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Forty-six artists hit the streets in Quali-cum Beach on Saturday, July 23 to partici-pate in the 17th annual Grand Prix d’Art plein air painting race.
Twenty-six artists were from out of town, as far away as Kelowna, B.C.
All of the participating artists had three hours to complete a painting and ready for judging — by judges Donna Bas-paly, Sherry Mitchell and Merv Brandel.
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The loose coalition that has been protesting for peace on Highway 19A in Parksville plans to continue their weekly gatherings, despite the end of Canada’s combat mission in Afghanistan.
Rick Sullivan is a spokesperson for the Oceanside Coalition for Strong Communities, one of the groups involved in the Tuesday evening pro-tests for peace in Afghanistan.
The Canadian combat mission in Afghanistan ended July 7, with nearly 3,000 soldiers beginning to leaving the volatile Kandahar region.
Despite the withdrawal, Sullivan said the group plans to maintain its protest.
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The Ocean Idlers Car Club is gearing up for a big show this weekend at the Coombs Fair-grounds, a new loca-tion for the 15-year-old event.
Previously behind the Coombs Elemen-tary school, the show had 178 cars and around 3,000 spectators at last year’s event. Club member Jack Biickert said the new location is ideal. Biickert said he’s always excited about the new stuff that shows up at the car show, and handing out the trophy “First Time Out.”
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PROVINCE EYES PESTICIDE BAN
In THE NEWS’ July 15 edition, we said the Town of Qualicum Beach approved 25 new units in The Gar-dens seniors facility.
That is incorrect. The town only passed first reading of a proposed rezoning of the building to do just that.
VICTORIA — A provincial commit-tee will consider a blanket ban on home use of pesticides for cosmetic purposes throughout B.C.
Liberal MLA Dr. Margaret MacDi-armid heads the bipartisan committee weighing the potential to outlaw the sale of pesticides and the pos-sible impacts.
Some B.C. cities al-ready have local bans on residential use but MacDiarmid said the ability to buy a herbi-cide or insecticide in one area and use it in another means there are grounds to con-sider a B.C. standard.
The Canadian Cancer Society argues long-term exposure to residential pesticides poses a cancer threat.
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By NEIL HORNERNEWS REPORTER
The loose coalition that has been protesting for peace on Highway 19A in Parksville plans to contin-ue their weekly gatherings, despite the end of Canada’s combat mission in Afghani-stan.
Rick Sullivan is a spokesperson for the Oceanside Coalition for
Strong Communities, one of the groups involved in the Tuesday evening pro-tests for peace in Afghani-stan.
The Canadian combat mission in Afghanistan ended July 7, with nearly 3,000 soldiers beginning to leaving the volatile Kanda-har region.
The mission cost Canada the lives of 157 troops and more than $11
billion. Troops have now moved to Kabul to take part in a training mission to get Afghan troops trained to the point where they can be responsible for their own security.
Despite the withdrawal, Sullivan said the group plans to maintain its pro-test.
“We talked about it and decided our position really is that Canadian troops
should be home,” he said. “If there is a role for as-sisting in Afghanistan, it shouldn’t be a military one. We should support govern-ment and social services that are in need of repair. We don’t think the military was ever the appropriate assistance.”
Sullivan said the group was curious how the public would respond to their ongoing protest, adding
people still appear to be expressing their support.
“We’re getting as much support as we ever did,” Sullivan said. “We’re receiving a surprising number of honks. I think polling that has been done shows the majority of Canadians do not support the role the armed forces have taken in Afghanistan and they want the troops brought home.”
As Canada’s military mission ends, protests to continue
By NEIL HORNERNEWS REPORTER
The Ministry of High-ways is taking action to ensure the Little Qualicum River doesn’t take out Highway 19A, but they’re doing it in an environmen-tally responsible way.
Biologist Sean Wong is working with the Ministry of Transportation on the project, ensuring that con-tinual scouring by the river keeps it flowing under the bridge, while at the same time improving fish habitat on the stretch of river.
“The river bank has been eroding on the Qualicum Beach side and if it continues to erode and laterally migrate, it will eventually hit the highway instead of flowing under the bridge,” Wong said. “That would present a pub-lic safety hazard.”
Storm events in 2009 and 2010 were seen as emergen-cy events, sparking work-ers to place emergency rip-
rap to protect the bridge. Wong said the ministry
is now working on a more permanent solution.
“The long-term fix is to work along 200 metres
of bank to stabilize it so it continues to flow under the bridge,” he said.
“While we do this we are incorporating environmen-tal features such as large
woody debris that provides habitat, cover and complex-ity for coho or trout that hide in root masses.”
As well, he said, workers are excavating a historic
flood channel to create an off-channel pond that will provide year-round habitat for fish.
“Coho salmon spend a full year in the river, so it’s important for juveniles to have a place where they can get out of the main flows and not be swept out,” Wong said.
“The pond will have ar-eas that are one and a half metres deep or deeper in the summer, so there will be nice cool water in it.”
Wong said he’s confident the stretch of river will have better fish habitat than it has currently, as the bank is fairly smooth and featureless as it stands.
“The bank doesn’t have much in the way of vegeta-tion or features,” he said. “Fish like complexity. They like variations for cover.
“The juveniles have a lot of predators to avoid, such as eagles, heron, kingfish-ers and mink.”
Armoring the banks of the Little QualicumTo combat erosion under the bridge, Ministry of Highways adds rocks and roots to stabilize the banks
Excavators work to armor the bank of the Little Qualicum River to prevent the washout of Highway 19A.
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“A root mass will provide areas that break up the flow and provide protection from predators far bet-ter than a uniform bank.”
Indeed, he said the addition of woody debris and root balls can in-crease the productivity of an area by five-fold or more.
“We can enhance it further by planting native trees such as wil-lows and dogwoods,” he said. “We just jam a branch into the ground and it will grow into a shrub.”
Wong said he expects the project, which began last week, to take about a month to complete — although that depends in part on river flows.
“We have the second highest snowpack on record and elevated runoff flows,” he said. “However, they’re dropping slowly and we can do other activities, such as the off-channel pond, which aren’t
impacted by the flows.”Wong said he has worked in con-
sultation with the Qualicum First Nation to identify any archeo-logical sites along the bank and is consulting with the local Stream-keepers group to ensure everyone is kept up to speed.
Streamkeepers spokesperson Faye Smith said she’s encouraged by Wong’s participation in the project.
“Sean is including as much fish habitat as possible, given that there are a lot of hard materials going in there,” Smith said. “We have worked with Sean and the Ministry of Transportation on projects before, particularly up at Whiskey Creek, a tributary of the Little Qualicum. It’s great when Sean can get involved with proj-ects.”
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By NEIL HORNERNEWS REPORTER
Even as crops in some parts of the country
wilt from record breaking tempera-tures, agricultural producers in the Oceanside area are facing a very different problem.
There’s just not enough sun.
The cold, wet spring and sum-mer experienced on Vancouver Island has led to many crops be-ing as much as three weeks late — leaving producers scrambling to catch up.
Blue Heron Farms owner Kris Chand said the cool, wet con-ditions have hit local farmers hard.
“It’s not very good,” he said. “I’ve talked to a number of people and everyone is saying this is the worst they have ever seen in the last couple of decades. For us, I would say at least 30 per cent of the raspberries and other berries are destroyed. It was just too wet and not sunny enough, so they get moldy.”
Although his berry crop is only part of his operation, Chand said every crop he normally plants is two to three weeks late.
“It’s not a good season for fresh pro-duce,” he said. “Here we are in the third week of July and we haven’t seen a heck of a lot of heat. Last year we had a cold, wet spring, but towards
the end of June the weather warmed up. For the first 18 days of July, this has been one of the wettest, if not wettest, ever. It’s a combination of so much moisture and so many days that were either cloudy or rainy or drizzly. It’s a lack of heat.”
Colin Springford of Springford Farm in Nanoose Bay said corn planted on higher, sandy ground is doing fine, but corn planted in lower areas is suffering badly.
“In a patch where it’s a tad lower, it’s almost gone yellow,” he said. “The extra water kills some of the roots.”
Springford, said he was fortunate to be able to get in his first cut of silage.
“We were lucky,” he said. “We were getting in some barley for silage and got that in early on a drained field and we said on Saturday let’s cut her and on Sunday we cut it and on Monday it rained again.”
Other farmers growing cereal crops were less fortunate.
“Some people got their hay washed a number of times,” he said. “If it’s a moder-ate rain and you get the heat back you can shake it out and dry it out and get it baled up, but this year, if you get your hay rained on, you maybe won’t even get it baled.”
When hay gets rained on, he said, vital nutrients are leached out of it, to the point where its
only real use is as straw.
Jenny McLeod sits on the board of the Farmer’s Institute for District A, which cov-ers Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands. She said the damage done by the cold sum-mer depends largely on the crop being grown.
“A lot of crops have been severely impacted, such as fruit crops,” she said. “There have been a lot of problems with drying out fields just to get in to plant.
Crops such as
squash, which require high heat, have suf-fered the most, she added, but leafy veg-etables such as lettuce are thriving.
“If you’re doing intensive agriculture with raised beds you have a better shot be-cause they don’t tend to flood,” she said. “With leafy vegeta-bles, the more water they get the better they get, but squash need warm weather to get a start.”
Not only agricul-tural crops are being impacted on Vancou-ver Island, she noted. Wild plants are also showing signs of stress.
“All the natural growth, the indige-nous growth has been delayed by about three weeks,” she said.
She conceded that farming is always weather dependent and stressed the season could still turn around.
“If we get really hot weather in August or September and it doesn’t break, we could have a bumper crop of squash,” McLeod said. “That’s the world of farmers, always at the mercy of the weather.”
The situation is worsened, she added, by the continuing crisis in the Vancou-ver Island bee popula-tion, which has seen honey bee populations decimated.
“There’s a major crisis in the bee popu-lation,” she said. “It’s a double whammy when you get hit by cold weather on top of everything else.”
The key to riding out the storm — or seemingly endless series of them — ap-pears to be diversity, she said.
“Our agriculture is very diverse, which is a good thing,” McLeod said. “If some crops don’t do well, others do.”
That sentiment was echoed by Wayne Osborne of Omega Blue Farms.
“I think diversity is the only way to pro-tect yourself,” he said. “It’s like finances. You diversify your finan-cial portfolio and you should diversify your agricultural portfo-lio.”
Osborne said he practices what he preaches, raising a variety of different crops on his property near Spider Lake.
“One of the beau-ties of our farm is that it’s mixed and we have a diversity of products, with some that do well in cooler or hotter weather,” Osborne said. “Every year we have some that lag behind and some that steam ahead.”
Osborne, who raises organic turkeys and other fowl, said a couple of his birds have picked up some sniffles, slugs have attacked his peppers and his melons are slow, but he’s hopeful for a turnaround as the summer winds down.
“The people who are crying the loud-est are those who are practicing monocul-ture,” he said.
Late summer means late - or no - harvestCrop diversifi cation the only way around the loss of produce - and subsequent fi nancial loss - in a wet farming season
Dawn Osborne of Omega Blue Farms shows off some of the varied produce that has withstood the cold, wet summer weather.
Kris Chand says his berry crop has suffered, but that doesn’t mean his raspberries are not to be had.
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Improvements to local transit service have resulted in a small in-crease in ridership over the past year, but the Regional District of Nanaimo is missing the bus when it comes to building a relation-ship with potential customers.
According to a performance report just released by B.C. Tran-sit, ridership in Nanaimo was up 6.4 per cent over the past year, largely because of service improvements carrying people to and from shopping centres and the city’s south end.
Improving the transit exchanges at Prideaux Street and Vancouver Island University have also helped, but these investments aren’t maximized unless they attract more people to ride the bus.
While an increase in ridership is always good, similar sized B.C. cities have seen far better improvement: Comox Valley improved 17 per cent; Kamloops eight per cent; and Prince George almost 17 per cent.
Transit fares account for 30 per cent ($3.6 mil-lion) of Nanaimo Regional Transit System’s $12.4 million budget. By informing the public of an improved system, ease of use and cost effective-ness, ridership could improve significantly more than it has.
In a time of high gas prices, expensive vehicles, high vehicle insur-ance premiums, costly maintenance and economic uncertainty, taking the bus for many families instead of using a second vehicle makes good economic sense.
Many people recognize alternative transportation is a good idea, but they need to be sure the method they choose will get them to their desti-nation in good time, safely and without confusion.
So far, Nanaimo Regional Transit hasn’t advertised enough to the pub-lic it can do that. — editorial by the Nanaimo News Bulletoin/Black Press
* Quote by Mark Twain.
Cheeky though it be, I would like to amend Mister Twain’s tongue in
cheek meteorological observa-tion. I would change it to: “Ev-eryone talks about the weather but nobody gets it right.”
Environment Canada, I’m looking at you.
Also the Farmers’ Almanac. And my barber. And the guy next door. And the farmer I buy my eggs from.
And of course the ever-smirk-ing, bouffant-coiffed weather mannequin who closes off the nightly TV newscast. They are, all of them, wrong, wrong, wrong.
If they predict sunshine, we get drizzle. If they call for calm winds I know my windows will rattle and my roof may need shingle transplants. “Zero precipitation” in the forecast
might mean any-thing from monsoon rains to horizontal sleet to hail the size of Guinness-worthy gallstones.
But that’s okay. Everybody makes mistakes (ask Michael Ignatieff). What galls my stones is the fact that … they never apologize.
Ever! You will never hear En-vironment Canada issuing ‘Our bad’ corrections. Nor will the world ever witness the weather mannequin shuffling on to our TV screens murmuring “Boy, we really screwed up yesterday’s forecast.”
I know, I know — I’ve crooned this dirge before. But I resurrect it today because finally (alas, too late for Mister Twain by a little over a century) somebody has done something about the
weather.Ready for a
forecasting service that actually makes you feel good about impending climac-tic conditions?
There’s an app for that.
Seriously. It’s called ‘Optimistic Weather’ and it’s
available as an Android applica-tion that you can download for free. What you get is an accu-rate assessment of the current weather conditions for your locality, plus a forecast for the near future.
I have no idea what’s coming down from the sky where you live right now, but according to Optimistic Weather, tomorrow will be better — perfect, in fact.
How can I be sure? It’s easy. Optimistic Weather forecasts always deliver just that — sunny
skies, balmy breezes, nary a drop of rain in sight.
Even when an incoming weather system is undeniably nasty, Optimistic Weather tries to put a positive spin on it. If a massive blizzard is on the way, the app turns into a cheer lead-er. “Come on!” it urges, “This is not the end of the world! Maybe the storm gods will get bored and this will all just go away!”
Sure, they’re lying through their rose-coloured dentures — so what? A conventional forecast that predicts tomorrow will be crappy has only about a 50 per cent chance of being right — and it’ll bum you out 24 hours before.
I think the comedian George Carlin delivered the only truly accurate weather forecast in his Hippy Dippy Weatherman skit years ago:
“Tonight’s forecast: dark. Continuing dark throughout the
night and turning to widely scat-tered light in the morning.”
Let’s be honest: tomorrow, most of us aren’t going to plant a crop, captain a fishing boat or parachute out of an airplane. Ergo, we don’t really, really have to know what the weather is going to be. What we could use — as always — is a tiny dose of good news. Voila — the Optimis-tic Weather app.
Alternatively, we could resolve to adopt a whole new attitude to weather.
John Ruskin was an English philosopher and critic whose lifespan almost duplicated Mark Twain’s. Here’s his take:
“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of weather.”
Sounds like a fair forecast to me.
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Port Alberni claims to be the Salmon Capital of the world and then watches the recreational fish-ery destroyed by the bureaucrats at federal fisheries.
People from all over come to Port Alberni to fish and spend countless dollars on gas, food, tackle, accommodation and is of considerable value to Port Alber-ni’s economy.
Up until recently, the fishing in the inlet had just started to pick up after a slow start and then the attack of the canal started.
On one day in particular it was difficult to traverse the inlet with the mass of commercial vessels and we personally witnessed some recreational boats trying to block-ade a seiner near China Creek. In several hours of fishing we saw only several fish caught by recre-ational fishermen.
I have fished only 10 days this year, and now it appears that the season is over because DFO has granted full rights to the com-mercial boats who leave nothing behind.
I have been in contact with our MP and his office informs me that he has been deluged with hundreds of complaints about this.
I have talked with people who have pulled their rigs and boats from Port and will be spreading the word not to return.
Perhaps fisheries should have set the recreational catch limit at 10 per day if their plan was to clean out all the fish from the inlet.
It is hoped that Port Alberni council will take this issue seri-ously as it takes a long time to overcome a negative image.
Frank C. StetsBowser
The localized gas war in Courtenay/Comox area is easily understood and will soon adjust to a norm.
What I fail to understand is why Nanaimo and Oceanside fuel prices are consistently higher than
Alberni, Campbell River, Courte-nay and Comox. With cost of fuel transport to these more distant lo-cales one would expect their prices to be higher.
Might it be that Nanaimo and Ocenside areas have a captive audi-ence with perhaps a better ability to be charged what the traffic will bear?
Len GibsonQualicum Beach
Headline in the “other paper”:
CHRISTY CLARK A BREATH OF FRESH AIR.
Not! Here we have a premier who since her election as an MLA in 1996, has been an insider to Lib-eral prevarication. She is, and has been a part of, our say-one-thing-do-the-opposite government, which has ignored the needs of British Columbians to the benefit of big business.
Consider please:• The deliberate, ongoing, de-
struction of BC Hydro.• A billion (say it this way:
one thousand million!) in bor-rowed money on a highway to the Olympics that was closed for the
Olympics! Now used by friendly developers and a few commuters in the Squamish-Whistler area.
• Hundreds of millions of our money spent on a big city building while cutting funding to education, the arts, health care and social services.
• Paying 25 million of our dol-lars to Encana for having pretend-ed to reduce their carbon output when the same company is devel-oping a gas field that will add more than six per cent to the province’s carbon footprint!
• More carbon tax on fuel while Premier Clark, from her remarks, supports a coal mine that is totally opposed by 99 per cent of citizens attending public meetings — and will allow Asian steel mills to make more C02 than I can believe, while endangering the shellfish industry, water quality and envi-ronmental integrity of the whole East Central Island.
HST. BC Rail. Open Govern-ment? Log exports. German Fer-ries. HST again.
The new Premier: A breath of fresh air? Same old, barnyard odour to me.
William RadeletParksville
BC Liberal Caucus retreat in Harrison Hot Springs and tax pay-ers pick up the tab once again.
I speculate that the cost of this venue will be very expensive and will be another example of how our tax dollars are being spent.
A few questions for the Liberals: how much did it cost? You forgot to provide us with a financial break down. A paid vacation at an expensive resort is something that most of us can’t afford because we are being taxed to death or have limited disposable income.
Next time you might consider paying your own way, we are tired of “Dutch Treat” at the tax payers’ expense. Lead by example, be frugal with our money and if you insist that we pay for it, consider renting a local community centre and bring your own lunch.
Wayne MossmanQualicum Beach
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Port’s fi shing season is over
Province needs to bring its own lunch
What the traffi c will bear
Same old barnyard odour to me
Alberni Campbell River Courte CHRISTY CLARK A BREATH OF
Don’t believe all that you read in the paper
I was both amazed and amused by the bold headline above your July 15 Feature Letter Campbell Is A Good Choice, and immediately thought of
the saying : “Don’t believe every-thing you read in the newspaper.”
That adage was proven throughout the letter, signed by one Michael Berry (former High Commissioner to Australia and to Singapore) of Qualicum Beach.
He started off by accusing me of being an agent for the NDP, appar-ently for having an opinion con-trary to his; continued with glow-ing praise for ex-Premier Campbell and PM Harper; and ended by suggesting that writers of “such politically driven letters (a la Mr. Smith) should be asked to declare their political allegiance.”
I have never met my accuser, nor held a party card of any colour.A quick Google search confirmed that someone named Leonard
Michael Berry was once a High Commissioner for Canada. I wonder if the suggestion of letter-writers declaring political
allegiance could possibly have been garnered from a handbook of ambassadorial notes from Berlin in the 1930s?
Or could it stem from that feeling of entitlement commonly held by so many in government service, both elected and appointed?
Maybe the kind of entitlement that gives the hoity-toity a right to their opinion, while the great unwashed hoi polloi should simply shut up and pay their bills?
Going back to “Don’t believe everything you read in the newspa-per,” I may as well believe Shirley MacLaine, and declare myself to be the former King of Siam.
Bernie SmithParksville
Feature LetterFeature Letter
• A loving bouquet to the Arrowview Kids’ Club. It has been an honour to work with you Diane, Lindsay, Betty, Ellen and Kristina this past school year. Thank you to every child and family that I have been blessed being with.
Leslie SauerQualicum Beach
• All the seniors taking the Marimba classes through the New Horizons for Seniors grant extend our heartfelt thanks to Fahlon, Rob, Sarah, Jocelyn, Carmanagh, Forrest, Kathy and Caitlin who assisted. Have a great summer you guys — intergen-erational projects work.
Aileen FabrisParksville
• Thank you to Quality Foods for putting in the extra bicycle rack.
You sure listen to your customers.
M. TaylorParksville
• A huge bouquet to Fairwinds for their support in making our recent Caring and Sharing Garage Sale such a success. A spe-cial thank you to Gary Dunlop, who donated so much of his time.
Virginia BruckerNanoose Bay
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HST horror stories fadeThe B.C. government has
released its audited public accounts for what Bill Vander
Zalm enthusiasts strain to depict as Year One of the Harmonized Sales Tax Apocalypse.
So let’s survey this allegedly bleak landscape of shuttered hair salons and seniors hoarding pet food, waiting for Belgian bureau-crats to come calling for more.
Retail sales increased 5.3 per cent in 2010. Growth has softened so far this year, but there’s no evidence it’s due to the HST. (Retail sales are mostly goods, which are mostly unaffected.)
B.C.’s economy grew by four per cent, third in Canada behind those new northern tigers Saskatchewan and Newfoundland. We beat Alberta as well as have-not Ontario.
The provincial deficit dropped by nearly a billion dollars, even though spending on government services continued its relentless rise with another billion-dollar increase. That’s four per cent spending growth, the same as the growth rate of the economy. But as usual, two thirds of it is health-care spending, growing closer to twice that fast.
Hair salons? My barber voted No to Vander Zalm. His accounting is simpler, his price is still reasonable and customers aren’t generally prepared to start cutting their own hair.
Restaurant association head Ian Tostenson predicted thousands of restaurants would close because of HST, and then mused about running for premier. Fortunately, we were spared from both of these scenarios.
Finance Minister Kevin Falcon put out some spin about how tight-fisted spending control brought the deficit down from the 10-figure range. Prudence, he called it. Prune juice is more like it.
It was economic growth that paid the bills, with mills and mines opening and con-sumers spending. Former premier Bill Ben-nett’s observation still applies: B.C. is a small, open resource economy in a volatile world market.
Commodity markets have strengthened to
the point where even the rising Canadian dollar is being over-come. Expansion to Asia is proceed-ing, assisted by a long-term federal-provincial strategy that the NDP opposed. A skilled labour shortage already exists in the B.C. northeast and is forecast to spread across the province.
The government’s latest labour market survey estimates that B.C. will be in a labour shortage by 2016, and there will be one million job
openings by 2020. One third of these will come from economic growth, two thirds from retiring baby boomers. Unlike next year’s HST rev-enues, this prediction is relatively easy to make with precision.
Job growth does depend, however, on a competitive tax environment, with competition from Ontario and elsewhere.
The public accounts also confirm what we found out last fall, that HST revenues have run ahead of expectations. HST haters like to claim the tax was promised to be revenue neutral. That finance ministry estimate was only for the first year, and it proved pessimistic. As with gasoline prices, external forces drown out B.C. tax adjustments in the short term.
Currently it looks as if going back to the old provincial sales tax will cost the treasury about $600 million in revenue in each of the next few years. HST rate cuts are made up by economic growth.
Or we can return to a 60-year-old retail sales tax developed for a post-war, pre-service economy, and continue a B.C. political debate that revolves around 30-year-old socialist ideol-ogy. The deficit will immediately jump back up to the 10-digit range.
So if your HST referendum envelope is still in the bottom of your recycling bin, you might consider fishing it out and casting a No vote. They have to be delivered to Elections BC by Aug. 5.
Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and col-umnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com.
[email protected] twitter.com/tomfletcherbc
By Tom Fletcher
B.C.Views
VANCOUVER — Thirty-four people have now turned themselves in to the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) in connection with their roles in the June 15 Stanley Cup riot.
The 50-member Integrated Riot Investigation Team continues to pore over
thousands of pho-tos and videos. And they’re now encour-aging more photos, tips and information about riot suspects to be sent to a new e-mail address: [email protected].
More than 600 GB of data is being reviewed, including 15,000 images and more than 3,000 video
files equating to more than 1,200 hours of video.
Those who have turned themselves in have not yet been charged. About 100 people arrested the night of the riot were previously charged.
ICBC had offered to let police to use its driver licence photo
database and facial recognition software to detect matches with photos of riot sus-pects — to the alarm of privacy watchdogs.
But ICBC officials said the VPD has so far made no such request.
— Jeff Nagel/Black Press
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By LISSA ALEXANDERNEWS REPORTER
Writing a novel was always in the back of Lorhainne Eckhart’s mind, but it wasn’t until seven years ago when her daughter was born that she actually sat down and put pen to paper.
“You get to that point I think that you realize you want something more in your life and you want a direction,” she said. “And that idea hits you and you know you can do it so you just persevere, and I did.”
Eckhart, a Coombs resident, has just published her sec-ond book called The Choice.
The novel is a romantic, mystical suspense story that surrounds a Wiccan woman and the pre-dicaments stemming from love and fate in her life.
The novel took Eckhart two years to write and research, the latter a process that is quite extensive despite it being fic-tion, she said.
“Whether it’s what the characters are do-ing for a living, where they live, some of the things that are going on, they are based on facts, and the author had better have done their research.”
Eckhart had two literary agents with this book, one who made her change the entire location from an area in Canada to the United States. The move, said to help sales of the book, caused many more months of research for Eckhart, but in the end she learned a lot about the new
location, the Pacific Northwest, she said.
Although with Eck-hart’s first book she went with a publish-ing company, this time she chose to self-pub-lish. Besides the time she spent writing, editing and promoting this book, she has also been working on a number of other writ-ing projects.
Recently she sub-mitted a short story to a local publisher, part of an anthology put together by eight local authors. Her third novel will come out
this September, called The Forgotten Child, and the sequel to The Choice will come out at Christmas time.
With three chil-dren, one with special needs, Eckart devotes many early mornings and late nights to her writing, waking up around 4 a.m. and writing throughout the day. It’s an isolated occupation, she said, and not for everybody, but she adores it.
“I love writing,” she said. “It’s a way of expressing [myself] ... I need to be able to tell
people this story.”The Choice is
available in e-book format from www.amazon.com, www.smashwords.com and www.goodreads.com, and the novel will be soon be available from Quality Foods in Qualicum Beach, Chapters in Nanaimo and from Barnes & Noble websites.
For more informa-tion on Lorhainne Eckhart and her books visit her web-site: www.lorhain-neeckhart.com.
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ON TOUR: This year’s Tour de Rock begins in Port Alice on Saturday, Sept. 24 and ends Friday, Oct. 7 in Victoria. Tour de Rock raises funds and awareness for pediatric cancer research and programs.
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Toby GormanBlack Press
Chris Bush has a bone to pick with cancer.
In the last few years, cancer has taken his
mother, aunt and three friends, the latter of whom were all close to Bush’s age of 53.
His aunt, who died in June, is described by Bush, a Black Press photographer based in Nanaimo, as a “vibrant woman with no reason to shut down at
all.”Not one
to normally participate in the seemingly weekly five-kilometre local runs for cancer, Bush decided over many months to participate in something a little bigger – the 2011 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock.
The bicycle journey will take Bush and
21 Island teammates from Port Hardy to Victoria from Sept. 24 to Oct. 7 to raise money for Camp Goodtimes, a retreat for children with cancer, and pediatric cancer research.
Some of Bush’s reasons for participating are selfish, some are to help others, while others still are to do his part to drop-kick cancer into the history books.
He wants to do it while he still can.
“I’m grateful at my age to be able to do this. A lot of people can’t,” said Bush, the oldest member of the team.
“I’ve always wanted to cycle the Island and this is a great opportunity. At the same time,
I’m helping kids and getting a better understanding of what it’s all about. It’s hard to overstate how neat this experience has been so far.”
The training rides are gruelling – one in mid-July included a ride up the 18-kilometre Strathcona Parkway to Mt. Washington – but necessary to prepare the riders for the 1,000-kilometre tour that visits nearly every village, town and city along the way.
Hard work, long drives to get to training sites and late dinners aside, Bush said the experience is worth it.
To balance home, work and Tour de Rock responsibilities, he’s had to lean on his network
of supporters, mostly his wife Laurie. He has also forged many friendships on the team, a group of people he describes as committed and interesting.
“You really get to like your teammates a lot,” he said.
Team members are made up of police, auxiliary police and media, all of whom need to raise a minimum of $5,000.
Along with training rides, team members are asked to participate in community events leading up to the tour, the most notable for Bush being a visit with children at Camp Goodtimes last week.
“It’s going to be interesting,” he said, before leaving for the
camp. “I know it’s going to be emotional. Any time you’re confronted with kids in a difficult situation it’s tough. I won’t know how I’ll react until I get there.”
Until the tour officially begins, Bush said he’s going to continue to keep pace with the increasing demands that come with being a tour rider. He’ll continue to put the kilometres in, do his best to fundraise to meet his goal of $25,000 and continue to have fun.
“You only get one shot at this and that’s it,” he said. “But I’m feeling healthy – healthy as I’ve ever been. My clothes are loose, my lungs are healthy, I’m tired but it’s a good tired.”
Black Press photographer Chris Bush wants to drop-kick cancer into history books
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Chris Bush, with teammate Sandra Holman, hopes to raise $25,000 in this year’s Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock.
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NANAIMO — All three Nanaimo-area MLAs say they are prepared to run again if a provincial elec-tion is called.
While the next scheduled election is legally slated for May 2013, it is expected Liberal Premier Christy Clark will call an election as early as Sept. 6 to build her own mandate, if she wins the job back.
If an election is called, voters could head to the polls in early October.
Ron Cantelon, Liberal MLA for Parksville-Qualicum currently in his second term, said he still has plenty of work to do to serve his constituents.
“I’ll absolutely run again. We need to work on the health centre in Parksville and see it come to
fruition, though it’s headed that way,” said Cantelon, reached while on vacation. “I still want to work with partners in the municipalities with the projects they’re working on. In Nanaimo that means furthering the cruise ship terminal and the airport projects, but I’d like to try to help with the [foot passen-ger] ferry and a hotel complex.”
Issues that could determine the timing of an election include the result of the HST referendum and whether an agreement with the teachers’ union can be reached.
“There are few things that aren’t go-ing Christy’s way at the moment, but I will definitely run again, and we’re preparing for [an election] to be sure we’re ready
for anything from Sep-tember on,” said Doug Routley, NDP MLA for Nanaimo-North Cowichan.
“The premier’s record in dealing with teachers is pretty sketchy and I’m not sure they’re interest-ed in having a conflict like that during a campaign, so there are a few factors that affect timing.”
Routley said he is disappointed legisla-
tion requiring fixed election dates can be so easily discarded.
“[The legislation] was supposed to do away with manipula-tion by the sitting gov-ernment and that they would set elections on a set schedule rather than tailoring it to their own interests,” said Routley.
Cantelon said it’s unclear when an elec-tion might take place.
“We’re on a stand-by; we always have to be ready.
“Your guess is as good as mine, but we have two new leaders so there is some con-cern we need a new mandate.”
Nanaimo NDP MLA Leonard Krog, has indicated he will also run again. Krog, first elected in 1991, is currently serving his third consecutive term.
— Nanaimo News Bulletin/Black Press
Local MLAs ready for snap election
MLA RON CANTELON
... government is on standby
By NEIL HORNERNEWS REPORTER
One of the basic facts about democracy is that it costs money, and this week B.C. residents got an oppor-tunity to see just how much their MLAs are costing them when the province’s public accounts committee released the figures for members’ compensation up to March 31.
The figures show Ron Can-
telon pulled in a cool $101,859 as his base pay for sitting as the Parksville-Qualicum MLA last year.
Cantelon also received $15,028 for a capital city living allowance and an additional $16,578 for travel expenses. He was also paid $1,209 for his brief stint as minister of forests during that time, along with $20,372 for his service as Liberal caucus chair, for a total of $155,046.
The other MLA serving Oceanside constituents is Alberni-Pacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser, who pulled in a base salary of $101,859, along with $16,610 for a capital city living allowance and $24,628 for a travel allowance, for a total of $143,097.
The MLA who billed the most for travel expenses was Fraser-Nicola MLA Harry Lali, at $58,457, followed by Peace River North MLA Pat Pimm, at $56,223 and Cariboo North MLA Bob Simpson at $49,250.
Cost report on MLAs issuedCantelon cost taxpayers $155,000; NDP’s Scott Fraser cost $143,000
QUALICUM BEACH — The Quali-cum Beach Chamber of Commerce is supporting the town’s creation of a compre-hensive cultural plan.
This initiative is consistent with the May 2011 OCP update.
The chamber said the study will help shape the town’s vision and direction, and asks people to complet-ing the anonymous survey at www.surveymonkey.com/s/makingculturecount.
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Applications will be forwarded to the Grants-In-Aid Select Committee for review. The committee will
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Parksville Royals burned by Langley’s BlazeQuality Foods Royals drop their fi rst two home playoff games to a strong team; team takes rest before Fall Ball in Sept.By JAMES CLARKE PQ NEWS SPORTS
The Royals home play-off debut didn’t go exactly as planned, but this year’s squad can hold their heads high knowing they set a high water mark for the local baseball club.
At home and hosts of a best of three BC Premier Baseball League (BCPBL) playoff series for the first time in the club’s 17 year history, the Royals were in tough against perennial mainland powerhouse Langley Blaze.
The pinstripes lost the opener 4-1, then saw their season come to an end in a 3-0 loss in game two. The Royals had a decent regular season that saw them finish with a club high 28-20 for third overall in the 13-team league.
The Royals had the bas-es loaded with one out in the second of two games, but Langley brought in senior righty Tom Robson to close it out. Robson, 18, became the first Canadian selected in last months MLB entry level draft when he was selected in the fourth round by the Toronto Blue Jays.
“We got beat by a better team. Plain and simple,” Royals’ skipper Dave Wallace said Sunday in a one-on-one with THE NEWS. “They out-pitched us, they out-hit us ... they’re a dominant team and they showed again why they’re the most successful team in the league.”
The three-time defend-ing league champions had the best record in the league at 37-11, but had 12 wins taken away down the stretch because the league ruled they had used two ineligible players over the course of a month. As a result the Blaze, whose
name appears on the BCPBL playoff champion-ship trophy more than any
other team, finished the regular season in sixth place.
Had Langley not had the 12 games taken away they would have finished first and the Royals would still have secured fourth and their team’s first home playoff series. Ironi-cally, had Langley taken top spot in the standings for the fourth straight year, the Royals would have faced Victoria in the opening round, a team they beat five out of six meetings during the regu-lar season.
The weekend show-down was played under ideal conditions and the bleachers were full with plenty more watch-ing on from the beside the fences.
In game one the Blaze went up 1-0 in the top of
the second inning and Josh Croft replied for the Royals with a solo homer over right centre in the bottom of the fourth. Lan-gley struck for one run in the fifth and tacked on two more in theseventh.
Neither team commit-ted an error. Langley out-hit Parksville 7-1.
Royals’ ace Clayton Isherwood, who led the league with the lowest ERA a minuscule 0.79 , was handed only his sec-ond loss in of the season in nine starts. The only other loss was a 3-2 deci-sion to Langley in extra innings back in April. Wallacewasn’t about to throw the blue-chip south-paw under the bus.
Mitchell Powelson works the hill in game two against Langley during Saturday’s BCPBL best of three playoff series.
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PARKSVILE — Lan-gley chucker Tom Rob-son, right, nailing down the win in Game 2 on Saturday in Parksville, was the first Canadian selected in last months Major League Baseball draft.
He was taken in the fourth round by the Toronto Blue Jays.
— James Clarke
Langley pitcher drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays
Parksville shortstop Kevin Biro goes up for a line drive to left centre.
PARKSVILLE — The Royals break for a month then resume with their annual Fall Ball program the last Wednesday of August.
Royals take a summer break
SEE SEASON ON A21SEE ROYALS ON A21
THE NEWS, Tuesday, July 26, 2011 • A21 www.pqbnews.com
“Clayton pitched well. We only got one hit and that was the home run. We just didn’t hit the ball, but having said that, they have tremendous pitching, and their pitchers just over-matched our hitters for the most part on the day. You have to give them credit,” said the veteran coach. “I mean Kyle Joel (Langley’s starting pitcher in game one), he struck out 14 and walked one. He only faced 22 batters (the minimum a pitcher can face in a seven inning game is 21). He pitched an outstand-ing game.”
‘Ish struck out seven and handed the ball over to teammate Marcus Drewry in the seventh.
Things didn’t get any easier for the pin-stripes in game two.
Homegrown righty, 6’2” senior Mitchell Powelson earned the start in game two for his contributions this year, but the storyline was similar as Lang-ley jumped out to a 3-0 first inning lead and shut the Royals down the rest of the way.
Langley out-hit P-ville 8-3 in that one. The Royals commit-ted the lone error of the game. Kevin Biro, Devon Heard and Josh Croft accounted for the Royals’ only hits.
This is the third time the Royals have faced both Joel and Devon Stewart who started game two. - Joel pitched a perfect game against the Roy-als in a tournament
game earlier this year, “so we got one hit off him this time,” chuck-led Wallace.
For the Parks-ville’s five graduat-ing players — Deep Bay shortstop Kevin Biro, Qualicum Beach first baseman Matt Ney, catcher Jordan Dugray, and outfield-ers Devon Heard and Ashton Martin, Saturday marked their final outing for the Royals. Kevin and Matt both came up through the local minor baseball. Biro capped off a five-year career with the Royals that included two as a Jr. Royal.
Mitchell and Marcus Drewry from Courtenay have another year of eli-gibility, and both are talking about coming back.
Earning props from his coach was the play of 16-year-old Mackenzie Parlow. In his second season with the Royals and heading into his senior year at Kwa-likum Secondary School, Parlow was pressed into service due to injury and caught most of the season including both games Saturday.
Parlow gunned down three base runners on Saturday. He picked a runner off at first in game one and threw two runners out trying to steal in game two — one at second and one at third.
“He’s improved tremendously this year,” said Wallace. “He plays the game
with enthusiasm, and he plays with intel-ligence — he plays the game the way its supposed to be played.
He loves to be out on the field, and in that regard he has a lot of (former Royal stand-out) Carter Bell and
Kevin Brio in him. He did an outstanding job for us, the whole year. (He) will be one of our leaders next year.”
Wallace echoed what many of the fans on hand that gave the Quality Foods crew a standing ovation after the final out on Saturday.
“It was an out-standing season. We have one of the small-est areas to draw play-ers from and for us to finish third in the
league is an outstand-ing achievement, and it’s a testament to the players and their en-thusiasm and dedica-tion improve.”
“From a winning standpoint, yes, for sure, it was great, but for me, every single season has its own special positive aspects, and that’s what we draw on. The players change every year, but all we ask is that they improve, and they do that every
year.”“It was a great sea-
son, the best Royals’ season I’ve ever seen and I’ve been involved (with the team) for over 10 years now,” Royals GM Scott Rod-way said after the dust had settled. “The team played well (against Langley), they were just unfortunate not to get the bats going, but then they were up against the best team in the league prob-ably.”
The season runs for six weeks. Open to play-ers going into Grades 9 to 12 with the occasional Grade 8s, anyone interested can call coach Wallace 250-248-2351 or check out the Royals’ website — www.parksvilleroyals.com.
Season runs six weeksCONTINUED FROM PAGE A20
Royals’ baseball season had many positives, says coach Dave WallaceCONTINUED FROM PAGE A20
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QUALICUM BEACH — From the desk of Ladies 18 Hole captain Sandi Reed, comes word new member Barb Borritt shot a two-round total of 129 to clinch the Fred Sweet Trophy at Qualicum Beach Memorial Golf Club recently.
A long-running annual 36-hole net competition held over two Wednesdays, the first round was held June 22.
Mikey Aylesworth had the best round that day with a 62, followed by Barb at 63 and Joan Jeffs at 64.
Barb, who broke 90 for the first time, was in fine form again on Wednesday, June 29, as she fired a net 66 and matched score cards with Joan Jefffs who also posted a two-round net 129 for runner up position.
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Barb Borritt with the Fred Sweet Trophy. SUBMITTED PHOTO
By JAMES CLARKEPQ NEWS SPORTS
A record number of applications made for some tough decisions, but names are in for the Jeff Nabseth Memorial Scholarship award recipients for 2011.
Oceanside Minor Hockey Association set up a Memorial scholarship 11 years ago in memory of Jeff Nabseth, who was killed in a bike accident. Jeff played hockey in the Parksville area and went
on to play for the Surrey Eagles of the BCHL.
According to OMHA’s Brian Hagedorn, the schol-arship is open to any grad-uating student who has played hockey in Parksville in the previous five years. OMHA contributes $5 of each player registration fee, explains Hagedorn, in order to allow the memori-al scholarship to continue.
“This year we had the most applications ever,” said Hagedorn, adding, “the trustees awarded the
most amount of money and the largest number of scholarships ever. We were pleased to have awarded seven graduates a total of $3,200 in scholarships which can used for post secondary expenses.”
Earning scholarships are:
• Mike Tompkins. Mike also has a passion for mu-sic and plans on attending the Contemporaty Music Technology program at Sel-kirk College in Nelson, B.C.
• Wade Van Herwaarden.
He plans on attending VIU and take the Resource Man-agement Officer Technol-ogy program.
• Jaden Schmeisser. Jaden plans on attending VIU and also to pursue his hockey career.
• Kyle Fichtler. Kyle plans on attending VIU for the upcoming year with plans to transfer to UBC or UVIC.
• Brett Saremba. He is enrolled in UBC Okanagan Pre-Pharmacy program and plans to complete his
Bachelor of Science at UBC, Vancouver.
• Michael Foulds. He would like to become a graphic designer special-izing in Digital Visual Communication.
• Bryson Weberg. He is planning on attending the Bridgton Academy in Maine.
“We certainly want to wish all the graduating students all the best in their future endeavour,” said Brian.
Nabseth scholarships to seven local hockey players
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David McHolm paints a picture of wife Josie and dog Oliver on Second Avenue in Qualicum Beach. NEIL HORNER PHOTOS
Artists cross the Grand Prix fi nish lineQUALICUM BEACH — Forty-six
artists hit the streets in Qualicum Beach on Saturday, July 23 to partici-pate in the 17th annual Grand Prix d’Art plein air painting race.
The winner, David Goatley is a
renown portrait artist from Victoria. He was on the corner of Primrose and 2nd Avenue and caught the quintes-sential Qualicum view in his beautiful oil painting.
Second Place was awarded to
Mark Glavina from Stevenston. John Hofman from Nanaimo (who has not missed one Grand Prix event in the past 17 years) won third.
Honourable Mention ribbons were awarded to Brian Buckerll of
Comox, Elissa Anthony — who is Resident Artist at TOSH — Sheena McCorquodale and Dan Gray, both are also local artists. All the painting are hanging at TOSH until August 14.
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David Goatley (from left) gets a welcome coating of sunscreen from fi ancee Sharon Bean. Ivor Cohen sizes up his subject. Audrey Cameron uses a magnifying glass to paint some fi ne detail. Dianne Hay paints in a shady spot during the Grand Prix d’Art in Qualicum Beach Saturday.
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The Ocean Idlers Car Club is gearing up for a big show this weekend at the Coombs Fairgrounds, a new location for the 15-year-old event.
Previously behind the Coombs Elemen-
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Biickert said he’s always excited about the new stuff that shows up at the car show, and handing out the trophy “First Time Out.”
“So this is some-body who has built a custom car, a show car, a classic car, or restored a vintage one and they’re going
to come to Parksville and it’s the first view-ing.”
The club hands out 27 trophies at the event, a stock and modified trophy for each decade plus oth-ers like long distance and the big ones, People’s Choice and Participants Choice.
Jack said many people come in from out of town to check out both this car show
and the Oceanside Overdrive car show also happening on the weekend at Communi-ty Park in Parksville.
The Ocean Idlers Blast from the Past #15 takes place this Sunday, July 30. Registration begins at 8 a.m. along with a pancake breakfast.
Show car entry is $15 and public entry is by donation, with pro-ceeds benefitting the Arrowsmith/Coombs/Errington Society, the Coombs Hilliers Vol-unteer Fire Depart-ment, and the Ocean Idlers Car Club.
Food will be avail-able on-site all day.
A variety of show cars will be out for viewing in The Ocean Idlers Car Show this Sunday in Coombs.SUBMITTED PHOTO
Ocean Idlers car show in CoombsCoombs Fairgrounds the site of annual car show on Sun., July 30
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The oldest blue-grass festival in B.C. takes place this week-end, and it’s garner-ing more attention than ever with over twice as many hits on the website as last year.
Although the web-site was only complet-ed in February of last year it saw about 4,800 hits and the festival last July saw record breaking numbers.
This year there has already been nearly 11,000 hits on the website.
Organizer Linda Thorburn is sure the website is helping spread the word.
“I’m positive it is,” she said. “And if you think that if every-body who looked at it brought somebody….”
This year the festival has nine celebrated bluegrass bands coming from far away places like Chicago, Illinois and Norman, Oklahoma, as well as Alberta and Vancouver Island.
Thorburn said these bands will be different from last year, with one excep-tion, and will also be different than the groups heard ear-lier this month at the Lighthouse Bluegrass Festival.
“Bluegrass is kind of on the rise right now and there was enough bands to do that,” she said. “There’s enough for everybody.”
The two bands com-ing from the United States, Mark Phillips and IIIrd Generation
and Special Consen-sus, will be putting on the workshops this year, giving bluegrass enthusiasts some real traditional training, Thorburn said.
This year there will be a plethora of ven-dors, with everything
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There are also some great raffle prizes this year,
including a draw for cedar folding chairs from Weatherwise Industries and an Art Lutherie Guitar do-nated by Darrel Lyons of Decourcy Island.
Although a full house saw some camp-ers turned away last year, Thorburn said this year there will be extra space and no one will be turned away.
Thorburn is trying to compile a history of pictures from past
Coombs Bluegrass events and invites anyone with photos, especially older ones to email them to [email protected].
The festival takes place July 29,30 and 31 at the Coombs Rodeo Grounds. A weekend pass is $75, $65 for seniors and students and day passes are also available. For more information visit www.coomb-sbluegrass.com.
Coombs bluegrass this weekendHailed as the oldest bluegrass festival in B.C., this weekend’s event in Coombs features the likes of The Sweet Lowdown, High Rise Lonesome and Phillips and IIIrd Generation
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VERNON — The Communities in Bloom judges were in Vernon recently and they liked what they saw.
“I was here two years ago and I’m amazed at how much has been done in that time. You get the idea,” said Peter Crawshaw, a B.C. Communities in Bloom director and judge who is City of Parksville parks and facilities superinten-dent.
“This is something I really enjoy. You meet such interest-ing people and see so many innovative projects. We’re always learning things and if we can pass along small bits of wisdom, we are happy to do so.”
Crawshaw is well qualified to be a judge.
“My wife and I are just garden fanatics. We love to grow things, always pushing the envelope as far as zones go. I’d say one of the most exotic things we’ve grown is the cardio-crinum giganteum, the giant lily, which grows in the southern hemisphere. It takes seven years from seed to flower and it grows nine feet tall in the last season.”
The judges visit a number of local sites, including parks and other public areas, businesses, communi-ty gardens and some local private gardens. They also note how well individual neigh-bourhood gardens are kept.
The judges consid-er community involve-ment, general tidiness of the city, landscap-ing, urban forestry, respect for heritage, environmental impact and the commercial and residential areas as a whole.
Communities in Bloom director and judge Karri Loadman,
a Kamloops com-munity planner, was also on the tour which was also judging Lake Country and Kelowna.
“I’m very im-pressed with the community-building aspect. We visited an apartment complex that had a community garden growing food and flowers. We could see how it brought people together,” she said.
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There are about 20 entries from around the province in Communities in Bloom this year. The winners, which can go on to take part in Canadian Communi-ties in Bloom, will be announced in Septem-ber.
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This B.C. Parks Day RLC Parks Sevices is inviting the Oceanside community to come connect with their park and history at Rathtrevor Provin-cial Park.
“We’re trying to celebrate the natural and pioneer history of Rathtrevor because it used to be a farm before it was a park,” said RLC Park Natu-ralist Michele Deakin.
Activities con-firmed for this Sun-day’s event include gold panning, where an old prospector will explain to kids how
to pan for gold, and also share some his-tory. Deakin said this relates to a member of the original Rath fam-ily who came to B.C. because of the gold rush. Kids can also try their hand at butter churning, take pony rides, nature walks, scavenger hunts, enjoy mini golf and a barbecue lunch.
All acitvities are
free but the lunch requires a donation and Deakin said any donations for the day’s activities would be appreciated, as RLC gets no govern-ment funding for the program.
B.C. Parks Day events will start at 10 a.m. at Rathtrevor Park and family ac-tivities run until 4 p.m.
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Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parskville.PQ NEWS FILE PHOTO
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line in a letter, some-times whole books worth of ideas, or, as this time, a small, florescent pink heart with a couple of tightly written quotes.
A friend had just made two visits (“we could only carry so much at once”) to a New York bookstore and come away with a haul that included a tiny pocket book, New York’s 50 Best Bookstores for Book Lovers. Good thing I’m a continent away — the Mulberry has already taken over at least a third of my floor space.
But back to the little pink heart and its astute wisdoms. Said Henry Ward Beecher, “Where is human nature so weak as in a book shop?”
All those with constantly shrinking shelf space can but
sheepishly agree that this is probably a cardi-nal assumption in the literary world.
Go into any book shop for one specific book you’ve ordered or seen promoted, and unless you’re wearing your ultra shades or blinkers, chances are you’ll be lured from the counter to a shelf … and another shelf … and come out with no less than two books to add to your hoard.
I’m speaking from experience, here, and I long ago learned that in this, as well as other respects, I am far from unique.
A huge book entitled, A Gentle Madness; Bib-liophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books, besides justifying my addiction, has the most beautiful dust jacket — heavy, gold-embossed patterns surrounding ancient woodcuts of people absorbed in books.
Guess that makes me a bibliophile — “one who loves or admires books espe-
cially for their style of binding, printing, etc.”
The dust jacket as-sures that “the passion to posses books has never been more wide-spread than it is today.”
And that’s where bibliomanes come in — people with a craze for collecting books.
The passion for books, apparently, is the only hobby known to have a disease named after it.
The same sender once included in her sturdy box a whole book on the subject of Biblioholism – The Literary Addiction: the habitual longing to purchase, read, store, admire and consume books in excess.
The name for this
unusual malady came into being in 1809 when the Reverend Thomas Frognall Dibdin published his lighthearted book, “he Bibliomania; or, Book-Madness; containing some account of the History, Symptoms, and Cure of the This Fatal Disease. Dibdin claims that what makes this ailment so formidable is that “it rages in all seasons of the year, and at all periods of human existence.”
At loose ends one day between Horseshoe and Departure bays, I was trolled into the sea-going bookstore and landed by Alberto Manguel’s A History of Reading. Promises Margaret Visser in its cover blurb, “Anyone who reads will be hooked right away… It is, after all a his-tory of ourselves, and a celebration of our favourite occupation.”
Back in the fifteenth century, however, not all of us were encour-aged in the pursuit of reading. Mediavel
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John Updike said, “I like books physically: they travel easily, you don’t have to go to New York to see them, you don’t have to tune into them at a precise time.”
And, I might add, they have a comfort-ing feel, most of them carry fragrances of newness or nostalgia, and they don’t need batteries, cords or electrical outlets.
A weighty coffee table book, At Home with Books, claims that “[books] link us with the past, the present, and the future in a way that is portable, afford-able, and aesthetically pleasurable.” It goes on to instruct us on start-ing a collection, even il-lustrating ways to make books an intrinsic part of our home décor.
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NANAIMO — A new committee of MLAs will look at expanding the province’s bio-economy sector — and the potential job creation and economic growth that goes with it.
Bio-economy refers to the conversion of bio-mass, such as trees and agriculture products, into bio-energy, bio-chemicals and bio-materials.
A February 2011 Forest Prod-ucts Association of Canada study indicates the bio-economy is an exploding global market worth trillions of dollars that reflects a growing environmental sensibil-ity and a shift toward products that come from natural renewable sources.
The MLA committee, chaired
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Cantelon said the committee is a good opportunity to look at alter-native uses for B.C.’s wood fibre.
“With Douglas fir and hemlock trees, we have the best fibre in the world here on Vancouver Island,” he said. “But we’re not being as in-novative and diverse as we should be with our secondary products.”
He said B.C. has a research edge on the rest of the world in terms of bio-technology and must take advantage of it.
“When you see logs go out, I don’t just think of lumber being shipped out, I think of bio-fibre being shipped out and we can’t afford to lose the advantage we’ve
got in developing the products,” he said. “Once you start to develop and create plans for some of these new and exciting uses, there will be a wide range of new products that will spring forward from your initial development products. The high-end jobs are going to come from bio-alternatives. That’s the future.”
The committee will work with industry to establish guidelines to support growth in the sector.
“We don’t have a specific date, but certainly by the fall we want to report and point out the directions we see the opportunities,” said Cantelon. “A lot of the work has already been done so it’s a mat-ter of reviewing the research and reporting to the legislature that we have to get going on these opportu-nities.”
— Nanaimo News Bulletin/Black Press
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A construction site trailer appeared in the parking lot last week and staff are packing away stock in anticipation of the renovation.
“It’s a super centre, and is the new format that Walmart is changing to,” Robertson said.
“You won’t see a store being built without a gro-cery section anymore.”
Once finished, Walmart will contend with Extra Foods and Buy-Low Foods as a full-service grocery store.
Referred to as an in-box conversion, the new sec-tion will be added within the existing store but will not increase the size of the facility’s footprint.
The move is expected to increase customer reten-
tion, but is also expected to continue attracting customers from Parksville and Qualicum Beach.
Some departments have already been cleared of goods to make way for the expanded section.
The work is expected to take four months and more than 40 workers have been hired to undertake the project.
Afterward, an addition-al 30 employees may be hired within the store to
deal with the new section.The new area will be
tarped off while new cool-ers are added, Robertson said.
“Most of the work will take place at night though to minimize customer
disruption,” he added.The configuration of
the store will change and some departments will expand while others will be scaled back.
How it will be played out isn’t yet finalized.
“It’s all on a schematic right now so all I see is counters,” Robertson said. “I don’t know how they’ll be merchandized yet.”
Walmart stores in Vic-toria, Langford, Duncan, Nanaimo, Campbell River and Courtenay have con-verted or are converting to the super centre format.
“I understand the con-version in Langford went well and that there was a lot of positive feeback from the public,” Robert-son said.
— Alberni Valley News/Black Press
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CEV president Randy Holmquist attended the National
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With the predic-tion thousands of electric vehicles being sold in North America in the com-ing years, he said, charging stations will literally become a household item.
For Holmquist the level 2 charging station is already a household item with the family vehicle being a fully electric
VW Beetle. At CEV the level 2 charging station is used to keep the parking lot of converted electric ve-hicles ready to drive.
The level 2 charg-ing stations will accompany the latest CEV demonstration vehicle which is a fully electric Ford Ranger pickup truck for municipal fleet applications.
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And because books themselves don’t make a true bibliophile, with any serious collection of books it takes a scat-tering of handy book-marks, a magnifying glass, and perhaps a book stand to truly deserve the title.
So, from a little
dedication to book-store personnel entitled Oracular Wisdom, here is the job description: “They must be able to field judiciously and with-out malice even the most imprecise query, like ‘I want something three hundred pages long with fully-clothed
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KAMLOOPS — The Ministry of Environ-ment and Encorp Pacific are continu-ing their initiative to bring a “bear smart” recycling program to B.C. provincial parks with the goal of keep-ing our parks safe and clean.
The specially designed bear-proof metal bins encour-
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VICTORIA — The B.C. government has ratified a treaty for the Yale First Nation, granting ownership of disputed fishing territories in the Fraser Canyon to the 150-member commu-nity over the protests of the neighbouring Sto:lo Nation.
Sto:lo represen-tatives came to the legislature last week to warn of conflict over the fishing sites, which become part of the fee-simple prop-erty owned by the Yale once the federal government ratifies the treaty. The treaty also transfers forest and mineral rights and about $12 million in compensation.
Cariboo North MLA Bob Simpson cast the lone vote against the treaty, em-
phasizing he was not opposed to the right of Yale and other aboriginal communi-ties to settle treaties. He had two objections, one of which was the few hours allowed in the legislature to de-bate a treaty that runs to nearly 500 pages.
Simpson’s other objection was to the decision by the federal and provin-cial governments to proceed with the Yale treaty despite a detailed claim by the Sto:lo Nation to the canyon fishing and rack drying sites that have been used for thousands of years. Governments have set up a “race to the ta-ble” where aboriginal groups with overlap-ping claims can get an advantage by signing a treaty first, and that leaves the neighbour-ing groups to battle over the treaty in
court, Simpson said.Aboriginal Rela-
tions Minister Mary Polak said the disput-ed canyon areas were already designated as Yale territory by the establishment of reserves under the Indian Act a century ago.
The treaty pro-vides for temporary access by the public and Sto:lo members, so it improves on the existing situation, she said.
The Sto:lo are offended by the Yale treaty partly because their people were
moved from the can-yon to reserves in the lower Fraser Valley in the early 20th century. Governments of the day expected aborigi-nal people to abandon their traditional ways and learn to farm, but Sto:lo people contin-ued to travel up the
canyon to fish for salmon.
Transportation Minister Blair Lek-strom voted against the Tsawwassen and Maa-Nulth treaties in recent years as a back-bench MLA for Peace River South. Lek-strom voted for the
Yale treaty, explaining beforehand that it was his duty as a cabinet minister to support the B.C. Liberal gov-ernment.
His earlier objec-tions to special rights for aboriginal people remain, Lekstrom said
Yale treaty ratifi ed in B.C. despite protests
By TOM FLETCHERBLACK PRESS
VICTORIA — The B.C. government will work with the B.C. Teachers’ Federation rather than continue a court battle over control of class size and special needs sup-port in public schools, Education Minister George Abbott said.
The government has been studying a ruling from the B.C. Supreme Court, which said the government infringed on teachers’ constitutional right to bargain with its 2002 legislation that re-moved class size and special needs support levels from the union contract.
Abbott said the government’s legal advice was not to appeal, because of a 2007 decision by the Supreme Court of Canada that struck down similar legisla-tion altering health care support workers’ union contracts.
In that case, Canada’s highest court extended the constitutional right to freedom of associa-
tion to include collec-tive bargaining for the first time. In the school case, Justice Susan Griffin of the B.C. Supreme Court gave the B.C. govern-ment a year to work out an alternative to the 2002 legislation.
The BCTF has filed thousands of griev-ances over class sizes and the number of students with special needs in classrooms around the province, as well as pursuing the issue in court.
Abbott said he called BCTF president Susan Lambert and B.C. School Trustees Association president Michael McEvoy to say he wants to see a negotiated solution. But Abbott acknowl-edged the government could end up legislat-ing new rules if nego-tiations don’t work.
After Griffin’s court decision, the BCTF estimated that the government would have to add $275 mil-lion to the education ministry budget to reduce class sizes and provide support staff to restore conditions from 2002.
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Kennedy, Elizabeth (Betty) Passed away peacefully at Stanford place in Parksville, B.C. on July 10, 2011 at the age of 101. She was predeceased by her husband Robert in 1993. Survived by sons Philip (Donna) of Parksville and Warren (Helen) of Cochiti Lake, New Mexico; grandchildren Todd (Carolyn) Oakville, Ont.; Jill ( Pieter) North Vancouver ; Dean Mesa, Arizona; Mitchell (Ira) Mississauga, Ont.: Trisha (Roger) Fort Collins, Colorado; great grandchildren Olivia, Lokela, and Alexander.
Betty was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1909. She became a school teacher in rural Manitoba where she met her husband Rob and they were married in 1937. They farmed at Poplar Point, Manitoba where Betty was very active in the community. She was an avid gardener, curler and golfer. Upon retirement they moved to Kelowna in 1978. In 1998 she moved to Lakeside Gardens in Nanaimo where she spent twelve wonderful years. Many thanks to the kind staff of Stanford Place for their compassion and care.
Friends so wishing may make memorial donations to: Grandmothers to Grandmothers, Stephen Lewis Foundation, 260 Spadina Ave, Suite 501, Toronto, Ont, M5T 2E4.
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It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of our Mother Maida on July 19th at Oceanview E.C.U. at St Joseph’s Hospital, Comox with her son and his wife at her side.
Maida was predeceased by her husband Wally and leaves behind a son, daughter, 5 grandchil-dren and 3 great grand-children.
Maida came to Qualicum in 1983 and was active in several societies plus her Church, St Anne’s in Parksville.
Maida loved to travel and saw a lot of the world.
A memorial service and reception will be held at St Anne’s Wembley Road, Parksville on Tuesday July 26th at 2:00 pm.Donations to St Joseph’s Foundation c/o Ocean-view.
A few afternoon spots are still available.
Please call 250-752-6620 for more information
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
COMING EVENTS
CALL FOR ENTRIES9TH ANNUAL
Kitty Coleman WoodlandArtisan Festival.
Fine Art and Quality Crafts Juried Show.
Presented in a spectacular outdoor setting SEPT 3,4 & 5
Applications for Artisans are available at
woodlandgardens.ca or phone 250-338-6901
INFORMATION
ATTENTION RESIDENTIAL School Survivors! If you re-ceived the CEP (Common Ex-perience Payment), you may be eligible for further Cash Compensation. To see if you qualify, phone toll free 1-877-988-1145 now. Free service!
F.A.S.D. Children with disabilities
Sept. 9, 2011Recognize our Children’s
Abilities. Help bring awareness to the
Community
• Educators• School Boards• Elected Offi cials
Join us:• Learn• Listen• Find out how you can
help the kids
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DEATHSDEATHS
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
INFORMATION
IF YOU want to drink, that is your business. If you want to STOP, we can help. Alcoholics Anonymous. 1-800-883-3968
LEGALS
NOTICE IS Hereby given un-der the warehouse lien act, as to recover charges for storage & repairs, the goods listed be-low will be sold in 3 weeks. The person named below is in-debted to me for the outstand-ing charge of $8000.00. His name: Jerry Hayden. Make: 2000 Harley Davidson Sportster, VIN # 1HD1CAP17YK111305. My name: Darryl C. Henry of 1109 Island Hwy. West., Parksville, B.C. V9P 2E1
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS
Notice is hereby given that creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Jean Elizabeth Nicholson, formerly of 266 Moilliet St., Parksville, B.C. deceased,
are hereby required to send particulars thereof to the Ex-ecutor, George Fraser, 1808
San Pedro Ave., Victoria, B.C. V8N 2G4, on or before August 16, 2011, after which date the assets will be dis-tributed, having regard only to the claims that have been
received.George FraserExecutor
PERSONALS
DATING SERVICE. Long-Term/Short-Term Relation-ships, Free to Try!!! 1-877-297-9883. Live intimate con-versation, Call: #4011 or 1-888-534-6984. Live adult 1on1 Call: 1-866-311-9640 or #4010. Meet Local Single La-dies. 1-877-804-5381. (18+).
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CELEBRATIONS
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
LOST AND FOUND
FOUND: INTERESTING item, Horn Lake Caves area, legiti-mate calls only please. (250)738-0519.
FOUND MP Player in Willow Rd area. (250)752-4480.
FOUND: NECKLACE, near The Bluff, Qualicum Beach. Call to identify, 250-752-0640.
LOST: GOLD bracelet with diamonds, near Sears or Wal Mart (Nanaimo). Call 250-752-6146 (Reward offered).
CHILDREN
CHILDCARE AVAILABLE
HAPPY Feet Child Care - Li-cense # KMON-7FFRHL Ft/Pt Spaces available ages 1yr & up. Contact Ashley (250) 927-2354 for more info.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
BE YOUR Own boss with Great Canadian Dollar Store. New franchise opportunities in your area. Call 1-877-388-0123 ext. 229 or visit our web-site: www.dollarstores.com to-day.
GRAVEL TRUCKING Compa-ny for sale. Trucks, loaders, hoe, crusher, seven pits, two yards, 3-bay shop, offi ce. Seri-ous inquiries. Call Larry 780-333-4726, Swan Hills, Alber-ta.
EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS
ADMIN ASSISTANT Trainees needed! Large & small fi rms seeking certifi ed A & P staff now. No Experience? Need training? Career training & job placement available. 1-888-512-7116.
CHILDCARE AVAILABLE
CELEBRATIONS
CARRIERSCARRIERS Needed in your area.
CURRENT ROUTES AVAILABLE:
Call The News at 248-4341 ext. 260
The Parksville/Qualicum Beach NewsThe Parksville/Qualicum Beach News is is looking for a responsible person to deliver in your area! looking for a responsible person to deliver in your area!
Anyone who is interested in making some extra cash Anyone who is interested in making some extra cash and getting a little exercise at the same time is asked to and getting a little exercise at the same time is asked to call call The News The News circulation at 248-4341, ext. 260. Routes circulation at 248-4341, ext. 260. Routes are temporarily covered. We are looking for permanent are temporarily covered. We are looking for permanent
carriers for these routes.carriers for these routes.
Qualicum Beach Rt #642 - 51 papers 5th Ave W, 6th Ave W, Garden Rd W & Primrose St.
Parksville Rt #117 - 14 papers Shelly Rd. & Stanford Centre
Parksville Rt #114 - 48 papers Martindale, Pioneer & Turner Rd.
Parksville Rt #120 - 50 papers Heath, Mills, Orchard, Pioneer & Sunset Blvd.
Parksville Rt #131 - 94 papers Hamilton Ave, Corfi eld St S & Trill Drive
EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS
Basic Chainsaw Operator Training- 2011.
The BC Forest Safety Council’s basic chainsaw op-erator course provides hands-on training to everyone from new to experienced chainsaw operators. Learn how to safely maintain and handle a chain-saw for most non-falling appli-cations. Key topics covered in-clude creating a personal safety plan, chain sharpening, identifying tension and binds and how to safely make your cuts. This two-day course is endorsed by the BC Forest Safety Council and provides participants with training and competency evaluation in a form acceptable to WorkSa-feBC. Numerous sessions of chain-saw training are scheduled around the province starting in August, 2011. To learn more and to obtain an enrollment form, visit our website atwww.bcforestsafe.org or call toll free 1-877-741-1060, Mon-day to Friday, 8am – 5pm.
MEDICAL OFFICE Trainees needed! Hospitals & Dr.’s need medical offi ce & medical admin staff. No experience? Need training? Career training & job placement available. 1-888-748-4126.
ONLINE, COLLEGE Accredit-ed, web design training, ad-ministered by the Canadian Society for Social Develop-ment. Learn web design from the comfort of your home! Vis-it: www.ibde.ca Apply today!
TWO, TWO, Two years in one. New Heavy Equipment Certifi -cate program at GPRC, Fair-view campus. Receive 1st and 2nd year HET Apprenticeship technical training. Intense hands-on shop experience, Fairview, AB. Affordable resi-dences. 1-888-999-7882.
HAIRCAREPROFESSIONALS
HAIR STYLIST WANTED. F/T or P/T available. Clientele not necessary. Please apply in person Chez Sabine Hair Sa-lon, Parksville. Ask for Corrie (owner).
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HELP WANTED
ARCTIC CO-OPERATIVES Limited provides managementexpertise and business sup-port to 31 member-owned Co-ops in Nunavut and NorthwestTerritories. We are currentlyrecruiting for the following po-sitions: General Managers -Assistant Managers - ReliefManagers - Hotel Cooks.Please forward your resumeto: [email protected], or fax to: 1-204-632-8575. Please visitwww.arcticco-op.com andwww.innsnorth.com for moreinformation.
CLEAR ENVIRONMENTAL isseeking individuals to join ourteam. Responsibilities: Waterand soil sample collection andfi eld analysis, drilling wastesampling, analysis, disposalsupervision. Pre and post siteassessments. Qualifi cations: Post secondary degree or di-ploma. Oilfi eld experience isan asset. Required equipmentis a reliable 4X4, lap top com-puter, GPS, camera. Send re-sume to: [email protected] refer-encing contract EnvironmentalField Technicians in the sub-ject line.
CONCRETE FINISHERS. Ed-monton-based company seeksexperienced concrete fi nishersfor work in and out of town.Subsistence and accommoda-tions provided. Phone 780-660-8130. Fax 780-444-4258;[email protected].
DELIVERY PERSONS
PHONEBOOKS
Mature persons with own car, truck or van to deliver Canpages to Port Alberni area.
No selling involved.
PDC LogisticsTel: 1-800-663-4383
Mon.- Fri. 9 a.m.-6 p.m.
TELEMARKETER required forParksville/Qualicum Beach of-fi ce. Please fax resume to250-951-2129 or mail to POBox 429, 152 South AlberniHwy. Parksville, BC V9P 2G5
HELP WANTED
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B14 • THE NEWS, Tuesday, July 26, 2011 www.pqbnews.com
The Regional District of Nanaimo has a temporary full time employment opportunity for an Engineering Technologist in the Wastewater Services Department.
The successful candidate will be responsible for a variety of duties which will include developing and maintaining the Asset Management/ Preventative Maintenance Program, performing data collection for various environmental programs; preparing annual treatment plant reports and maintaining the fl ow and septage monitoring programs. Further duties will include assisting in the development, administration and evaluation of various environmental programs, coordinating the selection and administration of contracts and consulting services and supervising consultants and/or contractors to project completion. Other duties may include liaising with RDN departments and local governments, responding to inquiries and complaints from the public, administrative support and other technical duties as required.
Qualifi cations include a Diploma in Environmental Sciences or a related fi eld, plus 4 years prior job related experience in a local government setting, or an equivalent combination of training and experience. The incumbent must possess knowledge of liquid waste treatment terminology, principles, practices and techniques. Strong interpersonal communication, excellent administrative/technical report writing and confl ict resolution skills and the ability to deal effectively with the public/groups/local government will be a requirement for this position. In addition, the ability to work in AutoCad and having current knowledge/experience with word processing and Excel spread sheets is a requirement.
This is a temporary full time Union position (35 hours per week) up to December 31, 2011 with the possibility of extension or permanent. The rate of pay for this position is $32.28 to $33.98 per hour plus 12% in lieu of benefi ts. Visit our website at www.rdn.bc.ca for a complete job description and more information on the Regional District of Nanaimo.
Please send your resume with full particulars by August 1, 2011, quoting Competition No. 2011-53, to the Administrative Services Department, Regional District of Nanaimo, 6300 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC, V9T 6N2; Fax: 250-390-4163, or email [email protected].
Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those under consideration will be contacted.
REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY UTILITIES SERVICES - WASTEWATER
Notice OfEmployment Opportunity
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST(Temporary Full Time Position)
External Posting
www.rdn.bc.ca
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DENTAL ASSISTANTHands on training in a
state of the art Dental Lab“I really appreciate the one on one instruction and the clinical setting that Discovery offers.”
- Melanie Lesopoy, Current Dental Assistant Student
Do you love numbers and ensuring accuracy with pay? Do you have previous payroll experience? If yes, Tigh-Na-Mara Resort in Parksville may be the natural choice for your next career move! With almost 300 team members, payroll is a full-time function, working M-F. Knowledge of BC employment standards and payroll regulations is required. Ideal candidates are friendly, reliable, detail-oriented, well-groomed, and have recent extensive payroll experience, preferably with an on-line system. We offer wonderful colleagues, great perks & benefi ts, and a fun work environment.Qualifi ed candidates please forward resume & cover
letter to [email protected]
Payroll Administrator
(Only those selected for interviews will be contacted.)
HELP WANTED
CONTROLLERA well established Kelowna based, underground utilities /road contractor has an im-mediate requirement for a controller. The successful applicant will have over fi ve years of experience in the construction fi eld after com-pletion of their accounting designation, CA, CGA. They will be required to perform all aspects of accounting cycle up to and including fi nancial statements. We are an ag-gressive company and re-quire a strong aggressive person that is ready to take on new challenges and grow with the company. Remu-neration complete with bene-fi t package will be consum-mate with experience. Please reply to the Adminis-trator by fax at 250-765-9603, or phone 250-765-9601.
MOBILE PATROL Driver Re-quired-FT/PT. Permanent. Footprints Security’s Parks-ville/Qualicum operation is cur-rently seeking experienced mobile patrol drivers for full-time or part-time work. Must have valid security and drivers licence. Email a resume to: [email protected] or by fax to 250-756-9598.
HELP WANTED
HELP WANTED
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
AT: STANFORD PLACE CARE
CAMPUS:Cooks: Casual positions available (cooking certifi cate required) Please forward resume to:
Human Resources, 250 Craig St.,
Parksville, BC, V9P 0A7
EXPERIENCED PARTS Per-son required for progressive auto/industrial supplier. Hired applicant will receive top wag-es, full benefi ts and RRSP bo-nuses plus moving allowanc-es. Our 26,000 sq.ft. store is located 2.5 hours N.E. of Ed-monton, Alberta. See our community at LacLaBicheRe-gion.com. Send Resumes to: Sapphire Auto, Box 306, Lac La Biche, AB, T0A 2C0. Email: [email protected].
JOURNEYMAN MECHANIC required immediately, Grande Prairie, (NW) Alberta. Heavy Duty position, Caterpillar expe-rience, competitive wages, benefi t plan. More info: www.ritchiebr.com. Fax 780-351-3764. Email: [email protected].
HELP WANTED
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HELP WANTED
INDUSTRIAL PAINTER: Re-quired Immediately! Do All Metal Fabricating-Estevan SK. Seeking an applicant to paint in an industrial setting. Qualifi -cations & Duties:-Must have knowledge of how to run/main-tain an airless painter,enamel and epoxy products, working knowledge with Endura paint (sprayed preferably)We offer Competitive Wages, Benefi ts & RRSP programs. Apply by email [email protected] or fax 1-306-634-8389.
TRADES, TECHNICAL
• BRIDGEMAN/PILE DRIVER(bridgeman & welding exp.)
• CONVENTIONALCRANE OPERATOR (Cert.)
Required for Gadd Marine.Wages commensurate
with experience.Please Fax: 1-250-754-3073
or e-mail: [email protected]
Heavy Duty / Commercial Mechanic or
Apprentice MechanicP & R Truck Centre requires Full - Time Heavy Duty / Commercial Mechanic or Apprentice Mechanic for our Duncan location. Possession of an Authorized Motor Vehicle Inspection ticket would be an asset.
Excellent Wage &Benefi t Package.
Please e-mail resume to [email protected] or
fax to 250-746-8064
Heavy Duty EquipmentTechnicians
We are currently accepting applications for Heavy Duty Equipment Technicians. We have BC branches in Prince George, Penticton, Kam-loops, Burnaby, Williams Lake, Quesnel, Nanaimo, Cranbrook, Vernon, Fort St John, Langley, Campbell River and a Yukon branch in Whitehorse.
Parker Pacifi c is an industry leader in heavy equipment sales & service. Since 1949, The Inland Group has grown to over 900 employees & 20 locations in North America. We are always seeking talented people to join our service team and enjoy a great career path.
Send resume & covering letter stating locations of
interest to LoriWillcox at [email protected] or
Fax: 604-608-3156
EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS
Looking for a NEW career?www.bcjobnetwork.com
VOLUNTEERS
Oceanside Minor Hockey is looking for Competitive Coaches (Rep) in the Atom,
Peewee, Bantam and Midget divisions. Application forms are available at
www.oceansidehockey.com or by contacting the
OMHA Coach Coordinator at headcoach@
oceansidehockey.comCompleted applications can be emailed to either
the Coach Coordinator or the Rep Coordinator at
[email protected] Applications can also be
dropped off in their mailboxes at Oceanside Place on or before the Aug. 5, 2011 deadline.
Oceanside Minor Hockey thanks you for your interest in our minor
hockey program.
PERSONAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL SERVICES
GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.
www.pioneerwest.com
IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits will lend you money: It’s That Simple. Your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161.
MoneyProvider.com. $500 Loan and +. No Credit Re-fused. Fast, Easy, 100% Se-cure. 1-877-776-1660.
EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS
PERSONAL SERVICES
FINANCIAL SERVICES
NEED CASH TODAY?
✓ Do you Own a Car?✓ Borrow up to $20000.00✓ No Credit Checks!✓ Cash same day, local offi ce
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HOME CARE SUPPORT
MOMMA “Z” In Home Care, private Care Aide for hire. Will take care of all your personal needs. Please call: 250-951-4819 or 250-586-5513 today!
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
ACCOUNTING/TAX/BOOKKEEPING
BOOKKEEPING SERVICES for small business, reasonable rates, ref avail - get organized, call 250 752 3833 today.
CLEANING SERVICES
EMERALD MAID Residential/ Post Construction/ Commer-cial. Call 250-248-3924
“MAID IN SERVICE Cleaning” - Home/Offi ce Cleaning,min 3 hrs please call Margit at 250-240-9240.
PAT’S HOME Care Service. Specializing in Personal Care And Home Cleaning. Honest, High Performance Standards Positive Attitude. Excellent Ref’s. Welcoming new Clients. Please Call 250-228-8201.
COMPUTER SERVICES
COMPUTER SERVICES In-home. Fast, friendly, effi cient. 10yrs exp. Ellen 250-248-1428
Friendly in homeMac/PC support and
lessons. Certifi ed tech, 15 + years experience
making technology approachable and easy to understand. All my
work is guaranteed. Call Scott @ 250-821-1994.
CONTRACTORS
CRO CONTRACTING
&Handy-man Services
Call Ivan 250-757-2083Free Estimates
EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS
SMALL ADS GET BIG RESULTS! Call 310.3535
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
DRYWALL
PACIFIC RIM DRYWALL 21 yrs experience, reno’s & repairs, no job to small, local referenc-es. Drywall, fi nishing, ceiling texture & skylight repair. Guaranteed workmanship. We’re in the Parksville Telus Yellow Pages under Dry-w a l l . Pa r k s v i l l e - 2 5 0 - 9 5 1 -2816.Nanaimo 250-327-8600.
ELECTRICAL
PROVIDING RESIDENTIALCOMMERCIAL & GREEN
ENERGY SERVICESYour local electrician
Answering your questionsSolving your problems
Our success is your happiness!
FENCING
J & S DESIGNSYard and fence design.
Painting, Reno’s, Finishing Work, House Washing by hand.
Seniors Discounts! Free Estimates!
Call John and/or Sandy250-586-3373 / 250-228-0147
GARDENING
GROWING CONCERN SERVICES
*Lawn Care. *Hedge & Shrub shaping. *Cleanups.
*Untidy lots & brush cutting. *Small Haul 4x4
Dumptruck. Established 1991. Insured.Call Ken cell 250-927-4769
J & S DESIGNSYard and fence design,
General yard maintenance,Rubbish
Removal. Seniors Discounts!
Free Estimates!Call John and/or Sandy
250-586-3373 / 250-228-0147
LAWN NEED Cutting? Pesky Weeds? No time? Call Leslie, (250)752-8806.
WES-COAST YARDBIRDS Lawns, gardens, yard clean-up, large dump. Pressure washing, Irrigation. Tree Prun-ing, Topping, Removal. Please call 250-752-9444.
HANDYPERSONS
OCEANSIDE HOUSE and home for repairs maintenance and pressure washing. Pete, (250)927-2641.
SMALL JOB Specialist. Expe-rienced Contractor. At home or business. Small jobs a Specialty. Reasonable rates. Professional workmanship. Refs. Dave: 250-954-7877.
HAULING AND SALVAGE
ALL TYPES of hauling. Small loads, garden waste, construc-tion debris & junk. Ron 250-757-2094 or 250-228-1320
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
THE OUTDOOR BUILDERDecks - Fences - Sheds
New or RepairCall Bob at 250-228-2895
For a Free Estimate
HOME Renovations. Decks, House Painting, 25 yrs exp. Call Ron at 250-757-9130.
TODD THE BUILDER. Renos, plumbing. High end portfolio incl. dental offi ces; custom homes. Call 250-752-1121
CLASSIFIEDS WORK HARD!Call 310.3535
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
IRRIGATION/SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
OCEANSIDE IRRIGATION DOCTOR
Specializing in RepairsSpring start-ups & Fall blow-
outs250-954-0551 (Parksville) 250-741-0551 (Nanaimo)
& MOVING STORAGE
2 BURLEY MEN MOVING.$85/hr for 2 men (no before orafter travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scottor Joshua, (250)951-0010.
PAINTING
A STROKE ABOVE Painting. Commercial & Residential. In-terior/Exterior. WCB, liabilityinsurance. All jobs warranted.See what we can do! Dave250-248-0335, 250-240-2310.
POIRIER PAINTING, Resi-dential/Commercial. Fully in-sured, Guaranteed Workman-ship, Free Estimates. Call Dan250-240-3528. WCB insured.
PRESSURE WASHING
OCEANSIDE HOUSE and home for repairs maintenanceand pressure washing. Pete,(250)927-2641.
WINDOW CLEANING
GLASSY TOUCH Window cleaning. Committed to quality service & results. Free est. Let the Sun Shine in! Call Roger 250-468-7731
PETS
PET CARE SERVICES
PAWS OF PARKSVILLE Highquality dog grooming of allbreeds and sizes. Calm, quietenvironment PH: Jesse at250-927-3776
PETS
PUREBRED Golden Retriever pup-pies ready to go, 1st shots, vetchecked. $800. (250)954-3416
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
APPLIANCES
WANTED DEAD OR
ALIVE$$ CASH PAID $$for NEWER FRIDGES, STOVES, WASHERS,
DRYERS etc.
BELLEVUE RECONDITIONED
APPLIANCES Sales & Service. FULL WARRANTY.
Large Showroom 1040 BELLEVUE ROAD
Parksville 250-248-8251
FREE ITEMS
FREE MATCHING beige sofa & love seat, good condition.Pick-up only. (250)752-8640.
FREE: NICE mattress, 36”x74”, iron board w/ cover.Call 250-248-8458 after 2 PM.
FRIENDLY FRANK
14’ TUBULAR STEEL drive-way/farm GATE, $99.(250)586-7266.
FUEL/FIREWOOD
COASTAL MOUNTAIN FIREWOOD (1999)
STOCK UP NOWBEST WAY TO BURN
YOUR MONEY!
Call 1-866-768-8886 (Nanoose)
250-468-9660.
SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewoodlegally obtained during forestrestoration, large cords, fastdelivery. Help restore your for-est, Burndrywood.com or 1-877-902-WOOD.
CONNECTING JOB SEEKERS AND EMPLOYERSwww.bcjobnetwork.com
THE NEWS, Tuesday, July 26, 2011 • B15 www.pqbnews.com
ESTATE CLEARANCE SALE
#127 Fern Road East Qualicum Beach
Tues-Fri, July 26, 27, 28, & 29, 10am-3pm.Housewares, jewelry,
furnishings, and much, much more!
Hosted by SmartMove Services
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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
A FREE Telephone service - Get your fi rst month free. Bad credit, don’t sweat it. No de-posits. No credit checks. Call Freedom Phone Lines today Toll-Free 1-866-884-7464.
GET FREE Vending ma-chines. Customers play them like Legal VLT’s. Can earn in-come of $100,000.00 plus. 100% Canadian Owned. De-tails at www.tcvend.com Or CALL 1-866-668-6629
SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - Make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.
GARAGE SALES
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
PIANO LIQUIDATION! Wholesale prices! Example: Baby Grand was $9200 -now $6200! Uprights, similar sav-ings. Parksville Music Centre. Call 250-248-2411
REAL ESTATE
ACREAGE
TEXAS LAND Foreclosures! 20/40 acre tracts. Near grow-ing El Paso- Was $16,900 (USD) now $12,900 (USD) $0 down, take over payments, $99/mo (USD) Beautiful views, owner fi nancing, free map/pic-tures. 866-484-0857 (US)
REAL ESTATE
HOUSES FOR SALE
EXQUISITE SANCTUARYFabulous 2.26 private acres with creek in beautiful Alberni Valley. Enchanting 3600 sq.ft. 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom cus-tom built 1995 home. Out-standing 57x40 shop with own bathroom, lots of parking. Fea-tures hardwood, tile through-out, custom cabinetry. Gas fi replaces, stove, heat and hot water; ensuite with soaker tub. Thinking of a life style change? Move to Port Alberni, the Salmon Capital of the World!
Visit www.albernihomes4u.ca for more information on this
“one of a kind” property.Asking $649,000
RE/MAX Mid Island RealtyPort Alberni, B.C.John Stilinovic250-724-4725
Toll Free 1-877-723-5660
Urgent! Elegant 2 bdrm patio home in Qualicum.
In an adult community, built-in single car garage,
gas F/P, 5 appls, walk in closet off the master
bdrm & private backyard. Maintenance free living,
smoke free home. Occupancy immediately. Open to offers, reduced
again to $299,000. Please contact Merril at
1-403-443-6028.
HOMES WANTED
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House won’t sell?Can’t make payments?
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REAL ESTATE
MOBILE HOMES & PARKS
Canadian CSA Modular, Manufactured, and Park Model Homes @ US factory direct wholesale prices. Starting @ 39,824 better features + more options = best value. The Home Boys 877-976-3737 or 509-481-9830 www.hbmodular.com We will beat anyone’s price. Guaranteed!
MORTGAGES
Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refi -nances, immediate debt con-solidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.
Call 1888-685-6181www.mountaincitymortgage.ca
RECREATIONAL PROPERTY
LAKEFRONT Properties For Sale 20 Minutes from Quali-cum www.hornelake.bc.ca
RENTALS
ACREAGE
82.8 ACRES, 300’ lakefront, S Cariboo. Beautiful, pastoral, private, rural setting. Borders crown land. Adjacent 80+ acre parcel available.
www.bchomesforsale.com/view/lonebutte/ann/
APARTMENT/CONDO
2 BEDROOM APATMENT FOR RENT IMMEDIATELY, LOCATED ON TREES PROPERTY $625.00 PER MONTH 250-954-9547
255 HIRST- 2 bdrms, $925. Ardent Properties. (250)753-0881. www.ardentproperties.com
297 HIRST- 2 bdrms, 2 bath $1200. Ardent Properties, (250)753-0881.www.ardentproperties.com
PARKSVILLE- EXTRA lrg, bright 2 bdrm, D/W, W/D, quiet complex. Near schools, beach, dwntwn & on bus route. Now or Aug. 1st, $800 + mo. Call 250-248-8592.
PARKSVILLE- RENO’D 3 bdrm apt, ocean view, heat/hot water incld, $950/mo. Avail Now. Call (250)248-3350.
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
INDUSTRIAL/ RETAIL bays. Overhead doors, ample park-ing. Immediate. (250)248-2295
RENTALS
COTTAGES
2 BDRM OCEANVIEW Cot-tage @ Bowser Bills RV Park, basic cable & hydro incld’d. $875 p/mo. Ph: 250-757-8880
DUPLEXES/4PLEXES
QUALICUM BEACH: Cozy clean 2bdrm suite in duplex. Mins from QB, country setting. $750/mo. Avail Aug. 1st. Call (250)752-6098, (250)954-8847
QUALICUM, GREAT ocean view, bright, spacious, clean quiet upper duplex, 2 bdrm & den. New paint, 5 appl’s. $875 mo. NS/NP. 250-752-0101.
HOMES FOR RENT
3 BDRM RANCHER ON ACREAGE, 1 BATH, WOOD STOVE, SHARED HYDRO, MIN-UTES FROM COW RIVER/TRIAL, 15 MINS TO DUNCAN. 250-749-3188
BOWSER, 3 bdrm mobile with addition on half acre, has shop, wood heat, avail Aug 1, $1200 mo, 250-757-9286.
ERRINGTON 2BDRM $750+. NS. Pets neg. Share property, covered porch. 250-954-3750.
ERRINGTON - 5 bdrm, 3 bath, 3000 sq ft on shared acreage. $1500/mo + utilities. Avail Aug 1st. Call 250-927-4860
HILLIERS- 2 bdrm+ bonus room, $1000. Sm pet consid-ered. Refs Req’d. Available now. Gesse, 250-607-8886.
MODERN 2-BDRM Beach-front. Furnished, 5 appls, gas F/P. NS/NP. $1000./mo + hy-dro. Sept. 1 - June 30, 2012. (250)752-4153, Qualicum.
PARKSVILLE- 2 BDRM, small garage, f/s, d/w, small dog ok, no cat, N/S. Available Now. $1100/mo. 250-248-8338.
PARKSVILLE- clean & cozy 3 bdrm, 2 bath Rancher. 5 appls, fenced yrd. Close to school/shops. NS/NP. $1300+ utils. Refs. 1(250)616-1757.
PARKSVILLE, 1 bdrm + den, rural main fl r character home. FP/porch. NS, NP, single 55+, cable. $800./mo 250-248-9648
PARKSVILLE, 3/4 bdrm, 1 1/2 baths, fenced back yd. Close to schools, hot tub, offi ce/den, 5 appli’s., heat & cooled by heat pump, N/S, $1450 p/mo. Avail Sept 1st. 250-390-2325
PARKSVILLE: 3 bdrm well maint rancher, newly painted, quiet street, gas fi replace, 5 appls, fenced yard. $1250/mo, incls water & sewer. Avail now. Call 1-604-986-3877.
PARKVILLE. 2-BDRM cottage on acreage, avail immediately. & 3-bdrm house, Englishman River area. (250)228-3177.
RENTALS
HOMES FOR RENT
QUALICUM BEACH, excep-tional, beautiful, new house; big liv room, kitchen, solarium & deck w/ view, 2 bdrm 2 bath. For long term, $1600 mo, Sept. 1 or 15, 250-594-3121.
QUALICUM BEACH- Modern 3 bdrm, 2 bath Rancher, at-tached double garage, in town, NS/NP. Lease req’d $1300. Avail Sept 1. 604-985-1563.
RECENTLY renovated 2 storey 2400 square foot home located in central Parksville on a cul-de-sac close to town. It has 4 bedrooms, 3 full bathrooms, family room, central air conditioning, large partially cov-ered deck, garage, and a private backyard. Fridge, oven, range top, dishwasher, and washer/dryer in-cluded. No smoking inside permit-ted. Available July 1st. $1700/mth.Phone 250-248-1134
OFFICE/RETAIL
OFFICE COMPLEX. 162 sq.ft. Washrooms, kitchen, parking. Immediate. (250)248-2295.
RV PADS
PARKSVILLE AREA. RV pad. Wooded site. $425/mo, in-cludes utils. Available now. 250-228-4097.
WHISKEY CREEK. RV Pad on spacious private lot. $350/mo + hydro. Available immed. Call 250-752-0448.
SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING
EMERALD ESTATES 1 bdrm, walk in shower, hydro & housekeeping incl. Meal plan avail. $1100./mo. Call 250-390-2991
STORAGE
MINI STORAGE. Large 10x12 ft. units $60. Short or long term. Immed. (250)248-2295.
MORE SPACE FOR LESSStorage Containers Currently available:
8’ x 20’ $105. + taxes. Open storage for RVs,
cars, boats, trailers: $40. + taxes for fi rst 20’ $2 each additional foot.
250-248-7100.
SUITES, LOWER
BOWSER, NEW 1bdrm suite private entr., includes heat/ hy-dro/cable, NS/NP, refs req’d, Avail. immed, $600./mo., call 250-757-9669 after 4pm.
DASHWOOD, 2 bdrm, N/S, free cable/internet, carport. A must see! Avail immed, $750 + half utils. Call 250-752-4641.
TRANSPORTATION
AUTO FINANCING
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AUTO SERVICES
MOBILE MECHANIC serving the North Island. Affordable Rates. Peter, 250-895-9670.
CARS
TOP DOLLAR Paid! Want To Buy Junk Cars & Trucks for cash. 1-250-954-7843.
VTRUCKS & ANS
CASH BUYER of junk cars and trucks. Over the phone price quotes. 1-250-954-7843.
MARINE
BOATS
MARINE
BOATS
OCEAN GOING Sailboat. The ideal vessel to cruise local wa-ters this winter, a warm com-fortable closed wheelhouse cutter, 50 feet on deck. One owner last 40 years, vessel is well taken care of, right down to meticulous housekeeping and spares kits. Painted, var-nished and clean. No rust. Beautifully fi tted galley, built-in freezer and sep. fridge. Roller furling jib, staysail. main and storm sails, most about two years old and immaculate. All rigging stainless. Engine room to eat from, new Kubota 67hp diesel gives 6 knots at about 1600 revs. Wagner autopilot: the best steersman on board. Radar. Bunks for eight; luxury for two. One electric head. Two ninety-gallon stainless water tanks and a 65 gallon utility tank. Ready to sail with complete charts and GPS, fuel in tanks, and the best moor-age in West Vancouver. This is one of the ferro boats worth seeing. Photos on-line through Harbour Yachts, Fisherman’s Cove, West Van. Comes with dinghies etc., new life jackets, too much to mention. Was $140, now $90. Talk to Dan about the “Talofa Lee”, 604-921-7428
•SERVICE DIRECTORY• Parksville/Qualicum Beach •SERVICE DIRECTORY•CONTRACTORS
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Summer Events • Weddings250-951-9989 • 7-162 Harrison Ave.Walk-ins Welcome
Gel Toes are Here! Including French Pedicures & Toenail Reconstruction
Unit 112 - 425 Stanford Avenue, Parksville250-248-5511
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We Are More Than A Boxing Gym.
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General Memberships starting at $40/month.
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250-248-3261 180 Craig St, Parksville
Chuffin CafeDaily Dinner
SpecialsMonday Veal Cutlets $1200
Tuesday Chicken Burger $1100
Wednesday ½ BBQ Chicken $1100
Thursday Roast Beef Dinner $1300
Friday 1 pc Halibut $1000
Saturday BBQ Ribs $1500
& all the trimmings(Includes H.S.T.)
THE BLACK GOOSE INN
Call us: 250-586-1001Beach Acres Resort, Resort Drive, Parksville
www.blackgooseinn.com
OPEN 7 DAYSA WEEK
11:30am- 10pmGORGEOUS GRASSED
PATIO WITH OCEAN VIEWSHome Cooked English Food
UK Pub Style Restaurant
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THE BLACK GOOSE INN
NEW Fully Licensed Patio Serving Appy’s, Cocktails & Drink Specials
Lounge Open late 7 Days A Week
Thalassa RestaurantFor Details Call: 250-594-1150
469 Memorial Ave. QB
Join us on August 27th in our endeavor to reach $25,000 “In One Day”