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below this dam can triple in flow volume in a short period of time should water be closed off from entering the penstocks. BC Hydro will be looking at improvements to limit this risk to public safety.

By Drew A. PennerEcho Staff

The BC Hydro and Power Authority has begun working on two multi-million dol-lar projects along the Puntledge River aimed at preventing dangerous situations like the near-catastrophic system failure that occurred in July. Improved warning sirens meant to target river users more directly and more accurate survey gauges with closer to real-time feeds, are the key components of the first project and is expected to cost about $10 million.

“BC Hydro’s top priority is public safety and we take the potential safety risks on the Puntledge River system very serious-ly,” said Stephen Watson, BC Hydro spokesperson, noting work could begin on these upgrades as soon as next summer. “There are seven sirens located along the Puntledge River from the Comox dam to Puntledge Park. The goal is to replace the system with better directed sound towards where it is needed along the river while reducing the sound volume to areas out-side the river.”

A maintenance error at the Puntledge Generating Station led to a mechanical valve opening up around noon July 18, causing water levels to double in some parts of the river and decrease dramatical-ly in other sections.

Had it not been an overcast day, there

might have been more people playing in the river at the time, which could have created a deadly scenario.

In 2013 a 42-year-old man died while tubing along the river.

That same year BC Hydro had another near-miss when equipment failed at the generating station.

While that fatality was not attributed to a rapid water level rise, BC Hydro is trying to do what it can spend money on preven-tative measures.

Some people who were near the river at the time of this year’s water surge say they didn’t hear the sirens.

Watson said the sirens did go off, emit-ting a “DANGER RIVER LEVELS RISING” message. But he acknowledges the Crown corporation needs to do more to make sure the sound is targeting the right spots.

“It’s okay but it needs to be modern-ized,” he said. “In some cases people may very well not have heard the siren system. For example, the sirens have moved slight-ly.”

This will involve mapping out how

sound travels along the river as sound waves bounce off rocks and refract off of waves.

“It’s a balance of hearing the siren sys-tem and positioning them in the key areas of the river,” Watson said, explaining the new system will be designed to target peo-ple on the water so those further away will actually hear less.

BC Hydro will also be fixing water gauges, looking to improve data readings through a variety of purchases and upgrades. These monitors relay the depth and speed of the river.

“It just allows us to better understand the flows, particularly in flood risk man-agement situations,” Watson said. “They will become more accurate, reliable and closer to real-time water flows to allow BC Hydro to more efficiently manage flows from Comox Dam.”

The other multi-million dollar capital project has already been initiated, but is lower on the priority list.

BC Hydro’s Puntledge River Flow Control Improvement Project began earli-er this year, as officials look for ideas of how to mitigate future system failures. Nothing is definite at this point and could take up to four years until work is com-plete.

However, Watson plans to present the concept to Comox Valley Regional District directors Oct. 7.

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The architect of the proposed Lorne Hotel site redevelopment presented this colour rendering of what the building will look like during a public open house held at D’Esterre House earlier this year.

New project at former Lorne Hotel site gaining ground

By Michael BrionesEcho Staff

Comox council has given a rezoning bylaw amendment first and second reading for the construction of a five-sto-rey mixed-use building located on the vacant property formerly occupied by the historic Lorne Hotel and Pub.

As well, council gave first reading on the development permit of the project that will feature a residential compo-nent and commercial premises on the ground floor that will include a pub, liquor store and bistro.

However, the downtown development will be subjected to another open house and public consultation to be host-ed by the town. This latest development was suggested by councillor Patti Fletcher who felt the majority of the com-munity was denied the opportunity to view and give com-ments on the project because the open house and informa-tion session held in July was limited to residents and business owners within the downtown area.

Councilor Hugh Mckinnon endorsed the suggestion because of the reverence of the property and added it would avoid any perception that the community wasn’t given the chance to look at the concept and designs of the project.

“The history and legacy of this site deserves a broader public meeting,” said McKinnon. “I see this meeting as a means of generating excitement from our community. It’s an opportunity to showcase the plans and invite commu-nity feedback for sure.”

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Council wants town to hold open house to showcase Downtown Revitalization Program

Nomination deadline for municipal electionscoming up FridayBy Echo Staff

Ever looked at Prime Minister Stephen Harper and thought, “That doesn’t look so hard. I could do that!” Maybe you realized pulling into 24 Sussex Dr. is a bit unlikely. But if you’ve considered running for municipal office as a mayor, director, councillor, or school board trustee, and think this might be the year, you better get on it. You only have until Friday, Oct. 10 at 4 p.m. to file your nomination papers.

And even if you don’t want to get involved yourself, take some time to become familiar with the residents vying for election, says Leigh Carter, the Comox Valley Regional District’s general manager of public affair and information systems.

“Be as informed as you possibly can be,” she said, not-ing local government is the level of decision making that can have the most substantial impact on people’s lives. “The services have the most direct effect on people.”

While civic elections historically get the lowest turnouts of any elections that hasn’t dimmed the excitement of the current list of candidate, and the names have been filtering in from across the Comox Valley.

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TRAVESTY MUST END!Taxpayers need to know where Councillors stand on the Maple Pool Lawsuit.

The history of the Maple Pool Lawsuit

Dali and Jin Lin purchased Maple Pool Campsite in 1996, while it was still a part of the Comox Val-ley Regional District. It was annexed by the City of Courtenay in 2002. Prior to annexation, the prop-erty had for decades operated in its present form, a campsite with year round permanent residents. As soon as Maple Pool was annexed by Courtenay, the City suggested that the permanent residences there be connected to the City sewage system; this was done.

The City of Courtenay accepted Maple Pool

At the time the Lins purchased Maple Pool it was a veritable “den of iniquity”, known throughout the Comox Valley and the RCMP as a center of drug traf-fi cking and minor crime. The Lins introduced a “pol-icy of zero tolerance” for drugs, crime of any kind, and alcohol abuse.

Every year from annexation in 2002 until 2011, the City of Courtenay issued business licences to the Lin’s for Maple Pool. Over the course of those nine years, the City of Courtenay issued eight diff er-ent building permits for improvements and invest-ments the Lins made to the site. During the course of these nine years, the City never once questioned the use of the campsite for year round permanent residence.

The Lins sought to borrow $1.1 million through a mortgage application. On the basis of a writ-ten assurance from the City, the lender executed a $1.1 million mortgage to the Lins. The City also provided oral and written assurances to mortgage lenders, referring the lender to the section of the Local Government Act, which defi nes the status of “legally non-conforming” (which essentially means “grandfathering” on the basis that the land usage of the property pre-dated the relevant bylaw, which therefore does not apply to the subject property).

The fl ooding in winter of 2009/2010

In 2009 and 2010, BC Hydro inadvertently fl ood-ed portions of the City of Courtenay including parts of Maple Pool when it improperly released water in to the Tsolum River. Since January 2010 there has been no fl ooding whatsoever at Maple Pool.

How do our City Councillors respond to BC Hydro’s Mistake – Issue an Eviction Notice and Launch a Lawsuit!

On October 19, 2010, the City’s solicitors notifi ed the Lins that Maple Pool was operating in contra-vention of the relevant zoning bylaw. The City’s law-yers demanded that the Lins bring Maple Pool into compliance by evicting its tenants and set a dead-line of January 31, 2011.

The City’s response At that time, the former CAO of the City of Cour-

tenay, visited the campsite, and ordered Jin Lin to evict all the tenants immediately. The Lins reminded the administrator of the fact that it was winter and residents could not be evicted unless the City could provide alternate accommodations for them. So the City decides to sue the Lins!

The legal dispute begins with taxpayers footing the bill

The Lins retained Ansley & Company, and received permission from the City’s lawyers to enter into di-rect discussions with senior City staff , with a view to arriving at an “out of court solution”. The deadline for compliance or eviction was set back to July 31, 2011.

The City fl ip-fl ops Counsel for the Lins held several meetings with senior

City staff between January and July of 2011. The City in-dicated there was fl exibility in the deadline for eviction.

The Lins applied for rezoning Dali Lin submits a rezoning application to City Hall

four days before the July 31 deadline.

Twelve hours later! The Lins were informed that their rezoning application was incomplete because a supporting archaeological study, hydraulic study, and such other studies as the City might require as well as about $15,000 in fees would be required. Within days, the City had fi led a lawsuit against the Lins in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Our hard earned tax dollars at work!

The Lins proceeded to fi le their defence in court, and a hearing was scheduled for October 2012. Representatives from each side met in November of 2012. The City postponed the lawsuit for six months.

As the end of the six-month extension loomed, the City’s engineers miss deadline to supply engi-neering data to the joint City-Maple Pool team; the City extends the deadline for a further three months. Three months later the City’s engineers had missed the deadline and there was still no data on which to run the hydraulic model to raise part of the site to meet fl oodplain requirements.

How does the City respond – “let’s go back to court and proceed with the lawsuit!”.

The City’s lawyer requested an immediate order from the court to evict all Maple Pool residents im-mediately and have all fi xtures, infrastructure, pipes etc. removed from the property.

Now what have our tax dollars brought us?

The court refused to grant any order for eviction.

The court granted the Lins’ request for an adjourn-ment, noting that there had been no delay whatso-ever on the part of the Lins.

TRAVESTY MUST END!Taxpayers need to know where Councillors stand on the Maple Pool Lawsuit.

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The court expressed skepticism at the safety argu-ments advanced by the City, and the court reserved judgement on the matter of adding residents as de-fendants in the lawsuit.

Furthermore, on March 13, 2014 the Court handed down its judgement against the City, ordering that the Maple Pool residents be added to the suit. The judge also awarded costs to the Lins and the Maple Pool residents, against the City.

In the wake of the March 13, 2014 Judgement1, most members of this community assumed that City Councillors would have no choice but to call off the lawsuit and fi nd a constructive solution.

But no - the community was astounded when the new City CAO, Mr. David Allen, published a letter set-ting out the City’s justifi cations for pushing on with the lawsuit, arguing that safety is the real issue, even though the court has rejected that argument. After losing the argument in court, the City persists in try-ing to sell it to the voters.

Why? The Lins do not need to rezone because Maple Pool

has legal non-conforming status which means that Ma-ple Pool is exempted from the present zoning bylaw.

As for David Allen’s argument about safety, please note again that the court had given short shrift to the City’s claims of impending calamity. For per-spective, we note that the safety and liability issues faced by the Maple Pool residents because they live on a fl ood plain are identical to the safety and liabili-ty issues faced by residents of fl ood plains in Calgary, Winnipeg, parts of Nova Scotia, large segments of Vancouver, New Westminster, Maple Ridge, Mission, and the entire City of Richmond. But our Courte-nay City Council, CAO and the City’s Engineering Department, is the only municipal government in the whole of Canada which has addressed these is-sues by invoking legal action to evict the residents of the aff ected areas.

Thus far, The City has wasted in excess of $200,000 of taxpayers’ money, used against the owners and residents of Maple Pool and the only things our Councillors have achieved to date are three rulings against them in the Supreme Court of British Co-lumbia.1 Court case transcripts are available on www.friendsofmaplepool.ca

What the lawsuit could end up costing the taxpayers

In the unlikely event that the City was to suc-ceed and obtain its eviction order, it would be faced with a counterclaim against which it has no defence. When the dust settles, the entire pro-cess could cost taxpayers something in excess of $2,000,000! We have to ask: “Is this the best use of our tax dollars, a lawsuit designed to evict 57 people – and where would they go”?

During the course of the court hearing, the judge at one point told counsel for the City that “I wasn’t born yesterday.” At another point he asked the City’s lawyer what would happen to the tenants if they were evicted. The City lawyer’s response was that the “provincial government” would take care of them, to which the judge commented that from what he could see, the only action of the Province, with respect to the Comox Valley home-less, has been to send them to Maple Pool.

No one has suggested improper motives on the part of our Councillors, but their defensiveness at this time, when there would appear to be no pos-sible rationale for them to continue the crusade, is puzzling.

Their main arguments for an eviction order have already been rejected by the court; their actions are opposed by such an overwhelming percent-age of voters that they seem to be inflicting fatal political damage on themselves, yet they perse-vere in this perverse quest. Why? Is there a mes-sage in the fact that the orders they have request-ed from the Court go far beyond a simple order for eviction? Why are they asking the court to order the complete removal of all infrastructures, including piping, sewage system, RV pads, build-ings, etc.?

As taxpayers – we need to ask Councillors where they stand:

Yes – I fully support proceeding with the lawsuit to evict Maple Pool residents

No – I do not support proceeding with the lawsuit, and will work to fi nd a responsible solution for the most vulnerable of our community members

Is this where your tax dollars are best spent?Would you not want to know where your elected

offi cials stand on this issue?Make your voice and your vote heard on November 15th, 2014.

“I personally met Jin & Dali Lin 20 years ago. They have investedmillions of dollars in economic development and payrolls within the City of Courtenay and the rest of the Comox Valley. What City staff and Council have infl icted upon them over the last fi ve years is a travesty! They should be recognized and rewarded, not persecuted. The Culture within the City of Courtenay is Broken!” Ron Coulson

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Fletcher said since there will be some revisions done on the designs anyway, it would be ideal to introduce the project to the whole community and draw views and comments.

Councillor Ken Grant and Tom Grant questioned the purpose of holding another open meeting, pointing out that the developers had already held one as required by the town.

If the goal is to invite feedback that would lead to more changes to the design, Ken Grant said “it’s getting pretty late in the game for that.” He warned this would also result in the cost of the project to go awry.

McKinnon feels the project will be the “cornerstone” of the Downtown Revitalization Program and it would be a “positive” kickoff to this inaugural process.

Ken Grant recommended a motion for the town to hold a public information session to introduce the proj-ect to the broader community. Council agreed and also passed first and second reading to the zoning amend-ment.

Chief Administrative Officer Richard Kanigan said it’s not going to delay the project but it will be something staff need to factor into the process.

Project manger Shawn Vincent presented council with architectural drawings as well as a three-dimensional model of the building.

“We put a lot of work into designing a building that will recreate the feel that the grand old Lorne Hotel had for this community,” said Vincent. “It was a place for people to come and congregate. That seems to be missed in the feedback we’re getting from the community. We feel the project will also assist in the vitalization of downtown.”

The proposed building will feature 21 condominiums of varying sizes on the upper floors with the ground floor highlighted by a pub that can accommodate 150 patrons, a bistro that can handle 60 customers and a liquor and wine store.

With the property being located within the town’s Downtown Revitalization Area - the corner of Port Augusta Street and Comox Avenues - it has been consid-ered for tax exemption incentives for the residential part of the project, priority processing, planning and building permit fee rebates. These are provisions in the Downtown Vitalization Program that council adopted last June aimed at increasing the number of residents downtown to support existing businesses and the vitality of the area.

The developer plans to provide amenities that will include setting up a system to protect objects and people from golf balls overshooting the limits of the Comox Golf Course, provision of two covered medical scooter park-ing spots with an electrical plug in and covered bike parking.

Vincent also said that 50 per cent of the units will be adaptable to include wheelchair accessibility.

Other initiatives being proposed include offering every residential unit one hybrid bicycle to promote an active downtown lifestyle, option to trade a car for down pay-ment for residential unit purchase, reduced price offered to purchasers who do not own a vehicle, and a program for employees who use public transit or bike to work, offering $1 per hour increase in wages.

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In the Comox Valley Regional District Electoral Area A (Baynes Sound - Denman/Hornby Islands) both Bruce Jolliffe, a current regional director, and Wayne Anderson have stepped forward for a ballot box evaluation.

In Area B (Lazo North) Jim Gillis is up for reelection against Rodney Nichol, with both of these candidates having filed their paperwork on Oct. 1.

CVRD board chair Edwin Grieve is the only Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek) nominee so far.

Chris Aikman is up for a School District 71 trusteeship in Area A, while Tom Weber seeks the trusteeship for Electoral Area B and Paula Selby is running for this position in Area C.

Islands Trust elections are also being held as part of the civic election, with Perri Gorrara and David Critchley hoping to represent Denman Island. No one has filed to represent Hornby Island yet.

In Cumberland Mayor Leslie Baird is running again - so far unopposed.

Current councillors Roger Kishi and Gwyn Sproule are seeking reelection. Both Steven Royer and Michael Walton are hoping to get on council this time around.

Vickey Brown is currently the only potential school trustee up to be sent to the School District 71 board, as David Vranjes withdrew from the race.

In Cumberland advanced voting will take place Nov. 5 from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. and Nov. 8 from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.

There will be a special voting oppor-tunity set up for residents and patients of Cumberland Lodge on Nov. 12, 2014.

In Courtenay, so far incumbent Mayor Larry Jangula is the sole candi-date at present.

Councillors who had expressed intent to run again include Doug Hillian and Manno Theos. Starr Winchester and Bill Anglin have yet to file their nomination papers. However, there are those whole will be vying for a spot in city council. They are Rebecca Lennox and Erik Eriksson.

Current school trustee Janice Caton and Donna Gambacorta will again be running for Courtenay.

There will be others competing against them this year and among them is retired teacher Cliff Boldt.

For the Town of Comox, incumbent Mayor Paul Ives will be facing Tom Grant, who has decided to vie for the top spot as well.

Current councillors Ken Grant, Hugh McKinnon and Barbara Price have given their intentions to run again.

Two other current members Maureen Swift and Patti Fletcher are still deciding on whether to put their names in the hat.

Other candidates for councillors are former councillor Russ Arnott and Don Davis.

School board chair Peter Coleman will again be running for school trust-ee.

The local government election will be held Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014 between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m.

Friday deadline to file nomination papers

Lorne site project

By Michael BrionesEcho Staff

The Beaufort Children’s Centre has been serving the Comox Valley for two decades now.

From its humble beginnings, the centre has grown to be one of the leaders in childcare in the valley.

Beaufort will be celebrating its 20th anniversary on Oct. 18. The theme is Our History: Twenty years of fun, education, children, and families.

The centre, which is located at North Island College, will hold on open house from 10 a.m. until noon.

Administrator Marc Lalonde is inviting the public to come and celebrate the occasion, to share mem-ories, recall old friends and also enjoy some refreshments.

The centre is a non-profit service under the guid-

ance of the Beaufort Child Care Society, whose mandate is to provide quality child care programs for children 18 months to five years of age. As well, it’s goal is to provide lab school services for North Island College Early Childhood Care and Education students.

The society was incorporated on June 30, 1989 but Beaufort children’s centre was not built until 1994. It first opened its doors in November of that year with capital funding coming from various sources, but principally a grant from the Province of BC.

Its current building is owned by North Island College and leased to the Beaufort Child Care Society.

In 2007, the centre was “reconfigured” - the Infant program was closed and it opened a second program for preschool age children.

It now operates three childcare pro-grams, which are licensed under the Community Care and Assisted Living Act and the Child Care Licensing Regulation of the Province of British Columbia.

Its Hummingbird room is a Group Day Care for toddlers between 18 to 36 months, and has a capacity to serve 12 children, at a time. Both the Ladybug and Orca rooms provide Group Day Care for children aged 30 months to school age. The Ladybug room has a capacity to serve 25 children, and the Orca room’s capacity is 17. Although the centre’s full capacity, at any one time, is 54, it serves over 80 families a month because it offers spaces five days a week

The centre currently has 14 regular full-time staff, who are qualified as Early Childhood Educators. They are dedicated employees who have been with Beaufort for quite some time now. Five have been with Beaufort for more than a decade, and five have over five years of service at the centre.

“This is remarkable because many Early Childhood Educators leave the field in five years,” Lalonde explained. “So maintaining staff stability is a major issue for most centres.”

Beaufort is an inclusive centre and

often has children with special needs and support workers as part of its staff team.

Funding for the wages and benefits of support workers comes from the Comox Valley Child Development Association, which also provides consultant support to the centre and families.

The Supported Child Development Program is a provincial program funded by the Ministry of Children and Family Development

Program funding comes from a num-ber of sources: families through parent paid child care fees and fundraising activities; North Island College through in-kind provision and maintenance of our facility; the Province of BC through the Child Care Subsidy and Child Care Operating Funding Program (Ministry of Children and Family Development) and Community Gaming Grant funding (Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General); and our own fundraising with support and charitable donations from the community.

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Stuart Aldred is looking forward to the challenge of opening a flagship McDonald’s store while managing three others.

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As Stuart Aldred watched heavy

rain close alpine ski runs and waited for snow to fall in the lead-up to the Vancouver Olympics he sprang into action. As general manager of Cypress Mountain, which had received a $16.6 million upgrade in order to hold freestyle and snow-boarding events, he knew failure was not an option.

“My role was to make sure that all the Olympic events actually hap-pened,” he said. “When we had no snow that was quite a challenge.”

His experience thinking outside the box to source snow from all over British Columbia is a lesson that will come in handy as he prepares to open McDonald’s new flagship store up by Crown Isle in Courtenay, after just taking over the other three stores in September.

“It’s been a bit of a whirlwind,” the man from Melbourne, Australia admits, noting the restaurant is set to go on a hiring binge, adding 80-90 extra people to its staff in the coming days. “We’re looking to bring lots of people into our organi-zation.”

The new store will feature a dual-point service platform, which means customers will have to become accustomed to a new way to order and receive food. It will also feature the most recent McDonald’s store design, which Aldred has taken a liking to.

“It’s a fabulous looking restart,” he said. “We’ve custom built it to give it an Island feel.”

Aldred says he will draw on his experience running a snow sports “summer” camp for Aussie kids (who would arrive here in our win-ter to take advantage of the snow) and his days in Quesnel in order to engage staff members in the kind of mentoring he hopes will fortify the local franchise into the kind of cor-porate strength that has propelled

McDonalds into the guy to beat in the fast food industry globally.

“At McDonald’s we want to make sure the experience for the guest is as good as we can possible make it,” he said. “That’s ultimately what we’re trying to do.”

As Tim Hortons rolls out a new strategy after teaming up with Burger King to make inroads in the fast food space, Aldred says he’s not too con-cerned about what that could mean in the local marketplace.

Both corporations will occupy prominent places on one of the Comox Valley’s most important intersections - atop the Ryan Road hill.

But Aldred says his strategy will be simply to spend time reaching out to the community and paying atten-

tion to McDonald’s own operations.“That’s part of business and it

makes everyone better,” he said of the competition. “We don’t worry about anyone else.”

While Aldred will have his hands full with current McDonald’s stand-alone stores in Courtenay and Comox as well as the Walmart incarnation, he hopes to have a chance to go mountain biking with his wife. He also plans to spend time with his 10-month-old baby girl.

“I’m looking forward to taking some time to explore,” he said. “I’m really excited to be here.”

■ McDonald’s will hold a job fair at the Job Shop at #103 555 4th Street, Courtenay, BC, V9N 1H3 Friday, Oct. 24 from 1-4 p.m.

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Cumberlandbuilding newcrosswalkBy Drew PennerEcho Staff

Cumberland agreed to pitch $5,000 to top up funding from ICBC to construct a pedestrian crosswalk complete with over-head lights at the corner of Dunsmuir Avenue and Fourth Street and Ulverston Avenue during its regularly scheduled meeting Sept. 29.

Many children cross the road every day on their way to school, and while there are a number of painted cross walks nearby, a cross walk light is expected to improve safety significantly.

That particular intersection has had a spotty past.

On July 17 Cumberland’s assis-tant fire chief and three others crashed there, closing down the road and sending multiple people to hospital.

Residents say it’s not a safe intersection and Mayor Leslie Baird notes the community has been considering ways to make that area of Cumberland safer for everyone for a long time.

The crosswalk will receive a dual 12-inch solar powered pedes-trian activated crosswalk lights with concrete pedestal bases.

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From schoolyard to parklandBy Drew A. PennerEcho Staff

Soft forest floor of tree needles covers the ground surrounding an old pipe sticking out of the ground — the only remaining visible sign that something more sophisticated once stood here. In fact, this is where Fanny Bay’s students used to come to fill their heads with reading, writing and arithmetic.

But now the Comox Valley Regional District has purchased this small section of land from School District 71 and given the Fanny Bay Community Association the right to use the property.

“They negotiated with the region-al district and the regional district purchased it as park,” said Neville Hope, president of the Fanny Bay Community Association, explaining how the school board came to part with the mostly wooded parcel next to the Fanny Bay Community Centre that extended to private managed forest land behind.

“We have a licence of occupation so we can still use it.”

A one-room school house was originally built in 1909.

A few years later it grew to a two-room school. In 1957 it became a full fledged educational facility. But Fanny Bay School’s days were already numbered, and it closed in

the 1960s.The one acre section of land that

now sits empty — save for second growth forest — was purchased for $50,000.

Edwin Grieve, the CVRD board chair, Bruce Jolliffe, director for Area A, Jim Gillis, director for Area B, Debra Oakman, the CVRD’s CAO, Doug DeMarzo the CVRD’s parks manager, Peter Coleman, the School District 71 chair, Sheila McDonnell, a School District 71 trustee, Russel Horswill, School District 71’s secre-tary treasurer were in attendance for the official signing ceremony Oct. 3.

“It just becomes essentially part of our property,” Hope said.

“People use it to walk their dogs. Occasionally cyclists might go by and they want a place to camp so they deke in here.”

Hope’s met all kinds of campers and cyclists who have been making use of the park for their own leisure and enjoyment, as they stop off briefly on their journey to some-where else.

Just a month ago Neville met a two-wheeled traveller from White Rock who was passing through. He would have never made the ped-dler’s acquaintance if it it weren’t for the little park.

“We don’t encourage it,” he said. “We don’t discourage it either.”

Hope is glad that the new park

Regional District buys Fanny Bay land

Neville Hope, president of the Fanny Bay Community Association, walks through a section of land that the CVRD purchased for $50,000 from School District 71.

will now formally fall under the pur-view of the Regional District, as this will just allow for more options in the future.

The little parcel may be an import-ant part of the community’s history,

but the process of the the school board parting with the land is more a formal one than anything else. After all, many people here already think the land is community property any-ways.

“A lot of people don’t recognize it as being anything other than part of the hall,” he said.

“Our plan is we’ll just continue with the same kind of use it gets now which is informal.”

A joint signing celebration was held at the Fanny Bay commu-nity hall with local residents, representatives from the Fanny Bay Community Association, the Comox Valley Regional District and School District 71. Pictured are, from left to right back row: CVRD Director, Lazo North (Area ‘B’) Jim Gillis, CVRD Director,

Baynes Sound-Denman/Hornby Islands (Area ‘A’) Bruce Jolliffe, FBCA President Neville Hope and front, from left to right: SD71 Trustee Sheila McDonnell, CVRD Board Chair Edwin Grieve, and SD71 Board Chair Peter Coleman.

Young Professionals golfing quartet plays marathon round for literacyBy Michael BrionesEcho Staff

Playing 75 holes of golf in one day is no easy feat. Four local avid golfers are proud to have achieved this milestone recently all for the sake of raising funds ans awareness about literacy in the Comox Valley.

They started playing at 8 a.m. and finished their annual golf marathon at 7 p.m. at Sunnydale Golf and Country Club.

It was a test of endurance for the Young Professional Comox Valley team composed of Matt Beckett of Coastal Community, Tim Trottier of Comox Valley Echo, Stu Tunheim of Budget Blinds, and Blake Simpson of RBC Dominion Securities.

They started well with the first round highlighted by six birdies in a row. Captain Tim Trottier said they tried to stay consistent but as the day progressed the strain did emerge. They lost a bit of their composure, hitting some stray balls here and there. But overall, Trottier said, they had a good day of golf.

After the grueling but fun chal-lenge, sore backs, sore arms, aches and pains here and there were the common gripe expressed by the golfers. However, despite all that, they were happy to endure the pains to help enhance literacy in the valley.

All the funds they raised will benefit the Comox Valley Raise-a-Reader program.

“We had fun,” said team cap-tain Trottier. “The weather was better. It was mostly cloudy and we had a little bit of sun and a little bit of rain. Last year it poured on us. It literally rained from the first tee shot to the last putt. It was a tropical day for us

compared to that.” Following the rounds of golf, the

team attended a Throwback Thursday event sponsored by the Prime Chophouse and Wine Bar Restaurant. There over 30 people came out to enjoy a $20 deal that included prime burger, or pappardelle & meatballs and a choice of selected wine, beer and non-alcoholic beverages. The restaurant donated $5 of every meal directly to support Raise-a-Reader.

This was the third year this group has done this. Andrew Rice, who had been involved in the first two wasn’t able to play this year due to a femur reconstruction surgery. Simpson took

his place.Captain Trottier said their original

objective was to raise around $3,000 but he feels once the collections have been tallied, the amount could be between $4,000 to $5,000.

“If we raise $4,000 or $5,000, those funds will be matched by the govern-ment,” said Trottier. “So we’ll end up with either $8,000 or $10,000 which is awesome.”

Every cent raised will stay in the Comox Valley to support local literacy programs.

Trottier said they’re looking for-ward to doing it again next year.

Young Professional Comox Valley team composed of Matt Beckett of Coastal Community, Tim Trottier of Comox Valley Echo, Stu Tunheim of Budget Blinds, and Blake Simpson of RBC Dominion Securities played 75 rounds of golf to raise funds for Comox Valley Raise-A-Reader.

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Calvin Cotton is quite a resourceful young man who has become a prolific fundraiser for the Terry Fox Run.

In the last two years, the 15-year-old young man has been extremely involved in helping Mark Isfeld Secondary raise money for this annual charitable endeavour. He embarked on this personal task when his mother, Wendy Thompson, became ill with can-cer.

On his own, Cotton has raised over $7,000 in the last two years and this year alone, he is going to surpass that amount.

The Grade 10 student has a deeper and emotional reason to want to double his efforts this year for the Terry Fox run. Cotton’s mother, sadly, succumbed to cancer and her passing, Cotton said, has fueled his desire to work harder to help find money to fund cancer research.

“I’m doing it to honour my mother and also because I believed it’s a good cause,” said Cotton. “I am hoping to raise more money this year.”

In 2012, Cotton set an individual record when he collected pledges amounting to $3,500. It was almost half the total amount of $7,922 raised by the entire school, which set a record in School District 71. He repeated this feat again in 2013.

This year, Cotton has truly been on a mission. In the last couple of months he has been busy approaching people, businesses, emailing friends and family, as well as using various social media, seeking donations and pledges.

Cotton’s intense drive has led to umpteen cheques and donations flying in from all over the province, from across Canada, as well as overseas. The latest tally has pushed Cotton’s total so far to $7,500 and there’s more coming in. That is already over the $7,000 total Mark Isfeld raised overall last year. It’s possible he could go past the $8,000 mark.

The organizer of the Mark Isfeld Terry Fox Run, Colin Cunningham, praised Cotton’s selfless efforts.

“Calvin has done an amazing job each year, get-ting bigger and better,” said Cunningham. “Last year he raised half of our total and this year he’s going to be well and above last year’s total and well and above by far though what the school has raised. He’s got a knack and obviously has a passion. It’s a cause that is near and dear to his heart. We’re just lucky to have him here in our school.”

Mark Isfeld has maintained the distinction of being the top fundraiser for the Terry Fox Run in School District 71. Cunningham said that in the last three years, Cotton has been instrumental in helping the school retain that honour.

“He has outdone himself this year and we’re thankful for that because of the late start,” said Cunningham, due to the labour dispute in schools that was settled just last month. “We had to delay our Terry Fox Run by two weeks and it doesn’t have as much momentum as it has in past years. Our whole school runs it. I’ll say over half the students dress up in vibrant colours with Terry Fox written all over their shirts, faces painted, stuff like that. It’s been hard to get it off the ground because we’re so run off our feet trying to play catch up. The fact that Calvin is doing what he’s doing couldn’t have been at a better time for us.”

Mark Isfeld School will hold its Terry Fox Run on Wednesday.

Calvin Cotton, a Grade 10 student at Mark Isfeld Secondary, has been receiving a lot of checks and donations that have pushed his personal fundraising tally for the Terry Fox Run to over $7,000.

Student sets a fund-raising milestone

Come check out The LINC Youth Centre and Indoor Skate Park and all it has to offer on Wednesday, October 8. Everyone is wel-come - families, children, youth & adults, from 12-8 pm. If you are new to town, have always wondered what went on at The LINC, or are one of our regular users, come participate in the festivities! Find out about what programs and events are coming up - includ-ing The Haunted House, Gnarly Craft Fair, and our annual Turkey Dinner & Tacky Sweater Holiday Party! There will also be refresh-ments, cake and door prizes. The LINC Youth Centre has been open for almost 10 years, and in that time has become a hub for youth activity - whether it be uti-lizing the newly renovated skate park, skateboarding, scootering, or bmxing, or participating in drop-in activities like open mic night, youth council, videogame tournaments, shooting hoops, or just hanging out with friends. The LINC has become a second home to many of the Comox Valley’s youth. It is a unique and special space - come see what it has to offer! The LINC Youth Centre is located at 300 Old Island Highway, Courtenay. For more informa-tion, please contact The LINC at 250-334-8138.

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The Retirement Concepts Concert Series, “Music is So Nice to Come Home To”, comes to Comox Valley Seniors Village.

Join us as we bring first-class musicians into Comox Valley Seniors Village to share their talents with resi-dents, families and the community.

Community members are invited to join our residents and families to enjoy this amazing performance, sample our cuisine and celebrate the importance of seniors in the Comox Valley.

When: Tuesday, October 7th, 20143:00 p.m. to 3:15 - Formal Presentation3:15 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. - Performances, refreshmentsWhere: Comox Valley Seniors Village Scheduled Presenters:Mayor Larry Jangula, Mayor, City of CourtenayMayor Leslie Baird, Mayor, Village of CumberlandRowena Rizzotti, Vice-President of Operations,

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What can I expect at my first Hearing Evaluation? Jennifer Frey,

Registered Audiologist

If you suspect that you may be experiencing hearing loss, the first step is to arrange a complimentary hearing evaluation with a Hearing Care Professional. At this appointment, for which you should plan

approximately one hour, you will meet your hearing consultant, either an Audiologist or Hearing Instrument Specialist. He or she will review a questionnaire with you, gathering details concerning your history, your hearing health and how you feel about your communi-cation ability. You will then undergo an examination of your ear canals, checking for ear wax and ensuring your ear canals are clear for testing. The hearing test itself involves listening for various

tones and word tests to determine your hearing ability. Following this assessment, your Hearing Care Professional will review your individual results in detail and discuss solutions that are best suited for you. Early detection and treatment of hearing problems can have a positive impact on your quality of life. Call Connect Hearing today to book your compli-

mentary hearing evaluation and two-week no-cost hearing aid trial.

The Comox Valley Hard of Hearing Support Group is a friendly, encouraging group of people, brought together either by the change in their own Hearing abilities, or by the changes in the hearing abilities of someone they care about. Everyone is welcome.

The hope is that our two hour monthly meetings will offer opportunities: to bring together people who can under-stand and appreciate what ‘hearing loss’ entails - allowing all to share experiences (suc-cess and failures); to find new ideas to try out, and (most importantly) to enjoy the ‘funny side’ of living with hear-ing loss.

Programs for the meetings vary. Sometimes we have a speaker who will help us learn more about the latest technolo-gy available. Other times, our speaker may be discussing community programs helpful for everyday living - with an emphasis on the needs of the Hard of Hearing. Or, we may agree to gather primarily to exchange ideas on current issues in our lives - and what we are doing about them. Then of course there are times when we just relax together to cele-brate special seasons of the year.

This Comox Valley Support Group is a branch of the larger Canadian wide organization - CHHA (Canadian Hard of Hearing Association). CHHA is bilingual with 23 branches, 6 provincial chapters plus 1 national office in Ottawa.

Representatives from across the country meet every four years to report, debate and determine what become National policies - action is overseen by a National board.

All levels of the organization aim to work together to achieve common objectives in - Education; Public Awareness, Service and Advocacy. Each community is free to determine how they want to go about achieving these goals and the priority that any one goal may be given, based on local issues.

A weekly newsletter, avail-able to members via the inter-net, offers relevant items select-ed from various news media across the country, plus links to a range of excellent articles on various topics of interest.

Education, Service (primari-ly offering peer support as well as Speech Reading classes) and increasing Public Awareness, have been the primary goals of the Comox Valley Support group for the past few years. Our hope is that through shar-ing our experiences and suc-cessful ways of coping, we (as well as those living or working with us) will become more effective in overcoming the bar-riers created by this ‘Silent Disability’.

For further information about the Support Group, or details relating to the next Speech Reading (lip reading) course to be offered in October, contact Mary McLennan (phone 339-4706) or Glenda Gentleman (email: sheltiewink@shaw.ca)

‘Silent disability’ supportgroup fall program startson Thursday, Oct. 9

After serving wildlife in the Comox Valley, Campbell River and northern Vancouver Island, in general, for two decades, Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society (MARS), is looking to relocate to a larger property, pref-erably between Courtenay and Campbell River.

The current site in Merville is limited in both size and usage. As the wildlife rescue has grown over the years, it doesn’t meet the organization’s future needs. MARS is seeking the donation or partial donation of 10 - 20 acres of rural property with a good water supply, Hydro access, and that would pass a septic perk test.

“Our current facility has served us well, but with the growing demand it has become too small,” says Maj Birch, Founder and General Manager of MARS.

“When we first started rehab-bing wildlife in the Comox Valley over 20 years ago, we never imagined we would be hosting as many visitors as we do, and it’s time we looked at building a proper educational centre. To do that, we need to move to a new location.”

In addition to an educational visitor centre, the new site would house a larger animal care facili-ty, and a larger flight pen for birds, especially eagles and other raptors, to strengthen their wings before being released back into

the wild. Between January and August of this

year, MARS took in 540 animals, which is many more than last year. This increased demand means that MARS needs larger medical and animal care facilities, and the ability to separate and quarantine certain animals.

Living quarters would be added for volunteer interns, who make a huge difference in providing ongoing around-the-clock care to wildlife at MARS, especially during the summer, when there are often lots of baby birds need-ing special care.

“The long-term vision we have for

MARS is for it to continue to be an essential wildlife service in the Comox Valley,” says Warren Warttig, Chair of MARS’ Board of Directors. “In order to continue to grow and create new, better facilities for both the animals and visi-tors, we need to find a new site to build on.”

On Sept. 29, Mountainaire Avian Rescue Society began its online cam-paign for an Aviva Community Fund grant of between $50,000 and $100,000 to put toward a large flight pen to be constructed at its new home.

Details and voting can be done on Aviva Community Fund’s website: https://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf19813.

MARS asks that supporters cast their votes daily and encourage their friends, family and colleagues to do the same.

Anyone interested in donating or par-tially donating 10 - 20 acres of land to MARS should contact Maj Birch at 250-337-2021 or email info@wingtips.org.

MARS looks to spread its wings in a new home

Wildlife rescue is seeking 10-20 acres of donated or partially donated land for expansion

Is there good way to compost corn stalks?

Corn stalks and other fi brous garden material, like broc-coli stems and raspberry canes, can take years to break down. Just like fallen trees in an old forest, they will eventually turn to soil. But, yes, we can speed up the process. The smaller the pieces, the faster the decom-position. If you can chop up the stalks with a machete or hatchet there will be way more surface area for the microbes to work on. Or if you can conjure up a chipper the work is easier. They chop easier when they are dry and brittle. You will fi nd that as your soil becomes rich-er with compost, there will be more micro-organisms that can break down these woody pieces. Corn stalks are high in carbon (60:1 if that stuff interests you) and they help to add air to the pile. If you are thinking of starting another raised bed or lasagne garden, corn stalks make an excellent base layer. Or if you know someone with a horse, apparently horses consider corn stalks to be feast-size pieces of hay. Something that may look like waste is a valuable resource!

How do I know if my child is seeing well at school?

Unfortunately lice are very common amongst school children. Before starting treatment make sure your child actually has lice. It is not recommend to treat them unless you are certain. It is rare to actually spot lice as they are very small and move quickly, it is more common to see the nits. The nits are pearl-grey and tear shaped about 1mm long. Go through your child’s hair with fine tooth lice comb. If you see any nits or lice then treat. There are several treatments available at the pharmacy I find Nix(R), Kwellada(R) and NYDA most effective. Make sure to follow the directions given by your pharmacist carefully to ensure the best results as different products have different directions that are im-portant for them to work properly. Also, it is a good idea to check the rest of the family for lice as it spreads easily. You should wash all bedding and clothing in hot water with a hot dry. Vacuum the mattress, carpets and furniture as well. Any items that cannot be washed should be placed in a plastic bag and sealed for 7-10 days. If you have a child in daycare or school that is infected please notify the school so parents can check and monitor their children. Most schools do not require children to stay home after treatment has been applied. Re-check your child daily for lice and remove any nits. If there is any after 7 days re-treat.

I got a note home from my child’s school stating their class has lice going around. I think my child may have lice, what should I do?

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Both the American and the Canadian Dental Association recommend that children see a dentist within the first 6 months of tooth eruption or by the age of 1. These early checkups serve as a “well-baby checkup” for teeth. The dentist examines the teeth for decay and checks to see if the child’s tooth development is on track. This is also an opportunity for the dentist and parents to discuss how to keep the child’s teeth clean at home and the effects of oral habits (like thumb sucking). Early childhood dental visits help the child become more familiar with being in a dental setting and lays the ground-work for a positive experience with dental care.

Dr. Colleen Clancy and Associates#98-1742 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay, BC V9N 2K8Phone: 250-338-2599Web: www.drcolleenclancy.com

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Business NewsComox Valley Echo Tuesday, October 7, 2014 A9

In a typical community, existing businesses are the source of the majority of new investment and employment growth, providing more than 80% of job growth.

Recognizing this, Comox Valley Economic Development has launched a Business Counts Workshop Series, designed to support small business expansion, growth and development.

Being held in October during Small Business Month, the workshops and sessions focus on a range of business sectors including technology start-ups, tourism business development,

and critical business succession plan-ning.

The first workshop is the Startup 101, hosted with Innovation Island on Wednesday October 8, is for founders and CEO’s of early-stage ventures, or those who want to be, who need straight-shooting insight in what’s required to turn an idea into a com-pany.

The workshop includes how to get the corporate structure right, under-standing how to raise money, devel-oping go to market strategy and how to maximized government programs

and services. Session speakers include Graham Truax, Executive in Residence, Innovation Island and Ean Jackson, Managing Director, Analytics Marketing Inc.

Following the workshop, an infor-mal technology discussion and net-working session will be held at the Vancouver Island Visitor Centre with technology businesses and communi-ty leaders, to discuss trends in the industry and opportunities for future development in the Comox Valley.

Tourism is a significant economic driver for the Valley, and the Product

Development for Tourism Operators, October 23, is suitable for any busi-ness that may be interested in offer-ing a product or service to the visitor, or an existing business, that would like to expand upon what they do. Lead by Jenn Hourtby- Ferguson, Twist Consulting, this interactive ses-sion, will review the overall tourism sector, visitor expectations and trends, as well as bring representa-tives from smaller Comox Valley busi-nesses together to share their own successes.

From ‘start-ups’ to succession

planning, the final workshop, Understanding Business Succession and the Provincial Nominee Program, October 28, will provide business owners who are planning to sell their business, the opportunity to under-stand the BC Provincial Nominee Program and how it brings interna-tional investors looking to immigrate to the region in supporting them to find appropriate businesses to invest in.

For information on the Business Counts Workshop Series visit busi-nesscounts.ca

Business Counts workshop series launched in Valley

Events are big business in the Comox Valley, driving thousands of visitors to the region each year.

The Discover Comox Valley (DCV) Tactical Plan, developed by the Destination Marketing Advisory Committee, outlines this, with sev-eral initiatives focused on leveraging, expanding and attracting events to the region.

The recently released Event Marketing and Development Calendar, is a quick, at a glance reference to the series of programs and tools offered via Comox Valley Economic Development and Tourism, supported by the Additional Hotel Room Tax, that includes event expansion grants, event marketing and sales systems, and activities that are under-taken to market events externally.

“This Calendar was created to support tourism and service businesses to leverage and develop their own marketing plans around these events, explore how to partner directly with the events, and enable busi-nesses to plan their own events in compli-ment to what’s already occurring in the region,” said Bill Anglin, Chair of the Destination Marketing Advisory Committee.

A core tool is the Sport & Event Attraction and Expansion Grant Program which was established to support the mandate of expanding existing, or attracting new events that have the ability to drive overnight stays

in the Valley, by providing cash and in-kind marketing support.

Recent recipients include Comox Valley Mini World Cup (Comox Valley Soccer Assn.), and the Canadian National BMX Championships (Coal Hill BMX Assn.). The final 2014 application intake has been extended to September 26th.

“These funds can assist a wide range of groups with financial support to help remove barriers to getting ‘heads in beds’, as we say in the industry,” said Grant Smith, owner, Holiday Inn Express and Suites and a mem-ber of the Destination Marketing Advisory Committee,

“This initiative is a core component of the regions efforts to expand the number of events occurring here. Events mean people are staying in the hotels and motels, and if they’re staying here, they’re also shopping, dining, and taking in the attractions of the region; it’s a win-win.”

A free online event listings on discoverco-moxvalley.com is also available for groups and businesses to load events that would be of interest to a visitor.

The website has seen a 104% increase in new users since last year, and the call to action website for the regions destination marketing campaigns and initiatives.

Those events that are designed to drive interest from out of town visitors can be fur-

ther marketed via Discover Comox Valley’s e-marketing systems including e-promotions, regional and provincial press releases, social media outreach and leveraging.

Further, key destination level events have been developed and expanded as part of this plan.

They include WinterJam 100, formerly WinterBites, Pacific Toast (and the Pacific Toast Expo), the BC Shellfish and Seafood Festival, Comox Valley Dine Around, and the Comox Valley Farm Cycle Tour.

The ‘100’ in WinterJam 100, is aiming to host 100 events during the month of January, in recognition of the launch of the City of Courtenay Centennial in 2015.

The final piece of the event puzzle resides with the Vancouver Island Visitor Centre, which acts as a sales centre for events tick-ets.

For a small fee, this dynamic team can sell tickets through their front line staff, promot-ing events to thousands of locals and visitors who utilize the Centre. The Centre also can book ferry travel, accommodations and tours, offering the visitor a one-stop-shop for all their event attendance needs.

To view details on the various event Programs, the Event Marketing and Development Calendar, and the Comox Valley Destination Marketing Tactical Plan visit discovercomoxvalley.com/resources

The BC Shellfish and Seafood Festival this past JunePhoto: Slipstream Photography and Discover Comox Valley

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Actions really are a witch hunt

A10 Comox Valley Echo Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Our family have been customers of Rudy Sanchez since he opened Marigold Pharmacy and always received the most professional care and attention.

We were outraged to see that, once again, he was being harrassed by the College of Pharmacists of BC who shut down the Pharmcy end of his store for the “sake of public safety”.

They confiscated $250,000 worth of inventory during their first visit a few years ago and held it until their expiry dates had passed, and this time took (stole?) 30 more boxes of inventory.

His lawyer said he has been ‘continu-ally harrassed’ and we are certainly seeing a few holes in the College argu-ments.

Two inspectors visited him in March and determined the public is in ‘danger’, yet wait SIX MONTHS to act!? You be the judge. Just whom is being ‘protected’? They didn’t seem to mind that in those 6 months we, the public, would contin-ue to be receiving unclean products?

As to being ‘unclean’, Mr. Sanchez is a very intelligent man - with all that ‘oversight’, over such a long period of time, do you really think such a profes-sional pharmacist would be doing his work in a dirty premise?

We also take objection to the wording used by the College in their statements. We find it not only inflammatory but verging on being libelous. The College inspector’s time would be better spent looking into the number of actual deaths caused by ‘their’ products.

What has happened over the last few years to Mr. Sanchez is despicable, his customers know it, and we’ll make sure the College knows it and ends this

harrassment. We want them to return his inventory and we want him back as our pharmacist.

We agree with his lawyer Mr. Ansley, that this is a ‘witch hunt’ and we find their actions deplorable.

John Baxter Courtenay

To the College of Pharmacists of BCDear Board Members:It is difficult for me to find the words

to express my outrage at your recent heavy-handed raid of the Marigold Pharmacy in Courtenay and the theft of their very expensive inventory. I also find it difficult to believe your defamato-ry comments regarding the work proce-dures of Rudy Sanchez, the pharmacist / owner of Marigold.

I have known Rudy for several years and he has been extremely helpful to me in dealing with health issues in a safe and natural fashion.

It’s obvious from the outpouring of public support that he has also helped many others in this community and fills an obvious need for safe, natural health products.

If, as has been speculated in the Comox Valley, you are indeed harassing and persecuting Rudy in support of “Big Pharma” because “natural” is not in their vocabulary, then it does you seri-ous discredit.

Marigold’s customers and supporters would like you to desist in this practice, particularly those whose health, and in some cases lives, you have put at risk by your recent actions.

Return this small business’s invento-ry, recognize Rudy’s legal qualifications as a compounding pharmacist and allow him to continue providing safe, natural health care to his customers in his car-ing fashion.

Bill HeidrickCourtenay

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The UN has called the epidemic a “crisis unparalleled in modern times.”

The world’s response has been, in the words of MSF International President Dr. Joanne Liu, “lethally inadequate. We are honestly at a loss as to how a single, private NGO is providing the bulk of isolation units and beds.

“States have a political and humani-tarian responsibility to halt this mount-ing disaster. It can only be done by massively deploying assets to the field, and battling the epidemic at its roots. The first pledges have been made, now more countries must urgently also mobi-lize. The clock is ticking.”

Canada is sending help but obviously the world needs to do more.

We can encourage our government to do more 1-800-667-8404 and we can donate directly to msf.ca 1-800-982-7903.

M. McLachlanComox

Letters

Many thanks to the local residents who signed a petition declaring themselves ‘In favour of leav-ing Baybrook in its natural state’. The Mack Laing Heritage Society strongly supports this declara-tion.

The current ‘natural state’ of this property includes a partially-paved road and rickety bridge over Brooklyn Creek, a long curve of the Creek emptying into the estuary, a mature orchard, gravel pathways, extensive exposed middens, a tidal marsh, and Baybrook house itself with its magnificent view. None of this should be compro-mised.

The Society, in cooperation with Comox Valley Nature and Project Watershed, has presented a very modest proposal to repair and maintain Baybrook house - at its own expense - for use as an interpretive centre. This would not impact the ‘natural state’ of the property, but would encour-age visitors to appreciate its history and the importance of the estuary.

The Baybrook property is completely unsuit-able for the commercial activities regularly hosted at Filberg Park - and nothing of the sort is being considered. Baybrook is a nature park and has been so declared by the Town of Comox and the BC Nature Trust (although the zoning remains R1 at present).

Any other interpretation of the Society’s plans for Baybrook house misrepresents the Society, its proposal, and the Town of Comox. Precise, con-cise details can be read in the Society’s new bro-chure, or downloaded from its website at www.macklaingsociety.ca.

The Society does have serious concerns about the security of the property, however, particularly since local rowdies have discovered it. A security gate at the property entrance would solve this problem, and the Society has recommended this to the Comox Parks Department.

The Mack Laing Heritage Society is committed to creating a community benefit in the form of a small interpretive centre, and working with its partners, the Town of Comox, and local residents to achieve this.

The Mack Laing Heritage SocietyComox

Re: Paid advertisement “The tail is wagging the dog” by The Silverado Group of Companies.

As a taxpayer of Courtenay I feel obligated to respond on behalf of the City engineering staff who unlike Mr. Coulson, cannot respond publicly to defend themselves.

While the advertisement itself is long on gener-alities and short on specifics, what is obvious is the frustration felt by Mr. Coulson towards the City’s Engineering staff.

It’s the shortage of specifics that particularly bothers me. I agree that any bureaucracy can be frustrating to deal with sometimes, but what Mr. Coulson fails to acknowledge in his barbed rant is the fact that City Engineers and Planners serve many purposes including ensuring the communi-ty safety, values and character are preserved and reflected in any new development.

They also keep on top of new trends and suc-cesses of other communities and along with elect-ed officials, try to apply these trends and success-es into the community.

Times, in short, change Mr. Coulson and the standards that the public expects today are higher than they were 26 years ago.

No doubt there are a number of developers who understand this, but I will go out on a limb and say that without the City Engineer’s and Planner’s diligence and perseverance, that number would be significantly less and our community would be the poorer for it.

Oh, and Mr. Coulson, you suggest that the blame might rest with the City’s Engineers (aka “Johnny Come Lately” bureaucrats) for the decrease in Building Permit dollar values.

Have you conveniently forgotten the economic crash of 2007/8 as a possible explanation for this decrease?

Interesting to note that Nanaimo’s Building Permit values are lower now than in 2006 too. In fact, a check of CMHC historic housing starts stats reveals that the entire province of BC has not yet recovered to the 2006 levels.

That particular implication is enough to con-vince me that the City’s Engineering and Planning staff are on the right track and I hope they can forget this public bullying and continue the fine work they are doing for the entire community of Courtenay.

Jim GaylorCourtenay

I am fed up trying to keep up to having a home. My pension barely covers the cost of my small mobile, park rent, and utilities. I own a car - insurance and fuel, repairs and such. Utilities that go up 300 percent over the winter. I have nothing for Health Insurance, except Pharmacare. My false teeth are worn out. I cannot afford new ones. I need new glasses. The exam cost me $63.00, and I have to pay another $23.00 for a field vision test. I have the beginning stages of glaucoma. My new glasses will cost over $500.00. I cannot afford them. My doctor wants me to go on a better nutritional food plan. I can’t afford it. I don’t have any credit cards, don’t smoke, can’t afford to drink, and you politicians want me to pay more taxes to help the homeless—I’d get more help if I became homeless, than I get now.

Give your heads a shake!Patricia Armstrong

Courtenay

A very modestproposal

Four local government administra-tions are expensive to those funding them. These administrations have taken $130 million out of the local encomy and stashed this cash in bank accounts. Reserve funds are necessary for emer-gencies and opportunities.

Vancouver Island governments have an average 20% in reserves compared to capital assets. The CVRD has 90% reserves compared to capital assets. These reserves are created by overcharg-ing for services. All of this approved by the majority of CVRD directors, who approve all budgets. Budgets which allow adminsitrators to grow reserves and staff, and pay generous salaries/ benefits.

These reserve funds need to be reduced, by elected representatives insisting that the multiple administra-tions co-operate on infrastructure proj-ects and provision of services.

The presents system of Comox Valley government does not require adminis-trations to deliver services efficiently. This has not been a priority for local government CAOs because councillors and CVRD directors have not made this a priority

Why? Voter apathy. Ony 2 people out

of 65,000 showed up at the CVRD con-ference room to ask questions about the budget.

A few responded to the Courtenay on line budget survey. Less than 3% voted on the new taxes, in the undemocratic AAP process.

Elected representatives in the Comox Valley are not connecting with constitu-ents. Many are connected and directed by administrations - who don’t want change.

The Comox Valley is unique in many ways - a great place to live, but moving towards more unaffordable for the 20,000 lower income people who are feeling the burden of increased user fees for water, sewer and garbage. User fees going into large reserve funds.

Who is going to change this? Likely not most incumbents, many who have been in office for 2 terms. Times have changed - is it time for change?

In November, vote for candidates who get the big picture. Vote for candidates who will insist that administrations be more efficient. It is a huge job, and can-didates who are willing to do this job for the next four years, deserve voter support.

Vote for change in November! If you

don’t want change - vote for incum-bents. In any case - vote!

Phil HarrisonComox

The water rates for rural residents were set, based on an unrealistic study by a firm from Victoria, using a criteria that clearly did not apply to our area.

Then it was presented at a public meeting complete with so-called experts to verify the study.

Not only were the figures presented suspect to begin with, the way we got to this pont was that the regional direc-tors decided apparantly to bypass our democratic right, and force the issue.

Bear in mind that these directors were elected to look after our rights, not their perception of our rights.

If you believe in democracy, get out and vote in the municipal elections.

Remember, this time around it’s a 4 year term so consider what we have already been through.

Be careful who you vote for, but for goodness sakes vote.

Rob McCulloch Area B

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Rachell Fuller, who will be playing the Electronic Wind Instrument (EWI) and tenor saxophone; Grahame Edwards will provide his usual solid rhythm on bass, support-ed by Rob Peterson on Drums.

And then, something completely different! Evan Ehgoetz, four time CCMA nominated steel pedal guitar-ist, who will be masterfully turning his sweet pedal sound into jazz favourites. Evan has played with some of the great stage performers, including Conway Twitty, Bill Anderson and Allan Jackson.

What’s behind the name? Anela said in a recent interview, “It fits with this incredibly unusual instru-mental line-up. The Experimenters will be performing a broad range of jazz standards, a few blues numbers, and some of my original tunes.”

Add to this Anela’s engaging nature and you’re guaranteed a very special evening.

Cover charge is $5 for members and $7 for non-members, and an a la carte menu for Thursday night Greek dinner will be available.

Society members are reminded that the AGM will be held at The Avalanche Bar at 5:30pm, October 30. For more information about our activities and future performance schedule, visit us at www.georgias-traightjazz.com or find us on Facebook.

One of the most interesting aspects of the jazz scene is the way in which new bands are spawned.

Entirely in keeping with the improvisational nature of jazz as an art form, it follows that different combinations of musicians and instruments perform hitherto untried arrangements of familiar melodies, and experiment with a self-penned material. Even more exciting is when magic happens, a nexus is created, and a new sound or style is born.

Such are the goals of Georgia Straight Jazz Society: including keeping jazz music live; providing Comox Valley residents the oppor-tunity to listen to an ever-increas-ingly higher standard of music, and a chance to experience those improvisational high points.

Our new season has already proved we are growing, and we now have the most active jazz scene in British Columbia.

This Thursday’s performance touches on all these points when four familiar faces combine with two new additions to the Society’s roster, when Anela Kahiamoe per-forms at the Avalanche Bar & Grill with his line-up Anela & The Experimenters.

Although Anela is well known in the Valley, this is his first appear-ance as a Jazz Society act. He is a native of Hawaii, and he’s been a professional musician all of his life.

We are excited to introduce his extensive musical talent as he offers beautiful vocals, and per-forms on guitar and lap steel uku-lele.

Perhaps the best known of The Experimenters is Ralph Barrat, key-board and vocals. Also familiar to local regular jazz supporters is

Anela brings his Experimenters to the jazz society

Forbidden Jazz Trio returns to Zocalo Café for an evening performance on Friday, Oct. 10. Featuring Jake Masri on trumpet, flugelhorn and vocals, Mike Eddy on keyboards and Grahame Edwards on bass, they strive to reach audiences of all ages by perform-ing a wide variety of timeless jazz standards and original compositions. Representing more than 4 decades of experience, their unique blend of voice, brass and strings will weave their collective magic through 2 sets of entertaining music.

Keyboard master Michael Eddy is a welcome addi-tion to the trio, replacing Jim Chew on guitar. Although relatively new to the valley, Mike has been fortunate enough to collaborate with many fantastic musicians over the past few years, including those in the Lensmen, Jazztet, DMN, Ralph Barrat & the Sharp Seven, and the CR Big Band.

Joining us this month is bassist Don MacKay, who came to us after 30 years of performing, directing, writing, and teaching music in Victoria. During his tenure there he collaborated with nearly everyone in the local jazz scene. Don holds a Master’s degree in Jazz studies from UVIC and has written his own com-position and arranging method.

We invite you to join us for a casual, entertaining evening of jazz. Music commences at 7:00 pm and admission is by donation.

The spacious café displays local artwork while the licensed kitchen offers up a supper menu of chef inspired sweet & savory cuisine plus assorted bever-ages.

For more info & reservations, please contact Zocalo Café & Gallery @ 250 331 0933, or simply drop by the corner of 5th Street and Cliffe Ave. in downtown Courtenay (www.zocalocafe.ca.)

Local trio featuresDon MacKay at Zocalo

Anela and the Experimenters at Thursday night jazz society

A12 Comox Valley Echo Tuesday, October 7, 2014

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The Comox Seniors’ Centre Association is a Registered Charity run by Seniors and all proceeds go to support hot lunches for Seniors. Tickets are limited so don’t delay. For more information, call 250-703-2536.

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On Friday October 31 visit the Comox, Courtenay or Cumberland Library from 4 to 5 pm. These events are hosted by the Comox Valley Lifelong Learning Association (CVLLA) and VIRL. Books are donated from First Books Canada, Coles and commu-nity members. We will gift free books until they are all gone.

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The members of Comox Fire Rescue would like to invite mem-bers of the public to attend their annual Fire Prevention Week Open House. This Open House is scheduled for Saturday October 11th from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. This event marks the end of Fire Prevention Week in Canada.

This is a great opportunity for citizens to come into the fire sta-tion and meet their local firefight-ers.

Firefighters will be on-hand to hand out important fire safety information and conduct tours of fire vehicles and equipment.

Chief Schreiner states: “Fire Prevention Week is an important time of year for us in the fire ser-vice. It is the focal point of our year round fire safety programs. Through our many program we endeavor to reach as many of our citizens as we can. We know though our experience that Fire Prevention really does pay huge dividends in our community. One of the most important fire safety tips we can pass on is to ensure that you and your family are pro-tected by a working smoke alarm. Working smoke alarms really do save lives.”

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While actual fisticuffs didn’t break out, the atmosphere on the band stand could be cut with a knife last time Loose Gravel played Zocalo’s Cafe in Courtenay. There is some speculation among band mates that it was a simple double stop on the bass

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Saturday evening at the popular night spot and want to assure people they are safe from any band stand shenan-igans.

“We don’t have chords, and if he does it again I’ll bebop him one on the nose”, stated Tony Morrison, who plays saxophones and flute in the combo.

Trumpeter Jay Havelaar admits that at times he can get an overtone while playing which could be mistak-en for a chord, “but that was a solid

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Offending bassist James Lithgow makes no apologies, citing several factors which led him to take the unusual step of playing two notes at the same time, which describes a chord and forces harmonic structure on other players.

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Fuller found her stride naturally lending her considerable saxophone talents to the band as well as some other worldly sounds from her elec-tronic wind instruments.

On drums, Robles hit the ground running and seemed to revel in the freedom from constricting harmonies which Loose Gravel offers.

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Tuesday, October 1st 2014 the Glacier Greens Ladies combined their year-ending awards presenta-tions with a Christmas in October dinner (as already the “Snowbirds” have started making motions of flapping their wings).

Thank you to Ben Gill and his staff for a delicious turkey dinner with all the trimmings.

We were pleased to incorporate donations to the Salvation Army at this time.

Year End Awards:National Pin Round - Awarded

by the RCGA to to the player return-ing the lowest aggregate of 4 scores of Pin Days.

Connie Alexa the winner with a 272 total, followed closely by Carmel Horochuk with 273.

Putting Competition:Best single score was Janet

Edwards with 27, followed by Wendy Dowe with 28.

Best 6 game low putt average - Janet Edwards 30.

Most Improved Player:Fran Hutchison with a 7.6Runner up - Rosslyn O’Rourke

5.7Birdie Board:Brenda Livingstone and Lori

Cameron tied for 1st with 5 birdies each. Marie Israel was 2nd with 4 birdies.

Ringer Board:1st Glenda Kinney 382nd Brenda Livingstone 353rd Rikki Farrell 31THE FRAN HUME MEMORIAL

SHOOT-OUTOver a 3-week period, a two per-

son team, cumulative score compe-tition.

Had an exceptionally nice day for the Scramble in Week #1 with Brenda Livingstone-Carmel Horochuk stealing the show with a net 52.5

Week #2 was Best Ball. Shifting into high gear with a wide variety of rain outfits to survive the mon-soon-like weather, and our drowned-look appearance post-game, we did conjure up quite a picture. Successful in taking the lead were Wendy Dowe-Rikki Farrell on a cb with a net 64.

Week #3 was the ultimate test with Alternate Shot, emerging the winners were Rosslyn O’Rourke-Gene Renaud with a net 75.

THE OVERALL CHAMPIONS were the team of Rosslyn O’Rourke/Gene Renaud who had the lowest cumulative score for the 3 weeks with a 199 net. Well done ladies!

2nd low net was a tie at 206 with the teams of Rikki Farrell/Wendy Dowe, and Rose Jacobson/Lori Cameron, and the countback went to Farrell/Dowe.

1st low gross with 269 Brenda Livingstone/Carmel Horochuk.

2nd low gross with 279 Ellie Nicholas/Fran Hutchison.

A team of “D”airy “Q”ueens were also in the running, but we won’t delve into that.

We are full of thanks and applause for our Club Captain Janet Edwards and the rest of the VERY hard work-ing volunteers on the Executive

Committee and many others making their contributions of time and talents to making a successful year. Thank you to Bill Kelly and his top drawer staff in the pro shop, much appreciated.

Cannot go without saying thank you to our groundskeepers that provide us with a well maintained golf course, no matter what the weather.

Sayonara ‘till the Spring.- Submitted by Lori Cameron

‘Christmas in October’ as Glacier Greensladies wind up with awards presentation

Low Net Winners of the annual Fran Hume Memorial Shoot-out were: L to R Rosslyn O’Rourke and Gene Renaud. Low Gross Winners L to R Carmel Horochuk and Brenda Livingstone.

Most improved player - Fran Hutchison

Ninety-seven participants were treated to a fine October 4th early fall day as they teed it up for the Saturday Men’s annual fall wrap tourna-ment or affectionately know as the Devils Scramble. It is a team event with six holes best ball, six holes scramble and six holes of the dreaded dice game.

This year’s winning team on a count back with a score of (-14 ) was Glacier Greens own Assistant Pro, Brian Wise and his team of Philip Ball, Warren Brandson, Al Pasanen and Leo Lamothe. Also at (-14 ) was Glacier Greens Pro Shop staff member, Terran Berger and his team of Ted Sauve, Bruce Henderson, Henry Bonde and Armin Reckhard. Third place at (-13 ) went to Shane Robinson, Neil Neilson, Glen Parsons, Stan Kirkland and Hugh Scoullar. Fourth at (-12 ) was Burt Graham, Bill Girard, Pat Renaud, Wayne Hay, Rod Verchere and rounding out the top five at (-11 ) was Chuck Kennedy, Mike Pollock, Al Murray, Bill Krier and Richard Wand.

Following play each player was treated to a

fine chicken dinner prepared by our own Ben Gill and his staff and then had a visit to a well stocked prize table. Team k.p.’s were available on all five par three’s thanks to Bill Kelly ( Bill Kelly Golf ), Scott Fraser ( Royal LePage Reality ), Bill Girard ( Canadian Western Bank ), Gary Weibe ( Boston Pizza ) and the Saturday Men’s Club. A special thank you to club member Lee Johnson who once again donated a framed painting to the Memorial Bridge fund raiser table. This year he painted the Canadian Navy’s carrier “Bonaventure”.

My committee and I would like to thank all the Saturday Men’s players for their continued support and a special thank you to Head Professional Bill Kelly and his staff for their support and assistance every Saturday Morning.

Safe travel and good health to our Saturday morning players who head south for the winter and for those that stay behind, weather permit-ting we will continue our Saturday Morning competitions.

- By Len Doyle, Saturday Men’s Coordinator

Winners, left to right, Assistant Pro, Brian Wise, Philip Ball, Warren Brandson, Al Pasanen, Leo Lamothe

DEVILS SCRAMBLE AT GLACIER GREENS

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After two weeks on the road, Riptide U14 girls played at home Saturday when they faced the Lower Island Gorge/Lakehill Thunder team in their fourth game of the VIPL season.

Coming off of two losses against lower island teams, Riptide was determined to turn the tides.

Building on home team advantage and their confidence in playing on a grass pitch, Riptide got down to business immediately, scoring the first goal of the game and setting the stage for what would follow.

Within five minutes, Kayla Kalhous set up a perfect play for forward, Frédérica Blouin-Comeau, who used her speed down the left-wing to score her signature left- foot-ed, tight-angle goal. That was the start of a Riptide surge. The team dominated, scoring two more goals in the next fifteen minutes (Ciara Halvorson and Aisha Hunter-Bellavia).

Gorge showed character, pushing back from behind Riptide’s 3-0 lead. They scored their first goal and con-trolled play temporarily until Riptide midfielders, defend-ers and keeper shut them down for the remainder of the game. Riptide’s Abby Sexton wrapped up the first half with a celebratory goal on a breakaway.

With a solid lead of 4-1 at half, Riptide controlled the play in the second half. Autumn Lewis made Gorge fans

cringe as she set up the next two goals for Riptide (Halvorson and Sexton both scored their second goals of the game).

Lauren Wigard scored for Riptide in the last moments of the game, making the final score a decisive win with a somewhat unexpected goal differential of 7-1.

Coach Jim Stewart explained, “Looking at the stats coming into this game, we were tied with Gorge/Lakehill, having won and lost to the same teams. The only slight difference was goal differential; we had scored a few more goals than them but we also had more goals scored against us. The Gorge/Lakehill VIPL franchise consistently produces great teams, so we were prepared for a tight game.”

Stewart went on to say that, “Our girls were mental-ly, physically and technically prepared. So far this season the scoreboard hasn’t always reflected the effort and possession our girls have had, but on Saturday it did. Our girls did a much better job of creating quality scoring chances and they capitalized on several of them.”

While the Riptide coaches are proud of how their team played, they don’t take it for granted that the next matchup, on Gorge turf November 15, will result the same.

Riptide has a couple weeks off from league play until October 25, when the Upper Island Storm comes to Courtenay for their second matchup. In the meantime, follow the team on their Facebook page at www.face-book.com/riptide2001girls.

From left to right (Riptide in blue): Riptide’s Tiana Stewart, Sophie Denko, and Abby Sexton jockey for position in front of the Gorge/Lakehill net. Photo: courtesy of Jean-Marc Comeau

RIPTIDE U14 GIRLS SURGE BACK VS. LOWER ISLAND

October 5-11, 2014

SALUTE TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS

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SALUTE TO THE CUMBERLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT

SALUTE TO THE CUMBERLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT

Bob LevirsCaptain

Years Service: 28Occupation: Machine Operator

Exemplary Service MedalDistinguished Service Medal

Bob BanksFirefighter

Years Service: 45Occupation: Retired

Exemplary Service MedalDistinguished Service Medal

Glen RodgerAssistant Chief

Years Service: 20Occupation: Apprentice Mechanic

Distinguished Service Medal

Mike BossomCaptain

Years Service: 23Occupation: Engineer

Distinguished Service Medal

Len BanksFirefighter

Years Service: 43Occupation: Logging Machine Operator

Exemplary Service MedalDistinguished Service Medal

Sean RodgerCaptain

Years Service: 16Occupation: LPN

Craig WindleyAssistant Chief

Years Service: 22Occupation: Truck Driver

Distinguished Service Medal

Jessie FrenchCaptain

Years Service: 7Occupation: University BCIT

Mike WilliamsonFire Chief

Years Service: 38Occupation: Fire Chief

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Greig DryLieutenant

Years Service: 7Occupation: Mechanic

Blair GrindeLieutenant

Years Service: 7Occupation: Kinesiology

Brent HofmannFirefighter

Years Service: 18Occupation: Cable Technician

Peter AitkenFirefighter

Years Service: 26Occupation: Sales

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Bruce SampsonFirefighter

Years Service: 26Occupation: Truck Driver

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Mike EllisFirefighter

Years Service: 14Occupation: Sales

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Chad SmithFirefighter

Years Service: 2Occupation: Plumber

Jordan AllenFirefighter

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Kevin WallaceFirefighter

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Years Service: 4Occupation: Airplane Technician

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FIRE PREVENTION WEEK - OCTOBER 5TH-11TH, 2014

CUMBERLAND FIRE DEPT.

Fire Prevention Week themes over the years1927 Why this Mad Sacrifi ce to Fire?

1928 FIRE…Do Your Part – Stop This Waste!

1929 FIRE – The Nation’s Greatest Menace! Do Your Part to Stop This Waste!

1930 Fight Fire Waste with Fire Prevention. Do Your Part

1931 Do Your Part to Prevent Fire

1932 Your Life. Your Property

1933 Your Life. Your Property

1934 Now War on Fire

1935 What Would Fire Mean to You?

1936 Stop It

1937 Help Prevent Fires

1938 Is This Your Tomorrow?

1939 Was Somebody Careless?

1940 Keep Fire In Its Place

1941 Defend Against Fire

1942 Today Every Fire Helps Hitler

1943 Fires Fight for the Axis! (to emphasize home fi re prevention)Feed Fighters Not Fires (farm and rural campaign)The War’s Over for This Plant (industrial use)Was Somebody Careless? (general purpose)

1944 To Speed Victory – Prevent Fires (general purpose)Feed Fighters, Not Fires! (farm and rural)To Speed Victory, Defeat Fire (town plaster)

1945 We Burned the Enemy – Now Save Yourself from Fire

1946 FIRE is the Silent Partner of Infl ation

1947 YOU caused 1,700,000 Fires last Year!

1948 Help Yourself to Fire Prevention!

1949 Flameproof Your Future!

1950 Don’t Let Fire Lick You

1951 Defend America From Fire

1952 Be Free From Fear of Fire

1953 Fire Feeds on Careless Deeds

1954 Let’s Grow Up – Not Burn Up

1955 Don’t Give Fire A Place to Start

1956 Don’t Give Fire a Place to Start

1957 Make Sure of Their Tomorrows – Don’t Give Fire a Place to Start

1958 Don’t Give Fire a Place to Start

1959 Fire Prevention is Your Job…Too

1960 Don’t Give Fire a Place to Start

1961 Don’t Give Fire a Place to Start

1962 Fire Prevention is Your Job…Too

1963 Don’t Give Fire a Place to Start

1964 Fire Prevention is Your Job…Too

1965 Don’t Give Fire a Place to Start

1966 Fight Fire

1967 Fire Hurts

1968 Fire Hurts

1969 Fire Hurts

1970 Fire Hurts

1971 Fire Hurts

1972 Fire Hurts

1973 Help Stop Fire

1974 Things That Burn

1975 Learn Not to Burn

1976 Learn Not to Burn

1977 Where There’s Smoke, There Should Be a Smoke Alarm

1978 You Are Not Alone!

1979 Partners in Fire Prevention

1980 Partners in Fire Prevention

1981 EDITH (Exit Drills In The Home)

1982 Learn Not To Burn - Wherever You Are

1983 Learn Not To Burn All Through the Year

1984 Join the Fire Prevention Team

1985 Fire Drills Save Lives at Home at School at Work

1986 Learn Not to Burn: It Really Works!

1987 Play It Safe…Plan Your Escape

1988 A Sound You Can Live With: Test Your Smoke Detector

1989 Big Fires Start Small: Keep Matches and Lighters in the Right Hands

1990 Keep Your Place Firesafe: Hunt for Home Hazards

1991 Fire Won’t Wait...Plan Your Escape.

1992 Test Your Detector - It’s Sound Advice!

1993 Get Out, Stay Out: Your Fire Safe Response

1994 Test Your Detector For Life

1995 Watch What You Heat: Prevent Home Fires!

1996 Let’s Hear It For Fire Safety: Test Your Detectors!

1997 Know When to Go: React Fast to Fire

1998 Fire Drills: The Great Escape!

1999 Fire Drills: The Great Escape!

2000 Fire Drills: The Great Escape!

2001 Cover the Bases & Strike Out Fire

2002 Team Up for Fire Safety

2003 When Fire Strikes: Get Out! Stay Out!

2004 It’s Fire Prevention Week! Test Your Smoke Alarms

2005 Use Candles With Care

2006 Prevent Cooking Fires: Watch What You Heat

2007 It’s Fire Prevention Week! Practice Your Escape Plan

2008 It’s Fire Prevention Week! Prevent Home Fires

2009 Stay Fire Smart! Don’t Get Burned

2010 Smoke Alarms: A Sound You Can Live With

2011 It’s Fire Prevention Week! Protect Your Family From Fire!

2012 Have 2 Ways Out!

2013 Prevent Kitchen Fires

2014 Smoke Alarms Save Lives: Test Yours Every Month

Fire Prevention Week was established to commemorate the Great Chicago Fire, the tragic 1871 confl agration that killed more than 250 people, left 100,000 homeless, de-stroyed more than 17,400 structures and burned more than 2,000 acres. Th e fi re began on October 8, but continued into and did most of its damage on October 9, 1871.Commemorating a confl agration

According to popular legend, the fi re broke out aft er a cow - belonging to Mrs. Catherine O’Leary - kicked over a lamp, setting fi rst the barn, then the whole city on fi re. Chances are you’ve heard some version of this story your-self; people have been blaming the Great Chicago Fire on the cow and Mrs. O’Leary, for more than 130 years. But recent research by Chicago historian Robert Cromie has helped to debunk this version of events.Th e ‘Moo’ myth

Like any good story, the ‘case of the cow’ has some truth to it. Th e great fi re almost certainly started near the barn where Mrs. O’Leary kept her fi ve milking cows. But there is no proof that O’Leary was in the barn when the fi re broke out - or that a jumpy cow sparked the blaze. Mrs. O’Leary herself swore that she’d been in bed early that night, and that the cows were also tucked in for the evening.

But if a cow wasn’t to blame for the huge fi re, what was? Over the years, journalists and historians have off ered plen-ty of theories. Some blamed the blaze on a couple of neigh-borhood boys who were near the barn sneaking cigarettes. Others believed that a neighbor of the O’Leary’s may have started the fi re. Some people have speculated that a fi ery meteorite may have fallen to earth on October 8, starting several fi res that day - in Michigan and Wisconsin, as well as in Chicago.Th e biggest blaze that week

While the Great Chicago Fire was the best-known blaze to start during this fi ery two-day stretch, it wasn’t the big-

gest. Th at distinction goes to the Peshtigo Fire, the most devastating forest fi re in American history. Th e fi re, which also occurred on October 8th, 1871, and roared through Northeast Wisconsin, burning down 16 towns, killing 1,152 people, and scorching 1.2 million acres before it ended.

Historical accounts of the fi re say that the blaze began when several railroad workers clearing land for tracks un-intentionally started a brush fi re. Before long, the fast-mov-ing fl ames were whipping through the area ‘like a tornado,’ some survivors said. It was the small town of Peshtigo, Wis-consin that suff ered the worst damage. Within an hour, the entire town had been destroyed.Nine decades of fi re prevention

Th ose who survived the Chicago and Peshtigo fi res never forgot what they’d been through; both blazes pro-duced countless tales of bravery and heroism. But the fi res also changed the way that fi refi ghters and public offi cials thought about fi re safety. On the 40th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire, the Fire Marshals Association of North America (today known as the International Fire Marshals Association), decided that the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire should henceforth be observed not with fes-tivities, but in a way that would keep the public informed about the importance of fi re prevention. Th e commemora-tion grew incrementally offi cial over the years.

In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson issued the fi rst Na-tional Fire Prevention Day proclamation, and since 1922, Fire Prevention Week has been observed on the Sunday through Saturday period in which October 9 falls. Accord-ing to the National Archives and Records Administration’s Library Information Center, Fire Prevention Week is the longest running public health and safety observance on re-cord. Th e President of the United States has signed a proc-lamation proclaiming a national observance during that week every year since 1925.

ABOUT FIRE PREVENTION WEEK

Reproduced from NFPA's Fire Prevention Week website, www.fi repreventionweek.org. ©2014 NFPA.

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SALUTE TO THE COURTENAY FIRE DEPARTMENT

SALUTE TO THE COURTENAY FIRE DEPARTMENT

Don BardonnexFire Chief

Years Service: 7Occupation: Fire Chief

Family: Wife Sue, Children Christine, Brian, Tarin, Meg, Jill, Mark

Cary KerrLieutenant

Years Service: 12Occupation: Emergency Vehicle Technician

Family: Wife Dianna,Children Madelyn and Ryland

Karen CampbellDriver

Years Service: 7Occupation: Gardener, City of Courtenay

Family: Crystal, Alexandra, Hugh

George SeiglerCaptain

Years Service: 10Occupation: Town of Comox Public Works

Family: Quinton, Caleb, Savannah

Greg LambActing Captain

Years Service: 11Occupation: Fire Inspector

Family: Mikhaila, Ember, Archer

Andy QuinnFire Fighter

Years Service: 2Occupation: Farmer/Rancher

Family: Christal, Mac, & Amanda

Dennis HendersonAssistant Fire Chief/Training Officer

Years Service: 34Occupation: Asst. Fire Chief/Training OfficerFamily: Charlene, Marci, Ashley, Sarah,

Two Grandchildren

Deb McLachlanDriver

Years Service: 13Occupation: Mt. Washington/ London

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Jerry RippinFirefighter

Years Service: 3Occupation: Mechanic

Family: Nadine, Madison

Matt FosterActing LieutenantYears Service: 12

Occupation: Industrial Fire FighterFamily: Joella, Micah, Cohen

Jonathan WelshLieutenant

Years Service: 9Occupation: Fire Inspector

Family: Andrea, Brock

David ShawDriver

Years Service: 8Occupation: City of Courtenay

Family: Wife Jolene, son Wyatt,daughter Taylor

John WardCaptain

Years Service: 24Occupation: City of Courtenay

Family: Wife - Krista, daughters Lindsayand Stephanie

Tony HrykoCaptain

Years Service: 18Occupation: City of Courtenay –

ElectricianFamily: Ken, and Tyler

Kurt MacdonaldDeputy Fire Chief

Years Service: 23 ½Occupation: Deputy Fire ChiefFamily: Lisa, Bradon, Jonathan

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Jeff DonovanDriver

Years Service: 10Occupation: Self-Employed

Family: Deanna, Marika, Mikayla, Miranda, Manoah

Ed HarrisonLieutenant

Years Service: 15Occupation: City of Courtenay – Finance

Family: Lisa, Destanee

Chris StangerFirefighter

Years Service: 1Occupation: Water Tech, CVRD

Family: Joanne, Kerr, Grace, Maisie

Keenan EgelandFirefighter

Years Service: 5Occupation: Journeyman Refrigeration

TechnicianFamily: Jen

Kyle LambDriver

Years Service: 3Occupation: Refrigeration Technician

Family: Kelsey

Brandon MacDonaldFirefighter

Years Service: 1Occupation: Refrigeration Apprentice

Lance PettyDriver

Years Service: 11Occupation: Owner Temprite Climate

SolutionsFamily: Tara, Kai

Tom SlaterCaptain

Years Service: 23 ½Occupation: Milk Tanker Driver

Family: Kathy, John, Tricia, and 4 Grandchildren

Anthony GrayFirefighter

Years Service: 2Occupation: General Manager

Family: Tara, AJ, and Ella

Derek HendersonDriver

Years Service: 5Occupation: Project Estimator

Stephane DionneDriver

Years Service: 5Occupation: Commissionaire

Family: Denise, Maxim

Josh PalychukDriver

Years Service: 4Occupation: Transport SupervisorFamily: Rebecca, Emma and Eva

Willi SchnoorFirefighter

Years Service: 5Occupation: Truck Driver

Steve McNameeFirefighter

Years Service: 2Occupation: Assistant Grocery Manager

Family: Gen, Madeline, & Connor

Danny WyattDriver

Years Service: 3Occupation: Construction

Family: Kate

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437 Fifth Street, Courtenay BC V9N1J7T Fax: (250) 703-2425

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Paradise Meadows Poultry owner Tracey Peter and spouse Gordon are still in opera-tions after a seven hour blaze destroyed two barns and over 1000 chickens.

As well, she wants to thank a total stranger who alerted her on that frightful day.

“A man saw the fi re, jumped the fence and rang my door-bell,” said Peter.

“It was about 6:30 am. He woke me up. I didn’t know who he was. He said ‘fi re’ and I looked at the barn, grabbed my housecoat and ran outside.”

The hydro line was also swaying and arching. “I was devastated. He moved my truck for me and left.” Since then, a customer discovered the man’s identify while at church. “It’s Mark Reimer of Black Creek,” Gordon said, “and I would

like to send a heart-warmed thanks.”

Causing more than half a million dol-lars of dam-age, she said, the perpetra-tor behind the blaze has recently been

revealed by a forensic investigation. “He found that a rat had chewed right

through the metal walls and then the wiring. Apparently, it’s more common than anyone expects. They come through the water and the sewage.”

The couple also extends their gratitude to supportive family, friends, customers, and the unknown person who called the fi re department, along with the quick re-

sponding fi refi ghters that helped to save the remaining chickens now boarding at her neighboring in-laws.

“It’s was a big loss losing both barns and most of our chickens but with every-body’s support, we know how lucky we are.

“A lot of people thought we were closed, but we weren’t. We’re still able to process birds and will have fresh fry ready this weekend. The roaster barn is being rebuilt and we were in full opera-tions the next week.

Many have been misinformed and be-lieve that we lost everything. We haven’t, and again, thanks everyone.

Regular Hours: Wednesdays 8 am-9 pm. Saturdays 9 am-5 pm. All other days: When the gate is open.

Processing fees are per bird plus GST. Chickens ranges pieces to whole fryers and roasting capons.

Still Thankful ofter over a year!!!

8486B Island Hwy, Black Creek • 250-897-8008 / 250-897-6902nobletracey@aol.com

Paradise Meadows Poultry8486B Island Hwy, Black Creek

250-897-8008 / 250-897-6902

Thanksgiving & Christmas processing:

Fresh Chickens or Turkeys!

ORDER NOW• Meet our happy chickens on

Saturdays

• License BC37Available through:

Paradise Meadows Poultry, Butchers’ Block, Gunter Meats,

Discovery Foods.

Comox Valley Echo Tuesday, October 7, 2014 B5

SALUTE TO THE COURTENAY FIRE DEPARTMENT

Candle with Care!Burn candles only with

adult supervision.

CookingCookingCooking brings family and friends together, provides an outlet for creativity and can be relaxing. But did you know that cooking fires are the number one cause of home fires and home injuries? By following a few safety tips you can prevent these fires.

SafetySafety

COOK WITH CAUTION• Be on alert! If you are sleepy or have consumed

alcohol don’t use the stove or stovetop.• Stay in the kitchen while you are frying, grilling,

or broiling food. If you leave the kitchen for even a short period of time, turn off the stove.

• If you are simmering, baking, roasting, or boiling food, check it regularly, remain in the home while food is cooking, and use a timer to remind you that you are cooking.

• Keep anything that can catch fi re -oven mitts, wooden utensils, food packaging, towels or curtains - away from your stovetop.

IF YOU HAVE A COOKING FIRE ...• Just get out! When you leave, dose the door

behind you to help contain the fi re.• Call 9-1-1 or the local emergency number aft er

you leave.• If you try to fi ght the fi re, be sure others are

getting out and you have a dear way out.• Keep a lid nearby when you’re cooking to smother

small grease fi res. Smother the fi re by sliding the lid over the pan and turn off the stovetop. Leave the pan covered until it is completely cooled.

• For an oven fi re turn off the heat and keep the door closed.

"Reproduced from NFPA's Fire Prevention Week website, www.fi repreventionweek.org. ©2014 NFPA."

Dave McNamaraFirefighter

Years Service: 2Occupation: 19 Wing Comox Firefighter

Anthony McCaffreyFirefighter

Years Service: 1Occupation: Contractor

Family: Laura

Laura ThedeDriver

Years Service: 3Occupation: Paramedic

Family: Allan

Allan FarrantFirefighter

Years Service: 2Occupation: BC Ambulance

Family: Laura

Danny MouldFirefighter

Years Service: 5Occupation: Faller

Family: Jackie

Karl NeufeldFirefighter

Years Service: 2Occupation: Building InspectorFamily: Dena, Mellissa, Shauna,

Thomas, Brent

Scott GaglardiFirefighter

Years Service: 1Occupation: Pastor

Family: Naomi, Mercedes, Emerson, Hudson

Anthony FriesenFirefighter

Years Service: 1Occupation: Mechanic

Family: Jennifer

Mark SimonsonFirefighter

Years Service: 1Occupation: Professional Driver

Family: Sue

Graham ArnoldFirefighter

Years Service: 1Occupation: Contractor

Family: Leslie, Nicholas, Kaitlynn, Owen

Rebecca PalychukFirefighter

Years Service: 3Occupation: Bookkeeper

Family: Josh, Emma and Eva

Kevin AppleyardDriver

Years Service: 4Occupation: Produce Technician

Family: Wife Silvie, sons Austin and Isaac

Ken HrykoDriver

Years Service: 4Occupation: Construction

Margaret Hamilton Firefighter

Years Service: 3Occupation: RBC Small Business Banking

Family: Dave Hamilton

Ken ManningDriver

Years Service: 4Occupation: Retired

Family: Single with two sons away at uni-versity in Vernon and Toronto

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Jennifer WallerFirefighter

Years Service: 1Occupation: Teacher / Farmer

Family: Jason

Chris MurdockFirefighter

Years Service: 1Occupation: Mechanic

Family: Lena, Jamin, Grady

Jonny NagelFirefighter

Years Service: 1Occupation: Hair Stylist / Owner

Family: Debra

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B6 Comox Valley Echo Tuesday, October 7, 2014

SALUTE TO THE COMOX FIRE DEPARTMENT

SALUTE TO THE COMOX FIRE DEPARTMENT

Jerry SnookLieutenant

Years Service: 27Occupation: 19 Wing Firefighter

Family: Wife Rhonda, Children Glenn, Ryan

Don LeeFirefighter

Years Service: 9Occupation: Canadian Coast Guard

Family: Wife Cheryl, Son Kelvin, Daughters Kayla and Kirsten

Gord OrrFirefighter

Years Service: 8Occupation: Teacher

Family: Wife Cory, Sons Damian & Graham

Jim LariviereAssistant Fire ChiefYears Service: 33

Occupation: Comox Fire RescueFamily: Wife Pam,

Children Amanda and Adam

Rick SheltonAssistant Fire ChiefYears Service: 31

Occupation: Comox Fire RescueFamily: Wife Deb, Children Tasha, Aaron

and Renée, Dog Chica

Cole LoganLieutenant

Years Service: 12Occupation: Coastal Transportation &

StorageFamily: Ryder

Bill WindramCaptain

Years Service: 33Occupation: Retired

Family: Wife Kathy, Daughters Lisa, Erica, Kelly & Gillan, Sons Rob & Adam

Pete KendallFirefighter

Years of Service:13Occupation: B.C. Hydro Firefighter

Family: Wife Cathy Children Kye, Collin and Sarah

Dave DaviesFirefighter

Years Service: 30Occupation: Dept. of Ocean & Fisheries

Family: Wife Jeri-Lynn, Daughters Morgan and Sarah

Ron BarrowLieutenant

Years Service: 12Occupation: SarTech 442 Squadron

Family: Wife Destinee, Children Blayne and Jayden

Gord SchreinerFire Chief

Years Service: 39Occupation: Comox Fire Rescue

Family: Wife Cheryl, ChildrenKala, Garret, Carson & Kasidy

Sandy PridmoreLieutenant

Years Service: 19Occupation: City of Courtenay Engineering

Family: Partner Dominique,Children Jessie and Sam

Larry CheslockLieutenant

Years Service: 13Occupation: Brian McLean

Family: Wife Angie

Carson SchreinerFirefighter

Years of Service 5Occupation: BC Hyrdo FirefighterFamily: Dad Gord, Mom Cheryl,

Sisters Kala & Kasidy, Brother Garret

C S h i Rob StevensCaptain

Years Service: 20Occupation: Comox Fire Rescue

Family: Wife Laura,Children Carmen & Danielle

Chris GytenbeckFirefighter

Years of Service: 9Occupation: CV Fire Protection & ElectricalFamily: Wife Judy, Children Curtis, Josiah,

Kyla, Megean

Adam Lariviere Firefighter

Years of Service: 2Occupation: Student NIC

Family: Mom Pam, Dad Jim, Sister Amanda

Kelly RuskLieutenant

Years Service: 15Occupation: Investors Group

Family: Wife Robbie

Corey BrooksCaptain

Years Service: 19Occupation: Comox Fire Rescue

Family: Wife Kathy,Children Allison and Josh

Wayne Della SiegaFirefighter

Years Service: 12Occupation: SD#71,Teacher

Family: Wife Jeany,Children Kayleigh and Alex

Graham ArnoldFirefighter

Years of Service: 11Occupation: Contractor

Family: Wife Leslie Children Nicholas, Kaitlynn and Owen

Colin HanesFirefighter

Years of Service: 2Occupation: Realtor colinhanes.ca

Family: Wife Alicia and Daughters Zoe and Keira

Craig SkeneFirefighter

Years Service: 10Occupation: Coastal Transportation & Storage

Family: Wife Lisa, Children Delaynee, Brielle, Braxton

Jason EverittLieutenant

Years Service: 7Occupation: Guillevin International

Territory ManagerFamily: Wife Heather, Children Emma & Mirren

Christiaan HorsfallFirefighter

Years Service: 7Occupation: RealtorFamily: Wife Taryn,

Children Brooke and Paige

Terry DeanLieutenant

Years of Service: 20Occupation: B.C. Hydro Firefighter

Family: Significant Other Shirley, Children Cameron, Nichol, Amanda & Lauren

Brittany JonesFirefighter

Years of Service: 3Occupation: BCAS

Family: Father David and Mother Ronalee

Brian NormanFirefighter

Years of Service: 14Occupation: Educational AideFamily: Sons Sam and Adam

Pascal LafreniereFirefighter

Years of Service 5Occupation: Carpenter

Family: Mom Nicole

P l L f i Stephane LeblancFirefighter

Years of Service: 6Occupation: 19 Wing 407 Comox E.O.D.

Family: Wife Nita Son Eric

250-871-0050 www.darylrobbins.ca

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www.brianmclean.ca

2145 Cliffe Ave.,Courtenay

250-334-2425

757 Ryan Rd, Courtenay • 250.334.6927

www.brianmclean.ca

2145 Cliffe Ave.,Courtenay

250-334-2425

437 Fifth Street, Courtenay BC V9N1J7T Fax: (250) 703-2425

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278 North Island Hwy, Courtenay

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Comox Valley Echo Tuesday, October 7, 2014 B7

SALUTE TO THE COMOX FIRE DEPARTMENT

SALUTE TO THE OYSTER RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT

Mike GunnFirefighter

Years of Service: 2Occupation: Heli-Logger

Family: Mom Cindy, Dad John,Sister Tanya

Cam DeanFirefighter

Years Service: 2Occupation: World Traveller

Family: Dad Terry, Mom Heather,Sister Nicole

Mario ChretienFirefighter

Years of Service: 6Occupation: DND Firefighter

Family: Wife Bianca, dog Dobby

Robert EganRecruit FirefighterYears of Service: 1

Occupation: Retired RCAFFamily: Wife Joanne Son Alex Daughter

Kourtney

Lorne HicksFirefighter

Years of Service: 12Occupation: D.N.D. Firefighter

Family: Wife Megan Daughter Ali

Tom HansenRecruit FirefighterYears of Service: 1

Occupation: Comox Valley MarinaFamily: Father Dave Brother Matt Sister

Tracy Nephew Cohen Hodge

Matt MeredithRecruit FirefighterYears of Service: 1

Occupation: Thread Theory DesignsFamily: Wife Morgan

Tom BeausoleilFirefighter

Years of Service: 6Occupation: D.N.D. Firefighter

Family: Wife Brittany Son Gunnar

Chris PullmanFirefighter

Years of Service:2Occupation: D.N.D. Firefighter

Family: Mother Brenda Father Dave Sister Sarah

Jayden BarrowRecruit FirefighterYears of Service:1

Occupation: Student N.I.C.Family: Father Ron Mother Destinee

Brother Blayne

Harry ReddinFirefighter

Years of Service: 1Occupation: D.N.D. Firefighter

Family: Wife Wanda Sons Carson and Cole

Don PostaRecruit FirefighterYears of Service: 1

Occupation: Mr. Pink Home Services

Richard DobbsRecruit FirefighterYears Service: 1

Occupation: Tae Kwon Do InstructorFamily: Wife Jamie, Son Ben

Elsah GilroyFirefighter

Years of Service: 2Occupation: Security

Family: Sister Turner Marie

Douglas TaylorFirefighter/First ResponderYears Service: 14.5 years

Occupation: Owner, Taylors Sandy Beach Resort

Family: Daughter Rachel

D l T l Ron SchulzFirefighter/First Responder

Years Service: 12 yearsOccupation: Truck Driver

Family: Wife Mary Ellen, daughter Katie

Ross SquireFirefighter

Years Service: 22 yearsOccupation: Boat Captain

Family: Wife Carolsons Collin & Christopher

R S iBruce GreenDeputy Chief/First Responder

Years Service: 26 yearsOccupation: Farm hand

Family: Partner Dawn, daughters Christina, Sabrina, Mikayla & step daughters

Samantha, Jessica, Haley & Erin

Martyn ThomasFirefighter/First Responder

Years Service: 5 yearsOccupation: Helicopter mechanic

Family: Wife Jo & daughter Bobbie

Lee GingrichFirefighter/First Responder

Years Service: 12 yearsFamily: Wife Grace & daughters Jesslyn,

Jenna & Caitlin

Kevin CowieFirefighter/First Responder

Years Service: 5 yearsOccupation: Self Employed

Family: Partner Julie

Wil BaumFirefighter

Years Service: 2 yearsOccupation: Owner, Smitty's (Comox)

Family: Partner Brooke,son Diesel, daughter Jessica

K i C i Wil B L Gi i h Jim DobersteinCaptain

Years Service: 25 yearsOccupation: Dairy Farmer

Family: Wife Sarah Ann daughter Sabrina& sons Ethan, Cody & Zachary

Ji D b t i Niels HolbekFire Chief/First Responder

Years Service: 37 yearsFamily: Wife Ann, sons Devon & Erik

& daughter Robin

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Jake NickelTraining Officer/First Responder

Years Service: 32 yearsOccupation: Retired

Family: Wife Carole, Sons Jake Jr,Daughters Cathy & Sarah Ann

J k Ni k l Paul TheriaultLieutenant/First Responder

Years Service: 10 yearsOccupation: Paramedic

Family: Wife Debb, son Scott & daughtersLaura, Stephanie & Am&a

Len JohansenCaptain/First ResponderYears Service: 21.5 years

Occupation: Owener Lenz WeldingFamily: Wife Donna, sons Richard &

Brian

Len ApedaileFirefighter/First Responder

Years Service: 17 yearsOccupation: Forester

Family: Wife Maja Senn daughter Alexandra

Chris MurrayLieutenant/Assistant Training Officer

Years Service: 15 yearsOccupation: Logging first aid attendantFamily: Wife Janine, daughters Keely &

Sophie & son Christian

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250-334-2425

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NEW- 1671 Ryan Road(Across from SPCA)

1785 Comox AvenueGiving Hope TodayGiving Hope Today

437 Fifth Street, Courtenay BC V9N1J7T Fax: (250) 703-2425

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320 Fifth St. Courtenay 250-334-2611

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250-338-1445320-10th Street, Courtenay

BRYCE HANSEN P.R.E.CSales Representative

Offi ce: (250) 334-9900 TEL: (250) 702-6493

CELL: (250) 702-6493brycehansenremax@gmail.com

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B8 Comox Valley Echo Tuesday, October 7, 2014

SALUTE TO THE UNION BAY FIRE DEPARTMENT

SALUTE TO THE OYSTER RIVER FIRE DEPARTMENT

Stop, drop and roll if your clothes catch fire! Don’t run! Roll over and over

until the flames are out.

Smoke Alarmsat Homeat Home

Smoke AlarmsSMOKE ALARMS ARE A KEY PARTof a home fire escape plan. When there is a fire, smoke spreads fast. Working smoke alarms give you early warning so you can get outside quickly.

SAFETY TIPS • Install smoke alarms inside and outside each

bedroom and sleeping area. Install alarms on every level of the home. Install alarms in the basement.

• Large homes may need extra smoke alarms.• It is best to use interconnected smoke alarms. When

one smoke alarm sounds they all sound.• Test all smoke alarms at least once a month. Press

the test button to be sure the alarm is working.• There are two kinds of alarms. Ionization smoke

alarms are quicker to warn about fl aming fi res. Photoelectric alarms are quicker to warn about

smoldering fi res. It is best to use both types of alarms in the home.

• A smoke alarm should be on the ceiling or high on a wall. Keep smoke alarms away from the kitchen to reduce false alarms. They should be at least 10 feet (3 meters) from the stove.

• People who are hard-of-hearing or deaf can use special alarms. These alarms have strobe lights and bed shakers.

• Replace all smoke alarms when they are 10 years old.

Janet MarriottFirefighter/First Responder

Years Service: 5 years

Karl NeufeldFirefighter

Years Service: 4 yearOccupation: Building inspector

Family: Wife Dena, Daughters Melissa & Shauna, Sons Thomas & Brent

K l N f ld Cam TurnerRecruit

Years Service: 1 yearOccupation: Grocery Supervisor

Family: Wife Melody,daughters Maylea and Cayla

C T Jerry RippenFirefighter / First Responder

Years Service: 2.5 yearsOccupation: Mechanic

Family: Wife Nadine & Daughter Madison

Colton BaileyFirefighter / First Responder

Years Service: 3 yearsOccupation: Busser

Dave CarmichaelRecruit

Years Service: 1 yearOccupation: Semi-Retired

Family: Wife Coleen

Lynne FedorickFirefighter/First responder

Years Service: 3 YearsOccupation: Owner Go Dog Go Doggie

Adventure Team

Jim FlohrRecruit

Years Service: 1 yearOccupation: Salmon Point Resort

Family: Wife Edith

Alexis RoyerEFR

Years Service: 7

Chelsea WaiteFirefighter

Years Service: 6

Nick WebbFirefighter

Years Service: 11

Peter WharramFirefighter

Years Service: 15

P t WhJoe TarnowskiFirefighter

Years Service: 13

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Brayden JefferyProbationer

Years Service: 3

Travis MephamProbationer

Years Service: 2

Robert JefferyFirefighter

Years Service: 15

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Rob HollandsProbationer

Years Service: 4

R b H ll dDwayne CullenFirefighter

Years Service: 10

Wade FrielFirefighter

Years Service: 15

Susan HargreavesFirefighter

Years Service: 8

Gerry DawsonProbationer

Years Service: 5

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Joost BuijsFirefighter

Years Service: 9

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Rikk BuijsFirefighter

Years Service: 5

Rikk B ij

Mark JacksonChief

Years Service: 4

Ian HamDeputy Chief

Years Service: 18

I HM k J k Darcy RaineyCaptain

Years Service: 9

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Union Bay 250-335-2122

Hornby Island 250-335-2326

Lighthouse 250-757-8146

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250-334-2425

757 Ryan Rd, Courtenay • 250.334.6927

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Hornby Island 250-335-2326

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Fanny Bay

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250 Old Island Highway 250 334 2441 www.finneronhyundai.ca

Union Bay 250-335-2122

Hornby Island 250-335-2326

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2145 Cliffe Ave.,Courtenay

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Comox Valley Echo Tuesday, October 7, 2014 B9

SALUTE TO THE 19 WING FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire Chief Capt. John Paradis

Fire Inspector MCpl James Thompson

Training Officer Sgt Mike O'Rourke

Supply Sgt Jerry Snook

Deputy Fire Chief MWO Denis Rutherford

Fire Inspector Sgt Reg McDonald

Training 2i/c MCpl Mike Garraway

Platoon Chief WO Mike Patey

Chief Fire Inspector Sgt Jim Lariviere

Platoon Chief WO Marty Francis

Platoon Chief WO Ryan LynchPl t Chi f

Firefighter WO Blayne Buckler

Platoon Chief WO Shawn Taylor

Deputy Platoon ChiefSgt John Cornelius

Deputy Platoon Chief Sgt Dave Hillier

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Fi I t Fi I t Pl t Chi fS l Fi fi ht

Deputy Platoon ChiefSgt Mark Dugas

FirefighterMCpl Will Olaski

FirefighterMCpl Eric Gravel

FirefighterCpl Dave Eades

Duputy Platoon ChiefSgt Chuck Wigger

FirefighterCpl Chris Stacey

FirefighterMCpl James Cartwright

FirefighterCpl Jeff Legault

FirefighterMCpl Lorne Hicks

FirefighterCpl Harry Reddin

FirefighterCpl Joshua Dewer

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FirefighterCpl Dusty Kennedy

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FirefighterCpl Mario Chretien

FirefighterCpl Mike Cusson

FirefighterCpl Mason Highmore

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SALUTE TO THE 19 WING FIRE DEPARTMENT

Union Bay 250-335-2122

Hornby Island 250-335-2326

Lighthouse 250-757-8146

Toll Free: 1-800-798-6605 www.viic.ca

We'll take care of it

757 Ryan Rd, Courtenay • 250.334.6927

250 Old Island Highway 250 334 2441 www.finneronhyundai.ca

www.brianmclean.ca

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www.brianmclean.ca

2145 Cliffe Ave.,Courtenay

250-334-2425

4915 N. Isl. Hwy, 250-338-6322Courtenay www.Engrave-It.ca

600 Comox Rd. Courtenay 250-334-6000www.comoxvalleyrd.ca

www.brianmclean.ca

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250-334-2425

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2145 Cliffe Ave.,Courtenay

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6-795 Ryan Rd. (in the Superstore Plaza) 250-897-1188

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757 Ryan Rd, Courtenay • 250.334.6927

B10 Comox Valley Echo Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Cmre Rod May Sgt Mark LewisMCpl Andrea LandryCpl Tom BraidwoodCpl Derek FranzenCpl Chris Burden

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No Photo Available

19 WING F.D.

SALUTE TO THE 19 WING FIRE DEPARTMENT

FirefighterCpl Mike Earle

FirefighterCpl Shris Pullman

FirefighterCpl Russell Bode

FirefighterCpl Steve Beirnes

FirefighterCpl Nick Aucoin

FirefighterCpl Spencer Pearson

FirefighterCpl Ryan Onsowich

FirefighterCpl Trevor Hill

FirefighterCpl Sharon Langlois

FirefighterCpl TJ Balthazar

FirefighterCpl Vijay Nair

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FirefighterCpl Thomas Beausoleil

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Cmre Cicile Blanchette Cmre Jim SharpeCmre Eric GuerinC E i G i

SALUTE TO THE SHIPS POINT

Left to right, Terry Hoff art, Chief; Ken Hayes; Frank Lines, Deputy Chief; Bob Timbers, Deputy Chief; Doug Mole; Carole Anthony; Bruce Prested; Brenda Heykin; Art Davis; Brian Latta; and Andrew Locke. Absent from the photograph are Kathy Henderson, Bill Trussler, Dave Newman, Ingrid Welch, Frank Green, Bill French, Dave Henderson, Hollie Wood, Gene Buldoc, Brenda Timbers, and Monica Gabelsberger.

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2145 Cliffe Ave.,Courtenay

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250 Old Island Highway 250 334 2441 www.finneronhyundai.ca

BRYCE HANSEN P.R.E.CSales Representative

Offi ce: (250) 334-9900 TEL: (250) 702-6493

CELL: (250) 702-6493brycehansenremax@gmail.com

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6-795 Ryan Rd. (in the Superstore Plaza) 250-897-1188

370 Puntledge Rd, Courtenay 250-338-6505

www.brianmclean.ca

2145 Cliffe Ave.,Courtenay

250-334-2425

437 Fifth Street, Courtenay BC V9N1J7T Fax: (250) 703-2425

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