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In the 72 years he has lived on the shores of the Strait of Georgia near French Creek, Joe Stanhope says he has never seen a tide surge and � ooding like the region experienced last week.

However, this is nothing new to the people who live in Parry’s RV Park o� Martindale Road on the banks of the Englishman River — seem-ingly every time there’s a heavy rain, there’s � ooding.

“Enough is enough and families can’t go through this,” said park resident Marilyn Mitch-ell. “It’s an ongoing problem in this area and nothing is being done about it.”

“� e RDN told us in 2005 it was the provin-cial and federal governments’ responsibility to put a better berming system up,” said another park resident, Donald Lohvin. “I think they (the RDN) kind of shifted the blame. It would be nice if they raised up the road and put some better culverts in.”

Stanhope, the chair of the Regional District of Nanaimo’s board of directors and the RDN representative for the area that includes Parry’s Park, acknowledged in an interview late last week as the waters receded that something has to be done to better protect those residents.

“Every time it rains we can’t be putting peo-ple’s lives and property in danger,” said Stan-hope. “I don’t know what we (the RDN) can do, what authority we have, but we have to do something. Martindale Road is in my area and I’m going to deal with it.”

Stanhope said RDN sta� make periodic visits to speak with the park’s owners. He also said a berm failed this time, creating serious � ooding that forced evacuations.

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LAST NIGHT FOR BETHLEHEM WALK: Grace Majer, left, and Stephanie Breck sold spices in the marketplace that was part of the 21st annual Bethlehem Walk this Saturday, when hundreds of people attended opening night at the Parksville Fellowship Baptist Church. Tonight (Tuesday, 6 p.m.-8:30 p.m.) is the last night to experience the walk this year.

CHANGES TO THE SOCIETY ACT

Dragging the non-pro� ts to courtCANDACE [email protected]

Dozens of non-pro� t organizations are up in arms about the B.C. govern-ment’s proposed changes to the Soci-ety Act, which critics are calling “non-democratic.”

In August, � nance minister Mike de Jong released a white paper outlin-ing a new Society Act which includes

a controversial section 99 that has be-come disconcerting for those in the non-pro� t industry.

Opposition critic and Nanaimo MLA Leonard Krog (NDP) explains the changes would allow members of the public to take non-pro� t societies to the B.C. Supreme Court over matters deemed “detrimental to the public in-terest.” Krog told � e NEWS this is prob-

lematic because “disgruntled” people, with a large � nancial base, could take small non-pro� ts to court and “basi-cally bankrupt them.” He said “this has the smell of the Kinder Morgan clause.”

B.C. has approximately 27,000 non pro� t societies, de� ned by the govern-ment as not for pro� t corporations or-ganized primarily for social purposes.

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The SOS Caring for Kids at Christmas Campaign aims to pro-vide all local children with a gift to unwrap on Christmas morn-ing. The program also distributes grocery store gift cards to families and individuals of all ages so they can look forward to a special meal at Christmas.

In order to meet the needs of everyone who registers for the program, the SOS needs to raise $115,000. Check this page ev-ery Tuesday until Christmas, as The NEWS posts an update of the money raised, displayed on this stocking. Please give if you can, your community does need you. Donations can be dropped off or mailed in to PO Box 898, 245 West Hirst Ave, Parksville, V9P 2G9 or online: www.sosd69.com. Thank you for caring!

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SOS CHRISTMAS CAMPAIGN

Getting gifts for teensLISSA ALEXANDERSpecial to The NEWS

Wendy Reimer remembers using white tis-sue paper as a child to wrap up gifts for people in need.

Her family would take whatever they could spare at Christmas time, wrap it, and then de-liver it to their church for distribution.

“Back then people didn’t have much to give,” said Reimer, who is the outreach committee co-chair at Knox United Church. “They would bring a can of soup or a can of beans and put that under the tree.”

The tradition, called White Gift Sunday, has been carried on for many years at congregations

within the United Church of Canada, as well other Christian denominations. According to the website of St. John’s United Church in New Brunswick, a minister’s wife initiated the idea in Ohio in 1904 to solve the problem of ineq-uity of gifts given at a Sunday school Christmas party. Instead of focusing on receiving gifts, the focus would be on bringing gifts to Jesus which would in turn be shared with people around the world who didn’t have much. All the gifts would come wrapped in plain white paper, so that no one would know which was an expen-sive gift and which was a more modest one.

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SOS Executive Director Renate Sutherland stands in the SOS Toy Shop, which has been filled by donations from the community, including gifts collected by 38 local businesses that are hosting SOS Angel Trees, and gifts from the Silver Spur Toy Ride and the Tigh-Na-Mara Toy Drive. Last year the SOS made sure 966 children had a special gift to unwrap at Christmas. The Caring for Kids at Christmas program is still taking registrations and will help people until Dec. 23.

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The B.C. Coroners Service confirmed Friday that 66-year-old Qua-licum Beach resident Perry Vernon Thomas died at Catalyst Pulp Mill in Crofton on Dec. 9.

Catalyst Mill posted a statement saying a contract truck driver deliv-ering wood chips to the mill Tuesday night was discovered to be miss-ing. North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP issued a news release saying they were contacted that night at approximately 7:50 p.m. by the mill.

“Officers attended to the scene, and determined that there was enough to support the belief that the driver had been taken by a con-veyor belt, and carried into one of the storage silos,” states the release.

B.C. Coroners Service said Thomas was recovered from one of the chip silos at the mill early Thursday morning but could not be re-suscitated. The silo is linked to the area where Thomas was to dump chips by a conveyor belt more than 300 metres long.

Police say there is nothing to suggest a criminal act at this time.Thomas’ family has been notified of his death.WorkSafe BC is leading the investigation into the circumstances

surrounding the accident to determine cause. The RCMP and the Coroner’s Office are also investigating.

Vancouver Island University has received over $66,000 in one-time funding for 12 spaces at its Community Mental Health Worker certificate program, as part of a provincial-wide initiative to provide additional support for short-term health education programs. “The program from this targeted funding will help VIU students gain skills and prepare for a career in a job where there is current demand,” says Parksville-Qualicum MLA Michelle Stilwell. “Our government has listened to communities, including on Vancouver Island, and is helping them meet the need for local front-line health care workers.”

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LITTLE QUALICUM RIVER VILLAGE

Man injuredin landslideLocal state of emergency was rescinded about 48 hours laterCANDACE [email protected]

One man was transported to Nanaimo Gen-eral Hospital after his Meadowood home was taken out by a landslide Wednesday morning trapping him inside, according to Dashwood Volunteer Fire Department fire chief Nick Ac-ciavatti.

The landslide, caused by severe wind and heavy rainfall, occurred in Little Qualicum Riv-er Village. The regional district issued a state of local emergency and evacuation order for the area, which has been rescinded.

“When we arrived on scene we found a land-slide had taken down a two-storey home,” ex-plained Acciavatti. “There were two occupants in the home.”

He said a female occupant managed to es-cape the home, while a male occupant got trapped inside the home after it collapsed.

“Once the home was deemed safe to enter, we entered and crews worked for about 45 min-utes to extract the occupant from debris,” said Acciavatti.

He said an air ambulance was called to transport the male occupant, but it was later deemed unnecessary so he was transported by ground ambulance to Nanaimo with non-life- threatening injuries.

According to police, the neighbourhood was under a “non-mandatory evacuation order” meaning if residents left they could not come back, but residents were not obligated to leave.

By Wednesday afternoon, all but one home in the area immediately surrounding the home that was taken out by the landslide had been evacuated. Acciavatti said fire crews were on site until approximately 1 p.m. He said fire crews from Parksville, Qualicum Beach and Errington were called for back up and close to 30 first responders attended the incident.

“I’m very thankful to all the responding agencies who assisted us,” he said. “I really ap-preciate it and feel fortunate to have such dedi-cated volunteers.”

Residents in the area were directed to an emergency reception centre at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre where Oceanside Emergen-cy Social Services were available for help.

Security personnel were expected to be on site overlooking the properties.

According to the RDN, a geotechnical as-sessment of the area is ongoing to determine the full impact of the landslide.

For more information on flooding, person-al preparedness, evacuation procedures and Emergency Social Services, visit the RDN web-site at rdn.bc.ca/Services/Emergency Plan-ning.

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A fundraising effort is underway for a Meadowood couple whose home was taken down by a landslide Wednesday.

Neighbour Candice Pady put up a website the day after the disaster call-ing for donations.

Pady said she met the couple two years ago when they first moved to the tight-knit community of Little Quali-cum River Village.

“These people have been nothing but nice to me,” said Pady. “They’ve helped my family, they helped me … and it being this time of the year I just want to help them.”

Pady said she’s spoken to the couple who are “shaken up, but doing good

considering the circumstances.” By Saturday, she said approximately

$1,000 had been raised through the on-line initiative.

Additionally, neighbours are in the process of setting up a Royal Bank ac-count where donations will be accept-ed.

The Regional District of Nanaimo issued a news release Friday afternoon stating “the imminent risk of danger to life and properties in the Little Quali-cum River Estates area has diminished. The local state of emergency has there-fore been cancelled.”

Residents were allowed to return to their homes within the evacuation area at their own discretion and at their own risk, considering the individual cir-

cumstances affecting their individual property and residences.

Given the nature of the risk creat-ed by the recent emergency, the RDN recommended that property owners obtain an independent geotechnical assessment of their property from a qualified professional engineer should they have any concerns.

The release said the regional district will continue to monitor the situation and, if considered necessary or advis-able, a new Evacuation Alert or Order may be issued.

For more information on fundrais-ing efforts or donations contact Can-dice Pady at [email protected] or visit www.gofundme.com/irr-i0k.

Fundraiser planned for couple who lost home

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Charlie Pickard’s 18.5 acre property along Grafton Avenue in Errington was once a bucolic field, but now he says three to four acres are underwater due to flooding and drainage issues which have been worsened by the area’s recent rainfall.

ERRINGTON FLOODING

It’s like living in a swampCANDACE WU [email protected]

While the recent heavy rain exacer-bated flooding, a spot along Grafton Avenue in Errington has had issues for years according to residents.

The water is “still running across the road today… it’s not a good situation and nobody wants to take responsibil-ity,” Sheila Pickard told The NEWS Fri-day afternoon.

Pickard, who lives along Grafton Av-enue, said she and her husband have been there 21 years and built their home “high and dry,” but recently it’s like living in a swamp or behind a moat

with three or four of their 18.5 acres under water.

The problem has been around for nearly a decade, but she said this has been the worst year yet with water sitting stagnate in close-by ditches all year round. She said flooding is causing issues on many neighbouring properties, and there are similar situ-ations all over Errington and Coombs.

“It’s a health and safety issue,” she said, noting the flooding and ground saturation affects septic systems and wells in the area.

Pickard expressed frustration with

various levels of government who all say it’s not their responsibility.

Regional District of Nanaimo plan-ner Jeremy Holm said issues regarding road drainage and ditches fall under the responsibility of the province.

“Roads in rural areas and transpor-tation are a provincial matter,” said Holm. “We (the RDN) can help direct people to the appropriate agencies to help get their issues resolved.”

— with files from Auren Ruvinsky

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ELF PROGRAM NOW IN ITS 25TH YEAR

Helping the needy in NanooseProgram was started by Virginia Brucker, a Grade 1 teacher at the time

With nine days to go until Christ-mas, the Nanoose Bay Elf Program is in full swing.

Organizer Maureen Moore said she and her dozens of volunteers have been promptly putting together the annual festive charity since mid-Octo-ber — wrapping presents, curling rib-bon and spreading Christmas cheer to those in-need.

The Elf Program was started 25 years ago by Virginia Brucker, who was teaching Grade 1 at the time in Na-noose Bay.

“It started because of one girl in my class,” Brucker told The NEWS from Nanoose Place.

“This girl, she had nothing — and I mean nothing — and she said to me one day ‘I don’t think Santa is coming to my house,’” explained Brucker. “And I knew I had to do something.”

The Elf Program works like this: families or individuals in-need register for the program, then you can adopt a family or individual and you will be given a list of Christmas requests or information about the family (size, gender ect.) withholding their identi-ty. You then wrap the gifts and return them to the Nanoose elves, who deliv-er the gifts or have the recipients pick them up before Christmas.

Alternatively, the elves have set up Christmas trees in Nanoose Place, Na-noose Elementary School, Fairwinds Centre, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Jim’s Gym, Hot and Cool Yoga (Parks-ville location), Aspengrove School (north Nanaimo) and the post office in the Red Gap Centre.

The Christmas trees are decorated

with ornamental tags which have gift requests on the back. You can take a tag and purchase the gift requested on it, then return the unwrapped present to any of the tree locations. The Nanoose elves will then wrap the gifts and deliv-er them to the appropriate locations.

The entire charity stays within Na-noose Bay and is completely anon-ymous. The first year of the program six families received gifts. Last year, around 280 gifts went out.

“It’s a lot of hard work but it’s very rewarding,” said Moore, whose been leading the charity for four years since Brucker stepped down. “I don’t know who gets more pleasure out of it — the

givers or the receivers.” Moore said that the Nanoose elves

try to make Christmas a joyful time for everybody — even those who don’t register for the program often will re-ceive something special on Christmas.

“There are people we know, just by word of mouth and from living in a small community, who would appreci-ate gifts so we try and reach all those people,” said Moore.

If you would like to sponsor a family or individual, or for more information contact Maureen Moore at 250-586-9788. Cash donations are also wel-come.

— NEWS Staff

CANDACE WU PHOTO

Nanoose elves Sylvia Kudrick and Karen Gillan get into the Christmas spirit this holiday season as they volunteer for the annual Nanoose Elf Program, which gives gifts to families and individuals in-need in Nanoose Bay.

FUNDRAISER FOR THE HOMELESS AND HUNGRY

Take a walk Feb. 21 for a good causeAUREN [email protected]

February 21 will be the coldest night of the year.

This winter, the Island Care Society and Oceanside Task Force On Home-lessness will host a Coldest Night of the Year Walk to raise money for the “hun-gry, homeless and hurting,” as the bro-chure puts it, along with more than 80 other communities across the country.

“All of the money will go directly into housing projects here in Oceanside,” said task force coordinator Sarah Poole, who said the group’s aim is to end homelessness in the area.

The Coldest Night walk in Nanaimo last year raised almost $50,000 last year, she said, excited about the good the lo-cal walk’s $25,000 goal could do.

The task force is comprised of volun-teers, local governments and a wide ar-ray of service providers and non-profit organizations like the Salvation Army, Society of Organized Services and the Island Care Society which runs Hirst

House in Parksville.The task force has recently secured

funding for two outreach workers to work a total of six days a week to help people find and maintain housing.

“In an area with such low rent-al access, this also means that we are looking to build relationships with landlords who would be interested in helping us house people who have been chronically homeless to date,” she said, putting the call out. They are look-ing for long-term rental agreements and will guarantee rent payments and client- directed, wrap-around support for the clients that are housed. They have recently secured funding through the federal Homelessness Partnering Strategy to permanently house five lo-cal people, of which the first three will move in Jan. 1.

The area currently only has an ex-treme weather shelter which opens from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m., with short notice, on particularly bad nights, at the Salva-tion Army Church at 187 Alberni High-

way in Parksville.Run by the task force and funded by

B.C. Housing, the shelter has been open 19 nights already this year.

When the determination is made to open the shelter, e-mail alerts and no-tices go up in strategic locations and the RCMP and other partners and service providers (B.C. Ambulance, govern-ments, churches etc.) are notified to point people towards the shelter.

There is also a 24-hour phone line (250-954-3082) where people can find out if it is open and if not, get the num-ber of the crisis line.

Spot counts in 2011 and 2013 found 67 and 69 homeless people in the area and Poole said she’s sure there are more.

The crucial fundraising walk takes place Saturday, Feb. 21 at a location to be determined with two, five and 10- kilometre options. A light meal and fes-tive environment will be provided. Reg-istration starts at 4 p.m. and the walk at 5 p.m. Visit https://coldestnightofthe-year.org for more info and to register.

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If you are finding the Christmas sea-son a little chaotic, you might want to consider an escape to Morningstar Farm where there will be carolling, wagon rides and lots of yummy treats.

Morningstar Farm head caroller Ray Haynes said the 9th annual Christmas on the Farm event is a customer apprecia-tion day open to the public.

Haynes said it’s a way for the farm to pay gratitude to their many customers in the Parksville Qualicum Beach area.

“It’s a genuine, restful Christmas event,” said Haynes, encouraging every-one to come out for a day of relaxation during the hectic holiday season.

There will be baked goods and treats, carol wagon rides, a marshmallow roast, a manger scene, photo opportunities, farm animals, a food truck (AJ’s Island Grill) and of course tasty samples galore from Little Qualicum Cheeseworks and Mooberry Winery.

Meanwhile, there will be live music all day long including performances by: Second Wind, the Parksville and District Concert Band Ensemble, the

youth choir from the Parksville Baptist Church; and solo acts by Rosalee Sul-livan, Maureen O’Hern, Bev Finch and Joanne Chase.

The entire event is free of charge.

“It’s our gift to the community,” said Haynes.

People can park at the Morningstar Golf Course next door and enjoy a com-plimentary wagon ride to the farm and

back. The Christmas on the Farm event will take place Dec. 20 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Adrienne Thomson, Wholesale/Marketing Manager at Little Qualicum Cheeseworks, and Miracle the calf are getting ready for Morningstar Farms’ annual Christmas on the Farm. The free customer appreciation event will include carolling, wagon rides and lots of yummy treats.


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Relief money availableStanhope also said there are jurisdictional

and zoning bylaw issues with that particularly property, which borders both the river and the City of Parksville boundary.

Dealing with a property on the river, less than a kilometre from the estuary, might bring into play both the provincial and federal governments, said Stanhope. He also said the land where Parry’s RV Park stands pre-dates zoning bylaws and might possibly be “grandfa-thered” from rules and regulations that could be enforced on other lands that fall under the jurisdiction of the RDN.

Parksville-Qualicum MLA Michelle Stilwell was asked for her comment about the flooding last week and what could be done going forward.

“As bad as it was to see flooding in this area again, I’m so thankful for first responders and groups like Arrowsmith Search and Rescue for quickly and efficiently helping everyone who was affected,” said Stilwell. “I’ll be discussing

the flooding issue in more detail this week with local government leaders and see what options are being developed to alleviate the problem on

Martindale Road.”Said Mitchell, the park resi-

dent: “Whoever is responsible, get it done.”

On Saturday, the provincial government said financial as-sistance is available for victims

of the recent flooding. Residents of Parksville, Qualicum Beach and the RDN are eligible.

The province said assistance is available to home owners, residential tenants, small busi-ness owners, farmers, charitable organizations and local government bodies who were unable to obtain insurance to cover these disaster-re-lated losses. Applications for DFA must be sub-mitted to Emergency Management BC (EMBC) by Mar. 12, 2015. British Columbians can access the DFA application form at: www.embc.gov.bc.ca/em/dfa_claims/dfa.html.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1

Whoever is responsible,get it done

MARILYN MITCHELL

See EDITORIAL, page A10

Nothing in stone yet, says MLACONTINUED FROM PAGE A1

“You could have, for instance, a land trust so-ciety that is taking a position that’s seen as polit-ical and you could have a big forestry company that challenges it (the society), saying it’s not in the public interest,” Krog said, citing a hypothet-ical example. “Bodies with a great deal of money will be in a position to challenge societies, most of which have no money and will not be able to pay for — or sustain — lawyers in a claim.”

Local volunteer Faye Smith said she’s con-cerned about the looming changes too.

Smith, Mid-Vancouver Island Habitat En-hancement Society (MVIHIS) project co ordi-nator, said the new legislation has the potential to destroy societies.

“Most societies want to do good,” she said. “There must be thousands of societies who are struggling to make ends meet, who are volun-teer-run and getting by on grants or fundraising.”

Smith said the new Society Act could not only bankrupt societies, but “totally distract” from their purposes. “I can’t quite think of why some-body would want to take MVIHIS to court — may-be they don’t like our restoration work or don’t think it’s in the public interest — but you never know, it’s kind of scary in a way,” she said. “May-be somebody doesn’t like someone on our board

— these things can happen and I don’t think the court is the right place to oversee a society.”

Parksville-Qualicum MLA Michelle Stilwell (Lib) said the proposed changes are “simply de-signed to improve accountability” as non- prof-it societies are “largely self governing.”

Qualicum Beach’s Andy Telfer, vice presi-dent of Volunteer B.C., sent The NEWS a state-ment saying the changes aren’t welcome.

“The proposed Society Act aims to enhance the accountability and transparency of societ-ies, but this goal can only be achieved if societ-ies do not find themselves over-regulated in the process,” states the release. “Legislation that over prescribes how to handle disputes under-mines the democratic principles that the Soci-ety Act is meant to uphold.”

Stilwell said the proposed changes have not transpired into finalized government pol-icy. “I hope everyone is aware that all of the provisions are subject to change based on the feedback we’re receiving,” she told The NEWS in an e-mail last week. “Our government’s hope is that B.C. societies saw this process as an op-portunity to give feedback and take part in the process of shaping legislation.”

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Arthur Black recognizes some controversy around wood fires, but doesn’t care Oh, the woodchopper’s bawlCOLUMNIST

I come to sing the prais-es of a simple, even brutish habit of mine.

As a pastime it is physically exhausting, mind-numbingly repetitive, potentially limb-threaten-ing and eco-ethically taint-ed if not downright impure.

It is chopping wood.There is an ancient Chi-

nese proverb that says: chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.

I once repeated that to an old Finlander I knew in Thunder Bay. He smiled and shook his head.

“Seven times” he said. “It heats you seven times.”

Once, he said, when you trekked out into the bush to find a likely tree; twice when you chopped it down. Three times when you trimmed the branches and bucked it up into rounds. Four times when you hauled it back to the house. Five times when you unloaded it in your yard. Six times when you split and stacked it. Seven times when you lugged an armful into the house, put it in the stove and lit the fire.

“Seven times” old Charlie Pelto nodded and winked at me. “Good deal.”

There are some simple truths you learn while chopping wood. Soft wood splits less cleanly than hard. Dull axes are dangerous. Don’t try to chop through a knot. Wear eye protection. Dry wood splits bet-ter than green.

Except...Where I live

there is a beau-tiful decidu-ous tree called the arbutus (madrona to Yanks).

When it’s dry it burns like a dream — hot and bright, with al-most no ash residue. You don’t want to try and burn it when it’s green but that’s when you want to split it.

Green arbutus is a wood-chopper’s wet dream. It flies apart at the bite of an axe

— when it’s green. Swing-ing your axe at a piece of arbutus that’s dried out is like trying to chop a cement

block crossed with a rubber traffic pylon.

Ec o -pu r i st s look askance at the practice of burning wood for warmth — and by exten-sion, at the act of chopping wood to do it.

They have a point. Wood smoke unde-niably pollutes the air and falling ash be-smirches the landscape.

So sue me. I am in love with

the smell of wood smoke and I can think of few more cheery, life-affirming sights than a curlicue of grey smoke undulating up from a house chimney against a backdrop of Canadian win-ter sky.

I haven’t even men-

tioned that ultimate wood-chopper’s payoff — the rosy, drowsy-making glow of a roaring, well-laid fire. That’s a pleasure you’ll have difficulty extracting from your electric base-board heater — or your so-lar panel, come to that.

A good fire is close to good sex. A fellow by the name of Charles Dudley Warner once said “To poke a wood fire is more solid en-joyment than almost any-thing in the world.”

Mister Warner was right — but first you have to get the wood into the fire-place.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a cord of green ar-butus in my front yard that’s crying for attention. As the Inuit say: “Yesterday is ash-es, tomorrow is wood. Only today does the fire burn brightly.”

But only after you chop the wood.

— Arthur Black lives on Saltspring Island. His column

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First, the positive from last week’s torrential downpours and � ooding:

First responders (� re� ghters, RCMP, para-medics, Arrowsmith Search and Rescue vol-unteers) have never demonstrated their val-

ue more than they did last week. From Dashwood to the Englishman River and all points between, these people responded quickly and professionally to some dangerous incidents. We are fortunate to count them among us, and the fact that many of them are volunteers only adds to the evidence of their impressive and obvious dedication.

Now for the not-so-positive:How many times must Martindale Road and Parry’s RV

Park � ood before government o� cials do something to protect these people and their property?

Almost every time there’s a heavy rain — never mind the extraordinary events of last week — that road � oods and many houses face peril. Also, there are dozens of homes down Martindale Road that may or may not experience � ooding, but they are cut o� from the world because their main artery has become impassible.

If the de� nition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a di� erent result, what word can be associated with doing nothing over and over again and expecting a di� erent result? Dare we say negligence?

Joe Stanhope cares about the people and neighbour-hoods he represents at the Regional District of Nanaimo board table. � at is not in question. And he’s right when he says this particular spot in his electoral area is unique be-cause it is grandfathered in relation to certain zoning and bylaw requirements. And yes, dealing with anything near the Englishman River close to the estuary means involv-ing the provincial and federal governments, which causes maddening delays.

We also know Chairman Joe to be a practical man, someone who has experience dealing with land and weather in these parts more than anyone else we know. He has shown vision dealing with issues (sewage treatment, for example) in which he has identi� ed the signs and un-derstood their importance.

Which leaves us scratching our heads about this issue. � is needs to be addressed now, before the next heavy rainfall event results in a death or multi-million-dollar property loss. Action on this from Stanhope and the RDN is already years late. Let it not sit another month before engineers and construction crews, working with the land-owners, � nd and install a solution.

— Editorial by John Harding

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CROSSWALK SAFETYRe: the Dec. 9 front-page story in The

NEWS about children crossing to and from Oceanside Elementary School at the High-way 19A and Wright Road intersection.

This is not a new issue, but one of grave importance. I live near, and use, this inter-section daily. I have done so ever since the lights were installed. The concern about this set of lights is justified as I have seen numer-ous vehicles ‘jump’ the red light and have had near collisions. The vehicles that are generally the red-light runners are the vehi-cles that are traveling west towards French Creek. My observation there is that there are currently a set of Amber Flashing Lights on the west side of this intersection, for the vehicles heading east towards Parksville. These lights flash to warn drivers that the intersection lights are about to turn amber then red. This is not the case for the drivers heading west. This is very dangerous espe-cially so near to an elementary school.

Instead of people pointing fingers at oth-ers and saying it is someone else’s depart-ment, a solution is to identify the depart-ment that has control of this intersection and get the proper lighting in place as this intersection is an accident waiting to hap-pen, involving a child or anyone else for that matter. Lowering the speed limit is a process that may take too long and is not an immediate solution. It is a school zone with two borders, RDN and Parksville.

A helpful, good start would be to have amber warning lights on the east side of the lights. A warning sign (“School zone/Children crossing”) would make the cross-walk as obvious as possible and also help-ful would be the addition of rapid flashing crosswalk lights, as in other areas where pedestrians have to push a button to set off the warning lights. The main issue here is to stop the traffic when the kids are in the crosswalk. These simple steps may save a child’s life and help avoid harm coming to other pedestrians. If it saves a life and we never know, that would be awesome, but to do nothing and have something terrible happen, we are all in effect, a part of the problem. The walk sign with a timer and warning alarm is good for the walker but it is not enough to warn a driver like the quick

flashing cross walk light. I would urge all to Google “school zone

BC” and click the “RCMP cop talk” icon. The point in this clip is to show what children under eight years old see and how they may or may not react.

Let’s protect all our children and not squabble about whose jurisdiction it is. We owe at least these simple solutions to keep our children as safe as we can. To do noth-ing will be everyone’s regret. An immediate short-term solution should be an action item for School District 69. Crossing guards would be helpful, not a hindrance, till at least time as we have traffic under better control.

PHIL BURGESSParksville

PARRY’S THANKSThank you so much to Arrowsmith

Search and Rescue and the emergency first responders that came to the mobile park owner’s rescue, in the dark, during the flooding at Parry’s RV Park.

When our dog was getting upset the re-sponder stopped the zodiac and took time to calm him down, while making sure that others in the zodiac were safe.

His professionalism and caring words of concern are a credit to the organization that he chose to serve and we are very much ap-preciative, grateful and proud to have him serving our community.

MARILYN MITCHELLParksville

RURAL MARIJUANARe: the proposed medical marijuana

plant in Deep Bay.On Dec. 1, 2013 Releaf Medicals Inc. of

Parksville wrote RDN Area H representative Bill Veenhof outlining its intent to apply for a producers license under the Marijuana for Medical Purposes regulations on ALR land at the corner of 5015 Gainsberg Rd and Highway 19A. However, despite rumours, the residents of Area H only learned of this application through an article in a Sept. 2014 issue of The NEWS. It was only then that our RDN rep Bill Veenhof announced

this by newsletter.This became a major concern for Deep

Bay and Bowser residents during the recent RDN elections, who worried about ram-ifications to the local public school (400 meters away), our water supply (Deep Bay wells are directly across the highway from the proposed plant) and crime implications as on site storage of processed marijuana is expected to be in the millions of dollars, which I believe makes the site a high-risk environment.

Because of a lack of information available on the project, we decided to take a look at the brand new Tilray Medical Marijuana plant in Duke Point. Far from any residen-tial area, it is in the remote Biggs Industrial Park, a perfect location for such a facility. This is a 5,300 square-foot, high-security plant with a 10-foot-high chain link fence topped off with multiple strands of barbed wire and with “Restricted Access Site” signs posted along its length, locked steel gates, surveillance cameras and vigilant security guards.

Although we parked across the road, by the time I had exited the car, camera in hand, a security officer was on his way out, stopping this silver-maned senior in the middle of the road. It was obvious that our five-minute conversation was being record-ed on his radio as he received a few mes-sages from inside. I asked if we could have a guided tour of the facility to which I re-ceived “absolutely not” in reply. As I began taking shots of the facility he told me he re-alized as I was on public property he could not prevent me from taking photos, but just as he left a delivery van was exiting the gate and he called over warning me not to take photos of the van.

The RDN sent letters to Health Can-ada opposing both the proposed Yellow Point and Paradise Acres medical marijua-na plants. Although the latter motion was moved by Veenhof and seconded by Parks-ville’s Marc Lefevbre, despite vocal and written concerns of local residents, so far no such motion has been introduced by our rep concerning the application in residen-tial Deep Bay.

ROSS WALTONDeep Bay

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The Town of Qualicum Beach is currently seeking THREE volunteers to serve a two-year term on the five-member Advisory Planning Commission (APC).

The APC meets on the first and third Wednesdays at 2:00 pm, when required (e.g. four meetings in 2014; one meeting in 2013, five meetings in 2012, six meetings in 2011, and four in 2010), to advise Council on matters within the scope of Section 898 of the Local Government Act referred to the APC, including rezoning and development permit applications.

At least four of the five APC members must reside within the municipal boundaries of the Town of Qualicum Beach, and preference is given to applicants with experience in the following areas: architecture and urban planning; environmental matters; land development industry; local business community; representative of youth; representative of aging population; and local tourism industry. Community interest in design and development is also considered.

Commission background (minutes, bylaw, etc.) can be viewed on the Town of Qualicum Beach website (www.qualicumbeach.com) or at the Municipal Office. All appointments are on a volunteer basis and members serve without remuneration.

In order to be considered, please submit a letter with a brief resume, including your residential street address, no later than 4:30 pm, Friday, January 9, 2015 to:

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lettersLISTEN TO THE VOTER’S WISHES, ACCORDING TO QB ELECTION RESULTS

I appreciate The NEWS asking Qualicum Beach residents if they were happy with the results of their municipal election. Not only did Qualicum Beach have a relatively high turn-out; the response to your question af-firmed the results.

As a long-time resident with severely limited energy, I am grateful to the hard-work-ing, dedicated volunteers of the Qualicum Beach Resi-dents Association and the Concerned Citizens of Quali-cum Beach.

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To me, this is real honouring of those who suffer and die in the name of our freedoms and democracies.

While including all who have and are serv-ing in our armed forces, it is not limited to them. It also includes all the citizen groups such as the suffragettes and unions who ad-vocated for inclusive and accountable gover-

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includes on-going mutual-ly respectful informed dia-logue and debate so decisions impacting our community are consistent with the vi-sion most residents want to achieve.

We now have a council who say they understand this approach to democracy and community development. To ensure this, residents need to stay alert and involved.

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Mr. and Mrs. Claus have been busy finding out who has been naughty and who has been nice this year at Milner Gardens in Qualicum Beach. On Dec. 12, Ben Lynn of Errington (left), Robin Hazlett from Victoria (middle) and Elysha Lynn of Errington paid a visit to the jolly old soul. Santa and his helpers can be found in the Ursus Den on the property during the final days of Milner Christmas Magic December 17 to 21 from 5 to 8:30 p.m.

The 115th Parksville Qualicum Beach Christmas bird count had a few surprises on Dec. 14. Christopher Stephens was among the bird lovers who headed outdoors to count our feathered friends and help assess the health of local bird populations. The highlight for his group was spotting a Peregrine falcon as well as about 55 Brant geese. Eight teams of birders recorded 109 different spe-cies and more than 30,000 birds on Sunday.

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It sure felt a lot like Christmas at the Morning Glory School in Hilliers on December 6. The Waldorf education school held its 21st annual Christmas Faire that included MGS students selling their own creative hand crafted items. Six year old students Lily Jane (left) made these ici-cle decorations while Eli Smeele sold kits to make woven wishes. Also know as God’s Eyes, the dream catchers are used to invite goodness into your life.

The Family Resource Association’s Ski and Snowboard Swap held Dec. 7 had some great bargains. Jordan Kilner who assisted with the sale was a good sport when asked to model some of the items. Money raised from the event directly supports youth served through the FRA from Nanoose Bay to Deep Bay. One of the programs includes drop-in floor hockey for 13 to 18 year olds at Winchelsea School from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday.

For people experiencing illness, grief or loss of a loved one, the holidays can be a time of many strong emotions. � is Holiday season, Oceanside Hospice Soci-ety welcomes people to visit their Memory Tree to honour the memory of a loved one with a commemorative pa-per angel ornament. You are invited to write your loved one’s name on the ornament, hang it on the Memory Tree and enjoy a cup of mulled cider, weekdays until Decem-ber 23, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Last year the hospice team served over 900 residents in the community who were at end of life or grieving. If you have lost a loved one know that Oceanside Hospice Society sta� and volunteers are there to walk beside you and help you cope with the holi-day season. � e Outreach Centre also known as Valhalla is located at 210 West Crescent Road in Qualicum Beach.

� ere is still time to see an outdoor Christmas light show with over half a kilometre of lit and decorated trails at Milner Gardens and Woodland in Qualicum Beach. With Santa, live Christmas music in the Milner House decorated in old fashioned Christmas splendour, a Teddy Bear Cottage where you can guess the number of stu� ed bears to win a prize, storytelling and a gift shop in the Milner House, outdoor refreshments and treats in the tearoom, Milner Christmas Magic is making the holiday season sparkly and bright. � is year students from VIU’s Baking and Pastry Arts Program have a silent auction for their creative gingerbread houses. For a chance to win an iPad Mini, a weekend at the Old House Hotel and Spa in Courtenay, dinner for eight at the VIU Discovery Room and a basket of Milner goodies, you can buy a ra� e tick-et which supports Milner’s Shoots with Roots children’s program. � e forested pathway lined with brightly co-loured lights will be twinkling December 17 to 21 from5 to 8:30 p.m.

� e annual Qualicum Beach Christmas Bird Count has been taking place for more than 100 years and on December 14 birders spread out around Oceanside and counted 30,184 individual birds and noted at least 109 species. CBC compiler Sandra Gray explained the in-formation collected will go into the Audubon database, where researches, students and the public can access the results of over 100 years of citizen science e� orts. � e Arrowsmith Naturalists club sponsors the birding event and member Christopher Stephens admitted he has been fascinated with birds ever since he was a young boy and a member of the Young Naturalists. � e bird tour leader and environmental consultant said he was surprised to see so many Brant geese this early in the season and was thrilled to spot a Peregrine falcon when he was counting birds along the shoreline near Rathtrevor Provincial Park.

� e Arrowsmith Naturalists meet on the fourth Mon-day of each month at Knox United Church in Parksville at 7 p.m. At the February meeting Christopher will be discussing his work to complete a Masters thesis on en-vironmental science focussing on the Swianson’s � rush migratory bird populations in BC and their reaction to land use patterns.

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There was plenty of Christmas spirit December 6 at the Springwood Elementary School PAC’s Christmas tree fundraiser sale. (left to right) Luc Binet, Koli Kitazaki, TyMartin Binet and Kai Kitazaki enjoyed mak-ing Christmas crafts at the event which also included hot dogs, hot chocolate, cookies and festive music. 64 trees which came from the Whiskey Creek Christmas Tree Farm were purchased at the three day sale.

The Gardens in Qualicum Beach hosted a high tea bene-fiting Oceanside Hospice Dec. 5. Gardens resident Lorna Thibodeau and a guest 2 ½ year old D’layla Kholer of Errington dressed in fancy holiday attire for the special occasion. Attendees enjoyed delicious treats while Ron Hadley played some holiday-themed music on the piano. The tea and raffle, hosted by The Gardens, generated $1,145.00 for Oceanside Hospice.

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It wasn’t long ago we were talking people out of putting too much in energy stocks. Today, investors are liquidating them like there is no tomorrow — possi-bly at the worst time (at or near the bot-tom).

I’m not going to tell you I saw it com-ing. While our analysts in both Canada and the U.S. have been anticipating low-er oil prices for a while, we still have been recommending some exposure to the sector, and did not expect a rout to the extent we have witnessed.

As an overall theme, this is what we have said, and continue to say: stay di-versified. If this isn’t living proof of why, then I don’t know what is.

It also illustrates an important factor to consider for fans of Exchange-Traded Funds (which track stock indexes such as the S&P/TSX Composite).

While they have their place, there is also an associated risk. As a particular sector (i.e. oil) goes up in value it becomes a larger component of the index, thus increasing risk to inves-tors in the event of a down-turn in that sector. Compare for example the recent per-formance of U.S. markets to the Canadian market. While the S & P 500 (U.S.) is still near record highs, the Cana-dian averages (which have a higher concentration of energy stocks) are off more noticeably.

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Investors sometimes have difficulty understanding why they should diver-sify. There is a natural tendency to want to buy more of the things that are doing well. Investors also tend to overestimate their abilities to predict things. As we see now, and have seen many times before: things don’t always go as we expect. That is why we diversify.

Contact me at (250) 752-6010, [email protected], or visit www.jimgrant.ca. Jim Grant CFP, CIM (Char-tered Investment Manager) is a Financial Advisor with Raymond James Ltd. His views do not necessarily reflect those of RJL. This article is for information only. Raymond James Ltd., member-Canadian Investor Protection Fund.

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Bike shop owners Julie Ed-wards and Ruby Berry sold the most Pedego electric bikes in the country this year.

And because of that entrepre-neurial feat, they won the Pe-dego Dealer of the Year award.

Edwards and Berry opened Pedego Electric Bikes in Quali-cum Beach this past March.

And it’s been quite the first year in business.

“We’re so excited,” said Ed-wards, about receiving the pres-tigious award. “We love Quali-cum Beach for loving us.”

Edwards wouldn’t tell The NEWS just how many bikes the store sold, but she said it was “a lot.”

She said their products go all over Vancouver Island and they’ve had sales as far as Ed-monton and Canmore recently.

Offering free test rides, rent-als, and tours, as well as sales, Ed-wards and Berry are determined to get as many people out of their cars and onto electric bikes.

“We really work to get people out on the bikes,” said Edwards.

And the rest is history. The bikes are colourful, fun

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Edwards said their storefront is the first “brand store” in Can-ada, meaning they exclusively sell Pedego electric bikes.

The bikes range in price from approximately $2,000 to $4,000.

She said most brand stores under the Pedego company are located in urban cities — so choosing to open shop in Quali-cum Beach was very unique.

“We did something really dif-ferent,” said Edwards, of their location choice. PHOTO SUBMITTED BY PEDEGO ELECTRIC BIKES

Pedego Electric Bikes store owners Julie Edwards, left, and Ruby Berry accept the Pedego Dealer of the Year award from Pedego Canada’s Mike Clyde and Pedego CEO Don DiCostanzo. See PEOPLE, page A24


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The Oceanside Initiatives partner-ship includes representation from Parksville, Qualicum Beach, the Re-gional District of Nanaimo, School District 69 and Vancouver Island Uni-

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The success of these regional initia-tives has led Oceanside Initiatives to the next logical step, the development of a multiyear Regional Economic De-velopment Strategic Plan.

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Reimer participated in White Gift Sunday as a child growing up in North Vancouver, and now she helps coordinate it at Knox Unit-ed Church in Parksville. White Gift Sunday was Dec. 7 at Knox United Church this year. Church members brought new, unwrapped gifts for the SOS Caring for Kids at Christ-mas program, which will be used to stock the SOS Toy Shop, where low-income parents, guardians and grandparents in this area come to shop for their children for free.

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Don’t bother dusting off your collection of Christmas movies this year. Instead, head on down to the Village Theatre and see ECHO Player’s seasonal produc-tion Ethan Claymore for your yearly dose of heart-warming holiday spirit.

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From left, Douglas Aalseth, Heather Haseltine and Mike Andrews help bring ECHO Players’ seasonal production Ethan Claymore to life with quick banter, plenty of laughs and some heart-felt moments. The play runs at the Village Theatre in Qualicum Beach until Dec. 28

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Oceanside Place Arena has once again turned into a winter wonderland.

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The winner will receive a $50 gift certificate to put towards their pur-chase or keep for another time.

For your chance to win, visit Deez Bar & Grill on Dec. 16, Dolly’s Home Hardware (Dec. 17), The Mulberry Bush Book Store (Dec. 18) and Bailey’s in the Village (Dec. 19). The final two visits will be at A Step Above (Dec. 22) and Faye’s Gifts (Dec. 23)

All gift-giving visits will take place between 12 noon and 3 p.m., with the exception of Milner Garden which will happen after 5 p.m. Already visited in the event were Lefty’s Restaurant on Dec. 8, followed by Thalassa Restau-rant (Dec. 9), Pharmasave (Dec. 10) and Threads and Treasures (Dec. 11),

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Ella Mae EvensonMarch 24, 1918 – December 9, 2014

Ella Mae Evenson passed away on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at the age of 96.Ella was predeceased by her sisters; Isabel, Dorothy, Mil-dred, and Lois; her brother, and her nephew Arnold. She leaves behind her husband of 68 years, Walter (Wally) Nor-man Evenson, and many nieces and nephews, all the way to great, great, great nieces and nephews!!Ella loved children, dogs, crocheting, knitting, ice-skating, and her Ministry. She was also an avid square-dancer, often traveling to different towns in BC to participate! Ella worked as a waitress in Port Alberni in the Café she and Wally owned, and as a furniture salesperson at Woodwards in Port Alberni until the store closed. She also received a diploma for hair waving and esthetics.We would like to thank her local congregation of Je-hovah’s Witnesses in Qualicum Beach for all their caring support over the past few years, and all the nurses and doctors on the fifth floor of the Nanaimo General Hospital for their thoughtfulness and kind-ness over the past few weeks.

A Celebration of Life will be held in Ella’s honour at 1:00 pm on Saturday, December 20,

2014 at the Qualicum Kingdom Hall at 423 First Avenue West in Qualicum Beach.

A reception will follow.To send a condolence to the family please visit www.yatesfuneral.ca

YATES FUNERAL SERVICE & CREMATORIUM(250-248-5859) in care of arrangements.

SHERMAK, Joseph (Joe) HenryJune 3, 1937 – December 4, 2014

Joe was born in Camrose, Alberta, but spent most of his life on the West Coast.In his service career he was a dedicated RCMP officer and lived the remainder of his life by principles of being a “people’s cop.” Joe was also a member of The Canadian Corps of Commissionaires for 27 years, primarily out of Nanoose’s CFMETR.He passed away peacefully after a lengthy journey with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), his family at his side. Joe is predeceased by his father, mother, brother, and his in-laws. He is survived by his wife Marion, daughter Sheryl, sisters Marie, Cecilia, Barbara (and her husband Harry) and many close family members and friends. He will be deeply missed.The family would like to thank Dr. Clair Biglow for his exceptional care over the past several years.A celebration of life will occur in late spring and

a notification will posted in the newspaper.In lieu of flowers please make a donation to BC Lung Association.

REPORTERThe North Island Gazette newspaper on northern Vancouver Island, is looking for a reporter to help us produce dynamic and creative content for our print, web and social media platforms.

We are looking for a combination of education and experience in writing, reporting, photography and video skills. Experience with InDesign is also an asset.

The journalist must be a self-starter comfortable reporting news, features and some sports.We require a team player who can work in a cooperative environment and adheres to the highest journalistic standards.

We offer a competitive salary and benefit package based on experience. You must also have a valid driver's licence and a dependable vehicle.

The North Island Gazette is a member of Black Press, Canada’s largest independent print media company with more than 170 community, daily and urban newspapers across Canada and the United States.

Send your resume and references to:Dave HamiltonPublisher, North Island Gazettec/o Campbell River Mirror104 - 250 Dogwood St. Campbell River, B.C. V9W 2X9Or e-mail: [email protected]

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TENDERS

THE STRATA Corporation of St. Andrew’s Lane Strata plan VIS 2920 invites all qualifi ed Strata Property Managers to submit a Tender for Strata Management. For info regard-ing this tender document pack-age, please contact: Barbara Svarich by either phone (250-586-6129) or email s t a n d r ew s l a n e @ s h aw. c a . Closing date for this tender is Monday, December 22, 2014 at 4:00 pm. Only Strata Prop-erty Managers with company licenses, certifi cates and cur-rent Liability Insurance Poli-cies need apply. Site meet-ings can be arranged for potential contractors.

LEGALS

BY VIRTUE of the Ware-houseman’s Lien Act and on behalf of French Creek Har-bour Authority we will dis-pose of goods, namely: (1) Boat “Aura Lee” (reg:6K17587); debtor “Mike Anstis” to recover $1,592.38 plus accruing storage and any/all other expenses relat-ed. This unit will be made available for sale after Decem-ber 31, 2014. Unit is currently being stored at French Creek Harbour Authority. Contact 1-250-897-2131 for further infor-mation.

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WANTED - We are looking for cleaners for our Qualicum Beach Offi ces. We have 2 small offi ces at the same loca-tion that require cleaning twice a month during normal busi-ness hours. Please contact Karen at 250-752-8336.

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2 Bedroom trailer for rent with backyard, located at 1365 Al-berni Hwy, Parksville. $750 per month. 250-954-9547

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It was a fun-filled day Sunday for youth soccer players all across Van-couver Island as they converged on the Arbutus Meadows indoor facility in Na-noose Bay.

Hosted by the Vancouver Whitecaps FC and its Island Academy, youngsters from all over the Island were in Nanoose Bay to have fun and enjoy some soccer on the indoor turf.

Island Academy Centre head coach Craig Angus was on hand, greeting the young players and their families as the day went on.

“We had both the girls and boys out, it’s been very fun,” Angus said. “This is just an off-shoot of the Island Academy we’ve got, which not many people know about.”

“It’s a great opportunity to get every-one out here and enjoy a day of soccer. It’s no cost so everyone can just come here and have a good time.”

The academy runs in three sessions, fall, winter and spring. With the fall ses-sion just finished, they will break now until January.

“It’s a great opportunity for the kids,”

Angus said. “The players get to train once a week,

ranging in age from U-8 to U-18. Our

Academy Centres are just a network of hubs, where we train kids in various communities to give them a chance to

move on and transition their skills to college and ultimately the professional game, if they want to go that route.”

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Children of all ages from across Vancouver Island had a kick at some free indoor fun Indoor youth soccer in Nanoose BayARBUTUS MEADOWS TURF

Generals lose battle against two strong teamsVIJHL HOCKEY


The Save-On-Foods Oceans-ide Generals played two com-petitive games last week, taking losses to both the Victoria Cou-gars and Comox Valley Glacier Kings.

Saturday night saw the Gen-erals take on the Glacier Kings in a spirited game. Gen’s cap-tain Gibson Doney opened the scoring a little under three min-utes in but after that it was all Glacier Kings, who would go on the win 9-5.

“Penalties got us down and being short handed got to us” forward Chase Gaudreault said. “When you only have three lines, that’s going to catch up to you eventually and it caught us this game. We need to focus more in practice and take things day by day. I think if we can take it a little more serious, things will start to turn around for us.”

When the buzzer sounded to end of the game, there were 28

penalties handed out between the two teams, with Doney and forward Cameron Nickerson each earning a game miscon-duct for fighting early in the

second period. Jacob Longmore was also given a match penalty in the second period for check-ing from behind.

“It was a little tough out

there,” forward Travis Flug said. “We didn’t get the good jump in the first period like we did against Victoria and with a team like Comox, when you give them chances like we did, they’re go-ing to take advantage of that.”

Both Jarrett Weme, who missed Saturday’s game, and Chandler Bruyckere, who missed both games, are dealing with shoulder injuries. Weme re-aggravated his injury on Thursday night while Bruyckere went under the knife on Satur-day evening to try and speed up his recovery process.

“You never like to have guys out of the lineup like that,” head coach Rob Gaudreault said. “Weme tried to play through it but it’s just causing him too much pain right now, so we’re hoping to see him recover with some time off the ice. Chandler went under the knife before our game on Saturday, so we obvi-ously wish him the best in his recovery as well.”

The Gens lost 6-1 to the Vic-toria Cougars last Thursday, leaving the Gens winless on the season for road games. It wasn’t for lack of effort though; as coach Gaudreault felt it was the best “two and one-thirds periods” the team had played all season.

“We played them well for those first two periods,” Gaudreault said. “After about the five minute mark in the third, we lost our legs and that’s when the wheels fell off. The kids played a heck of a game though against a really good team and that’s something that they should be proud of.”

There are three games re-maining for the Gens before the Christmas break. Thursday they are in Nanaimo to take on the Buccaneers. Saturday they return home for a 7:30 p.m. start against the Campbell Riv-er Storm and Monday (Dec. 22) they travel to Comox to take on the Glacier Kings.

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Young soccer players were out on the turf at Arbutus Meadows on Sunday for the Vancouver Whitecaps Island Academy Super 7 invitational tournament. They will begin their winter session in January at Arbutus Meadows in Nanoose Bay.

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The Kwalikum Kondors senior boys bas-ketball team had a successful weekend at the Mark Isfeld (Comox) Invitational Tournament, capturing first place after beating John Barsby (Nanaimo).

It was the second weekend in a row the Kon-dors had a good showing at a tournament, last week finishing in second place at the Parkland (Victoria) tournament. The Kondors defeated the Barsby Bulldogs by a score of 56-52.

“We had a great tourna-ment, we played real well,” head coach Butch Gayton said after the successful weekend.

“We came out strong against Ladysmith and things just continued to improve from there. We played a tough Isfeld team, they gave us some trouble but we got past them and managed to beat a very athletic Barsby team to win the tournament.”

Grade 11 Rab Hunter sealed the deal for the Kondors late in the final against Barsby, hitting a pair of clutch free throws to put the game out of reach.

Playing without three of their starters in the finale, Shane Craven, Wylder Carson-Austin and Jesse Goring, the Kondors bench stepped up and filled the void, showing the depth that KSS has coming off the bench.

“Our guys coming off the bench had a great weekend,” Gayton said. “We had three of our starters away, so to have three key pieces miss-ing could have been a bad thing for us.”

“Thankfully our boys came to play and stepped up to show that they can handle that

situation when called upon.”Grade 12 Ryan Becker had a solid tour-

nament from start to finish, improving each game and showcasing his skills in the final against Barsby.

Becker’s steal to turnover ratio was 3-1, as he finished the game with six steals compared to only two turnovers. Becker also pitched in with 15 points to boot.

“Ryan played his best game as a Kondor, hands down,” Gayton said. “Not only did he play well on offense for us but he held their leading scorer down and took him off his game. He was able to really control the flow of the game, slowed it down when we needed to slow it down and really took things over.”

Grade 11 Lucas Sposato had the tourna-ment high 30 points in the game against Isfeld, his highest scoring game this season. Sposato would go on to score 18 points against Barsby in the final.

The Kondors also had two highlight reel plays during their first game of the tourna-ment, a 98-49 win over Ladysmith, as both Wylder Carson-Austin and Connor Haywood each picked off a pass at center and took it the other way for two huge dunks.

“Lucas had a great game, real great game,” Gayton said. “I haven’t seen a kid score that many points in a game in a few years.”

“Connor also had a good tournament; he controlled the boards, gobbling up a lot of re-bounds in the tournament. He stepped up and had a great game when filling in without Wy-lder in the lineup as well for us.”


Kwalikum Secondary basketball is getting set to host its annual Alumni Basketball Tour-nament Dec. 27-28.

The event, which sees players returning from years gone by, is always a fun and spirited time, according to longtime KSS basketball coach Butch Gayton.

This year, the tournament will have a bit of a spin put on it. Instead of previous years, where teams are put together by graduation year, there will be a “fantasy draft” determine who will play with whom.

“Like every year, it’s going to be a lot of fun,” Gayton said. “It’s always great to see the old fac-es come back and lace them up one more time.”

“The first day is always the best, usually ev-

eryone is quite sore and out of shape heading into the second day, so that’s when we see who’s been keeping in shape.”

Proceeds from the tournament go toward helping the senior girls and boys basketball teams with their expenses during the season.

Last year, proceeds helped with a team trip to California.

“We always appreciate the help,” Gayton said. “For these kids, heading to tournaments and stuff like that can be a bit pricey, so through sponsorships for the alumni and the alumni players themselves, it’s nice to have them give back.”

Any former players looking for more infor-mation on the tournament can contact Butch Gayton at [email protected]

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In the midst of the village shopping area on Second Ave. in Qualicum Beach, there is a cute little yellow house with white trim. It is now known as the Leigh House. � e Leigh family were the last private owners of the home before it was purchased by the Town in 1990. Purchase of the property would allow for the next stage of a path from TOSH through to First Ave.

� e house at #124 Second was orig-inally built by Mr. � rall. � e � ralls came to Qualicum Beach in 1915. Mr. � rall worked at the J.C. Wilson mill un-til it closed in the 1930’s, when he went to work as a carpenter for Alec Fraser.

When the Leigh’s lived there they had a ceramic dog on the front porch and dressed it in out� ts for special occasions such as Christmas. � e yard had a lovely garden with lots of roses and winter jas-mine and it helped to keep the downtown core feeling like a village. � e Leighs con-tinued to live in the house until 1999.

� e QB Chamber of Commerce want-ed a strong presence in the village core and proposed to the Town that they would pay for renovating the house in-terior in exchange for being able to lease it for their o� ce. A lot of planning went into the redesign of the building, care was taken to present the interior in keeping with the age of the house. � e interior wood moulding was all custom milled. When the interior was being deconstruct-ed a surprise appeared in the kitchen wall – the original cold cupboard. � is space was then dedicated as a display case for the museum society. Volunteers painted the exterior, the Parks department rede-signed the gardens taking care to incor-porate some of the original plantings, Public Works took on the task of creating a foundation for the house and many lo-cal businesses donated labour and mate-rials. At the grand opening, Leigh family members and several other former ten-ants came to join in the celebration.

� ere had been much discussion in those years about needing additional public washrooms in the village core so the Town took the opportunity to build a

separate building at the back of the lot at the same time, with a similar look to the Leigh House. � e rose bushes in that part of the garden are ones that were on the QF store site when it burned, they were relocated to save them during construc-tion and then brought back.

Initially no path was created to connect the new Leigh House path directly to the Heard Centre, however customers soon made it clear through their actions that they were going to cut through the gar-den regardless, so more brick was laid. It is hard to imagine not having these paths

now with the great connectivity they allow. � e Town also owns many other build-

ings occupied by local groups: TOSH, Val-halla, Curling Club, Lawn Bowling Club, Museum, etc. � ese volunteer groups and others add an important dimension to our community.

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The Leigh House as it looked in the early part of the 20th century. Now it’s the home of the Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce in the downtown village.

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