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AIDS Vancouver Island has chal-lenged the leaders of the City of Cour-tenay to take the lead to get tested for Hepatitis C.

Sarah Sullivan, manager of AIDS Vancouver Island, threw the dare at Courtenay council as part of the cel-ebration of World Hepatitis Day on July 28. It is also aimed at inspiring baby boomers and others to follow.

In partnership with Public Health in Courtenay, they will be setting up a Hepatitis C testing station for local politicians and First Nations leaders from 1 to 3 p.m. at its offi ce on 355 6th Street.

Hepatitis C is a serious and often deadly disease caused by a virus that

attacks one of the most imporant or-gans of the body - the liver. Over time, it can cause liver cancer.

It can spread by contact with infect-ed blood and items that have infected blood on them such as non-sterile nee-dles.

Sullivan said anyone can get Hep C. It is believed the majority of people with this disease are baby boomers, adults born between 1945 and 1970. It’s not certain why but Sullivan explained it could be due to modern procedures to prevent blood exposure starting only in the 1980s.

Wide-spread screening of blood sup-plies was adopted only in 1992 and this means some baby boomers may have been exposed to infected blood dur-ing transfusions and medical proce-dures. Others could have been infected

through unsterile piercings or tattoos, or from injecting drugs.

In Canada, it’s estimated around 220,000 people may be infected with Hep C and one in fi ve may not know they are infected.

That’s because the symptoms are not known until the liver is already dam-aged. This can take 20 years or more to happen. And because of this, people without realizing it can spread Hep C to other.

Sullivan told council that even if you don’t have the symptoms, it’s best to get tested for Hep C. A simple, free blood test can show whether or not you have the virus.

Sullivan plans to also make the same challenge to Comox and Cumberland councils as well as the Comox Valley Regional District.

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Courtenay council challenged to get tested for Hepatitis C

Nautical enthusiasts will get to enjoy the festivities of the 57th annual Comox Nautical Days Festival, with the assistance of $5,800 in funding provided under the Building Commu-nities Through Arts and Heritage program.

John Duncan, Minister of State, Chief Gov-ernment Whip and Member of Parliament (Vancouver Island North), announced this support last week on behalf of the Honourable Shelly Glover, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Offi cial Languages. Funding will help en-able the Comox Nautical Days to present a se-ries of free and family-friendly events at the festival.

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Water tankers used to douse fi re started by monster trucksBY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

A fi ve acre fi re that broke out Saturday at a farm on Southwinds Road in Co-mox required fi ve water tankers to take it out.

The Comox Fire Depart-ment initially attended the blaze over the weekend that was started by mon-ster trucks enthusiasts, who were conducting training runs in the area.

Fire chief Gord Sch-reiner said they had per-mission from the owners to use the fi elds where the modifi ed pick-up trucks jumped over berms and other stuff .

“One of the trucks had a mechanical malfunction and broke a fuel line,” said Schreiner, “That caused gas to leak on the ground. It was ignited by the hot exhaust and started the fi re.”

Schreiner said they had it under control in the fi rst half hour but needed help to douse all the fl ames. They requested assis-tance from Courtenay Fire Department and Oyster River Fire Service, which each sent their water tank-ers to the scene.

“It took about four hours to extinguish it,” said Sch-reiner. “We used about

Comox chief says 17,000 gallons used to put out fl ames

17,000 gallons of water.”There was only one

home that was close to the fi re said Schreiner but it was not harmed.

“It could have been a lot worse,” said Schreiner. “There was a light breeze that day and had it been heavier we certainly would have had more damage.”

Schreiner said the mon-ster truck drivers have done this in the past but things do happen unex-pectedly.

“Certainly the malfunc-tion created the problem,” said Schreiner. “It’s obvi-ously it’s very, very dry this year. It’s another ex-ample how people need to be careful when work-ing around combustible things like that.”

The drivers were not

charged or fi ned.“We talked to them and

they had permission to do what they were doing,” said Schreiner. “It was on private property so there’s very little we can do about it. One of the owners of the property was very apologetic and concerned and they certainly won’t let that happen again.”

Schreiner said some measures were taken by the drivers, wetting the fi eld before they did some runs.

“Those precautions were not enough to stop the fi re,” said Schreiner.

The extreme dry condi-tions have the local fi re departments in the Co-mox Valley on the alert 24-7. Schreiner said they’ve been dealing with a lot of

small fi res and most of them are human caused.

“We are certainly not through this yet,” said Schreiner. “It’s another month or two with this dryness even though the weather is softening a bit. We’re going to see more. The month of August is usually the worse month so that’s still to come.”

Meanwhile, in another part of the Comox Valley, the Coastal Fire Centre initial attack crew con-tained a small forest fi re - .1 of a hectare in size - in the Comox Lake area near the Comox Main.

However, it’s not de-clared fully extinguished said Coastal Fire Centre spokesperson Marg Drys-dale.

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Southwind Road area fi re spread quite rapidly Saturday afternoon (Comox Fire photo)

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“It was human caused,” said Drysdale, who did not give further details because it is still under in-vestigation. “It was a fairly small fi re and our crews got there quickly which is nice because we had good solid report where it was and we had someone watching it as they were reporting it.”

Although it’s still not fully out, fi re crews had contained the fi re and have done mop up.

“They’ve put it into pa-trol and then crews come back later to double check to make sure that there’s no hot spots they might have missed,” said Drys-dale. “And if they’re sure there’s nothing left, that’s when they declare it’s fully out. Sometimes that takes one or two days.”

Brush fi re

Royal LePage Real Es-tate Services (Royal LeP-age) has announced the acquisition of the Coast Realty Group brokerage and property manage-ment business which will operate under the Royal LePage banner, eff ective immediately.

Established in 1984, Coast Realty Group is a large, independent real estate company operat-ing out of nine offi ces on Vancouver Island and one offi ce on the mainland in Powell River.

Gregg Hart, broker owner of Royal LePage in the Comox Valley, has acquired, and will merge his brokerage in Courte-nay with the Coast Realty Group offi ce in Courtenay.

He has also acquired Coast Realty Group’s of-fi ces in Hornby, Denman Island, Cumberland and Union Bay, and will oper-ate them as satellite of-fi ces of the Courtenay lo-cation.

The merged brokerage will operate as Royal LeP-age in the Comox Valley. Combined, the brokerage has 38 per cent market share in Courtenay, and 80 per cent market share in the areas served by the satellite offi ces, based on units sold.

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The nail-biting moment for the Town of Comox is over.

After waiting anxiously for several months, the news it has longed for has been delivered.

Vancouver Island North MP, John Dun-can, was scheduled to announce yester-day that the Western Economic Diversi-fi cation has approved a grant of $560,134 for the Comox Marina Centre Meeting Place project.

Mayor Paul Ives called it great news.“It’s a big sigh of relief,” said Ives.

“We have been waiting for word from the Western Economic Diversifi cation about funding for this project. Most re-cently we weren’t sure and we have a timeframe toward the end of August to confi rm it or not.”

The funding of $320,000 for the fi rst phase of the project was already secured from the Island Coastal Economic Trust earlier this year but Ives said it was pred-icated on an end of August funding com-mitment from the federal government.

“We are very excited and truly grateful for this funding from Western Economic Diversifi cation Canada,” said Ives.

“This project will transform the Ma-

rina Park from a passive gathering place into a vibrant meeting place.

“Town staff and council have identifi ed the project as a key driver for economic diversifi cation and downtown vitaliza-tion, and we’re very much looking for-ward to getting under way.”

The project will see construction of two new buildings, with recreational and public meeting spaces for up to 70 peo-ple each.

A new visitor information services as well as washrooms and showers will be built along with benches, water park, and also place for food and commercial ser-vices.

“Tourism is a lively industry all overBritish Columbia,” said Duncan.

“Through this investment in the Townof Comox, our government is providingeconomic opportunities on VancouverIsland, leading to jobs, growth and longterm prosperity.”

The new buildings and outdoor ameni-ties will allow hosting of festivals, mar-kets and other special events with plugand play facilities that can be used year-round.

Ives expects construction to begin in2016.

The town has committed $400,000 tothe project.

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The water hole draw went to Nicole Deters. Closest to the hole on #4 in 3 shots went to Carmen DeWinter.

For the low handicaps, birdies were made by Grace Coulter with a chip in on #9 and Jan Dafoe on #1 and #3. Pars were made by Carmen deWin-ter on 4 and 7 and Lorelei on #2. Joan Baudais had a par on 1 and Val Pearce had a par on #3 for the high handicaps.

The draw prizes from our amazing sponsors were:

Signature Wines- Barb Siska, Megan Liddle and Christine MacIntosh. Keith Gibson,socks-Chris Flynn, Creative Ortho-dontics coff ee mug went to Pat Schmidt, Kathy Branch hand and foot repair packages went to Sandy Tufnail, Mid Island Gifts was won by Diane Hing, Tee Box gift cer-tifi cate was won by Nicole Deters, Thrifty’s Food card went to Carmen deWinter, Arizona Taff y was won by Patti Koch and Chinook Forest Prod-ucts donated a sleeve of balls to Deanna Papineau.

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COMOX LADIES, TUESDAY, JULY 14TH

The sun brought out the best in several teams competing to represent the Comox Ladies Club at the 4 ball tournament at Morningstar August 10th.

To play in this tourna-ment the 2 team members must have handicaps up to 8 points apart or less. The Low Gross winners with an 83 (best ball) was Janice Nicklin and Sharon Crowe.

The two Net winning teams were Karen Vanetta

and Sue Leakey tied with Barb Buchanan and Anne Patterson.

Stroke play results were Low Gross, Sue Leakey and Nancy Riva were tied with a score of 87, Karen Vanetta-90, Lorelei Ban-ford-92 and Janice Nick-lin-93.

Low Net prizes went to Anne Patterson-70, Barb Buchanan-72, Sha-ron Crowe-74, Linda Verdenhalven-74, Pat Schmidt-75, Val Pearce-75, June Fraser-76, Yvonne Baker, Mary Suchka and Louella Dooe.

(Continued on page 34)Bernice Sutherland recently celebrated her 90th birthday by sinking a 40-foot putt at Comox

A BOUQUET of thank you’s to the person writing in about cutting grass long to help it stay green. We do this, too. Unfortunately, this led to an uncomfort-able experience when two city workers marked our curb and water shut off valve with blue paint as a reminder about water re-strictions. They apparently did not notice our huge maple shading our cut-long grass or the clover in it (clover stays green dur-ing drought conditions). Given that we scrupulous-ly abide by the water re-strictions, we were off end-ed. We’ve debated cutting our grass short so it will go brown because there seems to be a bit of a witch hunt on. I recently heard a speaker on CBC recom-mending cutting grass long during drought condi-tions to keep it green and also seeding it with 25% clover (low growing white clover) which stays green during droughts and puts lots of nitrogen back into the soil. Here’s a link about using clover to keep your lawn green during drou ghts: http://gardenmaking.com/drought-relief-for-lawns/ However, if you do this, be warned, you may be targeted for having a green lawn!

BOUQUET! I would like to say thank you to a very

kind young man in a red jacket who came to my aid after I fell in the cross-walk at the front entrance to Quality Foods in Cour-tenay last Saturday after-noon. He made sure that I actually wanted to get up before very gently get-ting me back onto my feet with my husband on the other arm. I would also like to thank a lovely young woman with two little kids in tow, who off ered fi rst aid. Thank you both for your spontaneous off ers of assistance. I broke one of the little bones in my right wrist so me and my fractured wrist are most appreciative of your kind-ness.

BEEF! The crosswalk at the main entrance to Qual-ity Foods in Courtenay has some very dangerous dips and dives that are tricky to maneuver especially dur-ing a rain storm. The park-ing lot in general is badly needing resurfacing. I fell on Saturday afternoon in the crosswalk when my left foot slipped in a pud-dle of water causing me to fall sideways breaking my right wrist. The emergen-cy staff at St. Joe’s report several other casualties over time from falling in your potholes. Perhaps it’s time to get your landlord to spend a bit money on fi xing it up!

BOOMERANG would like to

thank again the lovely fam-ily of Fred, Ruth, Theo and dog Lucy for taking time in their day to rescue us out in Baynes Sound. Our motor had overheated, there was no wind to use our sails, and they towed us back to Comox Marina. We would like to extend our gratitude further, please call us.

A BIG, GIANT RECTAL PROBE to greedy doctors running for-profi t clinics, for trying to wreck our healthcare system. The doctor lead-ing this eff ort was found to have illegally billed over half a million dollars to pa-tients and the MSP. Now he and others are trying to sue the BC gov’t (meaning us, the taxpayers) for the right to force their two-tier American-style system on us. This would allow doc-tors to charge patients whatever they please and will lure more doctors away from our public health care system. What’s more in-sulting, these same private clinics currently enjoy pub-lic subsidies from the same system they’re setting out to damage, the hypocrites! Studies show that private clinics produce worse health outcomes for pa-tients. The outcome of the court case will set prec-edents across the country. Ask your local candidates where they stand on this issue, and use your vote this fall to defend universal medicare in Canada.

In the Beefs and Bou-quets section of the Echo people are curious as to the water fl ow rates into the Comox Lake reservoir and also what’s being released downstream. This interest has gone on for the past few months.

BC Hydro has provided four Puntledge River hydro-electric operations updates to the community from May 2015 onward.

In these updates, there is good background informa-tion on water data.

But let’s look at some numbers since April, and also compare those numbers historically to BC Hydro’s re-cords that go back 52 years.

It helps to put this ex-treme drought in perspec-tive, and also how BC Hydro has proactively responded to the situation.

The monthly water infl ow average into the Comox Lake reservoir from various upper watershed streams was about 21 m3/s for April, 13 m3/s for May, 6 m3/s for June, and 3 m3/s to date for July.

Those are all record low infl ow rates.

The historical water infl ow average is 33 m3/s for April, 42 m3/s for May, 38 m3/s for June, and 27 m3/s to date for July.

BC Hydro’s 24 megawatt capacity power generation output average was 3 MW in April (the unit was shut down for maintenance for part of the month), 5-6 MW

in May, and was shut down on June 16. When the gen-erating station is running at full capacity along with the fi sh habitat fl ows below the Puntledge River diversion dam, the river fl ow rate is about 32 m3/s.

The water discharge from the Comox dam down the Puntledge River was 16 m3/s on April 16, to 14 m3/s on May 24, to 12 m3/s on June 16, 8.5 m3/s on June 30, and as of July 16, 7.5 m3/s, which is the lowest level BC Hydro has ever provided.

The 7.5 m3/s fl ow rate will be maintained through the summer and early fall unless precipitation allows us to in-crease river fl ows.

Since April, the river fl ow rates have been agreed upon by BC Hydro and govern-ment fi sh agencies for fi sh habitat and mainly summer chinook; it has had nothing to do with power generation.

BC Hydro has obtained a series of water licence vari-ances from the Comptroller of Water Rights that allow us to go outside of our normal operating ranges (when the Puntledge River fl ow goes below 15.6 m3/s) to provide sustainable river fl ows over the spring and summer months.

The reservoir is consid-ered full at 135.3 metres. It never fi lled to capacity by the end of spring, despite conservation eff orts, given there was no snow melt and the record dry precipitation rates.

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Curiosity on Hydro’swater operations

It hit a high of about 135 metres on May 4 and has been slowly moving down-ward ever since.

It is currently at 133.57 me-tres.

Discharge rates from the Comox dam become some-what uncertain below 131 me-tres, and given BC Hydro’s forecasting of a 7.5 m3/s wa-ter fl ow release and the trend of extremely low infl ows into the reservoir, the reservoir is expected to be around 131.5 metres by the end of Sep-tember.

BC Hydro wants to avoid any potential need for dredg-ing in front of the dam.

The CVRD’s summer in-stantaneous peak withdrawal from the BC Hydro penstock can be as high as 1.2 m3/s.

In order to bring down that fl ow rate, the CVRD has restricted fl ows into its res-ervoirs.

The lower, more consis-tent withdrawals from BC Hydro’s penstock enable our operators to more effi ciently maintain minimum river fl ow requirements.

Because of the reduction in domestic water consump-tion, and being at Stage 3, the CVRD instantaneous withdrawal peak is now at 0.65 m3/s.

BC Hydro provides almost real-time watershed river fl ow rates and reservoir lev-els on our web site.

Go to bchydro.com and type in hydrometric data in the search box. From there click on Vancouver Island.

Stephen WatsonBC Hydro

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BOUQUETS to Puntledge Rd. bottle recycling staff . I was returning bottles and found myself in a very long lineup. However it went very quickly due to the hard working, friendly and effi cient staff .

KUDOS to the instructors, support crews and pilots who work for the summer gliding program. And big bouquets to the students, whose long months of study and hard work cul-minate in the joy, exhila-ration and wonder of solo fl ight. Fly over my house any time!

A BIG BOUQUET and many appreciative thanks to all the lovely ladies who vol-unteer to do the shopping for us, who are disabled, and for seniors, at the Co-mox Q.F. store. They are such good shoppers and so pleasant to deal with. I for one would not know what I would do without them, as most groceries are too bulky or heavy for me to manage. I also want to thank the very personable young man who delivers all these heavy things right to my door.

MY BEEF is with St. Jo-seph’s Hospital for having males and females all in the same room. The last three times I was in a ward there with three males was pure hell. They were all in stages of dementia. They cried, swore and shouted all night. During the day between naps they abused the nurses and scared me with their antics and out-bursts. On another occa-sion a man came into my room and said I was his wife. I would wake from a nap to fi nd him at my bed staring at me with such ha-tred I was frightened out of my wits; that went on for three days. I was afraid for my life. On one other oc-casion the man opposite from me took his PJ’s off every fi fteen minutes and

he was also abusive to the nurses. This went on the whole week I was there. On another occasion the man in the bed opposite me was doing something I can not mention here. Now when my doctor says I must go to the hospital I feel traumatized even be-fore I get there. I feel very sorry for these people, but I still don’t want to be any-where near them. Oh, I for-got to mention these men were all very big, especially compared to little me. And no I do not hate men. I was married to a very lovely man for over 50 years. N.B. I asked many men about females in their rooms and they don’t like it either.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEND bou-quets to two companies. #1 is “The Joint Thera-pists”. The staff there are the most caring, friendly, professional people I have met in a long time. Leif, Emma, Kelly, Cloe, Ka-leigh, Tammara and Am-ber are No. 1 in my book. All of them contributed to bring me from a dark place in pain, to a sunny place I now enjoy. #2 is “Fix-it” Georgia Strait. Jason, a co-owner, and Jesse, and ad-juster, turned what was a diffi cult situation into one that was very manageable. They are kind, thoughtful people, even to driving my husband and I to the air-port in town and lending us a vehicle while ours was being repaired. We all have found companies who do not think good “service” results in positive thoughts and we moan and com-plain about them. It is nice to have this venue to write about the ones who give that good “service”. Thank you all.

A BIG BOUQUET of fl owers to the ladies that made it possible for me to have my bracelet back. A special thank you to Elma for fi nd-ing it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

BIG BOUQUETS to the West-Jet employees at the Co-mox Valley Airport. My

wife and I were among the tremendous chaos that book place Sunday, July 12 at the Airport during the Calgary lightning storm and we would like to ex-press our sincere thanks to all the employees who worked so diligently to make everything right. They were faced with, and had to contend with, many unhappy travelers. People were very upset and un-derstandably so but we need to realize this was not the fault of the employees nor the airline. We cannot predict the weather. When travel plans are disrupted it isn’t always pleasant, tempers run high and pa-tience runs thin and this is what we experienced on this day, but through all of this they never wa-vered from their profes-sional conduct. The way in which these employees conducted themselves was remarkable, their patience, respectfulness and under-standing towards all of us under such trying circum-stances. As my wife and I had plenty of time to ob-serve we were rather ap-palled at the way in which these employees were treated by some very un-ruly customers, which they took in stride. We were tak-en care of by a young man who did his very best to keep us in the loop about everything, took care of all our needs and did so in a very pleasant manner. We have much admiration for him as we do each and every employee working that day. We would like to apologize for those less understanding people that had no business treating you in the manner in which they did. Do know that as many of them you had to deal with, there are just as many of us who appreci-ate all of you. You handled the situation in a way that was amazing and we thank you for your true dedica-tion; without you we would all still be sitting in the Airport. We do appreciate WestJet putting our safety fi rst and commend them on the training they must

give their employees to be able to face such a situa-tion as this one. Keep up the good work.

THREE DAYS of dehydration for those punks who think it’s funny to turn on the outside taps late at night, on other people’s houses thereby wasting hundreds of gallons of precious wa-ter.

WHAT AN EQUALIZER stage 4 water restrictions will be. Even the wealthy will have brown lawns! The down-side is the loss of hun-dreds(?) of lawn mainte-nance jobs - going the way of the milkman, gas jockey and mailman. Climate change. No complaint from me - instead of cutting grass, I’m dragging gar-den hoses around - great exercise. I do empathize with students who need a summer job and many did cut grass to pay their tuition. They will have to move to Victoria, Nanaimo or Campbell River, where local politicians have pre-pared for stage 4 droughts. Likely some home owners with cash will leave as well - can’t buy water here.

BEEFS to the green

lawn fi nger pointers. Our green grass comes from a healthy foundation - fer-tilizing, digging weeds, legal watering, the shade of trees, plus the recent 3 days of rain and morning dew. How dare you falsely accuse us of watering? We have not watered it dur-ing Stage 3! Walk barefoot over our soft lawn and ask me about it. I’ll invite you to sit, breathe in Mother Nature’s cooling freshness and, listen to the laugh-ter of children. You’ll see footprints, we’re cutting it longer. At a time when we have to advertise to en-courage outdoor play, isn’t it great many of us have the green space to do so?

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live beside or around you? Your grow op “STINKS”; not all people want to tol-erate or can tolerate the smell that comes with your “legal right to grow it”. Not only can people not be in their gardens, or out on their deck to have a bbq or to relax, but are also forced to close their win-dows on these hot days. Maybe consider telling neighbors & surrounding area that “YOU” are having a grow op & inform them there will be a “STENCH” of marijuana. So this way people can decide if they want to live with the smell or list their house before it’s too late because the smell is all ready there & have no choice but to live with it. It’s your life style, your choice to grow it, smoke it, what ever, but I was never given a choice to have to live beside it!! Just saying grow ops do NOT belong in residential areas. Signed: Sick of the Smell

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ed costs (unknown at this time) for the land to put it on, especially since there is an additional looming $20,000 to $30,000 as-sessment per household in the near future for the South Sewer Project. How-ever, if Kensington is al-lowed to proceed with their housing development, the cost of the proposed sewer system to local residents would likely be reduced as any additional residen-tial units on the KIP lands would share in the overall infrastructure costs.

I WISH I HAD jotted the news statistic down re: how the forest fi re experts have fi gured out what per-centage of forest fi res are caused by cigarette butts being tossed out of car windows. It’s mind bog-gling! Let’s hear it again!! So the smoking is really getting to their brain and they can’t think rational-ly? Must be eh? Or are these people tossing ciga-rette butts out of car/truck windows just little kids? I feel that these “no brain people” setting most of the forest fi res should have to be taught how to help fi ght forest fi res, on every available day off they have! I agree with the writer about this on July 10 bouquets “my heart goes out to you guys also as you sweat to save our forests and maybe even our homes.” The rest of us who are non-smokers are eternally grateful for all you hardworking forest fi ghters do--sometimes for no pay and risking your lives too. May God bless you!

HOW DISAPPOINTING that Bill Cosby is a “Gunky”. Our generation enjoyed his humor. We still have some of Bill’s rare snow balls in our freezer for July, when Area B water surcharges peak, and the lake level continues to drop.

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burger to the fi rst drive-

thru coff ee or fast-food chain or bank to close their drive-thru. It’s time to “idle no more”, get out and walk and start thinking about the climate fi fty years from now. Start small to hope-fully stall and turn around Climate Change.

RAINBOW BRIDGE? Why not paint the Fifth Street Bridge rainbow colours and have LED lights that change colour at night and call it The Rainbow Bridge? Then we can say we walked over the Rain-bow Bridge without die-ing and it would be a great tourist attraction

BEEF TO THE PEOPLE who single out green lawns as a symbol of cheaters! In most cases we have hired professionals who have fertilized and cut our lawns in a timely manner. As a prairie transplant we ap-preciate drought situations but hope that someone is working on a solution!! With the water advisory most of the winter and now the restrictions for most of the summer who should we be blaming? Is the City prepared? Has the City adjusted to the increase in population? Are we telling prospective residents that we are not guaranteeing they will have water when they move here? Hopefully someone is working on a solution that will bring our city back to something we can be proud of, not a brown unkempt oasis!!

BOUQUETS of Night Blooming Jasmine to the cheery “Food Angels of the Night” at MusicFest. This golf-cart driving pair of ladies conscientiously tracked down and admin-istered food, hot drinks, and a kind word to every person on shift in the wee hours of the morning dur-ing MusicFest. You rock!

A BOUQUET to letter writer Rob McCulloch. Thank-fully, BC Hydro cancelled PaddleFest, but we are

still in stage 3 crisis. Area B Residents are upset with surcharges - all Comox Valley residents should be upset with the CVRD who have $67 million in the bank, and have not pre-pared for predicted sum-mer droughts.

ROSES to Dennis and Steve at Rice Toyota. They take the stress out of pur-chasing a vehicle. Love the car and the styling coff ee mugs. Great guys. - Mike and Joanne.

RESPONSE to B&B eco-nomic alternative: No doubt you had the best in-terests of others in mind with your tip on conserving water. However, when you suggested putting a brick or rocks in their toilet tank there’s an important fact to consider. All toilet bowls are designed to operate with the tank specifi ed for it by the manufacturer. If a toilet bowl has a 13 L tank, it needs 13 L of water to perform a proper fl ushing action. Any less water will cause poor fl ushing ac-tion and more occurrences of blockage. The new 4.8 L toilets have a diff erent fl ushing action that cre-ates a jetting eff ect thereby requiring less water. While your tip may sound good it’s a much better idea to take advantage of the re-bate program and install the new water wise prod-ucts on the market.

THEY WANT THE OLD ski hill

at Forbidden Plateau re-mediated! I suppose the next step is fi xing up the Acropilis in Greece? The tombs in Egypt could have a looking at too? Some how or other “drac’s tomb” gives it an air. It is a part of history, I’ve skied there and hiked there. It needs no beautifi cation.

BOUQUETS to Cumberland council on their approach to water metering. They did not have much choice, with old leaky piping, bare-ly adequate water supply

and new development. No surcharges in Cumberland - they dialogued with resi-dents and introduced rea-sonable water rates for all - which will rise as legislat-ed infrastructure improve-ments are made. Con-gratulations Cumberland Council, on your consul-tive, educative approach to water conservation.

THANKS to Comox Fire-

fi ghters for helping out on the Port Alberni Forest FIre. Indeed the biggest concern of many of us liv-ing in the forest would be a jerk, and jurisdictional dispute on responding to wild fi res that could start anywhere in the Comox Valley. See someone fl ick-ing a hot cig butt - call 911.

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again to all the amazing volunteers and organizers that brought us another wonderful Music Fest. These people really go out of their way to help showcase what a beautiful and friendly place the Co-mox Valley is to come and experience great music. Hats off too to all those that attended - it always amazes me how so many people can get along to-gether so well in tight quarters. Looking forward already to next year!

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE with last week’s beef re-garding obnoxiously loud motorcyclists destroying the peace and quiet of our summer. Again, where is the enforcement? This issue has been fi elded so many times I cannot be-lieve they have still done nothing about it. Loud pipes do NOT save lives - defensive driving saves lives. Operating a motor-cycle means being acutely aware of your surround-ings, much more so than driving a car (I own and operate motorcycles - with legal noise suppression). Perhaps if these riders think their bikes sound so

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BOUQUETS to all the people who helped collect signa-tures for the petition calling for the Board of Trustees of the Union Bay Improve-ment District to extend the water infrastructure agreement allowing Kens-ington to install the water treatment plant, a project which can be accomplished within a few months once approval is received. These people spent many hours explaining to residents the facts about Kensing-ton and how the developer will pay for the treatment plant as opposed to a com-munity funded plant. This has nothing to do with the collection of water tolls, as most residents of Union Bay know. UBID always has and always will collect the water tolls; Kensington is not involved in tolls at all. Everyone who signed a petition did so voluntarily. Some were left the paper-work and did their own research, only to hand in a signed petition shortly thereafter. So, bouquets as well to the over 400 residents that signed the petition letter and want to see this treatment plant installed and operational as soon as possible. Who in their right minds would opt to pay around $2,500 per property for an alter-nate UBID proposed treat-ment plant, with associat-

cool, we should legislate that any vehicle making excessive noise should be modifi ed to have the ex-haust system terminate in front of the driver, not behind. That way they can be a little more apprecia-tive of the noise we have to tolerate - if they can still hear it :)

A GIANT BOUQUET of beau-tiful fl owers to the kind people who rushed to the scene of my car accident on Sunday, July 12th on the inland island highway, near the exit to Qualicum beach. I was in the the black Impala that hydro-planed off the road. I don’t know your names or if you will even see this, but I am truly grateful to all of you for the help you gave me during the scariest mo-ment of my life. I’m lucky to be alive and lucky for all of your help.

FLOODS OF WATER LILY bou-quets to the most generous bottled water company in our valley for donating 486 litres of water, plus two pumps to our recent Girl’s Camp. Because of your refreshing water we all stayed hydrated in the heat wave. You ROCK IT over in Tin Town! Thanks for the H20.

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Comox Valley respond-ed to the following inci-dents between July 14 and 20:

■ On July 15th police at-tended to a report of a pe-destrian being struck by a pickup truck while cross-ing in a crosswalk on Ler-wick road near Home De-pot. The man was treated by Provincial Ambulance on scene. The driver of the pickup was charged for failing to yield to a pe-destrian. (2015-9256)

■ Police responded to a report of a man brandish-ing a knife and threaten-ing to stab a female on 6th street, near the library in downtown Courtenay. The man was located and found in possession of the knife and was ar-rested. The man was held in custody and will appear in provincial court. (2015-9288)

■ On July 16th the Co-mox Valley Drug section entered into an investiga-tion of drug traffi cking after stopping a vehicle in the City of Courtenay. The male driver, who is known to police through recent drug charges, was searched and found to have in his possession Cocaine, Heroin, Crystal Meth and Prescription Drugs that he did not have a prescription for.

The vehicle was also searched and numerous items used in the pack-aging, sale of illicit drugs and use of the drugs were also located.

The man and female passenger were arrested and held in custody. On July 17th the woman was released and the man ap-peared in court and was remanded into custody pending further court pro-ceedings. (2015-9298)

■ Police report that over the week-end of July 18 and 19th, three 90-day Immediate Roadside Pro-hibitions were issued for

alcohol. In two of the cases the drivers of the vehicles refused to provide breath samples. All vehicles were towed and impounded for 30 days.

■ During the early morning hours of July 19th the Comox Valley RCMP were called to a report of a stabbing at a residence on the 2800 block of Lanyon road in Courtenay. The incident occurred in the residence kitchen after a verbal altercation while a large house party was underway. One man was arrested for aggravated assault and has been held in custody pending an appearance in Provincial court. (2015-9455)

■ On July 20th police received a report of a mis-chief to property on the 200 block of Waters place in Courtenay. There have been several complaints in the past months of dam-age to the new fi re train-ing center. The damage ranges from spray paint-ing to damage to the fi re equipment in the center. If you know who is re-sponsible for these acts of mischief you are asked to contact the Comox Val-ley RCMP at 250-338-1321 or if you wish to remain anonymous you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

■ On the afternoon of July 20th police respond-ed to a car versus motor-cycle collision on the Old Island highway at Tsolum road.

The motorcycle had stopped for a pedestrian and another vehicle and the car following did not and ran into the motor-cycle causing it to crash to the ground. Both the motorcycle operator and passenger were taken to hospital for checkup but no serious injuries result-ed. The female driver of the off ending vehicle was charged under the motor vehicle act. (2015-9540)

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The controversial Lorne Hotel project has cleared one more hurdle that will allow it to proceed to the construction phase.

Comox council granted fi nal reading last week for a rezoning and de-velopment permit for the project that will see the creation of a 5-storey mixed-use building with commercial premises that will feature a pub, liquor store and bistro on the

ground fl oor and 21 resi-dential units with a roof patio above.

The voting, however, was not unanimous. It passed 4-2 with council-lors Barbara Price and Hugh MacKinnon voting against it. Mayor Paul Ives declared a confl ict of interest and excused him-self from the proceedings.

MacKinnon said he hopes council has learned from this regarding public consultation.

“Steps have been taken by the town to ensure that

there’s public consultation early during the process,” said MacKinnon.

“Council had mentioned at our last discussion that it was late in the process to be looking at changes. I am confi dent that the town and council have learned from this and we can move on.

“But there’s a good message there that the public consultation pro-cess should be done earli-er and open to review and changes.”

At the public hearing

held in May, there were residents who spoke against the design, par-ticularly the 5-story height of the building, and also its lack of refl ection of the town’s marine or heritage feel.

“I do believe we could have done much better and that’s why I am op-posing it,” said Price.

The project is located with the Downtown Vital-ization Program area and is aimed at re-energizing and densfi cation of the downtown core.

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A man was stabbed dur-ing a house party at a resi-dence on the 2800 block of Lanyon Road in Cour-tenay.

Comox Valley RCMP were called about the in-cident during the early hours of July 19.

The stabbing occurred following a verbal alterca-tion while a large house party was underway. The victim was taken to hos-

pital for treatment of an abdominal wound.

One man was arrested for aggravated assault and has been held in custody pending an appearance in Provincial court.

Police are requesting anyone who was at the house party and may have witnessed the altercation to contact the Comox Val-ley detachment at 250-338-1321.

The Denman Island Fire Protection Service is buy-ing a new water tanker fi re truck.

A request for proposal for a water tanker truck was issued on April 23 and closed on May 7 with four proposals being received.

Community services staff and representatives from the Denman Island fi re rescue department in-dependently evaluated the proposals.

The proposal from Rocky Mountain Phoenix

was selected as it provides the best value for the re-gional district.

The price it off ered for the service tanker truck is $195,760 plus applicable taxes, which the Comox Valley Regional District can fund through its 2015 capital expenditure pro-gram for Denman Island fi re protection service.

The CVRD has already allocated $200,000 for this purpose in its 2015 budget for Denman’s fi re pretection.

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Courtenay ranks high in BC when it comes to safetyBY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

The City of Courtenay received top marks for keeping its work place safe.

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presented by the BC Mu-nicipal Safety Association in Monday night’s regular council meeting.

It’s an achievement that recognizes employers who have implemented strong health and safety pro-grams, way beyond regu-latory requirements and applying a best-practice approach.

The city’s occupational health and safety advisor,

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“We have the fourth lowest injury rate for mu-nicipality of our size in our province.”

The designation will result in incentive pay-ments for the city that will include bringing down in-surance costs.

Mayor Larry Jangula was not present when the award was presented but he indicated in a press release that the certifi -cate acknowledges Cour-tenay’s commitment to

safety.“One of the scoring cat-

egories is ‘Organizational Commitment,’ sand I’m pleased to see that we achieved a 97 per cent grade in this area,” said Jangula.

“This sends a clear mes-sage that we put safety fi rst.

“The fi nancial incentive for this certifi cate is wel-come but it’s more than saving money. Safe work practices benefi t our em-ployees, their families, and all Courtenay resi-

dents. You can’t put a dol-lar value on that.”

Other audit categories included hazard iden-tifi cation and control, training, programs and procedures, incident in-vestigation, inspections, program administration,

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BY PHILIP ROUNDSpecial to the Echo

Multiple Courtenay City Council votes about Maple Pool Campground taken in secret can stay secret, it has been ruled.

Resident Dick Clancy had used the Freedom of Information Act in an attempt to fi nd out how elected offi cials cast their votes ‘in-camera’ - at meetings behind closed doors - prior to last year’s civic elections.

He had suspicions that what some were saying in public was at odds with how they were voting in private.

When he received what he considered inadequate answers to his questions from City Hall, he ap-pealed to the Offi ce of the BC Information and Privacy Commissioner, which agreed to take up the case.

That investigation, which involved lengthy written submissions from both sides and a study of case law from elsewhere in Canada, has been going on for well over a year.

Now, in a 13-page order, senior adjudicator Eliza-beth Barker has ruled

the council acted within its powers in keeping the voting records and the wording of resolutions on Maple Pool secret.

But she did tell the City to reveal some facts about the private meetings, in-cluding how many there were, when and where they took place, and who was present. That has now been done, and it turns out that there were no fewer than 23 closed council meetings at which Maple Pool Campground or its owners - Jin and Dali Lin - were discussed up to the time Clancy made his submission.

Since the inquiry began, the composition of the City Council has changed signifi cantly - four of the seven elected offi cials are new at the table since last November’s elections. The former council consisted of Mayor Larry Jangula and Councillors Manno Theos, Starr Winchester, Doug Hillian, Ronna-Rae Leonard, Jon Ambler and Bill Anglin. Following the election, only Jangula, Theos and Hillian of the original seven remain at the table, now joined by new Councillors David Frisch, Bob Wells, Erik

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Eriksson and Rebecca Lennox.

But despite election pledges by several can-didates to shut down the legal action against the campground without de-lay and hold further dis-cussions in public, the matter is still unresolved eight months after the poll, and private meetings in-camera have continued.

In his submission, Clancy told the Commis-sioner he understood the desire for confi dentiality on issues such as the legal advice the council was re-

ceiving. He was not asking for that, or for any details of the discussions around related issues about the campground, but purely sought the wording of any motions passed and de-tails of who voted for or against each.

“I believe it is improper, immoral and - I believe - illegal to deny this infor-mation to the public,” he argued. “The fi rst prin-ciple of government is that the people’s business must be conducted in the sunshine.

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Secret meetings of those who conduct the business of the public should be the exception rather than the rule.”

Clancy also suggested democracy dies when councillors “habitually go in-camera every time they are faced with a contro-versial issue,” and as far as Maple Pool was con-cerned very many citizens wanted to know for cer-tain where their elected offi cials stood on what was a very contentious is-sue.

Following Clancy’s ini-tial request to City Hall, he was provided with details of resolutions approved at one in-camera meeting, as on that occasion there had been a specifi c council de-cision to rise and report on the proceedings. But he knew there had been other meetings on Maple Pool, so he sought the Commission’s support in a bid to fi nd out more.

In its defence, City staff told the Commission they had followed all the provi-sions of the Local Govern-ment Act, its associated Community Charter, and the Freedom of Informa-tion and Protection of Privacy Act. To reveal the wording of resolutions passed at the other in-camera meetings would be enough for a reader to work out the substance of deliberations that had taken place, and in law such detailed information should not be revealed un-less a council specifi cally

voted to release it.In her ruling, adjudica-

tor Barker said she had reviewed all the in-cam-era minutes in full, and had decided that some factual information from them was appropriate and would not reveal the sub-stance of deliberations. She added: “However, I fi nd that disclosing the balance of the informa-tion in dispute would di-rectly reveal, or permit the reader to draw accurate inferences about, the sub-stance of deliberations at the in-camera meetings.”

But, she noted, that was not necessarily the last word on the issue. Another part of the Free-dom of Information Act stated that if the subject matter of the delibera-tions had been considered at another meeting open to the public, the defence that details from in-cam-era meetings still needed to be withheld would not necessarily apply.

Clancy had argued that some council members had discussed the Maple Pool issue in public, and he produced newspaper cuttings and court tran-scripts in evidence. But while City Hall acknowl-edged Maple Pool had been an issue in municipal elections, it disputed any suggestion it had public-ly disclosed information from in-camera meetings.

The adjudicator agreed with the City that it was what was said and record-ed inside the closed meet-ings that was relevant to the appeal, not commen-

tary on the wider issue that occurred outside.

In conclusion, she ruled the City was authorized to refuse access to the infor-mation Clancy had sought on motions and voting, but the authority should have provided him with factual information about the dates, times, places and attendees at the 23 in-camera meetings, and in-structed the City to com-ply.

Clancy told the Echo this week he was disap-pointed at the outcome, as key issues of public trust and confi dence were involved. “I presented strong evidence that some elected offi cials had mis-led citizens by saying one thing in public and voting another way in private. They should not be al-

lowed to hide behind in-camera meetings. We de-serve better government.”

For the City, chief ad-ministrative offi cer David Allen said staff were very pleased to receive confi r-mation the due process they had followed in de-clining to release informa-tion on in-camera resolu-tions and voting had been correct. Providing all the detailed information and explanation required by the Commission had been time consuming, and at times a challenge, so it was a relief the matter was now concluded.

As for the wider Maple Pool legal and land use issues, Allen added the council continued to work on moving the matter for-ward in a bid to reach a satisfactory resolution.

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A Comox Valley man has been charged in a case of attempted robbery.

On July 21st at approxi-mately 0645 AM police were called to a robbery at the 5th street bridge in Courtenay.

The victim of the at-tempted robbery related that a man approached him wanting whatever he had in his possession and was posturing to as-sault him. The victim was able to fl ag down a pass-ing motorist for help and escape the potentially vio-lent situation.

The complainant pro-vided a very detailed de-scription of the suspect and police located and ar-rested Lance Desjarlais a short distance away. Upon

arrest and search Desjar-lais was found in posses-sion of a golf club that had been shortened and con-verted and could be used as a weapon.

Desjarlais was sent to court several hours after the arrest for a bail hear-ing.

Charges were approved, which include Robbery, Uttering Threats, Pos-session of a concealed weapon, Assault and Pos-session of a weapon for dangerous purpose.

Desjarlais has been released from custody by BC Provincial Court Judge with a condition to leave the Comox Valley and not be found in the Comox Valley, among sev-eral other conditions.

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

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

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Cumberland is planning to decommission trails and jump features in the Cumberland Community Forest that contra-vene the conservation covenant on the park.

Staff told council they also pose a high risk to public safety and create user confl icts.

The Cumberland forest is a large wilderness park adjacent to the village core and is the gateway to the extensive moun-tain biking and hiking trail net-work located to the south of the village.

Staff have been evaluating

a report by the Comox Valley Land Trust, which conducts an-nual covenant monitoring in the park.

The annual monitoring record provided comprehensive cov-enant violations including ille-gal trail development that dates back to 2005, when the commu-nity forest was donated to the village. The conservation cov-enant was established when the village took over and in 2012, a park management plan was ad-opted.

Over the years, a myriad of illegal trails and jumps have been built based on the current trend in mountain biking at the time. They included the trail

from the China Connector Road proceeding downhill to Swamp Trail that featured high speed mountain bike-primary trail with jumps, berms and limited sight lines.

Another is the multiple short trails leading to mountain bike jumps in No. 3 Mine Road-Chi-na Connector Road junction. It includes recently restored road gap jump and other stunt trails and jumps. But use of the trail has been on the decline.

There is also a trail construc-tion just above Two and a Juice Trail that was started in 2013 but was abandoned by the origi-nal trail builders. Other trails include from the end of No. 3

Mine Road to China Connector Road that had one major wood-en stunt.

Staff assessed these areas in the spring of 2014. They noted some of the trails were starting to grow over and some jumps were eroding. However, the de-commissioning was delayed due to several factors. But staff were made aware of a new trail build-ing activity in the area, which led them to conduct a thorough assessment of the trails in early June.

Their investigation included a meeting with United Riders of Cumberland to talk about developing a collaborative and sustainable strategy to ensure a

long term solutions to these is-sues such as conducting public outreach campaigns to educate users of the restrictive cove-nant prior to constructing new trails in the forests, creation of a jump park at the Village Park, and possibly creating new jump trails on private lands.

Due to the prolonged periodof dry weather, decommission-ing of the unsanctioned trails is not going to happen this sum-mer. The soil is very dry and for-est fi re hazard ratings are cur-rently high. Staff recommended the work to be done in the fall or early spring.

Staff has presented councilthree options.

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Eight cows perished in a raging fi re that broke out at a dairy farm on Head-quarters Road in Courte-nay.

The animals were trapped inside the 200-foot barn at Casawood Farm that was quickly consumed by fl ames fol-lowing two loud explo-sions that were heard by residents in the area on Tuesday afternoon.

“I heard an explosion and then fi ve minutes lat-er another explosion,” said Deanna Provencher, who lives across the road. She quickly came outside the see what was happening. “Flames were coming out of the barn, large fl ames, big fl ames.”

Courtenay Fire Depart-ment fi refi ghters spent four hours dousing the blaze and hot spots. The Oyster River Fire Rescue was called in for mutual aid and deployed their wa-ter tanker. Around 41,000 gallons of water was used to battle the fl ames.

The good news is around 50 cattle were saved through the help of some neighbours and also members of the Co-mox Valley Roping Club, who came across the situation on their way to

the Norwood EquestrianCentre for their regularTuesday roping practice.They quickly saddledtheir horses and helpedround up the spooked cat-tle, herding them right upTsolum River Road, ontoHeadquarters and into aneighbouring fi eld.

“It’s super scary to seesomething like that go upin fl ames and to see thoseanimals running awayfrom it,” said Peter Buis-man, who helped save theanimals.

Farm owner RobertCasanave is grateful forhis neighbours and for thepeople who went out oftheir way to help

“It’s just what we doaround here,” Casanavetold CHEK News. “We stillhave good neighbours”.

The cause of the fi re isnot known at this timeand is still under investi-gation.

This is the second barnfi re in this area. This fi rehappened just across theroad from where a barnat Evansdale Dairy Farmburnt to the ground lastmonth.

Animals perish in barn fi re on Headquarters RoadCourtenay, Oyster River fi re crews spent four hours extinguishing dairy farm blaze

Above, members of the Comox Valley Roping Club round up cows left home-less by barn fi re.Left, Courtenay Fire members work on putting out the fl ames.(Photos: CHEK News)

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There will be prize draws throughout the day, including prizes for the children, thanks to the generosity of Courtenay’s merchants.

Fred Tutt’s informative and rewarding visits and tours with Royston Elementary School re-affi rm the positive eff ects of the Classic Cruisers impact on our youth.

Trophies will be awarded at 2:30pm. Food concessions and downtown businesses will be open. The Graffi ti Bash is not just cars.

Donations to the breast cancer fund will be accepted and the Club will match donations up to a total of $500.00.

The event commences with a Cruise-in and Dine at the A & W on Cliff e Ave at 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Saturday evening July 25. Overload parking is available across the street at Driftwood Mall.

A cruise of the Comox Valley starts at 7:00pm. The route has a slight change this year. Cars at Driftwood exit south to 29th Street then turn right , A&W exit right, north on Cliff e Ave. Maps will be distributed.

An honorary constituent in this cruise will be the participation of the Courtenay Fire Department. The Classic Cruisers are honouring 100 years of valued service from the fi remen.

Join the membership with gratitude, pride and excitement along with a Centennial spirit and give them a resounding applause!

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“I’m looking forward to participating in the Comox Valley Classic Cruisers Graffi ti Bash car show, both as Courtenay’s Mayor, andas a lifelong classic car enthusiast.I’m particularly pleased that theCourtenay Fire Department and otherfi re departments will be participatingin a vintage fi re equipment parade in honour of the Centennial for both theCity of Courtenay and the CourtenayVolunteer Fire Department. See youin Downtown Courtenay,” said MayorLarry Jangula.

The Honourable Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of BritishColumbia has proclaimed July 11 andthe month of July 2015 as “Collector Car Appreciation Day and Month in B.C.”

The Classic Cruisers’ 29th Annual Graffi ti Bash Show and Shine is all set to go on July 25 and 26. It is an open event including all classes of cars, trucks and motorcycles.

The offi cial opening is at 10:00am in Downtown Courtenay on Sun. July 26th. Pre registration deadline is July 16, the fee is $10 and $15 on Show day.

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1) Exiting Driftwood Mall parking lot (south end) Turning right, onto 27th.

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3) Left turn onto 26th St. (at lights) 4) Right turn onto Willemar Ave 5) 4-way stop AT Lake Trail Rd 6) Proceed on Willemar Ave (Willemar

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Back Rd to next Left (Valley View Dr)11) Left turn onto Valley View Dr

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1) Leaving A&W, right turn - north on Cliff e Ave.

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3) Right turn at end of Bridge onto Comox Rd

4) Comox Rd becomes Comox Ave through the Town of Comox

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12) Left turn onto Ryan Rd. Follow West to Mazda/Toyota (at traffi c lights)

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21) Left turn onto Old Island Highway (at 3rd traffi c light)

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A new home to help women living in the Co-mox Valley with substance abuse was formally intro-duced to the community on Monday.

The several dignitaries that attended the offi cial opening of this important facility, Amethyst House, expressed similar senti-ments that this expanded supportive recovery ser-vices has made the Co-mox Valley stronger as it will serve the community for many years.

It’s a place for healing, providing life-changing opportunities for women in the valley, said K’omoks First Nation Elder Mary Everson, who performed a blessing ceremony with Wedlidi Speck, hereditary head chief of the G’ixsam Clan of the Kwakiutl prop-er.

“Amethyst House is going to make a positive diff erence in the lives of women,” said Courtenay acting-mayor Erik Eriks-son. “Facilities like this one have a ripple eff ect. When one person is given the support they need to recover it doesn’t just help them. They benefi t their family, their friends and

everyone around them. The community that pro-vides support for those in need is a great commu-nity. The opening of this facility has made the Co-mox Valley an even better place.”

Comox Valley MLA Don McRae said this achieve-ment has been a commu-nity endeavour the valley can be proud of because it involved a myriad of hard-working and dedicated in-

dividuals, K’omok’s First Nations, local groups and organizations, the three municipalities, Island Health Authority and the BC government.

“I am emotional about it too because this is one of the reasons why peo-ple get into politics, said McRae. “Politics isn’t about the funding. It’s making the community better. You don’t make it better because of what one

person does. You make it better with what everyone around you brings.”

The Comox Valley Tran-sition Society was the suc-cessful proponent to the Island Health Request for Proposal to provide the services that increase the number of publicly-fund-ed, community-based, registered non-acute with-drawal management and registered supportive re-covery beds from three to

nine. The society will alsooff er three private-paybeds for a total of 12 bedsat Amethyst House.

The society will providestaff 24 hours a day, 365days a year. Island HealthMental Health and Sub-stance Use staff will pro-vide the clinical services.The staff and clinicianswork together with eachclient to develop an indi-vidualized service plan,using supports for clientson-site and by referral,including supportive andtherapeutic services andlife skills-based trainingsupports.

“The motto for Am-ethyst House is “He TloQwe La As - A Place toRecover”. We are so excit-ed that today, along withIsland Health, we are ableto bring that place to thewomen in the Comox Val-ley who need these wrap-around, supportive ser-vices,” said Comox ValleyTransition Society Execu-tive Director Heather Ney.“With the collaboration ofmany community agen-cies, Amethyst House willbe a positive life-changingforce for many women im-pacted by substance useand addiction.”

The Province provided$250,000 to the ComoxValley Transition Societyin 2014/15 to support theSociety’s eff orts to im-prove and expand its resi-dential services to women,children and families inthe Comox Valley includ-ing the Amethyst Houseproject. Island Healthwill provide the Societywith an annual operatingfunding of approximately$250,000.

New home for women in need of help for substance abuse

Politics isn’t about the funding. It’s making the community better. You make it better with what everyone around you brings.”

DON MCRAEComox Valley MLA

Comox Valley MLA Don McRae shares a ribbon-cutting laugh with Transition Society, First Nations, municipal representatives


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No, nonagenarian is not a new virus. In fact, it is an accomplishment that few achieve. George Allen is having his 90th birthday. He is, however, not your average 90-year-old.

This is a man who took up fl ying at 85 years of age. He continues to rent small airplanes on trips to Hawaii and Victoria, where he is able to gain a perspective of each area that few can enjoy.

He also took up tennis at 65 years of age and con-tinues to play with “those

young pups” who are in their 70s. He cannot fi nd anyone his own age to play with.

George is a skilled danc-er in a variety of genres and can be seen at numer-ous dance halls weekly up and down the Island.

When most are accept-ing the inevitability of giving up their driver’s license due to declining faculties, George started shopping for a new car. A visit to the doctor con-fi rmed he would likely keep his license for sev-eral more years. He, con-sequently, purchased a sporty new model with all the modern bells and whistles. He continues to drive to Kelowna yearly to visit his son.

Lastly, this soon to be minted nonagenarian,

while still living in his own home, continues to have an interest in the fairer sex and goes on yearly trips to Mexico with his partner. This is not your average senior.

George was born on a little homestead in Ques-nel, B.C. He was raised in Kenora, Ontario, where he became a young Tom Sawyer, spending his summers on the Lake of the Woods, fi shing, hunt-ing and sleeping under his canoe. With war declared, he enlisted at 16 years of age and was a sailor un-til the end of the war. He then moved to British Columbia with his young wife where he worked for a number of years in both Penticton and Kimberley as an electrician.


George Allen fl ies planes, plays tennis and dances all over

George Allen, left, coming in for a landing at the Courtenay runway


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When his employ-ment hours diminished, he joined the Canadian Armed Forces and en-joyed a successful career until retirement in Cour-tenay some 40 years ago.

Not one to rest on his

laurels, he worked as a realtor and electrician be-fore fi nally retiring in his 70s.

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good attitude, a strong work ethic, and a desire to live life to the fullest, are relevant characteristics of this man. We should all learn from his example.

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Friends and family are welcome.

❑ Ron Allen, of Kelow-na, is George’s son.

George Allen playing tennis with his son in Mexico; right, George as a young sailor in World War II

A disciplinary notice has been handed out by the B.C. professional en-gineers association to Elwyn Robert Burch, P. Eng., Courtenay.

A Notice of Inquiry was issued to Burch regarding his provision of profes-sional engineering ser-vices during the period from November 2013 to January 2014 with respect to a sewerage system for a property in Comox.

In lieu of proceeding to a disciplinary inquiry, Burch agreed to a Con-sent Order dated May 27, 2015.

In the Consent Order, Burch admitted that he demonstrated unprofes-sional conduct by prepar-ing and fi ling engineering documents with the Van-couver Island Health Au-thority in circumstances in which he knew or ought to have known that those documents were inaccu-rate and not consistent with the requirements of the Sewerage System

Regulation. In particular, Burch’s

hydrogeology report con-tained conclusions thatwere not supported byreasonable factual or sci-entifi c bases.

As part of the ConsentOrder, Burch accepteda reprimand and agreedthat he will:

Immediately cease anddesist from all of the fol-lowing practices:

Designing sewerage sys-tems;

Acting as an “autho-rized person” under theSewerage System Regula-tion;

Providing hydrogeologi-cal advice or services toany person;

Advertising his nameon the “Professionals forSewerage System Regu-lation” list published onAPEGBC’s website; and

Representing himself asa “Wastewater Engineer”in any oral or written com-munication; and,

Undergo a practice re-view at his own expense.

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In his professional life, Richard Skinner is Opera-tions & Sales Manager for The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group and is responsible for the day to day operations of 97.3 The Eagle ’The Island’s Best Music Mix’. As President of The Rotary Club of Strathcona Sunrise Mr. Skinner looks forward to a very busy, very exciting, and very productive year doing good things for the community and for the world at large. ‘One of the biggest benefi ts of belonging to rotary’ says Skinner ‘is the professional networking opportunities that ro-tary can provide its membership; Rotary Clubs are made up of current and/or up-and-coming leaders in their community and as such joining rotary gives you the exciting opportunity to work side by side with other community leaders developing and implement-ing projects at both the local and at the international level’. ‘It’s all about having fun and friendship’ says Skinner ‘but it’s also about getting good things done in our community’. To that effect, look for projects and fundraisers in 2015/16 from The Rotary Club of Strathcona Sunrise including an addition to the very popular Rotary Air Park Playground, hands on help in the restoration of The Courtenay Train Station, con-tinued funding of local initiatives including Comox Valley Hospice Society, St Joseph’s Hospital Founda-tion, maintenance & development of local Parks & Trails, support of Raise-A-Reader, children with special needs and their families through support of Variety Radiothon, and at the international level medical ini-tiatives related to basic health and fresh water, edu-cation and development of tea farming and market-ing in third world countries, and a brand new project ’The Joy of Sound’ to identify and assist children with hearing impairments in thrird world countries, among others. To make this all possible, The Rotary Club of Strathcona Sunrise holds various fundraisers though-out the year. We may be best known for our ‘Rotary Skyrocket’ but the club also plans to once again hold it’s popular ‘Have A Heart’ musical theatre project in February 2016. As well, an exciting new festival is coming our way in September 2015. Watch and listen for more details about our upcoming Comox Valley Rotary Ribfest - a NEW 3 day festival including fabu-lous eats and excellent entertainment to be held Sep-tember 18-20, 2015 at ‘Rotary Bowl’ @ The Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds. Admission for this event will be by donation and ‘All funds raised’ related to the Ribfest will be dispersed for charitable purposes

JOHN JONESPresident of the Rotary Club of Cumberland Centennial 2015-16

John was the second of fours sons born in N. .W. Hertfordshire on the Welsh Border into a farming family. After fi n-ishing school, he went to college where he obtained his G.S.E. certifi cate in com-merce. After qualifi cation, John worked as a clerk at an agricultural Feed ad Seed Company before immigrating to Cana-da in 1966. Arriving in Winnipeg, John found employment as a bookkeeper in Brandon, MB with the Credit Union, ris-ing to the position of General Manager of four branches in a small community on the Saskatoon Border, south of Rus-sell.In 1974, John married Judy Piket of Union Bay, B.C, and soon elder son Graham was born in 1975, and in 1980 second son Anthony was born in Co-mox. In 1978 the family moved to B.C, where John found employment as the accountant at Laver’s Department Store in Courtenay and Campbell River and for Home Hardware. In 1989.John held simi-lar positions at a shell fi sh company and in property management, and worked for a local Shell Oil Agency prior to pur-chasing the Royston Shell Station which he sold in 1997, prior to the new High-way 19 being built. From 1998 to 2014, John managed Cumberland Lake Park and Campground. He is presently man-aging the Campground at the Courtenay Fish and Game Protective Association at the Comox Lake.John is very community minded and held positions on the Boards of the Cumberland Health Center, the Child Development Society, Cumberland Chamber of Commerce and the position of Treasurer for the R.C. of Cumberland Centennial from 2005 -2015.John is cur-rently the President of the R.C. OF Cum-berland Centennial.

ROB WOLFEPresident of the Rotary Club of Courtenay 2015-16

Rob Wolfe says that he has made three wise decisions in the last 10 years that have dramatically altered the way he views what is important in life. Firstly in 2006, together with his wife and four young children, he decided to leave his fi nance busi-ness in the heart of London, UK and move to the Comox Valley. Secondly, because he and his family wanted to fully belong to Canada they all became Canadian citizens in 2010. However, perhaps the most infl u-ential decision of all was to take up the offer of a very good friend and visit the Courtenay Rotary Club in the fall of 2008. This was an interesting experience and he felt extreme-ly welcomed by this large group of strangers. The energy level was very high in the meeting and there was plenty of talk about upcoming local and international projects all with the aim of bettering other peoples’ lives. Many of the Rotarians are busi-ness and community leaders with a common, very special quality of ac-tively seeking to be of service to oth-ers in a total selfl ess manner. Once the meeting was over, Rob looked forward to the next Tuesday lunch-time to experience the wonderful atmosphere again. He was delighted to become a member later that year, and it was not long before he was serving on the board as a director.Rob says he is enormously proud to take on the position as President and he looks forward to actively changing as many lives as possible, both local-ly and through some exciting inter-national projects. Most importantly the club is a wonderful environment to make great friends as having fun should always be the highest priority.

WENDY STEWARTPresident of the Rotary Club of Comox 2015-16

Wendy was raised in the Comox Valley. Following her high school graduation she pursued a career in pharmacy. Upon graduating with a degree in pharmacy from UBC she started practising her profession in Port Hardy. In 2006 she returned to Comox and began working at the Medicine Shoppe and has never looked back. Wendy joined Rota-ry in 2008 because she wanted to give back to the community that she lived and worked in. Her passion in Rotary quickly became apparent when she joined the World commu-nity service committee. One of her proudest moments was completing a $57,000 matching grant through Rotary International that hired local trades people in Honduras to build over 2500 school desks for under-served schools. Wendy has also served as advisors to both the Mark Isfeld Interact club and the Comox Valley Rotaract club. Working with these clubs she was able to men-tor high school students and young adults. Wendy loves Rotary because it provides an opportunity to meet other like-minded leaders in the community, form friendships, and improve our world through service. Rotary has changed Wendy’s life by providing both personal and profes-sional growth opportunities. In the upcoming Rotary year Wendy’s pri-mary goal is to help her club be suc-cessful in all of its local a nd interna-tional projects and have fun doing!

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Walking With Our SistersA moving display of moccasin tops pays tribute to missing and murdered indigenous women;travelling installation makes its fi rst appearance in B.C. at the K’omoks First Nation next weekBy DEBRA MARTINEcho Staff

The idea started inno-cently enough.

Bring an art display of beaded moccasin “vamps”, or tops, to the I-Hos Gal-lery of the K’omoks First Nation.

Gallery manager Ramo-na Johnson thought her shop would be able to host the display that was being organized by noted Metis artist Christi Belcourt.

So she sent an email of inquiry over three years ago.

“And then it got way too big,” says Ramona.

Now, the ‘Walking With Our Sisters’ traveling in-stallation - part art dis-play, but more importantly a memorial to missing and murdered aboriginal wom-en - is coming to British Columbia for the fi rst, and perhaps the only, time.

The K’omoks First Na-tion is hosting the emo-tional event which in-cludes many cultural, healing and spiritual ele-ments as well as the beau-tiful beadwork on 1,810 moccasin tops created by 1,400 artists.

“I knew it was getting too big for me to do,” says Ramona. So she reached out into the community

and found groups to part-ner with in organizing thedisplay’s visit.

A key group is the Co-mox Valley TransitionSociety, along with the lo-cal Metis Association, theJustice Society and manymore. There are now 300volunteers working on theinstallation’s arrival andstay here.

To make sure all thecultural protocols andpractices are followed cor-rectly, there are fi ve eldersrepresenting several na-tions working in conjunc-tion with cultural advisorsAndy Everson and Wedli-di Speck.

The ceremonial aspectsof the event start Monday,July 27 when the “bun-dles” of moccasin vampsare offi cially welcomed tothe K’omoks First Nationin a private event.

(Please note: The Co-mox (Dyke) Road will beclosed to traffi c 9-9:30 amfor this; detours will be ineff ect).

Then, after four daysof arranging the mocca-sin tops properly in theK’omoks band hall, theexhibit opens Friday, July31, and will be open to thepublic through to August15.

(Continued on page 24)Everyone is welcome to sew a button on this blanket created by John Powell. Just drop in to the I-Hos Gallery on Comox Road to do so. The blanket will accompany the installation’s “bundles” on to the next stop.

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“It started out pretty innocently small ... and it just went where it went. And now we have so much going on. The Valley has so embraced helping us. We are welcome just about everywhere we go,” says Ramona.

Anne Davis, represent-ing the Transition Society, is also a key organizer for the event.

“B.C. has the high-est number of missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada,” she says. The recent release of the truth and reconcilia-tion report has heightened awareness of that and oth-er issues.

“A lot of non-native people are really thinking about these issues right now and feeling the im-pact of what they’re learn-ing. That’s kind of coming together to create a lot of awareness and caring con-cern locally”.

Anne noted that there are quite a number of fam-ilies of missing and mur-dered women living locally and on the Island.

“More are getting in touch with us. I think that’s something people living here don’t necessar-ily realize,” she adds.

The installation will be open one morning just for

families of the missing and murdered. And dur-ing the offi cial opening on July 31 in the Big House, one family member will represent all the families aff ected. This opening mourning ceremony fol-lows traditional potlatch opening protocol.

“It’s going to be very emotional,” says Ramona.

Along with west coast First Nation traditions, other cultures’ traditions are to be included as well, including having a “pipe carrier” and fl ute player.

K’omoks will be the 13th stop on the WWOS tour. After K’omoks, WWOS is scheduled to make stops at 22 locations across North America over the next fi ve years, before the

fi nal closing ceremony in Batoche, Saskatchewan in September 2019.

At each stop, the host nation prepares an item to be included in the bundles for the next stop.

Locally, John Powell has donated his time in cre-ating a “tree of life” but-ton blanket, the idea of a group of local elders and young people.

The border of the blan-ket refl ects the west coast mountains, plus the hearts and tears represent the love and sorrow of fami-lies.

It’s hoped that when the blanket is fi nished, it will have a button for each missing or murdered in-digenous woman.

Everyone in the Valley

is invited to drop in to the I-Hos Gallery on Co-mox Road to sew a button on this blanket. You can bring your own special button or choose one at the gallery.

For more information and links please go to:

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The inaugural Butter-fl y Ball Comox Valley, a father and daughter gala presented by Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island, raised $37,000 (net) in support of the foundation’s Jen-eece Place, the home away from home for Island fam-ilies who travel to Victoria for their child’s medical care.

The Butterfl y Ball was held on June 20 at Crown Isle Resort in the Comox Valley and featured din-ner, dancing, games, and a live and silent auction. One highlight of the eve-ning was a personal story

shared by a father and daughter from Port Har-dy; they spoke about how support from the founda-tion has made a diff erence to them.

Moved by the father/daughter guest speakers, attendees raised their auc-tion bidding paddles and pledged an extra $2,625 to help families stay 105 nights Jeneece Place.

“The Butterfl y Ball is not only a magical eve-ning but a very mean-ingful one,” says Linda Hughes, president and CEO of Children’s Health Foundation of Vancouver Island. “The experience

brings to life the power of philanthropy as well as celebrates the special rela-tionship between fathers and daughters.”

“The Ball is our fi rst major event in the central island, and we are thrilled with the overwhelming support of individuals and sponsors in the commu-nity. We can’t wait to hold the event again next year,” Hughes says.

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Heather Keizur, Steve Christoff ersonin concert at the Anderton GardensBy Malcolm Holt

Georgia Straight Jazz Society and the Anderton Therapeutic Gardens So-ciety are once again joint-ly presenting a Summer Jazz Concert Series at the Gardens on Anderton.

The fi rst show is this Sunday, July 26th, start-ing at 2:30 pm, featur-ing bilingual jazz vocalist Heather Keizur and pia-nist Steve Christoff erson in concert, direct from Portland, Oregon.

There’s great excite-ment about this event on account of Heather’s ab-solutely stunning perfor-mance in Courtenay last April, when she wowed the Jazz Society audience with a whole new level of sultry, expressive, sooth-ing, and romantic classic ballads, jazz standards and authentic French chansons.

She combined these with her expressive stage presentation, and inter-play with pianist and vocal accompanist Steve Christ-off erson. For many, it was the jazz highlight of the

2014-15 season.So we’re fortunate to be

bringing Heather back for her encore performance in this open air garden set-ting. Don’t let the fear of sunburn and heat stroke deter you from this con-cert; there’s heaps of shade under large marquees, and loads of adjacent lawn ar-eas for dancing and creat-ing your own family and friends picnic grouping if that’s what you prefer. This year, we’re bringing the marquees much closer to the stage, to create a more intimate, live atmo-sphere; a perfect setting to listen to Heather perform

her signature song Avec le Temps. For a broad range of Heather’s music, visit YouTube and fi nd out why this is going to be a really special afternoon.

Keizur’s performances showcase a mature talent that is equally at ease with jazz standards and French chansons. Christoff er-son’s piano, melodica, and vocals add a powerful depth to the duo’s music. One observer said, he had never seen a vocalist and pianist more in tune with one another.

Christoff erson is a re-nowned pianist, com-poser, and arranger. In

a career spanning more than three decades, he has performed in music festi-vals around the world, and toured with Nancy King and the Alan Jones Sextet.

Keizur and Christoff er-son have performed to-gether for over six years and they’re of one mind when it comes to making music. The great Joe Wil-liams once told Christof-ferson, “Sing like there’s no tomorrow.” When Kei-zur and Christoff erson perform together, you feel as if they have been doing so all of their lives.


Jazz vocalist Heather Keizur and pianist Steve Christofferson

ART■ Art Show – Ovarian Cancer Treatment Fundraiser for Sandra Caillet, a talented local artist and, lifelong friend and a beautiful person. Sandra is undergoing Western Medicine Cancer Treatment in conjunction with Al-ternative Cancer treatments.Alternative Cancer treat-ments are not covered by our medical coverage and as such can be very expensive. This Art Show – Fundrais-er will feature: Sandra’s Rustic Wood Furniture which brings natural beauty inside the home; Sandra’s Drift-wood Dragons, Sandra’s Jewelry Pieces which are made from wood and start at a price point of $15. Fresh Cut Flower Bouquets $10, Potted Topiary 50% off . Sunday July 26, 10am-3pm, 2400 Coleman Road, Courtenay, More pictures at www.trees-to-please.ca■ The Pearl Ellis Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of the “Kindred Spirits” Art Show, featuring Comox artists Judi Pedder and Sheryl Fremlin. The show runs from July 21st to August 9th and the artists will be exhibiting all new work, with approximately 50 paintings being shown. Please join us for the Artists’ Reception being held on Saturday, July 25th from 1 to 4 pm at the Pearl Ellis Gallery, A-1729 Comox Ave., Co-mox, BC, 250-339-2822. Admission is free and there will be complimentary food and beverages served at reception. Sheryl Fremlin will be painting on the Art-ists’ Patio at the Pearl Ellis on Saturday, August 1st and 8th from 1 to 4 pm. The artists will be in attendance on most afternoons from 2-4 pm during the “Kindred Spirits” exhibit. ■ The Denman Summer Gallery features Rosemarie Schafer - “Natural Impressions”. Rosemarie’s show may be viewed at the Denman Island Arts Centre, 1016 Northwest Road. The show will run from Friday, July 24th until Tuesday, August 4th. From Monday to Sat-urday, the gallery is open at 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Sundays it is open from 1 p.m. until 3:45 p.m. ■ Saturday evening, July 25th, will mark the opening of a unique opportunity for those living and visiting Horn-by Island in the Comox Valley in late July/early August.



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When asked why she singsin French Keizur says, “I grew up in BC where I heard and fell in love with the French language. It sounds so musical even when just spoken. Add that to the pas-sionate and poignant lyrics written by greats like Piaf and Jaques Brel and I can’t help but be compelled to sing these songs.” Keizur recently released a new CD, Under My Skin, and copies will be for sale on Sunday. Heather added, “Steve and I are so excited to be returning to Comox Valley and its vibrant jazz scene. We’ll never forget the attentive audience at our April performance, and the calls for an encore.”

And those who were for-tunate enough to be there that night will never forget Heather’s encore in which she reduced Steve to a cow-ering lover, with her dramat-ic rendition of Peggy Lee’s Why Don’t You Do Right?

Admission is $10 (childrenunder 14, free) and parking is available, and you are asked to car pool if possible.

Refreshments and snackswill be available, but you’re invited to make a complete afternoon of it by bring-ing your favourite food and drinks, celebrate the sum-mer, and take a stroll around the gardens before or after the show.

(Continued from page 25) “Dispossessed but Defi -ant: Indigenous Struggles from Around the World” is a traveling photo exhibi-tion, made up of over 100 photos depicting diff er-ent aspects of indigenous peoples’ experiences of dispossession, and their inspiring struggles to re-sist these processes. The event will be launched with a reception at Joe King Ballpark Clubhouse, Saturday, July 25th, 7-9 pm, with live music by jazz musicians Tony Wilson (www.tony-wilson.ca/bio/) and Friends, cash bar and refreshments. The exhibit will be open to the public from 10 am - noon and 4 - 6 pm each day until August 8th. For more in-formation on the exhibit, phone 250-335-2272.

MUSIC■ Prizes for the most out-rageous hats! Come on out for the fi rst annual Mad Hatter’s Party at The Mex Pub this Friday July 24th! Cold drinks, great compa-ny and dance music that is sure to keep you on your feet all night long! Who’s playing? It’s the Valley’s very own RANGERS!! See you there!* Marla Leigh Goldstein is a Los Angeles based professional percussion-

“THE WIZARD OF OZ (JR.)” ENSEMBLE ready for opening night. The Wizard of Oz (Jr.) runs on stage at the Mark R. Isfeld Second-ary School on July 24, and 25 at 7:00 with matinees on July 25 and 26 at 2:00. Tickets are $10 per person and are available from 9:00 to 12:30 Monday through Friday at Mark R. Isfeld, the Laughing Oyster Bookstore, and Red Carpet Consignment.

ist, fl autist, composer and educa-tor, and one of the very few female specialists in the ancient Mediter-ranean frame drum. She is an in-ternationally recognized teacher and performer who has presented throughout the USA, Canada and Europe. Marla carries the gift of being an inspiring and energetic educator, and soulful, charismatic performer. As a composer, Mar-la writes dynamic cross-cultural world music scores for fi lm, tv and healing arts DVD’s. Marla is also the creator/CEO of a online percussion Academy, the “Frame Drum Academy,” where she teach-es students worldwide how to drum; as well, she has her own Sig-nature Series line of frame drums with the Cooperman Drum Com-pany. Marla off ers “Rhythm & Re-

juvenation” retreats at places such as the Esalen Institute, Harbin, Kalani and other beautiful places around the world. This Saturday, July 25th, Marla will be perform-ing an intimate “house” concert at the Royston Community Hall, 7:30 - 9:00 pm. Tickets are available at the door. FMI Monica [email protected]■ Jilli Martini Band performs at Simms Park this weekend! Lis-ten to the sweet sounds of the Jilli Martini Band this Sunday July 26 at 7:00pm at Simms Park. This performance is part of a free sum-mer concert series hosted by the City of Courtenay. At this Jilli Mar-tini Show you will hear everything from rock to blues, country, pop, funk, and a little bit of jazz from the 50’s to 2000’s! There’s a little

bit of everything all rolled into one show, off ering up something for everybody. Lead vocalist Jilli Mar-tini (aka Jillian Gathright) can belt out a rock tune or serenade a bal-lad. Her love for singing is appar-ent as she delivers each song with passion and conviction. She is backed by the strong rhythm sec-tion of drummer, Blair Bentley and bass player, Andre Forgues. Doug Biggs is the band’s well-rounded guitarist, playing raunchy guitar riff s and also subtle leads. Expect to hear some strong harmonies with Katrina Mifsud, backing vo-calist. Simms Millenium Park is located by the 5th Street Bridge and across from Lewis Park. Sit on the chairs provided or bring your own lawn chair or blanket.

WALKING WITH OUR SISTERS • July 31-August 15. Walking With Our Sisters, a memo-rial installation that honours missing and murdered In-digenous women and girls in Canada, generates aware-ness through the display of 1,810 handmade pairs of moccasin tops in a solemn sacred space. Walking With Our Sisters K’ómoks is hon-oured to bring this memorial to the K’ómoks Band Hall, 3320 Comox Road, Cour-tenay, BC. It is the fi rst and only British Columbia venue for this nationwide event. Open to the public, the event is free.

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FILBERG FESTIVAL • July 31to August 3. Set among thestately trees and gardens ofthe Filberg Heritage Lodgeand Park in Comox the Fes-tival is truly a unique event.The objective of the Festivalhas been to encourage ex-cellence in all forms of artsand crafts. A special Fridayevening performance featur-ing the Cowboy Junkies isset for 7 pm; tickets $39 plusservice charge, available on-line. Advance tickets for theFestival are available at allThrifty Foods stores.

PLAY BRIDGE • Every Wednes-day at 7:00 pm at the Royston Hall, 3902 Old Island Hwy and Royston Road. FMI: 250-334-1883 or roystonhall.com and on Facebook at Royston Community ClubFUN DARTS • 1 p.m. on Wednesdays at the Cour-tenay Legion. More players (Legion members and their signed-in guests) always welcome.COMOX LEGION • Comox Le-gion Drop in Darts move to Wednesdays for the Summer months. Check in until 7.25 p.m.toe line 7.30. Blind draw mixed doubles (where pos-sible), Entry $2.25 pp. Why not take in a beer and burger for $10.00, 5.00 pm until 6.00 p.m. then a game of darts. FMI 250-339-9592

THERAPEUTIC RELAXATION PRO-GRAM FOR PERSONS WITH CAN-CER IN THEIR LIVES • Thurs-days, 3-4 p.m., Nursing Centre, 615 10th St., Courte-nay. Free. Sponsored by BC Cancer Foundation, BC Cancer Agency, Pacifi c Therapy and Consulting. FMI: Diane Da-vies 250-338-2700.THERAPEUTIC RELAXATION PROGRAM FOR PERSONS EXPE-RIENCING CHRONIC PAIN OR ILL-NESS • Thursdays, 1:15-2:30 p.m., Nursing Centre, 615 10th St. Free. Sponsored by the Nursing Centre. FMI: Diane Davie 250-338-2700.

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EVERGREEN CLUB WHIST • July 27th is Whist night at Cour-tenay Recreation’s Florence Filberg Centre. Come join us down stairs in the Rotary Hall for a fun evening. Whist starts at 7:30pm. 20 hands of play, door prizes, snacks and good fun! New players welcome. Come early to sign up. $2.00 per person, mem-bers only.CRIBBAGE • Every Monday night, 7:00, at the Royston Hall, corner of Old Island Highway and Royston Road. No need to bring a partner. FMI: 250-334-1883.LADIES AUXILIARY DROP-IN BIN-GO • Comox Legion Ladies Auxiliary Drop-in Bingo, up-per hall. Doors open 6 pm, bingo 7 p.m. All money goes to charities. Free coffee andtea.

COMOX VALLEY WOOD CARVERS • If you are interested in any type of wood carving please join us at the Royston Com-munity Hall every Tuesday from 9:30 AM to 3 PM for a day of carving and learning about carving. No experi-ence necessary. FMI call Al at 250-331-0156 or Jim at 250-339-5350.DUPLICATE BRIDGE • Every Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Sat-urday at 1 p.m., Comox Se-niors Centre.


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We are sad to announce the passing of Louise Currey on July 16, 2015 at The Views extended care in St. Joseph’s Hospital, Comox, BC.

Louise was born in Roblin, Manitoba and grew up in the small town of Makoroff, Manitoba. She enjoyed the companionship of her younger sister Edna and loving parents Stan and Violet Boyce. Louise fell in love with the boy next door, Merle Currey, and they were married on February 22, 1951. At the time she was pursuing her teacher’s diploma, where she taught young children in a rural setting close to the Boggy Creek in Manitoba. She and Merle soon moved to Winnipeg and had three sons: Garry, Robert and Randy. Merle worked for the CNR and was stationed to Dauphin with Louise and the three boys. Soon after, their daughter Deanna was born. The young family enjoyed many return trips to visit her sister Edna and family on their farm near Roblin, Manitoba.

They eventually moved back to Winnipeg where they enjoyed friends and family for many years. Louise enjoyed winter cross country skiing, golfing, tobogganing, curling, dancing, music and socializing with family and friends. Louise and Merle retired and built a home on Lake of the Woods with their son Randy and enjoyed years together on the lake.

Mom enjoyed bird watching, canoeing, wildlife viewing, walks with Merle and her close ties to the neighbours on the lake.

She was especially dedicated to her Sunday church services on a tiny island close by and could not wait to have family and friends show up for weekends and summer holidays. Louise and Merle traveled each winter from Lake of the Woods to spend winters in Comox close to their daughter Deanna and her two boys Graham and Daniel. Louise and Merle eventually moved to Comox, BC full time where Louise made close friends through her neighbours and the Comox United.

Louise suffered the last several years with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Therefore she dropped many of the activities she enjoyed but found comfort in her faith, walks to the ocean, birds, music and always the love of close friends and family. Louise and Merle enjoyed the birth of their great-grandchildren Ilan and Oslo.

Mom carried herself with grace and treated everyone with respect. Sadly, she was taken home to her family that left this world before her.

Louise so often prayed for her family and friends to be watched over. She was happiest bringing her family together during her favourite years at her home on Rush Bay, Lake of the Woods.

Long live her memory. She was a beautiful person and will be missed.

Louise CurreyJune 12, 1932 – July 16, 2015

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Nelia Alice Callander (nee Munger)

March 9 1920 – July 16 2015 (95 years)

Nelia passed away peacefully with family by her side at Cum-berland Lodge on Thursday July 16th. Nelia is survived by her 5 children Geoff (Anne, Halifax), Barbara (Courtenay), John (Bren-

da, Edmonton), Alan (Brenda, Harrison), and Veronica (Penticton). She has 16 grandchildren: Tracey (Peter), Tara (Chris), Mark (Shanda), Michael (Kim), Silvie (Kevin), Davon (Adam), Nolan, Keith (Jen), Zach, Nicole, Devon, Quin, Andre, Renee, Rachel, Jonathan; 13 great grandchildren: Mark, Michael, Amanda, Aaron, Caitlyn, Kimberly, Aydrian, Breyann, Justyn, Tyanna, Austin, Isaac, Daxtyn; and1 great-great grandchild: Nolan. Additionally, there are many nieces and nephews in Canada and Switzerland, and the many friends who were thought of as family. She was well-loved and will be dearly missed by her extended circle of family and friends.

Nelia was born and grew up part of a large family in Wohlen, Switzerland. In her early 20s, during the Second World War, she was a nurse in Britain. After the war she came to Canada as a widow with her infant son Geoff . In BC, she met and married Bob Callander, had 4 more children and lived in the Fraser Valley for many years before coming to the Comox Valley in 1980.

In the Comox Valley, Nelia has touched the lives of many people over the years, sharing her knowledge of cooking, sewing and gardening with others. Her creativity and welcoming personality were a focal point for the many family and friends who congregat-ed at her home for Sunday dinners, holidays, and other celebrations until well into her 90s. Her elegant poise and manners belied her wit and the underly-ing prankster that she was! She spent many years participating in the community. She gave many hours of volunteer time to various organisations, including the early days of the Anderton Therapeutic Gardens. These gardens are where we will have a celebration of her life.

Please join us at the Gardens from 1-3:30 pm on Saturday July 25th, 2015.

In lieu of fl owers, donations can be made to the Anderton Therapeutic Gardens Society (www.gardensonanderton.org).

Margaret Isabel Williamson

1930 – 2015It is with great sadness and much love that we

say goodbye to Margaret our loving mother, sib-ling, grandmother, aunt, and friend. Survived by: son Alan Williamson (Joann), daughter Janet Wynn (Todd), sister Betty Butchart (Clint), brother Peter Reid (Heather), sister-in-law Joy Carwithen, & be-loved grandchildren Janelle, Jennifer, Amanda, Lyn-dea, Colton, Carlea. Seven beloved nieces/nephews and several great nieces/nephews.

Pre-deceased in 2005 by much-loved niece Christine Reid. Margaret passed on in Courtenay B.C. on Sunday, July 12, 2015.

Born in Comox, B.C., she was the eldest daugh-ter of Miriam & James Reid of Merville B.C. She worked at the T. Eaton store in Courtenay prior to entering nurses training at the Vancouver General Hospital where she graduated in 1953. Margaret dedicated her life to helping others and will be dear-ly missed by all of those whose hearts she touched.

In lieu of fl owers donations may be made to the local Cancer Society.

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Herman Eugen HarmsAugust 1, 1928 - July 15, 2015

Herman Eugen Harms (Menne) born in Holle, Germany in 1928, passed away peacefully in his home in Courtenay, BC with his loving wife and family by his side. Herman was just short of his 87th year. Herman is survived by his wife of 62 years, Gina, children Doris (John), Patsy (Rimka), Judy (Bob), Ron (Noreen), Brent and Christine (Russell). Herman is also survived by siblings Geherd (Leoni), Otto (Marlene), Hanna (Gunter), and Hilda (Rick). He was predeceased by siblings Karl, Helga, Ursula. Herman took pride in his numerous grandchildren: Karissa, Reuben, Shiloh, Evangeline, Elisha, Mandy, Melanie, Alois, Perry, Chad, Colin, Dilon, Jeremy, Tyrone, Reese, Jenna, his great grandchildren: Layne, Isabelle, Shylee, Miika, Aaiden, Kieran, Noah, Tyvannah, Tiahna. He was also loved dearly by his many nieces and nephews. Herman’s greatest joy was his large, extended family with whom he always showed a genuine interest and a loving heart.Herman and Gina emigrated to Canada in 1953 working originally in Bralorne, BC, at Pioneer Gold Mine. Three years later they moved to beautiful Vancouver Island and bought a farm in Black Creek. After working for Elk River Timber and Crown Zellerbach Pulp and Paper Mill, Herman’s entrepreneurial spirit took him on a path of several business endeavours. After many years of work, Herman and his devoted wife Gina eventually retired in Courtenay.Herman had an active mind and a full life. He enjoyed fishing and to his final days still dreamed of catching “a big one”. Large family gatherings brought him joy as well as camping, gardening, tinkering in the back yard, and watching German soccer and Canadian hockey. Herman en-joyed chess until late in life. Herman and Gina enjoyed many music con-certs together and would travel many miles to attend a good Jazz fes-tival. In later years Herman also travelled extensively by driving, flying or cruising exploring the world always with his best friend and devoted wife Gina by his side. Herman lived a full and long life and cherished each day until the very end with an indomitable spirit. His final words were “I am still here” and we know you still are.A special thanks to Dr. Nancy McFadden, Dr. A. Croome, The Living Room Pharmacy, the staff at the Cumberland Dialysis Centre for their kind and exemplary care over many years.Herman’s family and friends will be gathering for a Celebration of Her-man’s Life at the Black Creek Hall on August 2nd from 1:00pm - 4:00 pm. Family and friends are welcome to attend.Memorial donations may be made in Herman’s honour to the BC Kidney Foundation or to the Comox Valley Hospice Society.

Henry Glyndwr Benjamin(1922-2015)

Glyn was surrounded by family when he passed away peacefully at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Comox on July 9th. He was predeceased by his wife Gladys, the love of his life and his partner for 66 years.Glyn is already missed by his four children Betty Tate (Max), Tom (Janette), Barb Belcher (Dan), and Chris Churchley (John), his eight grandsons Steve, Dan (Roxy), James, Michael, Jeff, Bri-an (Lau), Ross (Leah) and Scott and his five great-grandchildren Braedyn, Evan, Molly, Isaac and Theo. He was also the patriarch of a large extended family who share a special loss with his passing.One of the greatest generation, Glyn helped his mother and brother get through the Depression and served his country during the war. He be-came a Certified General Accountant and then worked hard for decades to support and secure a bright future for his family. After he retired, Glyn and Gladys travelled the world when they were not doting on grand-children.Glyn was liked by everyone he met and loved by everyone who knew him well. He was intelligent, witty, compassionate, kind and generous. There was nothing he enjoyed more than learning something new and his insatiable curiosity lasted his entire life. He serves as an example to all of a life well lived, and he leaves a legacy of love and memories to cherish and respect.A special thanks to all his new friends at the Comox Valley Seniors Vil-lage, who made the last months of his life very rewarding ones. Thanks also to Dr. Dan Wainberg for the wonderful care he provided and for the personal relationship Glyn enjoyed so much.There will be a celebratory lunch to share memories of Glyn on August 15th, 2015 at 12:00 PM at the Crown Isle Golf Course Clubhouse. In lieu of flowers, Glyn would want you to make a donation to a charity of your choice.Condolences may be offered to the family at www.dignitymemorial.ca

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AM I RED, WHITE, OR GREEN?

That was the question most Crown Isle ladies were asking on Tuesday as they played the game of starting on the white tees and moving backward to green tees or forward to red tees depending on their net score on each hole. I tell you the ladies didn’t know if they were coming or going!!!

AND THE WINNERS ARE:

1st low net: Audrey Clark and 2nd low net: Marsha Mackinnon and Sandy Linhart

1st low gross: Dee Horie and May Mitchell and 2nd low gross: Katy Macaulay, Maggie MacLean and Val Dingwall.The few bird-ies sunk went to Maggie, Sandy, Mathilde and Judy.

KP’s- Maggie, Katy, and Pat.

PAR 5’s- Linda, Liz, Judy, Audrey and Donna

A great time was had by all the couples who golfed in the Joker’s Wild Tour-nament. Kudos to Sandy and Herb Linhart and Val and Stu Dingwall who

won low gross and many KP’s and Gillian and Wally Kilpatrick and Linda and Rick Glanville who won second low gross. Many thanks to the Flemings and Karches for their tire-less work in making this event so successful!

Good for Brenda, Kar-en, Helen and Anne for travelling to the Pheasant Glen Field Day. Karen said it was great fun and lots of prizes were won!

The Crown Isle ladies club would like to give ev-ery sponsor who contrib-uted to the extremely suc-cessful Field Day a huge pat on the back. Everyone,

please make sure you sup-port these sponsors and tell them you were at the CI Field Day!! Events like this don’t happen without the support of these com-munity sponsors:

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AND PATIO, REMAX CHRIS AND ERROL FLYNN, RICE TOYOTA, SIGNATURE OIL AND VINEGAR AND SHOP-PER’ S DRUG MART.

We are a very blessed community to have such an amazing group of sponsors!

CROWN ISLE NINE AND WINE is fast ap-proaching on July 29th. Still time to register at the proshop 250 703-5029. Don’t forget to wear your black and white for pen-guin night. 5:30 shotgun. Next one is Swing With Bling on August 26th so wear your blingiest golf

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COMOX LADIES THURSDAY, JULY 16TH

On a hot sunny evening24 ladies (9 non mem-bers) came out to play a fun 9 holes of golf.

The low gross winnerwas Jan Dafoe with a 40. Low net went to Grace

Coutler with a 34 andshe also won for low putts with 14.

Both longest putts on#2 and #7 went to Lori Carpenter.


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BY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Sfaff

The nail-biting moment for the Town of Comox is over.

After waiting anxiously for several months, the news it has longed for has been delivered.

Vancouver Island North MP, John Dun-can, was scheduled to announce yester-day that the Western Economic Diversi-fi cation has approved a grant of $560,134 for the Comox Marina Centre Meeting Place project.

Mayor Paul Ives called it great news.“It’s a big sigh of relief,” said Ives.

“We have been waiting for word from the Western Economic Diversifi cation about funding for this project. Most re-cently we weren’t sure and we have a timeframe toward the end of August to confi rm it or not.”

The funding of $320,000 for the fi rst phase of the project was already secured from the Island Coastal Economic Trust earlier this year but Ives said it was pred-icated on an end of August funding com-mitment from the federal government.

“We are very excited and truly grateful for this funding from Western Economic Diversifi cation Canada,” said Ives.

“This project will transform the Ma-

rina Park from a passive gathering place into a vibrant meeting place.

“Town staff and council have identifi ed the project as a key driver for economic diversifi cation and downtown vitaliza-tion, and we’re very much looking for-ward to getting under way.”

The project will see construction of two new buildings, with recreational and public meeting spaces for up to 70 peo-ple each.

A new visitor information services as well as washrooms and showers will be built along with benches, water park, and also place for food and commercial ser-vices.

“Tourism is a lively industry all overBritish Columbia,” said Duncan.

“Through this investment in the Townof Comox, our government is providingeconomic opportunities on VancouverIsland, leading to jobs, growth and longterm prosperity.”

The new buildings and outdoor ameni-ties will allow hosting of festivals, mar-kets and other special events with plugand play facilities that can be used year-round.

Ives expects construction to begin in2016.

The town has committed $400,000 tothe project.

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FRI DAY.JULY 24, 2015 31(Continued from page 31)

The water hole draw went to Nicole Deters. Closest to the hole on #4 in 3 shots went to Carmen DeWinter.

For the low handicaps, birdies were made by Grace Coulter with a chip in on #9 and Jan Dafoe on #1 and #3. Pars were made by Carmen deWin-ter on 4 and 7 and Lorelei on #2. Joan Baudais had a par on 1 and Val Pearce had a par on #3 for the high handicaps.

The draw prizes from our amazing sponsors were:

Signature Wines- Barb Siska, Megan Liddle and Christine MacIntosh. Keith Gibson,socks-Chris Flynn, Creative Ortho-dontics coff ee mug went to Pat Schmidt, Kathy Branch hand and foot repair packages went to Sandy Tufnail, Mid Island Gifts was won by Diane Hing, Tee Box gift cer-tifi cate was won by Nicole Deters, Thrifty’s Food card went to Carmen deWinter, Arizona Taff y was won by Patti Koch and Chinook Forest Prod-ucts donated a sleeve of balls to Deanna Papineau.

Come on out and enjoy

a evening away from the husband and kids.

COMOX LADIES, TUESDAY, JULY 14TH

The sun brought out the best in several teams competing to represent the Comox Ladies Club at the 4 ball tournament at Morningstar August 10th.

To play in this tourna-ment the 2 team members must have handicaps up to 8 points apart or less. The Low Gross winners with an 83 (best ball) was Janice Nicklin and Sharon Crowe.

The two Net winning teams were Karen Vanetta

and Sue Leakey tied with Barb Buchanan and Anne Patterson.

Stroke play results were Low Gross, Sue Leakey and Nancy Riva were tied with a score of 87, Karen Vanetta-90, Lorelei Ban-ford-92 and Janice Nick-lin-93.

Low Net prizes went to Anne Patterson-70, Barb Buchanan-72, Sha-ron Crowe-74, Linda Verdenhalven-74, Pat Schmidt-75, Val Pearce-75, June Fraser-76, Yvonne Baker, Mary Suchka and Louella Dooe.

(Continued on page 34)Bernice Sutherland recently celebrated her 90th birthday by sinking a 40-foot putt at Comox


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BY DEBRA MARTINEcho Staff

The big attraction at vintage car shows isn’t the machines themselves so much. It’s the nostalgia.

Cec Afonso brings back plenty of memories for baby boomers with his three 60’s-era Chevy “muscle” cars, including a gorgeous, bright orange 1969 Camaro, that will be on display this weekend at the annual Graffi ti Bash show.

“You want to relive those days, and build stuff that you had before,” he says.

“Growing up in the 60’s, everybody had hot cars, or muscle cars. And I had quite a few back then. Then you get married and raise a family and there’s no money for toys, with a mortgage and everything that goes with it.”

Afonso, a longtime Val-ley resident and welder by trade, now retired after 35 years working at the pulp and paper mill in Camp-bell River, works on clas-sic cars strictly as a hobby.

“I spend a lot of time on it. I also don’t make it a job. Then you get frustrat-

ed and nothing goes right. If you take time off , you go back with a clear mind ... Sometimes I take a six month break”.

Afonso’s fi rst car resto-ration project was a red 1970 Chevy Nova SS, with the big block motor.

He had noticed it for sale on the side of a road in Campbell River, so cov-ered in dust and dirt that you couldn’t even tell the colour of it.

He ended up buying it.“We did a lot of sheet

metal work on it. It’s still the original paint job. We dressed up the engine with chrome ... It was kind of abandoned, so we cleaned it all up.”

The “we” in this case included his son Jon, then only about eight years old.

“My son actually took it all apart ... I told him exactly how to take each piston off , and catalogue it properly. He stripped it right down.

“He ended up getting that car for his gradua-tion.”

Since then Jon, now an electrician, has sunk more time and money into the Nova SS.

But daughter Lisa also

wanted a classic car she could drive in the sum-mers.

That led to the Camaro restoration project, which took about fi ve years of work off and on.

“I saw an ad in Used Vic-toria that described it as a ‘basket case’.”

Sure enough, Afonso found it in the middle of a fi eld near Chemainus, cov-ered in a tarp.


A hobby that brings back memories for all to enjoySee the Afonso family muscle cars at Sunday show

The ‘basket case’ Camaro and its beat-up engine

The home-built ‘rotisserie’ Cec built for working on his restoration projects

Fully restored Camaro engine after a lot of work


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“I ended up buying that one. On that one I did a complete sheet metal job - new fl oor, new trunk, new quarters - all done by me. The only thing I don’t do is paint.”

Afonso says that the more projects you work on, the more you learn. He ended up building a car ‘rotisserie’ - just like on a barbecue - to work on his projects.

“When you have to have everything perfect, you make it as easy as you can,” he said of the device which allows car restorers to work on their vehicles

from the top down.“You learn a lot of little

tricks, how to do the next one.

“ It’s the same as any job - next time you don’t even think about it.”

The third restoration job - this time a car for Cec - was another Nova SS. This one was in bits and pieces - a failed resto-ration project by someone who had given Afonso his card at a car show.

“He took it all apart, but he couldn’t put it back together. I had to get a trailer to pick up all the pieces.”

Afonso fi nished that project about a month

ago, and doesn’t foresee any more restoration jobs in his immediate future .... unless a ‘57 Chevy Belair shows up somewhere.

“There’s always some-thing in the back of your mind. If anything came up, that would be the next one. I owned two back then, I really loved those cars ...”

■ Afonso has registered all three of his restored cars in this weekend’s Classic Cruisers Graf-fi ti Bash, which includes a Valley cruise Saturday night, and the show and shine in the streets of Downtown Courtenay on

Chev vs. Ford.That’s an argument that

will go on as long as vin-tage car enthusiasts are restoring them.

For Cec Afonso, it’s Chevy all the way.

For his good friend Lar-ry Jangula, the mayor of Courtenay who also runs a vintage auto parts sup-ply business on the side, it’s Ford.

“He’s a Ford guy and I’m a Chev guy. We keep on going back and forth.

Ford never really had good motors, Chev had. The only good Ford has Chev running gear,” Afon-so jokes.

Both are members of the Comox Valley Classic Cruisers club, Afonso for over 20 years.

He says when he fi rst became involved, there were just a few members.

“Now we’ve probably got over 200 members. The Valley’s grown, a lot of people retire here, and

they all have nice cars.“We’ve come a long

way in the club. Now we have professional signs, we have a charter ... be-fore it was just a bunch of friends.”

Those friends still head down to giant vintage car parts swap meets in the U.S. Tracking down parts can be expensive, as the shipping often costs more than the part itself.

“Larry (Jangula) brings in a lot of the parts. Or we go down and get them ourselves. So we go to all these swap meetings to-gether and collect parts. Later on you can exchange with somebody else.”

Car-restoring friends liketo josh each other on brands


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Closest to the bucket- Bernice Sutherland, KP on #9 was Mary Suchla. KP on #5- Linda Callender, #4 in the wate r-Linda Verden-halven and longest putts were made by Gi Carlson and Bernice who just had her 90th birthday sunk a 40 footer on #8.

All the ladies shared a beautiful black forest cake with Bernice.

Thanks go out to all our sponsors: Keith Gibson, Panago Pizza, Jesse in the Pro Shop, Tee Box Restau-rant and Looneyrama.

GLACIER GREENSLADIES CHAMPS

Tobi Norris and Ross-lyn O’Rourke were win-ners in the Glacier Greens Club Championship July 18th&19th.

Another year of the Gla-cier Greens Club Cham-pionships is in the books. There are so many people that make events like these a success. Thank you to all the participants who played this weekend. Thank you to all the volunteers; Rich-ard Martin, Janet Edwards, Kevin Hunt, Doug McAr-thur, Sue Guitard, Jim Hume, Dave Brooker, Dan Fitzgerald, Henry Bondi and a huge THANKS to the Bill Kelly Pro Shop team!!!

Canadian Western Bank sponsored the hole in one which sad to say no one won.

The Ladies Club Field Low Gross was sponsored by Chances Casino and Bingo and Field Low Net was sponsored by Bob Scott Bob Cat Services and we thank them for their continued support.

Two days of intense and focused play (rivaled only in intensity by the Brit-ish Open players) culmi-nated in a stunning 154 by our Low Gross Champion TOBI NORRIS and a well

Once again the Vancou-ver Island Junior Golfers were the big winners at the Glacier Greens annual Pro-Am tournament held on Tuesday July 14th.

Clear skies greeted the 23 Pros and 92 amateurs as they teed it up at this fi ve person team event with the best two net scores on each hole count-ing.

A $10,000 Hole-in-One prize was up for grabs on the par three fourth hole thanks to Ken Osborne from Remax Realty and Keith Larson from the

Insurance Center Five thousand dollars was also there for the taking on hole numbers fi fteen and seventeen thanks to Scott Fraser from Royal LeP-age Realty and to Bill Gi-rard of Canadian Western Bank. Unfortunately that illusive Ace was not to be found but the players want to thank the sponsors for the opportunity.

Other valued tourna-ment sponsors we would like to thank are Red 21 Gaming Tap and Grill, Ben Davies Financial Planning, Mike Code from

Island Interlock Land-scaping and Keith Gibson / Investors Group / Gee and Associates Private Wealth Management.

Close to the pin prizes were awarded to the fol-lowing amateurs: Tyson Slater on hole #4, Glenn Watters #7, Bernice Hen-derson #12, Max Andrew #15 and Adrian Haut #17.

After the last putt had dropped and the scores tallied Lance McCullough from Cordova Bay and his pickup team of local amateurs Brad Scheck, Paul Ives, Dan Buss and

Shawn Vincent were the winners with a score of -28. Next at -26 was High-land Pacifi c’s Axle Riley with Blake Hamilton, Neil Antolin, Thomas Trask and Chris Plamondon. Third place at -25 was Glacier Greens Manager Paul Dashkewytch and his team of Ben Gill, Shane Robinson, Jim Gordon and Try Fogarty. The fol-lowing three teams were tied for fourth at -24: Pi-eter De Lay Ray with Len Doyle, Wayne Wood, Dave Wacowich, Patrick Leslie. Jason Andrew with Mike

Kearns, Jayson Welsh, Rob McLellan, Max An-drew and Terran Berger with Mike Berger, Wally Berger, Andy Clark and Stu Tunheim.

On the Pro side Jaman Moussa, Assistant Pro-fessional from the River Ridge Golf & Country Club near Edmonton, in town visiting his cousin Jesse Moussa who is Co-mox Golf Club’s new Head Professional had an excellent three under par 68. Pretty darn impres-sive considering he never saw the Glacier Greens Course until two days ago. Our Head Professional Bill Kelly and Asst Pro Brian Wise were tied for second with (69). Fourth place went to Cordova Bay’s Lance McCullough at (71). Olympic Views Matt Matheson was fi fth at (73) and Axle Riley from Highland Pacifi c was sixth at (74).

Following play all par-ticipants and volunteers were treated to a fi ne din-ner prepared by our own Club House staff . Special thanks to our Head Pro-fessional Bill Kelly and his Pro Shop team for a job well.

Till next year try and keep it in the short grass.

- Len Doyle, Glacier Greens Golf Club

L to R: Comox Mayor Paul Ives, Cordova Bay Profesional Lance McCullough, Dan Buss, Shawn Vincent, Brad Scheck and Glacier Greens Head Professional Bill Kelly

Junior Golfers big winners at Glacier Greens Pro Am

Club Champs Tobi Norris, left, and Rosslyn O’Rourke

executed 137 by our Low Net Champion ROSSLYN O’ROURKE.

The women played well all weekend and their awards were well earned! Bill Kelly and Donna Scott presented each winner with their trophy and the few words of acceptance from each winner were heartfelt. Tobi’s win was especially memo-rable as she shot a 74 on Sunday!

A Flight winners:

1st low gross Gene Renaud 168; 2nd Liz Stirrett 174; 3rd Sylvia Neckoliachuck 184.

1st low net Joanne

Braun 138; 2nd Ann Johnston 140; 3rd Janet Edwards 150

B Flight winners: 1st low gross Lynne

Pringle 196; 2nd Liz Van Boeschoten 197; Janine Harder 201 (CB)

1st low net Gillian Iddiols 140; 2nd Rikki

Farrell 141 (CB); 3rd Glenda Kinney 141

Saturday KP Win-ners:

#4 Gene Renaud#7 Judy Brown#12 Judy Brown#15 Liz Van B#17 Gene RenaudSunday KP Winners:#4 Ann Johnston#7 Sylvia Neckolia-

chuck#12 Ann Johnston#15 Janet Edwards#17 Tobi Norris

- By Ann Johnston

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