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Lost?� ere’s an app for that. Arrowsmith Search and Rescue had a busier-than-usual year, re-

sponding to 38 calls in the last 12 months, according to search man-ager Gord Yelland.

He said many of those calls were from outdoor enthusiasts visiting Parksville Qualicum Beach who weren’t quite familiar with Vancouver Island’s rugged terrain.

“We’ve had more calls this year from people who are lost saying ‘we think we’re here, this is what our phone says’ — we’ve had more of those calls than ever before,” said Yelland.

“Part of it is people are using their smart phones to access maps to go out and do things and they haven’t done enough research.”

But those very smart phones have also been a saving grace. Yelland said the local search and rescue branch has been using new

software developed by a search and rescue volunteer in Coquitlam known as ‘your location.’

“It allows (Arrowsmith Search and Rescue) to send a text to the subject’s phone,” Yelland explained, noting the subject needs to turn on their GPS. � e lost person will receive a text leading the subject to click a link that automatically sends search and rescue their location. “It even plots it on a map for us.”

� e technological advancement has been a major help to the local search and rescue branch in the last year.

Yelland said they’ve received calls from a wide array of subjects, from despondent people to seniors with various levels of dementia to lost hikers hailing from all over B.C.

He said one of the more memorable calls came last summer when the search and rescue team was called out to Little Mountain, where a dog had fallen over the mountain. “It took us some time to � nd it and evacuate it out,” recalled Yelland. “� e poor thing had broken its back and we couldn’t do anything to save it.”

Arrowsmith Search and Rescue has 25 active members and runs strictly on donations and grants. � is year, Yelland said the organiza-tion spent $40,000-$50,000 on search e� orts, not including the cost of new equipment.

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Royal Canadian Legion branches — in both Parksville and Quali-ucm Beach — might be the places to be to ring in the new year, both tonight and tomorrow.

Tonight, you may be able to still get tickets for the New Year’s Eve dinner and dance at Branch #49 Parksville. Call 250-248-6842 for more information.

Tomorrow, (Friday, Jan. 1) both the Parksville and Qualicum Beach branches will host a New Year’s Levée. Parksville’s is from 1-4 p.m. and Qualicum Beach’s Levée, with the support of Qual-ity Foods, is set for noon-3 p.m. and features live music by Bruce Feltham and the Qualicum Beach Pipe Band.

A Levée is a uniquely Canadian New Year’s Day tradition of re-ceptions held by the Governor General of Canada, the Lieutenants Governor of the Provinces, the Canadian Forces, RCMP, some mu-nicipalities and Legion Branches. The Levée marks the advent of an-other year; and provides an opportunity for the public to visit. The first recorded Levée in Canada was held on January 1st, 1646 in the Château St. Louis by Charles Huault de Montmagny, Governor of New France (later Québec) from 1636 to 1648.

In addition to shaking hands and wishing a Happy New Year to citizens presenting themselves at the Château, the Governor in-formed guests of significant events in France, as well as the state of affairs within the colony. In turn, the settlers were expected to pledge anew their allegiance to the Crown. The Levée tradition was contin-ued by British Colonial Governors in Canada, and subsequently con-tinues to the present day.

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This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, says Parksville resident

A Parksville man is highlighting the power and devastation of erosion through the death of a “200-year-old matriarch.”

High-water events in early December on the Englishman River helped bring down one of the few remaining old-growth Douglas fir trees in the upper reaches of the estuary, said Rory Glennie.

“This magnificent tree was once living well back in the forest, firmly rooted in the rich al-luvial soil of the river-bottom land,” Glennie wrote to The NEWS. “Over time and successive riverbank eroding floods, the forest giant crept ever closer to the stream bed, or more accurate-ly, the stream bed came closer to it.”

The tree had a diameter of more than five feet at its butt and is estimated to be 200 years old.

Glennie said it came down in the early hours of Dec. 8 during a flood backed up by a high tide.

Glennie also said this isn’t necessarily bad news.

“If it stays lodged there it will help create good fish habitat and will contribute to the overall wellbeing of the river,” he wrote. “And it may help reduce further localized stream bank erosion.”

“Over time many other lesser trees have suc-cumbed to the ravages of flood waters in this area and have ultimately been washed away to the ocean. Perhaps this big one is heavy enough to withstand future high waters and will be there for us and the fish to appreciate for some time to come.”

A trail leads right to the tree through the Na-ture Trust of B.C. estuary park land at the end of Shelly Road.

— NEWS Staff/Submitted by Rory Glennie

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A big douglas fir tree undercut by flood waters the day before it topples into the englishman River.

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While critics often suggest people who use search and rescue should be charged for the cost of the service, Yelland disagrees.

“If that policy was brought in we could be creating more problems because it’s not cheap. Some of these calls are very expensive,” said Yelland. “If people get the sense that they’ll be charged for it, they might think ‘we’ll go out and look for them ourselves’ and what could hap-pen is they get themselves in trouble and then we’re looking for two missing parties.”

Yelland said the team is always looking for new members, but warned it’s a big commit-ment. He noted the organization has lots of positions in administration as well as on the ground.

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On Vancouver Island, an average of 30 peo-ple are injured in 90 crashes that day.

Central Vancouver Island Traffic Services NCO Cpl. Mike Elston promised police will be out in full force over the holiday season, includ-ing and especially on New Year’s Eve.

Elston is reminding residents to plan a safe ride home if they’re planning on ringing in the new year with a few drinks. There are lots of op-tions — from securing a designated driver to calling a taxi cab or using public transit.

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July-Sept: Drought continues, Fairwinds soldEditor’s note: our staff has spent

some time looking back at 2015 and we are pleased to present highlights from The NEWS in this 2015—Year in Review special. Today, we look at July through September. In our next edition, we will feature October through December. Thank you for all your support in 2015 and best wishes to all for a happy and healthy 2016.

July 2• In one of the hottest and driest years

on record on the mid-Island, June set records and offered little change in the forecast for the coming summer.

June is usually the “cold low month” of summer, but every official organiza-tion was ringing alarm bells about the “tinder-dry conditions,” as Environment Canada meteorologist Andre Besson said.

July 7• The smoke and ash enveloping the

Parksville Qualicum Beach region early in the month originated from three blaz-es in the Coastal Fire Region, two on the Island and one on the Sunshine Coast.

Weather patterns and eye witness ac-counts suggested most of the smoke and ash here came from a forest fire just two kilometres outside Sechelt, roughly 50 ki-lometres as the gull flies across the Salish Sea. An air quality advisory was issued for this region by the Ministry of Environ-ment.

• Bentall Kennedy announced Van-couver-based Seacliff Properties Ltd. has agreed to purchase the Fairwinds Ocean-front Community on Vancouver Island.

The purchase includes the Fairwinds Golf Course, Schooner Cove Marina, Fairwinds Centre and development lands. The sale to Seacliff was scheduled to be completed on July 31.

“This is excellent news for the Fair-winds community,” said Russell Tibbles of Bentall Kennedy. “Seacliff Properties Ltd. is an established development com-pany experienced in managing and de-veloping large scale real estate projects throughout Western Canada.”

July 9• As Parksville city council pondered

a move to Level 4 water restrictions, it also worked on a fines structure for those who don’t comply. Council gave three readings July 6 to a bylaw that would em-power enforcement officers to hand out $100 tickets to those found watering their lawns or other actions in contravention

of water restrictions.The city already had a fines structure

for other bylaw offences, like unlicensed dogs and noise infractions, but did not have any penalty for those who wash their vehicles or water their lawns during restrictive periods.

• Qualicum Beach’s Thomas Riva ran his way to the top spot at the Canadian National Track and Field Champion-ships in Edmonton, Alberta, earning a gold medal in the men’s 1,500 metre run.

Riva, coming off his senior season with the University of Victoria Vikings track and field team, captured the gold with a time of four minutes, 6.16 seconds.

July 14• The on-again, off-again Aldermuir

cohousing project in Qualicum Beach was pronounced dead again — for the moment. “The Aldermuir group will continue, more than ever,” said Gary Morrison, president and founder of the Vancouver based Livewell Cohousing af-

ter a Qualicum Beach committee of the whole meeting July 9 in which council recommended rejecting its development proposal. “But at this moment we’ll all take the weekend off, enjoy the sunshine and think about options and next steps,” he said. After concerns about setbacks from a protected wetland were broached at the previous council meeting, propo-nents reduced the proposal from 61 to 52 units and increased the setbacks on the 20-acre property at the corner of Labur-num and Claymore roads.

Coun. Anne Skipsey said the proposal goes against the town’s OCP and coun-cil’s commitment to the environment. Council voted 4-1, refusing to forward the rezoning application onto the next regular council meeting.

• Dynamite that was found in the Qualicum Bay area July 7 was too old to have proper expiration labels, Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman said. Foreman said the dynamite labels “predated” the

mandate used now to determine how old a dynamite stick is. The dynamite was found in a freezer in the back yard of a man’s property, Foreman said. He wasn’t sure how the man came into possession of the dynamite but no charges were to be laid as “he was trying to do the right thing.”

July 16• Amid the debate over a new Wednes-

day night farmers’ market in Qualicum Beach — which was approved — the Thursday night street market was can-celled. A Qualicum Beach town council public forum on the proposed Wednes-day night “top-up” farmers’ market was thrown for a loop by Qualicum Beach Downtown Business Association’s David Wood. Citing “a clear lack of leadership on behalf of this council (which) brings into question if this council’s integrity is in danger of being breached,” Wood said, “effective immediately, the QBDBA is cancelling our Uptown Summer Market.”

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FIRST PLACE: Marielle Heesel from the Netherlands and David Ducharme from Winlaw, B.C. were giddy at taking both the competi-tors’ and judges’ first place in the doubles category in the weekend’s Quality Foods Canadian Open Sand Sculpting Competition in Parksville with their sculpture “My Better Half.”

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July-Sept: rescue off TexadaJuly 21• The Urgent Care Centre at the Oceanside

Health Centre in Parksville saw its open hours cut by one hour each day, effective August 1.

Urgent Care was scheduled to see patients from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., seven days a week. From the time it opened in September of 2013, the centre had been open from 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. The announcement came on the heels of news that the OHC was losing its only primary care physician to retirement. “Both are a reflection of a shortage of family physicians nationwide,” Dr. Ben Williams told The NEWS.

• A local resident proposed the installation of a chain-link fence at Little Mountain near Parksville to prevent ongoing, illegal dumping. Megan Olsen said she was disappointed with the lack of discussion after she made her pre-sentation to the Regional District of Nanaimo’s board of directors during its July meeting.

July 23• A large land and sea rescue operation

successfully rescued two people from an 18-foot boat in rough waters near Texada Island July 20. The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) in Victoria received a 911 call about the boaters, 19 Wing Public Affairs Officer Captain Trevor Reid reported. A CC-115 Buffalo aircraft was launched from 19 Wing Comox to assist in

quickly pinpointing the boat, which its crew did shortly before 2 p.m.

“We located the boat in distress on the southern tip of Texada Island and dropped smoke markers to help other rescue vessels distinguish it from other boats in the area,” Lieutenant Stephan Germaine, CC-115 Buffalo navigator said, according to Reid. “The Buffalo crew remained overhead and in radio commu-nication with rescue vessels until the two boat-ers were transported to safety in French Creek.”

• The City of Parksville Council passed a by-law July 20 authorizing its officer to levy a fine of $100 to those who use water contrary to con-servation levels. The city was at level 4 water restrictions, which basically means no outdoor watering whatsoever. During the discussion about the bylaw, Coun. Sue Powell called for a $500 fine, saying the $100 levy was a “joke.”

July 28• Qualicum Beach union employees issued

72-hour strike notice, saying that while com-municating, the two sides were not currently negotiating.

The town’s roughly 50 union employees, members of CUPE Local 401, were in a legal strike position as of 10:25 a.m., Sunday, July 26.

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July-Sept: town issues lockout notice to unionJuly 30• An outstanding wine list — combined

with knowledgeable servers — resulted in a significant distinction for The Beach Club Resort in Parksville. The Pacific Prime Restaurant and Lounge made the 2015 Wine Spectator’s Wine List Award, which Food and beverage director Ian Lane said was the equivalent of receiving an Oscar.

• At an impasse, Qualicum Beach council issued a 72-hour lockout notice to staff, effective July 31.

“Since negotiations started in April, the union started at two per cent per year and there hasn’t been any movement,” said Chief Administrative Officer Daniel Sailland, adding that it was council’s view that they were left with no other option. “In their decision council made it clear we should remain available for any negotiat-ing,” he said, with everyone hoping it can be resolved before the deadline.”

August 4• Residents learned of the elimination

of a controversial aquifer storage and re-covery system when the Englishman Riv-er Water Service board passed motions forwarding a new water treatment facility plan to Parksville city council. The project, if approved by council and the regional district, calls for the $28.3 million facility to be completed by June of 2018. City of Parksville taxpayers would be on the hook for 74 per cent of the cost. The balance is for Nanoose Bay.

• A 44-year-old Nanaimo man was arrested by police after a three-month string of break and enters and thefts in the mid-Vancouver Island area, including Qualicum Beach.

August 6• The government issued five seaweed

harvesting licences Aug. 4 — two more than last year, some with increased quotas — and allocated a stretch of the Qualicum First Nation Reserve to the harvest.

According to a news release issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, the three ex-isting licence-holders (Stormy Shores, Pa-cific Seaplants and Island Seaweeds) will now be able to harvest a maximum of 500 tonnes each from the Deep Bay/Bowser area. Last year’s quota was 300 tonnes. Meanwhile, the ministry offered Quali-cum First Nation and Island Scallops li-cences to harvest 250 tonnes of seaweed each for the area fronting the Qualicum First Nation Reserve.

• Oceanside RCMP Staff Sgt. Brian Hunter provided city council with his mid-year statistical report on crime in Parksville and the numbers showed sig-nificant increases in a few categories.

Incidents of thefts from motor vehicles, for example, jumped to 100 in the first six months of 2015 from 35 in the same time period in 2014, but Hunter said there was an explanation for the jump in that stat.

August 11• The SPCA launched an investiga-

tion in Bowser after allegations of animal

abuse came forward from concerned neighbours, but the owner was cleared of any wrongdoing. “Our constables con-nected with the owner of the animals and confirmed conditions were satisfac-tory,” SPCA senior animal protection of-ficer Tina Heary told The NEWS Aug. 13, eight days after the initial complaint was lodged. “What I saw was enough to make me cry for two and a half hours,” Karen

Latiff told The NEWS Aug. 6, referring to a home in Bowser apparently housing var-ious distressed animals, including a pig and a parrot. Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman confirmed police attended a res-idence in Bowser, along with the SPCA, on Aug. 5. They found three cats, two dogs, a pig and a parrot in the residence in con-ditions “not suitable” for animals.


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VAuLteRS WoW tHe cRoWd: The West Coast Vaulters, based in Parksville, put on an entertaining show Saturday afternoon warming up the audience before Lord Strathcona’s Horse Musical Ride at Arbutus Meadows.

The total raised this year for the SOS and the Salvation Army in our Coins for Kids Campaign was $2,126.

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July-Sept: town issues lockout notice to unionJuly 30• An outstanding wine list — combined

with knowledgeable servers — resulted in a significant distinction for The Beach Club Resort in Parksville. The Pacific Prime Restaurant and Lounge made the 2015 Wine Spectator’s Wine List Award, which Food and beverage director Ian Lane said was the equivalent of receiving an Oscar.

• At an impasse, Qualicum Beach council issued a 72-hour lockout notice to staff, effective July 31.

“Since negotiations started in April, the union started at two per cent per year and there hasn’t been any movement,” said Chief Administrative Officer Daniel Sailland, adding that it was council’s view that they were left with no other option. “In their decision council made it clear we should remain available for any negotiat-ing,” he said, with everyone hoping it can be resolved before the deadline.”

August 4• Residents learned of the elimination

of a controversial aquifer storage and re-covery system when the Englishman Riv-er Water Service board passed motions forwarding a new water treatment facility plan to Parksville city council. The project, if approved by council and the regional district, calls for the $28.3 million facility to be completed by June of 2018. City of Parksville taxpayers would be on the hook for 74 per cent of the cost. The balance is for Nanoose Bay.

• A 44-year-old Nanaimo man was arrested by police after a three-month string of break and enters and thefts in the mid-Vancouver Island area, including Qualicum Beach.

August 6• The government issued five seaweed

harvesting licences Aug. 4 — two more than last year, some with increased quotas — and allocated a stretch of the Qualicum First Nation Reserve to the harvest.

According to a news release issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, the three ex-isting licence-holders (Stormy Shores, Pa-cific Seaplants and Island Seaweeds) will now be able to harvest a maximum of 500 tonnes each from the Deep Bay/Bowser area. Last year’s quota was 300 tonnes. Meanwhile, the ministry offered Quali-cum First Nation and Island Scallops li-cences to harvest 250 tonnes of seaweed each for the area fronting the Qualicum First Nation Reserve.

• Oceanside RCMP Staff Sgt. Brian Hunter provided city council with his mid-year statistical report on crime in Parksville and the numbers showed sig-nificant increases in a few categories.

Incidents of thefts from motor vehicles, for example, jumped to 100 in the first six months of 2015 from 35 in the same time period in 2014, but Hunter said there was an explanation for the jump in that stat.

August 11• The SPCA launched an investiga-

tion in Bowser after allegations of animal

abuse came forward from concerned neighbours, but the owner was cleared of any wrongdoing. “Our constables con-nected with the owner of the animals and confirmed conditions were satisfac-tory,” SPCA senior animal protection of-ficer Tina Heary told The NEWS Aug. 13, eight days after the initial complaint was lodged. “What I saw was enough to make me cry for two and a half hours,” Karen

Latiff told The NEWS Aug. 6, referring to a home in Bowser apparently housing var-ious distressed animals, including a pig and a parrot. Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman confirmed police attended a res-idence in Bowser, along with the SPCA, on Aug. 5. They found three cats, two dogs, a pig and a parrot in the residence in con-ditions “not suitable” for animals.



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Parksville’s Whole Show Restorations representatives Landon Oram, left, and Glenn Shoemaker hand over a $1,000 cheque to the Salvation Army’s Lisa Clason to go towards their good work over the holidays.

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Renate Sutherland, centre, executive director of the Society of Organized Services (SOS) accepts a $750 donation from the Oceanside Midget Generals Hockey Team. The proceeds came from the team’s fall bottle drive, which raised $1,500 total.

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Trina Jiggins of the Salvation Army, centre, accepts non-perishable food and cash from Parksville Lawn Bowling Club vice president John Winkleman, left, and club president Ron Davis Dec. 18. The club had collected the non-perishable items through its food bank drive during the Dec. 12 Christmas luncheon and through its other winter activi-ties. Two fresh turkeys were also delivered to the food bank. This was the lawn bowling club’s second donation in as many months to the Salvation Army. In November, a cheque for $500 was delivered to assist the organization with its projects here in Parksville.

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WHAT’S ON THIS WEEKTo submit your activities; e-mail: [email protected], fax:250-248-4655 or drop by: #4-154 Middleton AveWe accept your, Arts & Entertainment, Service Group, Non Pro� t Organization, Church, Library, Fundraiser, Open to the Public notices on a � rst come, � rst served basis.

Featured Event for the WeekTHU. DEC 31BRADLEY CENTRE SPINNERS10am-2pm, 975 Shearme Rd. (Bradley Ctre), Coombs. A fun-loving group of hand-spinners, weavers & knitters Bring your spinning wheel & lunch. 11am, “show & tell”.$ 2 ann. membership & $ 2 each visit. Call Dawn Ryan @ 250-248-6575.

TAMING THE DRAGON1:30-2:30pm, $7/class* *no charge for caregivers. Fluid Fitness Studio, #7-1176 Franklins Gull, PV. Group exercise designed for those with Parkinson’s Disease. 250-927-4595, run� [email protected]

DEEZ BAR & GRILL NEW YEAR’S EVE9pm-12:05am, 3353 Is. Hwy. W., QBeach. With THE JAGSTERS. Dance Tickets $15. 250.752.8055

WINTER WONDERLAND ON ICEOS Place Arena. Special lighting & décor with a touch of holiday magic. RDN Rec & Parks, www.rdn.bc.ca/recreation. Val McNutt, 250-248-3252, [email protected]

THU. DEC 31COOMBSOLD TIME FIDDLERS 7:30pm, Rotary House, 211 Fern Ave./Beach, QBeach. Every Thurs. dance or listen; all ages; $3 each/includes snacks. NO DANCE Dec. 31. Resumes Jan.7, 2016 Bruce, 250-594-3750.

FREE FAMILYNEW YEAR’S EVE5-8-pm, Oceanside Place Arena. Pond hockey, crafts, music. Balloon drop/count-down 8pm. Courtesy of Tim Horton’s, Parksville with a ticket, available at OS Place Arena & Ravensong Aquatic Ctre. RDN, Rec & Parks 250-248-3252, www.rdn.bc.ca/recreation.

RISE/FALL A COLLECTION OF VANCOUVER ISLAND LANDSCAPE PHOTOSShow runs to early Jan. The French Press Cafe, 692 Primrose St, QBeach. It’s local, the photos, the artist, the venue. It’s all homegrown. Baxter Redfern Media Photography/Videography/Design, QB. [email protected], www.redfernmedia.ca

FRI. JAN 1NEW YEAR’S DAY LEVÉE12-3pm. Qualicum Beach Legion, 180 Veterans Way. Public Welcome. 250-752-9632.

SAT. JAN 2KSS DRY GRAD BOTTLE DRIVE & TREE CHIPGrads & parents will be picking up Christmas trees & recyclables to � nance dry grad. Have your tree & recyclables at the end of your driveway before 9am or drop off at Town works yard off Berwick.

QUALICUM BEACH INDOOR LAWN BOWLINGDrop-In Open Draw. Tues & Thurs thru Sun. 1:30-4pm. Beginners welcome, bowls supplied. QBLBC.com, 250-594-1006.

LIVE MUSIC7-11pm, Shady Rest Pub. 3109 W. Is. Hwy, QBeach. DeafAids Beatlemania Tribute! Rock & Roll! 250-752-9111.

SUN. JAN 3ARROWSMITH TENNIS CLUB1pm everyday, Springwood Park, Despard Ave. Parksville. Drop-in tennis until March, weather permit-ting. 250-248-7280.

MON. JAN 4FREE BADMINTON6:30-8pm drop in/Mondays, 825 Village Way/Christian Fellowship Ctre. Bring racket.

MON. JAN 4ADULT BADMINTON7-10pm, Lighthouse Comm. Ctre, Main Hall, 240 Lions Way, QBeach. Drop-in $4. Equip. provided,15 yrs+, Beginners welcome. info: [email protected], or 250-757-8307.

PARKSVILLE TAI CHINew beginner classes, St. Edmunds church. Jan 4/6-8pm, Jan 7/9:30-11:30am. $20/month, $50/3 months. All net proceeds to local charity. Eva, 250-954-1002.

SOLE SISTERS50+ FITNESSJan 4-Apr 7, 2016 1530 Springhill Rd, Parksville. Cardio, strength & stretch, your pace & level. MUST pre-register, Kim Longmuir at [email protected] or 250-248-8515. (under 50 welcome)

PV LAWN BOWLINGDrop-in events. Mon./mahjong @7pm/$1, Wed./cribbage @ 1pm/$2, Thurs./bridge @1pm/$2 Open to public. 149 E. Stanford Ave. 250- 954-3930 parksville-lawnbowlingclub.com

TUE. JAN 5QB MUSEUMSPEAKER SERIES7-9pm, QBeach Civic Ctre. By donation. Speaker Perry Perry/Parksville/Qualicum branch of the Canadian Federation of University Women. A historical over-view, current focus on edu-cation & the improvement of the status of women & human rights. Netania Waddell, 2507525533, [email protected]

THU. JAN 7COFFEEWITH COUNCIL2-4pm, Parksville Civic Technology Ctre, Rm 100.

ADULT BADMINTON & PICKLEBALL4-6pm, Lighthouse Comm. Ctre, Main Hall, 240 Lions Way, QBeach. Drop-in $4. Equip. provided,15 yrs+, Beginners welcome. info: [email protected], or 250-757-8307.

WED. JAN 6RED CROSS AED/CPR C RECERT 14YRS+4-6pm, Qualicum Commons. 19+/$44.30. Need to re-certify? Or do you just want to review your skills? This course covers CPR techniques for adults, children and infants as well as info on automated external de� brillators. Pre-register. Sam Oliver, 250-752-5014, [email protected], www.rdn.bc.ca/recreation

THU. JAN 7THE PARKSVILLE NEWCOMERS’ CLUB6:30pm/New members register, 7pm/Socialize & activity sign up. 7:30pm/meeting. Guest Speaker: John Drew, speaking about Forestry on Vancouver Island. www/parksvillenew-comers.net

TUE. JAN 5PV & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CHOIR7pm/Register at Knox United Church. Rehearsals for “Vivaldi’s Gloria” etc. No auditions. Singers from the Oceanside Area welcome. Info: 250-752-8130.

DAD’S NIGHT OUT6:30-7:30pm, Parksville Library, 100 Jensen Ave E. Activities for dads & kids/3-12yrs. 250.248.3841 x4. Drop-in. FREE.

TOPS (TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY)6:30-8pm (Tuesdays), Dashwood (Little Qualicum) Comm. Hall(#1210) Ctre Rd, QBeach. Change your eating style, group support & advice. Drop in or Ann Batham 250-752-1275, [email protected])

PARKSVILLE & DISTRICT ROCK & GEM CLUB7-9pm meeting, Arrowsmith Hall, 1014 Ford Rd, Coombs. Guests welcome. 248-6177.

TUESDAYBIRD WALKS9am, Parksville Beach Community Park. Neil Robins, 250-390-3669, [email protected], thebirdstore.blogspot.ca

WED. JAN 6LADIES BADMINTON1:30-3pm, Arrowsmith Hall (Coombs Fairgrounds), 1014 Ford Rd., Coombs. New to badminton or experienced/all welcome to join us. Info: 250-752-1103

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We could choose her every year, but Mother Nature is likely to be front and centre in all big decisions in Parksville Qualicum Beach in 2016.

An earthquake shook the Island Tuesday night, bringing to front-of-mind once again the fear of what many believe is inevitable — � e Big One — and what we can do to prepare.

Many in this region who slept through the quake woke up to a Winter Wonderland scene of snow gently falling Wednesday morning. In the slim stretch of land between the Island mountains and the Salish Sea, it has become a rare sight in recent years. Alas, within an hour or two Wednesday morning, there was little or no sign of the white stu� , at least in downtown Parksville and Quali-cum Beach.

Mother Nature and Mother Earth cannot be mea-sured by single events. � e municipalities of Parksville and Qualicum Beach are experiencing that — death by a thousand waves — and 2016 will be a year of concentra-tion on the waterfront.

Parksville has set aside many thousands of dollars to shore up the shore in Community Park. Most of the weather systems come in from the southeast and batter the coast line at the end of Community Park where the old hovercraft landing pad sits. � e park is shrinking at an alarming rate and will be lost unless some measures are taken by us feeble humans to slow the erosion. � e city is doing just that in 2016 and will likely have to set aside a lot of money every year to stop the park from dis-appearing and the world-famous beach from becoming a rubble zone.

Qualicum Beach will also be focused on its shoreline in 2016 as it advances its Waterfront Master Plan. � e � rst, logical step — well underway — is to determine the measures needed to combat the same kind of erosion is-sues faced by Parksville. Both of these communities are not set up � nancially to consistently pour millions into battling erosion issues — they will need help from senior governments.

� e waterfronts in both communities also need some vision in regards to the amenities o� ered, or lack thereof. People will go somewhere else if they can’t � nd activities (rentals) or food options or buskers or towels, T-shirts and sunscreen to purchase. We are not the Wild West Coast near To� no — we are supposed to be the tourism-friend-ly Riviera of Canada. � e trick is also to better connect the beaches to the downtown areas. Not an easy set of asks.

However, the � rst step is always going to be dealing with the death by a thousand waves.

— Editorial by John Harding

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We don’t need robots on council

Here are four news items, from around the world and close to home, culled from press reports in the past few weeks. All of them illustrate undesirable results arising from a blind adherence to rules, without apparent application of sufficient rational thought.

In Belgium, a person wanted for ques-tioning in the Paris terrorist attacks eludes police, because Belgian law prohibits po-lice raids between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m.

In Manitoba, a First Nations communi-ty has been without either road access or convenient access to potable water since the City of Winnipeg in 1919 expropriated land for its own use without regard to the impact on this community. For 96 years, federal, provincial, city and even other First Nations governments have thrown up one roadblock after another to prevent the rectification of the problem.

In Vancouver, a lottery winner has been unable to claim his winnings, because he doesn’t have photo ID. He can’t get pho-to ID because he hasn’t a copy of his birth certificate. He can’t get a copy of his birth certificate because he doesn’t have photo ID.

In Qualicum Beach, a property owner is prevented from building a suitable dwell-ing on a non-standard lot because of a fail-ure to relax, with due regard for unusual circumstances, height and set-back rules that were designed with “standard” lot siz-es in mind.

There are only 10 rules that are “carved in stone.”

All others should be considered as guidelines, to be rationally considered and varied as and when necessary for unique circumstances. We should expect our pub-lic workers and leaders to take such indi-vidual circumstances into consideration, rather than slavishly applying rules.

The blind application of rules could be done by robots.

We have a right to expect our hired work-ers and elected officials to do more than just that, and to apply sufficient thought to the situations they encounter in the course of their public service duties to know when the rules need to be modified to fit the situation.

Lotar MaurerQualicum Beach

business oWners have decorated

We, as the Parksville Downtown Business Association, would like to take this oppor-tunity to thank both residents and visitors alike for your patronage and kind words given to us over the holiday season.

More than 30 businesses in our down-town participated in the decorating of our “North Pole”, this being our second year of what we call North Pole-Apalooza. Many thanks to United Floors for donating all those great poles for us to use. Each of us decorated our poles for your enjoyment and fun.

For those who would like to see more decorations…we’re getting there. Encour-agement to those businesses that do deco-rate is always appreciated. City lights down the meridian would be wonderful; perhaps they will be back one year. Over the past few years, the PDBA has purchased five fab-ulous 21-foot lit trees and placed them on roofs throughout our downtown. Two years ago, a young tree was donated to us through the efforts of Home Hardware. It was plant-ed at the base of Craig Street.

This year we held a light-up celebration which Mayor Lefebvre officiated. Our sin-cere thanks to the Craig Bay Choristers for leading us in a tremendous selection of Christmas carols.

Our Christmas committee is a volunteer group of three and our executive director. We were fortunate this year to also have two wonderful community volunteers assist us with notifications to our downtown busi-nesses. We created our first Event Calendar this year and know that this will also grow over the years. Did you check out the Cred-it Union’s Ugly Sweater Day? My staff had a “Dress Like Santa Day” that got great com-ments from our clients. These are just a cou-ple of the fun events that occurred during our Christmas season downtown.

We are a diverse downtown community consisting of services and retailers along 19A, the Alberni Highway, side streets and plazas. I would encourage everyone to take a minute to drive some of the streets or bet-ter yet, take a walk, enjoy the efforts that many business owners and their staff have done to decorate their businesses.

From the PDBA, its board and its mem-bers we sincerely hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas with your family and

friends. We appreciate and thank you for your support throughout the year; we would not succeed without you. We wish each and every one a very Happy New Year!

Sandy HerLe, PdBa PreSidentParksville

helping refugees find a neW life

On behalf of the Refugee Sponsorship Committee of the Church of the Ascension, I would like to thank The NEWS for letting readers know about our fundraising efforts and how they can assist. Bringing a family from Iraq or Syria to a safe and caring com-munity like ours is a first step in assisting them to find a new life.

Sandi digraSCHair of tHe refugee

SPonSorSHiP CoMMitteeParksville

get togetherIf one church can raise $14,000 in four

days, imagine what could be achieved if all the churches in Parksville got together, in the spirit of Christian fellowship and raised funds for the same project.

If all worked together perhaps more than one family could be helped. Worth thinking about.

KatHLeen rowLandSParksville

antifreeze: the silent killer

Recently, I lost my best friend. He was a four-year-old black cat named

Leo.He was happy and healthy and then,

somehow, came across some antifreeze. Now he is gone forever.This letter is just a reminder from Leo

and all the other dead pets to please be careful with your antifreeze, or, there is a pet friendly alternative.

If this saves one animal, Leo would have been so happy.

Laura CaMPCoombs

vieWs in the NewsWe asked: How are you ringing in the new year? Going to a friend’s

New Years Eve gathering.

BEv O’hamaParksville

Wishing everyone health and success in

the new year.NOrm Smith

Parksville

having a nice dinner, a glass of wine and

wishing everyone the best.

LYaNNE SmithParksville

Spending time with family and enjoying

the sunshine.COrY miEdEma

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LettersQuotable:

“This magnificent tree was once living well back in the forest, firmly rooted in the rich alluvial soil of the river-bottom land.”

rory gLennie, See Story Page a3

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Rules to write byall LetterS to tHe editor must be signed and include your full name, home town and contact phone num-ber. those without these requirements will not be published. Letters must be 300 words or less and are subject to editing. The News retains the right not to publish submissions.

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July-Sept: MLA Stilwell wins Pan Am gold medalAugust 13• Compliance Coal Corporation was

given less than three weeks to save its bid to build a coal mine near Buckley Bay, less than 50 kilometres from Qualicum Beach. On August 10, The Environmental Assess-ment Office (EAO) gave Compliance until August 28 to submit more information about its proposed Raven coal mine oper-ation. The added pressure from the EAO came two months after CoalWatch Co-mox Valley Society — a group critical of the coal mine proposal — asked the EAO to terminate the project.

August 18• Parksville-Qualicum Beach MLA

Michelle Stilwell enjoyed a successful trip to Toronto for the 2015 Parapan Am

Games, bringing home a gold medal in the 100-metre event and setting a Para-pan Am Games record with her time of 2.22.90 in the 800-metre event (T52) as well.

• Rumours of a fentanyl overdose were sparked after a 14-year-old boy was rushed to Nanaimo hospital at 12:35 a.m. Aug. 13 from Parksville. While The NEWS received phone calls alleging fentan-yl may have been ingested, Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman said there was nothing to suggest fentanyl was involved in the incident.

August 20• Police were called as Qualicum

Beach council’s lockout heated up en-tering its fourth week. “The picket lines

obstructed vehicles and the RCMP were called,” town Chief Administrative Offi-cer Daniel Sailland said Aug. 19 of an in-cident Tuesday with the garbage truck at the Church Road transfer station. He said union staff complied once police showed up, but that Wednesday morning union-ized staff were blocking the garbage truck with their cars from accessing residential streets and police were called again.

CUPE 401 Vice President Laurence Amy insisted nobody was blocking traffic and accused management of “over-re-acting and panicking.”

But dash cam video of the interaction shared with The NEWS the following day appeared to contradict Amy’s claim. The video, shot by a GoPro camera installed

in the truck by the town early in the four-week-old lockout, shows the gar-bage truck trying to turn into the transfer station in Errington on the morning of Aug. 18 and being blocked by five men — four of them holding picket signs.

• NDP leader Tom Mulcair stopped in Parksville Aug. 18 to officially launch fellow New Democrat Gord Johns’ cam-paign office on the Island Highway.

More than 200 people waving bright orange signs of support attended the event, where Mulcair promised $15/day childcare, a $15/hour federal minimum wage and “over arching sustainable de-velopment legislation” under an NDP government.



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My mom did all the cooking when I was little. The only ex-ception was when she felt un-der the weather and dad would give us Corn Flakes for break-

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There were pots and pans ev-erywhere. After delivering a tray to my mom, he told us to sit. He then grabbed a huge skillet off the stove and, using a spatula, dumped a load of funny looking rice on our plates. He then picked up a small skillet and slid a runny, fried egg on top.

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East Indies. It’s called Nasi Goreng. There’s an-other kind called Bami Goreng.”

“The Nazis are making us eat Bambi?” “Bami, not Bambi. Those are Indonesian

names.”“I didn’t know you could cook, dad! This is

great! It sure beats mom’s boring old boiled po-tatoes, sliced carrots and chicken.”

Dad beamed.“Everyone knows that all the great chefs in the

world are men! Would you like to be a great chef, Ray?”

“Yes, sir!”Dad smiled again.“Good. You can get started like all great

chefs... by doing the dishes.”It seemed a small price to pay. After dinner, I

headed to the sink while dad waxed loquacious.“It’s high time you two learned more about

European culture. For instance what do you know about antipasto?”

“We have an Auntie Pasto? I thought we were Dutch. Does she live in Rome?”

“No, antipasto is the name of an Italian appetizer. It’s made with ol-ives, anchovies, cheeses, and meats. You boys should learn more about Europe. The sports, the culture; the food — the soccer is excellent by the way. And Prosciutto, Carbonara, and Carpaccio are all amazing.”

“Are they the greatest soccer play-ers in Italy, dad?”

“No. Prosciutto, Carbonara, and Carpaccio are all Italian dishes!”

“You mean like Gina Lollobrigida? The man on TV said Gina Lollobrigida is an Italian dish.”

“Never mind!”The next night when I got home, I couldn’t

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Boiled potatoes, sliced carrots and chicken never tasted so good!

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cillor Peter Morrison, working with brothers Michael and Ian Reid, announced they were tak-ing on Facebook by creating a better social network called Kube. Describing themselves as the “not evil Facebook,” the trio formed Red Scotch Software less than two years ago and are almost ready for their public unveiling.

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ployees returned to work Sept. 4 after a surprise resolution to the

five-week lockout. As of Sept. 1 talks had broken down, with the union taking management to a Labour Relations Board (LRB) bad faith hearing. Sailland con-firmed the deal includes nine per cent total increases, includ-ing two per cent per year for each of the first four years (retroactive to 2014) and one per cent for the final half year. Members did not receive a signing bonus.

September 10• Federal Conservative can-

didate John Duncan said he was the sole victim of political vandalism in this riding. Ten of Duncan’s large campaign signs that read “re-elect John Dun-can” over the classic Conserva-tive blue backdrop were either run over, tampered with by cut-ting the centre out of the frame or stolen altogether, the candi-date told The NEWS Sept. 8.

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partment investigated an early morning fire at the McMillan Arts Centre Sept. 23 that dam-aged the exterior of the build-ing and threatened hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of art inside. The administrator of The MAC said she doesn’t have much doubt about the origins of the blaze. She said she cleans “bags and bags of garbage” every day from underneath the ramp to The Mac, right where the fire damage was evident on Wednes-day morning.

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shelter and transitional housing on Hirst Street in Parksville has hit some bumpy terrain and was sent back to the drawing board, a member of the local home-lessness task force said. In Au-gust, community organizations appeared before city council to present their plan to use the former B.C. Ambulance station next to the SOS for 10 shelter beds, four or five transitional

housing units and other services. The Parksville and District As-sociation for Community Living (PDACL) purchased the build-ing and was planning to lease part of it to groups who wanted

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Multi-instrumentalist highlights first 2016 show in local series

Nova Scotia folk musician J.P. Cormier appears in concert at the Errington Hall on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 8 p.m.

Cormier’s body of work has resulted in a loyal fan base throughout Canada, Great Brit-ain, Europe, and the USA. His songs have earned him 12 East Coast Music Awards, five Music Nova Scotia Awards, and a Ca-nadian Folk Music Award. Since 1995 he has released 13 solo albums and won more than 30 awards in fiddle, guitar, banjo, and songwriting competitions.

Cormier’s lyrics and melo-dies evoke deep emotions as he paints pictures of loves lost,

abandoned fishing villages, and significant moments in his own life. His melodious voice is sur-prisingly soft-sounding, coming from a 6’4” frame.

When Cormier begins an in-strumental on one of the five or six instruments he may have on stage with him, you soon realize that he is not just another singer songwriter. When his fingers fly with speed and precision on each instrument in turn, you appreciate his joy, boundless energy, and outstanding musi-cianship.

As a celebrated singer, song-writer, multi-instrumentalist, producer, recording artist, teacher, collaborator, and in-novator, J.P. Cormier is most of-ten praised in superlatives. He’s been described as “the quintes-sential Maritime musician” with

“the ability to make the brilliant appear effortless.” Country mu-sic legend Waylon Jennings has said, “I would be proud to share

the stage with this man any-where, anytime,” and J.P.’s great-est hero, Chet Atkins, honoured him as “… one of the most im-

portant guitarists of his genera-tion.”

Cormier’s concerts have a profound effect on audiences, but they are far exceeded by his generosity. His acts of ran-dom kindness in and out of the music industry are legendary. There are many stories of the “big fella” playing for some-one on their deathbed, helping fledgling artists, or generally standing up for vulnerable peo-ple. His two weeks entertaining NATO troops in Afghanistan inspired the song, “Hometown Battlefield,” about soldiers ex-periencing PTSD. The song has gone viral with millions of Face-book visits and 800,000 YouTube views. For ticket information, see www.erringtonhall.bc.ca.

— Submitted by Errington Hall

Photo submitted by J.P. Cormier

nova scotia folk musician and guitar virtuoso J.P. Cormier will per-form at errington hall on Jan. 16.

Looking to freshen up or add to your art collection for the New Year? The Mc-Millan Arts Centre is here to help.

The MAC has opened up its January exhibit to a huge “White Sale”, featuring the works of local artists and members.

All works will be on exhibit begin-ning Jan. 5 and be for sale through Jan. 30 during regular gallery hours, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The month-long exhibit wraps up with a closing reception, open to the public, Jan. 30 from 1-3 p.m.

The sale will feature 22 local artists and more than 175 original pieces of art including photography, waterco-lour, acrylic and oil paintings. Feel free to stop by in January to find beautiful, affordable art to add to your home col-lection.

For more information, please contact the McMillan Arts Council at 250-248-8185 or visit our website at www.mcmil-lanartscentre.com.

— Submitted by The MAC

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A LITTLE SPEED: Calvin owens, 7, of Qualicum beach, cruises past the grocery store at storybook Village tuesday afternoon. the vil-lage’s tiny buildings will remain decorated for the holiday season through Jan. 5.


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Rowe kicks off the 2016 portion of the Music on Sun-day winter series at The Old School House Arts Centre in Qualicum Beach Jan. 10 with a 2:30 p.m. recital of works by Schubert and Liszt.

Rowe is professor of piano at the University of Victoria, as well as the Artistic Director of the Victoria Summer Mu-sic Festival, but is also highly sought as a soloist and orches-tral performer internationally.

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The Shady Rest Pub will waste no time get-ting into the swing of the New Year, resuming its live local music Saturdays on Jan. 2 with an appearance by the Beatles tribute band The Deafaids.

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VIJHL PLAYOFFS

Smith continues drive for BCHL spotForward bounces between Alberni, Oceanside squadsT yson [email protected]

Parksville’s Brodie Smith is looking forward to the New Year, hoping that 2016 will see him find his way back to the B.C. Hockey League.

Smith, 18, has high hopes of returning to the Junior A BCHL after finding himself back with the Oceanside Generals of the Junior B Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League. Smith was traded from the Co-wichan Valley Capitals to the BCHL’s Al-berni Valley Bulldogs after spending one full season in the Cowichan Valley.

In total, Smith suited up for one game with the Bulldogs before he was side-lined by an injury. From there, Smith was sent back down to Junior B, where he now finds himself.

“It’s just another bump in the road,” Smith said. “You have to learn how to deal with things as you go along. I had an injury to deal with and the Bulldogs decided to send me back down to get healthy and get a few games in. Hope-fully I can do enough to get a spot back on their roster before January 10th.”

Smith recently was called back up for two games before the Christmas break with the Bulldogs. Smith was then back in the Generals’ lineup for their fi-nal game before the Christmas break, against the Kerry Park Islanders, where

Smith notched his seventh goal in six games with the Generals.

He has eight points in total since his return to the Junior B level, something he

hopes to continue heading in to the New Year.

“The game comes to me a little easier here,” Smith said. “It’s not quite as quick

as it is at the BCHL level, but I’m just try-ing to play the same way regardless of how fast or slow the pace of the game is where I’m playing. I just want to show that I can play at either level and that I have what it takes to play this kind of game at both levels.”

Coming back to the Generals might not have been something Smith had foreseen in his plans with the game of hockey, but it’s been a return that he’s enjoyed since getting back on the ice from his injury that got him here in the first place.

“It’s been nice to come back,” Smith said. “It’s a big difference with this or-ganization, it’s turned in the right direc-tion for sure. It’s nice to see the changes they’ve made there are making a differ-ence and it’s really rubbing off on the team that’s on the ice.”

Whether or not he’s part of the Gen-erals once the Jan. 10 deadline passes in the BCHL, Smith has high hopes for his current team.

“I think we’ve got a chance to finish well,” Smith said. “Having the team win the amount of games we did in the last little while, it’s been great to see. Comox Valley isn’t that far out of reach for us in the standings and I feel like we’ve got a real good shot at catching them before the season is over. I think that would be a huge thing for the Gens to be able to get out of fourth place in the North Division, because I feel this team is better than what our record shows.”

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Brodie Smith will look to continue to put the puck in the back of the net in the new Year after notching seven goals in six games in his return to the Save-On-Foods Oceanside Generals.

CASCAdIA mArTIAL ArTS IS BOrn

Same faces, new outlook for martial arts academyBrothers rename former Parksville Taekwondo SchoolT yson [email protected]

With classes expanding at a rapid pace, Parksville Tae-kwondo grew to a point where it was no longer just a taekwondo school and needed to do some-thing about it.

Enter Cascadia Martial Arts, the new name for the former Parksville Taekwondo School, which brings more of a wide-spread approach to the pro-grams and classes it now has to offer.

“We sort of outgrew that name,” Master Brett Fee said. “It was weird to start with because we had a class in Qualicum Beach, but we kept calling our-selves Parksville Taekwondo, so that was strange to begin with. The name change was some-thing we felt that we needed to do with the classes we have to

offer and the ever-evolving as-pect of what we teach and what we do at our school.”

With kickboxing classes tak-ing off, it was only a matter of time before the name change took place. In fact, the change had been a year in the making and recently came to light after meetings with others on the Is-land to be part of the Cascadia name.

“We’ve been thinking it over for a while,” Fee said. “We wanted to have something that would be catchy and have peo-ple give us a second look. We’re no longer known as just a tae-kwondo school; we offer lots of different classes to our 500-plus members.

“Kickboxing, taekwondo, training with weapons, we’ve got a bit of everything.”

Going forward, the Parksville portion of Cascadia Martial Arts will be run by Brett Fee. Casca-dia will also open up a school in Nanaimo, run by Brock Fee. There will also be a school open-

ing in Victoria.“Cascadia is going to be up

and down the Island,” Brett Fee said. “We’re really excited to be opening up schools in Nanaimo

and Victoria. The biggest thing for us was to expand and get our name out there to the public. Having Cascadia all over Van-couver Island allows us to not

only reach out to a larger group of athletes but will give our ath-letes the chance to train at all of our schools across the Island. It’s a great thing to be able to of-fer that and we’re very excited about it.”

For now, Cascadia Martial Arts has officially changed its name and its new signage will be coming in the not-too-dis-tant future. In the meantime, classes will continue under the new banner and students are al-ready enjoying the benefits.

“We’ve got students over on the Mainland right now,” Brett Fee said. “They’re at a camp with Master Dan Thornton, who was over here helping us out with some classes earlier in the year. We’re hoping that more of this sort of thing will be able to hap-pen in the future with Cascadia. We’ve got the chance to really branch out and reach an entire new group of athletes who want to take part in the classes we have to offer and that’s a really exciting prospect for us.”

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From left, dustin, Brock and Brett Fee are all smiles while showing off their new Cascadia martial Arts gear. The trio have re-named the former Parksville Taekwondo School and will be expanding with two schools in nanaimo and Victoria.


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The Oceanside Generals were back on the ice at practice coming out of the Christmas break as they prepare for their game against Campbell River at home this Saturday night (7:30 p.m. at Oceanside Place).

Back on ice afTer Break

Generals seek escape from cellarStorm sweeps in Saturday to start second half of VIJHL seasonT yson [email protected]

With the Christmas break over, the Save-On-Foods Oceanside Generals are back in action this Saturday night as they take on the Campbell River Storm.

Jan. 2, 2016, marks the first game back from Christ-mas break for the Gener-als, who will have 15 games left on the schedule to try and make up ground in the standings.

Currently, the Generals sit in last place in the VIJHL, eight points behind the Co-mox Valley Glacier Kings in the North division and just

six points behind the Saan-ich Braves for eighth place in the VIJHL standings.

“We want third place in our division,” head coach Brad Knight said. “That’s our goal with our remaining games, to catch Co-mox Valley. We feel it’s within our reach, we think that we’re capable of catch-ing them and getting a first round matchup against the Nanaimo Buccaneers. We’re going to be seeing them a couple more times, but it’s not going to be easy.

“We’re going to see Campbell River a few more times and we’ll see the Vic-toria Cougars a few more

times too, so we’ve got our fair share of challenges to make up ground.”

With time left before the trade deadline to make a

few more deals, there are at least two, pos-sibly three moves the G e n e r a l s are looking to make be-

fore it’s all said and done.“We’ve got room for a few

moves,” Knight said. “I’d like to make a couple of moves. We’ve got a few players here who don’t want to buy into the team game and we don’t need that here. We need to have guys in here that want to play a team game, that want to work hard and if we don’t see that, we’ll look to

move them, plain and sim-ple.”

Not having everyone on the same page can be a tough thing to deal with, but the Generals are doing what they can to continue to try and win hockey games.

“It’s not the most ideal sit-uation,” captain Cam Nicker-son said. “Obviously, having a few guys in the locker room that are like that, it makes things a little tough for the rest of the guys in the room. But we’re doing what we can. You can’t call them out on it because it’s not going to do anyone any good, especially if we’re going to be working together for the rest of the season. We’ll eventually get it figured out. This team has been working hard and we’ll continue to do that for the rest of the season.”

We want third place in our division. That’s our goal

with our remaining games, to catch Comox Valley. We feel it’s within our reach.

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