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Currie was Publisher of the AV Times in Port Alberni. The AV Times is a daily with over 108 years of rich history. After several years in the retail sector including owning a Canadian Tire Franchise in Ontario, Keith joined the print media business over 10 years ago and for the last 10 years served at the Echo (the last 7 as the Advertising Manager) before his move to Port Alberni.

Currie is no stranger to the Comox Valley and was very involved with the community. Keith has served most recently as President of CVEX, President of Strathcona Sunrise Rotary, Treasurer of the DTBIA, and sits on the Provincial Board of BC Fairs & Exhibitions as Vice President and most recently was named one of the Citizens of the Century in celebration of Courtenay’s Centennial. He looks forward to continued and renewed contributions in the community.

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Courtenay and Oyster River fi refi ghters were teaming up again on the weekend to battle a large house fi re in a rural area.

A three-storey large home on Nelson Road just off Tsolum River Road went up in fl ames about 6:45 a.m. Sunday.

The house was fully involved in fi re when fi refi ghters arrived, said Deputy Fire Chief Kurt MacDonald.

There are no hydrants in the area, so Oyster River Fire had been immediately

called under the mutual aid agreement to bring their tanker to supplement Courte-nay’s.

The 18 fi refi ghters involved needed about four hours to get everything un-der control and prevent the fl ames from spreading to a nearby wooded area.

“What is concerning is it’s so dry, and there’s no water supply out there,” said MacDonald.

Capt. Greg Lamb said about 40 per cent of the house was still standing after the fi re was extinguished, but it’ll be up to the insurance company to determine if it’s

a write-off .Lamb said that apart from stopping the

fi re from spreading to trees, the fi re crew’s good work managed to save a detached garage being built right beside the house.

“We have an area of (fi re) origin, but we’re still working on a cause,” Lamb said.

Less than a week before the Nelson Road fi re, both departments were bat-tling a house fi re on Railway Avenue in Merville. The cause of that fi re has been determined to be an unattended cooking appliance - a smoker - on the back deck.

“It was totally accidental,” Lamb said.

Another rural home hit by fi re

The fi re that destroyed a Railway Avenuehome was caused by a smoker on theback deck (Oyster River Fire photo)

Courtenay, Oyster River fi re departments keep fl ames from spreading

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Cumberland fi refi ghters battle house and bush fi resBY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

Cumberland Fire De-partment dealt with two major fi res recently, one involving a bush fi re and the other a house fi re.

Fire chief Mike William-son said at around 10 p.m. on Monday, they were called to attend a bush fi re just off the parkway near the north on-ramp to Campbell River.

The blaze, which was on the Trilogy Hancock property, was 100 by 100 in size, said Williamson and it could have esca-lated to a more alarming situation had it not been spotted sooner.

“Luckily a passing mo-torist called this in at an early stage of the fi re and our department got to it at the very early stages of the fi re,” said Williamson.

“This area is full of grass and broom and standing timber was very near but

our crew was on it quickly and extinguished it fast. In about 30 minutes we had it under control.”

The Cumberland crew spent another two hours of mop-up, foaming and

digging up hot spots. Wil-liamson they went back the next day to make sure all the fi re was extin-guished.

Williamson said they’re still investigating the fi re.

However, they believe itwas human caused.

Last week, Cumberlandfi re crews were called toa burning house at 3704Minto Road near Royston.

The occupants of theresidence were not athome when the fi re brokeout.

Fire chief Mike William-son said when they gotthere at around 6 p.m. thefi re was burning behindthe house.

“It burnt from the out-side into the house, gotthrough the eaves and intothe roof,” said Williamson.

Williamson said theysaved a lot of the own-ers’ personal stuff . Butthe house is a write-off . Ittook 3.5 hours to douse allthe fl ames.

“There’s a lot of struc-tural damage in the roof,wiring and all that kindof stuff ,” said William-son. “The damage couldbe around $250,000. Itneeds to be rebuilt.”

Bush fi re was going well when Cumberland Fire was called out by a passing motorist.

Scorched earth left after bush fi re along the parkway near the Inland Island Highway on Monday night.

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The Berwick plans to extend its buildingBY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

The Berwick Retire-ment Community on Co-mox Avenue is planning to double its size by adding 34 more units to its cur-rent services.

It has submitted a pro-posal to the Town of Co-mox for extension to its existing building located in the downtown area, which currently already has 35 units for assisted living accommodation.

Director of Sales and Marketing Lena Foran said the extension will al-low The Berwick to ser-vice future growth in se-niors population in the Comox Valley.

A rezoning applica-tion is currently being re-viewed by town planners and engineers and upon completion will be pre-sented to council for ap-proval.

Town Planner Regina Bozerocka said the design will feature a six storey building to be aded to the current one.

The six storey height

Rezoning application for six-storey addition being reviewed by town planners

The existing Berwick building, above, and the landscap-ing plan, left, complete with pond, for the proposed ex-tension.

proposal may be contro-versial following the re-cent approval of the Lorne Hotel project that will see a fi ve-storey structure to be built on the corner of Comox Avenue and Port Augusta.

Bozerocka said this is the reason for the rezon-ing application which the developer has posted on a sign on the property adja-cent to The Berwick.

“Any developer can ask for pretty much anything they want within the Of-fi cial Community Plan,” said Bozerocka. “So this will go public, this will go to council and we will see.”

Foran said they aim to continue to maintain their long-standing re-lationship and tradition they have with the Comox community.

As part of the exten-sion, Foran said they are increasing the amenity space on the fi rst fl oor which includes a larger theater, bistro dining op-tion and exercise room.

In addition to the inte-rior renovation, they are expanding the outdoor liv-ing space with patio and courtyard area with water feature.

“Given our strong rela-tionship with the Comox Valley community, we are making the exterior living space accessible and open to the public, as well as our residents,” said Foran.

Once the project gets approved, Foran said they expect the extension to

be completed within 18 months.

Foran said they’ve had information meetings with town residents and that it was well received.

Any developer can ask for pretty much anything they want within the Offi cial Co-munity Plan. So this will go public, this will go to counncil and we will see.”

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The Comox Valley Re-gional District is pleased to know that residents do care about conserving wa-ter especially during this extremely dry summer.

It has noticed a 35 per cent water use reduction since stage three water restrictions were put in place on July 3.

The daily consumption for the Comox Valley wa-ter system has decreased since the elevated restric-tions came into eff ect.

The data indicates resi-dents understand the ex-treme drought situation within the region and demonstrated that un-derstanding by decreas-ing their water use in the month of July.

From June to July, the daily average dropped by approximately 15,000,000 litres/day.

The local area restric-tions are an essential part of reducing the water withdrawal rates from the Puntledge River. The wa-ter that supplies the Co-mox Valley water system originates in Comox Lake and is taken from the Puntledge River and de-livered to approximately 41,000 residents.

The water is a shared resource with BC Hydro using its share of the wa-ter to generate electric-ity (shutdown since June 16), and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans using it to ensure salmon stocks migrate and thrive.

“We thank the commu-nity for responding to an unprecedented situation that began late last sum-mer with extremely low levels of water in the lake and the rivers, followed in the fall of 2014 with the fl ooding and boil wa-ter advisories, and now the drought “ said Dave Leitch, CVRD’s senior manager of water and wastewater services.

For now, residents and businesses are asked to continue complying with the local area water re-strictions which essential-ly requires all homeown-ers to use water only when completely necessary. The CVRD has posted daily water consumption values (updated weekly) for the Comox Valley water sys-tem on its website at www.comoxvalleyrd.ca/usage .

Big waterusage dropby Valleyresidentsin dry spell

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British Columbians, in fact all Canadians, are known as peace loving inhabitants of a great country replete with huge forests, great wide open spaces, wild oceans and a plethora of magnifi -cent wildlife.

Do we really want to sully this image by allowing the wanton destruction of our bears, moose, elk and big-horn sheep?

The offi cial argument seems to be that these kill-ings are well within the boundaries of population management.

Surely, if there is a per-ceived need to control these animals’ numbers, wouldn’t sterilization be a better so-lution?

As for the economic ben-efi t from trophy hunters, surely the gross revenue must be paltry compared to say the supposed benefi ts of LNG.

Furthermore, isn’t a griz-zly bear worth far more alive, able to facilitate wild-life viewing for its entire life?

So come on Mr. McRae, do the right thing.

PLEASE, PLEASE BAN TROPHY HUNTING IN B.C.

Andrew ClarkeComox

In the latest revision of his perplexing and often inconsistent Senate policy, the Prime Minister-in other areas an admirable leader-

has decided to recommend no further appointments to the Upper House.

Canadians (especially Conservatives) fi nd last week’s announcement of-fensive.

The Prime Minister is al-lowing his frustration at the behaviour of current sena-tors (most of them there by his choice), coupled with a longstanding dislike of how the Senate works, to inter-fere with the eff ectiveness of Canada’s parliamentary process.

We cannot deny that some recent appointments to the Senate have been of less than the best quality. And we admit that not all constitutional discussion is bad.

But forcing one’s own agenda for change by hin-dering the Constitution’s functionality is unaccept-able.

Maybe this most recent determination will be kept just like previous promises about the Senate. Or maybe it is time for the Governor General to start appointing Senators without advice from the Prime Minister’s Offi ce.

Brendon JohnsonCourtenay

“I am disappointed in both of you”, a letter writer asserts (The Echo, 31 July), referring to our local news-papers.

Like the letter writer, I too have seen the steady decline in reporting. I

too, have stopped doing more than leafi ng quickly through the pablum. I too, have held the Echo in high-er esteem than its corporate competitor. The now ailing, once locally-owned paper was then fully alive, the eco-nomically healthy re-printer then only slothfully dull and pedestrian. Now it seems comatose. Which saves one from commenting on the political hack columnist’s tendentious drivel.

“Simplify, simplify”, Hen-ry David Thoreau implored. Clearly never heard of by anyone aboard the other paper. The blah crawls te-diously across the pages. A true journalist would have the same space twinkling with news items, snappy commentary, updated com-munity events, etc. Lack of staff was never an excuse. Deliver, or make room. Nor does the other paper seem to know the basic journal-istic dictum: Make the lead paragraph contain most pertinent details. Thus readers can safely fl ee if not interested.

Perhaps fl ee to the Let-ters page, where readers generally deliver them-selves of less trite opinions than what is seen on the Editorial page.

Newpapers have often been called, The Fish Wrap-per. Usually, however, not on the day of publication. In this respect alone we may call the other paper un-usual.

Finn Schultz-LorentzenCourtenay

You see the fi re engines and hear the sirens, often daily, in this extremely hot and dry summer.

But it was brought home to me how important the people who man these trucks are to all of us a few nights ago.

We had a fi re in Merville, the fl ames were above the tree tops and the fi re was roaring and crackling, in minutes after it started.

We were fortunate that it had rained recently and that there was no wind, and even more fortunate for the quick response of both the Courtenay and Oyster River fi remen, who worked to contain that fi re for more than four hours and who saved an entire neighbour-hood from a forest fi re.

The neighbourhood is a series of houses nestled in trees, if the trees had caught many of is would be homeless or worse.

The appreciation I am feeling for the fi remen is beyond expression, these people volunteer large parts of their lives to our Comox Valley community on a 24/7 basis, as well as the many hours spent training and practicing.

Their contribution to our safety and well being is fre-quently overlooked until we need them.

Their work is dangerous and they often save lives.

When a place is burning their arrival is the most wel-

come sight, and the relief they bring is a blessing.

A heartfelt thank you goes to our brave and gen-erous fi remen.

Jackie SandifordMerville

Re: Proposed demolition of Mack Laing House

Your Worship and Mem-bers of Comox Council,

As the national voice for the conservation of built heritage in Canada, the Na-tional Trust for Canada is following with interest the proposed demolition of the Mack Laing House known as “Baybrook” located in the Mack Laing Nature Park in Comox.

Concern about the future of this important heritage site has been brought to our attention by Heritage BC, the Mack Laing Heritage Society of the Comox Val-ley, and others.

Baybrook was the home of esteemed naturalist, collector, author and edu-cator Mack Laing (1883-1982) from the time of its construction in 1922 until 1949, representing his most active and prolifi c period of research and writing.

The natural setting in Mack Laing Nature Park contributes to the heritage signifi cance of Baybrook, which is so closely tied to this important Canadian conservationist.

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Property assessments undertaken by both a pro-fessional structural engi-neer and architect have concluded that Baybrook can be carefully rehabili-tated and adapted to a new public use.

And the Mack Laing House Conservation Com-mittee has submitted two reports that provide viable options for the future of the site and propose strategies for a cost-eff ective rehabili-tation.

The National Trust urges the Town of Comox to re-consider its decision to de-molish this important heri-tage property.

We encourage you to rec-ognize the heritage signifi -cance of Baybrook and to take advantage of Heritage BC’s off er of assistance in conservation planning and capacity building training that will help ensure its re-tention and adaptive reuse for future generations.

Natalie Bull Executive Director

National Trust

To MLA Don McRae,I am writing as a citi-

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A VERY BIG BEEF to all the noisemakers on Lanyon Road the night of July 10 and the early morning hours of the 11th. Have you people no consideration for anybody else? The am-plifi er was on and every word could be heard. The language was terrible. Ev-ery second word was the F-word. I fi rst phoned the RCMP around 11:30 on the 10th. Nothing changed. I made two more calls. Still the same. On my fourth call I took my phone out-side and let them hear the noise. In half an hour all was quiet and we could go to sleep. Four calls over 13/4 hours. I think that’s terrible. Maybe the stab-bing would not have hap-pened. I live at least three blocks away.

A BIG HUG and good Karma to the kind lady in Walmart on Sunday, July 26th. I stopped in to pick up a couple of items and was waiting to ring in and pay for my goods. I watched as she chatted with the young man and when I went to pay I found she had already done so. I couldn’t fi nd you to thank you but you really made my day. I will be paying it forward and it makes me smile every time I think of your kindness. I’m still smiling!!

A BEEF to whoever left a note on my windshield on Sunday, August 2nd at Walmart. I know that hav-ing a car seat is not hav-ing a child, this is Mothers Parking. If you knew the situation you would not have left this note. I had dropped my dauaghter and grandchildren off at Walmart earlier and went to get my hair cut. I re-turned to Walmart, parked and went to fi nd them. I do not use the car seats as an excuse to park in desig-nated parking.

WISHING A BOUQUET a day for the lady/ladies for tak-ing my green purse to to Thrifty’s at Lerwick and Ryan roads. I recently left it hanging on the cart when I drove off . Bless you for your kindness and a heartful of thanks to you and the staff in store for advising me it was safe. The spirit of folks in the Comox Valley continues to shine and I am so content

BLOWN ENGINES to CFB Comox for running the glider tow planes every day of the August long weekend. Bad enough that we have to put up with this racket all summer long - now even the long week-ends are ruined. Either scrap the tow planes and use a catapult to launch the gliders or move the program to another air-fi eld next year. Expecting thousands of Valley resi-dents to wear earplugs all day every summer so a few cadets can get taxpay-er-subsidized fl ying expe-rience is ridiculous!

where each day is a new adventure - Doris.

A HUGE BOUQUET of summer fl owers to the Comox Rec-reation Centre staff , the Nautical Days Committee, the amazing volunteers, Leon Van Noorden and Bill Jay for a very well or-ganised and enjoyable Vic-tor Simonson Dragon Boat Festival on Sunday. We’re already looking forward to next year’s event.

A SINCERE BOUQUET to Val who came to help me when I fell last week. Even though she was on her way to work, she insisted on driving me home where she made sure that I had care before she left; then called back in the evening to ask how I was. I truly ap-preciate your kindness and concern Val, thank you so much.

I WOULD LIKE to congratu-late the organizers of Nauti-cal Days for a great festival. I would also like to off er a couple of suggestions for improving your festival: BRING BACK STEVE EL-LIOT AND ROB PETRIE.

THIS IS A HUGE BOUQUET to the person who found my wallet in the stroller at the parking in Indepen-dent John’s. It contains all my identity papers plus money. If I lose it I will be in great troubles. I am 93-years old, born in Bel-gium. Once again I have proof that living in Comox is a blessing. I wish you all the best of luck. Thank to you my anonymous bene-factor. God bless you.

CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN for me why, as the oil price continues to slide, the price at the pumps continue to stay high? If I remember correctly, when the crude oil price was $50’s, the gas price at the pump used to be at most $0.80’s. Is this again blaming on low Ca-nadian dollars or refi nery problems? I almost feel like somebody is just mak-ing up the price whatever they feel like. Once it hit over $1, it seems there is no way to come back to under $1. I am not a gas guzzler. Mostly I walk and bike, but I can not stand the oil busi-nesses taking advantage of those people who can not depart from car depen-dency. I don’t support car

dependency either, but to be realistic, that will not change quickly. Be fair and reasonable!

BEEF. Irresponsible dog owners! Dog attack. Out last night walking my dogs, and 2 dogs of the people down the road, came out from behind a building and attacked, unprovoked, my dogs. Now apparently this is not fi rst time these animals have done this. Owner of them mentioned to wife, it had attacked and killed another dog as well as stalked their neighbors. As growing up, people whose dogs did this type of thing took matters into their hands, owners put the dog down. Now I have had it, contacted the City. may-be this time it something should be done.

THIS IS A BIT LATE, but I would like to send a ‘thank you’ bouquet to the won-derful woman in front of me in line to see ‘Juras-sic Park’ on Tuesday, June 30th. When I got to the window to buy my ticket, I was informed that she had paid for it! That was so nice, and you can be sure I will pay it forward!

BOUQUETS to the Navy ca-dets who did a very fi ne, professional, job of water taxi and touring the Orca Class ships on Nautical days - Great experience. Thanks.

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nay Council for installing the pedestrian operated crossing lights at the Lewis Center. Until recently, I had made an eff ort to wait patiently for an opportu-nity to cross the Old Island Highway and to not inter-fere with the fl ow of traf-fi c. I have had a change of mind and I now go without hesitation to the pedes-trian crossing. My change of mind was occasioned by a couple of road rage inci-dents and most recently the motorcycle accident where a motorcycle was rear ended by a car and the two motorcyclists were sent to hospital. I now consider the section of Old Island Highway from Headquarters Road inter-section to the Fifth Street Bridge to be a very danger-ous road for pedestrians and cyclists. I would ask that the Council consider

some safety upgrades, for example sidewalks and some new designat-ed bike lanes to `tame` the sometimes exuberant fl ow of traffi c.

A BEEF to the Courtenay Council for their failure to provide a top dressing of `fi sh soil` or mulch to help the trees on public land to survive the cur-rent drought.

A few inches of top-dressing and a few gal-lons of water I think would have signifi cantly increased the odds of some of these trees sur-viving this drought. And before any one objects to the cost of trying to save these trees let me point out that some of these trees are `specimen` trees and `memorial` trees on public land and, if they succumb will have to be removed at public expense and likely re-placed at public expense. It would be far cheaper to have made some eff ort to have tried to have saved these trees. Apparently according to the Echo Mr. Erik Eriksson does not believe that there are any trees dying from the lack of rain. He says

“If it comes to the point when we are going to let some plants and trees die we’re not at Stage 4. We’re at Stage 10. We are going to go through a lot more before that happens”. I wonder if Mr. Eriksson would like to visit Simms Park and the Air Park to observe a number of dead and dying trees even at this stage of the drought, whatever this stage is. I would encourage Mr. Er-iksson to explain his un-derstanding of the vari-ous stages of this current drought.

A BIG THANK YOU to Cadet Gaio and his cadets for the help getting the residents from The Views to see the parade Monday; without your help this would not happen. You all “rock”. En-joy your stay at camp.

BOUQUET to all the resi-dents that are making a great eff ort to save water. I wonder if with the pos-sibility of Stage 4 restric-tions we should all consid-er following the guidelines many Gulf Islanders use when fl ushing toilets - If it’s yellow, let it mellow - if it’s brown, fl ush it down. If every person in the Val-ley saved even one fl ush a day, we would save thou-sands of gallons a day and maybe avoid stage 4.

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or willing to pick up after your the dog, those people should fi nd a good home for the dog. Many times I see the dog running off leash and going where ever it wishes. I think I will start taking pictures and post-ing them for the public to see who is responsible for this neglect.

A BOUQUET OF SUNFLOWERS to Patrick, Amy, and the rest of the staff at Prime restaurant on Ryan Rd. My boyfriend and I went in at the last minute for a bever-age and bite to eat. From the initial greeting until af-ter our bill was paid, Amy and Patrick were attentive, professional, friendly, and accommodating. Thank you both for the wonderful service and positive expe-rience. We’ll be back!

SO - ON THE ISLAND INLAND freeway, you can set the cruise control at 140 kph, 87.5 MPH, in the left lane, legally. Thanks to Minis-ter Todd Stone, who de-termined the speed limit by asking drivers how fast they want to go. Oh my. I guess the BC Liberals asked big business how many TFWS they need-ed and what they would like to pay for LNG. New York investors think the new P3 hospital is a great deal - no surprise here. It seems the BC Liberals are a little off track, bor-rowing $2 billions a year while declaring a surplus. BC Hydro drained down Comox Lake to pay Pow-erex bonuses,while we are on stage 3 but, as usual the NDP opposition are missing in action on most of these important issues. The Federal NDP seem to have the picture!

SHAME ON THE FOLKS in

Comox who hired a com-mercial company to pow-erwash their big house in the middle of Stage 3 water

restrictions. Shame on the fellow who spent a whole morning doing the deed, thereby wasting hundreds of gallons of water in the process (“gotta make a liv-ing” he replied when chal-lenged). A call to the town confi rmed that anyone with a business license has the legal right to waste as much water as they wish even during Stage 3. So if you want a clean house or vehicle or motorhome dur-ing this drought, you can’t go out and rent a power-washer and do it yourself, but you can hire someone to do it ... who knew??

I’M SURE IT WAS just an oversight, but our premier hasn’t made much men-tion of the risks that ac-company LNG, which is largely methane. LNG as a liquid is not explosive, and when spilled, it turns to vapour and dissipates. But if a tanker leaks LNG, and the vapour ignites and burns faster than it can burn off , an expand-ing “pool fi re” can result that could melt steel 1,200 feet distant, worse than an industrial fi re. Those who say LNG is safe when handled properly are prob-ably right. But they’ve said that about oil tankers too. Accidents happen. The last big accident was in Cleveland in 1944, when a storage tank burst, ig-nited, scorched 30 acres and killed 128 people. The prevailing opinion, includ-ing our premier’s, may be that the infrequency of ac-cidents speaks to LNG’s safety. However. They didn’t use to have terror-ists hiding behind every tree, looking for targets.

A BIG BEEF to our repre-sentative MP John Dun-can for his deceptive re-cent splashy Conservative fl yer in my mailbox. The fl yer states that the new 2015 Universal Child Care

Benefi t (UCCB) is $1920 a year for kids under 6, and now $720 for kids 6 - 17. Sounds great right? It is not, and it is in fact a grand deception. What he doesn’t say in the fl yer is that the original UCCB was already worth $1200 per year to kids under 6. He doesn’t say that this new UCCB amount adds just $60/month per child and that the benefi t is tax-able which removes a big portion of this amount (Stay with me). Worse, he does not tell us that Harper’s Conservatives quietly just cancelled the Child Tax Credit ($2255/year per child) and which is equivalent to about $28/month. In summary, what he doesn’t say is that this new UCCB benefi t adds up to just $13/month ex-tra for someone making $50,000/year. I would love to see that fl yer released: “Conservatives are helping parents keep more of their own money - $14/month to be exact! Wow. To boot, the Conservatives are releas-ing a backdated lump sum UCCB amount to parents (backdated from January 2015 when the new UCCB came into eff ect) coinci-dentally 3 months before the election, to increase this Grand Deception and with what looks like politi-cally timed vote buying. It makes my stomach turn. If you go back even farther to 2006, when Harper in-troduced the controversial UCCB, you will see that he did so instead of estab-lishing a National Daycare Program...something that the other party leaders ad-vocated for which might actually have helped fami-lies. Shame on our MP for trying to deceive us. We are not fools. Prepare to be voted off the Island in October...I am voting for the NDP, and so are most people I talk to. While your party record with the en-

vironment is a national embarrassment, your par-ty record with people is arguably worse. We look forward to embracing a bright, sustainable future with a new government.

BOUQUETS to our neigh-bors who won’t be con-cerned that I ran the lawn-mower for a few minutes today. The weekend rains caused a bit of green grass to sprout. Our neighbours know that lack of planning by CVRD and BC Hydro have caused the stage 3 crisis, but we are going brown for the fi sh - and to save water for fi refi ghting. Doing our part.

A BOUQUET to all who ad-

vocate for Maple Pool. Yes it’s on a fl ood plain as are many of the properties ad-joining the River. Bylaws are laws, but they can be changed by our elected representatives. For ex-ample who is getting up at 4:00 AM to hand water their gardens in Courte-nay? Cumberland resi-dents get to sleep in till 9:00 AM and still have an hour to drag hoses around. The CVRD continues to be disconnected from their customers.

LOTS OF THISTLES and drought-resistant plants to the people who went door-to-door with the KIP Petition for supporting a project that will make the town of Union Bay “a casi-no destination”. Yes, that’s right. And did you know the following, “A portion of the Company’s profi ts, with a goal of 10 percent of profi ts, will go to fund the Aziz Foundation, which will be the primary instru-ment for promoting the Company’s environmental and social agenda”? See -http://ubresort.com/eco-nomicoutlook2.html. Just what is the “Aziz Founda-tion”? Is this a new spin-

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A HUGE BEEF to those dog owners who allow their dogs to defecate along the sidewalks and don’t pick up after them. I walk my dog twice a days and al-ways have poop bags and always pick up after him. Just leaving it is disgust-ing and nothing short of irresponsible. If not able

off from Kensington? After all, KIP has referred to it-self as all of the following names: Kensington Island Properties, Kensington Coastal Point, Kensings-ton Coastal Pointe [with an “e”], the Union Bay Community, and now UB Resort. Should it now be renamed the Aziz Bay Re-sort?

Among the petition circulators are the same people who illegally closed down public UBID meet-ings to the public for sev-eral months, who bought the white elephant of the old Union Bay School (which drained public cof-fers on ridiculous renova-tions and lawsuits), only to return it back to the School District. And then there was the defamation suit that the old UBID Board brought against a landowner which cost the public over $100,000 in tax revenues, only to be thrown out by the Judge since a government can’t sue an individual as per the precedent-setting Dixon vs. the City of Powell River legal challenge. (Maybe the old UBID Board should have listened to its own lawyers rather than dig-ging up a lawyer-friend who was found guilty by the BC Law Society for ly-ing to the Court.)

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Canadian Tire readies plans for Target store moveBY DEBRA MARTINEcho Staff

Plans are moving ahead to convert the old Target store at Driftwood Mall into a Canadian Tire out-let.

A public information meeting was held yester-day afternoon by Kasian Architecture of Vancou-ver to outline plans for the building. A variance is required to remove 89 parking spots to allow construction of an outside garden centre.

Padraig McMorrow, a spokesperson for Kassian, said the info meeting was part of the process for the development permit ap-plication. Residents living near the proposed project were notifi ed by letter of the meeting, according to city instructions. Other-wise, it wasn’t publicized.

Although the plans are in at city hall now, the pro-posal has yet to go before city council.

The plans include a 10-bay Auto Service centre at the back of the building, with the covered garden centre in the front.

The rest of the space will be retail.

And that pleases Ca-

nadian Tire’s associate dealer for Courtenay, Bert Heeringa.

The new store will have double the retail display space than has the exist-ing store on Ryan Road.

The aisles will be much wider than they are now, and more merchandise will be out on display.

Right now, they have more merchandise than display space, said Heer-inga.

“It will be an improved shopping experience,” he said. “I’m pretty excited”.

Heeringa said the build-ings are owned and looked

after by Canadian Tire corporation, so he wasn’t privy to all the details.

But, he said, he did ad-vocate strongly for the garden centre to be in-cluded as it’s important for his customers.

Canadian Tire acquired the lease on the Courte-nay Target store in early May, one of 12 they took over across the country for $17.7 million.

Mayor Larry Jangula welcomed the news at the time.

“It’s huge news for us,” said Jangula.

“For the mall, that must

be a huge feather in their cap. Having that large re-tail space empty at the mall must have been hard.

“It will really be a good move for the local Cana-dian Tire because two-thirds of Target is very new and completely reno-vated,” said Jangula.

“I am sure they’re going to make some changes to accommodate their auto-motive department. It will give them lots of space and lots of visibility. It will be impossible to miss them if you’re coming into

town.”The acquisition of Tar-

get leases provides Cana-dian Tire with a unique opportunity to accelerate sales and market share growth, according to a press release from the company earlier this year.

It also allows Canadian Tire to improve profi tabil-ity by providing a cost-ef-fective means to improve its retail store network through right-sizing and replacing some of its ex-isting stores to better lo-cations.

Info meeting yesterday unveils conversion plans that include loss of 89 parking spots

Driftwood Mall Target store closed earlier this year


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Four Special Olympians were greeted with warm applause and congratula-tions Monday morning as they walked in the Comox Valley Airport fresh from their triumphant partici-pation at the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los, Angeles, Ca.

Brad Hogan, Chris Ro-berge and Robert Burns from the Comox Val-ley were all smiles. They were beaming with pride and joy, displaying the shiny medals around their necks.

The fourth member of

Team Canada from thearea was Michelle Forbergfrom Campbell River.

Hogan and Robergecompeted in softball andwere instrumental inhelping Team BC landthe bronze medal againstMexico.

“First moment it wasnerve wracking but we gotover our nervousness andwe just played our game,”said Roberge, who playeda variety of positions ascatcher, fi rst, second andthird base and also pitch-ing. “We just pretendedwe were just at home. Wejust focused and we wonbronze.”

(Continued on page 13)Special Olympians (left to right) Michelle Forberg from Campbell River, and Comox Valley athletes Chris Roberge, Brad Hogan and Robert Burns make a triumphant return home from the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Los, Angeles, Ca.

Valley Special Olympians shine at world gamesLocal athletes bring home shiny gold, silver and bronze medals in softball, track and fi eld


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Hogan said he’s so happy to be back in the Comox Valley.

“I missed home,” said Hogan, who played short-stop. “But I had a great time there with all my friends. It was a good fun one week.”

Double medallist Burns couldn’t contain his excitement to express with pride what he accomplished at his fi rst world games. The 63-year-old runner took home a gold medal and sil-ver medal in the track and fi eld events fi nishing fi rst in the stand-ing long jump and a narrow sec-

ond in the 50m run.“I am so proud of myself,” said

Burns, who is one of the oldest members on the Canadian team. “This is so great.”

Forberg was a member of Team Canada’s fi rst basketball team that also competed in the medal rounds. The team fi nished fourth but for Forberg, the experience was memorable for her.

“It felt good,” said Forberg, who played guard. “It was a nice feeling. It was a close game.”

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They aim to train harder.

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Farms and food and beverage pro-ducers are invited to be a stop on the 4th annual Comox Valley Farm Cycle Tour, Saturday, September 26, 2015.

The event invites cyclists of all ages and skill levels to visit a myriad of farms and learn fi rst-hand from pro-ducers about their best practices, op-erations and products.

Unlike past years where there have been specifi c routes and farms in-cluded, the event is open to any farm or food and beverage producer in the Valley, leaving the cyclists to choose their route and hand pick the farms they wish to visit.

Over the years some farms have done tours of their operations, others off ered sit down talks and demonstra-tions, while others presented music, activities and tastes for the cyclists to

experience upon arrival. The event allows the public to learn about the

regions progressive producers and practices, and celebrates the important role agriculture plays in the Comox Valley.

Participating farms are marketed through a campaign undertaken by Comox Valley Eco-nomic Development and Tourism, in partner-ship with the Comox Valley Farmers Market.

For farms that participate in the Saturday morning Farmers Market, they would be listed as being open for cyclists in the afternoon only that day.

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Valley farms, food producers invited to be a stop on the popular cycle tour

Farms and food and beverage producers are being encouraged to participate in the 4th an-nual Comox Valley Farm Cycle Tour, where cyclists of all ages and skill levels, visit farms to learn about their operations, products and businesses. FMI cvfarmcycletour.com Photo Credit: Openimage.ca


This coming Aug. 13th at 5:30 and 7:30 Innisfree Farm at 3636 Trent Rd in Royston will host this month’s Earthsave vegan dine out.

Innisfree Farm is a 7 acre cen-tre in Royston listed on the in-ternational registry of Botanic Gardens with a specialty in food and medicinal plants. The farm has over an acre of organic veg-etables, an orchard of almost 40 fruit and nut trees, a culinary garden, an apothecary garden, a large pond, a labyrinth and the Douglas Senft memorial sculp-

ture garden, Canada’s largest collection of this famous local artist’s work.

Farm owners Chanchal Cabre-ra and Thierry Vrain will be put-ting on their aprons to prepare the following buff et menu:

Starter - Red Velvet (beet) soup with spiced pita chips.

Main - French lentil salad, po-tatoes two ways - rosemary roast-ed and potato salad, mixed salad, assortment of home made pick-les, chutneys and sauerkraut.

Dessert - Chocolate brownies with raspberry coulis.

Herbal tea selectionEnjoy a walk in the gardens be-

fore dinner or walk the labyrinthafter dinner. Taste the raspber-ries, fresh vegetables, chutneys,pickles and a selection of herbalteas all from the farm, then buyyour favourites to take homefrom the farm shop.

The cost for the evening in-cluding tea, taxes and tips is $25for adults and $15 for kids to age12.

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Many of us have learned to use these skills over time - but if you fi nd it increas-ingly hard to understand what others are saying, this is the chance to ‘hone in on’ and ‘upgrade’ those skills that will assist you most in communicating eff ectively with others.

Your CV Hard of Hearing Support Group is pleased to advise that Linda Scarlett-Hauck from Salt Spring Island will once again be our Instructor. Ms Scarlett- Hauck is an adult educator, ex-perienced in working with those who are deaf or hard of hearing of all ages. She structures and paces her classes to ac-

commodate the needs of the individualsin the group.

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BY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

Sidewalk cafes are coming soon to down-town Courtenay.

Ian Buck, the city’s manager of planning services, told council the response they’ve got so far has been positive.

What staff has done was advertise the idea through the Downtown Courtenay Business Improvement Area for interest and com-ments.

Buck said it had drawn a number of inter-ests from local businesses that included the Hub Cafe, Billy D’s Pub & Bistro and just outside the DCBIA, the Avalanche.

The Hub Cafe would like start with a few tables for the short term and plans to in-crease the size in the future.

Billy D’s owner, Deanna Simkin, accord-ing to Buck, has a more ambitious project that wouldl involve creation of a temporary sidewalk.

The sidewalk cafe project was the brain-child of councillor David Frisch, who intro-duced it to council last May.

“It has taken quite a bit longer but the good news is we’re getting there and mov-ing forward,” said Buck.

If there are any concerns, Buck said, it centres mostly on the loss of parking space.

Staff is expecting to receive the fi nal plans from both the Hub and Billy D’s for the city engineer to issue a permit for the use of public right of way.

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Look out garlic lovers, the third annual Garlic Festival is back at Amara Farm on August 9th from 12-4pm. More than half a dozen diff erent farms will showcase over 15 varieties of garlic ranging from mild and pungent to hot and spicy. Parking at 2641 Kirby Rd will be in the farm’s upper fi eld but accessible parking is also available close to the action.

“It’s a wonderful time to showcase the garlic growers in the Comox Valley”, states Arzeena Hamir, co-owner of Amara Farm. “Although the summer has been hot and dry, it was a fantastic year for garlic. The warm, mild winter seems to have re-ally helped bulk up the size of the bulbs. We have the biggest Italian

Softnecks we’ve ever seen!”Other farms that will have both

seed and culinary garlic for sale include the Birds and the Beans, Garstin Farm, Ripple Farm, Roze-haven Farm, and Central Island Garlic. Perennial favourites include Music & Red Russian hardnecks, and Italian Softneck. Some of the more unusual varieties such as Chi-nook, Rose de Lautrec, Northern Quebec, Czech, Persian Star and German Red will also be available.

For over a decade, Brent Garstin has been growing and saving his own garlic on Carwithen Rd. Origi-nally developed from a Red Russian, the variety has adapted to the soils and climate of the Comox Valley and now boasts an “easy-to-peel”

aspect. Chefs love the fact that thepeels practically fall off the clovesonce the bulbs are opened. The va-riety, now commonly referred to as“Garstin’s Plunder” will also be fea-tured.

Visitors to Garlic Festival willhave a chance to tour the farm, takein some local snacks, and sit in theshade and enjoy some tunes. Sam-ples of diff erent garlic varieties willbe available, as will an ample supplyof breath mints. Bring the familyand enjoy an afternoon on the farm.

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The organizers of In-CON Family Gaming Convention have hit the ground running this week to fi nalize all the last min-ute details.

“The Production Team and Organizing Commit-tee are working hard this week to ensure everything runs smoothly” says Alex Greenwood of Games and Grounds Coff ee House.

“We have so much go-ing on that we need tons of volunteers from the planning stage to the ac-tual days of the conven-tion. It’s a labor of love for all those who enjoy their geeky endeavors!”

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“And we’re very excited to have a number of spe-cial guests in a variety of the industries we are showcasing at the conven-tion.”

Local businesses Undis-covered Photography and Games and Grounds Cof-fee House have partnered up to bring the convention to the Comox Valley “be-cause it’s something we both feel strongly about, and it just fi ts with what we already do!”

InCON is set to run Au-gust 8/9 here in the Co-mox Valley at the Florence Filberg Centre and Native Sons Hall.

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Sixteen unique venues will be showcasing the arts on lovely Denman Island this weekend. An exciting mix of painting, photography, woodwork, jewelry, textiles, ceramics, sculpture and mixed me-dia is sure to delight tour-goers between 10 am and 4 pm on both Saturday and Sunday.

Look forward to beating the heat with a cool ferry ride and enjoy the ad-

venture of winding down shady country roads to picturesque studio loca-tions!

Under the towering fi r trees on Gordon Hutch-ens’ property visitors will discover one of the most impressive selections of ceramic art in west-ern Canada. Crystalline-glazed plates and wood-fi red vases of all shapes and sizes are among the many treasures to be

found in Hutchens’ studio showroom.

In widely diff erent is-land locations, four other celebrated Denman artists on the tour this year also include clay in their per-

sonal repertoires.Overlooking Baynes

Sound, Shirley Phillips creates hand-built wares as small as chop stick rests and earrings and as large as highly textured wall torsos and masks in her Lilac Sun Pottery stu-dio.

Mid-island on a forty acre sheep farm, Dante Ambriel brings her ceram-ic fi gures to life (among other creations) with mul-tiple glaze applications that positively shimmer with vibrant color in her Flowing Art Studio and Heritage House Gallery. Both Ambriel and part-ner Tashi Draper work in ceramics as well as silver, silk fi bre, photography and painting. At LeBaron Studio art-lovers are met with a menagerie of myth-ical clay creatures ranging

from pitch black ravens to tawny dragons in a magi-cal forest setting. LeB-aron has also celebrated animals, along with the human form, in a capti-vating collection of large-scale paintings.

Nichola Clark is anoth-er talented painter on the tour who employs acryl-ics. Deeply inspired by the west coast landscape, this artist also adds mixed media to a canvas. Doing so has succeeded in en-hancing the sculptural di-mension of Clark’s incred-ibly dynamic abstracts. “A good painting”, says fellow artist Dawn Stofer, “will feel alive and the viewer will keep making dis-coveries over time.” The subjects and themes visi-tors will enjoy in Stofer’s Gallery, looking out over beautiful Lambert Chan-

nel and Hornby Island, in-clude: landscapes, interior domestic spaces, vessels, fi gures and animals, as well as solitude and ab-straction.

Ten additional ven-ues promise an intimate glimpse into the world where many more local artists spend their hours dreaming and creating in a wide range of versatile mediums.

Pick up your free map at the Buckley Bay ferry booth, or on island at the outdoor quilt dis-play showing at the Den-man Arts Centre at 1016 Northwest Road. This heritage house is conve-niently located right at the top of the ferry hill so you can’t miss it! FMI, please visit www.denmanarts-tour2015.blogspot.ca or call 250-335-1209.

Tour DenmanIsland’s delightfulart studiosthis weekend

Wood-fi red pottery by Shirley Phillips of Lilac Sun Pottery


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IWhy do some artists choose to use oil paint while others focus on pas-tels or acrylics? Why do some sculptors prefer to chisel away on stone while others work with molten metal?

This weekend, August 8 & 9, you will have an op-portunity to fi nd out why by visiting the 13th Annual Originals Only Fine Art Show and Sale at Marina Park in Comox.

Known for its focus of showcasing original works of art rather than limited editions or reproductions, the show provides an op-portunity for Vancouver Island and Outer Island artists to present their work in an environment that specifi cally features the creations of painters and sculptors.

While not its only pur-pose, the show is also designed to help people understand the creative process; how and why an artist chooses a subject or

style; what materials are used and what motivates them to produce a work of art that captures a specifi c viewer’s attention.

Materials and subject matter are only a few as-pects of what visitors to the show can experience. They can not only fi nd out the diff erence but see the diff erences between, abstract, impressionism, modernism and represen-tational works of art.

Show visitors will be able to get closer to the answers by speaking per-sonally with each artist as they will all be on hand in their own booth to answer questions and provide in-sight on why they chose a specifi c subject or me-dium.

Art plays a major role in the life of every commu-nity and that is why The Town of Comox through Comox Recreation has been the primary sup-porter of the show. Not only does it enhance the

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Whatever it is though that generates some kind of response, the Originals Only Fine Art Show is the one place art patrons will be sure to fi nd it. Admission to the show is free and show hours are 10 am to 5 pm each day.

For further information about the show and to get a preview of the quality of art that will be on display and up for sale, visit the show’s website at www.originalsonly.ca

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The second outdoor summer jazz concert at The Gardens on Ander-ton, will take place at 2:00 pm this Sunday, when Andrew Homzy (leader of NOLA Nighthawks) in-troduces his newest group - a line-up of nine of Van-couver Island’s fi nest mu-sicians, named “Sax No End”.

SAX NO END cele-brates the invention of the pre-eminent instrument of jazz - the saxophone, patented in 1846 by the Belgian instrument mak-er, Adolphe Sax.

Homzy has gathered fi ve of Vancouver Island’s best saxophonists, put them in front of a four-piece rhythm section, and has written a book of ar-rangements and origi-nal compositions which engage the musicians, and will delight the audi-ence.

Their name and “theme song” comes from a piece written by another Bel-gian musician, Francy Bo-land, who with co-leader, Kenny Clarke, lead one of the best modern big bands in Europe. The

Kenny Clarke-Francy Bo-land Big Band recorded more than 15 albums be-tween 1961 and 1972. Homzy befriended Boland in the 1980s. Boland died in 2005.

Sax No End will play an exciting array of music in-cluding pieces associated with great jazz saxophon-ists ranging from Johnny Hodges through Charlie Parker, Cannonball Ad-derley, John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy - as well as pieces by Chick Corea, Grant Green (to feature their guitarist), Charles

Mingus and Andrew Homzy.

Saxophonists include Claudio Fantinato, Dan Craven, Graham Shon-wise, Rod Alsop and Lucas Smart. Rhythm section comprises Jesse Marshall - Guitar,

Astrid Burton - Bass, Alicia Murray - Drums, and Andrew Homzy - Pi-ano/Director.

Admission is $10, chil-dren under 14 are free. Gates will be open be-tween 1:00 - 5:00 pm. This will be a two hour show, and you’re invited to make a full afternoon of the event; bring your family and friends, picnic and fa-vourite drinks, and folding chairs. Dancing is encour-aged in the beautiful gar-dens, or alternatively, you can just stroll around this exquisite venue and smell the roses. Free parking is available (just look for the parking marshals, and the sign “Jazz Today” on Anderton Road. Refresh-ments and snacks will be available.

The Summer Jazz Con-cert Series is a joint pre-sentation of Georgia Straight Jazz Society and The Anderton Therapeu-tic Gardens Society.

Be among the fi rst to hear Vancouver Island’s newest jazz group. We look forward to greeting you there!

Join us this Friday, Au-gust 7, 6-9:30pm, at the Gatehouse Gallery & Cof-feeclairs in Cumberland for the opening night of Vancouver Island’s mo-torcycle-themed art show, Freewheelin’, running Au-gust 7-23.

Original works of art featuring photos by com-munity photographer Ron Pogue, metalwork from armourer Vince Mat-thews, paintings by im-pressionist artist DF Gray, and abstract artist Mitch-ell Villa, plus graphic art, stain glass and more.

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Freewheelin until Satur-day August 8 at 6pm, withproceeds going to supportCops for Cancer, Tour DeRock,” says organizer, Su-san MacVittie. “The Cum-berland Motorcycle t hasbeen a supporter of Tourde Rock for a few years, aswell as other communityinitiatives.”

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Born in Transcona, Winnipeg MB. Passed away peacefully at home in Courtenay, BC with her family by her side. She is survived by her son Alan (Christie), daughters Barb (Ron), Lorna (Don), and Elaine (Rick), seven grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren, as well as her loving sister Grace Hamilton & family.Celia is predeceased by her husband Joseph, daughter Carol, parents Bob & May Cheeseman and brother Alfred.Celia’s greatest loves were her family and friends. She loved to travel and played many hands of bridge. She was a dedicated volunteer (instrumental in bringing medical services to Port McNeill) as well as an active community member enjoying curling, drama, Royal Canadian Legion & Lady Lions.Mom worked at Canada Post in Port McNeill for nineteen years, retiring as Postmaster. She then moved to Courtenay to begin the next chapter of her life.No service by request. Memorial donations may be made to Port McNeill Women’s Hospital Auxiliary or Comox Hospice Society.

“A heartfelt thank you from the family to all of the wonderful VIHA nurses, home care workers, Dr. Bakshi. and The Canadian Red Cross Loan Cupboard and Comox Valley Hospice Society. With your help you made it possible for us to grant our Mothers wish to pass away at home.”

Celia may Evenson (nee Cheeseman)

March 19,1932 - July 29, 2015

Hazel HowarthIn loving memory of Hazel How-arth who passed on Friday July 17, 2015 in Comox B.C. with her family by her side. Hazel was born in West Kildonan (Winnipeg, MB) and spent many happen years in Manitoba, England, Ontario and B.C. Hazel is survived by her children, Judy, Nancy and Chris, 3 grandchildren Jill, John and Ashley and 2 great grandchildren, Jack and Eric. Hazel was prede-ceased by her husband Bernard Howarth in 1990. Donations in her memory can be made to the BCSPCA through Piercy’s Mt. Washington Funeral Home 440 England Av. Courtenay, B.C. V9N 2N1.A memorial service was held on Tuesday July 21, 2015.

In Loving Memory of our Son

Aidan Kelton ActonAUGUST 9, 1989 — JANUARY 7, 2004

Forever in our Hearts.

Peace, LoveMom, Dad, Dylan

BONNIE CHERSINOFF (nee PRICE)

Dax, Wil, Momsie, Larry, Val and Kevin would like to thank their family, friends and coworkers for all the love

and support during this difficult time.Thank you to all that have contributed to the Trust fund for

Wil @ Scotiabank in Comox.

There will be a Celebration of Life in the garden ofKevin and Val’s 1624 Balmoral Avenue in Comox

SATURDAY AUGUST 8TH • between 2 – 4pmPlease drop by….everyone welcome!

May 20, 1961 – February 23, 2015

The Bridge Medical Clinic welcomes Dr. Gabriela Gorea to our staff.

Her practice commences August 4, 2015, and she is now accepting new Family Practice patients!

Dr. Clayton Ham will continue to provide exceptional service to our community. He is also expanding his

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Kamikaze rule not enough to stop the ParksBY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

Scott Park and his daughter Brigitte claimed the 28th Build, Bail and Sail title for the third year in a row.

They did the “threep-eat” despite changes in the rules for this year’s annual Nautical Days fun water event.

The changes were intro-duced to make it fair for everyone. It’s called the Kamikaze.

Instead of participants choosing the materials they need to build their boats, it was the organiz-ers and sponsors - Home Hardware/Central Build-ers of Courtenay - that dictated and provided what they would use.

It meant all the entered teams - a total of 24 - re-ceived the same materials plus a mystery item that

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Father and daughter team snags Build, Bail and Sail title for three years in a row

Scott Park and his daughter Brigitte, in the ‘Salish Turkey’ race to fi rst place for the third year in a row on Moday

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they were asked to in-corporate in their boat de-sign. This year it was the cover of a trash bin.

The Parks didn’t know what the materials would be. They simply took ev-erything in stride and let their creative juices fl ow. And it worked for the duo.

“We weren’t prepared until this morning when we saw what they sent us,” said Scott, whose boat with his daughter also won the best designed sea craft of the 28th annual competition.

“We didn’t have a de-sign in mind. That’s the best thing about the Ka-mikaze. Nobody knows what they’re going to get so you really can’t design it up front. You just have to look at what they give you and build it.”

The Parks can’t really say why they have won it in the last three years. But Scott attributed it to good teamwork.

Brigitte was able to brag a little bit after the race, making it known, in a playful way, they’ve won this fun Nautical Days event for three consecu-tive years. They plan to be back and go for a fourth title.

The battle for second and third turned out to be a close race. The boat “We Were Told this was a Bike Race” was coasting to a second place fi nish when disaster struck. One of their paddles broke.

Willi Hardwick, of Dun-can, said they tried every-thing to stay ahead but the team from Alcatraz, Paul and Reese Terris, paddled harder to catch up close to the fi nish line. There was a mad dash to ring the bell fi rst. Reese executed a nice body check on Matt Titler of Comox along the way and beat their op-ponents to steal second place.

Hardwick said they are hoping to come back next year. And they do plan to add a third paddle next time.

While the top boat and team earned the grand prize, the fi rst team that never made it far from the fi nish line was also given recognition. The fi rst to sink award wen to Kevin Waslenko and Max Scha-fer from HMCS Quadra.

The best costume award went to Fred and James McGregor.

■ Please check out our Facebook page for more photos of the race.

A neck and neck race to decide second and third place between the Alcatraz team and the ‘We We Were Told This Was a Bike ace’ crew.


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Comox Valley country music fans are in for a treat Sunday August 9th as the “Country Picken” segment kicks off with some of the best pickers in the Valley taking the stage at 7:00 pm. This free concert takes place at Courtenay Simms Millen-nium Park and is hosted by the City of Courtenay.

This performance fea-tures a reunion of the great local country and western band “Westwind” and includes Gord Kru-ger, Barry Polichek, Moe Davinport, “Johnny Thun-der”, Rob Flannery and Edwin Grieve. They play country music favorites from the likes of Hank Williams, Buck Owens and more through to mod-ern times. Don’t miss this chance to enjoy a summer evening in the park listen-ing to your favorite tunes.

Simms Millenium Park

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

Other Simms Park per-formances include Duo of Duos on August 16, The Blues Legends on August 23, Jazz in the Park on Au-gust 30, and The Fabulous Mutts on September 6.

For concert informationplease call the Courtenay Recreation Lewis Centre at 250-338-5371 or get up-dates at www.courtenay.ca/simms

Country Picken’s per-formance at Simms Park is sponsored by Dave Wheeldon, Investment Advisor at CIBC Wood Gundy. The Simms Sum-mer Concert Series sea-son is sponsored by the Comox Valley Echo. The Goat 98.9 FM, and the City of Courtenay.

Country Pickenin free concertat Simms Park

The Comox Fire Rescue is seeking a few new paid on call members to fi ll vacancies in its member-ship. This opportunity is open to both males and females between the ages of 18 and 50.

The fi re department is particularly interested in persons who work close

to the Comox Fire Sta-tion and are available to respond to emergencies during the daytime (at least a couple of days per week).

Ideal applicants should be dedicated, hard work-ing, team players who are willing to be challenged. Applicants must be physi-

cally fi t and available to attend Tuesday evening training sessions on a regular basis.

Work conditions in-clude hard work, unusual hours, bad weather, ex-treme temperatures, low pay and occasional high stress.

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include new skills, great training, new friends, adventure, satisfaction, teamwork, confi dence, pride, some pay and many other benefi ts.

Chief Gord Schreiner states: “Using a system of volunteer, paid-on-call, and career members the fi re department provides a variety of important services, at very reason-able costs to thousands of citizens.

“We are very fortunate to have a great group of paid on call fi refi ghters who are very dedicated to this wonderful commu-nity, however we do need new members from time to time.”

Comox Fire Rescue takes training very seri-ously and trains all of its members to a provincial standard.

The training of new members usually takes two years to complete.

Much of this training is done locally as the fi re de-partment has an excellent training centre located behind their fi re station.

■ For questions or if interested in applying drop by the fi re station to pick up an application or contact Chief Gord Sch-reiner or Asst. Chief Rick Shelton atm339-2432 or email fi [email protected]

Comox Fire Rescue recruiting new paid on-call members

Comox Fire has a fully-equipped training centre to get you ready for the job

A reunion of ‘Westwind’ band

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

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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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Come join us at the new Halbe Hall Monday Market at 8369 N. Is-land Highway in Black Creek from 5-7:30 pm.

We are saving toward necessary renovations to the foyer, kitchen, bathrooms and lower hall.

Halbe Hall was the fi rst school in Black Creek area with the land do-nated by early pioneer, Mr. Halbe.

A wide variety of vendors attend with fresh produce, baked goods and arts and crafts for sale. On-site

chair massage is also available.Weekly entertainment is provid-

ed, with hot dogs and drinks for sale. Bake goods and fresh produce were very popular with the crowd.

Please support local artisans and crafts people.

Come check us out and join in the fun of a “small community feel” market.

Join our facebook page or email [email protected]

Monday Market nights atHalbe Hall in Black Creek

Pick up some baking, produce or arts and crafts on Monday nights at Halbe Hall


The Order of theEastern Star is havinga garage sale at 1073Evergreen Ave., Courte-nay, on Saturday, Aug. 8from 9 am to 1 pm.

This is a Charityevent. All monies raisedstay in the Comox Val-ley. Please come out andsupport us. Thank you.

Charitygarage saleSaturday

John Race took this photo at Comox Marina last Thurs-day. The lead deer tried to

have a drink but couldn’t handle the salt.

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