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Lantzville’s top bureaucrat quits after nine years

Building blocksRebecca Kirk, Literacy Central Vancouver Island chief executive officer, and Ross Cameron, Junior Makerspace coordinator, polish up on their Lego building skills. Cameron, a retired teacher, will lead elementary school-age children through projects that incorporate the toy blocks to teach science, technology, engineering and math, but the program, scheduled to open in June, needs donations of Lego from the community. For the full story, please see page 10.

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BY TAMARA CUNNINGHAMTHE NEWS BULLETIN

Lantzville’s chief administra-tive officer has quit amid staff concerns about tone and deco-rum at district council meetings.

Twyla Graff, CAO, handed in her resignation April 1 after nine years as the top bureaucrat for the District of Lantzville.

The move also comes on the heels of a memo to council, signed by all five of the district’s managers, that highlights con-cerns around decorum and tone of council meetings, including ridicule and criticism of staff’s work in public and the “disre-spectful nature” and delivery of comments made recently at an open forum.

Graff was unable to be reached for comment and it’s unknown if the memo and her departure are connected, but councillors call the two issues unfortunate, hor-rifying and concerning.

Two councillors are concerned about additional staff turnover.

“It appears council has created unbearable working conditions for staff and the CAO appears to have resigned as a result. There’s a strong possibility that we will lose other senior staff,” said Coun. Rod Negrave, who

has concerns about the relation-ships with other government agencies, business dealings with the district and costs to the dis-trict and its taxpayers as a result of staff losses and disruptions.

Coun. Jennifer Millbank is also concerned about additional staff turnover and the impact in the broader community of Lantz-ville having a bad reputation.

The business of the municipal-ity since the election has more or less come to a halt, council is struggling to pass a budget, consensus at the council table is lacking and now there’s a staff-ing issue, said Millbank, who is “absolutely horrified” about the memo and Graff’s departure.

“I am pretty distressed about the memo. It’s something that I’ve certainly witnessed and it’s not something I am part of,” she said.

“I think council needs to take this seriously.”

Coun. Graham Savage, who also worked as a consultant for a district in the past, said he has found Graff to be very profes-sional, efficient and focused on trying to give good direction to council and while her resigna-tion is “really unfortunate,” he doesn’t blame her.

He says a negative environ-ment has been created – begin-ning with some election cam-paigning – and considers the memo a reflection of what’s going on.

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The Regional Dis-trict of Nanaimo has approved recommen-dations to support a special committee on solid waste manage-ment.

At the regional dis-trict’s March 24 board meeting, directors approved motions to agree to terms of reference, appoint a representative and alternate, offer sup-port for regional dis-trict facilities and support cost-sharing to pay for the work of the committee for the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communi-ties, an association of local governments of which the regional district is a member.

“This arises out of some work that we’ve done here on the Island with all

the regional districts coming together in October of last year to have a bit of a roundtable and forum about solid waste and sharing of trials and tribulations of the various regional districts,” regional district CAO Paul Thorkelsson said at the meeting.

Among its duties, the committee is expected to develop a long-term strategy for solid waste man-agement, report on its work at the 2016 association annual general meeting and also present a brief-ing to the province.

Alec McPherson, chairman of the regional district solid waste advisory com-mittee, will be a rep-resentative and Jim Kipp, Nanaimo direc-tor, his alternate.

According to the regional district, the

term of the commit-tee runs from May 1 to the end of April 2016, although the association executive may consider extend-ing the term on an annual basis.

“A committee like this, looking at waste across the Island, looking at a really c o m p r e h e n s i v e model is an impor-tant piece, includ-ing within our solid waste management plan. So we’re cur-rently looking at how does the regional dis-trict deal with waste and this is kind of a larger picture.

“How does the Island deal with waste, so it’s a very t imely and ver y important thing to be discussing,” said Dan-iel Pearce, regional district acting gen-eral manager of solid waste services.

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Three of four Canadians own smartphones and tex-ting is the overwhelming communication mode of choice for people 18-29.

Faced with those statis-tics, the Vancouver Island Crisis Society started Crisis Text in October, which now operates alongside the soci-ety’s online chat service. The text-line rollout was done in schools by directly engag-ing students, handing out promotional materials and encouraging students to call or text to get acquainted with the program.

“So they could kind of give it a dry run before there is a problem,” said Heather Owen, society spokeswoman. “We’re finding that kids are really responding to it.”

Crisis line volunteers field more than 30,000 calls annu-ally, not including online chats and texts. Since Octo-ber, Crisis Text has seen a

significant uptake among 11-14-year-olds.

Nearly 1,000 texts and chats combined have come through since October and Crisis Line volunteers are dis-covering text or online chat communication is much dif-ferent from what volunteers experience with voice con-versations.

“What we find is they get right to the problem,” Owen said. “It’s like, ‘I’m having problems with this. I’m feel-ing depressed. I don’t know where to turn,’ and they just get right into it.”

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“I have a teenager and I thought … you guys are never going to be able to have a decent conversation with someone because you’re always texting and stuff until I saw her have a disagree-ment with someone,” Owen said.

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The mayor needs to bring council together to deal with it, Savage said.

Mayor Colin Haime said council will decide what’s done with the memo and it’s incumbent upon them to take seriously any infor-mation that comes forward from resi-dents or staff, but he doesn’t want to assume what manag-ers are alluding to in

their document and wants details about their decorum con-cerns.

To date, staff have not provided any and Haime doesn’t believe anybody can be held responsible without knowing the details.

It would also be incorrect to link the memo and resigna-tion, he said, point-ing out Graff’s resig-nation letter did not connect the two.

The district will work toward replac-ing its top adminis-trator, according to Haime, who said he respects Graff’s deci-sion and wishes her the best.

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The Nanaimo Brain Injury Society is shifting its pro-grams and services to find additional revenue sources and reach out to more clients.

The society, formed in 1988, was located at 55 Victoria Rd. before it moved to 285 Pride-aux St. in 2011. Until recently the society operated as a clubhouse for its members, but a review started in 2014 suggested expanding beyond the clubhouse-only format to serve more clients in the cen-tral Island.

Members and supporters were notified of proposed pro-gram changes in mid-March, but not all clients agree with the society’s next path.

Nicolete Vautier, a society member, said the changes came abruptly and members weren’t forewarned of the shift in mandate.

Vautier, who lives in Parks-ville and attended the club-house up to three days a week, said a counsellor’s and community support worker’s jobs were eliminated and social aspects of the soci-ety, including gardening and lunch-making programs, have been revamped or ended, dis-rupting a vital social network for dozen of members.

“They’ve rearranged the whole thing and they have affected people with trauma brain injuries and without counselling to direct us where to go, not giving us the oppor-tunity to connect with phone numbers or e-mails, so that we can all stay in touch, because we always went there,” Vau-tier said. “We knew where our friends were.”

Markus Busby, society executive director, estimates the society currently serves about 600 people. He said the society needs to forge partner-ships with other community organizations to raise pub-lic awareness of brain injury and secure additional funding sources. The society’s current annual budget is $180,000.

The society is working with Stroke Recovery B.C. and March of Dimes Canada to connect brain-injured patients with local resources to help them reintegrate into the community and continue their recoveries.

Busby said the society needs to connect with hid-den patients, such as young people with strokes and brain injured people 18-30 – statisti-cally the highest age category for brain injury, yet the soci-ety sees few of them.

There have also been some staffing changes.

“We do need to draw in a dif-ferent skill set to try and meet some of these changes that we’re making,” Busby said, adding that support, network-ing, connections and peer mentoring programs are all still operating.

Vautier is concerned about the loss of the clubhouse.

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Strange brews, local brews and other brews will be avail-able for beer connoisseurs and casual drinkers to sample at the third annual Nanaimo Beerfest.

The Nanaimo Kinsmen Club fundraiser runs from 6 to 9 p.m. at Beban Park Social Centre Fri-day (April 10) and features beer and cider from approximately 23 beer breweries from Vancou-ver Island, the Sunshine Coast and Lower Mainland.

“We showcase the micro-breweries and the craft beers locally,” said Kenneth McCann, club treasurer and event co-chairman. “Of course, we have a few big names come in. This year we have Miller Genuine Draft coming and they’re bring-ing Fosters back into Canada.”

For $30, people will get eight drink tickets and can wander the venue sampling whatever they desire, at their leisure. Sub-

sequent tickets cost $2 each. The club will also be providing food, with chili, bratwurst and freshly baked pretzels amongst the fare available, according to McCann.

With the alcohol consump-tion, discounted taxi service will be available, said El Martel, vice-president and event co-chairman.

“AC Taxi is going to be there with a coupon of $2.50 just to help out any of them,” said Martel. “We don’t want anyone drinking and driving. We’re very adamant about that ... they’ll be there to pick up as many people as [possible].”

Eight-hundred people are expected and money will go back to the community, with a majority going to the Kinsmen’s high school bursaries.

Approximately 400 tickets have been sold so far, but McCann and Martel know that there will be a mad rush as the event draws near.

Beerfest has always sold out and both recommend getting tickets as soon as possible.

For more information, or for tickets, please call 250-668-0524.

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IkiNSmEN hoSt annual Beerfest fundraiser at Beban Park.

kenneth mcCann, Nanaimo kinsmen Club treasurer, left, and El martel, vice-president, hope peo-ple raise a glass at Beerfest Friday (April 10) at Beban Social Centre. it will be the third iteration of the club’s fundraiser.

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Just hours after being released from custody, a convicted sex offender has been arrested for allegedly breaching his release conditions.

The B.C. Corrections Branch issued a public notification Thursday that a violent high-risk sex offender planned to reside in Nanaimo.

John Ambrose seward, 27, has a criminal history that includes three sexual assaults and two sexual assaults with a weapon, according to the corrections branch. seward has maintained a pattern of predatory and opportunistic violent sexual offending, with women age 15-55 at risk, according to the advisory.

seward was arrested Thursday at about 10 p.m. after it was reported he had allegedly been in a public park earlier in the evening, which violated of one of the many conditions of his release.

he was taken into custody without incident and is being held until his next court appearance at Nanaimo provincial court Tuesday (April 7) when it will be determined if seward will remain in custody or again be released on conditions.

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Door-to-door mail service is about to go the way of the dodo bird, and along with it a sense of safety and security.

Canada Post has said it can’t afford to deliver door-to-door anymore and needs to come up with an alternative model for snail mail. The problem is, no one has a lot of confidence in the new system.

Granted, it was only a matter of time before the Crown corporation made this move because it currently has a two-tier system with some single-family homes getting door-to-door service while people in newer neighbourhoods or apartments and condos already have to pick up their mail at a central location.

Unfortunately, despite efforts to strengthen the newer mailboxes, mail is still being stolen and recent headlines bear this out.

In February, there were reports of mail theft from both old and new community mail boxes.

Then in March, police busted a Langley home and found 15,000 pieces of stolen mail as well as another 9,000 pieces in a storage locker. Also last month, in Port Coquitlam, Mounties found 721 pieces of stolen mail as well as equipment for cre-ating identity cards and credit cards.

These issues only confirm what many suspect: No matter how strongly-built the new community mail boxes are, they will continue to be a target in what has become a lucrative and increasingly sophisticated identity theft industry.

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When people are prescribed blood pressure medication these days, they are told to stay away from grapefruit juice. In our household, when my husband received that message, it meant that our demand for orange juice for him went up by 100 per cent, while our demand for grapefruit juice declined by 50 per cent. Multiply that change by the hundreds of thousands of aging Boomers being prescribed blood pressure pills and you can expect effects in the marketplace. Sure enough, the availability of grapefruit juice went down. But grapefruit is not the instigator of the new dangers, the pills are.

First I got angry with the pharmaceutical companies pushing all the pills and the doctors prescribing them. My anger increased when the bottled organic grapefruit juice I had bought for years disappeared from local grocery shelves.

I tried unorganic, metallic-tasting, frozen juice until I remembered that that product is owned by a massive corporation we boycott for various reasons. The cartons of fresh grapefruit

juice suggested by a helpful grocery store clerk are produced by a company owned by one of the two giant, global pop corporations.

The last straw came when I looked at the ownership of the bottled juice company whose grapefruit juice is gone. I learned that they are now owned by a major manufacturer of sugary

and salty spreads and syrups whose management actively campaigned against GMO labelling in the U.S. The only reason to oppose labelling is the intention to use ingredients that consumers might not want to buy.

Finally, I realized that the cosmos is sending me a message:

‘Simplify your demands!’Logically, the Occam’s Razor

principle (when faced with a seemingly equal balance between choices, choose the least complicated) is the best tool to break out of decision paralysis. Freed from equally unsatisfactory choices, I asked myself whether I need juice from distant plantations to start my day.

Already I have replaced much of my beverage intake with water. I will replace my morning

juice with water.This decision reminds me

that care for water resources is a vital local responsibility and that exporting water takes many forms.

We are currently much exercised that next January our provincial government intends to start selling B.C. water to Nestlé for less than $2 per one million litres, far less than the price in any other province. But do we care that Californians face water rationing while their state produces 80 per cent of the world’s almonds? The constantly increasing purchaser is China.

It takes a gallon of water to produce one almond, so you might say the world is sucking water away from California. According to Mother Jones, “the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta, a critical engine of coastal biodiversity, stands at the edge of biological collapse. The state’s once-prolific salmon run, which depends on water making it all the way to the ocean, barely persists; more than 90 per cent of marshes have been drained.”

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“If we didn’t get these ministers to town, they’d never understand the importance of Nanaimo’s projects.

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www.nanaimobulletin.com LETTERS Tuesday, April 7, 2015 Nanaimo News Bulletin 9

To the Editor,Re: Treaty trouble has deep roots,

Opinion, April 2.No one would disagree that the B.C.

treaty process hasn’t been as suc-cessful as hoped. Indeed, there are also many First Nations who think it is the wrong process of reconciliation altogether.

However, that doesn’t excuse Pre-mier Christy Clark’s recent decision to blindside B.C.’s treaty partners by refusing to appoint George Abbott as

head of the B.C. Treaty Commission.Although it might be comforting to

think that Premier Clark’s reckless behaviour was done in consultation with the federal government, there is simply no evidence to suggest that. The federal government’s appointee to the treaty commission says Ottawa was as surprised as the other parties to the process.

If the B.C. Liberal government has a grand plan for reinventing the treaty process, it isn’t sharing it with any of

its constitutional partners.B.C.’s approach to reconciliation

needs to be re-energized so that First Nations, resource workers and those seeking to bring new investment to B.C. can have certainty. This means not only fixing the treaty process, but doing more work to find a way forward with First Nations who have chosen a different path. That means working together, not going it alone.

Scott FraserNDP MLA, Alberni-Pacific Rim

Province doesn’t seem to have a plan for treaty process

To the Editor,Re: Labour calls 20-cent

raise ‘pathetic,’ March 17.Increasing minimum

wage creates more unemployment. The B.C. Federation of Labour and NDP opposition party know nothing about the operation of a small busi-ness.

If the minimum wage went from $8 per hour to $10 per hour, the employ-ees at $10 per hour would have to be paid $12 per hour. A employer must adjust the pay rates of all the employees. If the minimum wage went up, the two choices would be to lay off employees or to increase the selling price of all products sold. All payroll costs have to be passed on to the consumer. An immediate $15-per-hour wage will close small business and send thousands to file for unemployment insur-ance.

People on minimum wage have to realize that they cannot buy a new car, buy a house, go on a vacation, and must share their rents with a room-mate to make ends meet, as a few examples. This is because that is the way it will always be. People have to go out and get training and education to find better employment elsewhere, wherever that might be. If people don’t have any willpower to do this, then don’t blame the small businessman.

Joe SawchukDuncan

Small business depends upon minimum wage

MP should resign seatTo the Editor,Re: Lunney

resigns from Tory caucus, April 2.

James Lun-ney has chosen to leave the PC caucus and sit as an independent. I would have no problem with this if his decision was based on a desire to better serve all those who live within his constitu-ency – and by all I mean those of every faith along with those of us who profess no faith.

But that was not his reason. He wants to pro-mote a so-called “Christian” world view – a world view which is not Christian in the sense that it cov-ers all Christians, but a world view only of a subset of Christians. I would point out that the major Christian denominations in

Canada accept sci-ence, accept evo-lution, and reject the narrow literal interpretation of Genesis, prefer-ring to interpret it metaphorically.

Using his seat in Parliament to promote his per-sonal religious views and those of a small clique

of fundamentalist preachers is not what Lunney was elected for. He was elected to repre-sent his constitu-ents in Parliament.

Lunney has abdi-cated his responsi-bilities. He should resign immedi-ately.

John TyrrellNanaimo

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James Lunney is using his MP position to pro-mote personal religious views, says letter writer.

To the Editor,Re: Lunney resigns

from Tory caucus, April 2.

While people are entitled to believe what they want no matter how ludicrous those beliefs might be, they are not entitled to push those beliefs onto others espe-cially when they are a Member of Parlia-ment. Case in point is James Lunney who is now whining that he is being ridiculed for his anti-evolution opinions – and they are only opinions as nothing coming out of his mouth is backed up by actual facts. It is evolution that is a fact of life. Pun intended.

There is so much more that I would love to say on James Lunney’s time in Par-liament, but I’ll settle for thanking him for exposing the far-right lunacy in politics, eco-nomics and religious beliefs.

Robert T. RockMission City, B.C.

To the Editor,Re: Amendments hide lack

of school funding, March 31.Everyone in the know,

including the immediate past school board, under-stands that we have to close underutilized schools in order to have the money to put into instruction, etc. Yet you repeatedly print the school board chair-

man’s spin that it is the ministry that underfunds education.

Courtenay, years ago, closed five schools right up front to bring school space into line with enrol-ment. No one says that would have been easy, but they did what had to be done, bit the bullet so to speak.

I, along with countless others, will watch your coverage of the next few weeks as the school board does its ever-loving best to continue to blame the pro-vincial government for its budget crunch while it con-tinues to keep open, no, reopen, redundant schools.

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Nanaimo’s Junior Makerspace program organizers hope to lay down a solid foundation with quality building materials.

The startup program is being developed by Lit-eracy Central Van-couver Island for elementary school age children and needs donations of unwanted Lego blocks.

“Some of the projects for STEM training in Junior Maker Space – STEM is science, technology, engineering and math – are Lego-based com-bined with electronics,” said Rebecca Kirk, Literacy Central Vancouver Island’s chief execu-tive officer.

“You know how expensive Lego is so we’re kind of hoping there might be some people who have Lego left around – their children have left home

and they won’t be too dis-traught over giving it away.”

The after school and weekend program will initially operate from the literacy organization’s Well Read Books store at 19 Commercial St. for children age nine to 12 and eventually look for a larger space as more kids join and younger and older age groups are added.

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People who want to donate Lego to the pro-gram can do so by simply drop-ping donations off at the book store, but please keep building block donations

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Alyssa Baker didn’t choose music. It chose her.

“I always had this desire to sing,” Baker said.

For as long as the teenager can remember, she had always been singing along to music.

“I think that music sort of chose me,” Baker said. “I started singing along to the radio when I was about two years old.”

Since then, Baker has progressed into a indie pop-folk artist, who now regularly performs throughout British Columbia.

On April 17, Baker will be performing at Smoke N’ Water restaurant in Nanoose Bay.

“I am really excited for the opportunity,” Baker said. “A lot of my family is also out on the Island and so it is really great that I can get them to come out and support me as well.”

Baker, 17, was born in Calgary but moved to Vancouver at an early age and has remained there ever since.

When she was about six years old she began taking singing lessons after doing well in school.

“All I ever wanted to do from that point forward was sing,” she said.

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was writing her own music and by the time she reached 14 she had already performed at the Pacific National Exhibition and had her first open mike session.

“I just started performing all the time and really getting into my own music and just progressed from there.”

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“I have wanted to go there for forever.”

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“The opportunity was just completely amazing and mind blowing,” Baker said.

As a first time visitor to Music City, Baker said she was slightly overwhelmed.

“There is so much to do there,” she said. “There are so many opportunities and you do feel overwhelmed.”

Baker said visiting Nashville made her understand just how big the city’s music community really is.

“One of the main things that I took away was that not only is Nashville a huge music community but the songwriting is even bigger there,” she says.

Baker plans to return to Nashville in the future and has a better idea of what she will do when she is there.

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When Julie Sabiton saw a garden filled with dahl-ias last year, she came up with an idea.

“The sun coming through the dahlias really struck me,” Sabiston said.

At the time, Sabis-ton was preparing for a month-long exhibition at the Art 10 Gallery.

“I knew that I had this show coming up in the spring,” Sabiston said. “Usually I quite often do

seascapes landscapes.”But once Sabiston, saw

those dahlias, she started thinking about other plants.

“That sort of got me started,” Sabiston said. ”I thought about tulips and more spring-like plants.”

After months of paint-ing, Sabiston’s exhibit, which is titled Shadow Dance, is currently on display at the Art 10 Gal-lery until the end of April.

The exhibit features flo-ral-themed paintings cre-ated using watercolours

and acrylic.“It’s about shadows

because being an artist you are always fascinated or very aware of light an shade and tones,” Sabis-ton said. “I’ve always liked shadows because of the patterns and I think I’ve always liked patterns because I did print mak-ing.”

Sabiston’s exhibit runs at the Art 10 Gallery until the end of April. For infor-mation, please visit www.www.myartclub.com.

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It is safe to say that 2014 was a fantastic year for Victoria’s Isobel Trigger.

The indie pop-rock band released a record, were featured artists on a local radio station and played numerous festi-vals, including the Tall Tree Music Festival and the Smithers Midsummer Music Festival.

“It’s hard to pick one [moment] because there were so many awesome things that happened,” said vocalist Felicia Hard-ing.

On Wednesday (April 8), Isobel Trigger will kick off its first-ever nation-wide tour in Lantzville when they take the stage at Tiger Mountain Music.

“We’re very excited,” she said.

Isobel Trigger’s tour will take them as far east as Montreal and includes a showcase at Canadian Music Week in Toronto.

“We’ve been thinking about [Canadian Music Week] and hearing so

many good things about it for such a long time and now we are finally going,” Harding said.

Isobel Trigger formed more than five years ago and have since undergone a few lineup changes.

Last August, the group released its second album, a five-song EP titled Nocturnal to Cor-dova Bay Records.

Harding says listeners of Nocturnal can expect a “night-life feeling” and that the record is very synth driven.

“We’ve got female vocals and kind of a pop-rock, almost like a Metric sound, but very much our own,” she said. “Each song kind of brings a bit of a different feel.”

The name Isobel Trig-ger was inspired by a sci-entist at the University of British Columbia named Isabel Trigger, who is working on the particle accelerator.

“We were trying to think of a band name that suites our sound and Iso-bel stands for the soft feminine element in our music and Trigger is the rock,” Harding said.

Isobel Trigger plays Tiger Mountain Music, 7221 Lantzville Rd.,with Mr. Goshness on April 8.

Tickets are $20 at the door.

For more information, please visit www.isobel-trigger.com or follow @IsobelTrigger on Twitter.

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Floral paintings featured at exhibitBy Nicholas Pescod

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Running group donates money

Members of Runners of Compassion donated $5,000 to Loaves and Fishes Community Food Bank to assist with the purchase of a new warehouse.

Loaves and Fishes has recently increased its space from 500 square feet by purchasing a 6,000-sqare-foot facility on Fry Street, just a few blocks from its previous location.

The move will allow much more food to be collected, stored and distributed daily from generous Nanaimo merchants to be able to handle growing demand.

Runners of Compassion was founded in 2002 and is a mixed group of approximately 160 social and competitive runners hosting weekly trail runs and is involved in dozens of community social and fundraising activities.

The club has donated more than $150,000 into the community since its inception.The money has been used toward shoes for youth sports, community food, families in need and other community initiatives.

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Betty Anne Herbert, left, and Leslie Smith, right, from Nanaimo Lions Club, present a $1,000 donation to Sue Stone, clinical nurse leader at Nanaimo Regional General Hos-pital’s palliative care unit. This gift brings the club’s total to more than $25,000 to the Nanaimo and District Hospital Foundation.

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In many ways, today’s kids have busier schedules than any previous generation of youngsters. Many extracurricular ac-tivities, including sports, require a near-ly year-round commitment, and the dual-income household has landed many kids in after school programs where kids tend to their schoolwork or engage in various activities that keep them from resting on their laurels.But those busy schedules get a lot less hectic when the school year ends. Once school is out, kids used to a full schedule might � nd themselves with lots of time

on their hands. Though it’s good for kids to squeeze in some rest and relaxation during their summer break, it’s also im-portant for kids to stay active so they don’t develop poor habits as the sum-mer goes on. In addition, the American Psychological Association notes that kids who are physically active are more capable of coping with stress and tend to have higher self-esteem than kids who do not include physical activity as part of their regular routines. The following are a few suggestions for parents look-ing for ways to keep their kids active throughout the summer while still allow-ing them to recharge their batteries after a long school year.• Plan an active vacation. Summer is when many families go on vacation, so why not choose a vacation that involves more than napping poolside? Though it’s still good to leave some time for relax-ation, � nd a locale where you can em-brace activities like snorkeling, hiking, kayaking, or other adventures that get you and your youngsters off the pool-side chaise and out exploring. Such a trip might inspire kids to embrace an activ-ity more fully, getting them off the couch not only while they’re on vacation but also when they return home for the rest of summer.• Teach kids to garden. Gardening might be seen as a peaceful and relaxing hobby, but it still requires a lot of elbow grease and hard work that pays physical divi-dends. A garden must be planted, hoed,

weeded, and watered, and gardening gets kids out of the house to enjoy the great outdoors. When growing a vegetable gar-den, kids might embrace the chance to be directly involved in the foods that will eventually end up on their dinner tables. Parents can embrace this as an opportu-nity to teach the value of eating locally-produced foods and the positive impact such behavior has on the environment.• Go swimming. Few adults who work in of� ces haven’t looked out their windows on a sunny summer day and thought how nice it would be to be spending that after-noon making a few laps in a lake, at the

beach or in a pool. Kids have the same daydreams during the summer, so take a day off every so often and take the kids for an afternoon of swimming. Swimming is a great activity that exercises the en-tire body, including the shoulders, back, legs, hips, and abdominals. In addition, swimming helps kids and adults alike maintain a healthy weight while also im-proving their cardiovascular health. It’s hard for some people to � nd a place to swim once the warm weather departs, so take advantage of the summer weather and go swimming as often as possible while the kids are not in school.

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Visit www.bchealthykids.ca to learn more. Camp Qwanoes’ giant one-of-a-kind ‘Aqua Park’ is growing again! Campers can now play on Qwanoes’ sand court on land and their new floating volleyball court at their beach! The H2O adventures are bigger than ever at Qwanoes for summer 2015!

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Extracurricular and summer sea-son sports leagues keep thousands of children occupied. Youth sports promote physical � tness and team-work while helping children acquaint themselves with sportsmanship and camaraderie.The Journal of Sports Medicine says three out of four American families with school-aged children have at least one child playing an organized sport. While many kids play just for recreation, others play competitively. Sports are meant to be sources of enjoyment for children, but parental pressure and poor adult behavior on the sidelines can make kids re-luctant to compete. Parents who be-have poorly may inadvertently pass on bad habits to their children or cause kids to prematurely abandon their athletic pursuits. The following are a few tips for parents who want to encourage their kids’ passions for sports in positive ways.

• Let your child have fun regardless of his or her performance. Too often parents get swept up in how their children are performing when the goal for young athletes should be to enjoy themselves. Resist the urge to

focus on performance and focus in-stead of whether or not your child is having fun.

• Recognize college scholarships may not be in the cards. Although some children are destined for ath-letic greatness, many will not play sports after high school. Pressuring older children to improve their per-formance in the hopes of landing col-lege scholarships can make the little time they do have to play their favor-ite sports less enjoyable.

• Take cues from the child. Children are often great indicators of parental behavior at sporting events. Parents whose children seem unenthusiastic about mom and dad attending their sporting events may be trying to tell you they don’t appreciate your be-havior at the games.

• Provide constructive criticism. Ear-ly coaching and practice with parents can give kids a leg up on the competi-tion. But keep your advice construc-tive. Parents who become pushy or force constant practices can make sports unenjoyable.

• Place emphasis on fun and learning skills. Find out what the kids hope

to accomplish by playing sports and help them to achieve those goals. Fo-cus on being supportive rather than emphasizing winning, as doing so can help children view sports participa-tion in a more positive light.If children seem to have lost interest in sports, parents can ask why in an

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Volunteering is a great way for people to give back to their communities. It’s also a great way for parents to instill character in their children.When kids volunteer, they learn les-sons about responsibility while also learning how enjoyable it can be to help the less fortunate. Kids who vol-unteer early in life are more likely to do so throughout their lives, and that lifetime of service can be invaluable.

The right volunteering opportunity for a child often depends on the child’s age, as some opportunities are better suited to younger children while others are tailor-made for teenagers. The fol-lowing are a few age-appropriate ideas that can help get kids excited about volunteering and giving back to their neighborhoods.

Elementary school children

When kids reach elementary school, parents should introduce them to vol-unteering. Volunteering activities for school-aged kids should be simple, such as accompanying their parents to food banks where kids can help feed the homeless and less fortunate. Kids with grandparents living in assisted liv-ing facilities can read to residents at the facility or bring them homemade arts and crafts or even foods they helped prepare (just be sure to clear any items with the facility’s medical staff before distributing). These tasks are simple, and kids won’t feel nervous when ac-companied by Mom and Dad.

Middle school childrenWhen kids reach middle school, they might not feel it’s necessary for Mom and Dad to tag along as much. This is perfectly alright, and it’s a great time for kids to branch out and choose some volunteer activities of their own. In-stead of accompanying kids to the food bank, let them work a shift on their own. Kids who have been volunteering since early childhood might have some volunteering goals of their own by the time they reach middle school, so don’t insist they continue with current activi-ties if there’s something else sparking their interest. Kids might want to help an elderly neighbor around the house,

such as shopping for groceries or tak-ing care of their property. Encourage such ideas, and expect kids to want to exercise some independence when they reach middle school.

High school studentsHigh school students tend to have busy schedules, but those who have been volunteering since childhood will likely � nd a way to continue doing so. Teenagers tend to have more spe-ci� c interests than younger children, and parents can encourage teens to incorporate those interests into their volunteering. For example, kids who love sports might be able to work with the local sports and recreation cen-ter to coach younger athletes. Or kids who excel in the classroom can tutor younger students. Volunteering can look good on a high school student’s resume when the time comes to apply for college, but parents should be care-ful that their high school-aged children don’t stretch themselves too thin with extracurricular activities. Encourage volunteering but not at the expense of schoolwork.Many children embrace volunteering, especially when given the chance to choose how they want to give back to their communities and the less fortu-nate.

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Nesbitt, Robert AllanJuly 27, 1934 – March 10, 2015

With heavy hearts, the family wishes to

announce Bob’s passing at the Palliative Care Unit at NRGH on Tuesday March 10, 2015 after a courageous battle with a long illness. His wife, Vera, and his sons, Daniel and Matthew, were by his side.Bob was born in Renfrew, Ontario and graduated from Ryerson in Mechanical Technology in 1957. After Ryerson he set out to travel the world. His first stop was England where he met his wife, Vera. They were married in England, and they returned to Canada to live in Orillia, Ontario in 1961. Bob then worked for some years in mechanical engineering firms in Peterborough and Toronto. He began a teaching career with a 12-year engagement at St. Lawrence College in Kingston in 1968. He relocated with his family in 1980 to Nanaimo to teach at Malaspina College. He continued on in his career to work for the Dept. of Energy Mines and Resources and then into consulting roles, and a year teaching English in China, until his retirement.He was a quiet, thoughtful man who belonged to numerous public service organizations during his years in Nanaimo. He loved to perform his music for senior citizens and was a long-time member of the Nanaimo Theatre Group. He enjoyed many happy hours with the Nanaimo Co-op Sailing Club.Bob is survived by his wife, Vera, and beloved sons, Daniel and Matthew, daughter-in-law, Jessie, and the “apples of his eye”, his two little granddaughters Emily and Zoey. He is also survived by his sister, Shirley, and nephew, Robert, in Cambridge, Ontario.The family would like to thank all the wonderful nurses at Nanaimo Community Dialysis, NRGH Renal and Palliative Care Units, especially Naomi. A special thank you to Dr. Tom Davies for his kind and compassionate care over the years.The family would like to invite all who knew him to a celebration of life in Bob’s honour at Sands Funeral Chapel, 1 Newcastle Ave, Nanaimo on April 10, 2015, at 2:00 – 4:00 PM. A private interment will be held at Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens.In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Kidney Foundation or the Child Development Centre.

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Clippers will play for championship

BY GREG SAKAKITHE NEWS BULLETIN

The Clippers will play for a championship.

The Nanaimo Cl ippers defeated the Penticton Vees by a 2-0 score Thursday night in B.C. Hockey League playoff action at Frank Crane Arena. The result advances the Ship-men through the round robin and into the finals, where they will meet the Vees in a best-of-seven series.

“It’s an unreal feeling. I don’t think any of us have been this far in the playoffs before and we’re going to the finals,” said Brendan Taylor, Clippers cap-tain. “It was big to get it done tonight and we had a good game as a team tonight, so we’re just really excited.”

Nanaimo had a shaky start, allowing a breakaway just seconds after puck drop, but settled down. Sheldon Rem-pal opened the scoring late in the first period and the score stayed 1-0 until Yanni Kaldis scored on a point shot on the power play midway through the third period. The Vees pulled their goalie and tried to make a game of it, but couldn’t get any pucks past Guillaume Decelles, who recorded the shutout.

“We stuck to the plan and made things simple, we didn’t get off our game,” Decelles said. “We stayed calm, we were not running around in our zone. We didn’t give them much.”

Mike Vandekamp, Nanaimo coach, said it was a “special game” because of the work the Clippers put in to earn the opportunity that’s now in front of them.

“We played well, it was a good game, it was a good playoff game,” said Vandekamp. “2-0, that’s a great playoff score.”

Fred Harbinson, Penticton coach, said both teams played well Thursday and mentioned that his team hit several posts. He thought his goalie – backup Brendan Barry – and the affiliate players in the lineup showed well.

“We never went into this game with any other intention

other than to win the hockey game and that’s how we approach every game, but … you can’t manufacture desper-ation,” Harbinson said. “You’re either in a desperate situation or you’re not.”

So the round robin ends with the Chilliwack Chiefs hav-ing to watch themselves get

eliminated on the out-of-town scoreboard. The Clippers and Vees, who each won one game against the other, now reset for a best-of-seven final for the Fred Page Cup.

“We’ve already played a cou-ple times now in this round robin, we’ve played a couple times in the regular season. They’ve all been tight games,” Harbinson said. “Why not maybe seven more?”

The Shipmen, too, are already looking ahead. Decelles said the Clippers deserve to be moving on, and they’re proud they’ve made it this far.

“It means a lot…” he said. “But we’re going to stay in the moment and try to win the cup.”

ICE CHIPS … Please look for a series preview next issue.

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GREG SAKAKI/THE NEWS BULLETIN

Penticton Vees player Dakota Conroy, left, is checked by Nanaimo Clippers opponent Nick Gushue during Thursday’s B.C. Hockey League playoff game at Frank Crane Arena. Nanaimo won 2-0.

INANAIMO TO FACEPenticton Vees in best-of-seven series. GAME 1 - Nanaimo Clippers at

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GAME 2 - Nanaimo at Penticton, Saturday, 6 p.m.

GAME 3 - Penticton at Nanaimo, Monday, 7 p.m., Frank Crane Arena.

GAME 4 - Penticton at Nanaimo, April 14, 7 p.m.

GAME 5 - Nanaimo at Penticton,April 16, 7 p.m. (if necessary)

GAME 6 - Penticton at Nanaimo, April 17, 7 p.m. (if necessary)

GAME 7 - Nanaimo at Penticton, April 19, 6 p.m. (if necessary)

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Nanaimo judoka will represent their province at a major event.

Alicia Fiandor and Vanessa Kruger of the Nanaimo Judo Club were named last week to Team B.C.’s contingent at the Western Canada Summer Games.

“To me making the Western Canada Summer Games is a great honour and I am very much looking forward to representing Team B.C.,” said Fiandor in a press release.

Only seven female judoka were chosen.

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sportsInbrief

BY GREG SAKAKIThe NeWS BulleTIN

The Nanaimo Bucca-neers are looking for a new coach to skipper the ship into next sea-son and beyond.

The city’s Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League team is in the interviewing process, having parting ways with Derek Bachynski after the Bucs were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

“We want to make sure we can keep our team moving for-ward…” said Glen Smith, Bucs general manager. “And we just thought we needed a change at the coach-ing level.”

Nanaimo finished the regular sea -

son with a 22-18-3-5 record, won its first playoff game against the Comox Valley Gla-cier Kings, then lost the next four to drop the series.

“We did fairly well considering our age,” Smith said. “We just

need a little bit differ-ent dynamic as far as player personnel and coaching, I think.”

The GM has inter-viewed several candi-dates and is continu-ing the decision-mak-ing process.

“We’re not rush-

ing. We want to make sure it’s the right fit,” Smith said.

He and his scouts have been actively recruiting. More than 60 players are already confirmed for the Buc-caneers’ spring iden-tification camp and Smith said he’s antici-pating 70-90 guys at the May camp.

“The coach is going to have to mesh with what we recruit…” the GM said. “We have a team philosophy of what kind of players we want to be Bucs and that’s not going to change, regardless of who the coach is.”

Smith sa id the organization thanks Bachynski “for all his hard work and effort and his commit -ment to the team. He worked really, really hard and I think that should be acknowl-edged.”

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Bucs searching for new coach

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Nanaimo Buccaneers forward Zach Funk goes for the puck during a game against the Comox Valley Glacier Kings in February at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.

I JR. B HOCKEY club conducts interviews.

30 Nanaimo News Bulletin Tuesday, April 7, 2015 SPORTS www.nanaimobulletin.com

Brechin bowlers are Island all-starsNanaimo five-pin bowlers

rolled to Island championships last month.

Brechin Lanes’ Jennifer Eby won the ladies’ singles title at the Vancouver Island Five-Pin Bowling Championships and Eby teamed with Carla Burgmann,

Janice Keaist, Rose-Marie Sloat, Morgan Theedom and Kim Coul-son to win the ladies’ team title. Brechin won the aggregate award.

Gord Coulson, Eby and Thee-dom were selected as tourna-ment all-stars at the March 27-29 event, held at Duncan Lanes.

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At the Greater Nanaimo Cham-ber of Commerce, we point out that one of our core services is “advocacy.” But what are we advocating for? Who are we advo-cating to? And what are the out-comes and benefits to businesses and the community?

Sometimes it can be as simple as solving a licensing or permit problem by working on a specific issue. How-ever, it is more often at a higher strategic level and more proactive.

In the past year we have hosted, or part-nered with others to host, several senior federal government cabinet ministers to create awareness around infrastructure needs for our community.

Between Nanaimo Airport, Nanaimo Port Authority and Vancouver Island University, we have identified the need for more than $100 million in fund-ing to help grow our economy. If we didn’t get these ministers to town, they’d never understand the importance of Nanaimo’s projects or have any familiarity with our community so that we can motivate their support.

As a matter of fact, we have two federal cabinet ministers speak-ing at our AGM luncheon tomor-

row (April 8).We’ve also hosted numerous

senior provincial cabinet minis-ters to express our interests in having their support for projects and to give Nanaimo’s business community a bit of an advantage in Victoria. In the past two weeks alone we’ve brought the Minister of Transportation, Minister of Advanced Education and Minis-ter of Social Development and Innovation to chamber events

and held closed-door meetings between them and ourselves, along with civic and commu-nity leaders.

Meanwhile at city hall, we are having conversations around a freeze on commercial tax increases, have started high level work on our ‘Green Tape’ Policy Review Com-mittee, with its goal to

cut bureaucratic red tape that creates barriers (and needless expense) for business, and finally we are breaking through on the issue of food trucks in our com-munity.

Our members support this work through their annual mem-bership dues, knowing they are receiving far more than reduced prices on networking luncheons and events.

Stay tuned and see what else the chamber is doing with gov-ernment to make it easier for the business community to prosper and to build a better community through better business.

www.nanaimobulletin.com BUSINESS Tuesday, April 7, 2015 Nanaimo News Bulletin 31

The first annual Startup Weekend is coming to Nanaimo April 17-19 at SquareOne, located at 38 Victoria Cres.

If you’re not familiar, Startup Weekend is a 54-hour event where devel-opers, designers and busi-ness development folks come together to pitch an idea and launch a business – all in one weekend. It is a great opportu-nity to test startup ideas, meet poten-tial co-founders, build the commu-nity in Nanaimo and launch your next startup.

What unites all attendees is a com-mon interest in entrepreneurship: whether a serial entrepreneur or new to the startup scene, every attendee is interested in working with a like-minded, motivated and skilled team to develop a product or business in one weekend. If this sounds like you, this is the event for you.

The participants that attend have 60 seconds to make a pitch (optional). The

pitches are whittled down to the top ideas, and then teams form around the ideas to come out with several developed companies or projects. Finally the week-end culminates with demon-strations in front of an audi-ence of judges and potential investors.

The event begins with open mike pitches on Friday, when attendees bring their best ideas and inspire others to join their team. Over Saturday and Sun-day, teams focus on customer development, validating their ideas, practising LEAN Startup

Methodologies and building a minimal viable product. On Sunday evening, teams demonstrate their proto-types and receive valuable feedback from a panel of experts.

This is Nanaimo’s first Startup Weekend, but the event occurs all over the world throughout the year and they have been very successful.

Startup Weekends are where entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs can find out if startup ideas are viable. On average, half of Startup Weekend’s attend-ees have technical or design backgrounds, the other half have business backgrounds.

There are dozens of rea-sons why you should come to a Startup Weekend: get educated, build your net-work, learn a new skill, actu-ally launch a business, get face-time with thought lead-ers, and join a global com-munity. For more informa-tion and to register, please visit www.thinkbigatsquare-one.com/swn.

SquareOne is Nanaimo’s first and only tech incuba-tor and co-working space for the creative designers, freelancers, entrepreneurs, and other out-of-the-box thinkers. The core values of SquareOne are community, openness, and collabora-tion. SquareOne has 28 desks available for either full-time tenants (24/7, 365 access) or punch pass ten-ants (access to the space 10 times per pass). Please visit www.thinkbigatsquareone.com.

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A local travel agency is hosting an event to help customers travel the world.

Cruise Holidays presents Explore the World travel event at Bowen Park Activity Centre on Saturday

(April 11), 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5 in advance from

Cruise Holidays’ Nanaimo office by calling 250-758-7893 or e-mail-ing [email protected]. Tick-ets at the door are $7.

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APRIL 11

Saturday, April 11, 2015NO MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED • NO GIMMICKS, JUST GREAT VALUE!

Individually Quick Frozen, 15% Meat Protein

300FOR2

.77EACH

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Limit 6 Limit 4 Total

SunRype

Pure Apple Juice

1 L

Olymel Sliced

Black Forest Ham

Pepsi, 7-Up, Schweppes, Crush, Dr. Pepper,

Mountain DewSelected Varieties, 2 L

In our Deli…

.77EACH .87100 g

Country GrocerFamily Bread

White or 60% Whole Wheat, 570 g

LIMIT 6 Each Total

LIMIT 8 Total

Coke, Sprite, Diet Coke, Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Coke

Zero, Dasani Water197EACH

Blue Diamond

Almond Breeze

500FOR4

Xtra Liquid

Laundry Detergent

LIMIT 2 TotalExcludes Packaged Products377EACH

Entire

Bulk Department

30%OFF AT CHECKOUTS

Country Grocer

CheeseSeedling

Geraniums

McCain Premiere Traditional Crust

PizzaCheemo

Perogies

597EACH

397EACH

LIMIT 4 Total

LIMIT 4 Total

LIMIT 6 Total LIMIT 6 Total

Hallmark Boneless Skinless

Chicken BreastsArmstrong Canadian Extra Aged

White CheddarFresh Canadian Whole Boneless

Porkloins

LIMIT 1

.87EACH

2497EACH 197lb4.34 Kg

.77EACH

6x710 ml

Almond or Almond Coconut, 946 ml

4.43 L

Your Choice600 g

Cascades

Bathroom Tissue 12 Double Roll

& Paper Towels6 Roll

Your Choice 416-433 g Your Choice

907 g

4 Kg LIMIT 1LIMIT 1

In our Deli...

While Supply Lasts

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2227EACH

Great

Savings!

LIMIT 2 Total 4”

Golden WestEnglish Muffi ns

6 Pack

Folger’s

K-Cups

497EACHYour Choice, 12’s

400FOR2

LIMIT 3 Total

Equals 99¢per 100g

2.25 Kg Block

Chase River Marketplace: 82 Twelfth St, Nanaimo • 250-753-7545 Bowen Road: 1800 Dufferin Cres, Nanaimo • 250-591-5525

Open Daily 7 am - 10 pmLook for our GIANT 16 page Flyer in Thursday’s News Bulletin!

Chase River Location:10am-2pm: (unless otherwise noted) • Bouncy Castle 10-3 • Barsby Band Playing 11-2 • Crazy Chris the Balloon Artist 11-1 • Barsby Band Hot Dog Sale 10-3 • Brownies selling Girl Guide Cookies • Hourly Giveaways from 10-4 • Dream To Travel Book Sale • Free Cake starting at 10am

Bowen Road Location: 10am-2pm: (unless otherwise noted) • Bouncy Castle 11-3 • Crazy Chris the Balloon Guy 1-3 • North Nanaimo Rotary Club Barbecue

11-4 • Hourly Country Grocer Gift Card

Giveaways • Face Painting 11:30-2:30 (to bene� t

Help Fill A Dream)• 1st Lantzville Girl Guides selling

Cookies 11-3

Grown in California Colleen

Strawberries1 lb Clamshells

LIMIT 6 Total500F

OR3Weather Permitting

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