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The Point Holmes Rec-reation Association is pleased to announce the opening of a new pub-lic washroom at the boat ramp location on Lazo road in Comox.

The attractive cedar structure was built by PHRA volunteers and was mostly funded by gener-ous donations from local businesses and individu-als including Dr. Kevin Jackson of Comox Den-tal Care, Mike Emerson of Royal Lepage, Richard and Lyn Glazier, Doug Taylor and Lori Elder’s music students.

The Town of Comox provided the concrete for the building’s foundation, and will also be covering the maintenance costs of the Porta Potty.

This new facility is just one of the improve-ments planned for the Point Holmes waterfront in preparation for the up-coming 50th anniversary of the PHRA in 2017.

The boat ramp at Point Holmes was originally built in 1967 as a Centen-nial Project with funding provided by the Canadian Centennial Commission,

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Point Holmes Recreation Association members celebrate a ribbon cutting for the new Porta Potty at the Lazo Road boat ramp. Back row Left to Right, PHRA members Charly Ronge, Lewis Longland, Don Traboulsee, Barrie Donaldson. Front row hold-

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BY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

The petition campaign caravan to save door to door mail delivery rolled into the Comox Valley at Simms Park on Monday.

It was led by Canadian Union of Postal Workers National president, Mike Palecek, who has been traveling in the union’s massive RV from coast-to-coast aiming to garner public support against Canada Post’s plan to phase out home delivery across the country.

Palecek said they been on the road for six weeks now, having started from Newfoundland, inviting residents and politicians to sign the petition.

“We’ve been travel-ing from community to community to talk to the people about the cuts that are happening in Canada Post,” said Palecek. “We also wanted to make sure that this is an election is-sue.”

Green Party candidate for North Island Powell River Brenda Sayers signs the petition that opposes Canada Post’s plans to cut door-to-door mail delivery.

Lots of local support for mail delivery campaign

Overall, Palecek said they’ve received posi-tive response everywhere they’ve stopped.

Here in Courtenay, members of CUPW Local 718 were on hand to help spread the word.

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vying for the North Is-land Powell River riding, Green Party’s Brenda Sayers and NDP’s Rachel Blaney showed up to sup-port the postal workers’ rally and both also signed the petition.

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the incoming prime min-ister, whoever that is,” said Palecek. “We want he or she to know that this is a major issue.”

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“There’s a lot of people that rely on this service, senior citizens and people with mobility issues,” said Palecek. “There are also concerns about safety, ac-cess to a mailbox, proper lighting, traffi c ... there are all kinds of reasons to op-pose this.”

Canada Post’s ratio-nale behind this is to save money as it claims it is no longer fi nancially sustain-able. There were 1.2 billion fewer pieces of mail in 2013 than in 2006. Canada Post delivered 214 million fewer pieces of regular mail last year than in 2013. The cor-poration lost $125 million in 2013 but made a profi t of $194 million in 2014, which they credit to a rise in par-cels shipped, higher stamp prices and reduced employ-ee benefi t costs.

Palecek said the plan the down the road will also in-clude downsizing post of-fi ces, privatization of retail postal outlets, and raising the price of stamps.

“What is the most strik-ing thing about this is, Canada Post continues to make profi t,” said Palecek. “They made around $200 million in profi t last year and there’s no economic justifi cation to the cuts that they’re putting forward.”

BY MARY LEEEcho Staff

Gardeners beware, there’s a new predator in town that just might like to munch on your English cucumbers. Mainly grey in

colour with a spotted head resembling the markings of a leopard join into a striped body like that of a tiger. These are some of the dis-tinct features of the Valley’s latest invader, albeit one that is slow moving and not

easily noticed.It’s called the Limax

Maximus and it can wreak havoc for gardeners.

This terrestrial mollusc predator, better known as the giant garden slug is more of a garden pest.

The Limax Maximus is a slow moving invader recently discovered in Merville. Better known as the Tiger Slug or giant garden slug, this species is likely to have come to the region from a European plant stock and has quickly made its way into wooded areas more commonly known for slugs in-digenous to this region. Image Credit: Dr. Loys Maingon, RPBio, President, Comox Valley Nature

Slow-moving invader takes up residence in the Valley

Their preferred environ-ment is human habitations including gardens, lawns and even damp basements or garages as these are ideal locations to sustain their fussy diet of green leafy vegetation, decaying plant matter and fungi. Yet because of its nocturnal be-haviour, it often goes unde-tected.

Dr. Loys Maingon, Presi-dent of Comox Valley Na-ture, fi rst stumbled upon this new slug species re-cently near his home in Merville completely by ac-cident.

The Limax Maximus, also referred to as the Ti-ger Slug, was a rare fi nd in North America up until 1998 when fi rst spotted on Salt Spring Island. The fi rst recorded fi nding was in California and later in the lower mainland. Last year it appeared in the South Okanagan.

“[They are] following a pattern similar to the plant-ing of grape stocks,” com-ments Maingon who shares his highly probable hypoth-esis of how it came to the island. “As with all inva-sives, horticultural trade tends to be responsible.”

Maingon is all too fa-miliar with the ecological hazards caused by foreign creatures from his associ-ated work with the Garry

Oak Ecosystem Recovery Team, an organization fo-cused on the preservation of ecosystems that are at risk from non-native plants and animals species.

“Do not bring in stock [that is] not native to this island in order to control invasives and pesticides,” emphasized Maingon. “This slug is just one more example of what happens with uncontrolled horticul-tural distribution.”

Maingon shared his new fi nd in a light-hearted, hu-mourous article published on Tide Change, a website designed to connect people working on issues of eco and social justice and to help share news about is-sues that impact the com-munity and the environ-ment.


As with all invasives, horticultural trade tends to be responsible. Do not bring in stock that is not native to this island in order to control invasives and pestides”.

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In the article Maingon de-scribes the characteristics ofLimax in great detail, even ex-ploiting the sexual behavior ofthis highly active species. Jokingaside, the Limax poses a newthreat to this region.

“Their travel is assisted bythe dispersion of horticulturalproducts that are not locallycontrolled or locally grown,” ex-plains Maingon. “Stock is sup-posed to come in clean but, inev-itably there is a failure in controlwith the unlimited movement ofstock over the border.”

It’s characteristics diff er great-ly from the banana (Ariolimax)and the black slug (Arion Anter)slug indigenous to this region.Similar to the Dutch slug, whichalso comes from abroad, even-tually these foreign species willcompete with our native slugsand over time will win out.

Originally from Europe, thesespecies can adapt quite well tothe North American climate andhave a taste for European gar-dens and vegetation includingeggplant and garlic.

For now it seems this slime-ridden, ground-crawling garbu-rator has nothing in its wake tostop it from thriving as it cur-rently has no known naturalpredator except perhaps for hu-mans.

“Find them and destroy them,”advises Maingon for eradicatingthis invader.

“It’s about all you can do withthem.”


Another 700 meters of pathway will soon be add-ed to One Spot Trail along Condensory Road.

The upgrade to the trail is one of the Comox Valley Regional District’s strate-gic priorities for the com-munity services branch as well as a top priority of the rural Comox Valley parks and greenways strategic plan.

Funding of $198,406 for this project has been included in the 2015-2019 fi nancial plan.

Comox Valley Bobcat & Excavating Limited has been awarded the contract for the project. It sub-mitted the lowest bid of $159,762.02 but it created a budget shortfall as the CVRD has already spent $67,006 of the $198,406 budget.

Staff indicated to the board an additional $28,000 and $7,000 to create a small contingen-cy was needed to see the project through.

They suggested money

be drawn from the Electoral Ar-eas A, B, C Parks and Greenway Capital Works Reserve Fund to make up the shortfall.

The contractor will construct 700 metres of new trail within the Condensory Road right-of-way and within a statutory right-of-way across 4771 and 4735 Condensory Road for the CVRD electoral areas ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ parks and greenways service.

The job encompasses installa-tion of a concrete bridge, fencing, 50 red maple trees and several culverts, signs and bollards.

The trail extension is expected to be completed by the end of Oc-tober this year.

It will bring the One Spot Trail to a total length of approximately 13km over three distinct sections and provide for off -road pedestri-an, horse and bike travel through

the Dove Creek area. The tight timeline of the proj-

ect, which staff said might have impacted the cost of the project, was due to the deadline requested by Marilyn Clements who gener-ously donated a right-of-way to the CVRD to allow the extension of the trail to happen.

Once the work is done, the trail will just be 1,100m short of the City of Courtenay boundary.

One Spot Trail to get longer

regarding recognition of Canadian Merchant Navy Veterans Day. I would like to add our support of the extra fl ags on local gov-ernment buildings fl y the Red Ensign on September 3, the designated day for remembrance of Canada’s Merchant Navy during WWII.

A little known fact, es-pecially by local MN vet-erans is that The Alberni Project and the HMCS Alberni Museum and Me-morial (HAMM) have held Canadian Merchant Navy Day events and activities for several years now in the Comox Valley with very little or no attendance.

Last year’s event was supported by myself and our one MN veteran who was to give the presenta-tion.

At HAMM’s new location in the Comox Centre Mall we will have a larger display than previous locations of Canada’s Merchant Navy and will be expanding on this subject as we receive more artifacts and items on loan or donations per-taining to this branch of service during WWII.

This year’s CMNV day will be amalgamated into HAMM’s relaunch of the new facility, our Second anniversary of the museum and our 15th year of the parent organization (The Alberni Project) on Sep-tember 5th.

Since we will miss the ac-

tual date of CMNV we will have a free 30 minute con-cert dedicated to Canada’s Merchant Navy prior to the ribbon cutting and anniver-sary celebration.

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It is often interesting to note the typical business-man’s attitude towards the community.

For example, for the last two years I have been deal-ing with offi cials of the Town of Comox to try to get the vacant property be-low the recently completed Harbour Centre Building cleaned up a bit.

The remaining building site has debris, derelict lumber, broken old pal-lets, old signs, small piles of left over asphalt, unused retaining wall concrete blocks, and random holes in the ground and gravel, all still spread over the va-cant area.

Town offi cials have made an eff ort to request and urge the owner to clean up the site. It is a dismal vista overlooking the Marina, and the Mari-

na park. For everyone that walks through the area, it is a visual blight. However, despite the Town’s urgings, the owner appears to be unwilling to do anything to clean up the area.

Some businessmen wish to support and work with their community, to en-hance it and keep it beau-tiful, recognizing that it is in their own best interests that a good looking com-munity helps business by encouraging people to be out, shopping and partici-pating the community.

Others seem more inter-ested in ignoring the im-pact of their property and actions on the community.

It is to be hoped that once the Lorne Hotel site redevelopment starts the developers will ensure proper construction house-keeping practices occur and that the site does not become an eyesore during the construction period.

Helmut MachComox

Last weekend I watched the documentary ‘Right To Remain’ on CBC TV, the story of Vancouver’s east side residents who are being forced out of their homes and businesses so that gentrifi cation can take over the area. It was devas-tating.

But here in Courtenay we have the opposite prob-lem ... most of the Valley

homeless don’t have any kind of accommodation to leave, and that’s equally devastating!

I know fi rst hand thatI and many friends and family voted for specifi c Courtenay council candi-dates because of their pre-election promises that our critical homeless situation was at the top of their pri-orities.

I would like those candi-dates (you know who you are, and if you’ve forgotten go back to your election handouts) to come forward and explain to all those who voted for you WHY these ‘intentions’ slipped to the bottom of your ‘to do’ lists once you got into power... or is it the word ‘power’ that could answer my question?

Another aspect of thelack of importance being placed on the homeless situation that is incred-ibly upsetting is that when meetings do take place, they are held in-camera.

SERIOUSLY? Secretmeetings about a camp-ground that off ers the only possible housing solution for many already living on the bottom rung of soci-ety’s ladder.

Even as I type this I feeldisgusted and saddened. We voted you in because we believed in your words of hope and integrity. Now what?

Diane BaxterCourtenay

I just fi nished reading the article about address-ing the problem of silt en-tering Comox lake via Per-severance Creek in your August 21st edition.

Here’s a novel idea. How about less clear cutting above Cumberland and Comox Lake. Let’s start by saving what’s left of the trees around the Upper and Lower Thirsty Beaver trails that are scheduled to be cut down this fall and winter.

In doing so we could not only help keep our water clear and clean but preserve an area that has become iconic in the mountain bike world. A centerpiece during many of the events staged in Cum-berland including the BC Bike Race and the annual MOMAR adventure race.

Mountain biking and the recreational use of trails backing on to the Beau-fort Mountain range have become a huge economic driver in our community.

Not to mention contrib-uting to the liveability and quality of life that many people have moved here for, including myself.

The Vancouver Is-land Spine trail will pass through this area soon. Potentially bringing people from around the world in years to come.

There are so little un-logged areas left back there that it is no wonder the silt from heavy rains is

washed into Comox Lake via Perseverance Creek and the many other small creeks that feed it. So few people are employed in cutting down that forest now and watching as the 2nd and 3rd growth wood is shipped elsewhere to be processed adds further in-sult to injury.

Wetter, warmer and more intense storms during win-ter followed by hotter and drier summers are predict-ed to be more the norm in years to come. Isn’t that, coupled with increased logging activity, going to exacerbate the silting prob-lems?

Leaving more trees around our watershed makes sense on many im-portant levels. For us and our kids and grand kids.

I wish a few of the hun-dreds if not thousands of trail users and the lovers of clean water would add their voice to this discus-sion.

The whole “It’s private land” excuse doesn’t wash any more. No pun intend-ed.

James Powsey Trail and clean water advocate

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A BOUQUET OF BIKE COGS toeveryone involved in put-ting on the YANA cyclingride. You guys are all awe-some and have made sucha big diff erences in thelives of sick children andtheir families. Take a bigbow for a job well done.

TO THE FATHER (wearing a team jacket from a mi-nor hockey team) at Tim Hortons, Comox, Tues-day morning with your cute little blond son (ap-prox 4/5 yrs old). I doubt if you will read this because I don’t think you will be able to turn your eyes away from your cell phone long enough. I don’t know if you are a full-time or part-time father, but if you are the latter, that makes it even worse. What a shame you could not put your phone down for the 45 minutes I observed you and engage with your son. At one point he was tap-ping you on the arm to get your attention and you still didn’t look up. Then he got up and started wan-dering around. He could have marched right out the door and you wouldn’t have noticed! PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN parents and take your kids to the park. Whatever game you were playing, or facebook post you were reading or twitter you were sending, could not have been more important than spending time with and I mean actu-ally spending time, not just sitting beside, your child. 10 years from now when he is a teenager and you won-der why he doesn’t talk to you or spend time with you, remember how much time YOU gave HIM!

A BOUQUET to the per-son who submitted a beef in the August 21st paper about the new Kensington website -- http://ubresort.com/ -- pointing out that it is full of 44 pages of gibberish, incorrect facts (i.e. that Union Bay is lo-cated on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean) and that the new plan is an insult to the people who live in Union Bay. It is obvious that the webmaster of the new Kensington website (presumedly from the Aziz Foundation) is not from this country, leading one to believe that KIP is planning to fl ip the Kens-ington lands to either a

foreign entity or someone who doesn’t know any-thing about Vancouver Is-land. The drinking water requirements for this new Kensington/UB Resorts Ltd. plan for a casino des-tination with “oversized villas”, outdoor pools,

spas, water parks, and a 27-hole golf course will be astronomical. Now more than ever, the community of Union Bay should be very cautious about enter-ing into a water agreement with this developer using the limited water supply

of Langley Lake. Will any-one be doing a background check of the “Aziz Founda-tion” where 10% of the proceeds of Kensington profi ts will be going?

BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS to Randall’s Autobody Shop in Cumberland. Recently I had my car repaired by this company. Superb ser-vice. Did a fi rst class job on the car. Telephone to say it was ready and came to my home to pick me up and take me to their shop. All for a very reasonable price. No price gouging here. Just honest, outfront dealing. Thanks Randy and staff . I would recom-mend your business to anyone needing repairs to their vehicle.

A HUGE BOUQUET to Dunn Right Towing from the GP Vanier Alumni Association and several GP Vanier stu-dent groups. Dunn Right towing’s willingness to vol-unteer their time and ener-gy ensures the GP Vanier grounds remain free of vehicles overnight and ensures Island Musicfest patrons are able to return to their vehicles each eve-ning. Without this gener-ous donation of time and support vehicles would have to be removed from the school grounds at the owners’ expense. Please support this local business which continually gives to our community.

A LARGE GRANITE BEEF to the man at the Airshow physi-cally and verbally abusing his young son to disci-pline him. While the boy’s Mom and Gramma looked the other way, the man picked up and plunked his son down on the ground, scolded him with the fi erc-est intensity, then jerked him up to stand, by the boy’s arm. Don’t care what transpired to cause this, unacceptable reaction, and dangerous form of parent-

ing. BOUQUETS to all those

who are getting involved in this election. It’s too important to ignore. Harper has trounced on our democracy from si-lencing scientists, un-dermining health care funding, ignoring climate change, to name just a few problems. Scien-tists and insurance rep-resentatives agree that climate change is here, and it could be disastrous to the future in so many ways. We need to wake up and change government. Thanks to all those local volunteers fi ghting for de-mocracy or Comox Valley voters looking to inform

themselves about the is-sues by talking, reading or whatever!

COURTENAY WANTS to save water, then they should replace the sidewalk plants with decorated small rock/gravel. This would save the costs of plants, water, mainte-nance & labour.

SUNNY WEATHER for the RCMP bicycle patrols,

great to see them on the road again, well done folks.

I FOR ONE would like to thank the organizers of Nautical Days for recog-nizing that this commu-nity appreciates other musical genres besides Elvis music. This is not a slam against Steve Elliott … I’ve seen his show and he is good. I simply want to say thanks for support-ing other types of musi-cal acts and performers. The closing acts from this year’s and last year’s Nautical Days events, (Heart tribute and Johnny Cash tribute), were both extremely enjoyable. For those who need to see El-vis, I believe you can get a direct fl ight to Vegas.

COMOX VALLEY EXHIBITION organizers are trying to do the right thing by im-porting 35,000 gallons of water for the best out-door show in the Comox Valley - but it does not make sense that a volun-teer organization should have to truck water out-side of the Valley when there is a surplus here. Just down Headquar-


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HERE’S HOW IT WORKS!Our weekly feature, Beefs and Bouquets,

is intended to be a light-hearted forum

for you, our readers, to express brief

views on issues and events in your lives.

It’s not intended to hurt people or make

unsubstantiated and libelous comments.

Names won’t be published with the beefs

and bouquets; however, we do need your

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Each week someone will win a 2 Classic

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Have fun with this!

THIS WEEK’S WINNER, DRAWN AT RANDOM FROM SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED UP TO TUESDAY, IS:

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

to everyone for the great submissions- keep ‘em coming!

Ted Wilkie, of CourtenayWinner of two classic cheese baskets

from Dairy Queen

DANGEROUS “Me First” At-titude: This Beef is direct-ed to the driver of a light grey Camry, or similar ve-hicle-type, who on Sunday, August 23rd 11:43 am was exiting Longlands Golf Course. After stopping to let Anderton Road vehicle traffi c pass, this driver deliberately pulled out, at extremely close range, di-rectly in front of my friend and I who were cycling the shoulder south on Ander-ton causing us to both skid to a stop to avoid being hit by this vehicle, only to be so rudely FINGERED by that driver. My friend and I managed to avoid falling off our bikes, but we were completely stunned by the actions of the driver espe-cially when, as the driver knew, we were completely within our rights being that we were through traf-fi c on a main road and he or she was entering from a stop-signed side road. I hope you did something worthwhile and (what you thought ) was important with the TWO SECONDS you ‘saved’ yourself.

TO THE PARENTS of 2 boys on skateboards going south on the highway Kingfi sher/Spindrift area on Tuesday Aug 18Th about 13.00. The older one (about 14?? yellow or or-ange shorts??) was riding in the middle of the road, then he drifted towards the south lane and was just about to go over the centre line, his back was facing us. We had to honk to stop him, and we got the fi nger. He is setting a terrible example for the younger boy. We do not want to hit your kid, and it was close. Speed limit is 80 and a curvy road, no helmets. Please see this and talk some sense in to him.

THANK YOU to Daisy and her mom Emma for clear-ly outlining the reality of kids’ cancers and the 80% curable possibilities as well as the treatment damages caused to the survivors. I was given the same prognosis 18 years ago for my son for a type of Leukemia which is still incurable to this day. This may clear up some mis-comseption that the gen-eral population may have about the true survivabil-ity of children cancer.

A EULOGY to one of the most beautiful tall trees on

Anderton Avenue. For a number of years you’ve let us know by your spread-ing crimson foliage that fall was upon us. But early this morning we heard chain saws - almost always an ominous sound in such a treed area - and when we looked out a faller was near the top of the tree lopping off the branches.

- or maybe just someone who wanted a clearer view of who-knows-what ... but the end result is that our section of Anderton Ave-nue has lost a very special tree. Thanks dear friend ... the sky looks very bare now without your lovely red foliage framed against it. To say we’ll miss you is an understatement!

A GREAT BIG BOUQUET of fl owers to the person who immediately turned my red wallet into super-store customer service. Give yourself a big pat on the back, you deserve it, thanks. I arrived back at the store just as they called my name. So much easier than replacing the wallet and its contents. You rock!

SHAME SHAME to those who stole a whole row of potatoes from our garden in Cumberland. You stole from an 81-year old man that worked all summer to take care of them!

I’D LIKE TO THANK the staff and customers of the Petrocan service station at 17th and Cliff e Ave. in Courtenay for coming to my aid when I fell there recently. Your kindness in taking me into the store and tending to me while the ambulance was called was very much appreciat-ed. Am happy to say that all is well now.

A PLEA to Comox, don’t spend $14,000 on a rain-bow crosswalk. I’m sure $14,000 could be put to better use in tangible ways to support lesbian, gay, bi, and transgendered people in our community. Maybe start by asking the community, hmm.

A LARGE BOUQUET to the great group of ladies and gents at the Freestore in

Courtenay. You people are tireless in your sup-port for those in need. Everyone appreciates and thanks you for the great service you provide.

creek for all generations to enjoy. Their contribu-tions are not nothing. They deserve our grati-tude, not sour grapes vit-riol. Thank you all!

BEEFS to all the Peep-ing Toms on their Water Witch hunt. The nerve of you up on your high decks looking down your noses at your neighbours, spy-ing. I guess I should be grateful that you aren’t spying too hard. If you were you would know that I keep the mellow water around and only fl ush the brown. Some of us actu-ally are not being lazy about our lawns. Some of us are not using the water restrictions as an excuse to not mow a dried up dead lawn and weeds. I am doing more than com-plaining. My lush green grass in my tiny backyard is that way through much hard work hauling buck-ets after each shower and from rinse water from the

dishes. I also get a good bucket or two a day from my airconditioner when it’s hot enough to turn it on. I like grass that is not crunchy under foot. I keep it long and with the shade of my trees it stays lush and happy. Another beni-fi t of my lush green lawn is that it is providing nu-

ing in family, friends and neighbours to the Water Witch police. So instead of being a suspicious H20 informant why not come over, have a nice tall glass of ice tea, dangle your tootsies in my long lush grass and educate yourself on why it is even worse to let everything turn into a wasteland. A lesson our local municipal leaders should learn. I promise no midnight water Ninjas are invited. We can civilly discuss how to improve our water infrastructure to mitigate future water restrictions and boil wa-ter orders. Power to the green grass people that persevere over adversity!

A BOX OF MOLDY blueber-ries to the local winery for hosting a secret event for Harper, currently one of the most disliked people in Canada. That was a really bad business deci-sion to mix politics with what has been to me up to now a very attractive op-eration. Never again will I spend a cent on one of their products. They took a big chance opening their location to someone who will soon be history, one way or another.

JUST HAD A GREAT TRIP with Merv to Campbell River Hospital for the heart pacer clinic, He’s a great careful driver and infor-mative too. Kudos to the Rotary Club for support-ing this very worthwhile business. See you again when your business is re-quired. Thanks Merv.

I went over right away hoping to get some an-swers... a resident in a nearby complex told me the tree was rotten to the core so I went over to look at the large pieces on the ground. There didn’t ap-pear to be any rot. Maybe it was the power company

JUST BECAUSE a few sore losers continually get their names, photos, and grossly misguided revi-sions of recent history into the media, that does not make them true. Let it not be believed that a few Society members hold a monopoly of ded-ication to our heritage. I would not wish on any deceased person to have a Society named and an anonymous website operated by individuals engaged in hostile enter-prises of shaming and denigration. Many oth-ers have worked to hon-our one man’s legacy in numerous positive ways in an exceptional natu-ral park, a cairn, in our museums, music, art, photographs, literature. Many others worked to accomplish the lasting legacy of a beautiful nat-ural space on an ancient midden beside a fragile

trients to the soil to feed the critters as well as keep-ing all them nasty carbons sequestered in the ground thus preventing further global warming. Albeit on a small scale. What is it you are doing? Oh yes, I know whining and turn-


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CourtenayO N E H U N D R E D Y E A R S O F H I S T O R Y

1915–2015

The Courtenay and District Museum is celebrating the City’s 100th anniversary with the publication of a coffee table style book with the help of the Comox Valley Echo. It is a high quality magazine style publication with a durable cover.

Historically rich content focuses on activities of people who have shaped our community over the decades. Proceeds from the sales of book copies will help the museum with funding development of programs and activities. Copies are $5.00 each which includes GST, and are available at the Museum and the Echo.

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Comox Valley respond-ed to the following inci-dents between August 18 and 24:

■ On August 22nd po-lice were called to a resi-dence on the 2800 block of Smith road in Courte-nay for a report of a break, enter and theft. The home-owner reports that the culprit entered through an unlocked door and once inside stole a play station 4, its controller and three games. (2015-11216)

■ Police took a report of a break, enter and theft from a residence on the 4900 block of Island Hwy North in Courtenay. The home owner reports re-turning to the residence after being out and fi nding alcohol, foreign currency,

jewellery and Canadian currency stolen. (2015-11225)

■ On August 24th po-lice responded to a report of an electric scooter be-ing hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Church Street and Comox Avenue. The investigation revealed that a vehicle had turned right off of Church Street onto Comox Avenue into the scooter that was trav-elling in the crosswalk at the time. The driver of the vehicle was charged for failing to yield the right of way of a pedestrian. The man on the scooter was taken to St. Joseph’s hospital for minor inju-ries. The motoring public are reminded to watch for pedestrians on our road-ways. (2015-11307)

Police Blotter

During the early morn-ing hours of August 15 two youth were caught, on camera, taking items of value from a parked bait vehicle in the town of Co-mox.

The youth were identi-fi ed and arrested at their respective homes the same day.

Both have been released on Promise to Appears and are now facing an al-legation of theft under $5,000.

The public are advised that a bait car can be any-where at any time in the province of British Co-lumbia and this case it worked very well.

Bait car catches thieves

On Friday evening, August 28th, Courtenay-Alberni Green Party can-didate Glenn Sollitt will be joined by federal leader Elizabeth May at the Best Western in downtown Courtenay (1590 Cliff e Ave.) for a free public event!

Doors to the confer-ence room open at 6:30 pm with appetizers and a cash bar available. Come to hear what one of the most respected leaders in Canada today has to say about working for po-litical change. At 7:00 pm best-selling author Des

Kennedy will introduce Ms. May with a “satirical salute!” This gathering will highlight the Green Party’s dedication to win-ning seats in the October election. You will be able to donate, sign up for a campaign sign, and/or vol-unteer to get involved. In-

vite you friends!Be sure to come early

as seating will be limited. Free parking can be found around the back of the building. For further infor-mation call 250-335-1209. To reach Glenn Sollit please call 250-240-4934 www.glennsollittgpc.ca

Elizabeth May, federal leader of the Green Party of Canada

Green Party leader heretonight for public event


In 1971 Pierre Trudeau adopted multiculturalism as offi cial policy. Hence-forth Canada would rec-ognize and respect that its society included diversity in languages, customs, re-ligions, and more.

In 1982 multicultural-ism was recognized in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Immigrants could become Canadians by integrating into our culture without abandon-ing their own.

This stood in contrast to American assimilation (the melting pot).

The vision of cultures from around the world liv-ing in harmony is a won-derful vision.

But has the policy worked? Is there harmony or is there increased isola-tion between Canadians?

Early in his career, Stew-art Goodings worked for a Royal Commission whose analysis led to the mul-ticulturalism policy, and then as a Director General for the Secretary of State department, he helped to guide its implementation.

More recently, he was fi ve years on the Board of MOSAIC, the immigrant settlement organization in Vancouver, so has fol-lowed the evolution of multiculturalism over 40 years.

Join us as Stewart leads us into a discussion on the past and future of multi-culturalism. Moderator Peter Schwarzhoff will then open the fl oor for what looks to be a very engaging topic for a lively discussion at Philoso-phers’ Cafe.

Once a month a speaker will introduce a theme to the Café, and then all who attend can join in respect-ful, non-partisan conver-sation, or just sit back and listen. You are welcome to propose topics and intro-duce them at future Ca-fés. Themes should be of broad interest and nation-al signifi cance, and have an element of controversy to them.

As with each Café, Mr. Goodings will have just 10 minutes to introduce the topic, and then the fl oor is open for 50 minutes of moderated discussion.

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Stroll past the Ko-mox Grind Expresso & Smoothie Bar at the cor-ner of Beaufort Avenue and Church Street and you are likely to fi nd a cluster of customers sip-ping lattes under red um-brellas as they soak in the sunshine. Whether meet-ing up with friends or catching up on the news with their morning paper, customers are taking great pleasure hanging out on the cafe’s cedar deck, a re-cent addition that is fast becoming the talk of the town.

Komox Grind is the fi rst business to be granted the go ahead to construct a parklet, a new and wel-comed feature to the Town of Comox.

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Karissa Hambley, Komox Grind Barista, clears tables on the cafe’s new parklet after the busy period of 9 a.m. and noon and be-fore the after dinner rush. Since opening the outdoor patio, business has increased and customers are raving about the new feature in the Town of Comox.

Archambault, owner andentrepreneur, businesscouldn’t be better.

“It’s been fabulous,nothing but fabulous,”gleams Archambault overthe success of the parkletsince it opened withindays after being approvedby Comox councillors inlate May. “People are sostoked. They can’t believethis is in their town.”

Archambault presentedher concept at the May27th Town Council meet-ing but the support wasalready behind her. Par-klets are readily used inmany communities look-ing to off er businessesadditional space for cus-tomers with an open airyappeal characteristic ofmany larger city centersand tourist hubs.

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“It’s worked out so well and in lightning speed. Sometimes it’s diffi cult to even fi nd a seat.”

The Grind parklet has the curb appeal and more. Since its construction, the persistent traffi c problem of speeding motorists on the corner has been al-leviated. There’s a real element of what Ives de-scribes as ‘traffi c calming,’ not only about the parklet but the busy intersection that now features a newly installed crosswalk.

The functionality of the intersection was in Ar-chambault’s mind when she underwent construc-tion in just two weeks. She and her husband in-stalled glass sides instead of cedar all around the structure to allow motor-

Even during the heaviest downpour this summer, custom-ers stayed outside and hovered under the umbrellas. We did a good thing here. Let’s keep doing good things.”

TANYA ARCHAMBAULTKomox Grind owner

ists an unobstructed view of the crosswalk when approaching from the op-posite direction. She also incorporated the existing colour palate of the apart-ment complex when se-lecting the red umbrellas and chairs.

“People are fi nally no-ticing there’s a coff ee

shop now,” remarks Ar-chambault.

The pilot project will run until the end of Oc-tober at which time the Town of Comox and the Komox Grind will decide whether to keep it running throughout the winter.

The Initial reaction from both sides appears favorable as both Ives and Archambault expressed a desire to keep this feature permanent and neither have received much nega-tive feedback.

“One fellow complained about the loss of parking,” commented Archambault. “He said that it’s awe-some, but there’s no park-ing. Most of the regulars prefer to walk the extra distance than have no out-door seating.”

If all goes according to plans, Archambault envi-

sions expanding into a second parking space if allowed and intends to purchase outdoor propane heaters for the cooler sea-son but doesn’t fear the parklet’s popularity will sizzle out.

“Even during the heavi-est downpour this sum-mer, customers stayed outside and hovered under the umbrellas,” remarked Archambault. “We did a good thing here. Let’s keep doing good things.”

That sentiment is shared with the Town of Comox who gave support to Twisted Dishes to con-struct a parklet one block over on Port Augusta Street.

Owner Devan Sexton will begin its construction in 2016 should the fi nal report on the pilot project be favorable.

Raise-a-Readercampaign startsnext week at Prime

The Raise-a-Reader Committee is planning some exciting fundraising events during September.

They are kicking events off with a Throwback Thursday Launch Dinner on Thursday, September 3rd at the Prime Chop-house and Wine Bar.

Dinner begins at 5pm and a portion of your meal will go towards the Raise-a-Reader campaign.

Raise-a-Reader Day is Wednesday, September 23rd and will be hitting

the streets in Cumber-land, Courtenay and Co-mox between 11 and 12pm to distribute special edi-tion newspapers.

On September 24th, from 6-10pm, they are or-ganizing a Literacy is Life Trivia Night at the Prime Chophouse Restaurant and Wine Bar. It promises to be a very entertaining evening. Please mark your calendars and join in rais-ing awareness and rais-ing funds for local literacy programs and activities.


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Cable ferry delivered at Buckley Bay terminalBY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

Residents and visitors got the chance to see the new cable ferry that will soon service the Buckley Bay-Denman Island BC Ferries route.

The Baynes Sound Connector was towed by its maker, Seaspan, using tug boats to its new home Wednesday morning.

Mark Wilson, BC Fer-ries’ Vice President of Engineering said they’re excited to see the safe de-livery of the new ship.

“It’s fi nally here,” said Wilson.

The project has been on the go for close to four years from inception to conception, engineering, and production on the ter-minal side, said Wilson.

“The exciting part is a new vessel is very close to being operational in the fl eet and we’re very excit-ed with the capabilities of the vessel,” said Wilson.

“It’s a modern ship with great safety features and I think it will provide the community a reliable and safe service.”

Some residents who watched curiously as the

BC Ferries crews soon to undergo training for its service in the fall

The new cable ferry Baynes Sound Connector has been delivered to its home at the Buckley Bay BC Ferries Terminal. It will soon service the Buckley Bay-Den-man Island BC Ferries route in the fall.

new ship docked at the Buckley Bay terminal expressed uncer-tainty over this type of ferry sys-tem.

Judith Scruton, a 15-year resi-dent on the island, is concerned that it has never been tried be-fore.

“I would have liked them to experiment on this somewhere else,” she said. “Because if we

lose our ferry, it’s really diffi cult to cope. It makes life diffi cult be-cause people can’t get to work.”

Wilson said the cable ferry is not a new technology and experi-mental. It’s been around for close to a hundred years and already used at various locations in the country and around the world. However, this ferry will be one of the longest cable ferries in the

world.“When you know those things

going into it, we put in one heck of a lot of design work and thought into it to make sure we can deliver this service safely,” said Wilson.

Denman Island resident Greg Brown looked at the vessel and is not sure how it is going to per-form especially during the winter months.

“It’s fi ne for this type of year in the summer time, but in the win-ter time when the tides are highin December, it won’t be so goodI don’t think,” said Brown. “I amnervous, I am nervous. I’ll see. IfI feel bad, I won’t take it.”

Wilson said the vessel has been constructed well to ensure safetyagainst harsh weather conditions.




The Comox Valley Regional Dis-trict board of directors are still hop-ing the Town of Comox will par-ticipate in the new proposed service that would help address homeless-ness in the region.

Comox council has indicated they want to be a part of the CVRD ini-tiative and recently directed staff to look at how the town can partici-pate.

The CVRD has recommended electoral approval be sought for a new service establishment bylaw that would require property owners

to contribute to an approved fi ve-year action plan to address home-lessness in the Comox Valley.

A referendum date has been set for Nov. 28 but it does not include the Town of Comox. The other par-ticipants are the City of Courtenay, Village of Cumberland, and Elector-al Areas A (excluding Denman and Hornby Islands), B, and C.

Comox is not taking part because it has already been collecting funds from general revenues to address homelessness, amounting to around $30,000 a year.

Courtenay director Erik Eriksson made a motion that the board’s deci-sion on the new services and details

of the referendum be deferred until the next board meeting on Sept. 29 to allow Comox time to reconsider its position to participate in the re-gional initiative.

However, Electoral Area C direc-tor Edwin Grieve asked whether it was reasonable to do this.

Comox director Ken Grant indi-cated the Town of Comox wants to be part of the regional eff ort to ad-dress homelessness.

“What we would like to do be-cause we already have a mechanism in place to collect this money is to pay by contract,” said Grant.


CVRD delays decision on new services to address homelessnessDirectors give Comox time to reconsider its participation


“We have designed this vessel for the hundred year current, the hundred year wave and I would ar-gue we have designed it for greater than the hun-dred year wind,” said Wil-son.

“It’s designed to be able to operate in 55 knots, sustained winds, gusty winds over 80 knots. We are on the record as mak-ing sure we can deliver that same level of safe, re-liable service we do with the Quinitsa. We are fully committed to that.”

Wilson said they chose Buckley Bay for a cable ferry because it hopes to save BC Ferries over $80 million over the 40-year life of the project com-pared to the current ser-vice.

These signifi cant cost savings will help with fare aff ordability across the coastal ferry system.

In the next six to eight weeks, crews will undergo extensive training and fa-miliarization on the cable ferry in preparation for passenger and vehicle ser-vice in the early fall.

“We’re not in a rush,” said Wilson.

“We still have an exist-ing vessel, the Quinitsa that doesn’t have any im-mediate commitments. It will continue to run until we’re a hundred per cent ready to go.”

The Baynes Sound Con-nector measures 78.5 me-tres and can accommo-date 50 vehicles and 150 passengers and crew.

The cable ferry will op-erate with one drive cable and two guide cables.

It is capable of speeds of 8.5 knots with a normal service speed of 7.5 knots.

Mark Wilson, BC Ferries’ Vice President of Engineering, shows what the cable that will be used for the new cable ferry Baynes Sound Connector looks like.

The Comox Valley Small Business Association (SBA), now in its 18th year in the Valley, is hosting its fi rst meeting after the summer break on Thursday September 3rd.

The meeting is held the Filberg Center, lower level (Evergreen Room). The

meeting will start at 5:30 pm. Networking 5:30-6pm, Meeting 6 - 7pm.

Bring biz cards, a small door prize, and a snack to share with other business owners.

We are committed to helping small business owners build solid networks that promote

and grow their business in the community. We are a fun, supportive, and innovative group of business owners who welcome new members with open arms.

There is no charge to attend SBA meetings as a guest for up to two meetings per year.

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MUNICIPAL PENSIONERS • Do you receive a pension from The Municipal Pen-sion Plan? The next North Island MPRA meeting will be: Sept. 2nd at 1:00, at the Comox Legion, 1825 Comox Ave. Our guest speaker is: Aux. Consta-ble Ellie Young of the Co-mox Valley RCMP will be giving us a slide presen-tation on Internet Safety, including Identity Theft, Credit Card Fraud, and general personal safety. Ellie has done this presen-tation to several groups in the Comox Valley as she feels it is important to be aware of fraudulent activi-ties that are increasing at an alarming rate, over the Internet. For further infor-mation, contact Graeme (250-339-7604) PLAY BRIDGE • Every Wednesday at 7:00 pm at the Royston Hall, 3902 Old Island Hwy and Royston Road. FMI: 250-334-1883 or roystonhall.com and on Facebook at Royston Community Club

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“A whole bunch is being made out of this and I think it’s a bunch of nonsense in my opinion, personally. We want to be into this process. We simply would like to pay by contract if it is possible. Our staff believes it is pos-sible. RD staff may have a diff erent opinion and that’s what we’re wrestling with right now.

“I don’t think it’s a mat-ter of us being in or out. I am getting a little tired of hearing that because frank-ly we’re the only communi-

ty that has stepped up and said we’re in. Everybody wants to run a referendum to fi nd out if they’re in. We’ve said we’re in.”

Members of the Comox Valley Coalition to End Homelessness also ap-pealed to Comox council recently to join the new ser-vice as it would give a per-ception to the voters that the whole region is unifi ed on this.

Grieve said he respected the Town of Comox for tak-ing the lead on this issue prior to the CVRD bringing this issue up for consider-ation. But for him, “it’s the optics that are important.”

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cause one for all, all for one if we’re not viewed by the public,” said Grieve. “My gosh, we already have a hard time messaging as it is. These things go side-ways so quickly. If we’re viewed somehow being that we’re apart it’s just another roadblock in this referen-dum that we have to over-come. In the public’s eye, if we’re viewed to be together and united on this, we have far better chances of suc-ceeding.”

Courtenay director Larry Jangula also put forward a motion that staff create a communication pack-age that is transparent and clear to voters about what the actual cost is going to

be and who will actually be paying into the service.

“When we put this refer-endum out I would like this matter added and clarifi ed,” said Jangula. “The more clear we are on this, the more chance of us succeed-ing. There are a lot of gray areas.”

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Beachcombers Acad-emy is in the completion stage of its new Little Oysters Preschool and playground. Beachcomb-ers Education Society was awarded a $219,000 Capi-tal Funding grant from the Ministry of Children and Family Development.

Beachcombers Acad-emy has transformed an uninsulated storage area into a beautiful new pre-school. “With the excep-tion of the exterior walls, we really started from the ground up with new foun-dation and beautiful fi n-ishing. We are very excited with the results,” said Ex-ecutive Coordinator Zoe Lambert.

As part of the project, the Academy received an extraordinary donation of a work of art by stained-glass Master Ted Good-den. It has been installed in the preschool with sup-port from the Comox Val-ley Regional District and Mac’s Oysters. In addition to the beautiful stained glass that measures 40 sq ft, the preschool has ocean views and opens onto an ocean-view deck.

A new play structure has also been installed with the help of HomeDepot who gave $2,600 worth of materials for the proj-ect. “We are grateful for the wonderful support our school has received from the community; we truly would not be here today otherwise,” said Principal Wendy Preston.

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A week-long summer camp program in Cum-berland has raised the interest in outdoor educa-tion in the Comox Valley.

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to guess and also fi nd af-ter. The animals included slugs, crows and ravens, mosquitoes, and spiders.

“They had an amazing time,” said Krentzel. “Par-ents that were on the fence on whether they wanted to enrol their kids for the full year got the chance to see what the school is all about.”

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Krentzel said this unique type of learning ap-proach for young children

is a growing trend that is garnering a lot of support not only here but in other communities as well.

“Environmental edu-cation has sort of been shunned in the school sys-tems for many years,” said Krentzel. “Now, everyone, including politicians, are realizing we have to start educating our youth be-cause everyone is aware that the environment is in some sort of a crisis. Unless we make the en-vironment a priority, that crisis is going to continue. So why not start the foun-dation of environmental education right at the pre-school level. Because of that, there’s a lot of nature schools popping up all over.”

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berland Community School has also started their fi rst nature kinder-garten.

“There was such a high demand for that, that they now off er two classes, be-cause there’s so many par-ents and families who are interested in this type of education and what it of-fers to the children.”

Hand-in-Hand follows the same school year cal-endar. It opens on Sept. 8. It has a Seeds Program for three-year-old children that runs every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The Roots Pro-gram for four-year-olds is held every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. to noon. It will be held at the Coal Creek Historic Park.

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The Comox Valley Airport (YQQ) recently joined 23 other airports from across Canada in a new airport-led initiative to promote healthy and safe work practices for employees.

Canadian Airport Safety Week kicked off Monday at the Airport terminal with a series of safety talks and events geared for the employees that focus on safe workplace practices.

This pilot program, a fi rst of its kind for the Canadian aviation in-dustry, was spearheaded

by Toronto Pearson In-ternational Airport. As a member of the Canadian Airports Council Safety Committee, Comox Val-ley Airport Commission (CVAC)volunteered to participate as they felt this initiative fi t well with their core safety values.

“Ensuring the safety of our passengers and our employees is the most important part of our op-erations and this is a value that is shared across the Canadian aviation indus-try,” commented Fred Bigelow, Chief Executive Offi cer. “We are proud to join with other Canadian airports to promote this

shared commitment to safety.”

Safety topics covered during the week-long, na-tionwide event included airport security, ramp safety, and hazard report-ing. Big on the agenda for safety week was the airport-wide foreign ob-ject debris (FOD) walk held Wednesday morning, which involved a physical surveillance by employees of all operating surface ar-eas.

Employees in all depart-ments gathered on the ter-minal ramp to search for and collect any debris that poses a hazard to aircraft operations. Although the

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Employees from various departments joined Fred Bigelow, Chief Executive Offi ce, and Ash Mohtadi, CVAC Facilities Manager, n a Foreign Object Debris (FOD) walk Wednesday during the fi rst Canadian Airports Safety Week, a pilot program to rein-force safe workplace practices at airports across the nation.

surface area came out rel-atively clean, odd piecesof rubbish such as metalwiring and broken glassdo manage to make theirway onto the ramp mainlyfrom winds that blow thematerial out from the sur-rounding grassy areas.

Even the smallest itemscan become ingested in anaircraft engine and pos-sibly lead to increasedmaintenance and operat-ing costs, delay passengertravel or worse, lead to acatastrophic loss of life

While the training ac-tivities during safety weekwere geared largely for theemployees, its purposeis primarily focused onkeeping the passengerssafe. In any given day,particularly during thepeak of the busy summerseason, YQQ will see near-ly 1,250 passengers travelthrough the terminal.

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Comox Valley’s annual fair this weekend has mixed some new at-tractions with their historical for-mat which so many families enjoy. Many displays of quilts, vegetables, preserves and local art are exhibited and judged, with rosettes being pre-sented to championship gardeners and crafters.

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Health and Safety ac-tivities.

“Passenger safety is and will always be our key responsibility and this topic is discussed daily amongst the staff , wheth-er addressing safety in the parking lot, watching for hazards in the terminal or

de-confl icting passengers and aircraft on the ramp.”

The YQQ safety pro-gram is a yearlong prior-ity and FOD walks such as the one held Wednesday occur daily, most often by the ramp operators em-ployed by the airlines.

The safety culture has been institutionalized long before the current

CEO’s tenure but has it’s roots from the Royal Ca-nadian Air Force, where Fred Bigelow served for many years including as former 19 Wing Comox Commander.

“We have a similar safe-ty reporting culture that isn’t punitive and is de-signed to report incidenc-es without retribution and

before they become acci-dents so that we can take action, emphasized Big-elow.

“From airline employ-ees, to baggage handlers, we all play a role in safety and this safety week is just another means to re-inforce our practices. Pas-sengers should feel good about that.”


A local doctor, Dr. Sar-en Azer, who has been known for his humanitar-ian work in Iraq, is now being sought by police for allegedly abducting his four children.

A Canada-wide warrant for his arrest has been issued after Azer, who had been traveling with his children in Germany, failed to return home on Aug. 21.

This alarmed the chil-dren’s mother Alison, who now fears that her ex-husband, who is of Kurd-ish descent, has taken her children Sharvahn Delahn Mahmudi-Azer, 11, Roje-vahn Beritan Mahmudi-Azer, 9, Dersim Baran Mahmudi-Azer, 7, and Meitan Serbast Mahmudi-Azer, 3 to northern Iraq.

RCMP Island District spokesman Cpl. Darren Lagan said they have been working with the Comox Valley Detachment, along with provincial and feder-al RCMP offi cers in Can-ada and abroad on this case and also with inter-

national law enforcement partners and INTERPOL. They continue to look at all possibilities relating to their disappearance.

Measures were also taken to restrict further international travel by the father and children, who were legally permitted to leave Canada.

Comox Valley RCMP went to obtain a warrant for Azer’s arrest on Aug. 24 for abduction in con-travention of a custody order.

“We understand how diffi cult this situation is for the children’s mother and others in the com-munity,” said Lagan in a written statement. “The safety and security of Ca-nadian children, both at home and abroad, is of the utmost importance to the RCMP, and we will con-tinue our eff orts to locate and safely return these children to British Colum-bia.”

Azer is an internal med-icine specialist at St. Jo-seph’s General Hospital, well-known in the Comox Valley community for his humanitarian work at

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However, his marriage with Alison had been fall-ing apart.

Alison has interim sole custody of the children but has joint guardianship with Azer. It was awarded by the Supreme Court when Alison applied for custody and relocation to Calgary, Alberta at a hear-ing in Victoria on Jan. 24, 2013.

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The North Island and the Van-couver Island Myeloma Support Groups are holding our First Is-land wide Myeloma Education Day for Island Myeloma Pa-tients, Families and Health Care Professionals

Date: Saturday, September 19, 2015

Time: 10:00 AM to 3:30 PMLunch: Light lunch providedLocation: Best Western

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Other Topics: Infection Pre-vention and Tax Talks

No charge: Sponsored by Cel-gene Canada

Space is limited so please re-serve your seat by contacting:

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or Gwen at: [email protected] 250-812-3248 (Victoria area)

Leaders will be available for

a meeting of Central Island pa-tients at lunch time to consider the possibility of restarting the Nanaimo support group.

The Myeloma Support Group members are people diagnosed with Myeloma, an incurable bone marrow cancer, and their caregivers. The North Island group meets from 1:30-3 PM on the third Tuesday of ev-ery month in the Best Western Westerly Dining Room, Courte-nay, BC. The Vancouver Island Group meets from 1-3 PM on the

second Monday of the month in Victoria at the Yakimovich Well-ness Centre (in the Aberdeen Hospital, 1454 Hillside Ave.)

The primary focus of the groups is to provide support and education. This is especially helpful for those recently diag-nosed so they have the informa-tion needed to understand the disease and treatment options.

Those attending the monthly meetings gain knowledge and hope as they meet many oth-ers who are living a very normal

life after initial or ongoing treat-ment. Activities include:

* Education Days to updatepatients on current research and progress in fi nding a cure.

* Projects such as our “Tell A Doctor” program which rolled out in the fall of 2014. This as-sists GPs, Chiropractors and Physiotherapists in early con-sideration of Myeloma as a pos-sible diagnosis.

* Advocacy, if necessary, forfully funded access to the latest available treatments.

Myeloma Education Day for Islanders coming Sept. 19

Comox Valley Terry Fox Run set for September 20 at sports centre

Get ready, get set to run for a great cause at this year’s Terry Fox Run, set to take place Sunday, Sep-tember 20th, starting at the Comox Valley Sports Centre track and con-tinuing through the Dove Creek area.

Organized by Active Co-mox Valley, with the help of Valley-wide municipal recreation departments and volunteer citizens, the charity raises funds to support cancer research.

“The Terry Fox Run is a non-competitive, no-cost, family-fun event for all ages and abilities where we can continue to be in-spired by Terry’s eff orts and contribute to this great cause,” said Active Comox Valley Coordina-tor Dawn Stevens.

Registration will begin at 9:00 a.m. on race day with the run commencing at 10:00 a.m following a brief warm-up.

The route will consist of a 1 km, 2 km, 5 km and 10 km course –- you can run, walk, wheel or ride, so bring your kids, parents, grandparents, friends, co-workers, classmates and anyone who would like to be a part of Terry’s legacy!

There is no entry fee, although participants are

encouraged to collect pledges (no minimum). Pledge forms can be picked up at your local recreation centre, or down-loaded at www.terryfox.org/Run prior to the run we will have fun activities for the kids and live music.

These fun added events

will be another way for peo-ple to make a donation to the Terry Fox foundation.

Volunteers are also needed to help out at the event – to discuss event day volunteer opportunities, contact Robyn Butler, Active Comox Valley Coordinator, at (250) 890-

9116 or [email protected]

The Active Comox Valley initiative began in September 2005, and is aimed at pro-moting healthy lifestyles and invigorating community spir-it through physical activity.

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Finding ways to ensure more effi cient and sustainable energy use. That is the focus of community energy plans being developed by three Vancouver Island First Nations with support from the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund.

The K’omoks First Nation, near Courtenay, will receive $28,000 to undertake its community energy plan. The plan will

help build community awareness and understanding of energy issues and explore options to improve energy effi ciency, reduce electricity use and assess potential opportunities for clean energy projects.

Funding for these projects and other agreements is part of the Province’s commitment to reconciliation with First Nations.

Energy plan funding for K’omoks

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Dorothy YeomansOCTOBER 2, 1927 – AUGUST 17, 2015

Dorothy Yeomans passed away August 17th, 2015 at Glacier View Lodge.

With a tear and a smile we say goodbye to a wonderful, Mother, Grandmother, Friend, Artist and Teacher.

Dorothy was born in Deseronto, Canada on Oct. 2nd, 1927 to Jim and Ada Hunt. Dorothy was an only child who loved life. She achieved a degree in physical and health education at the University of Toronto, and went on to work for the Y.W.C.A Dorothy would take any chance she could to travel even if it meant hitch hiking. She once hitch hiked all the way to Mexico with her good friend Gladys. Dorothy soon found B.C where she fell in love with the mountains and ocean, where she could do all the activities she loved to do like hiking, camping, horseback riding, swimming, skiing, skating. Later on she took up tai-chi and loved to go for walks, especially at Goose Spit. Everyone knew Dorothy as the artist and that she loved to paint landscapes in water color especially the glacier. She had a special admiration for renowned artist Toni Onley who would drop in from time to time with his float plane when she lived on the Dyke Road and had a studio on the river. She can now visit with him once again. Mom really enjoyed family and friends. She took a special joy in get together for any reason, lunch, dinner, walks or an art class with her friends. With a special thanks to Kate and Christine who made every Monday a special Monday night to the end. Mom really did love life and people, she saw nothing bad in anything or anybody. We all lost a very beautiful person August 17th. Mom was loved by all who came into her life. God is very lucky to have you back in his arms and like you said Mom it’s not bye, it’s (until we meet again).

Predeceased By her father Jim Hunt and Mother Ada Hunt. Survived By son David (Kathy) son Jamie (Nancy) and grandchildren Jasmine Tyler and Ryan.

We would like to extend an enormous thank you to Doctor Green and the staff at Glacier view lodge for all their compassionate care. We always knew our mom was well looked after.

Warren Blaine PaulovichAUGUST 9, 1949 – AUGUST 9, 2015

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Warren Blaine Paulovich on Aug. 9th, 2015. Warren was predeceased by his mother, Wanda Paulovich. He is survived by his father Mike, brothers Larry (Diane) and Brad (Debbie), nephews Mark (June), Kevin (Alisha) and Mikey, niece Tammy, grand niece Faith, and grand nephews Noah and Landon. Warren was born in Manning, Alberta on Aug. 9th 1949. In 1963 the family moved to Courtenay. After graduation from Georges P. Vanier High in 1968, Warren toured Europe. He returned to BC and entered the Faculty of Education at Victoria University. On graduation Warren traveled extensively. He was accepted as a Faculty member at a private school in Calgary in 1990. Warren loved all ARTS. His teaching was his passion. He will be greatly missed. No Service is planned.

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Stephenson, Lee RobertAt the age of 53, died suddenly

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He will be remembered in the community for his passion for music.

A Celebration of Life will be held in the coming weeks.

He was loved and will be missed.

Dorothy YeomansOCTOBER 2, 1927 – AUGUST 17, 2015

Dorothy Yeomans passed away August 17th, 2015 at Glacier View Lodge.

With a tear and a smile we say goodbye to a wonderful, Mother, Grandmother, Friend, Artist and Teacher.

Dorothy was born in Deseronto, Canada on Oct. 2nd, 1927 to Jim and Ada Hunt. Dorothy was an only child who loved life. She achieved a degree in physical and health education at the University of Toronto, and went on to work for the Y.W.C.A Dorothy would take any chance she could to travel even if it meant hitch hiking. She once hitch hiked all the way to Mexico with her good friend Gladys. Dorothy soon found B.C where she fell in love with the mountains and ocean, where she could do all the activities she loved to do like hiking, camping, horseback riding, swimming, skiing, skating. Later on she took up tai-chi and loved to go for walks, especially at Goose Spit. Everyone knew Dorothy as the artist who loved to paint landscapes in water color, especially the Glacier. She had a special admiration for renowned artist Toni Onley who would drop in from time to time with his fl oat plane when she lived on the Dyke Road and had a studio on the river. She can now visit with him once again. Mom really enjoyed family and friends. She took a special joy in get togethers for any reason, lunch, dinner, walks or an art class with her friends. With a special thanks to Kate and Christine who made every Monday a special Monday night to the end. Mom really did love life and people, she saw nothing bad in anything or anybody. We all lost a very beautiful person August 17th. Mom was loved by all who came into her life. God is very lucky to have you back in his arms and like you said Mom it’s not bye, it’s...until we meet again.

Predeceased by her father Jim Hunt and Mother Ada Hunt. Survived by son David (Kathy) son Jamie (Nancy) and grandchildren Jasmine Tyler and Ryan.

We would like to extend an enormous thank you to Doctor Green and the staff at Glacier View Lodge for all their compassionate care. We always knew our mom was well looked after.


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Award winning band Big Little Lions are back in the Comox Valley (Helen Aus-tin never actually left for very long) to play a couple of shows before they head off to play at The Sunshine Music Festival in Powell River.

They will be bringing their mix of folk/pop in a new con-fi guration of a trio with Cin-cinnati’s Paul Otten playing drums, keyboard, bass and singing simultaneously (it’s quite entertaining).

Helen and Paul are once again joined by Helen’s daugh-ter, Daisy Squires, on a whole bunch of additional instru-ments including fi ddle, glock-enspiel, backing vocals and

melodica.Big Little Lions had a fabu-

lous time playing at this year’s Vancouver Island Musicfest and have been working hard state-side on new songs and the new set up.

They will be playing two shows in the Valley and the fi rst is on Wednesday Sept 2nd at Zocalo on 5th Street, Cour-tenay which is kid friendly and has great food. Their other is on Thursday Sept 3rd and at The Roy Pub on the Island Highway in Royston and is over 19 only and also has great food and beer. Both shows start at 7pm. FMI please visit biglittlelions.com or call 250 338 5859.

Big Little Lions return for two shows

Helen and Paul of Big Little Lions

An amazing season of song beginsThe Celebration Singers are ready

to commence another amazing season of song and wish to invite new and re-turning members to the choir’s fi rst practice on Monday Sept. 14 at 7:00 at Mark Isfeld School.

All returning members are asked to register online at www.celebrationsing-ers.ca in advance of Sept 14th.

New members are welcome to attend the fi rst two practices prior to commit-ting to a season.

Our choir is a non-auditioned, aff ord-

able community choir that practices once a week for two terms and per-forms concerts at Christmas and in the spring. We sing unique music that cel-ebrates life and honors diverse cultural and musical traditions.

Nothing rocks like gospel, or soothes like a beautiful chant or takes you from the Comox Valley on a musical journey around the world quite like the Cel-ebration Singers. Come enjoy it all and hone your skills for singing in harmony, in new languages and with an enthusi-

astic and supportive group of singers. Jenn Forsland is the choir’s terrifi -

cally talented musical director. She isan accomplished music teacher withSD #71, a captivating jazz performerand a much sought after choir direc-tor who brings out the best in boththe gifted and the novice singer. As aspecial treat the choir is accompaniedby Sean Mooney on piano. Please visitour website for more information orcall Kelly at 250 - 338 -8971. See you inSeptember!

The Celebration Singers invite new and returning members to the fi rst practice on Sept. 14

It’s Latin Night at the Bridge LoungeThe last of this summer’s Salsa

Nights Series is this Saturday, August 29th and is your chance to enjoy an evening out with LIVE Latin music at a venue with a great dance fl oor. Ex-pect an excellent mix of Salsa, Cha-cha-cha, Latin-jazz and more for your dancing and/or listening pleasure.

Advance tickets are $12.00 and available at Blue Heron Books in Co-mox and Bop City Records in Courte-nay. Admission at the door is $15.00. Doors are at 8:00 p.m. and the show starts at 9:00 p.m.

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The North Island Choral So-ciety’s recent Spring 2015 per-formance of the last movement of Beethoven’s “Ninth Sympho-ny” with local soloists and the NICS Orchestra was a “fi rst” for the Choir.

Another “fi rst” is in the works! Rehearsals are commencing for three “Magnifi cats” by C.P.E. Bach, Johann Pachelbel and An-tonio Vivaldi - all to be sung in one performance at Christmas-time. There will also be shorter works by Bach and Buxtehude.

Choir members come from all over the Comox Valley and some from neighbouring Camp-bell River.

The Choir is joined every year by new singers and often they are new residents to our area. As always, tenors are in demand, as

are sopranos. The Choir wel-comes those of all ages who want to sing classical choral mu-sic and there are no auditions to scare you off !

Artistic Director Paul Colthor-pe, is a music teacher in School District 71 (Comox Valley). He brings a thoughtful enthusiasm and encouragement to every re-hearsal and performance. And this is after a hard day of teach-ing.

He has conducted the Choir for 20 years and during this time the Choir’s capabilities have gone from strength to strength.

Elvera Penner provides through her skillful accompani-ment a fi rm base for the Choir’s understanding of the score. Be-tween Colthorpe’s conducting

and Penner’s accompaniment, rehearsals are pleasantly de-manding and rewarding for the singers, regardless of their own past choral experience.

The Magnifi cat, also known as The Song of Mary, is a hymn or canticle taken from Biblical texts and is usually sung at Ves-pers, a sunset service for Catho-lic, Anglican and Lutheran litur-gies and other denominations too.

The text is taken from the Gospel according to St. Luke. It is sung by Mary to her cousin, Elizabeth, who is pregnant with John the Baptist. When Eliza-beth praises Mary for her faith, Mary responds with her singing.

Many composers have, since the Renaissance, attempted to capture the mystical and deeply

theological character of the mo-ment.

C.P.E. Bach wrote his Magni-fi cat in Berlin in 1749 and it is scored in seven movements plus two doxologies. It takes about 40minutes to perform.

Johann Pachelbel, probably best known for his Canon in D, has left more than two hundred compositions for organ and a substantial body of sacred vo-cal music. His Magnifi cat in D is an economical and straight-forward setting of this celebrat-ed text. His composition takes about 20 minutes to perform. It was fi rst published in 1696.

Some composers, like Anto-nio Vivaldi, wrote more than one setting of The Magnifi cat. His work is usually sung in nine movements taking about 20

minutes. It was composed in 1717 or possibly in 1719.

The Fall Rehearsal Sessionsare about to commence on Tuesday 8th September, in an-ticipation of the two seasonal performances in December.

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Membership is $50 (Students - $30) for the Fall Session. New members are always welcome and if you want to sing great classical sacred and secular choral music, come and join the Choir.

For more information: nor-thislandchoral.ca

- Submitted by North Island Cho-ral Society

Choral Society rehearses three Magnifi catsNew singers welcome to join the fun (no auditions required) starting Tuesday, Sept. 8

This Sunday, August 30th at 7 pm, Simms Park will feature a free per-formance of Ralph Barrat and the Sharp Seven with a special tribute to the songs of both Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington.

“Believe it or not, it is the 100th birthday year of Francis Albert “Frank” Sinatra”, says Ralph Barrat. “This Sunday’s performance is per-fect timing for the band to recognize and honour the amazing songs and career of Frank Sinatra.”

Take a seat as the band trans-ports you back to the golden era of Jazz with songs such as “Lady is a Tramp”, “Take the A-Train” and “Fly Me to the Moon”, just to name a few.

This dynamic seven-piece combo includes Ralph Barrat on vocals with a three piece horn section in-cluding Jake Masri (trumpet), Jeff Agopsowicz (trombone), and Ra-chel Fuller (alto). The band also includes Grahame Edwards (bass), Michael Eddy (keyboard) and Neil Clark (drums).

The band welcomes Jeff Agop-sowicz who recently retired to the Comox Valley following a 30-year professional musical career with the music branch of the Canadian Armed Forces. The band’s reper-toire includes many songs with in-teresting arrangements by former band member Troy Lucas.

Simms Millennium Park is lo-

cated by the 5th Street Bridge and across from Lewis Park. Sit on the chairs provided or bring your own lawn chair or blanket.

The last Simms Park performance of the summer season will be The Fabulous Mutts on September 6.

For concert information please call the Courtenay Recreation Lew-is Centre at 250-338-5371 or get up-dates at www.courtenay.ca/simms

Ralph Barrat and the Sharp Seven is sponsored by Dave Wheeldon, Investment Advisor at CIBC Wood Gundy.

The Simms Summer Concert Se-ries season is sponsored by the Co-mox Valley Echo,The Goat 98.9 FM, and the City of Courtenay.

Smooth jazz sounds at Simms Parkfree concert series this weekend

Ralph Barrat and the Sharp Seven will pay tribute to Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington

Juno award winning singer/songwriter Sue Medley will be performing at the Mex Pub on Tues-day, September 1st in sup-port of her chosen charity, the BC SPCA.

Sue’s performance is part of a sponsored acous-tic concert series spon-sored by the Mex Pub and hosted by Judy and Bruce Wing.

The events are held on the fi rst Tuesday of each month and give an oppor-tunity for the public to en-joy an evening of acoustic music performed by local musicians to support their favourite local charities.

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For more information about Sue Medley visit her website www.suemed-ley.ca, or for more info about local SPCA ser-vices, please call 250 339-7722.

Medley performs Benefi t Concert at Mex Pub for SPCA

Sue Medley is singing for the SPCA on Sept. 1

The Strathcona Wilderness Institute would like to invite the public and people from the past who have been a big part of the success of this organization to a special 20th Anniversary Celebration

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Special Needs Recreation is looking for volunteers to help in its recreational bowling leagues for people with intellectual dis-abilities. The bowling leagues run Tuesdays or Wednesdays, from 3-4 pm, September through April.

“We aim to make our programs fun and successful,” says Heather Crites, co-ordinator for Special Needs Recreation. “Our bowling is a fun league with an empha-sis on participation. Volunteers stay with the same team for the whole year and basically provide

encouragement. The co-ordinator is always

present and the volunteers pro-vide the extra support. Volun-teers make all the diff erence.”

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If you want to volunteer with agreat group of people, call Heath-er at the Lewis Centre 250-338-5371, [email protected].

Join a great team! And checkus out online: www.courtenay.ca/specialneedsrec

It may be one of the hottest summers in BC with people going to great lengths to cool off . Well, three teams from the Comox Val-ley Curling Club have found the perfect solu-tion....curling!

North Vancouver will be hosting the an-nual 55+ BC Games from August 25-29. There are more than 25 sports and activi-ties off ered with up to 4,000 participants and 2000 volunteers expected to attend the games. Twelve zones throughout BC will be attending the games.

The ice curling cat-egory will have teams representing Vancou-ver Island North (Zone 2) in the Men and Women 55+ and the Mixed 55+ and 65+.

The Men•s 55+ is skipped by Jack Hold-en, 3rd, Daryl Wright; 2nd, Richard Lewis; Lead, Reg Tressel. Kim Jonsson will skip the Women 55+ with Mary Holden, 3rd; Sharon Walker, 2nd and Mick-ey Colburn, Lead. The Mixed 65+ is the team of Vern Reimer, skip; Liz Ellis, 3rd; Henry Ellis, 2nd and May Re-imer, Lead. The Mixed 55+ will be a team from the Alberni Curling Club skipped by Bruce Kendall; Sandy Forbes, 3rd; Steve Eng, 2nd and Francis Eng, Lead.

Winners of this 55+ BC Games will be eli-gible to compete in the 55+ Canada Games in August, 2016 in Brampton, Ontario. Good luck curlers in your quest for gold!

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GOLFNEWS

CROWN ISLE IN IRELAND?

Well almost! The Tues-day ladies didn’t go to Ireland but they did play IRISH 4 ball where the net scores counted. They were then treated to a wonderful lunch where CI catering did an outstand-ing job!

AND THE WINNERS WERE:

1st: Linda Glanville, Linda Foreman, Diane Hardie and Helen Flynn 2nd: Judy Kafka, Selma Cole, Evie MacDonald, and Janet Phillips 3rd: Ma-rie Knowles, Raelene Rob-ertson, Karen Currie and Pam Stevens

BIRDIES: Val Dingwall, Marsha Mackinnon, Kar-en Armstrong, Charlene Foster, Mathilde Schnei-der, Raelene Robertson, Sheila van Gisbergen, Donna Wilson, Marilyn McCusker, and Diane Hardie

PAR 5s: Judy Aldcroft, Brenda Barrigan, Linda Stickney, and Gwen Rypi-en

KPs: Karen Currie and Linda Glanville

Kudos to Sandy Linhart and her many teams that participated in the Inter-

club match plays during the 2015 season. In the fi nale at Myrtle Point, Susan Fulkerth, Mathilde Schneider, Val Dingwall, Marilyn McCusker, Helen Flynn and Sandy Linhart represented Crown Isle well. Many thanks from all the CI ladies for their valiant eff ort. The fi nal standings were 1st Sto-rey Creek, 2nd Glacier Greens, 3rd Myrtle Point, 4th Comox, 5th Crown Isle and 6th Sunnydale.

Please mark your calen-dars for the season fi nale of the CROWN ISLE LA-DIES” NINE AND WINE is Oct. 2 with a 4 pm shot-gun. This event is benefi t-ting the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and includes golf, tee gift, din-ner, glass of wine, prizes and $5000 hole in one on each nine. Register as a single, double or team by calling the proshop at 250 703-5029. Everyone wel-come.

- Submitted by Donna Cunliffe

DAFOE AND TAYLOR CHAMPIONS AT THE COMOX GOLF CLUB

On an absolutely perfect weekend for golf, Comox crowned Jan Dafoe as the Overall Low Gross Cham-pion for the 4th consecu-tive time and Phyllis Tay-lor as the Overall Low

Comox Champions Jan Dafoe, left, and Phyllis Taylor

Net Champion. Jan shot a combined score of 172 and Phyllis’s low net score was 144. John, Sean and Ernie had the course in beautiful condition which meant we had fast true greens and great fairways.

The Low Gross winners are: For the fi rst fl ight (0-19) Carmen deWinter with a 186 winning in a count back over Nancy Riva(2nd). Sue Leakey was third with 191.

In the second fl ight (20-29), Sara Smith-192, Patti Harris- 200 and Linda Callender- 203.

Third fl ight (30+) win-ners were: Jean Kirby-205, Gi Carlson-215 and Linda Diamond-224.

The Net winners are: First fl ight: Pat Ever-ett-150, Suzy Venuta-155 and Karen Vanetta at 161.

In the second fl ight: Mary Buchanan- 153, Barb Buchanan- 153 and

Pat Schmidt-161 and the third fl ight winners were: Marg Siddall-148, Louella Dooe- 155 and Yvonne Baker with 162.

Jan Dafoe held the long drive for both days for 0-19 handicap.

On Saturday Amber Du-four won the longest drive for the 20-29 division and Phyllis Taylor won for Sunday.

Long drive for 30 and up was Jean Kirby on Sat-urday and Marg Siddall for Sunday.

Closest to the hole for Saturday on hole #5 and 14 (0-19)was Sue Leakey and on Sunday it was Jan Dafoe.

Closest to the hole for (20-29) Saturday on hole #5and 14 was Mary Bu-chanan and Marg Siddall for handicap (30+).

There were 2 long putts on Saturday. One was won by Sara Smith (#4 and 13) and the second one (#8 and 17) was won by Marg Siddall and Sunday, Mary Buchanan won on #4and #13 and Linda Callender won on #8and 17.

Thanks to Patti Harris , Linda Callender and Sha-ron Crowe for organizing our Championship. Also the Tee Box provided a very tasty dinner for us. Jesse hung around to talk to the ladies.

- Submitted by Nancy Riva

TUESDAY LADIES AT THE COMOX GOLF CLUB

Patti Harris bouncedback from a tough week-end at the Club Champi-onships to win First LowGross with a score of 88on Tuesday, Aug. 25th.

Low Net for the day waswon by Jean Kirby in acount back with Peg Run-quist with a score of 70.

Second Low Gross wentto Nancy Newton (89)while the other Nancyscored 92 for third place.

Phyllis Taylor (73)wassecond low net while MargKelly came in with 74.

Thanks to our generoussponsors for their supportthroughout the year:

Keith Gibson from In-vestors Group, Jesse fromthe Comox Pro Shop,Looneyrama, Panago Piz-za and the Tee Box.

Tuesday’s winners were:Monica Yoo (closest tothe bucket), Phyllis Tay-lor and Anne Pattersonwon the long putts, PatAilles (water draw), NancyRiva(closest to hole in oneshot #5 &14), Barb Bu-chanan (closest to hole in3 on #7&16) and Closestin 2 shots on #9&18 waswon by Jean Kirby.

Come and join us Tues-day mornings.

Call the Pro Shop @250-339-4444.

- Submitted by Nancy Riva


GOLFNEWS

SUNNYDALECLUB CHAMPS

Ninety members of the Men’s and Ladies’ Sunny-dale Golf Club took to the links this past weekend (Aug 22/23) for our annual Club Championships.

Early morning shotgun starts, sunny skies, fair pin placements and fast rolled greens provided ideal golf conditions.

The leaders after Satur-day prevailed Sunday and we crowned two new Club Champions.

Crystal Friesen is the new Ladies Club Cham-pion with the Low Gross score of 171. Crystal shot two great scores on Satur-day and Sunday - 85 and 86.

In the Men’s Club, Ty-ler vanAnrooy managed to hold on to his lead over Jordan Rallison on the fi -nal two holes to shoot an impressive Low Gross Score of 140 making him the new 2015 Men’s Club Champion.

Both winners received the coveted Club Cham-pion parking spots as well as having their names en-graved on the Sunnydale Club Champion Trophies.

Other winners in the Ladies Club were: Low Gorss Runner-Up - Joan Brown with 185. Low Net winner was Frankie Mc-Caff ery with 139 and Run-ner-Up was Pat Costello with 145.

In the Men’s Club Jor-dan Rallison shot 143 for 2nd Low Gross while Rob Heron was the Low Net Winner with 135. Earl Costello made it a family aff air for Runner-Up 2nd Low Net with a score of 136.

The Club Champion-ships are a great social event for the Men’s and Ladies Clubs and are made possible through the help of many volunteers, sponsors and hard work of the ground’s crew.

BACK NINE TWICEAT GLACIER GREENS

Tuesday, August 25th was an interesting golf morning for the Glacier Greens group of women.

It was punch the greens week and so the back nine was played twice. Many found an improved score the second time around and some did not but the sense of humor stayed in-tact with good results.

Tobi Norris shot a 75 to take the Low Gross top score and Leslie Hauser took Low Net with a 65 and to top that she also took the best putter posi-tion with 28 putts. Well done Leslie and I quote,

Ladies Club Champion Crysal Friesen receiving trophy from Kathie Reid

Men’s Club Champion Tyler vanAnrooy with Men’s Captain Dave Pye

Men’s Club Low Net Winner Rob Heron, left

Ladies Club Low Net Winner Frankie McCaffery, left

“Best game I’ve had all sea-son!”. Ellie Nicholas scored 2nd Low Gross with 88 and second Low Net was carded by Rosslyn O’Rourke with 66.

KP on #12 was a welcome win for Sylvie Nicoliachuk and anoth-er KP win for Tobi Norris on #15. Really close shote, both of them.

The Shoot-out starts Septem-ber 15 Ladies so please make sure you and your partner are signed up and paid up and let the FUN begin!

Submitted by Ann Johnston

COMOX MEN’S WEDNESDAY NIGHT

Results from a very pleasant Wednesday evening on Aug 19th:

1st Low Gross Hcp 0-14: Nick Usher (33), 2nd Rick Siddall (35 c/b)

1st Low Gross Hcp 15: Mike Naso (40 c/b), 2nd Horton (40 c/b)

Low Nets: Stan Potter (29), Gary Usher (31), Bill Wheeldon (31),

Dan Bailey (31), Kevin Loga (31).

PoG for Rob Rasmussen and Jim Eremko.

Deuces for Jim Eremko and Bill Bowles.

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#3 Long Drive, Nick Usher, Bill Wheeldon Construction

#4 KP, Rick Adams, Westview Fords Sales (Mike Paroshy)

#5 KP, Bill Bowles, Browning (Karl Faw-thorpe)

#6 KP, Rob Rasmus-sen

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#9 KP, Stan Potter, Shilo Painting and Dec-orating

Comox Legion Ham and Pineapple Darts Shoot results:

28 players turned out on Saturday Au-gust 8th in colorful gear, for the annual event.

Powell River, Campbell River and Parksville players joined the locals for the round robin event.

The top 8 couples went onto the best of 3 knock out round, Ken Hayes and Lynn Devries triumphed over Bill and Brenda Durant for the 1st and second place spots.

Bob and Jennifer Harrison (Camp-bell River) edged out Chad Trowdon and Joleen Swanson (Parksville) for 3rd place.

Best and loudest outfi ts went to Laurie

and Margaret Bull.Next up at the Comox Legion is the “Open Mixed

Doubles” event on September 26th. Watch for postersand media announcements, or contact Dave at 250-339-9592 or [email protected]

The Courtenay Legion Hall is inviting all local players to sign up for its annual Men’s Open Darts Shoot Sept. 5.

The tournament will feature play in both sin-gles and doubles, with the fi eld limited to the fi rst 24 players/teams to register in each event.

Toe line and doubles commence at 10 a.m.,

with singles competi-tion to follow. Aff ordablelunches will be availableat the hall. Cost is $20 perplayer, per event, and pre-registration cutoff is noonon Saturday, Sept. 4.

The Courtenay Legionis located at 367 Cliff Ave.

To register or for moreinfo, email [email protected] or call 250-339-6342 or 250-702-0041.

Great fun at Ham and Pineapple darts shoot

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