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has pro-vided me with many interesting photo-graphic opportun-ities like the Black-tailed Gull, Green Herons, Wilson’s Snipes, Western

Meadowlarks, and a Red-throated Loon. However, visits have been few and far between because of my cur-rent preoccupation with butterflies. But, as fate would dictate, it was the butterflies that made my visit to the Airpark possible. I had promised Krista Kaptein that I would design a butterfly poster for the Strathcona Wilderness Institute, and this was my day for delivery.

After my meeting with Krista I headed for the Airpark and was pleased to note that it was shielded from the chilly northerly outflow winds. On my way to Courtenay I only lasted about five minutes in the -15 C wind chill at Deep Bay before retreating to the warmth of my car. Conditions were almost perfect as I strolled along the river on the paved path. Besides the spring-like sun-shine and warmth, pedestrian traffic was still very sparse which meant less disturbance for the birds.

Near the entrance to the small marina I spotted a pair of male Common Mergansers diving. They were about 25 metres away which was too far for my liking, but the sun was at my back, the lighting

was ideal, and the ducks were big. I set up the tripod and camera and watched the ducks dive a few times. On the fourth dive one of them came up with a good-sized fish in its ser-rated bill. I was ready and rattled off 10 shots before the merganser turned the fish around and swallowed it head first. The pictures would be well-cropped and quite noisy, but they would tell the story.

I’m always amazed at how birds can expand their throats to swallow large prey. I don’t think Guiness keeps any records, but I think it would be record would be huge. The

best I’ve seen were a gull swallowing a six inch sea star and a Great Blue Heron swallowing a muskrat.

After the mergansers I spotted a Kingfisher flying along the river with a fish in its bill. It landed on a tall tree further up the path. I was mov-ing in position for a picture, but ped-estrian traffic was now quite steady. The Kingfisher was long gone before I could get a shot.

I knew that the best photo oppor-tunities were gone, but it was too nice to pack up. There was still much to enjoy. The river was full of ducks and the riverbank was full of

gulls tearing the last remains off the salmon carcasses that littered the shoreline. I chuckled to myself as I watched a pair of Glaucous-winged Gulls playing tug-of-war with a sal-mon skeleton. It had been a long time since I’ve seen so much bird activity, and despite the fact that the Airpark café was closed, there was still a whole lot of dining going on.

Editor’s note: Mike Yip is the author of Vancouver Island Birds. His books are available at Graham’s Jewellers, Blue Heron Books, CR Museum, Save On Foods, Coho Books, and Book Bonanza.

Fine dining at the Courtenay Airpark

Island BirdsMike Yip

Photo by Mike YipDinner time – the powerful serrated bill of the Common Merganser is the perfect tool for grasping slip-pery fish.

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One of the wonderful aspects of the recrea-tional tidal waters fishery in the Pacific region is the diversity of species that anglers, in the most broadly applied sense, can go after. Other than for reasons of conservation there are no species of fin or shellfish off-limits to public access, although for practical reasons associ-ated with the deep water they inhabit some desirable species like sablefish simply aren’t accessible.

This freedom of access for the public, cour-tesy of the purchase of the appropriate licence and subject to rules and regulations pertinent to the good management of individual species, shouldn’t be taken for granted and certainly isn’t the case along those other coasts of the Canadian shore. To use but one example, there is no recreational fishery allowed for lobster around the Atlantic provinces despite a relative abundance of them.

Here on the west coast the infringement of access to what various ministers continue to insist, in the face of evidence otherwise, is a common property fisheries resource comes more insidiously through the privatization of large portions of allowable harvest of individ-ual species via quota management schemes in the commercial fishery for them. Halibut is the

example most familiar to anglers but quota management is by no means exclusive to them and the list is slowly growing – believe it or not DFO is about to apply quota management to the wild oyster fishery, which almost cer-tainly will result in reduced pub-lic access to them.

These last few paragraphs are a reminder, to me as much as anyone else, of the wealth of opportunity for the recreational harvest of seafood we enjoy here along the BC coast and a pre-amble of sorts regarding an increasingly fre-quent seasonal restriction in places on public access to one of the most desirable shellfish species, prawns.

Prawns are managed according to a bench-mark number of berried (egg bearing) prawns per trap in the surveys, known as the index level. Those sub-areas determined to be at or below the index are closed for recreational harvest during the first three months of the year. At the end of November DFO released the results of this year’s fall assessment program of prawn abundance and once again there

are numerous sub-area closures around the south coast for the coming months of January to March inclusive. Thirty three sub-areas are affected, said to be a record number for one winter.

Full information is contained in Fisheries Notice no. 1163, which can easily be found on the DFO website, but in the reader-ship area of this newspaper the following sub-areas will be closed: 13-12, 13-13 & 13-17 (east Quadra Island and northeastern Read Island); 15-2 & 15-3 (south-

eastern Cortes Island down to the top end of Texada, including the popular Twin Islands area); 25-1 to 25-5 and 25-16 (all of Muchalat and Tlupana Inlets and the top end of Tahsis Inlet). In many cases it is the same sub-areas that are affected annually or at least more often than not.

About the only good news out of this is that the fall sampling program took place at all in 2013. DFO has said it no longer has the funds to conduct this work and would instead apply permanent seasonal closures in those sub-areas with a persistent history of below index prawn

abundance, which would be an unfair blow to residents of nearby small coastal communities. Understandably the commercial prawn harvest-ers, who take the large majority of the overall harvest, have said they will not pay for the fall sampling program, and in the absence of a recreational licence fee increase and reform of how accrued funds can be spent, the recrea-tional fishery has no way to pay for the sam-pling either. This could be the springboard into some pointed commentary as to how this is butone example of many in which DFO is increas-ingly unable to do its job because the present federal government is starving the department of necessary funding, but I’ll resist the tempta-tion this time and try to stay on topic.

I don’t think that many anglers would argue there shouldn’t be a conservation bench-mark for the prudent management of any fin or shellfish species but the question has to be asked why these closures are in place at all. Relatively little recreational prawning takes place from early May when the commercial season starts into the late fall when the sam-pling occurs because a) of gear conflict (i.e. recreational loss) and very low recreational success and b)

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One of the most noteworthy examples of their financial nervousness is contained in a letter sent to 45 of the world’s top energy cor-porations on behalf of 70 of the world’s lar-gest fund managers. “As investors with long-term investment strategies,” the letter begins, “we would like to understand (your com-pany’s) reserve exposure to the risks associ-ated with current and probable future policies for reducing GHG emissions.” It adds, “We would also like to understand what options there are for (your company) to manage these risks by, for example, reducing the carbon intensity of its assets, divesting its most car-bon intensive assets, diversifying its business by investing in lower carbon energy sources, or returning capital to shareholders” (Shawn

McCarthy, Globe and Mail, Oct. 25/13). In other words, given the anticipated arrival of regulations and taxes to control carbon emis-sions, the letter wants to know what fossil fuel corporations are doing to guarantee the security of investors’ funds.

Such questions are jeopard-izing Canada’s tar sands projects and exposing the country’s reputation to scrutiny. The gov-ernment’s Copenhagen Accord commitment to reduce 2009 GHG emissions 17 per cent by 2020 could fall short by an estimated 50 per cent, a failure that would place Canada and its energy projects at the centre of international censure. The oil produced by the tar sands causes particular nervousness for investors because it is carbon intensive, its cost of development is huge, and its investment period is long — exactly the attributes that make funds vulner-able when circumstances are in flux.

Investor nervousness is intensified by the recent realization that total proven fossil reserves contain about five times the carbon

emissions tolerable for a habit-able planet. This difference between what is available to burn and what can be burned is increasingly apparent as climate science evolves in sophistication and predictability. The resulting conflict between financial oppor-tunity and ethical responsibility is becoming too conspicuous to avoid. One economic study expects that some oil and gas corporations could suffer a 40 to 60 per cent loss in market value as their assets become “stranded”

— unable to be used.If fossil fuels are to remain in the ground,

then whose fossil fuels will be used and whose will not? Who will make those decisions and how will the constraints be enforced? These questions present opportun-ities for incredible national and international conflict — precisely the uncertainty that cau-tious investors do not like.

Meanwhile, the failure of carbon trading and other measures to reduce GHG emissions is forcing many countries to consider the

option of a direct carbon tax — a further ten-sion for investors in fossil fuel corporations. France, Italy and other European countries already have some form of carbon taxes. China and South Africa are intending to intro-duce their versions.

British Columbia’s adventure with a dir-ect carbon tax has proven to be remarkably successful and instructive. Since introduced on July 1, 2008, it has been responsible for a reduction of 17.4 per cent in fossil fuel consumption in the province and 18.8 per cent compared to the rest of Canada. It has lowered GHG emissions by at least 11 per cent with no discernible effect on BC’s gross domestic product. As such, the tax has become an exportable model for the world. It is simple to implement, easy to administer and subject to instant adjustment. It is also revenue neutral and demonstrably effect-ive — so effective that California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska are considering join-ing BC in an amalgamated carbon-pricing system.

As fossil fuels become more expensive because of carbon taxes, efficient

See Grigg on page 4.

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The commercial prawn fishery has evolved into an intense, highly efficient and increasingly mobile fishery that is managed the same way i.e. against an index. However the time lapse between in-season sampling, analysis and notice of end of fishery and subsequent removal of traps still effectively fishing means that in many cases the sub-area is harvested to below index by the time all the gear is out of the water.

Increasingly evidence is mounting that the present prawn management system is

unsustainable – commercial landings peaked in 2009 at 7.5 million pounds and has been less every year since with 3.3 million pounds land-ed in 2013, the lowest amount since 1999. As noted earlier, recreational sub-area closures are on the increase, both between years and over area.

Through the Sport Fishing Advisory Board, the recrea-tional fishery has three rep-resentatives at DFO’s prawn working group, a multi-sec-toral advisory and consulta-tion process. Frankly, for the volunteers who participate on behalf of the public it is a thankless task, facing off against more numerous com-mercial representation in a forum hostile to the better

interests of the recreational fishery.

The DFO managers seem incapable of developing a management regime that provides for meaningful recreational opportunity in many places or anything remotely consistent with the broader principles of recrea-tional fishery management as agreed to by the minister of Fisheries and Oceans in the Vision document for recrea-tional fisheries. Never a truer phrase than actions speak louder than words, and in this instance, until something changes around prawn man-agement meaningful recrea-tional access will be increas-ingly diminished with each passing year.

Grigg from page 3.technologies become more appealing, while renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, geothermal and tidal become more competitive and viable. Oil spills, fracking, pollution and the ecological damage from drilling, min-ing, distributing and burning fossil fuels — now barely tol-erated as the cost of progress — will become even more undesirable. Public attitude is reluctantly shifting to regard coal, oil and gas as neces-sary evils rather than neces-sary energies. If a practical alternative were available, consumers would readily

abandon fossil fuels, leaving corporate owners to scrounge for economic viability — hardly the kind of endorse-ment that gives confidence to investors.

The trend is obvious and the momentum is unstop-pable. The pressure is build-ing to reduce carbon emis-sions — last year they went up three per cent. Added pressure is coming from a global climate treaty being negotiated for a Paris meet-ing in 2015. Meanwhile, the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) cal-culates that our historical

total of greenhouse gas emis-sions cannot exceed 1,000 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents without risking a dangerous temperature increase of 2°C — as of 2011, we have already emitted 531 gigatonnes. At present emis-sion rates of about 36 giga-tonnes per year, we have little time to avoid the danger zone and possible climate calamity.

Given these compounding factors, the prospects for investing in oil, gas and coal are not promising. Understandably, the fund managers of the world’s lar-gest institutional investors are getting nervous.

Lighten up your winter solstice at the annual Celebration of Light on Dec. 20, 7 p.m. sharp at the Maritime Heritage Centre. An all inclusive family event, the Celebration highlights seven attributes of Spirit, bringing light into the darkest part of the year with candles and music.

Last year’s sold out performance was a rocking hit with Noelle Maffin. This year Noelle’s inspiration will be with her very tal-ented husband, Neil Maffin.

Noelle Maffin has performed in New York City, Vancouver, Edmonton and up and down Vancouver Island. Noelle has performed with the great Eddie Watkins Jr. One of Noelle’s

great passions is singing jazz music. Noelle has a recording underway with her very own written music. More recently, Noelle has been delving into the “New Thought” genre, exploring the power and meaning of Spirit.

Local musician, Neil Maffin, has also per-formed on Broadway as well as New York City, many musicals and television shows. This superb, creative duo, will sure to enter-tain the audience.

The community is invited to attend this event, as an inspirational way to acknow-ledge the holiday season. It will be followed by potluck appetizers and desserts. Donations gratefully received. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Celebration of Light lights up Dec. 20

Photo submittedNoelle Maffin will perform once again at the Celebration of Light at the Maritime Heritage Centre.

In the spirit of Christmas giving, the Museum at Campbell River is hosting its first Festival of Trees. Local businesses or groups can sponsor a pre-lit tree, then take it upon them-selves to decorate them. All proceeds from the sponsorships will be used to assist the Museum with delivering low cost public and school program-ming, and with costs associated with creating temporary exhibits.

Awards will be given to the decor-ators: Most Unique, Most Traditional, Best of Festival, and People’s Choice. The trees will be on view in the Museum’s changing gallery till Dec. 29, from noon to 4 p.m. and the pub-lic are invited to come in and cast their vote.

Along with the decorated trees, a collection of hand-crafted, wooden antique toys will be on display in the gallery and the North Island Model Railroaders will be running a model train.

Throughout the festival period, the Museum will be hosting other seasonal events such as: Children’s Christmas themed Lego on Saturday, Dec. 14; and a Winter Solstice Social and the announcement of the People’s Choice Awards on Saturday, Dec. 21.

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JThis Thursday is the Jazz Society’s pre-Christmas celebration, with extra fun and draw prizes, so plan on coming a bit early if you want the best seats or intend to meet a group of friends.

The show marks the end of a phe-nomenal calendar year in which we lost our old digs at the Elks’ and found ourselves a new home at The Avalanche Bar. As frustrated as we were to find ourselves homeless, we’re really thankful that the nice folks at The Av let us have a room at their inn. Kind of Christmassy - but that all happened last February - and since then we haven’t regretted a moment.

To add to the excitement of this as a special event, we’re really pleased to introduce a wonderful new act to our stage, The John Lee Trio from Nanaimo.

John Lee, bass, was raised on the west coast islands of Canada. He’s been playing music since the age of five. By the time John completed his high school studies, he had received much attention from professional musicians in Canada and earned an impressive collection of awards, scholarships, and honours from jazz festivals, including Envision Jazz Festival, MusicFest Canada and Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival.

With the support of the Slaight Family Scholarship, Lee continued his studies at the Berklee College of Music, Boston, where he pursued a Bachelor of Music in Performance. In addition to his academic training, Lee has studied with prestigious jazz educators David Santoro, Neal Smith, Greg Osby, Ralph Peterson Jr., Yoron Israel and Bob Gullotti.

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He performs regularly in colleges, universities, clubs and concert halls.

Lee has performed in cities throughout Canada and the U.S. including New York City (Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, SOMETHIN’ Jazz

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Live), Vancouver (Cellar Jazz Club, Vancouver Francophone Festival), and Victoria (Hermann’s Jazz Club). He performs regularly with recog-nized young contemporary jazz art-ists, in addition to having shared the stage with international jazz artists such as Cyrus Chestnut, Terell Stafford, Ingrid Jensen, Christine Jensen, Phil Dwyer and Joel Miller.

Besides performing, John Lee is a dedicated educator who strongly believes in the importance of educa-tion in music.

He has founded and directed his own jazz programs, including an annual five-week summer jazz pro-gram Next Generation Quintet locat-ed on Vancouver Island.

After years of performing and studying in Boston, John relocated back to his hometown of Nanaimo, BC to establish an educating practice and career.

Currently, John Lee is in pre-pro-duction and development of his debut album featuring a complete set of original compositions and arrangements.

Andrew Janusson, guitar, grew up in Nanaimo, B.C. and has been play-ing since he was 13. Andrew is studying music at Vancouver Island University. He advanced quickly and performed with the large and small jazz ensembles, wind ensemble and musical theatre productions at Dover Bay Secondary as well as forming bands and playing gigs outside of school. It was here that he earned the Dogwood Award Scholarship to attend V.I.U. and further his studies in music, focusing on jazz perfor-mance.

Andrew specializes in jazz, classi-cal, rock and Latin styles of guitar. He also has a wealth of experience in funk, soul, and R&B styles.

Michael Mlikotic, drums, is a Nanaimo-born musician who started his musical training by playing piano at the age of eight. Throughout his life, Michael has learned to play many instruments, including trombone, guitar and bass, but now has focused as a jazz drum-

mer. During his teens, Michael received recognition and honours through high school jazz festivals such as the Lionel Hampton Jazz festival, Envision Jazz Festival as well as Musicfest Canada.

Through the use of scholarships from these festivals, Michael attend-ed local summer jazz camps at Vancouver Island University (VIU) where he studied from Local artists Pat Coleman, Ken Lister, and Buff Allen, Toronto-based drum set edu-cator and performer.

Michael also studied under Phil Dwyer at his summer jazz program and with other great musicians including Christine Jenson, as well as jazz multi-instrumentalist Don Thompson and Oregon-based drum-mer Alan Jones.

In order to immerse himself in a more thriving music scene, Michael moved to Boston where he lived there studying from local jazz artists including Berklee faculty and stu-dents.

During this time he refined and honed his skills on the drum set as well as the art of music recording and production.

After returning to British Columbia, Michael continues to expose his art by performing at local venues as well as producing music for other musicians in the Vancouver Island area.

From all of this, you can see that this is no run-of-the-mill trio. More importantly, it offers Georgia Straight Jazz Society a terrific opportunity to fulfil its mandate: to allow you the chance to expose yourself to some-thing wonderful.

Go on! We dare you. Treat your-self to an early Christmas present for only a $5 cover, by meeting some of the friendliest people around, in a club atmosphere, with international quality live jazz music in the air.

Our season will continue on January 9th, after a festive rest.

For more information about what’s upcoming in 2014, please go to www.georgiastaightjazz.com or join us on Facebook.

Bassist John Lee

Cantiamo Chamber Ensemble, with guests Quintessence Brass, present The Sounds of Christmas this coming Friday December 13. The evening’s concert will feature traditional Christmas car-ols as well as some with a more contemporary twist. Please join us at The Little Red Church in Comox Friday, December 13, at 7:30 (doors open at 7). Tickets are $10 for adult and $8 seniors and students. Tickets can be purchased at the door.

Swing Set returns to celebrate Christmas with juicy jazz harmonies!

The popular a cappella jazz quartet, fea-turing Jenn Forsland, Wendy Nixon Stothert, Michelle Weckesser and Dale Graham, performs two shows on Friday December 13 at the Zocalo Café.

This annual event brings capacity crowds - make reservations to avoid disappoint-ment.

Call 250-331-0933 to reserve your table for either the 5:30 or the 8:00 sitting. The Zocalo Cafe is licensed and will offer a special menu for this event, pairing great tastes with sweet sounds.

Stothert is an acclaimed music leader in the Comox Valley, directing the Just In Time Vocal Jazz choirs as well as perform-

ing solo and with Swing Set. Wendy’s passion and commitment are her musical trademarks.

Forsland fronts the Jenn Forsland Group, directs the Celebration Singers, teaches music privately and in the schools, and is an in-demand adjudicator for music festi-vals.

Weckesser is a stunning soloist with classical as well as jazz credentials. After a move south to Cowichan Bay in 2011, Michelle continues to make time for occa-sional return engagements with Swing Set.

Graham is best known for her solo vocals with local group Indigo Jazz, and for her previous work in the folk and Celtic genres.

The group’s 2012 CD Swing Set Live at Joe’s Garage will be available for sale. Capturing the quartet’s remarkable vocal alignment, the recording includes a mix of accompanied and a cappella arrange-ments.

For this outing, expect a few new selec-tions, along with well-loved favourites from their Christmas repertoire and beyond. From Beatles to ballet, from hearth and home to far away, Swing Set will move you to tears and laughter.

Catch them on Friday December 13th, at the warm and welcoming Zocalo Café. Admission is by donation.

Reserve now at 250-331-0933 to guaran-tee a seat at the 5:30 or the 8:00 show.

Swing Set (L to R): Michelle Weckesser, Wendy Nixon Stothert, Dale Graham, Jennifer Forsland

SWING SET AT ZOCALO CAFÉ FRIDAY DECEMBER 13

CANTIAMO CHRISTMAS CONCERT

John Lee Trio performing Thursday at jazz society party

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the Evergreen Choristers will entertain with carols and there will be a reading of a favor-ite seasonal book. Santa’s helpers are accepting donations to The Comox Valley Food Bank in the form of canned goods or cash. Circle December 14 from 1 to 3 PM on your calendar for a festive, kid-friendly activity. December 14 and 15 is also the last weekend that the Filberg Lodge is open in 2013. The Gift Shop is full of fantastic gift ideas and Cranberry Mama will be in the Lodge Sunday, December 15. See you then. For more information call 250-339-2715 or visit our Facebook page /FHLPA.AFTERNOON JAM • With Gord Kruger and “The Amigos”. Enjoy a lively afternoon of dancing and relaxing with Gord Kreuger and his band every Saturday, 2pm to 6pm in the Courtenay Legion Lounge. 367 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay. rclbr17@shaw.ca Maureen Watson, 250-334-4322COMOX VALLEY FARMERS MARKET • 9-12 every Saturday, Native Sons Hall, downtown Courtenay. Come for the freshness, stay for the fun! FMI: Mkt. Mgr. Vickey 250.218-0321 or or www.comoxvalleyfarmersmar-ket.com & keep in touch on Facebook.COMOX LEGION • Meat draws are held every Saturday 3 p.m. plus Ace of Spades draw.

YULE CELEBRATION • Dec. 15, 4pm-5pm. Comox United Church, 250 Beach Drive, Comox. CV Unitarian Fellowship. Multgenerational Yule Celebration. Potluck to follow. FMI: CVUF 250-890-9262 cxunit-ed@telus.net cvuf.caLITTLE RED CHURCH COMMUNITY MARKET • We hope you’ll be able to join us on Sunday, December 15th, from 10 am - 3 pm. The Little Red Church Community Market is an all year round market held the first Sunday of the month, at the Little Red Church, 2182 Comox Ave., Comox. For more information contact www.LittleRedChurchCommunityMarket.com or contact market manager Diane Knodel at 250-792-3652 .COURTENAY LEGION ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARTY • Sunday, Dec. 15. With fabulous draws all afternoon; tickets in advance at

the bar. Muis by Barry Polichuk band. For members and bona fide guests.

THE WOOLGATHERERS • A Guild of Spinners, Weavers & Knitters. Preserving and Promoting Weaving and Spinning in the Comox Valley. Meetings at Fallen Alders Hall, Royston, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm every Monday except Stat holidays. Business meetings: 2nd Monday. We invite you to join us. FMI: Jery Lowe, 250-337-5496/ Carole Redfern 334-4284.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 charities. Free coffee and tea.

HR HOLIDAY SOCIAL • Dec. 17 11:30-1pm. HR - Holiday Social. Locals at The Old House, 1760 Riverside Lane, Courtenay. Please join us for lunch (included in the cost) to connect and mingle! This is a great time to come out and share your thoughts and ideas for the upcoming year. We would love to hear what was very successful for 2013, what challenges you had and what you will be working on next year. Carolyne Taylor and Susan Pearse your Member Relations team will be joining us to bring in the holiday season! FMI: Carolyne Taylor, 250-479-4235, registration@bchrma.org www.bchrma.orgCOURTENAY LEGION • Every Tuesday: Fun Euchre 1:30, Pub Darts 7:00.BABY TALK • Courtenay Lewis Centre, Tuesdays, 10-11:30 a.m. All families with infants aged newborn to six months wel-come. Socializing, support, refreshments, guest speakers and resource library. Free drop-in, no registration required. FMI: Chris, 339-0194VANCOUVER ISLAND BRAZILIAN EMBROIDERY 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.

enthusiastic environment. Rain or shine. FMI visit www.cvrr.caDUPLICATE BRIDGE • Every Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m., Comox Seniors Centre.

OCEAN WAVES SQUARE DANCE CLUB CHRISTMAS PARTY • Dec. 11, 6:00 p.m. for potluck supper, 7:30 -10:00 dancing at the Filberg Centre with caller Fran & Roger Archambault and cuer Lorna & Carmen Corbet. FMI phone Cathy or Guy at 250-338-7942.TOPS (COURTENAY) • 9am-11:30am every Wednesday, St Georges United Church, 505 6th St., Courtenay. TOPS is a non-profit support weight loss group. We are one of many in Comox Valley. FMI: 250-331-0276 ruthirene1950@gmail.com tops.orgCOURTENAY LEGION • Every Wednesday: Drop-in Darts 1:00, Masters’ League Darts 7:30.COMOX VALLEY NEEDLEARTS GUILD • Meets at Berwick Comox Valley Retirement Residence, 1700 Comox Avenue, 7:00-9:00pm, every Wednesday. New members are welcome; we do crossstitch, canvas-work, Hardanger, Huck embroidery, etc., bring your stitchery! Call FMI 250-334-0935.PUPPY PARTY! • Free event for puppies 16 weeks and younger. A great way to play off that puppy energy in a safe friendly envi-ronment. Bring your camera to capture the cavity sweetness of puppy play every Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 at Sunrise Veterinary Clinic, 800 Shamrock Place (beside the Comox McDonalds) Comox. Call 250-339-6555 today for more infor-mation!

UNITY SERVICE • Thursday, Dec 12th - 7 pm, Unity Spiritual Centre, Lions Den, Nordin Street, Comox. What is seen as a joyous season can also be a time when we remember our personal losses - loved ones who are no longer with us, a change in home or relationship. This service cre-ates a sacred space to remember, honour

and acknowledge these feelings. FMI: unitycomoxvalley.com or 1-866-853-9866COURTENAY LEGION • Every Thursday: Crib & Gucci 6:30, Men’s Darts 7:00. FMI: Courtenay Legion office at 250-334-4322.THERAPEUTIC RELAXATION PROGRAM FOR PERSONS WITH CANCER IN THEIR LIVES • Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., Nursing Centre, 615 10th St., Courtenay. Free. Sponsored by BC Cancer Foundation, BC Cancer Agency, Pacific Therapy and Consulting. FMI: Diane Davies 250-338-2700.THERAPEUTIC RELAXATION PROGRAM FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING CHRONIC PAIN OR ILLNESS • Thursdays, 1:15-2:30 p.m., Nursing Centre, 615 10th St. Free. Sponsored by the Nursing Centre. FMI: Diane Davie 250-338-2700.6COMOX VALLEY SCHOOLHOUSE QUILTERS GUILD • Meets every Thursday, from 9 A.M. till 9 P.M. at the Cumberland Cultural Centre (Buchanan Hall). For further infor-mation please contact - Carol 871-6671 or Nerissa 941-1809.

NEWCOMERS WALK AND TALK • Comox downtown and the Marina. Walk through Comox downtown and the Marina. Meet in the Marina parking lot, boat launch side. Dec. 13, 8:50am-10:50am. FMI:Laurey Thiele thielelaurey@yahoo.ca, 250-702-5965 COURTENAY LEGION • Meat draws every Friday, 5-7 pm. Dec, 13: “Fab Friday” Wing Night, 50 cents a wing. For members and bona fide tuesda.COMOX LEGION • Meat draws every Friday, 3 p.m. Open to all Legion members and signed in guests.

SANTA IN THE FILBERG LODGE • The Filberg Lodge in Comox is transformed at Christmas time into a cozy, pine-scented wonderland. Join us December 14 for a special guest: Santa! Mrs. Claus has assured us that Santa is available to take time out of his busy schedule for pictures with the kids (and big kids at heart) so bring your cameras! In addition to Santa,

PEARL ELLIS GALLERY • In Comox pres-ents: “The Pearl Ellis Gallery Members Christmas Fundraiser Show & Sale” Dec 10th - Jan 26th - 2013. Open Tues - Sat from 10 am - 4 pm, Sun 1 - 4 pm, Closed Monday. Free Admission. Located at 1729 Comox Avenue. FMI see www.pearl-ellisgallery.com or see our virtual gallery on our web site or our Facebook pageCATCH THE SPIRIT • Dec. 2-Jan. 1, Driftwood Mall, 2751 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay. Holiday campaign presented by Bentall Kennedy featuring a shopping spree contest, an opportunity to nominate a holiday hometown hero through the Holiday Hero program, and over $25,000 worth of prizes to be won. Participating malls include Driftwood Mall, where shoppers can enter to win one of two $10,000 cash prizes, plus $2500 that will be donated to the charity of their choice, and nominate notable community mem-bers to be recognized as holiday home-town heroes. For more details, please visit www.catchthespirit.ca FMI: Carine, 778-239-3067 carine@carineredmond.comCHRISTMAS GIFT WRAPPING • Dec. 2 - Dec. 20, 9am-4pm. Christmas Gift Wrapping, Excel Career College Courtenay Campus, 201-841 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay. Excel Career College will be offering Christmas Gift Wrapping services Monday to Friday until December 20th from 9:00am-4:00pm by donation (cash or non-perishable food items). All pro-ceeds will benefit the Comox Valley Food Bank.. FMI: Natalie, 250-334-2452 www.excelcareercollege.com natalien@excel-careercollege.comJUST BY CHANTS • Mystic Valley Voices, universal chanting community, meets 6:45-8:30 pm every Tuesday at the Little Red Church (house), 2182 Comox Ave. FMI: 250-218-1688.COMOX GLACIER WANDERERS • Join the Wanderers every Tues. to Fri at the South East end of the Comox Mall, near Travel Agent. Walk starts at 9 a.m. sharp. Experience the picturesque Filberg Park, Mac Laing woods, beach town of Comox etc. FMI: Karen Fraser 250-890-0608KNITTING FUN AT THE COMOX LIBRARY • Our new kitting group, A Good Yarn: Knitting & Crochet Circle, warmly invites people of any age and ability to join our weekly meetings at the Comox Library, 1720 Beaufort Ave. on Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. Attendance is free and no registra-tion is required. For more information please contact the library at 250-339-2971, comox@virl.bc.ca, or visit the web-site at: www.virl.bc.ca.DROP-IN, ONE HOUR MEDITATION • Drop-In meditation, every Tuesday 7PM sharp, Ocean Resort in Oyster Bay, $$donations to CV and CR food banks, 250 792-3165.ROYAL PURPLE DROP-IN BINGO • Every Tuesday night, 7 p.m., at the Elks Home on Sixth St.COMOX VALLEY WOOD CARVERS • If you are interested in any type of wood carving please join us at the Royston Community Hall 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.CUMBERLAND LEGION BINGO • Every Tuesday night, guaranteed 22 games per night. Doors open 6 p.m., first game 7 p.m. Come out and support your com-munity.TRACK WORKOUTS • The Comox Valley Roadrunners hold track workouts at the Vanier track every Tuesday at 5 p.m. Come out, meet fellow runners and be prepared to run a total of 5 km in a fun,

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Ron Schmidt of Assante Capital Management Ltd. presents 49th Parallel Dance Company’s “Watering Hole” with choreography by Ariana Champlin and Carolyn Schmidt snf music by Black Taxi.

The company performs Saturday, December 14th, 2 pm at The Old Church Theatre, 755 Harmston Ave., Courtenay.

Tickets: $20 general admission - purchase online at www.49thparalleldanceco.com and at Silhouette Dance Shop, Triple Heat Dance, and Assante Capital.

“Through a series of dance skits set to an amazing soundtrack, we are taken through “a day in a life” at The Watering Hole. Love, lust, pain, brawls, and celebrations. All beautifully displayed with grace, and athletic precision.” - Plank Magazine, Vancouver

“Don’t miss Watering Hole by New York-based 49th Parallel Dance Company, which melds the best of contemporary dance, theatre, and indie rock music to recreate a chaotic night at a local pub.” - The Vancouver Sun

49th Parallel Dance Company was founded in 2010 by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre graduates, Ariana Champlin (New York City) and Carolyn Schmidt, who is a native of Courtenay.

The company operates out of both Canada and the USA and is committed to connecting dance communities across North America through the creation and production of innova-tive dance works.

The soundtrack for Watering Hole is a com-pilation of original tracks by Brooklyn-based band Black Taxi who has been referred to as “one of New York City’s most prominent live acts.”

Watering Hole was created in 2012 with the support of a project grant from the Calgary 2012 arts initiative. Since then, it has become a bi-coastal project with three casts of dancers and has been performed in Calgary, Vancouver, New York City and in the State of Maine.

This performance is 49th Parallel Dance Company’s Vancouver Island debut!

‘WATERING HOLE’ AT THE OLD CHURCH

Memory and Imagination, the latest show of Sofie Skapski’s art at the Zocalo Cafe and Gallery, runs from Monday, December 9th to Sunday, January 12th. Opening night is Saturday, December 14th, from 7pm till 9pm. Sofie will be on hand to meet and greet and discuss the works on display. Aside from their won-derful beverages, Zocalo Cafe has a full menu as well as a tasty Tapas menu to order from, as you take in the art and entertainment on offer. The jazz trio, Loose Gravel, will be performing, filling out a reward-ing evening.

Sofie Skapski is well known for her evocative paint-ings of trees, branches held high to catch pieces of sky, sun dappling through to the forest floor, and her dramatic close-ups of exotic and wild flowers. Memory and imagination is a bit of a departure as it explores tenuous ideas of the resonance of residual memory that can be attached to a place and time. These paint-ings have the same warmth of colour and softness as one has come to expect in Sofie’s work, and the same grounding in nature and expressive representational-ism. People are an important element in these paint-ings as well - their interactions with the landscape, the memories, and the world opened up by the imag-ination. A series of square foot exotic flowers is also on display.

Zocalo Cafe and Gallery is located at the corner of Fifth and Cliffe in Courtenay. If you can’t make the opening, drop by as many times as you like during the month the show is on display. There is always something new to discover: a nuance in a work that may not initially be apparent. Sofie Skapski’s work can also be found at South Hollow Gallery on Fifth Street and the Comox Valley Art Gallery Gift Shop and their Christmas Craft Market. You can also visit her website at sofieskaski.com.

Sofie Skapski Show at Zocalo cafe

‘Drawing in the Sand’

49th Parallel Dance Company presents ‘Watering Hole’ on Saturday, Dec. 14

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Across1 Winner of the 2005 and

2007 Grammys for Best Spoken Word Album

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James’s “The American”

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21 Company whose logo was, appropriately, crooked

22 Burrow, perhaps23 Many service dogs, after

29-Across?25 Roi’s wife26 ___ Stanley Gardner27 French colony until

195328 The Warrior Princess29 They get stuffed at

Greek restaurants31 Rapper with the 2013

No. 1 album “Born Sinner”

33 Sees red34 Eighty-sixes35 Foil user’s words38 Foreshadows39 A/C measures40 Serious break, after

48-Across?42 Author John Dickson

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this way”

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witchcraft59 Salinger title girl60 Legendary Scottish

swimmer, after 66-Across?

66 Tart treats68 Potter’s base69 Painted crudely71 Gulf of ___72 Marx without much to

say74 Cruiser repair site77 List component81 Circus founders, after

89-Across?84 “The Lion King” lioness85 Overfl owed87 Swelled head?88 Ice cream brand89 Ice cream treats91 Shield border92 Mastodon features93 Clobber94 Jet Ski competitor97 Forces from offi ce98 Begins to wake99 Where Margaret

Thatcher studied chemistry, after 108-Across?

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108 Short-lived pests … or an alternative title for this puzzle

110 Prefi x with -genarian111 Money holders112 Guam, e.g.: Abbr.113 Only inanimate zodiac

sign114 Lee of Marvel Comics115 Beginning116 Northeast vacation

locale, with “the”117 “The Lion’s Share”

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in its logo2 The Tide3 River of Pisa4 Tokyo beauty, maybe5 Smokestack emission6 Poe poem7 Tony winner Lena8 All that ___ bag

of chips9 Second word of “A Tale

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for short37 Feds38 Frederick’s of Hollywood purchases39 Flutter, as one’s eyes41 Adjusts carefully42 Twin-hulled vessel43 Many a broken statue44 Tighten one’s belt45 Politico Kefauver48 Hockey fake49 Phone button51 “Here’s looking at you, kid” addressee52 Mother, e.g.: Abbr.55 Psychedelic drug57 Mary Lincoln,

née ___58 Jackson-to-Birmingham dir.60 Earthy pigment61 Santa ___62 Damages63 “Law & Order: SVU” force64 Many a collector’s resource65 Preacher, for short67 Fourth-longest river of Europe70 Powerful line73 Puck’s master75 “Over There” soldiers76 Word of woe78 Does what George Washington

couldn’t?79 Oscar winner Jannings80 Lead-in for physics … and pieman?82 Enthusiastic reply83 Grease dissolver85 Casual top86 Medal awarded to MacArthur in W.W.

I and W.W. II89 Superlative for Atlanta International

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of Fox Sports101 Vicinity103 Pen points104 Great-grandson of Mark Antony105 Quickly, quickly108 Org. “protecting America’s

consumers”109 Marco Rubio’s home: Abbr.

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Celebration Singers invites all music lovers to embrace the holiday season and join them in an eve-ning of Christmas melodies and beautiful singing. This choir concert will be held two nights, Sunday December 15th and Monday December 16th at 7:30 pm in St. George’s United Church on Fitzgerald Avenue.

Director Jenn Forsland has again chosen a reper-toire of choral music that suits the four part harmo-nies Celebration Singers has earned a reputation for performing well. The delightful Christmas songs Calypso Lullaby (based on Mary’s Little Boy Child) and Christmas in Killarney will certainly be familiar to everyone. A couple of jazzy numbers, Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) and Cool Yule, will get audiences in the groove.

With superb accompaniment by the versatile Sean Mooney, the gospel spiritual Go Where I Send Thee is sure to fill St. George’s with joy. Sean Mooney is one of the valley’s most well known pianists and his tal-ent on the keys is reason enough to come to a Celebration Singers concert! As well, Anela Kahiamoe will be adding some wonderful authentic Hawaiian ukulele sounds to Mele Kalikimaka. Other guest musicians will be Grahame Edward, Jonathan Fairbanks and Jack Roland.

As the evening unfolds, the choir will entertain with a number of more classical arrangements that challenge and showcase the skills of this 65 member group. Of The Father’s Love Begotten is based on a 13th Century Plainsong, and its soaring moving melodic lines are breathtaking. Northern Lights evokes the shimmering aurora borealis just like the Norwegian composer imagined.

And just to make this evening more perfect, there will be opportunities for the audience to join their voices in song with the choir and sing some tradi-tional Christmas carols to help celebrate the season together.

Come and enjoy Jenn Forsland, Sean Mooney and the Celebration Singers Choir on December 15th or 16th at St. George’s United Church. Tickets, at only $12, may be available at the door but to avoid disap-pointment, get yours ahead of time at Blue Heron Book Store in Comox, House of Colour in Courtenay, or from any choir member.

For more information or tickets, you can also con-tact Michelle Pagdin at 334- 4597.

The dynamic Jenn Forsland leads Celebration Singers in rehearsal preparing for their upcoming Christmas concerts December 15th and 16th at St. George’s United Church in Courtenay.

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Snowflakes are starting to appear, carols are pop-ping up on the radio, the holidays are right around the corner - and with that comes Jon and Roy’s fifth annual Holiday Special! After four successful years of sold out shows at Victoria’s Alix Goolden Hall and Vancouver’s Vogue Theatre, the band will bring the revue to Courtenay’s Sid Williams Theatre for the first time on Saturday, Dec. 14; doors at 7 pm. Ticket price $37.00.

This year’s lineup features CBC Radio 2 Drive’s Rich Terfry (aka Buck 65), Horse Feathers, Mother Mother’s Ryan Guldemond with guests, and Scott Stanton and David Lang of Current Swell. The event will be a revue, giving each artist a change to play an intimate “unplugged style” set. Come join in for a warm and festive evening, filled with some of the best music of the Pacific Northwest!

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The Pearl Ellis Gallery in wonderful downtown Comox presents its annual “SCROOGE APPROVED” art show and sale. This Christmas Fundraiser event begins December 10th and runs January 26th. The opening of the show will be celebrated with a meet and greet on Saturday, December 14th from 1:00pm - 4:00 pm.

The show offers an art extravaganza of over 40 pieces priced at $400.00 or less. Visitors can expect to see quality pieces of work by local artists. This is an all media event so there will be everything from paintings in watercolour, acrylic, oil, plus photogra-phy and steel.

Along with the 40 or more original pieces being brought into the show there will be three silent auc-tions of donated fundraiser pieces. The first will run from Dec. 10th to Dec. 19th, the second and third will be run when the gallery reopens in Jan. The pro-ceeds from the auction go to support the gallery high school bursary program and operation costs.

What would be a better way to start off your Christmas shopping than attending an art show. There is bound to be something for all tastes!

Along with your Christmas shopping don’t forget the gallery offers a large array of cards, several books by local artists and 2014 calendars.

Remember, visitors to the gallery not only get a chance to see great art displays, but are able to view the wonderful displays in the Comox Archives Museum that shares our space.

Throughout our Christmas fundraising show the gallery encourages the public, and gallery members, to drop off food items in support of the Comox Valley Food Bank.

The gallery is located at 1729 Comox Avenue. Although the Christmas Fundraiser runs from Tuesday, December 10th to Sunday, January 26th, the gallery will close for a Christmas break from December 22nd to January 13th. FMI see www.pearlellisgallery.com . We are also on Facebook.

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‘Passing Through’ by Claude Dalley

SkiiTour Snow Party to ensure greatest ski season everSkiiTour Snow Party arrives Friday,

December 13, at The Waverley Hotel.

Praying to Ular, we bring Whistler’s favourite DJ tag team to ensure the greatest ski season ever.

Tickets $10 advance at Bop City, The Waverley Hotel, by phone (250) 336-8322. Doors at 9:30pm

SkiiTour are a dj/production/party rockin duo hailing from the moun-tain resort town of Whistler. As men they couldn’t be more different. Tim Livingstone is a proud ginger Canadian and a strict vegetarian when he’s sober.

Then there is Dave ‘Canosis’ Rollie, an afro-sporting New Zealander, who once devoured 96 chicken wings in one sitting. However, musically they’re totally on the same page. Collaborating since 2010 (originally under the moniker ‘Livingstone & Canosis) they have had multiple #1 releases

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