizations.

NIC vice-president of strategic initiatives Ran-dall Heidt expects the college to receive around $70,000 every year from the fund.

It will bene t 25 stu-dents from the Comox Valley.

It will allow them to attend our college basi-cally for free, said Heidt. It is an amazing gift. Its the largest ever in North Island Colleges Founda-tion.

Heidt expects the fund to be available in 2016. He added it will be open to the best, the brightest

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Audrey Craig, president of the Comox Valley Hos-pice Society, said this will allow them to continue to help hundreds of people especially during their tender moments.

Mamie understood that while places of care are important, being able to ensure that people are available to off er care was paramount, said Craig.

Her generous gift will

allow hospice care to be here now, and more im-portantly in the future for all people in our commu-nity.

Lynn Dashkewytch, Ex-ecutive Director of the St. Josephs Hospital Foun-dation says that contri-butions from the Aitken Fund, ... will provide the opportunity to address the needs of both care and comfort for the frail and elderly living at The Views at St. Josephs.

This very generous and thoughtful donation will help us upgrade the physi-cal space in the rooms, the respite room and the com-mon areas, she said.

The renovations would include new paint, window coverings and furniture. The goal will be to create an environment that feels more like a home setting. These upgrades will help enhance the comfort and quality of life for the resi-dents of The Views at St. Josephs.


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Mamies parents, John and Elizabeth Aitken im-migrated to Vancouver Canada in 1910 and took up residence in Courtenay in 1912 when John was sent to open the telegraph offi ce. Daughter Cherry was born in 1920 and Ma-mie arrived in 1922. The Aitkens had planned to stay in Canada for just a few years and then immi-grate to New Zealand but they fell in love with the beauty of the Comox Val-ley and the friendliness of the people and decided to

stay and raise their family here.

Mamie and Cherry were active in the community throughout their lives. Both members of the So-roptimist International Club of Courtenay, they were dedicated to improv-ing the lives of women and girls.

The Aitken Fund en-sures that their legacy and generosity will continue in perpetuity. The Aitken gift to the CVC Foundation increases the endowment fund holdings to more than $11 million.

Carruthers said this year

the foundation distributed a record $200,000 to 20 organizations. Howev-er, they also had to turn down an equal amount of applicants. But with the Aitken fund, Carruthers said this will allow them to increase the number of recipients in the future.

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Courtenay City Coun-cil has agreed to bend its own rules to supply water and sewer services to the Kmoks First Nations Puntledge RV campground just across Condensory Bridge.

But there is more to the proposal than rst meets the eye, as the Band is considering the possibility of wider economic devel-opment initiatives on the extensive #2 Indian Re-serve property either side of Condensory Road.

Those include an ex-pressed interest by the KFN in promoting a resi-dential housing project, with accommodation for up to 500 people.

As the land is a desig-nated Indian Reserve, it lies outside both City and Regional District jurisdic-tion, so development plans for the site would not be required to go through the usual processes of lo-cal government decision-making.

But the City hopes that by off ering services and negotiating a cooperative agreement with the KFN, they can help guide de-velopment options that would also bene t the wider community and ad-dress potential concerns.

The Agreement in Prin-ciple (AIP) on water and sewer services has been welcomed by both par-ties, which will now begin

negotiations on a detailed servicing agreement with a view to having this in place by the end of the year. As the regional dis-trict is responsible for water supply and sewer disposal services, its wa-ter committee and sewage commission will also need to be involved.

While a nal deal is likely some months away, KFN Chief Rob Everson said he was elated at the interim AIP. The col-laboration with the City demonstrates that we are ready to move forward with our neighbours.

He added: The expan-sion will build capacity within our nation and gen-erate an economic bene t for the Comox Valley.

City Mayor Larry Jan-gula said the municipality was pleased to be working with KFN on the initia-tive.

We have a strong work-ing relationship with the Kmoks First Nation and we support their desire for economic development, he said. This is also a mutually bene cial agree-ment, since the proximity of their land to downtown Courtenay could lead to more economic activity in our downtown core.

In recent years Courte-nay has taken a tough line on refusing permission to property owners outside its boundary to hook up to water and sewer lines within the City, and had enshrined the principle of

City agrees to bend rules to service KFN landPuntledge Reserve could host big residential development

The extent of KFNs #2 Indian Reserve, with the Puntledge

River defi ning the border with the City of Courtenay to the south

and the Tsolum River to the east. The white line bisecting the

Reserve is the route of the former logging railway; Condensory

Bridge, carrying the existing road access, is just above the point

where the railway used to cross the Puntledge.

yond its borders. Nonetheless, the OCP

will have to be amended through proper public process to make a special case, including hosting a public hearing.

The non-binding AIP also states that the nal agreement with the KFN will have to ensure the on-going costs to the City in supplying water and sew-age disposal services will be covered by the Band and that the KFN will also reimburse the City for all the capital (construction) costs incurred in getting pipes and associated in-frastructure to and from the Reserve land.

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Neither the City of Cour-tenay nor the Kmoks First Nation will subsidize the services for others bene t. It also states the KFN will not allow any prop-erty owners outside its Reserve boundary to hook up to the new pipes to ac-cess City services by the back door.

As far as potential land uses are concerned, the AIP also stipulates that

the KFN must restrictdevelopment to land usesthat are compatible withthe surrounding area.Speci cally, no heavy in-dustrial uses will be per-mitted, nor will any landuse that produces off en-sive odours.

Further, the KFN agreesit will address to the Cityssatisfaction a number ofpotential ooding issuesthat could impact the im-mediate area and furtheraway if development pro-gresses.

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Rare approval has been granted to BC Hydro to reduce ows in the Pun-tledge River to new lows in order to conserve water supplies.

With the agreement of other government agen-cies, the Comptroller of Water Rights has granted the power company -- which controls water from Comox Lake -- a variation in its licence, allowing it to severely curtail river ows this summer, start-ing right away.

And from Monday (June 1), water use restrictions for most homes and busi-nesses in the Comox Val-ley will be stepped up.

The unusual step of a licence variation has been taken following detailed discussions with the fed-eral department of sh-eries and oceans and the provincial ministry of for-ests, lands and natural re-source operations.

The result of those dis-cussions is an agreement to consider sh habitat over a likely record dry summer and still having

some water for returning salmon in September, said BC Hydro spokesper-son Stephen Watson. We are thinking long-term.

As the master licence holder for the lakes water, BC Hydro has to serve the needs of various users, in-cluding the 40,000 people in Courtenay, Comox and some neighbouring rural areas hooked up to the Comox Valley Regional Districts water system.

It is they that face Stage 2 water restrictions from Monday, meaning that people may use a sprin-kler to water a lawn only on these days and be-tween these times: at even numbered addresses on Tuesdays and Saturdays between 4 a.m. and 9 a.m. and between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m.; and at odd numbered addresses on Wednesdays and Sundays between 4 a.m. and 9 a.m. and between 7p.m. and 10 p.m.

Another important user of water from the lake is the DFO, which operates the Puntledge sh hatch-ery and which oversees sh habitat in the river system.

Puntledge ow will dip to new lows to save waterValley water restrictions start Monday

To balance near-term and long-term ows for sh and still have water left in the reservoir by the end of summer, BC Hydro and the agencies have agreed their plan for the coming months.

Normally, the minimum river ow to be sure sh thrive is 15.6 cubic metres a second. But from last weekend, below the Pun-tledge power generating station that ow has been cut to 14 cubic metres a second for a three-week period ending June 15.

The river ow will then be reduced to 12 cubic me-tres a second from June 16 to July 31, Watson added. And for the month of Au-gust, the ows will be re-duced to the extreme con-servation ow of 9 cubic

metres a second.The generating station,

which is currently running at only 20 per cent capac-ity to save water, will be shut down altogether from mid-June through Septem-ber, he con rmed - unless there is an extraordinary and unexpected change in the weather.

On June 15, all required downstream sh habitat ows will be passed down the Nymph Falls and Sto-tan Falls section of the Puntledge River; no ow will be coming out of the generating station, Wat-son explained.

He added: This is the rst time in BC Hydros Puntledge River opera-tions history that such a long and precise opera-tional plan has been put

in place. Unprecedented conditions require stead-fast focus on relationships to manage through this as best as possible.

For the federal DFO, Darcy Miller, the Pun-tledge River watershed enhancement manager, said the DFO and BC Hydro would work co-operatively to ensure the best conditions possible for sh while ensuring wa-ter conservation measures are achieved during the unseasonably dry months ahead.

As previously reported in the Echo, current water

in ows into the reservoirare around 11-13 cubic me-tres a second, below his-torical record lows datingback 52 years.

There has been neg-ligible snowpack run-off into the reservoir; basi-cally there hasnt beenany, said Watson. ComeAugust, water in ows maybe as low as two cubic me-tres a second.

One of the bene ts ofdams and the manage-ment of water is, in thiscase, holding back wateras much as possible whileconsidering various wateruse interests.

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Jim NiessenSurrey

I attended the Town of Comox May 20th Council meeting as I was anxious to hear their nal deci-sions on zoning bylaw amendments 1791 and 1792; amendments, which if passed, would allow the proposed Lorne Hotel to go forward.

After what I witnessed I can safely say Comox is where democracy goes to die. Not only that but the behaviour by two of the Councillors was shameful to say the least. Bullying in its nest form.

Given the recent public hearing and submissions (including a petition), it was clear the majority of the people of Comox do not want this proposed building.

They want a building, they want a pub, they just dont see this 5 storey pro-posal as the right building.

To this end, Councillor MacKinnon proposed a compromise with a 4 sto-rey building, a proposal supported by Councillor Price.

Councillor Ken Grant suggested that compro-mise will kill this project and youll end up with a vacant lot.

He used the sky is fall-ing scare by intimating if council said no and

asked for a new plan of 4 stories, then the developer would take his toys and go home.

And to change plans now would send a bad message to other developers who may want to build in Co-mox.

What utter nonsense. So, Council is just there to do the bidding of developers and be damned what the citizens of Comox want for their town?

If thats the case then heaven help up all. What does it say about a Town Council that does not sup-port the majority of its citizens.

I do not believe due pro-cess was followed with re-spect to this entire project; as my Dad would say this x was in.

My thanks to Councill ors Mackinnon and Price for actually listening and attempting to do the right thing. To the rest of you ..shame,shame.

Barb TribeComox

I noted with interest the article in the May 22 edi-tion of the Echo about 3Ls continuing eff orts to get their controversial de-velopment proposal for the Stotan Falls area ap-proved.

Although the judge de-cided that the CVRD acted unreasonably in turning

back the application, there is still a process that must be followed before this project can move forward.

The proponents of this project have decided that this should be treated as a minor amendment to the Regional Growth Strategy (RGS).

Minor amendments have a diff erent process than a standard amendment as outlined in the RGS docu-ment on Page 110 (can be viewed on the CVRD web-site).

However I assert that asking for this application to be treated as a minor amendment is absurd.

This is a huge devel-opment that will have enormous environmen-tal impact no matter how green they think they can build it.

Throwing in a few acres of green space and prom-ising to build a few trails does not make this devel-opment green. In fact the very location ies in the face of green development because it would require everyone living there to get in a car every day to get to work, school, or for shop-ping.

I urge the Board of the Regional District to ensure that they do what they can to see that this is not pro-cessed as a minor amend-ment.

If they cannot legally do that then they have to fol-

low the process for a minor amendment to the letter and they must insist on a public hearing as part of that process.

The public worked long and hard to develop the Regional Growth Strategy and the 3L development, in my opinion, fails to meet any of the goals and objec-tives of that strategy.

Pamela MunroeCourtenay

For some reason, I can-not let go of the dream of having TB REACH fund-ed. Here is an organization that with so little, can do so much.

TB REACH funds new, innovative ideas for ght-ing one of the worlds old-est diseases, whereas the Global Fund needs strong evidence that a certain ap-proach works before they can support it.

TB REACH needs a mere $120 million over the next ve years to stay in the business of reaching the hardest to reach TB patients. This is, relatively speaking, a small amount and will still keep Canada well below Lestor Pear-sons recommended .7% of GDP for international aid funding. Would the HAT Caucus kindly rise to the occasion and make my dream come true?!

Connie LebeauVictoria

Dear Mr Mayor:I just had a strange oc-

currence. Kind of a fate thing. I had a fellow mem-ber send me a copy of a let-ter he sent to you Re: Clos-ing Courtenay airport.

Whats interesting was that I was just doing my ight planning to go there. I have a friend who is a teacher and I was going to go up to do a little crab shing, have dinner than head home before dark.

Courtenay airpark is one of my favourite locations. Partly because my friend lives there but it also off ers many nice features.

Fuel is always the cheap-est in the area, little kids hang around the fence line to watch (I have asked a couple to come and sit in my airplane making their day and great smiles), beautiful scenery, a nice walking path up the river (?? longest river port in the world?? I remember read-ing something like that on a sign) and very close to local food.

In the summer many of the lower mainland and Victoria ying clubs orga-nize Courtenay as a y out destination because of the close proximity to a good selection of restaurants.

I had heard there may be the possibility of mov-ing the airport but I think you would lose all the good

reasons for going there in the rst place.

Remember there are many features accessible within a short walk.

There are other airports we go to but the longer or the more diffi cult it is to get somewhere after land-ing the less likely we will go there.

To no was a great ex-ample of this when they closed off the west side access for a couple years. You needed to park on the east side and take a taxi in. Previously you could walk directly to the beach.

While the barriers where up I rarely went to To no.

If you have any questions in regards to the nancial bene ts of keeping a small local airports Id suggest you contact Patrick Gilli-gan of the Canadian Own-ers and Pilots Association.

They are a national or-ganization and have lots of information about this exact situation.

My guess would be that a developer/friend/contribu-tor has started putting the pressure on you to develop the land. Patrick will have information to show you the long term economic bene ts of keeping the air-park vs the short term real estate dollars.

Respectfully against de-stroying a beautiful jewel in the Comox Valley.

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BEEFS & BOUQUETSsolutely I have the utmost sympathy for the owners of the duplex that burnt down last week but also for the 3 young men and their families. All of the people involved in this horrible situation have my prayers. In a time of need and very wrong decision making this is not a time for judg-ment or questioning but rather love, support and forgiveness. Not one per-son out there can say they have never made a mistake in their life that could have altered their life diff erently if they got caught or under diff erent circumstances. Think about if one of these people were your child, spouse, friend, brother or other relation. Yes it was wrong and dangerous and inconsiderate of other peo-ple around them but that does not deserve some of the cruel remarks I have read or heard. They are paying their consequenc-es with their lives on the line and do not need other peoples judgment and sometimes non-factual comments. Please nd the goodness in your heart in-stead of the hatred. Peace, love and happiness.

HUGE BEEF to the young guys who stole our lo-cal Designated Drivers Tempo! Your family must be sooo proud of you for targeting a group dedicat-ed to helping people get home safely. This hurts, no only us, but our com-munity greatly! Not only do you steal our car..you break it! Brakes were shot and our handsfree device stolen among other things! The mud covering the car..kinda looks like the mud at Maple lake...ya we have good citizens in our com-munity seen you and even got a pic of you on their phone! One of you look very familiar. Got a good idea where one of you live! We have other sightings of you driving(guy with the cap) The police have dusted the car for prints...and dusted your water bot-tle too! Do the right thing now and turn yourself in under your own choice be-fore they have to come and get you...cause they will!

TO THE PERSON who wrote the News Bulletin (Beefs & Bouquets May 22nd) complaining about large people in Spandex: while the garments may not be

hiding body-shape, they may be covering a beau-tiful person; you never know. And they are OUT THERE, trying. Kudos to them. Perhaps you need Spandex for the head, to get your mind in shape? Cmon! And no, I am not such a be-spandexed per-son.

A BIG BOUQUET of beautiful owers for Valerie at Su-zannes womens clothing store in the Comox Mall. Thank you for helping me out by lending me a cloth-ing rack during my home renovation. I can now ac-cess my clothing and keep it wrinkle-free! Greatly ap-preciated.

A GIGANTIC BOUQUET of bouncing tennis balls to the amazing Coach Bren-da! The Valley is so fortu-nate to have someone like you who works tirelessly to push tennis forward, to keep our kids active, and to build community. As an award-winning volunteer, you inspire us with your energy and commitment. Thank you for all that you do!

A BEEF to a fellow driver from this past Sunday morning at the intersection of Headquarters & Mer-ville Road. I noticed you drove past the two males and proceeded a couple of hundred feet where you stopped your pick-up and started yelling obscenities and ranting at the female and younger volunteers. When asked to move on, you threatened them with physical violence, and then threatened to back over the ag person. Thank-fully you moved on in a timely manner. This type of behaviour, in our Co-mox Valley, to volunteers at a community event is appalling! You are not completely anonymous as the name of a business is on the door of your pick-up truck. How many hours were you inconvenienced by a community event that was enjoyed by whole fam-ilies, parents and children alike. For next year I in-vite you to have more fun and get involved in events, whether that be partici-pating or volunteering, to be active with the rest of your community and un-derstand that these events promote a healthy happy Comox Valley.

DEAR SPANDEX FASHION CRIT-IC: The most unattractive thing a person can wear is an attitude like yours!

THIS IS A MESSAGE to the management of every big box, and large store in the Comox Valley. Your stores are situated in a beautiful place, a place where a huge amount of elderly folk re-tire to live out the rest of their days. ALL these old folk are your customers, the people willing to sup-port, and spend their dol-lars in your stores, so that you and your staff have a job, and can take a pay-check home every month to support you, and your families way of life, and make the valley the won-derful place it is to live in... Okay! Heres the beef I have with every single big box store, and a lot of the slightly smaller ones! None of you seem to have any respect for us old tim-ers, in that, you dont have one single seat in a store where we can take ve as we walk around the acreage inside your store, viewing the products that youre attempting to sell, and we are considering buying... Are you manag-ers unable to understand that it can be a one mile walk (or more) around your store looking for our items. A LOT OF US ARE OLD AND FRAIL!!!; we use walkers, canes, crutch-es and God knows what to struggle around, but still manage to crawl our way, to get to your store to spend our bucks... You should re-spect us more by having a simple little 3-seat bench in each of the far corners of your store so we can take a moment, and also, at each exit so we can sit and wait for our friends to go through the check-outs. So, Costco, Superstore, Canadian Tire, Walmart, Home Depot, London Drugs, Johns (in Comox), Quality Foods, Thriftys, Central Hardware, Sleggs and any that dont come to mind at this time, please, at your next management meeting bring this subject up for consideration. You may gain some customers as I know several folk that wont come to any large store for this very reason! Theres nowhere to rest. (Walmart needs a little seat at EACH exit, not two seats at one exit). As

a handicapped old timer that slumped to the oor in London Drugs one day, from exhaustion, and they had to call for a wheel-chair, Id like to say thank-you for reconsidering this option...

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noon a woman entered our retail place of business and promptly and repeatedly verbally beat the heck out of our very well trained, underpaid employee. This poor girl took the ABUSE and held herself well to provide the info this haga-tron was demanding so rudely. I dont know why this happens sometimes, but there is no reason at all not to be civil in any retail operation, yes even a car rental operation. We are doing the best we can on a Sunday, at low wages. Thankfully this poor ex-cuse for a lady will be re-turning here to pick up her rental. We hope she comes through the door with a much diff erent frame of mind. She will be met with good service regardless. Trashing the employees is just a downer.

KUDOS to the many people who took part in the anti-GMO march on Saturday. Unfortunately, the world wide protests have come too late for the people of rural Argentina who have suff ered by the thousands with birth defects, can-cers and other debilitating and fatal diseases directly resulting from the wide-spread usage of chemical spraying of soy crops in areas that used to have widely diversi ed crops. Check it out.

A HUGE BOUQUET to Doc-tors & Surgical Daycare Nurses at S.J.H. I recent-ly had Gallbladder Sur-gery at the Saint Josephs Hospital. I would like to express my deepest grati-tude for the wonderful care I received. Especially, Dr. Kimberly, Dr. Richard-son and Surgical Daycare Nurses involved in my surgery and care took the time to calmly and thor-oughly explain in each procedure. It alleviated my fears to know exactly what was happening and why. I wish to thank in particular Surgical Daycare Nurses, Vicky and Dawn who de-serve recognition for their competence as well as

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grateful thanks to the smallnumber of local businesseswho take the trouble to al-low posters for local eventsto be posted in their storesand businesses. For smallnon-pro t organizationsa low cost way to let thecommunity know of im-portant events is not easyto nd. Thank you to thewilling few businesses foryour spirit of community!

RE: NEWS BULLETIN. I wouldlike to know where peoplelike you who are narrowminded and have an over-in ated sense of self worth nd hats to t your oversized egotistic head. Nowis the time to take a goodlong look at yourself in themirror. Youre not as aw-less as you might thinkyou are.

LUNCHBOXES FULL of rotten beef to the irresponsible parents and children at the Mile of Flowers cel-ebration. There were sev-eral children hanging and swinging on the recently repaired volleyball nets, and not once did we see a parent ask them to stop damaging city property. Now the net close to the road has permanent dam-age and an even more no-ticeable sag. The city rents out these courts to various sports teams, so perhaps these parents will chip in when they have to buy a new net again?

MY SINCEREST APOLOGIES to the couple I almost hit at the intersection of Fitzger-ald and Cumberland at 8:15pm on May 26. Im so glad you were doing the driving for both of us as obviously I need a refresh-er on what Red means.

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the rest of the complainers in general, I have detailed maps to the short pier, so you can take a long walk. But I anticipate my best seller will be my magic pills called, getalife, cause everyone in the valley should be walking around with a smile on their face. I know Im smiling now, how about you.

TO THE PERSON complaining about the BALL TEAM breaking her sunroof. When you park your car next to a ball diamond it is WELL known that you do so at your own risk. Those playing the great pasttime sport of slo pitch or any other kind of baseball are NOT held responsible for damage cause to vehicles by errant balls that may hit a vehicle. If you have been at meetings in this build-ing before then you should know that when you park 20 feet away from a back stop you are asking for something to happen to your car whether it be a dent in the hood or in your case a broken sun roof. Does it suck that it hap-pened? Yes it does but to turn around and blame it on the ball team, that is just ludicrous. That is why we have insurance people. So pull up your adult un-derwear and stop pointing the nger at other people and take the responsibility that is all YOURS for park-ing there. Not trying to be rude just stating the facts about parking next to a ball diamond. Have a great summer and may this nev-er happen to you again.

JUST WANT TO GET THE JUMP on people that will call for the closure of the airpark due to the latest mishaps. If you sit back and think, would you want the same thing each time two or more vehicles are in a colli-sion on any major roadway

- let-s close the road down until it can be made safer. I dont use the airpark but still know the aircraft have a better safety record and are maintained at a higher standard than cars on the roads today and thats also for the pilots versus the drivers.

ID LIKE TO GIVE a big bou-quet of owers to the, Im guessing dude, in the big silver guts, glory, and Ram, also ran, pick-up, who sped up, when I passed him on Anderson Rd. yesterday. The 20 bucks worth of gas you burned when you oored your behemoth must have in ated your manhood just as your stu-pid truck depletes your cash ow, and lets every-one know that youre a stereotypical, small man syndrome derivative. I didnt look, as it took only a few seconds to leave your 7000 pound hulk in my dust, but if I must, Id guess that you have a ball cap and tats, board shorts and ip ops, and that youre also short of educa-tion. Haul on, you stupid mother trucker, youre just another over-vehicled, and under-brained, sucker in-vesting 50 grand in mak-ing grocery runs and pick-ing up your six pack of cheap beer.

THANK YOU MR. A--HOLE for denting my car at lunch, on the 22nd of May, in the McDonalds parking lot on Ryan rd. My poor black 2011 VW Jetta didnt deserve such a thing. It was great of you, after someone saw you, to write me a note of what had happened. Although may-be you should have left some information instead of writing and telling me that you were just faking it to make it look like you were a nice guy in front of the witnesses. I asked

every business in the area for camera footage of you smashing my car. Youre lucky, I couldnt get a good enough angle of the inci-dent. I wish I could thank you in person for the dent and the fake note you left me. I guess Karma will just have to thank you instead. Maybe the witness who saw you hit my car is read-ing this. Then maybe I can thank you personally.

IM SENDING all the bad bugs to infest your hard-ware stores. I went to three building supply stores to purchase a simple item, a sliding screen door for a patio door. I actUally thought these were hard-ware stores that carried products for the DIY peo-ple. Thanks a lot for noth-ing. BAH, BEDBUGS to yas.

THE SALVATION ARMY would like to send a bouquet of spring owers to the Co-mox Valley Presbyterian Church for their faithful donations of monthly food items to enrich the food hampers that Cornerstone Community and Fam-ily Services provides on a daily base to those in need. The Salvation Army would also like to thank Staples for their special items that also enhance our emergen-cy food hampers. Thank you!

Re: NEWS BULLETIN: Heres a new bulletin for you and a beef. Why are you so fat phobic that you feel the need to publish how grossed out you are with people wearing things they like? Who cares what size people are? They arent taking away any of your rights by wearing spandex. As someone who has expe-rienced this type of sham-ing rst hand (and Im not even that big at all!) its be-yond hurtful and damaging

to someones self esteem. If someone size 20+ wants to wear spandex, I say right on for wearing what you like and not changing your style to suite some-one elses skewed idea of beauty. Be proud of your body and dont let people tell you to be ashamed. Love yourself.

STREET SMART KIDZ are cel-ebrating Steven Bairds birthday at the Whistle Stop Pub from 2-4 Sat-urday, June 6in conjunc-tion with Street Smart Kidz Meat Draw. All funds raised go directly to build-ing Street Smart Kidz House. Its time to get even and Roast the Man of the hour. Come and have fun and show your support.

ITS NICE that you think that your pitbull is cud-dly, lovable, well trained and amazing around chil-dren. This is your per-sonal opinion and maybe your dog is an exception. However, in the past week in Calgary, there were in-cidents involving pitbulls attacking pets, children & a teenager. Too often over the years weve heard on the national news about pitbulls attacking people & pets with sometimes tragic results. Apparently the Cities of Toronto and Winnipeg have banned pit-bulls and some cities are considering having them muzzled when out in pub-lic. So you can say all you want about how nice pit-bulls are, but most of us will remain very cautious of this breed for good rea-son.

A HUGE BEEF to drivers in Courtenay who turn left without checking that the coast is clear. Do you need to actually HIT a pedes-trian in the crosswalk be-fore you realise you do not have the right of way when

HERES HOW IT WORKS!Our weekly feature, Beefs and Bouquets, is intended to be a light-hearted forum for you, our readers, to express brief views on issues and events in your lives.Its not intended to hurt people or make unsubstantiated and libelous comments.Names wont be published with the beefs and bouquets; however, we do need your full name, mailing address and tele-phone number for verifi cation purposes.Each week someone will win a 2 Classic Cheese Basket Meals from Dairy Queen. Have fun with this!

THIS WEEKS WINNER, DRAWN AT RANDOM FROM SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED UP TO TUESDAY, IS:

Winners, you may pick up your prize certi cates at the front desk of the Echo, 407-D Fifth Street, during regular business hours. Thanks

to everyone for the great submissions- keep em coming!

Melissa McIntosh, of ComoxWinner of two classic cheese baskets

from Dairy Queen

ITS 12:15 PM on Friday, May 22. You, sir, in the big white Dodge Ram 4x4 with the Brian Howich license frame exiting the Home Depot lot via Lerwick, were in the WRONG so why did you have to shake your head and throw up your arms like you werent? That lady you almost hit on the cross walk had the walk signal. Maybe put down that Timmys drink you had and pay more at-tention! Then at the inter-section at Ryan/Lerwick you were so impatient to turn left. Were you heading to Costco for a hotdog? SLOW DOWN!

THANKS TO BEEFS and Bou-quets, Im starting up a new, feel good business in town. It entails selling ear-plugs to the people who complain about Snowbird noise and piped in music downtown. Then I have real dark sunglasses to sell to those, so you cant see the recycled homes along Dyke Rd. For the spandex haters, I have kites to sell, so you can, go y a kite. For

people are walking - espe-cially when they have the signal to do so? I know ev-eryones getting into sum-mer driving mode now and for some reason that means completely toss-ing the rules of the road out the window, but please PAY ATTENTION when you turn left at an intersec-tion. Rushing out of a turn when you are not clear is not only a danger to the pedestrian but to you and other drivers as well, when you have to slam on your brakes and stop in the mid-dle of the intersection to prevent a collision. Please use common sense behind the wheel so everyone can get home safely!



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INTERESTING the CVRD collects an average of $25 per year for liquid waste management from rural residents, but do abso-lutely nothing for this fee. Its not just Brent Road residents who smell an odor. Who voted for this, Regional Directors? We would not know - they vot-ed to not record their vote! This does not smell well.

ONCE AGAIN, planning costs top the list for ex-pensive services for ru-ral property owners. The CVRD planning costs are way out of line with other local jurisdictions and oth-er RDs. Where is the jus-ti cation, when there are so many other expensive infrastructure priorities?

U18 GIRLS RIPTIDE would like to thank Danny Keyes of Comox Valley RV Ltd., for his outstanding sup-port. Danny has provided assistance to our team since its inception. On be-half of the players, coach-

es, managers and parents we wish Danny continued success.

I ONCE AGAIN READ in the beefs about the nasty pit bulls. Do you people out there not realize it is the owners who train the dogs to kill? Put the owners down not the dogs.

WHILE MANY WOULD AGREE with concentrating devel-opment within the bound-aries of municipalities, its no wonder that Judge Burke found the CVRD RGS process awed. The CVRD argument To avoid the waste of scarce economic and staff re-sources is incredible - the CVRD planning budget is larger than the 3 munici-pal budgets, where there is growth! What is scarce, is accountability for these budgets, and open, trans-parent local government.

A THOUSAND DIFFERENT sized

and shaped sad looks to the author of News Bulle-tin on May 22. How nice it must be that you can think yourself an authority on what the human struc-ture should be, and feel the need to dictate what does and does not look good on others. Everyone is beau-tiful in their own way and what they wear is rendered moot by the personality within. Maybe you should

educate yourself on the fact that we are not all alike .... and who would want to be. I say to those who want to wear spandex - stride on and love who you are!!

THE COMOX VALLEY B&B Association wishes to thank 40 Knots Winery, The Whistle Stop, and Blue Moon Winery for inviting our members to experi-ence their businesses rst hand with open houses and receptions. This will allow us all to speak rst-hand about our experienc-es with our guests. Thank you!

SENDING LOVE, peace and incense to all you happy people of the Comox Val-ley! Unfortunately, I can-not share your joy and happiness. First, my life is interrupted by the sound of airplanes cruising over my house, then my mid-morning nap is interrupted by tutors practicing ying stunts over my neighbor-hood, and this week I have been off ended by the putrid smell of cow ma-nure as I drive along the rural roads on my way to the shopping center. This morning I had to roll up the windows of my car as I cruised along the Dyke Road because the smell of liquid cow excrement was being sprayed into the elds and the stench was

overwhelming. With to-days technology surely we can deodorize these drop-pings so that civilized peo-ple like myself can motor along in unimpaired bliss. Failing that, I shall put in a request to the Regional District to reimburse me for my breathing appa-ratus, my ear protectors, and the sound proo ng Ive had to add to the roof of my home. Does anyone know of an uninhabited, tropical island I can buy?

IF THERES A Kathryn Hemmingway in the val-ley, theres an elderly gen-tleman from the UK that keeps phoning your old phone number from 5-6 years ago & leaving mes-sages. He seems concerned about you. Please phone him and give him your new number. Thanks!

INTERESTING that Timber-West has been criticized for overlogging in the Great Bear Rainforest, exceed-ing the Provinces annual allowable cut. Is this hap-pening in our watershed? Who has responsibility for this? It seems the BC Gov-ernment has invested in the TimberWest through BCIMC? BC Hydro con-tinues to have huge chal-lenges with predicting the Comox lake watershed in- ows. What has changed, besides the climate?

MoreBeefsandBouquets

Michael DeanNAGY

DOB: 1975-01-05168 cms, 64 kgs, Brown hair, Brown eyes

Warrants: Break and enter with intentComox Valley fi le # 2013-10835

Dalton Shawn Robert COLE

DOB: 1967-05-11183 cms, 102 kgs, Brown hair, Hazel eyes

Warrants: Produce a controlled substancePossession for the purpose of traffi ckingComox Valley fi le # 2000-6953

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 dont have to give your name and you could be eligible for a cash reward.

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29 FRIDAYCYCLING Come join us on our Friday rides. We are a road cycling group of active adults and members of the Cross Canada Cycle Tour Society (CCCTS) www.cccts.org. At 10am (except in the months July and August when the start time changes to 9AM because of the heat). We meet at the Filberg Cen-tres lower parking lot, 411 Anderton Courtenay, before setting off on a bike ride. See www.cccts.org under tabs Day Rides/Comox Valley for the schedule or email [email protected] LEGION Meat draws every Friday, 5-7 pm.COMOX LEGION Meat draws every Fri-day, 3 p.m. Open to all Legion members

and signed in guests. Friday is still drop in darts night 7.30 pm toe line, $2.25 per person.

30 SAT.MARS AGM Sat. May 30th 10 am to 2 pm Merville Big Yellow Hall off Hwy 19A. Refreshements follow reports by directors, staff. Live Ambassador Birds of Prey. Followed by a walking tour of the New MARS Property. Appropriate footwear required. FMI 250-337-2021 or www.wingtips.org COMOX VALLEY FARMERS MARKET 9-12 every Saturday at the Headquar-ters 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. Danc-

ing to Gord Kruger and friends.COMOX LEGION Meat draws are held every Saturday 3 p.m. plus Ace of Spades draw.

31 SUNDAYHUGE GARAGE SALE Cumberland PAC and Community School society annual huge garage sale Sunday May 31 9-3 at Cumberland Elementary.

1 MONDAYCRIBBAGE Every Monday night, 7:00, at the Royston Hall, corner of Old Island Highway and Royston Road. No need to bring a partner. FMI: 250-334-1883.LADIES AUXILIARY DROP-IN BINGO Comox Legion Ladies Auxiliary Drop-in Bingo, upper hall. Doors open 6 pm, bingo 7 p.m. All money goes to chari-ties. Free coffee and tea.

2 TUESDAYPEARL ELLIS GALLERY IN COMOX Presents: WEST COAST RENDITIONS a SHOW & SALE by CHARLOTTE DEPT-FORD From June 2nd - 21st . 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.comROYAL 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 carv-ing please join us at the Royston Com-munity Hall every Tuesday from 9:30 AM to 3 PM for a day of carving and learning about carving. No experience necessary. FMI call Al at 250-331-0156 or Jim at 250-339-5350.DUPLICATE BRIDGE Every Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m., Comox Seniors Centre.

VANCOUVER ISLAND BRAZILIAN EM-BROIDERY STITCHERS Meet every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Black Creek Community Hall. Please bring a bag lunch. FMI: Darlene 897-1345.

3 WEDNESDAYNORTH ISLAND MPRA Do you receive a pension from The Municipal Pension Plan? The next North Island MPRA meet-ing will be: June 3rd at 1:00, at the Co-mox Legion, 1825 Comox Ave. Our guest speaker is a Pharmacist who will speak about the intricacies of pharmaceuticaldrugs, and anything else we wish to know about them. For further information, con-tact Graeme (250-339-7604)PLAY BRIDGE Every Wednesday at 7:00 pm at the Royston Hall, 3902 Old IslandHwy and Royston Road. FMI: 250-334-1883 or roystonhall.com and on Face-book at Royston Community Club


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