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Courtenay supports $10-per-day child care proposalBY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

Child care is one of the biggest expense for fami-lies, especially if you have more than two children.

It is the second highest family expense after hous-ing.

The Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC has

come up with a plan that calls for a $10-a-day child care program in the prov-ince to make child care af-fordable for families.

A Comox Valley early childhood educator, Char-lene Gray, has taken the task of securing local sup-port for this cause.

Gray appeared before Courtenay council to high-

light the key points of the plan that includes $10 a day for full time care, $7 a day for part time care and no parent fee for families with annual incomes un-der $40,000. The coali-tion is also proposing child care to be placed under the mandate of Ministry of Education and for it to become a publicly funded system.

Gray said the Commu-nity Plan builds on well-established evidence that public spending in the early years is a wise social and economic investment and that quality child care is learning and high qual-ity promotes healthy de-velopment.

What the coalition is trying to do is integrate the strengths of the public education system with the best quality, community-based child care.

“Public education is fair-ly universal. People know what to expect when you talk about school teach-ers and about education is publicly funded and dem-ocratically controlled,” said Gray.

“There’s support, a well-respected work force and an infrastructure to deliv-er the services to the pub-lic. Child care has none of those.”

Gray said Canada is a wealthy nation but it ranks last among devel-

oped countries in support-ing quality early care and learning programs.

Parents who are work-ing are often faced with the dilemma of fi nding aff ordable, quality child care. That’s because BC has licensed child care space for only about 20 per cent of children.

Fees are expensive be-cause unlike libraries, parks and schools that re-ceive public funds to cov-er most operating costs, child care is primarily a user fee service

Gray said the Commu-nity Plan is the solution to the child care crisis in the province.

“Children and families

now have the right to qual-ity early care and learning and current policies and approaches are just not working,” said Gray.

Gray has asked Courte-nay council to back this initiative. She has already gained endorsement from various organizations in the Comox Valley and also the support of Town of Comox and School Dis-trict 71.

Courtenay council vot-ed to write a letter to the Provincial Government in support of the adequate funding of quality aff ord-able child care such as the model advocated by the BC Coalition of Child Care Advocates.

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BY DREW A. PENNEREcho Staff

When Arzeena Hamir appeared before Courte-nay council April 20 to pro-mote an anti-genetically modified organism (GMO or GE) perspective, it was clear the particular tact had been carefully selected by the Amara Farm owner.

She was appearing on behalf of a GE Watch Co-mox Valley delegation in an effort to convince the City to adopt an anti-GMO pur-chasing policy.

“You would actually be the first community on Northern Vancouver Is-land to have a procurement policy like that,” she said, adding buying foods that haven’t been engineered under the microscope could help promote local producers. “Agriculture is one of our big investment areas.”

This was not a gloves-off debate between those who feel the science is firmly against activists and those who believe the precaution-ary principal should always take precedent in what we

You would actually be the fi rst community on Northern Vancouver Island to have a procure-ment policy like that. Agriculture is one of our big investment areas. ... The demand for prod-ucts is really growing. Growers will really step up to this demand.”

ARZEENA HAMIRGE Watch Comox Valley

More and more consumers and customers I’m working with are very concerned and interested about what they’re consuming”

MANNO THEOSCourtenay councillor

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Anti-GE lobby pitches purchasing ideaCourtenay urged to follow lead of Duncan’s move away from buying any GMO products

eat. Instead, it was an op-portunity for GE Free Co-mox Valley to promote the most realistic avenue for advancing their cause mu-nicipally.

“The demand for prod-ucts is really growing,” she said, suggesting the com-munity could be built as a hub for organic agriculture. “Growers will really step up to this demand.”

There are already 15 or-ganic farms in the Comox Valley, all of which are re-quired not to include any GMOs in their output.

Going GE free might not

be as difficult as it sounds, she said.

The sugar in this part of the country is derived from sugarcane and not sugar beets, so that would not need to change.

No horticultural plants include GE elements, so that would not involve any additional funds.

The biggest problem would be dealing with dairy. The already expen-sive commodity is the main product produced locally that uses GE hormones and is consumed by hu-mans, but Hamir said the

cost in shifting over would be “quite small and quite minimal.”

Activists are also ex-tremely worried about the introduction of the GMO apple which stays ripe longer due to genetic up-dates.

Duncan has adopted an anti-GMO purchasing pol-icy that includes language that will bar the planting of GMO apple trees.

Vanessa Goodall of the Cowichan Green Commu-nity appeared at the po-dium to speak about the drive in the Cowichan Val-ley to shut out the GMO companies.

“How do you make that affordable and effective for staff to implement?” she stated, addressing some-thing she hoped she could provide some guidance on.

May 17th will be the one-year anniversary of Duncan’s move away from GMO purchasing.

Coun. Erik Eriksson wondered if the issue with GMOs had more to do with a problem with Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide, which

was recently deemed “probably carcinogenic” by the World Health Orga-nization.

Hamir replied that that issue is much broader.

“I was working on a lot of GE product devel-opment,” she said, look-ing back on her life in the 1980s. “There is much that we do not know about GE products.”

She commented that be-cause her neighbour grows GE corn she can’t grow or-ganic corn, since it could get contaminated too eas-ily.

Eriksson wasn’t so sure about writing off GE prod-ucts so quickly.

“What if we found one that is disease resistant?” he wondered.

Hamir said proliferation would still be a problem.

Coun. Doug Hillian commended Hamir for the “vital role you play in the local agricultural com-munity,” but said he didn’t know what the implica-tions of the proposed pro-curement policy would be.

(Continued on page 5)

Arzeena Hamir, of GE Watch Comox Valley, said it wouldn’t be all that diffi-cult to put in place an anti-GMO purchasing policy at the municipal level.

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He asked about the re-sponse of local producers to the plan.

Hamir acknowledged some were not necessar-ily on board -- particularly considering there are nine dairy farmers left in the Comox Valley. But most of the 491 non-dairy farmers are supportive.

Coun. Manno Theos, who embraces fitness pur-suits enthusiastically and works in food and beverage service, said he agrees with

Hamir’s point that people really want to know about the contents of their diet.

“That’s absolutely cor-rect,” he said.

“More and more con-sumers and customers I’m working with are very concerned and interested about what they’re con-suming.”

He noted there is often a low-degree of education about what specific re-gimes - such as gluten-free or GE-free - are actually all about.

Mayor Larry Jangula

was quick to point out that “There’s two sides to this,” and added “It’s very diffi-cult” for local politicians to make decisions about sci-entifically-technical issues like the GMO debate.

Further, he said the top-ic should more properly be debated at the federal or provincial level of govern-ment.

Hamir retorted that GE Watch was only pressuring the City to move in line with a 2013 Association of Van-couver Island and Coastal Communities/Union of BC

Municipalities resolution that asked the province to prohibit the importing, exporting and growing of plants and seeds contain-ing genetically engineered DNA and to make the rais-ing of GE animals illegal.

The group isn’t even seeking a ban, just a smart procurement policy, she added.

Staff will prepare a re-port on a potential anti-GMO procurement policy and the topic will be back on the council agenda with-in weeks.

City council considers anti-GE proposal

Local organizations are coming together to hon-our workers who have been killed, injured, or suf-fered illness as a result of work-related incidents. On Tuesday, April 28 at 10:00 am, the City of Courtenay, Work Safe BC and CUPE 556 will hold a fl ag-raising ceremony at the Simms Park Pavilion in Courte-nay.

Paige Knapman, occu-pational health and safety advisor for the City of Courtenay, said the event is an opportunity to raise awareness of the need for workplace safety.

“The Day of Mourning is a reminder to all of us that proper safety pro-cedures are necessary to save lives,” noted Knap-man.

“Safety standards have come a long way over the years, but we need to

maintain our focus and make sure that work-ers are given the tools and support they need to keep themselves safe and healthy. Workers also need to know that it’s impor-tant for them to speak up if something isn’t safe.”

The Day of Mourning has been a national event

since 1991.Statistics from Work-

safeBC show that employ-ers and workers need to remain vigilant. In 2014, 173 BC workers died as a result of workplace injury or disease.

Everyone is welcome to attend the Day of Mourn-ing ceremony. For more

information, please con-tact Knapman at 250-334-4441.

For more information on the Day of Mourning, including a list of other ceremonies around B.C., visit www.worksafebc.com/news_room/cam-paigns/day_of_mourning/default.asp

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The Comox Valley Horticultural Society is pleased to host their annual Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, April 25 at the Florence Filberg Centre from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. There is sure to be a good selection of interesting plants! Come early for best selection and bring your own box. Cash sales only.

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Fifty police offi cers spent two days searching two wooded areas in Cour-tenay for Julia Strobach, who has been missing since October 31, 2013.

Members of the Island District RCMP Tactical Troop scoured the muddy riverbed along Headquar-ters Road and Ryan Road, and also the 1000 block off Ryan Road behind the Washington Inn apart-ments.

Cpl. Darren Lagan, spokesperson for the RCMP, said investigators were acting on informa-tion compiled throughout their 17-month investiga-tion.

“Julia was known to fre-quent these two locations in the months she spent in the Comox Valley so we’re hopeful that there may be something there that we’ve yet to fi nd and that something will be uncov-ered,” said Lagan.

The police offi cers worked in a formal grid pattern search, were shoul-der to shoulder and literal-ly performing a hands and knees search in some in-stances to make sure every square has been covered.

The two areas are close to where the 27-year-old Strobach used to live here on Braidwood Road. Po-lice confi rmed she was last seen on this road in the evening hours of Oct. 31 2013.

Strobach’s family is in Germany but she’d spent time in Alberta and Victo-ria before coming to Cour-tenay. She also has a three-year-old son.

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“Given the amount of time that’s passed and it’s out of character for Julia to disappear for any length of time without staying in contact with family

and friends, our concern levels are very high,” said Lagan.

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ority investigation, con-tributing hundreds of in-vestigative hours towards uncovering any evidence related to Strobach’s dis-appearance.

Investigators have spo-ken to dozens of people from across the province, conducted a ground search in the 1000 block of Braid-wood Road in Courtenay, and remained in regular contact with Strobach’s family overseas.

Despite these investiga-tive eff orts, and multiple public appeals through the news media and social media, few answers have surfaced.

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year old son, deserve an-swers about what has happened to Julia,” said Inspector Tim Walton, Of-fi cer in Charge of the Co-mox Valley RCMP.

“Despite the best ef-forts of our investigators over the past seventeen months, we have been un-able to bring them solid information.”

Police believe someone knows something and are appealing to the public for help in this case.

Anyone with informa-tion is urged to call the Comox Valley RCMP at 250-338-1321 or do it anonymously through Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Members of the Island District RCMP Tactical Troop carefully search the muddy riverbed along Headquarters Road and Ryan Road for any sign or clues that will help solve the mystery behind Julia Strobach’s disappear-ance.

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If you live in Comox and are interested in cur-rent issues and the town’s future direction, you will want to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Comox Town Residents Association on Tuesday, April 28 at the United Church Hall, 250 Beach Drive, Comox. Doors open at 6:30 pm with the meeting starting at 7 pm. Jane Murphy, President & CEO of St. Joseph’s Hos-pital and Patti Fletcher, St. Joseph’s Hospital Board Vice-Chair, will dis-cuss one of the big issues facing Comox: The Future Role of St. Joseph’s Hospi-tal. They will also provide information on the new North Island Hospitals.

St. Joseph’s General Hospital has served the

Comox Valley and the North Vancouver Island for over 100 years, evolv-ing over that time to meet the changing needs of the community. When the new Comox Valley Hos-pital is completed in 2017,

it will take over the acute services. This is a big change and St. Joseph’s is examining the needs of the community to see how they can continue to pro-vide non-hospital based health and seniors’ care services. Jane and Patti’s presentation will look at the challenges of creating a sustainable health care system and provide ex-amples of innovative ideas to meet the needs of the community using existing resources.

The North Island Hos-pitals Project is the devel-opment of two new hos-pitals to serve the North Island; one in Campbell River and one in the Co-mox Valley. Slated to open in late 2017 these facilities will provide acute care ser-

vices for decades to come. Island Health is using ev-idence-based design and engaging clinicians and physicians in the develop-ment of these hospitals to create the best possible environment for patients and families. Some exam-ples of this design will be shared.

Jane Murphy has a Mas-ters in Health Services Planning and Administra-tion and extensive experi-ence in health care man-agement.

She has worked as a Registered Nurse in adult and pediatric intensive care and has held senior executive positions, in-cluding: Vice President Patient Care Services and interim CEO at Lan-gley Memorial Hospital;

Vice President of Strate-gic Health Initiatives for South Fraser Health Re-gion; and Interim Chief Operating Offi cer for Sur-rey Health Services, which included Surrey Memorial Hospital and Community Health Services in Surrey.

Jane has also held senior leadership positions in the United States health care system.

Since moving to Comox in 1980, Patti Fletcher has served as an elected councillor for the Town of Comox from 2002 to 2014, worked for 27 years as Program Director at the Comox Community Centre and has served on many local boards, such as Filberg Heritage Lodge and Park Association, Comox Archives and Mu-

seum Board, Town of Co-mox Advisory Planning Commission, and Town of Comox Business in Ac-tion Society.

She is currently the Town’s elected repre-sentative on the Comox Valley Regional District Board. She and her hus-band, Simon Brampton, have owned and operated a bicycle retail store in town for 27 years.

This meeting is also an opportunity for you to bring up an issue, nomi-nate a director for the board and learn more about the Comox Town Residents Association.

Refreshments will be served. So come out, learn and even take part in shap-ing the present and future of Comox.

Jane Murphy, President & CEO of St. Joseph’s Hospital

Future of St. Joseph’s topic for Comox Residents’ AGM


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Comox is considering a prelimi-nary feasibility review of a possible location for a pickleball court.

Staff has asked council to autho-rize $4,000 to be spent on the review that will include survey, geotechni-cal report and construction cost analysis. This initiative stemmed from the request of the Comox Val-ley Pickleball Association, which sought council’s support on April 8 for development of a court.

Staff was given the task of explor-ing the request. They had met with members of the CVPA to look at an undeveloped piece of land at High-land Park, adjacent to the roller

hockey box.The location, currently leased by

the town from School District 71, looks to be an ideal site for a pickle-ball court because some infrastruc-ture is already in place such as pub-lic washrooms, adequate parking and it is also close to the school.

Staff indicated it could comple-ment the existing park usage and also build capacity for further rec-reational and school physical educa-tion programs.

However, consultation with School District 71 will be necessary in order to acquire their input and also to determine if there’s interest in having access for student use.

The planned survey will determine if there is adequate space available

for a pickleball facility. The geotech-nical report will confi rm the base material that is in place and would assist in determining what the capi-tal costs would be. The review will establish a realistic budget for the project.

Staff is looking at a joint venture with the association to fund the con-struction of the project. It is a good candidate for a cost-sharing model.

Although council has been asked to authorize $4,000 for the feasibil-ity study, the funds are not available in the Parks Department’s budget. But the CAO and Director of Fi-nance have advised that the pro-posed funds could be made available from other sources in the Town’s Fi-nancial Plan. Proposed pickleball court site at Highland school

Comox reviews possible pickleball site


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Courtenay will not be increas-ing the number of police mem-bers it needs for the city this year.

Council approved the 2015-2016 Municipal Policing Contract expenditure cap of

$5,493,584, of which 90 per cent is funded by the city or $4,944,226. This reaffi rmed last year’s approval in principle that called for the authorized strength of 30.4 police offi cers to be maintained.

The city pays two of its offi cers from host gaming revenues, two from the provincial traffi c fi ne

revenue sharing grant, and the remaining 26.4 members are funded from general property taxation.

To accurately project antici-pated costs and prevent over-taxation for police services, each year the city budgets for a “vacancy pattern” of seven per-cent or 2.13 members. The use

of the prior year surplus keeps tax increases down at zero per cent this year for policing costs, which equates to 20 per cent of the city’s annual General Oper-ating Budget.

The Comox Valley RCMP Detachment is a combined pro-vincial/municipal detachment, which provides police protec-

tion services for the entire Co-mox Valley.

While Courtenay pays for 90 per cent of its budget, the re-mainder of the funds comes from the province which covers 19 of the members staff ed in the detachment on Ryan Road and 11.6 are funded by the Town of Comox.

Courtenay has no plans to increase police force


The sweeping Baroque stained glass sky is pierced by two Lockheed T-33 Shooting Stars, better known by its T-Bird moni-ker, soaring over the old airport terminal as a family waves. This historical scene, created by local artist Jan Lindstrom, is now on view for all who pass though the sliding doors at the Comox Valley Airport, and has been placed opposite a tableau of the modern airport.

“It’s a beautiful glass and I cut it all from one piece,” Lindstrom said of the pro-cess involved in creating the sky. “The whole back-ground is not disturbed and it fl ows in behind.”

Crafting an artistic worklike this takes persistent at-tention to detail. Tree navyblues were used to givedepth to the mountains.Even the soldering workadds to the perspective.Lindstrom has been stash-ing glass that has gone outof production in order tohave the material to createthe eff ects she wants.

But getting somethinglike this produced takes acommunity, as well.

Thrifty Foods paid $5,500into the project, with DaveMellin and Doug Inrig bothchipping in $1,000 to thisparticular stained glass seg-ment - one of several sur-rounding the entrance toYQQ.


New stained glass window recognizes history of base

New stained glass window at Comox Valley Airport is unveiled by the artist and community members behind the project



Lindstrom turned to the Comox Valley’s past for inspiration this time around.

The aircraft design was requested by the funders and will provide viewers with an interesting link to the community’s military past.

T-Birds were introduced to Comox in the 1950s, serving a variety of func-tions over the years.

Early on it was used for weapons training, and lat-er for electronic warfare (EW) applications.

Lt. Col. (retired) Yves Bossé, former command-ing offi cer of 414 Elec-tronic Warfare Squadron, recalled how useful the aircraft could be.

“The T-bird was a good airplane,” he said. “It was a trainer. It was a target.”

The T-Bird was versa-tile, able to go head to

head with F16s and F18s.“Through the magic of

electronics we could fake targets in the sky where there were none,” he said. “These guys wouldn’t even see us.”

In fact, T-Birds from 19Wing Comox played a vi-tal role in training Canadi-an fi ghter pilots ahead of the Gulf War. They would fl y to Canadian and Amer-ican military sites to chal-lenge the pilots.

“We would deploy the T-birds to the bases to do the training, and sometimes they would come here,” he said. “Or we would meet at some location in the States where there were more electronic warfare assets and we could create bigger war scenarios.”

Now that this stainedglass panel is complete, only one section remains, although Lindstrom has already begun planning for the fi nal piece of art.

New stained glass installed

Jan Lindstrom says she was so detail-oriented while producing the workshe even did the soldering in perspective.


The Comox Valley Re-gional District has drafted a new bylaw that aims to deal not only with un-sightly premises but also nuisance types of infrac-tions.

CVRD staff has been greatly hampered by the limitations of the current

nuisance bylaw because it doesn’t allow them to ad-dress neighbourhood nui-sances such as obtrusive light shining onto a prop-erty other than where the light originates.

There are also other is-sues like dust, smoke and graffi ti.

There were cases where staff has had to deal with more than fi ve complaints

against one property own-er but were unable to dis-courage the activity.

In one of the complaints, the source of excessive light has been vandalized several times, creating more animosity between neighbours.

The regional district’s current unsightly prem-ises regulation bylaw was last reviewed and updated

in March 2010. It only addresses accu-

mulation of rubbish and other unsightly debris on property.

Staff now proposes a new bylaw that includes prohibitions that would prevent specifi c condi-tions or situations on a property that would inter-fere with another property owner’s use or enjoyment

of their property. They include excessive

or obtrusive light, emis-sion of smoke, fumes or other effl uvia, graffi ti, and dilapidated or collapsed structures.

Bylaw staff feels the ad-ditional prohibitions would provide the enforcement tools necessary to obtain compliance in contentious neighbourhood disputes

before they escalate.The changes are consid-

ered to be benefi cial to the public, to CVRD staff , and to the bylaw compliance offi cers when dealing with compliance and enforce-ment issues.

Staff has asked the board of directors to endorse the recommended bylaw and that it be given fi rst, sec-ond and third reading.

RD proposes new nuisance bylaw with added no-no’s

Will politics trump social eff orts?


The Comox Valley Re-

gional District voted in support of a plan to reach out to Comox Valley gov-ernments for ideas about how to work together to tackle homelessness dur-ing its April 21 Commit-tee of the Whole meeting, but not before a few shots were fi red.

Concerned about board staff ’s last-minute recom-mendation to forward a proposal from Dawn to Dawn: Action on Home-lessness Society along with a survey, Cumber-land director Roger Kishi said he refused to support the motion - and didn’t mince words.

“The addendum came so late - it was this morn-ing,” he said, stressing he supports the actual process of developing a homelessness strategy. “In some ways it does look like there is some favourit-ism or back door deal go-ing on with this.”

The regional district is trying to come up with a way to tackle poverty in the community following a non-binding referendum held last fall that revealed a plurality of local resi-dents would be willing to pay up to $10 a year per $300,000 of assessment value to reduce homeless-ness.

CAO Debra Oakman said staff actually wanted to forward the Dawn to Dawn proposal to Comox Valley politicians not to al-low the group to get ahead of other organizations seeking to bid on future projects, but out of a de-sire for honest communi-cation.

It would go along with useful information provid-ed by the Association of Registered Nurses of BC, she noted.

“Please appreciate the position that staff are in,” Oakman pleaded. “To me

it’s information.”During a 2012 round

of grant funding from the local health authority Dawn to Dawn secured a $174,000 contract with the CVRD for a scattered housing program.

Some have raised con-cerns that Dawn to Dawn may have too cozy a rela-tionship with the CVRD, and the fact the proposal now in question was pre-pared in part by Tom Grant, a former regional director who was an active part of crafting the home-lessness poll last summer, hasn’t helped squelch those concerns.

But Oakman said the suggestion to forward the document ahead of a similar plan from other any other socially-focused group was simply a way to get useful perspectives out in the open for discus-sion.

“It’s all good,” she said. “It’s all good to understand what people are thinking

in the community. We’re trying to be transparent around this.”

Courtenay director Erik Eriksson challenged Kishi to take back what he said, unsuccessfully.

Kishi was appearing at the meeting as an alternate for regular Cumberland director Gwyn Sproule, but he is employed by the Wachiay Friendship Cen-tre and listed on the board of directors of the M’akola Group of Societies.

So Larry Jangula, af-ter expressing concerns businesses might end up being taxed to fund a re-gional service to help the homeless, shot back, ask-ing staff if Kishi might be in a confl ict of interest po-sition.

Staff reminded the board there is no offi cial service or contracts currently be-ing debated and noted it would be up to Kishi to remove himself from dis-cussions (and voting) if he so chose.

Ultimately, Kishi was the only voice against the motion to send the nurses’ submission and the Dawn to Dawn proposal to local governments for informa-tion purposes.

Puntledge-Black Creek (Area C) director Edwin Grieve made the comment that the bigger problem could be politics getting in the way of actually helping homeless people.

“We’re in real jeopardy of burnout,” he said, list-ing the wide range of com-munity groups that have been working tirelessly on anti-poverty issues.

“We’ve skirted the is-sue.”

The only way to suc-ceed this time around is to “look at it with brand new eyes” in “a 2015 context,” he added.

To that Lazo North (Area B) director Rod Nichol gave his hearty support.

“I couldn’t have said it better,” he said.

CVRD kicks off drive to formulate a homelessness strategy amidst accusations of ‘confl ict of interest’ and ‘backdoor’ deals

Local Poet Neil Lem-ke will be launching his second book of poetry, Shachar: Shards of Light, on Friday, April 24th at Rhodos Coff ee in Courte-nay (364 8th Street, Unit 106) from 7.00 to 9.00 p.m.

There will be compli-mentary hors d’oeuvres and a time for gathering and chatting from 7.00 to about 7.25-7.30. There will also be a cash and carry coff ee bar operating. This will be followed by a brief introduction by Neil’s publisher, Natalie, and the reading of selected poems by the author (and by Car-rie Lemke).

Endorsements for his poetry include:

Words of praise for

Neil’s fi rst book, The Fields of Life: It’s a gor-geous book and a powerful work and Neil should be very proud.” Tanya Lloyd Kyi, author of Anywhere But Here

Words of praise for Shachar: Shards of Light:

As a teacher of English Literature, I appreciate

the rhythm, imagery and resonance of Neil Lemke’s poetry. He is a true word-smith; and his writing re-minds me of the beauty, simplicity and mastery demonstrated in the meta-physical poetry of John Donne. Kendra Brown.

Shachar: Shards of Light, is an intense explo-ration of the human con-dition. From the evocative and powerful epic, “Sent,” to his shorter narrative po-ems, Neil Lemke conducts a literary symphony of hope, love, despair and joy in this beautiful arrange-ment of his work. Natalie Fuhr-Salvatore, Master of Arts in English Litera-ture and Creative Writing, Publisher, Author.

Local author’s second book being launched at Rhodos Coff ee tonight

Poet Neil Lemke

and visitors alike. Over the years down-

town Comox has lost its appeal to visitors as more and more main street storefront shops turn into professional offi ces. Big business development won’t bring back the visi-tors that enjoyed both the beautiful surroundings and the quaint shops.

For me it’s not a no to all development but a no to any development that con-tinues to erode that which makes the Valley so special and precious.

The fundamental ques-tion that our Town lead-ers should consider before any development proposal is approved is: Does this proposal capitalize on the future value and appeal of the Comox Valley without undermining the essence of what makes it so spe-cial?

Frieda HomeComox

Here in the Comox Val-

ley, every year at this time, many small scale beekeep-ers are looking to prevent swarms.

For those people who are fortunate enough to have a small scale beekeeper in your neighborhood, you may be treated to one of mother nature’s most amazing spectacles.

A tornado of bees swirl-ing and circling around the

queen while their scouts look for a new home.

Honey bee swarms are not dangerous and honey bees in general are not ag-gressive.

A swarm is the bees’ natural inclination to pop-ulate a new hive in a new location (beekeepers try to prevent this because those bees are valuable foragers for the nectar fl ow and ul-timate honey crop).

Before the bees decide to leave their hive with the old queen and look for a new home, they fi ll up their stomachs with honey and nectar which they will need to build honeycomb for the queen to start lay-ing.

With their abdomens distended and full of hon-ey and their task at hand to fi nd a new home, they are even less likely to be able or inclined to sting.

So if you are fortunate enough to see a swarm, enjoy the spectacle with-out fear and if one lands near where you live or you see one on a tree branch or building, please call any one of our 12 “Swarm Catchers” in the Comox Valley Beekeeping Club http://www.comoxvalley-beeclub.com/swarm-catch-ers/ .

Beekeepers will always be happy to come and hive a swarm.

Swarms are a valuable resource and local beekeep-

ers work hard to help them survive against all the odds they face these days.

Comox Valley Bee Club

The restoration of Bay-brook is a moral obliga-tion, not a legal one. The obligations for Shakesides in Mack Laing Park, ARE legal, with a fi nancial leg-acy, which the Town of Comox has chosen to ig-nore. Many Canadians are appalled at the disrespect inherent in the decision to demolish both his homes.

Comparing a small na-ture house to Swan Lake is spurious - and those do-ing so know it. Baybrook is NOT Swan Lake, and no cherry-picking will make it so. The Town demanded fi nancial models for a na-ture house. The MLHS provided them. Period.

The MLHS moved on when Council voted to de-molish in February. How-ever, it will continue to pre-serve Mack Laing’s legacy - which goes far beyond his two homes. MLHS plans will benefi t all the citizens of the Comox Valley.

The Town of Comox and the Baybrook enclave de-serve more of what they are already getting, illegal night time activity and the growing and outspoken contempt of those who care about Canadian cul-ture and history.

Business is all that really

matters in Comox - Pillage by the Sea.

Angela BurnsComox

We have people wanting to build a bridge where it is not something needed (pe-destrian bridge in down-town Courtenay) and then where a bridge would be a good idea, we string cables and build a new ferry.

The $80 million in savings would build the bridge, right? A toll bridge to keep the looksy-loos at bay from touring Denman would just sugar coat cost of the bridge for the gov-ernment.

I would be much more willing to buy a board or two towards the cost of construction of a Home-less shelter than buying a plank in the new pie dream of a bridge.

Something built on the style of a University Resi-dence would be economi-cal and effi cient, and we could likely fi nd a plan for one somewhere without needing an architect to de-sign something new.

But then, in this valley, even a simple expansion requires a plan by a profes-sional Environmental con-sultant and/or an Engineer. I mean, good work if you’re an Engineer, I am a retired one, but really necessary?

Paul EllegoodComox

Until recently, many landowners of Union Bay were hopeful that the Kensington Island Prop-erties development would move forward. In doing so, it would help with the heavy fi nancial burden of a VIHA mandated water treatment system and the CVRD’s South Area Liquid Waste (Sewer) Manage-ment Plan facing the com-munity.

Despite receiving fi nal approval for the Master Development Agreement from the Provincial Gov-ernment in October 2014, Kensington is now being stonewalled by the Union Bay Improvement District board for approval of new water agreement.

The former agreement, which expired on Decem-ber 31, 2014, allowed for a phased-in approach to water treatment, suffi cient for all existing Union Bay properties plus the initial phases of the development. It now seems that the cur-rent UBID board has their own demands from the de-veloper which have yet to be made public to Union Bay landowners.

I would encourage all Union Bay landowners to attend the Annual Gener-al Meeting at 1 PM at the Community Hall this Sat-urday, April 25th.

Let us all hear the report from the board how their

plan is going to benefi t our community without bank-rupting its residents. Let them prove to us that the UBID’s stand alone water treatment plan is more cost eff ective than having a major developer ready to invest in these systems taking the fi nancial burden off the taxpayers.

Dave GodfreyFormer UBID Trustee

We are fortunate to live in a beautiful part of the world that has remained mostly unspoiled. We have the rare opportunity to develop our Region in a way that is economically prosperous and sustain-ing without compromis-ing those things that are already becoming scarce elsewhere: beautiful natu-ral landscaping, fresh water, a wonderful grow-ing environment for food, clean air, to name a few.

As the awareness of the value of the area spreads, Comox and the Comox Valley increasingly will at-tract greater numbers of young families and retir-ees.

In an era of monopoli-zation by big companies there continue to be op-portunities for small and home based business to co-exist comfortably with the natural things this Val-ley can off er to residents

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FROM AN EXTREMELY GRATE-FUL 85-year-old senior to an extremely honest senior, Mr. Y. I had just picked up my dog from a local groomer and had a huge forgetful moment, putting my purse on the top of my car. Getting home and no purse. This wonderful senior brought my purse to my door - to my ever gratefulness and refused any reward. How very fortunate we have a wonderful, honest com-munity to live in. A very grateful DMD.

SMOKED BEEF to neighbors who spoil beautiful spring days by burning their yard waste piles without fi rst checking the BC Venti-lation Index for “good” conditions, as required on your residential burn per-mit. You can easily avoid making everyone living near you into smoked beef by checking online at http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/epd/epdpa/venting/vent-ing.html (or just Google “BC Ventilation Index”) for the Mid-Island before you strike that match. You will know for certain whether it is a good day to burn and avoid smok-ing yourselves and your neighbors like a rack of salmon, regardless of the wind direction. You will be happy with the results, and your neighbors will be happy with you.

ON A BEAUTIFUL SPRING

morning like today it’s great to go out for a walk before it gets busy. It’s also great to fi nd a cafe that is open at 6 a.m. (weekdays). The Early Bird, a funky eatery serving homestyle cooking at a very reason-able price in downtown Courtenay, is where I start. Its quietness makes me nervous though, thinking that there is not enough business to entice them to stay open so early. So, I want to encourage oth-ers who like the idea of an early breakfast of real

food to try Early Bird or go there more often.

A HUGE sudsy bouquet to Westview Ford, GP Vanier School 2015 Grad Com-mittee, and the Comox Valley Special Olympics athletes, parents, care-givers, and coaches who participated in the Drive a Ford for Grad event and Comox Valley Special Olympics Car Wash on Sunday April 19. Westview Ford was a wonderful host for these events, providing Special Olympics with the venue and supplies need-ed to make our car wash a resounding success (their only interest was the success of both events), and GP Vanier School graciously allowed us to partner with their Drive a Ford for Grad event. Our partnership was benefi cial for both Special Olym-pics and for Vanier - many people who attended pa-tronized both events. Spe-cial Olympics athletes, care givers, coaches and parents even took test drives and bought food and drinks from the grads (some of us even bought raffl e tickets from the grads). Biggest thanks go to our customers - we sin-cerely hope that you were pleased with the quality of work we provided, and we hope to see you at future car washes and other Spe-cial Olympics events!

A BIG THANK YOU to the very nice gentleman who paid for my meal at Cost-co April 21. I wasn’t aware it was cash only, no debit, and when I came back from the cash machine, he had already paid and with a big smile presented my meal. A free meal tastes pretty sweet, but I aim to pay it forward. Thank you again.

A BOUQUET to the folks complaining about all the “rewards” cards. There is an easy way to solve this problem: to quote former

U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan, Just Say NO. What you probably don’t realize is that every time you sign up for a “card”, you give the retailer your name, address, phone number (and, God forbid, e-mail address) and often a lot of other personal in-formation, maybe your date of birth, family size and annual income. This is worth millions to retail-ers. It is entered into their computers. They can track your spending habits such as what you bought, when you bought it, the quanti-ty, size, etc. Read the cash register receipt...all that detail is not just for stock tracking purposes, and it’s linked to your personal information. This is OK if you don’t mind ending up on another computer, but remember that no one’s computer data base is se-cure any more-hacking abounds. Just ask Visa, Target, or the Canadian Gov’t. So while they are off ering you a rewards card, points card, club card, optimum card, loy-alty card or special Mas-tercard, and YOU think you are being rewarded for “loyalty” they are us-ing you. This is not just a Conspiracy Theory; it’s the truth. Why else would they do it? Too much per-sonal information is swirl-ing around out there as it is. Me, I just say NO and shop where I want, and my wallet is less crowd-ed. And a special beef to the grocery store that did have a good system - they had a true “loyalty card” that gave you cash off your grocery bill, and now that they are part of a megacorporation, what do you get? Travel miles. You can’t eat that.

I WOULD LIKE to send my thanks to the staff of Home Depot - I go in there quite often and have to say, they always are able to help me fi nd what I need - and not by pointing me in the di-

rection of where to fi nd it - they actually go with me down the aisles to ensure I have what I need. And this is every time I go into the store - great service and a bouquet of happy custom-ers to you!

A BIG BOUQUET of fl ow-

ers to all those using the Highland Sports fi eld... it is so nice to see it be-ing so well-used by our community! Those using the baseball fi elds, soc-cer fi elds, hockey arena and the many, many other activities going on by our children & families, while being so respectful of the facilities! Keep up the great work!

CONGRATULATIONS to our postal service for their at-tempt to deliver air mail by travelling 80 in 50km zone in front of Shell bot-tom of Mission Hill. It’s nice to see fast delivery but possibly slow that tan van down ...especially on wet roads.

A BEEF with CVRD Direc-tors who have approved CVRD property taxes in-creases at over 4 times the rate of infl ation, while the CVRD administration sits on a growing $10.8 million cash account from devel-opers who strain the infra-structure and pay fees for this. Why are Directors ap-proving such large proper-ty tax increases while the CVRD has all this cash on hand?

GIGANTIC BOUQUET to all

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Thank you for a great impression made with my son. He learned so much about the RCMP and him-self.

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MS WALK SUPPORTERS!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all those who donated or came out to the 4-legged family mem-bers - but it is important to remember to pick up after your pet, keep them out of children’s play-grounds, and off outdoor tables! Its part of being a good neighbor that makes this community great!

THE CHILDREN of the Mir-acle Beach Out of School Care Program would love to thank all of the own-ers at Discovery Foods in Oyster River for their generous support during our recent Hot Dog Fund-raiser. Dale and his staff showed amazing support and enthusiasm for our ef-forts on March 28 to raise money for our non-profi t childcare program which is located on site at Mir-acle Beach Elementary. A big shout out to all of you at Discovery Foods, our manager, staff and board members for making this a success, and fi nally, and most importantly to those of you who enjoyed the off erings and made dona-tions to this essential ser-vices provided to the chil-dren in this program!

MANY THANKS to the ob-servant person who saw my keys fall off the roof of my car. You turned them in to the Komox Grind, wrote about it in this col-umn, and I was able to claim them. I sincerely ap-preciate your eff ort.

THE O.A.P.O. Branch #51 (Cumberland Lamplight-

ers) would like to off er beautiful bouquets of spring fl owers to every-one who helped make our Spring Bazaar a huge suc-cess again this year. Thank you for the donations for the raffl es, the door prizes, the white elephant table, the bake sale table, and the grocery hampers. Thank you for the dona-tions of home cooked soup and delicious crisps for the lunch. Thank you to everyone who volun-teered time and energy setting up, running the ba-zaar, and cleaning up after it was done. Thank you to the community, who came out and supported the day. Special thanks to the Girl Guides who took time from their meeting to set up the tables for us.

A BEEF to the Sandwick

water district for taking even the slightest chance with our water. I fi nd it surprising that there hasn’t been more uproar from those using this wa-ter when a threat like this is brought up. No one on my block will drink this water already because it tastes terrible, so who knows what’s already in it. It’s high time the piping was connected to Cour-tenay’s water supply and Sandwick mothballed.

I HAVE TO AGREE with the

beef directed at BC Hydro for spilling millions of gallons of water for a few jocks to play in. Anyone can see we are in for a dry summer and we need every drop we can get - even if that means fi lling the reservoir to the brim. Hydro should be actively looking for ways to keep the water we have, not try-ing to close the gate after the cows are out. I say that the ‘few’ should go look for another place to play.

BEEF to the person who

used the internet to fi nd fabricated statistics about “pit bulls” and managed to get them published so that readers of this publication might be led to believe that they are factual: They are not. The statements you made have been refut-ed by science and discred-ited by dog experts. Breed specifi c laws have no basis in science.

TWO MORE PITBULL at-tacks. Who’da thunk, eh? Unfortunately, this prob-lem likely won’t be dealt with until someone’s tod-dler gets chewed. Please note, a pitbull ban doesn’t hurt the dogs, it can be a phasing-out process. Ex-isting dogs might stay, with restrictions, includ-ing requiring their own-ers to carry extra insur-ance. But no more pitbulls could be imported, bred, licensed, or sold here, and pretty soon, they’d be his-tory. The writer who sug-gested a survey to deter-mine how people feel had a good idea. Until then, parents, joggers, walkers, and cyclists, you can get a perfectly legal can of dog repellant pepper spray on Amazon.ca for $10.95. And well worth it. Ban the bulls!

A BEAUTIFUL SPRING BOU-QUET to Encorp Return-It bottle depot for now taking white styrofoam, styrofoam meat trays, milk cartons, juice car-tons and glass household bottles. Now I hope that a won’t see these items at the Courtenay Country Market recycling center. Please keep these items out of the landfi ll.

KUDOS to the great recy-cler - Nickel Brothers. To the contributor to B & B last week complaining about the three chrysalis structures on the Dyke, pay attention - I’ll write slowly

so you can follow along. That river site is properly zoned, the houses stored there properly permitted for the move and more than that, those houses are going to be recycled. I’m sorry that high tides wait for no man, ruining your transit ride - you were on the bus I hope. Too bad the transition from water to land can’t be done out of your sight or at night. And compared to some of the permanent hous-ing along the Dyke Road, Nickel Brothers homes are a pleasant distraction. Did you know they have a TV show on W Network - Game of Homes! Thanks for the continued support of housing.

A BOUQUET and thank you

to all the people that must have been involved in de-veloping the simple trail along the Piercy Creek that starts near the hous-ing co-op. I noticed the shredded bark leading off into the woods and was very pleased to fi nd the path. So were our little dogs. Look forward to exploring the branch that takes a right to?? Don’t know how long it has been there but a heartfelt Well Done to all who contrib-uted!

A BOUQUET OF FLAT TIRES to

the woman in the small black car on Friday, April 17th at 11:20 a.m who held up traffi c crossing 5th Street Bridge while she made an illegal left turn into Lewis Park. As “do not enter” signs are clear-ly visible, suggest woman study the road signs and soon!

SPRING BOUQUETS to ABC

Printing. Thanks for the great customer service in getting our business cards printed on short notice, after several changes, in time for my conference!

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I HAVE BEEN SPENDING some time at Tee Pee park camp-site this week, with the intention of watching the snow birds and the F18’s. I heard today from someone staying there that a fellow who works at the base told him that they get 400 complaints a day about the noise. It’s too bad that people don’t fi nd out what the valley is all about be-fore they decide to move here! The Base has been here since the beginning of the last war and they contribute millions to our economy and businesses wouldn’t survive without them! We should be proud of our armed forces. When you move to our beauti-ful valley, not only do you have the enjoyment of the ocean, golfi ng almost year round, skiing, hiking, fi sh-ing and everything else that goes with it but we also are honored to have the Canadian Armed Forc-es part of us too. Instead of complaining, encour-age them and by the way before you decide to move here, do your homework!!

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HUGE BOUQUET - We were extremely pleased with the help we received from Mary in the MillWork Dept. She went above and beyond. We had come in to order 2 doors and a win-dow and the system would not allow us to order the door to the specs the book had given. Mary tried ev-erything to get it to work, As we had already built the rough opening,according to the book we were not impressed thinking we would have to change ev-erything costing us more money. Mary took the time to call the company and was able to fi nd out that we could in fact get the door we wanted. We would also like to acknowledge Lorne who took the time to help us fi nd all our other needs, and Shawna at Spe-cial Services who always has a smile. They were all extremely helpful making this one of the best shop-ping experience,

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April showers bring May flowers-they also bring a surge

of shoppers nudged from winter hibernation by a host of plant sales offering everything from primulas and petunias to trees and shrubs. Among the favou-rite shrubs on gardeners’ lists this time of year are rhododendrons.

Jake Ellis, president of the North Island Rhodo-dendron Society explains:

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“Throw in our soil which is just about perfect for growing acid-loving plants such as rhododendrons and you have the perfect place to live-for you and those beautiful rhododendrons.”

One of the best places to stock up on rhododen-drons is the annual North Island Rhododendron So-ciety (NIRS) spring sale.

Rhodo shrubs at the sale are grown locally and most are sold by the

growers themselves so buyers can get important advice on their planting and culture “straight from the horse’s mouth.”

This year’s sale will take place from 10AM to 1PM Sunday April 26 at the K’omox Band Hall, 3320 Comox (Dyke) Road.

A new feature added to the sale this year is a workshop series starting at 11AM that will feature experts from the club talking on various aspects of rhodo culture.

Judy Walker will speak on three workshop topics: The Dos and Don’ts of Planting Rhodos, How to Feed the Soil and Feed the Plants and how to choose rhodos if you have limited space.


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As a member of NIRS, Judy brings years of hands-on expe-rience: “The biggest mistake people make in planting rho-dodendrons is to plant them too deep,” she says.

She places a lot of emphasis on good healthy soil with lots of microorganisms, beetles and earthworms if you want healthy plants.

There is a misconception among some new garden-ers that rhodos are hard to grow and need a lot of TLC. Rhodo experts however point out that once rhodos are es-tablished they take very little maintenance and can easily be moved from one bed to an-other because of their shallow root base.

Member Garth Wedemire’s workshop topic is how and when to pinch and prune rho-dodendrons.

“The main thing to remem-ber about pruning rhododen-drons IS to prune them,” he says, “especially for shaping and controlling their size and branching.”

Bernie Guyader, another grower who will be at the sale, specializes in dwarf rhodos and alpine plants and favours rhodos with good indumen-tum and bluish-coloured leaves.

“These are usually only found at plant sales featuring

rhododendrons,” he says. “If the ones a buyer wants are not available, the very knowledge-able growers at the sales can steer the customer to where they can be bought.”

Paul Wurz, a familiar face at the annual rhodo sales, owns Hidden Acres nursery in Campbell River and he will-ingly dispenses a long list of tips on what to look for when buying a rhodo.

“When you fi nd a plant you like, pull it out of the pot and take a look at the roots,” he says. “This might raise eye-brows but you need to know that the plant has healthy roots and is not totally root bound.”

Most growers are concerned about how their rhodos fare after they go home to gardens and caution against buying plants just because they are cheap or on sale or in places that sell plants that are mass produced.

Wurz adds: “Many of these places just have a few choices and varieties that look good at fi rst. These are often just sold in one-gallon pots where the roots are not totally developed yet. Studies have shown that 70% of rhodos like this can die in the fi rst year.”

The information table manned by NIRS experts and stocked with lots of reference books will be back this year so buyers can get additional tips

and specifi c growing informa-tion or learn more about the characteristics of the plants they buy.

Another asset for buyers is the annual table display-ing trusses showing the wide variety of forms and colours a buyer can expect when his rhodo is in full bloom. Spot a rhodo you like, jot down its name and see if one of the vendors has that particular plant for sale or can direct you to where it can be purchased.

Every year the NIRS sale sets up a large selection of “companion plants” donated by members and these range from delicate early spring tril-liums to robust hostas and much more.

Fran Thornton, an NIRS member who is a familiar face at the annual companion plant table, will be off ering a workshop session just before noon on choosing the right companion plants for your garden.

In addition to plants, the Therapeutic Riding Society will have a spot near the Hall exit where composted horse manure can be bought and volunteers with wheelbarrows will be available to help buyers with loading plants into cars. Admission to the sale and parking is free.

Visitors will also be given a free chance at a draw for a rhododendron.

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“In the Deadwood saloon in the town of Gravestone, the townspeo-ple are gathering for an evening of poker, dancing, and drinking -obliv-ious to the trouble that is brewing around them. Suddenly the evening takes a turn when one of the locals turns up dead!”

While you enjoy your dinner, the cast of amateur actors and volun-teers from the Comox Valley Small Business Association will uncover “who done it.” Then un-holster your guns and kick up your boots on the dance fl oor.

The murder-mystery dinner the-ater, to be held at the Courtenay Legion to benefi t the Comox Val-ley Food bank, is schedule for Sat-urday May 2, 2015. Doors open at 6:30. Western apparel/costumes are encouraged.

The buff et dinner will be catered by Carmie’s Catering, and the full bar will be run by the Legion. Mu-sic is donated by Audio Xcellence DJ Systems. A photo booth will be set up by Prestige Video Transfer. There will be plenty of door prizes, too.

In addition to fundraising through

ticket sales, there will be a silent auction. This is a great marketing opportun

ity, so donations are welcome in advance by contacting Lori Ball at 250-703-3444.

Country and Western Props are being provided by the Treasure Shack and various CVSBA mem-bers.

Seating is limited. Tickets are $30 per person, including dinner/ dance /door prizes/silent auction/chance to decide who done it. They are available through www.Event-Brite.ca (Murder At The Deadwood Saloon) or call Lori/Russ at 250 703 3444.

For entrepreneurs looking for a group that combines networking with education and events such as this, please attend meeting of the Comox Valley Small Business As-sociation as a guest at no charge. If you like what you see and the peo-ple you meet, membership in the association is only $95 per year.

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CV Horticultural Society hosts their annual Spring Plant Sale on Saturday,

April 25 at Florence Filberg Centre from 9:30-11:30am.

Come early for best selection and bring your

own box. Cash Sales Only!

To celebrate its 25th anniversary, The Comox Valley Piano Society is pleased to present a special Variety Benefi t Con-cert featuring several of the valley’s fi n-est musicians. This event will be held at the Stan Hagen Theatre, NI College on Saturday, April 25 at 7:00pm.

Proceeds from this concert will go the the CVPS music awards fund which has now been supporting promising music students in the Comox valley for a quar-ter of a century.

Two outstanding local young pianists will be featured in the program.Opening the concert will be Towa Stewart. Towa,

at the age of 13, already has an impressive list of awards: winner of the Chopin Pia-no Competition (2012); winner of the Vir-ginia Gracek Music Scholarship (2013); winner of Junior B Piano, BC Festival of the Arts (2014). Thomas Drew, another rising talent, was last years winner of the Marie Josephine Richard Scholarship Competition administered by the CVPS.

Local pianist/accompanist/teacher, Erik Taynen, has invited several of his friends to join him in rounding out the concert: Dagmar Kilian,Tracy Canil, Eleanore Krullaarts, Tanya Renaud, Tom Spratt, Tlell Mooney, Eve Mark, Tony Morrison

and Peter Walker. All these musicians are known in the valley as well-seasoned performers and several are also inspiring teachers.

True to its name, this concert will be diverse in musical styles: a jazz saxo-phone/piano duet; an Italian art song; a Mozart trio for viola, piano and clarinet; a Schubert Impromtu; and a Bach Suite for cello. There will be a variety of en-sembles: duos, trios and of course piano solos. You will hear many favourites: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Debussy’s Refl ets Dans L’Eau, and Brahms’ Rhap-sody in G minor.

This concert has been planned as a family event. The music is varied, inter-esting and tuneful; just over an hour in length and reasonably priced. All tickets are $10 with a family pass of $30. Tick-ets may be purchased at Laughing Oys-ter Bookstore or Blue heron Books with family passes available only at the door.

CVPS would like to thank all the musi-cians who are giving their time an talents to make this event possible.

For further information about this con-cert, please contact Donna at 250-338-33299and/or www.comoxvalleypianoso-ciety.com/events.

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Headlining at this month’s Fat Oyster Read-ing Series is Jane Eaton Hamilton.

She is a two-time fi rst prize winner of the CBC Literary Awards most re-cently in 2014.

She, along with au-thors Maleea Acker, Da-vid Fraser and Patricia Smekal will be reading at the Fanny Bay Hall on Wednesday April 29th.

The Fat Oyster does it again with a wonder-ful line-up of authors this month.

Hamilton is author of 8 books, most recently the poetry collection Love

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This work has been de-scribed as intimate, sexy, grief-stricken, witty, and urbane. She has written for the Globe and Mail, McLeans, the New York Times and many other magazines and journals; and has won numerous literary and arts awards.

Joining her is Maleea Acker, an author and teacher who is currently completing a PhD in Cul-tural Geography at the University of Victoria. Acker’s most recent book Air-Proof Green (2013) is a collection of poetry that

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Patricia Smekal and Da-vid Fraser will be reading from their recent book, Maybe We Could Dance, A Collaboration of Response Poems. Each live on op-posite sides of Northwest Bay in Nanoose. This col-lection represents a won-

derful collaborative pro-cess of in which one author would respond to the oth-ers writing from across the bay. This promises to be a lively spoken-word perfor-mance.

This delightful Fat Oys-ter reading will be on Wednesday April 29th at 7:00 pm at the Fanny Bay Hall. Doors open at 6:30. The cost is by donation at the door. For more in-formation please see the Fanny Bay Hall website at: http://fannybaycommu-nity.com/fat-oyster-read-ing-series/ and Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/fatoysterreading.

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The Evergreen Club’s Spring Garage Sale takes place on Saturday, April 25th from 9am-noon in the downstairs Rotary Hall of the Florence Fil-berg Centre.

The Evergreen Club is a 55 and better club that provides a wide range of activities and programs. This fundraising event will bring bargain hunters together.

The Evergreen Club has been doing these Sales (along with their famous Pancake Breakfasts) for countless years and has been a major reason why we have the Florence Fil-berg Centre for the public to use today.

Typically you will fi nd books, clothing, jewel-lery, kitchen ware, and so much more. The kitchen will be open for some well priced treats and for park-ing it is suggested to use the lot below on Anderton Ave. It’s a free event and all arewelcome. For more information call 250-338-1000 or check out www.evergreenclub.me

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This Saturday, 25th April, will mark the cen-tennial of Anzac (Aus-tralian and New Zealand Army Corp) and the HMCS Alberni Museum and Memorial will host the fi rst annual Anzac Day commemoration at its Co-mox Centre Mall location at 12:30pm.

This will also be in hon-our of the 100th anniver-sary of the Battle of Gal-lipoli, a tragic battle of the First World War. Anzac Day is similar to Canadian Remembrance Day in hon-ouring Commonwealth Military Forces.

Musical guest will be Shayne Stuchbury who will provide music in both English and Maori. The MC for the event will be Lewis Bartholomew E.D. for HAMM.

The Remembrance cer-emony will be presented by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 160 (Co-mox) after which the au-dience will be treated to a wonderful expression of what Anzac Day repre-

sents with presentationsby Lucas Evans and CathyKaardal.

The museum will alsohave a small interactiveexhibit on Anzac Day aswell as two documentaryfi lm areas playing shortfi lms on a loop and willpresent the 1981 fi lm Gal-lipoli with Mel Gibson atapproximately 2:00 pmwith admission by dona-tion in the neighbouringstore front at the Mall.

The Museum is alsoexpecting a shipment ofactual Anzac Day pop-pies from the RSA in NewZealand to wear for thisevent. These can be pur-chased from any Museumvolunteer for $2 with allproceeds benefi ting theMuseum’s RemembranceDays fund.

For more information onthis event, or to share yourown family’s Anzac mem-orabilia (or bake some An-zac cookies) please con-tact Lewis Bartholomewat 250-339-4322 or emailthe museum at [email protected]

Rain or Shine the Clas-sic Cruisers Annual Swap Meet is on Sunday, May 3 at the CV Sports Centre, Vanier Dr., Courtenay.

The Concession will be open. Traditional bannock will be available , as well as coff ee and drinks.

Admission is $2pp and children 12 years and un-der are free.

A donation to the Food Bank from the fi rst 75 par-ticipants in the Show and Shine will get you a Dash Plaque to keep as a sou-venir.

It’s not just cars. An-tiques and Collectables are invited for the price of a $10 or $20 stall rental

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Want to buy something for your car? Vendors will help you and answer any questions. For more in-formation contact Yvon @ 250-898-9782 or email [email protected]

You are invited to this Swap Meet, enjoy a cup of coff ee and chat with the President Couple Bill and Terry Fisher.

At the Car Club’s monthly meeting recently their guest speaker was Bill Barr from the Mason-ic Temple Assn. His pre-sentation on organ donors

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Classic Cruisers invite all car enthusiasts to join them every Thursday night at 6:00pm at the A & W on Cliff e Ave.

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What can we do? Plant a garden to attract bees and other benefi cial wildlife.

Whether you have a large garden or are restricted to a small space and container gardening, there are

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Bees are attracted to blue, purple, white and yellow. They cannot see the color red, for them it blends in with the tones of green. Diff erent bees are attracted to diff erent fl ow-ers (i.e.: diff erent tongue lengths of the bees need diff erent shaped fl ow-ers), so have a variety of choices for them.

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Centaurea cynus (bach-elor buttons) also attracts bumblebees and carder bees. The centaurea have lots of pollen to off er their guests.

PURPLE The Echinacea ‘Mag-

nus’ (Conefl ower) is a familiar easy care, long blooming plant that at-tracts many benefi cial creatures to your garden: bees, butterfl ies, hum-mingbirds and song birds. You can also use it as a cut fl ower. This drought toler-ant plant is deer resistant and will fl ower into the fall. There are many vari-eties of Echinacea but go for the ones that have the exposed cone heads that allow the bees to access the pollen. Leave the seed heads on during the fall and winter for the birds.

All the Lavenders seem to attract bees and but-terfl ies; whether it is the English angustifolia ‘Mun-stead’ or the lovely large headed Spanish Lavender. They are deer resistant and can be used in a va-riety of ways for cooking and baking or potpourri.

For the late fall into winter, plant Asters. Aster (Michaelmas Daisy) novi-belgii ‘Professor Kippen-

burg’ looks like the wild Aster but this is a com-pact, well behaved variety and the bees love it.

WHITE Don’t overlook the an-

nuals when selecting bee attractors. They are in-expensive and bloom all summer.

No stranger to the gar-den, Alyssum ‘Snow Crys-tal’ (3-6”) fl owers from June to October. They pro-duce masses of dainty fra-grant little white fl owers - defi nitely a cheerful ac-cent to any garden or con-tainer. Alyssum tolerates many types of soil and prefers it well drained and moderately moist. Plant in full sun to part shade, and by cutting them back they can be encouraged to re-bloom.

The award winning Cleome ‘Helen Campbell’ (Spider Flower) is a beau-tiful, pure white fl ower about 36” tall that is mak-ing a comeback. This an-nual is lightly scented and blooms from summer to the fi rst frost. It is good as a cut fl ower and grows quickly. Great along a fence or as a backdrop to a fl ower bed and makes an excellent temporary shrub. Even though it is tall, no staking is required, but protect it from strong winds. Plant in mass and watch the bees and hum-

mingbirds fl ock to it. Another easy to grow

annual is Cosmos. They come in a variety of col-ors and look lovely billow-ing along a fence line and bloom all summer with very little care.

YELLOW Plant of the year in 1999,

Rudbeckia fulgida (Black-eyed Susan) ‘Goldsturm’ (24”-30”) is an amazing perennial that is a must in any garden. This native selection loves full sun to part shade and forms a bushy upright clump of green leaves showcasing lovely cheery yellow dai-sy like fl owers. It blooms mid-summer to fall and then the seed heads add winter interest - a good choice for mass planting and great with ornamental grasses. It attracts butter-fl ies, hummingbirds and many species of bees, yet is both rabbit and deer re-sistant. It is easy to grow and makes a lovely cut fl ower.

One of the best beefl owers for the late sum-mer and fall is the peren-nial Solidago (Goldenrod) and goldenrod honey is considered a delicacy with a distinctive bite. Solidago ‘Golden Baby’ is 23-27”, easy to grow and has large heads of golden yellow fl owers.


To bee or not to bee It is diffi cult to list all the plants that attract bees. I have provided a short list to get you started.

PERENNIALS

TREES

• Agastache• Alyssum • Bearberry• California Poppy• Catnip, catmint• Centaurea• Cistus (Rockrose)• Cranesbill• Crocus• Echinacea• Fennel• Helianthemum

(Rock rose)

• Hellebore• Hyacinth• Lavender, all types• Lemon Balm• Lupin• Michaelmas Daisy• Oregano• Ornamental

Goldenrod• Parsley• Peppermint• Poppies• Pulmonaria

• Rock Cress• Romneya• Rose Mallows• Rosemary• Rubus

calcycinoides• Rudbeckia• Sage• Sedum• Spearmint• Squills• Strawberries• Yarrow

• Apple• Holly• Apricot• Horse chestnut• Arbutus Unedo• Locust• Basswood• Magnolia

• Catalpa• Maple• Cherry• Michaelia• Clerodendron• Mimosa• Carnelian Cherry• Mountain Ash

• Crabapples• Oxydendrum• Evodia• Plum• Golden chain• Tulip poplar• Hazels• Willow

ANNUALS• Anemone blanda• Bachelor buttons• Buckwheat• Cilantro• Clover• Cosmos

• Cucumbers• Green beans• Green Peas• Pumpkins• Snowdrops• Squashes, all

• Strawberries• Sunfl ower• Sweet Peas• Thistle• Zinnias

SHRUBS• Blackberry• Black raspberries• Blueberries• Boysenberries• Caryopteris• Ceanothus• Choisia

• Deutzia• Heather• Hydrangea• Loganberries• Mahonia• Pieris• Raspberries

• Rosemary• Rose of Sharon• Viburnum• Weigela• Witch Hazel

The list is credited to Thom Lee of the Puget Sound Beekeepers Association.

• Trees and shrubs: In full bloom; Rhodos, Azaleas, Ribes (Floweringnges (Floow

currants), Cherries, and so much more. Come talk to our staff on how toow tor staff onst n nff o

plan your garden.

• Perennials: Holy Cow! We have so many to choose from and the girlsgirlsm and thd thanand d

keep bringing more in. Incredible selection of both old favourites and thethans iteritourfavou i e

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• Fruits and Vegetables: Time to get your fruit trees in: Apples, Pears, s, Pears, sples ears,

Cherries, Plums, Peach and many more. As well as Grapes, Kiwis, Figs,,,, Fswiss, s,

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in your garden for that head start to the season. Get them all in now and beGet them all bebeandandannow a

eating fresh from your garden all Summer!

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It is well behaved and does not need staking.

It used to be given a bad rap for causing allergies but it was later found out that the ragweed which fl owers at the same time was the cause not the golden rod.

It is very useful in the gar-den adding good texture and form and makes a great cut fl ower. It attracts humming-birds, butterfl ies but is deer resistant.

One of the best loved fl ow-ers, Helianthus (Sunfl ower) is a fantastic fl ower for attract-ing bees. It is such a cheery fl ower and there are hundreds of varieties to choose from - from the dwarf varieties such as ‘Sunny smile’ or tall Russian classic, you can fi nd a place for them anywhere from a container to a fence line. There is also a perennial version as well.

TIPS FOR THE BEE GARDENSome plants like Heather

have many buds and can ac-commodate a lot of bees at one time. Heathers also come in a variety of bloom times.

Having an Herb garden will also attract a lot of bees - their favorite plants being: borage, chives, thyme, oregano and Lavender. When we are har-vesting the herbs, leave some of the fl owers on the plant for the bees. We can all share.

Leave the Clover in your grass and let the Herb garden go to seed.

Bees need a water source and love to take baths. Make sure, if you have a bird bath that you put stones in the water as landing pads for the bees.

The blossoms of all the Prunus family of trees (e.g.: Plums, Cherry, Peach) whether they are edible or ornamental produce nectar - so if you do not have space in

your garden, one ornamental cherry will help. By providing blossoms for the bees in your yard, you are helping to pol-linate your neighbours’ gar-den.

Try not to use pesticides in your garden. In attempts to kill one insect, you might well be killing off many benefi cial creatures, and sadly, the iro-ny is that you kill its natural predator in the process. Of-ten nature takes care of itself.

90% of plants rely on pol-lination from benefi cial in-sects. The more you attract these wonderful creatures, the more abundant your yield of fruits and vegetables. By choosing a few of these fl ow-ers, you will be feeding the bees all summer long. Happy Gardening!

NOTE: Master Beekeeper, John Barrett will be giving information on bees, this Sat-urday from 10-11:00am at the Nursery.

How to attract bees to your garden

CV DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUB Play and learn on Thursday afternoon

from 1:00 to 4:00. Bid and play ar-ranged hands and ask questions as you go. Cost is $5:00 for the session. For more information call Jack Bradshaw (250) 703-0397.

Monday, April 13A 1 Jeanette Baron - Dorothy Branch2 Arlene Petersen - Cynthia Tree3 Glen Parsons - Dave ProctorB 2 Allen Hopwood - Lorraine War-

ingThursday, April 16A 1 Doug Nash - Gary Priestman2 Arlene Petersen - Bernice Blonar-

witz3 Allen Hopwood - Tom ThomsenB 2 Richard Earl - Gillian Earl3 Lorraine Waring - Lorraine GarganC 3 Ann Cook - Jim PoulsonOur club is located on Nordin Street

across from the Comox Mall under the newly renovated Museum and Art Gal-lery.

We off er guaranteed partnerships, so if you’re visiting or your regular partner is away, make sure you come out to play

anyway. If you don’t have a regularpartner, I’m sure you’ll meet one.

Our Website is www.cvdbc.com and our email is [email protected] more information please contactLinda Marinus at (250)338-2544.

D’ESTERRE DUPLICATE BRIDGE CLUBResults for Tuesday, 14th April (7

tables): N/S - 1. Lys McCrone and Karin

Franzen; 2. Dianne McKinnon andRuby Paulson.

E/W - 1. Daphne Welsh and Ann Cook; 2. Irene Smith and CynthiaTree.

Results for Friday, 17th April (9 tables):

N/S - 1. Tom and Betty Thomsen; 2. Jean Tait and John Biehl; 3. Garyand Fran Priestman.

E/W - 1. Chuck and Lorraine Hod-son; 2. Dick and Lynn Sangster; 3.Pat and Liz Dawson.

Results for Saturday, 18th April (9 1/2 tables):

N/S - 1. Pete and Glenda McGrath; 2. Jean Tait and Neil Jackson; 3. TomDugdale and Jeanette Baron.

E/W - 1. Irene Smith and Betty Fountain; 2. Keith and Evelyn Ware;3. Jim Pulson and Frieda Home.

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Monday AM - Dave Stacey 196, Heather Abraham 193, Bob Van Nes 277, Pat King 221, Arnie Mor-rison 214, Arnie Auerbach 218, Roy Brekke 243, Micki MacDonald 239, Ria Tjart 199.

Monday PM - Lucille Smith 240, Ruth Johnson 190, Shirley M. 172, Erma Wilson 217, Shirley Evans 198, Grace Rodriguez 207, Ivan Ally 216, Bill Tower 168.

Tuesday Breakfast - Mary McArthur 185, Brenda Searl 180, Pat Fish 170, Jane Wedge 179, Laurie McWillis 219, Isabelle Brac-chi 182, Syvlia VanDerVliet 227.

Tuesday 12:30 - George An-drews 178, Ed Schievink 105, Gar-ry Pearson 141, Ev Andrews 169.

Tuesday Adult - Brian Booth 250, Cynthia Taylor 202, Bruno Bagdan 239, Bill Brundige 216, Lynda Brundige 189, Marlo Dun-calf 245, Jill Comeau 171, Steve Robson 245.

Wednesday 9:30 - Heather Abraham 199, Rosalee Williams 198, Yvonne Melancon 235, Andre Melancon 224, Gerry VanAchte 203, Ria Tjart 226, Marie Israel 203, Minnie Frame 238, Paul Riley 165.

Tuesday/Wednesday CRA - Linda Christie 123, Debbie Downer 128, Cori Pagnoni 161, Randy Poole 128, Walter Martin 121, Rus-sell Enright 155, Michael Campbell 195, Bill Howard 141, Jim Battram 123, Rachell Anderson 100.

Wednesday Adult - Scott McLel-lan 253, Ken Bird 212, Rick Gran-neman 205, Susan Pendergast 173, Louise Bundschuh 210, John West 208, Vicki Major 194, Bruno Bagdan 225, Tannis Pond 197.

Thursday Golden Age - Rick Rodriguez 213, Ivan Ally 205, Lynn Devries 202, Jim Hume 170, Linda Jeffery 170, Barb Casey 189, Sha-ron Shepherd 183, Jill Comeau 197, Bob Van Nes 234, Bob Sharp 233, Linda Meers 226, Rosemary 220, Kelvin Davis 205, Kaela McLean 203.

Thursday Adult - Darrell Funk 200, Jessica Davies 208, Elaine Al-len 171, Jordan Austin 221, Scott Van Achte 255, Jessica Giroux 275, Janet Butler 178, Janet Ellis 170, Steve Robson 267, Paul Zorz 256, Andrew Stubbings 231, Aprile Brekke Reidl 236, Jane Wedge 200.

Friday GA - Ruth Rivington 184, Ickle Brown 206, Ken Sca-varda 206, Roy Brekke 229, Nick Tjart 221, Ria Tjart 190, Ed Tan-ner 218, George Railian 214, Arnie Auerbach 203, Jim Bennett 196, George Sand 232, Art Wesner 193, Gerhard Sorger 196.

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The sun beamed down with the boys gathered at the grass baseball fi eld be-hind Aspen Park Elemen-tary in Comox April 16.

They were there to look back on the incredible season they had last year as their provincial cham-pionship-nabbing eff orts

were honoured with the unveiling of a banner.

Comox Mayor Paul Ives, a baseball player himself, attended the event and reminisced about the orig-inal drive he had been part of to get the fi elds estab-lished.

At the time they had hoped a group of players might rise up and do the community proud.

The Peewee Cardinals went all the way last year, snagging a provincial championship.

‘Banner’ installed on fence at Aspen ball park

And that’s exactly what happened in the illustri-ous Comox Valley Peewee A play witnessed last year by supporters and oppo-nents.

The Cardinals, a rep baseball team in the U13 division, gave it all they had and took home one of only four provincial cham-pionships ever garnered by the Comox Valley.

The team plays in the Comox Valley Baseball Association but made their mark in the British Columbia “A” levels in Vancouver last fall.

Robert Mulrooney, as-sistant coach and a mem-ber of the local baseball association, said it was fantastic to see the way the kids came together.


Baseball team honoured with parkbanner for stellar championship season

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SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2015

CENTENNIAL SPORTS FESTIVALAND TAILGATE PARTYALL DAY, COMOX VALLEY SPORTS CENTRE

WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2015

CANADA DAY PARTYSIMMS & LEWIS PARK, 7AM START

JUNE 26 TO JULY 2, 2015

OUTDOOR CONCERTSNIGHTLY, SIMMS PARK, 7PM START

Several stalwart women came out Tuesday to see what the day had in store for the golfers at Glacier Greens.

Half had coff ee and cheerfully left and the oth-er half braved the weather. Seven stoically teed off in the drizzle and persevered for a couple of holes ... then voila! it was good for the rest of the 18 holes.

Good things come to those who wait and play the back nine twice! First low net winner was Gene Renaud with a 65 and sec-ond low net winner was El-lie Nicholas with a score of 68.

The KP on hole 15 was won by Tobi Norris.

Well done all of you, cof-fee drinkers too and thanks for coming out! See you next week in the sunshine.

Despite the cool weather, we had 15 ladies playing golf at Sunnydale on Tuesday, April 14.

1st low gross with 92 was Carolyn Walker, 2nd Vicki Bombini 102, 3rd Judy Berkeley 104. 1st Low net Lois Westbrook 78, 2nd Lys McCrone 85, and 3rd Pat Rudolph 86.

Lowest putts goes to Lois Westbrook and KP on #10 to Carolyn Walker. Penny Wagenstein had the longest putt on #9.

It is nice to welcome back

our snowbirds. See you next week.

Golf results for Comox GC Men’s Club on Sunday April 19th.

43 golfers played 18 holes on a glorious sunny Sunday morning with the following results:

0-16 low gross Nick Ush-er 71, Kaj Petersen 74

17 + low gross Ken Tait 88, Dave Wood 83

Low Nets Rick Adams 66, Bob Bird 67, Dane Pe-tersen 67

Rick Siddall 68, Rod Nichol 68

Hole Prizes#10 2nd shot 0-16 Gord

Baudais, Comox Pacifi c Ex-press

#12 Long Drive 17+ Dave Wood, Westview Ford Sales

#13 2nd shot 0-16 Gord Beudais, Investors Group (Keith Gibson)

#5/14 All Nick Usher/Ken Loga, Men’s Club

#15 2nd shot 17+ Jim Slater, Comox Pacifi c Ex-press

#16 Long Drive 0-16 Tracy Branch, Royal Lep-age (Scott Fraser)

#5/18 All Russell Strang/Dane Petersen, Men’s Club

PoG for Hank (V12) Ver-denhalven at Comox #17

Deuces for Nick Usher #5, Russ Strang, Dane Pe-tersen #18

Snips achieved by Ken Tait, Jim Slater, Hank V12,

Rick Adams, Dane Petersen and Terry Christie.

Saturday Apr. 18th 95 players started under clear but cool conditions. Some were in shorts. The course is in good shape and drying out. Some good scores and here are the results.

HCP 0-111st Low Gross Ken Os-

borne 73 c/b, 2nd Doug McArthur 73 c/b, 3rd Barry Norris 73,

1st Low Net Karl Cam-eron 65, 2nd Larry Lott 67, 3rd Burt Graham 69.

Snips Hole # 1 Karl Cameron, # 2 (EAGLE) Stan Mills, # 11 Rob Bor-land, #15 Doug McArthur & # 17(POG) Jeff Edwards

HCP 12-18 1st Low Gross Ferg Web-

ster 81, 2nd Wayne Ogilvie 82, Bob Edwards 83 c/b,

1st Low Net Rudge Wil-son 67, 2nd Pat Renaud 68 c/b, 3rd John Pringle 68 c/b,

Snips Hole # 3 Wally Berger, # 9 Paul Schroeder, # 11 Jim Larocque, # 12 John Pringle, # 3 Gabe Tremblay, # 15 & # 17 Pete Hill

HCO 19+ 1st Low Gross John Hol-

ley 85 c/b, 2nd Len Doyle 85 c/b, 3rd Ross Dowe 85,

1st Low Net Armin Reckhard 62, 2nd Bill Krier 64, 3rd Wayne Mabee 65,

Snips Hole # 10 & # 14 Nick Mykitiuk, # 13 Len Doyle, & # 18 Murray Pol-son

Remember, please double check the addition on the score cards, Till next week see you on the course,

- Submitted by Ron Carter

Are the Crown Isle ladies tough? You bet!

Rain? Who cares? A full contingent of shot-

gun start ladies played golf on Tuesday and then had a wonderful luncheon and Annual General Meeting. chaired by our competent leader, Judy Aldcroft.

THE GAME: 123 Best Ball.

THE WINNERS: Lots!1st low net: 126: Valerie

Dingwall, Jan McFarlane, Pat Johnson, and Pat Chal-mers.

2nd low net: 131- Dee Horie, Gillian Kilpatrick, Anne Kostiuk, Karen Cur-rie, Katy Macaulay, Julie Tu-epah, Evie MacDonald and Shirley Podosky

Birdies: Katy Macaulay, Dee Horie, Janet Phillips, and Jennifer Turner

KPs: Sharon Olgilve and Pam Stevens.

Remember ladies that the Crown Isle Nine and Wine starts on May 27th.

Golf, appys, wine, prizes and lots of fun for $45. for non members or $30 for members.

Register your team or as a single at the proshop 250 703-5031.

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And while the fi nals were a glorious win, the biggest feat was perhaps in the semi-fi nals -- when the Cardinals went to bat against Salmon Arm.

“We were down 5-1 early on,” he said, looking back on that fateful third inning position, remembering the biggest factor in their favour at that point. “In baseball there’s no clock.”

What he means by that is the team had plenty of time to turn the tables and send more than a few across home plate.

“We just kept coming and coming,” he said. “That was a fantastic sports moment.”

In fact, the team’s play was so inspirational plen-ty of fans from elsewhere jumped on the bandwag-on at the tournament in

Vancouver.“A lot of people said

they were cheering for us at the end,” he said. “Comox Valley fans were large in number and very vocal.”

Many of the players haveparticipated in a variety of sports -- particularly hock-ey -- but had never won a championship before.

The win was an inspi-ration to the youngsters, who were thrilled to be recognized with the fi rst banner at the Comox dia-mond during the late af-ternoon festivities.

When the tarp camedown the youth blocked out the sun and pointed at the names on the rectan-gular sign.

Local baseball offi cialshope the banner is its own inspiration to another group of worthy competi-tors.

Baseball team honouredMayor Paul Ives shook the hands of the U13 team members

EXCITING DAY AT CROWN ISLE

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Participants from 5 years of age to 105 are welcome to participate in the event. Categories are broken down by age group and each group has a set distance appropriate for their age. Check out our web page www.trik.ca for exact age groups and distances.

"We encourage families to participate in the event as individuals or as a team. We even have a Family Team category and trophy! For this category the youngest participant must be a minimum of 12 years of age. The race distance to be completed will be based on the age of the youngest participant on the team. Please see our Facebook page for complete details; Shoreline Orthodontics Comox Valley Tri-K Triathlon."

It is also possible for families to enter and participate as individuals or as members of other teams. Depending on each participants start time an adult may have to start to compete themselves before their child's event is finished. Not to worry, triathlons are individual events and there are lots of volunteers to help keep junior on track.

Prior to the race both child and parent can enter the transition area and get all their race gear set up. Everyone can head up to the pool then and get numbered ready for the race. Junior will start first for sure. Depending on the adults start time they may be able to run back to the spectator area and watch junior complete all or some or their race before heading back to the pool to compete themselves.

Everyone can reconnect at the finish line for a family photo.

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1st - 20% $1000(max)2nd - 10% $500(max)3rd - 5% $250(max)4th - 2.5% $125(max)5th - 1.25% $62.50(max)High Hand - 1.25% $62.50(max)

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Take a relaxing seat in this plush cushioned power lift recliner. The soft curves and padded arms bring great comfort to this chair. Not only is this chair comfortable but it is also stylish. The button tuft seat back adds a unique texture and traditional pattern. Pair this chair with a sofa or loveseat for a complete living room setting. Choose from multiple fabrics to customize your furniture collection to reflect your personality.

LIFT CHAIR

$999

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CONTEMPORARY SECTIONAL

$999Maier Sectional is a casual and contemporary furniture groupwith a soft and homey aura. Multiple sectional configurationsallow homeowners to create the arrangement that best suitstheir home.

EVERY ROOM

EVEN IF IT’S JUST THE FLOWERS! - LINDSAY, DESIGN ASSISTANT.

STYLE AT HOME.

5 Huge Storesto Serve YouServing The Islandfor over 30 years !!

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Next to La-Z-BoyFurniture Gallery

FURNITURE • MATTRESSES • 250-871-11772967A Kilpatrick Ave. Courtenay • Open 9:30 – 5:30 daily 11 – 4 Sunday

Still Going Strong! In Our Original Location

BEST BRANDS, BEST SELECTION, LOWEST PRICES

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$1499The rich fabrics with stylish stitched andtufted detailing makes this collection perfectfor any home. Other pieces available.

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REMOVAL DELIVERYEXPRESSMATTRESS

INSTALL DIMMERS ON EVERY LIGHT FIXTURE

EVEN IN YOUR BATHROOM- ERIN MCLAUGHLIN, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. STYLE AT HOME

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BACK AID 4 • Individually wrapped coil - Comfort Layer 884 - 3 Zone

• Marvelous Middle Quilt - Anti-Microbial Quiltfelx Quilted to the Cover

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SuperEdge Plus Foam Encasement - extends the sleep surface 100% withenhanced edge support.

• Marvelous Middle Innerspring:Marvelous Middle Posturization with 25% more support in the center third.

• Technology reduces partner disturbance and roll-together

$39999PROMO SLEEP • Heavy Duty coil spring system • Edge to edge support

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VALLEY ROSE• Consumers Choice award• Luxurious plush pillow top• Heavy duty coil spring

This bedroom suite includes headboard, footboard, rails, dresser,mirror, chest and night table.

BEDROOM SUITE

$2999

The perfect dining set for your space. Modern meets traditional.Set includes table and 6 chairs. Other pieces available.

SAVE$500

7 PIECE DINING SET

$1699

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Still Going Strong in Courtenay!!!


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