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The Regional District of Nanaimo’s new agricultural plan is a good idea on paper, but it’s not going to accomplish what it set out to do, says one RDN director.
Errington-Coombs director Julian Fell said the plan, which still has to be ratified, is it is not going to deliver an increase in food production.
“Why have it if it isn’t going to do anything?” he asked. “An agricul-tural plan for the RDN should have as its goal a large and permanent increase in local food production,” Fell said. “This would be good for the local economy, provide healthier foods, reduce consumption of non-renewable resources and provide food security.” That’s impor-tant, he said, because Vancouver Island only has a few days’ supply of food on hand, leaving its residents vulnerable to food shortages in the event of a supply chain disruption.
The key issue that needs to be addressed, he said, is the price of farm land, which he said is currently well beyond the means of young families who want to begin their farming career.
AUREN [email protected]
This could be the last year some community organizations are spared from paying property taxes.
Parksville council granted almost $240,000 in tax exemptions at their last meeting and will review the program in light of fiscal pres-sures.
They approved their annual Permissive Taxation Bylaw on Oct. 15, exempting 23 community and not-for-profit organizations from prop-erty taxes.
Julian Fell says new ag plan‘isn’t going to do anything’
A plea for cheaper land
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PARKSVEGAS: Rob Knight as Elvis stopped by the blackjack table to bring some lady luck to Julianne Sinnott of the Oceanside Tourism Association during the Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce gala Saturday night. Sinnott was fine tuning her card skills before heading off to the real Las Vegas on Sunday. For more on gala, please turn to Page 29.
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NEIL [email protected]
Police are hopeful the rash of graffiti vandalism in Parksville may be coming to an end after they made an arrest in connection to the tagging.
Oceanside RCMP Corporal Jesse Foreman said the arrest came on the morning of Oct. 18, when police took a 28-year-old Parksville man into custody.
Stephen Trangen was charged with mischief for his alleged in-volvement in several separate instances of tagging in the Parksville area. He was taken before the Provincial Court in Nanaimo where he was subsequently released on strict conditions, including a curfew.
“Tagging has been a costly and unsightly problem for the resi-dents of Oceanside and has unnecessarily used up city employee and police resources,” Foreman said.
This was the second arrest in relation to the vandalism and Fore-man stressed that police won’t be letting up their guard quite yet.
“The Oceanside RCMP are aware that multiple persons are re-sponsible for this rash of graffiti and will continue to investigate, track down offenders and charge them accordingly,” said Foreman, who added that police weren’t able to make the arrest without sig-nificant assistance from the public, assistance he said he hopes will continue.
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TOY RIDE TIME AGAIN: Above is a member of the Silver Spurs Riding Club during last year’s toy ride for the Society of Organized Services’ Christmas is for Kids campaign. The ride will loop from Ballenas to the SOS on Morrison and back on Hirst Avenue starting 11:30 a.m. Nov. 18.
NEIL [email protected]
Members of Arrowsmith Search and Res-cue scrambled over the hump to Port Alberni on the weekend to aid their colleagues in the search for two missing mushroom pickers.
The pair of chanterelle pickers had left Bam-field at noon on Sunday to search for their quar-ry near Black Lake, near the start of the West Coast Trail. When they didn’t return by 6:30 p.m. friends and neighbours began a search, before calling the RCMP at around 10 p.m.
Approximately 25 volunteers from the Alber-ni Valley, Tofino and Parksville ground search and rescue squads were involved in the search,
SEARCH AND RESCUE
Missing pickers found safeAbout 25 volunteers from three groups involved in search
Police make arrest in graffiti case
as well as 25 more volunteers from the Bam-field community.
Arrowsmith Search and Rescue spokesper-son Randy Lewis said six members joined in the search for the couple, who were eventually found around 5 p.m. in thick bush near Pache-na Bay.
“They were out and it got late and dark and so they just hunkered down for the night and walked out the next day,” he said. “They were a little cool, I guess.”
Lewis said it’s not unusual for mushroom pickers to become disoriented in the woods and he urged all pickers to bring a compass with them on their expeditions.
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INFLUENZA VACCINE
Free shots for those 65-plusPublic Health clinics pro-
viding free flu shots to people at high risk of complications from influenza are now under-way on Vancouver Island.
“People who are at high-risk can suffer severe compli-cations or even death from in-fluenza,” said Dr. Dee Hoyano, Medical Health Officer for the Vancouver Island Health Au-thority. “The most common complication, particularly for elderly people, is pneumonia, an infection of the lungs. In-fluenza can also lead to oth-er complications for people who have heart, lung or other health conditions.”
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NANOOSE COMMUNITY SERVICES
Golf tourney raisesmore than $25,000
Nanoose Community Ser-vices’ annual golf tournament this year, with major sponsors Coastal Community Credit Union and Fairwinds, raised more than $25,000 for low-income families in the area.
Parksville Chrysler donated hole in one insurance and Brian Dugaro from Investors Group of-fered a $5,000 cash prize for a hole in one. Karen Kenyon at Coast Re-alty and Island Timberlands were also generous supporters. The live auction featured an autographed Trevor Linden jersey along with an exquisite button blanket and native art prints from the Na-noose First Nation. The silent auc-tion featured a variety of terrific donations from local businesses and artists.
Nanoose Community Services provides a week’s groceries once a month for low income individuals and families living in the area, as well as providing a variety of oth-er services for residents who need help.
“We owe all our sponsors a huge ‘thank you,’” said the food bank’s Charlie Brucker.
“This money will help us pur-chase groceries in the months where donations of groceries are slim.”
“And a special thank you to Cin-dy Koutecky and her staff at Coast-al Community Credit Union, Jason Burrows and Quality Foods plus the congregation from St. Mary’s Anglican Church, who went all out to make the event a success.”
— Submitted/NEWS staff
TRANSPORTATION REVIEWAN INVITATION TO PARENTS & STUDENTS
School District 69 (Qualicum)
The Board of Education is engaging in a review of its transportation service to students in the District. The aim of the review is to develop standards and levels of service that are effective, consistent, well understood and cost neutral. In addition, a reduction to Transportation funding from the province may come into effect in the next school year.
As part of the review, the Board is seeking input from parents and students who are invited to participate in one or more of three transportation forums which will be held on the following dates:
Monday, October 29, 2012 Nanoose Bay Elementary School 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Errington Elementary School 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Thursday, November 1, 2012 Qualicum Beach Elementary School 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
The Board will consider all information from the review and will then make its decisions at a public meeting with a planned implementation for September 2013. These decisions will include direction to staff on specific issues such as the implementation of walk limits, development of bus routes and potential fees that may result.
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CANCER FUNDRAISING: Community giving coordinator of the Canadian Cancer Society Jennifer Sears (left) receives a cheque for $15,500 on Tuesday at The Quality Resort Bayside Parksville Hotel. The money was raised through three sources: the individual effort of Joan LeMoine (front row centre), the Lady Di group (represented by Melanie Shephard in the back row and Noni Smith) and the Parksville Rotary Club represented by organizer Bob Bourgeault, who said his club’s contribution was raised through the their beer and burger night for the Tour de Rock riders. Check www.tourderock.ca for more information or to donate.
Dance the night away this weekend with a hot-rod, rockabilly Halloween Dance.
Guitar ace Paul Pigat will perform with his band Cousin Harley at the Errington Hall, Sat-urday, Oct. 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 at Cranky Dog Music in Parksville, Heaven on Earth in Qualicum Beach or at Errington Store.
Don’t forget your costume. For more on the group visit www.paulpigat.com.
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NASH CREEK
LicencedeniedSociety prez says group won’t give upNEIL [email protected]
Despite his request for help being turned down by the Regional District of Nanaimo, Ken Kirkby isn’t disheartened.
Rather, the president of the Nile Creek Enhance-ment Society said the RDN’s refusal to give the so-ciety a water licence for Nash Creek will just spur him to further action higher up the political ladder.
At last week’s committee of the whole meeting, RDN directors turned down a request from the society to take out a water license on Nash Creek, opting instead to lobby senior levels of government to change provincial legislation to allow societies to hold the licenses, which they are currently not al-lowed to do.
The request, if granted, would have allowed the society to do restoration work at Nash Creek.
“I was brought up to believe you never give up — ever,” Kirkby said. “I’m going to Victoria and I’m going to make some very nice demands,” Kirkby said. “I’m not interested in begging It’s up to us to use the legislature and get the job done according to the methods we have brought about to run a country.”
Kirkby suggested the RDN move didn’t come entirely as a surprise, adding the proposal went over better than he anticipated.
“Our director (Bill Veenhof) made a valiant ef-fort and there was far more support at the table than I anticipated,” he said. “We are farther down the road than I thought we might be. This is a good news story in the making.”
FEDERAL POLITICS
Trudeau to visit our regionNEIL [email protected]
Federal Liberal Party members on Vancouver Island will be joined by peo-ple who simply support the party when they vote to elect a new leader, says local constituency president Bill Stewart.
The upcoming leadership race offi-cially begins Nov. 14, with voting to take place in April of next year.
“What makes this race different from those in the past is that this time sup-porters of the Liberal Party will be able to vote for our new leader,” Stewart said. “Anyone can become a supporter as long as they are 18 years old, are not a member of another political party and are eligible to vote in federal elections.”
He noted that since this new catego-
ry was added last January, over 30,000 Canadians have signed up as support-ers of the Liberal Party of Canada; about 3,500 of them in British Columbia.
Stewart said he is starting to see a real sense of excitement that has been lacking from the federal party for quite some time.
“Justin Trudeau’s announcement of his run to be leader has certainly brought a lot of attention to the race,” he said. He also said Trudeau isn’t the only candidate in the race.
“Two other Party members are offi-cial candidates: Alex Burton – a Van-couver lawyer and crown prosecutor, and Deborah Coyne – a constitutional lawyer, professor and author,” he said. “Several others are presently testing the
waters and could be announcing their candidacy by the Nov. 14 deadline.”
Among these, he said, is Marc Gar-neau — a retired military officer, for-mer astronaut and engineer.
The Central Vancouver ridings of Nanaimo-Cowichan and Nanaimo-Al-berni will be kicking off the leadership race with the visit of Deborah Coyne on Oct. 25 from 6 -8 p.m. in the Shaw Lobby of the Vancouver Island Confer-ence Centre.
“We plan to host visits by all of the leadership contenders to Nanaimo —yes, even Justin Trudeau —between now and April and welcome everyone to come out and meet them, become a supporter, and vote for the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada,” he said.
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Heidi Abbott (middle) tutors a group of people at the new Technology Learning Centre at Family Place in Parksville, including Elsie Orrin (to Abbott’s left) of RBC Life Sciences, a nutritional supplement company working with stem cell nutrition.
COMPUTERS AND GADGETS
Help comes to Family PlaceDrop in and use the computers or bring your own and your questionsLISSA [email protected]
Having difficulties figuring out an issue with a computer or a new gad-get? Good news, there’s a new Tech-nology Leaning Centre open in Parks-ville and it’s free.
It’s a project of Building Learning Together (BLT), a coalition of com-munity partners, individuals, groups, agencies and organizations, and it’s located at Family Place, the new multi-use facility run by the province, the Vancouver Island Health Authori-ty and the School District. The service used to be called The Write Place, lo-cated at the property before Family Place opened.
Heidi Abbott is the technology
learning centre co-ordinator and she said the idea is to create a comfortable environment for people who want to get more done on their computers and learn to use new technology.
“I’m most excited about people getting iPhones and tablets and things like that, and they are really using them and excited about it. And it’s opening doors for them,” she said.
Elsie Orrin, with RBC Life Scienc-es, a nutritional supplement company working with stem cell nutrition, was at the new centre with colleagues re-cently looking for help to make their business more mobile.
“We’ve found it tremendously helpful,” she said, explaining that they could now take information about
their product with them on tablets, and transfer information easily to oth-er devices.
People can drop in and use the com-puters at the centre or bring in their own devices to get help. BLT also re-launched their mobile technology cen-tre called the BLT2GO Bus, which takes adult and youth learning programs like music workshops and digital tech-nology support to local libraries and centres. The Music Workshop Series is also being introduced by BLT at Fami-ly Place including free lessons on song writing, recording and playing music.
Family Place is located at 494 Bay Ave. in Parksville. For more on BLT and its many programs visit www.sd69.bc.ca/programs/BLT.
NORTH ISLAND WILDLIFE RECOVERY ASSOCIATION
Young owls released at MilnerLISSA [email protected]
It was a happy ending last week, as two owls were re-leased back into the wild at Milner Gardens.
One owl was discovered about five months ago by a summer student on the Mil-ner Gardens and Woodland property, then just a baby.
“It was found on the ground out of the nest and it should have been in the nest still,” said Julie Mackey, as-sistant manager of centre at the North Island Wildlife
R e c o v e r y Association (NIWRA) in Errington.
A f t e r phoning NI-WRA, Mil-ner Gardens’
staff were given instructions to wrap the owl up and bring it to the centre.
Another owl from the area of a similar age was also brought in within a couple weeks and the two were raised together. Now old enough to fend for them-selves, the two owls were released together at Milner Gardens. For more on the NIWRA and the work it does visit www.niwra.org.
It was found on the ground out of the nest and it
should have been in the nest still.
JULIE MACKEY
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The groups, including the seniors drop-in centre, Society of Organized Services, Nature Trust of B.C., cadets, lawn bowling club and churches, apply for the exemption every year, receiving up to a 100 per cent exemption.
Council has spoken several times over the last couple years about a major review of the program, which mayor Chris Burger reiterated they would do at the end of this year. He said council would need to go through a proper pro-cess and public notification before making any changes either way.
While councillor Al Grier didn’t say anything this time around, he has made his opposition to the existence of the program very clear in previ-ous years and discussions.The bylaw had to be adopted before Oct. 31 to take effect for 2013.
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$1OO G or less lots neededCONTINUED FROM PAGE A1
“To increase food production, farming has to be expanded into farmable lands that are not yet being farmed,” he said. “These lands are currently in five to 10-hectare lots, which cur-rently sell in the $500,000 to $1 million range. They can only be afforded by wealthy people who typically have horses.”
Entry-level farmers, he said, need lots that can be purchased for $100,000 or less.
“An agricultural plan that does not recognize and enable small scale, affordable farms will fail to produce any increase in food produc-
tion,” Fell said. The RDN’s agricultural plan process was be-
gun in early 2011 to support, preserve, and en-hance viable agriculture and food production in the Nanaimo region.
The plan, entitled Growing our Future To-gether, set out to identify issues, barriers and opportunities for agricultural and aquicultural production, establish an inventory of agricul-tural uses, products and practices, increase public awareness about the importance of ag-riculture and work with producers to come up with an implementation strategy.
The plan, which still has to be ratified at the next meeting, was approved, with Fell opposed.
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A former chairman of the Nanoose Bay Fire Protection Society continues to sound the alarm about the number of volunteer firefighters who lack training certifications.
For at least the second year in a row, the training levels and certifications of firefight-ers in Nanoose Bay, or lack thereof, was a hot topic at the annual general meeting of the society that governs the volun-teer department.
Milt Pearson, a member of the society and once the chair of its board, told The NEWS before the meeting last week he remains concerned about the safety of both the firefight-ers and the members of the community. He also believes not having firefighters with ap-propriate certification opens the society up to litigation in the case of a tragedy and said it should be the “main area of concern” for the department, “for their (firefighters) safety and the safety of the communi-ty.”
Will Geselbrecht is a mem-
ber of the society’s board of di-rectors and during the day he works as a lawyer in a firm that carries his name in Nanaimo.
“I’m not concerned,” Gesel-bracht said before the meet-ing in reference to a question about the department’s pos-sible vulnerability to litigation related to training.
The issue was raised again by Pearson and others at the AGM Oct. 16.
Fire Chief Doug Penny confirmed only one of the de-partment’s 27 firefighters has Firefighter 1 certification and no one has Firefighter 2 or Fire Officer 1 certification. These certifications may be required standards for membership in the National Fire Protection Association, but it remains un-clear whether membership in that association was required for members of volunteer fire departments, legally, profes-sionally or ethically
“It’s way past time” the firefighters had these certifi-cations, said society member Bob Rogers.
Board members, training
officer Denis Holme and Chief Penny assured the gathering the training of firefighters and officers is ongoing.
“We finally have some trac-tion towards these (training) goals,” said board member Neil Watson.
Society member Jim Lettic asked if the required training is an “impediment to recruitment.”
Chief Penny said the train-ing requirements have cer-tainly changed since he started working with the department 40 years ago. He called them “quite onerous on a volunteer fire department.”
“You’re not just jumping on a fire truck,” said the chief. “You’re going back to school, writing exams. It’s not just a simple matter of enrol in a class, do it and you’re done.”
“It’s not fun anymore — it’s like a job.”
* In other society news, Ge-selbrecht and John Jacobsen were re-elected to the board of directors. The society also passed its provisional 2013 budget that calls for $426,000 in expenditures.
Only one firefighter out of 27 has completed first level of certificationTraining called ‘onerous’NANOOSE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
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It would be easy to point to an aging demograph-ic in the oldest region of the country as a cause, but we believe it’s more complex.
As we put together today’s newspaper, we couldn’t help but notice a theme. We are will-
ing to believe it’s been a theme in our paper and in our communities for some time, but it seems to have jumped to the forefront today.
On Page 27 today there’s a story about the Coombs Hilliers Recreation and Community Organization put-ting out the call for some fresh faces. The membership list is at an all time low and the group says some of its long-standing, popular events might have to be can-celled if it does not get an infusion of volunteers soon.
Then we jump to Page 32 and a story about the Speedwatch people, the ones at the side of the road with the big speedometers gently warning drivers about their pace in trouble spots like school zones.
Speedwatch used to have 35 active members and now have just a handful, which means much of its equipment sits idle.
This district of ours has almost always been made up of, let’s say, those with advanced life experience. That gives us confidence the two organizations above, now having put the word out, will find some people to at least partially fill their ranks.
Oceanside is not short of good people who care about their community, as evidenced by our most var-ied and vibrant music, arts and sports scenes.
The other story in this vein that caught our eye may present issues not so easily remedied. The Nanoose Bay Volunteer Fire Department, and presumably oth-ers of the same ilk in our district, are facing both train-ing and succession challenges.
It’s a multi-layer story that we cannot do justice to in this space today, but suffice to say the training and accompanying certification standards for someone to volunteer as a firefighter these days is onerous at best, impossible at worst, for volunteer fire departments
We only hope it’s not the beginning of the end of vol-unteer fire departments and the slippery slope to ma-jor tax increases mandating full-time firefighters filling fewer fire halls that are further and further away from your home.
— Editorial by John Harding
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LEADING THE WAYOur brave MP is showing us his leader-
ship skills once again.First it was his failure to support Coast
Guard stations on our coast. Now he is ad-vocating war with Iran.
Will he join Canadian sailors on Cana-dian frigates in the Gulf of Hormuz? Will he fly along with our pilots as they leave bases in the gulf states to bomb Iranian targets? Of course not, his leadership is needed here to make sure some other Canadians are sent to kill and die.
Make no mistake, if the U.S. attacks Iran. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his gang will support the war as much as we let them.
Hearing our back bencher talk to the lo-cal press about the need to go to war with Iran simply means Harper has told him and the rest of the flunkies to talk it up and get ready for battle. Beware of these guys and their propaganda.
BRAD WILSONParksville
PARROT FOR AN MPPerhaps Lunney should start demon-
strating “stalwart” support for his constitu-ents instead of parroting an aggressive and absurd foreign policy due to his “stalwart” support for Israel. His opinion would be laughable if it weren’t for the fact that one day a war of conquest may be committed in our names.
Lunney says that Israel is not a belliger-ent or expansionist state. In reality, this is very open to debate. The United Nations, in releasing the Goldstone Report last year, ac-cuses Israel of 37 specific war crimes against humanity in Gaza. In the West Bank, Pales-tinians are surrounded by walls severely reducing their freedom of movement and ability to access vital services.
Lunney justifies the 1981 bombing of Iraq’s nuclear power station. This action was strongly rebuked by the United Nations in two separate resolutions. As well, subse-quent examination of the ruins following the 2003 invasion proved that they were not developing nuclear weapons at all.
The invasion of Iraq was based on lies about so-called weapons of mass destruc-tion which were never found. We need not go into the details of those lies. Now we have similar falsehoods stated about Iran.
The facts are these. Iran (like Iraq) has signed the Nuclear Non-proliferation Trea-ty (NPT). Iran allows IAEA inspections of its facilities. The IAEA and all 16 United States Intelligence Agencies are unanimous in agreement that Iran is not building and does not possess nuclear weapons.
Israel, on the other hand, has refused to sign the NPT even though it is widely known that they have nuclear weapons. The United Nations passed a resolution calling for Is-rael to sign the NPT but it has refused. Israel has been asked to submit to inspections of its nuclear facilities and it has also refused.
MARK STILWELLParksville
DON’T MOCK FAITHRe: Neil Horner’s column in the Oct. 19
edition of THE NEWS.Why do the spiritually indifferent and
the historically inadequate feel the need to mock religion through its very worst ex-amples?
Neil Horner’s veiled bigotry has found its own methadone, and personally I find it tiresome when it manifests itself through things like second-rate comedy craft.
In the interests of harm reduction, how could we have prevented the deaths of tens of millions when worship of Marxism pro-claimed that my non-god is better than your god?
And for those who worship environmen-talism? Tree spiking, pipeline bombs and murders in TV stations — not a high body count so far, but the movement is barely 60 years old. Give them 2,000 years in power and they will justify any means necessary to preserve their Mother Earth cult.
And don’t get me started on science wor-ship — weapons of mass destruction, street drugs, agent orange, environmental pollu-tion, pharmaceuticals, genetic mutations — just to name a few. Could we not just ap-pease them with a high school chemistry set? Yes Martha, you stay here behind the couch. I’m going to take a look around and see if it’s safe to go outside today.
JOHN CHAMBERS Parksville
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VIEWS IN THE NEWSWe asked: Do you think fireworks should be banned?
There are a lot of ac-
cidents that happen,
but if they were put
on by the fire depart-
ment I would like to
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BO JENSEN Parksville
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NORMA HESBY Parksville
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WHO IS THE DANGER?Re: MP James Lunney’s comments about
Iran in a story in the Oct. 16 edition of THE NEWS.Since the 1979 Iranian revolution and the
downfall of the U.S puppet ruler the Shah, Iran has been an Islamic state. In that interval of time Iran has not invaded anyone. People of all religions live in peace in Iran, even Jews, who find life so comfortable in Iran they refused an offer by the government of Israel to emigrate.
In the same period of time, Israel attacked Iraq in 1981, bombing the power station at Osirik, claiming it was a clandestine weapons factory. Subsequent examination of the ruins following the 2003 invasion proved Israel had lied.
In 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon. This led to the Massacres at Sabra and Shatilla.
In February 2003, Israel staged incursions into Gaza and Nablus.
In September 2007, Israel bombed Syria, again insisting they were destroying a clandes-tine weapons laboratory. Again there was no evidence to support Israel’s claims.
In 2006, Israel attacked Lebanon, killing 1,200, mostly civilians, several UN observers, and littering the landscape with land mines on their way out.
In February 2008, Israel again raided Gaza, killing more than 100 people. HAMAS agreed to a cease fire and kept it for six months until Nov. 4, when Israel again attacked without warn-ing, killing six Hamas members, and launching operation Cast Lead, in which 1,300 Gazans, mostly civilians, were killed. Israel lost 13 sol-diers.
Violations of international law included the use of white phosphorus incendiary bombs against civilians and non-military targets. The UN investigated, but Israel refused to cooper-ate. In May, 2010, Israel attacked an interna-tional aid flotilla bringing food and medical supplies to Gaza in international waters. Nine people were killed, including an American from New York.
So, who is the danger to world peace?DERRICK P. GRIMMER
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ONE ROOF NEEDEDAs co-owners of the building, formerly
known as Parkville’s Old School House at 133 McMillan Street, the Parksville and District As-sociation for Community Living (PDACL) wish-es to set the record straight.
PDACL has not received communication from the Oceanside Community Arts Council (OCAC) regarding any plan to pursue having the ‘MAC’ as a designated heritage building. We have, however, read about it in THE PARKS-VILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS.
It is not the intention of PDACL to engage in any process that involves seeking heritage des-ignation for 133 McMillan Street, Parksville. As co-owners with OCAC, we believe it is impera-tive that we come to an understanding as to the future viability of the building.
The needs of both organizations have changed and grown over the years. Owning only half of the building no longer sustains the demands of either group.
In an effort to move forward, PDACL, with the approval of the membership, made a formal offer in writing to the president of OCAC to sell our share of the building to them at 50 per cent of appraised (market) value. The OCAC de-clined that offer. PDACL then made an offer to OCAC to purchase their share of the building. That offer was also declined.
PDAC’s focus is in providing quality pro-grams for our participants, adults with devel-opmental disabilities, in a safe and functional environment.
We, therefore, are working to occupy a build-ing where we can operate all our programs un-der one roof in central Parksville.
CLAIR SCHUMAN, PRESIDENT,PARKSVILLE AND DISTRICT ASSOCIATION FOR
COMMUNITY LIVINGParksville
WELL WORTH A READEditor John Harding’s editorial (THE NEWS,
Oct. 16) reviews and comments on problems with political parties in British Columbia.
Why have parties at all? The Northwest Territories and Nunavut have
fully functioning legislatures without political parties, and are probably the truest democra-cies we have in Canada.
All representatives are independents, elect-ed by popular vote within their ridings using the simple first-past-the-post system.
Representatives first elect a speaker from among their number, then under the guidance of the speaker, elect ministers and chose either directly, or through the cabinet, a premier or first minister.
The cabinet, or any representative, may pro-pose legislation which is then reviewed by the assembly, subject to amendments, and adopt-ed or rejected on the basis of consensus of the entire body.
There are no party whips to require mem-bers to follow a party line.
This non-partisan system has functioned well for years.
The Northwest Territories website describes their system in some detail and is well worth a read.
MACK STONEFrench Creek
This letter is in re-gards to the story en-titled, ‘Heavy metal students rock,’ (THE NEWS, Oct. 19).
Thank you to all the people who put their time into this event.
It was an extreme-ly unique experience and hopefully will be-come an annual event for the children to en-joy.
Darcy came home telling me about driv-ing a 25-ton articulat-ing dump truck. Wow, really?
Where else would you get to test drive one of those?
Thanks again ev-erybody.
MARILYN CHETCUTIQualicum Beach
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The season of the chrome domeCOLUMN
Allow me to introduce myself: I am a bald male.
Not bald as in ‘bald eagle’ (the bird got a bad rap).
‘Balde’ is an antique word m e a n i n g ‘white’; which means so-called ‘bald’ eagles actually get to spend their entire lives with a fine, full head of handsome … well, feathers).
I digress.I am, as I say, a mature male Homo sapi-
ens whose upper deck is shorn of shrubbery, devoid of pelt, a filament-free zone. I did not arrive at this state overnight, but rather gradually, like a mighty oak shedding its leaves — and not in one season —over several years.
I have to confess, going bald wasn’t much fun. I grew up in the Elvis Era, when any young buck worth a dab of Bryl-creem sported a poufy ducktail and a greasy pompadour imposing enough to qualify as a traffic hazard.
To a man, we dreamed of owning a car, being a rock star and getting laid. We did not entertain the notion of going bald.
So actually going bald was somewhat traumatic. Ah, but BEING bald? That’s been a piece of cake. Let me enumerate a few of the advantages:
Economy: I don’t spend a dime on shampoos, condi-tioners, revitalizers, tints, dyes, mousse or gel. You won’t find electric hair dryers or straighteners or epilators in my bathroom.
Which of course means…Less bathroom time: Know how I comb my hair for an
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one who judges anyone else on the basis of what’s growing
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you judge a lawn.Being bald frees you from the time-con-
suming process of buying drinks or dinner for someone and wasting an evening discovering through conversation how vapid and superficial he or she is.
Being bald is like having a social “Get Out of Jail Free” card.
And this just in (literally): a study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylva-nia’s Wharton School concludes that bald men
are actually perceived as MORE powerful, more manly and even taller — than men with hair.
Well, correction — not men who are merely bald — men who actually shave their heads.
“The basic finding is that people view the shaved head as a powerful looking look,” says the study author Albert Mannes.
Uh huh. And what about guys on their way to going bald, with wisps and tufts and hair horseshoes around their head?
Uh uh.“Men with thinning hair were viewed as least favourable”
says Manning.So there you have it, my little studlings. You can have a
polished pate like Patrick Stewart or a hirsute noggin like Justin Trudeau — but nothing in between.
Personally, and speaking as a guy who has occupied both pedestals, I’d get out the Bic disposable if I were you.
Being bald is easier, more hygienic, cheaper and, if the Pennsylvania University study is correct, the more virile way to go.
Nobody said it better than the British writer Logan Pears-all Smith: “There is more felicity on the far side of baldness than young men can possibly imagine.”
Amen to that. Eat your heart out, hairballs.
Arthur Black is a regular columnist with The News. He lives on Salt Spring Island.
BASIC BLACKBy Arthur Black
Trustees gear up for coffee chatsEDUCATION
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Today, many of us strug-gle with a hectic life-style that leaves us feel-ing drained at the end of the day.
Are times changing or are we just getting older? Or both? Life is demanding and the list of things to do grows ever longer.
Time off work used to take us on a well earned vacation. Now those vacation hours are used to plunge into the next home renovation. Ugh!
With extra attention given to eating properly, we hope to have enough energy to persevere. And, if luck permits, a “sleep in” on Saturday may act as a form of recuperation.
How long can we do this before burnout sets in? Good question. I say, don’t wait. Do some-thing replenishing periodically in order to pre-vent walking so close to the edge.
The body always has needs in order to func-tion, and those needs increase as demands and productivity does.
Nourishing the body through diet is import-ant, but sometimes the digestive process can exhibit its own sort of burn out. When our as-similation of nutrients is compromised, our nu-trient status becomes depleted.
Sadly, suboptimal nutrient status and true deficiencies can be more difficult to correct than one might think. In this case, consider an intravenous method of recovery.
When food and supplements are taken oral-ly, absorption of the components is approxi-mately 10-15 per cent. When the same nutri-ents are given intravenously, absorption is 100 per cent. That makes IV therapy highly efficient.
The Myer’s Cocktail, pioneered by Dr. John Myers, was used to treat patients with various medical problems like chronic fatigue syn-drome, fibromyalgia, infections, exhaustion,
and cancer. The nutrient infusion has proven
useful in both acute and chronic conditions.
Receiving intravenous injections monthly, weekly, or twice weekly was able to control some chronic symptoms like fatigue, depression, and chest pain (Alt Med Rev. 2002).
At my clinic, we use the basic Myer’s cocktail and what I like to call the Super-Myers cocktail.
These treatments have shown excellent success in enhancing the speed of recovery of mononucleosis, shingles, and the common cold.
That’s good to know with flu season right around the corner.
The Myers cocktail is useful in tonifying the immune system to better resist germs.
I have recommended the Myers cocktail as a preparatory ritual before flying to a vacation spot.
If the plane carries 300 passengers, chances are that someone has a contagion in a closed ventilation system. Few things are worse than getting sick with the flu upon arriving at your destination.
The Meyers cocktail is a collection of water soluble vitamins and minerals mixed with a carrier fluid.
It takes about 30 minutes to administer while the recipient relaxes in a comfortable chair with reading material.
At Opti-Balance, most people enjoy a nice cup of tea while they have the Myers drip slowly into their circulatory system.
It is a nice way to give back to yourself so you can keep on giving good energy out.
— Tara Macart is a regular columnist with
THE NEWS.
Replenish yourself todayHEALTH
MEDICINE 101By Dr. Tara Macart
AfriCoustic Cafe to show local talentQualicum Acoustic Cafe and the Oceanside
Grandmothers to Grandmothers present the AfriCoustic Cafe on Oct. 27 in Qualicum Beach, a showcase of local talent.
Come and enjoy an evening of music and songs, poetry and stories — all in support of a good cause.
Tickets are $20 available at Cranky Dog Mu-sic in Parksville or at The Shoe Inn in Qualicum Beach. Dessert is included.
The musical fun takes place at St Stephen’s United Church, 350 Village Way from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
— News Staff
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Second Section ARTS & LIFE
See STORY, page A25
SUBMITTED PHOTO/JILL LOUISE CAMPBELL
Salt Spring Island artist Jill Louise Campbell will be showing her work for one day only in Parksville this Saturday at the Parksville Community and Conference Centre.
WATERCOLOURS
Here for one day onlySalt Spring Island resident introduced to art at early LISSA [email protected]
Jill Louise Campbell was first introduced to art as a young girl modelling for her grandmother and her artist friends in Montreal.
“You can imagine this little girl dressed up in a red velvet dress sitting amongst all these grand dames of Montreal in the ‘50s painting,” she said.
Campbell said she assumed at the time this was what women did — they got together and painted.
“It was a beautiful way to be in-troduced to art.”
Over the years, Campbell has painted in a variety of mediums, but it wasn’t until she moved to France with her family in the early ‘90s that she started painting with
watercolours. The medium just called to her, she said, and she’s been creating her whimsical, up-lifting watercolour pieces ever since.
A show of Campbell’s work called Inspired Journeys will be in Parksville for one day only at the Parksville Community and Con-ference Centre (PCCC), Saturday, Oct. 27. The show opens at noon and runs to 8 p.m.
The exhibition includes work from her travels in India, Tibet, France, Italy, the U.S. and Western Canada, but her travels aren’t the main reason behind the name of the show, she said.
“In fact my paintings have been a result of feeling very inspired.”
Campbell explained that when
she feels moved she is in a totally different place and not “in this time” anymore.
“I’m in a place of awe and won-der and that’s really what I meant by Inspired Journeys. It’s a journey of the heart really.”
Visitors to the show will see work from Campbell’s travels stretching back about 12 years to present time, and a collection of new paintings will also be shown.
Campbell said she always starts a painting with watercolour paints on strong paper, allowing her to create a mixed media piece if she desires with oil, acrylic, gold leaf and other materials. She said she enjoys watercolour so much be-cause it has movement and there-fore “a lot of surrender.”See A PLACE, page A25
TOSH FUNDRAISER
Abstract exploration on displayThirteen artists have been on an in-depth explora-
tion of abstract art and the culmination of their work is currently being exhibited at The Old School House Arts Centre (TOSH).
The show is called Unscripted and each artist has completed a series of workshops with North Caro-lina-based artist, best-selling author and instructor Steven Aimone.
The artists are based around Vancouver Island, Gab-riola Island, North Vancouver and Port Angeles, U.S.A.
As a fundraiser for TOSH, Aimone—who has a master of fine arts degree in painting and drawing—will be giving a slide presentation and historical dis-cussion on abstract paintings. He will also talk about a piece of work from each participating artist and of-fer analysis.
This workshop is being presented by Vancouver Island Art Workshops on Saturday, Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20. For more information: [email protected] or 250-752-6133.
SUBMITTED/VANCOUVER ISLAND OPERA
Vancouver-based tenor Matt Chittick plays the lead role in Faust, presented by VIO this weekend.
OPERA
Lead livinghis passionFamous Faust operacomes to QB this weekendLISSA [email protected]
A fast-paced production filled with top-notch oper-atic talent, an orchestra of professional musicians and an abundance of local tal-ent is being presented at the Qualicum Beach Civic Cen-tre this weekend.
It’s Vancouver Island Opera’s (VIO) rendi-tion of Faust, one of the most popular operas of all time. Among the talent is Vancouver-based tenor Matt Chittick, who plays the main role of Faust.
Chittick just completed his Masters of Music at UBC. He has performed a number of operatic roles in the past and praised VIO’s upcom-ing presentation highly.
“I think it’s fantastic mu-sic, it’s a good story and I think the singers are all very high quality,” Chittick told The NEWS.
Chittick has been singing
ever since he was a child, and enjoyed singing pop music and doing musical theatre. His talent was rec-ognized early and he was encouraged to audition for a fine arts high school, and was accepted.
He didn’t get into classi-cal music until his first year of university, he said, and opera music started to grow on him shortly after. Today it’s his passion.
“In my opinion it’s some of the greatest stuff that’s ever been written,” he said.
Opera ties together so many different art forms, he said, like dance, music, singing and acting.
“When it’s well done it really grips the human heart in a way that a lot of things don’t.”
The opera begins with Faust as an elderly man who has dedicated his life to sci-ence and is unhappy with what he’s accomplished.
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Bonnie Hendrickson has lived in Qualicum Beach for 38 years and recently opened Vintage Bath with business partner Melody Lawson.
Pamper yourself in Qualicum BeachLISSA [email protected]
Bonnie Hendrickson has always been a big fan of bath and body prod-ucts so when the opportunity pre-sented itself for her to open a store fi lled with them in her hometown, she took it. Hendrickson grew up in Qual-icum Beach and was a cosmetician in the area for 14 years.
“With my background, it was nice to know that there were products out there that are natural and not chemi-cal based,” she said.
Her friend Melody Lawson opened Vintage Bath Soap & Candle in Parks-ville two years ago and recently relo-
cated to Qualicum Beach. That’s when Hendrickson joined forces with her and now the two offer 100 per cent natural products from mostly Cana-dian companies like Rocky Mountain Soap Company, Saltspring Soapworks and Chemainus’ Kogi Naturals.
Hendrickson said sometimes peo-ple are reluctant to come into the store, because of sensitivities to fra-
grances, but because their products are mostly essential oil-based and chemical and paraben free, no issues arise.
The store carries soaps, body creams, eco-friendly soy candles, and gift items like seasonal candle hold-ers, bags and a variety of gift sets.
Living in Qualicum Beach for 38 years, Hendrickson said she’s so pleased the two got a location for their store in the heart of Qualicum Beach.
“We’ve got a building with char-acter,” she said, “this building’s been here for years.”
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So he decides to sell his soul to the devil in order to get his youth back. The devil clinches the deal when he shows him a picture of a beautiful young lady.
Chittick said the story is exciting as you get to follow Faust’s transfor-mation back to a young man. You see his pleasure but also the anguish that starts to build within him. He impreg-nates his young love but the situation turns tumultuous.
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Chittick said the story relates to many people’s unfulfilled desires and shows people that we should really be happy with what we have because if not, we could end up heading down a path of destruction, trying to attain the unattainable.
The show is full of local profession-als singing in the chorus as well as
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VIO presents Faust Oct. 27 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 28 at 2:30 p.m. at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre. Tickets are $32 in advance and $35 at the door, available from Cranky Dog Music in Parksville, Chocolates Plus in Qualicum Beach and Tom Lee Music in Nanai-mo. For ticket information call 250-594-8822 or 250-586-6095. For more on VIO: www.vancouverislandopera.com.
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When visitors walk into the Silk Worm Club show at The Gallery @ Qualicum Art Supply, they might be surprised at what they see.
Along with the vibrant scarves, pillows, jewelry cases, Christmas cards and bookmarks, they will also see some stunning framed silk paintings.
“As a group that’s what we really strive for, to show the world that with silk we can create that surprise,”said Nancy Korman, a member of the Silk Worm Club.
The club was formed in 2000 by Maureen Walker, who is a member of the International Guild of Silk Paint-ers. Walker has taught and mentored all members of the club and today the group of 10 locals each have their own distinctive style of silk painting.
Painting on silk has been traced back to ancient times, which is why the pieces in the show seem to have an old-world charm but with a dis-tinctly modern flair.
Cathy MacPherson said she has tried a number of different medi-ums, but has never experienced any-thing quite like it.
“It’s a whole different experience than painting in some other medi-ums,” she said. “You start painting with dyes on silk and the dyes sort of take on a life of their own.”
Kit Birch said it’s the brilliance of the colours that fascinates her, and what the painters can achieve us-ing only the three primary colours. They call this a limited palette.
“There’s no conflict, the colours always blend nicely,” agreed Bernice Stearns.
Korman said although she still
has to plan what she’ll paint ahead of time, when working on silk there is always an element of surprise.
“We put in but the silk gives back,” she said.
All four members of the club agreed one of the best things about being a member is the encourage-ment they get from one another, and the feeling of family.
Recently a member of the club named Tina Shuker died suddenly and the group will be showing some of her work in the show as well as a piece by Korman depicting a poppy, reminiscent of a photo Shuker once showed her. Group members said her work was always vibrant and a reflec-tion of her positive personality.
The Silk Worm Club will be exhib-iting and selling their work at The Gallery @ Qualicum Art Supply at 206 West First Avenue until Nov. 22.
Despite living on Salt Spring Island and having exhibitions around the world, Campbell said this will be her first show in Parksville. She is looking forward to meeting many of her clients in the area, seeing old friends and making new ones, she said.
She hopes her artwork connects to people’s spirit and their sense of awe and wonder, she said, and reaches a place in their heart.
“A place where it makes them feel good, and there’s a kind of remembrance that the world is really a beautiful place,” she said.
The show is free and open to the public Oct. 27 at the PCCC, at 132 E. Jensen Ave. There will be canvases available in a variety of sizes, calendars and art cards. For more on Campbell visit www.jlcgallery.com.
‘A place where it makes them feel good’CONTINUED FROM PAGE A15
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From left, Cathy MacPherson, Bernice Stearns, Nancy Korman and Kit Birch will be displaying their silk paintings at The Gallery @ Qualicum Art Supply until Nov. 23.
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A classic country band with modern country in-fluences and a little bit if a “rocky edge” is playing a Halloween Dance at The Parksville Legion this Satur-day, Oct. 27. It’s Norm Sur-rette’s Boney Finger Band, a group filled with veteran musicians like lead singer Surrette, who has played in the area for about 40 years.
“It’s not the regular cry in my beer, my dog has three legs, my wife just ran away kind of country,” said Ron
Stewart, lead guitar player in the band. “It’s more the kind of country that tends to make people smile a lot with us and dance.”
The band is also com-prised of Sherry-Lynn Blan-shard on bass guitar and Brad Kent on drums.
The legion is at 146 Hirst Ave. in Parksville. Tickets are $10 and doors open at 8:30 p.m. Get tickets in advance from the Parksville Legion or Cranky Dog Music. There will be prizes for best cos-tumes. Call 250-248-6842 or 250-951-1923 for more info.
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Norm Surrette and the Boney Finger Band are playing at the Parksville Legion this Saturday, Oct. 27.
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Volunteers and members are needed to join the Coombs Hilliers Recreation & Community Organi-zation (CHRCO) where people can learn to play an instrument while doing something great for the community.
Membership in the organiza-tion that began decades ago is at an all time low and many of the much-loved events in the area will cease to exist without more peo-ple.
Residents from any area are in-vited to join, and help put events on like the Coombs Bluegrass Festival and the Coombs Country Opera. Input is also welcome from members to see things they’d like to happen at the grounds.
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People love to com-plain about taxes. Re-tirees especially (who are living on budgets)
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Our tax system is peculiar, and it doesn’t always seem to make sense. Take dividends, for example. If you are a retiree earning very little, dividend in-come can be devastating — po-tentially resulting in effective tax rates of 65 per cent or more when you factor in the loss of benefits, reduction in Pharma-
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What if I told you there are strategies that can help avoid all of this? — that you can choose whether or not to pay taxes on investment income, and wheth-er your investment income will impact your benefits. What if I told you that it may be possible to structure your non-registered assets to actually achieve a neg-ative investment tax rate?
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6. the ability to make an in-formed decision as to whether it is worthwhile to pursue this elu-sive, negative tax rate — know-ing not only what you can gain, but also understanding the pos-sible tradeoffs;
7. being able to apply all of this knowledge in a way that maxi-mizes what you get to keep, with-out undermining estate planning objectives you may have.
It is a matter best left to an expert.
Jim Grant, CFP (Certified Fi-nancial Planner) is a Financial Advisor with Raymond James Ltd (RJL). The views of the author do not necessarily reflect those of RJL. We are not tax advisors and we recommend that clients seek independent advice from a pro-fessional advisor on tax-related matters. This article is for infor-mation only. Securities are of-fered through Raymond James Ltd., member-Canadian Inves-tor Protection Fund. For more information feel free to call Jim at 250-594-1100, or e-mail at [email protected]. and/or visit www.jimgrant.ca
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It was dubbed ParksVegas and the Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce 28th an-nual Fantasy Auction lived up to its name on Saturday.
Complete with Elvis and a chapel of love; blackjack and roulette tables and a big-money wheel in which a Royal Caribbean cruise valued at $2,500 was up for grabs, the sparkly affair saw guests at the Parksville Conference and Com-munity Centre enjoy an evening of food and fun all for a good cause.
The lucky winner who landed on the chosen spot on the big wheel and then had her name picked out of a dozen vying for the top prize of the night, was Jeannie Alexander, who had a great time with the Parksville Chrysler table.
Master of Ceremonies Gary Child led the live auction portion of the evening, which saw 16 high-end packages ranging from tickets to the 100th Grey Cup in Toronto Nov. 25 to a scenic, one-hour aerial tour in a Cessna 172 piloted by Parksville Mayor Chris Burger.
The plane belongs to Parksville Qualicum Aero Club, but Burger has taken a few lucky pas-sengers in the past for the Parksville and Quali-cum Beach Chamber of Commerce fundraisers.
This year, he will be showing the winner of the package, Bill McKinney of Ideal Images, the sights and he said it will be a fun trip for both of them.
“I took a couple of different groups up this past summer,” said Burger. “The last trip was beautiful. We went up over Mount Arrowsmith — it was so beautiful, all the hidden lakes that no-one knows about and the tops of ridges.”
The chamber’s major fundraiser of the year raised several thousand dollars that will go to-wards the programs it supports throughout the community.
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SMALL BUSINESS WEEK: B.C.’s Minister of State for Small Business Naomi Yamamoto shopped at Parksville’s Saheli boutique with a number of local business women on Saturday during Small Business Week.“Ninety eight per cent of businesses in B.C. are small businesses,” she said, adding those businesses are responsible for hiring more than half of the workforce in the province. Yamamoto was making her way around the area visiting a number of small businesses.
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Recent suicides by adoles-cents and children in the wake of ongoing bullying have got us all thinking about bullying.
It’s an uncomfortable topic, be-cause so many of us at one time or other have been victim, bully or silent witness (another kind of victim). It’s a broad societal problem.
Challenging a bully involves risk. I once had a manager who ordered a colleague to do something unethical. When she challenged him, he dis-credited her with lies. When I tried to intervene, I became his target and we both were fired. He then turned on a senior professional who had support-ed me during the ordeal. That profes-sional simply resigned.
Many years earlier as a factory worker I discovered a flaw in a new product. When I told the factory own-er, he raged at me about my being a stupid kid and an idiot to think that there was a problem.
I was humiliated in front of the other workers, but his tantrums were nothing new.
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In my last years of el-e m e n t a r y school, our new princi-pal was an extreme bul-ly. He ran the school through in-t i m i d a t i o n , his back pants pocket bulging with
his “little black snake,” that is, when he wasn’t waving it around menac-ingly or actually using it on someone. I got the long end of his strap three times during his reign, never before or since.
I was little for my age as I was grow-ing up, so I was an obvious victim of bullying in elementary school. But I was bigger than my younger brothers and I may have bullied them at times. I’m not sure; no one talked about bul-lying back then.
Bullying begins in families. Some-
times the man bullies his wife into sub-mission. Sometimes the woman is the bully. Often one or the other is bullying one of the children. If a child at a young impressionable age sees one of his par-ents repeatedly attempting to control the other through intimidation and verbal violence, it’s very easy for that child to adopt either the victim model or the bully model . . . or both.
Furthermore, in the process of watching ongoing parental dysfunc-tion, the child may fail to learn the social skills needed to get along in groups. He or she may also fail to get the support and help needed to do well in school.
Breaking the cycle of bullying re-quires much more than tackling bul-lying at school. Breaking the cycle requires all of us to identify and call attention to bullying wherever we see it, whether in a family, school or workplace, whether local or in cyber-space, and whether the perpetrator is a schoolgirl or head of state.
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Wolf; FrankA wonderful, gentle man, Frank Wolf passed into eternity to be with his Lord and his God on Sunday, October 14, 2012 in Nanaimo at 86 years of age. Born in Slovenia to Kate and Ferdinand Wolf.He will be greatly missed by Vera, his wife of 62 years, his daughters: Mary Walker (Robert) and Lori Duquette (Marc), grandson Jeremy Walker (Krystle) and their daughter Isabelle, granddaughter Andrea Walker-Collins (Stephen) and grandsons: Chase and Alexander Duquette as well as sisters: Katharine and Matilda and their families in Slovenia, brother Martin, sister-in-law Mary, cousin Tony (Maria) and numerous other relatives in both Slovenia and Canada. Frank was predeceased by his brother Joe and sister Verona. Frank “papa” will be remembered for his many great stories of his youth in Slovenia and his journey to Canada in 1955 with his wife. He enjoyed hunting and fishing with family and friends and he had a wonderful appreciation for the beauty of nature. Frank worked at Somass Mill for over 35 years. In 1990 he and his wife moved from Port Alberni to Parksville where he continued to make wine and started beekeeping and gardening. Dad has left us all with an abundance of cherished memories of his love of life and ability to live his life authentically.The family would like to extend their gratitude to the Dr’s, nurses and staff of the 6th floor of Nanaimo Regional Hospital for the exceptionl care provided to Frank.Prayers were offered at 7:00pm on Friday, October 19, 2012 at the Chapel of Memories Funeral Home, 4005-6th Avenue. A Funeral Mass was at 11:00am
on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Notre Dame Roman Catholic Parish, 4731 Burke Rd., officiated by Fr. Stephen Paine. Cremation followed. Stories and condolences may be forwarded to the family by
visiting www.chapelofmemories.ca.
If desired, donations in Frank’s memory may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of BC & Yu-kon, 401-495 Dunsmuir St., Nanaimo, BC V9R 6B9
CHAPEL OF MEMORIES FUNERAL DIRECTORS (250-723-3633) in care of arrangements.
Hubert Dudley (Barney) Connor
Nov. 1st, 1927 – Oct.9th, 2012Dad was born and raised on a farm in Chinook, Alberta. He grew up playing baseball, chasing down gophers, and driving the local “school bus” for the rest of the farm kids. He pursued a career as a professional engineer and worked in the Calgary area. He married our mom, Donnie Morrison, in l951 and they subsequently had us, Jim and Kathy. Our family moved from Calgary in 1965 to Victoria, BC. During his career dad was involved in many interesting structural design projects including stadiums, bridges, pulp mills, and even a water treatment plant in Tanzania. Our family moved to Vancouver in 1968 where mom, Jim, and Kathy all attended university. Dad used to tell people that three quarters of his family were in “mental institutions”!
Sadly mom died in 1979. Dad continued to enjoy his passions for gardening, sailing, woodworking, writing, and was always involved in his church community. After retiring in 1983 he taught for WUSC in Harare, Zimbabwe for two years. He loved that experience! He married Julia Proudfoot in 1990 and they moved to Qualicum Beach in 1997. He spent some of his time as a volunteer at the Salvation Army in Parksville and much of this time at St. Marks helping with maintenance, fairs, and a multitude of odd jobs.
In the days before he died, Dad expressed his gratitude for the life he had lived. We too are grateful for that life and that he passed gently. We are also grateful for the expertise and gentle care of the 4th floor hospital staff at Nanaimo Regional hospital. He will be remembered by his family and many dear friends scattered around this beautiful world.
A private service will be held for the immediate family. St. Mark’s will hold a celebration of
Barney’s presence in their midst on October 27th at 2:00pm. All friends and family welcome.
In lieu of flowers any donations can be made to the Salvation Army in Parksville.
Eileen DavenportIt is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Eileen Davenport on Oct 15th. Born March 13th, 1934 in Chesterfield, England. Eileen and Bill immigrated to Canada in 1958. Eileen was a long time employee of BC Tel. Eileen and Bill retired to Qualicum Beach where Eileen spent her time creating and enjoying her beautiful garden, volunteering at the local RCMP office and sharing time with her Coronation Street friends. Eileen will be forever missed by her loving husband Bill, son Andrew (Anne), daughter in-law Deb (Paul), her granddaughters - whom she adored - Shannon and Carly, dear friends Pat and Margaret McGovern, as well as countless friends and family, here and overseas.You will be greatly missed Eileen. With love, until we meet again.
No service by request. All welcome to a celebration of Eileen’s life at the
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McKee, Douglas George
May 22, 1947 ~ October 16, 2012Doug passed away peacefully after a brief battle with cancer. He will be lovingly remembered by his wife Beverly, daughter Andrea, son Brent (Odette), grand-children Sebastian, Sasha, and Penelope, brother Bill (Marie), sisters Jean (George) Maaren, Marion (Tom) Konopski, and many extended family and friends.
A Celebration of Life will be held October 25, 2012 at 1:30 pm at Yates Funeral Service, 1000 Allsbrook Road, Parksville, BC.
In lieu of flowers please send donations to Nanaimo Palliative Care or Oceanside Hospice. Condolences may be sent to www.yatesfuneral.ca
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AND OTHERSRE: The Estate of James West, also known as Jim West, also known as J. West, Deceased, formerly of 63 Bridgewater Lane, Parksville, British Colum-bia. Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of James West, also known as Jim West, also known as J. West, Deceased, are here by notifi ed under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to Joan Margaret West and Neil Allen Wat-son, the Executors of the Estate, c/o Rodway & Perry, at P.O. Box 138, Qualicum Beach, B.C. V9KlS7 on or before November 30, 2012, after which date the Executors will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled to it, hav-ing regard to the claims of which the Executors then has notice. Joan Margaret West andNeil Allen WatsonExecutors
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WWORK ANTED
FOR ALL your drywall and painting needs, reno’s and re-pairs.Specializing in re-tex-tured ceilings, spray paint. Call a pro, no job too small. Phil 250-954-1859.
PERSONAL SERVICES
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LEGAL SERVICES
CRIMINAL RECORD? Don’tlet it block employment, travel,education, professional, certifi -cation, adoption property ren-tal opportunities. For peace ofmind and a free consultationcall 1-800-347-2540.
MEDICAL HEALTH
FOOT CARE in your home bycertifi ed foot care nurse. 35years experience. Vets ap-proved. Marg, 250-954-8259.
HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
CLEANING SERVICES
ALL CLEAN house cleaners. Exp., reliable, & [email protected] 250-668-4642
GARDENING and/ or HOUSE-KEEPING. Hardworking & de-pendable. Ref’s avail. Call Terah (250)240-1749.
HOUSEKEEPER AVAIL, pro-fessional, effi cient, friendlyservice $22/hr ParksvilleQualicum area, references.Call Sandi 250-927-2449
COMPUTER SERVICES
BUYDENS
Computer Services
Offering PC Repairand Personal Tutoring
From Nanoose to Deep Bay
Call Kevin 250-240-7372
Friendly in homeMac/PC support and
lessons. Certifi ed tech, 15 + years experience
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Business Home Services & More! Serving your Community
Contact Pauline or Sandi at The News:
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LANDSCAPING
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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES
DRYWALL
Taping/ Texturing/ Painting.Reno & Repair Specialist. 30 years of fast friendly service. Wayne 250-752-4658 QB
GARDENING
GARDEN CLEAN-UP, hedge, lawn, sprinkler adjust, haul away anything. Call (250)240-1116 for service today!PROFESSIONAL FALL prun-ing shrubs & trees since 1958.Everything about Bonsai! Pieter Wams 250-752-0176.
TREE PRUNING HEDGE/SHRUBMAINTENANCE Call the qualifi ed
specialist...certifi ed Garden
Designer/Arborist Ivan 250-758-0371
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WES-COAST YARDBIRDS. Lawns, gardens, yard clean-up, hauling. Pressure washing, Irrigation, carpentry. Tree Pruning, Topping, Removal. Please call 250-752-9444.
HAULING AND SALVAGE
ALL TYPES of hauling. Small loads, garden waste, construc-tion debris & junk. Call Ron 250-757-2094, 250-228-1320.CLEAN-UP SPECIALIST,small or big loads, rubbish, garden, waste, junk. Service today at (250)240-1116.TERRY’S TRUCKING, Haul away junk, yard waste, appl’s, furn. Cheap!! Phone Terry @ 250-248-4917 leave message.
HEAT, AIR, REFRIGERATION
CASTLE MECHANICAL
Ductless Heat PumpsLower your heating bills
Ask me how!Free estimates
Call Graeme 250-951-6441
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
TODD THE BUILDER. Renos, plumbing. Commercial offi ces; Custom homes. 250-752-1121
LANDSCAPING
GARDENING and/ or HOUSE-KEEPING. Hardworking & de-pendable. References avail.Call Terah (250)240-1749.SCOTCH BROOM PROB-LEM? We will hand-cut or hand-pull, chip, weigh and haul away the little devil. $150 plus 15 cents a pound. A Scot brought it...make a Scot take it away! 250-668-2888
& MOVING STORAGE
2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)951-0010.
PAINTING
A STROKE ABOVE Painting.Commercial & Residential. In-terior/Exterior. WCB, liability insurance. All jobs warranted. See what we can do! Dave 250-248-0335, 250-240-2310.POIRIER PAINTING, Resi-dential / Commercial / Vinyl Siding / Driveway Power Washing/ Driveway Sealing. Fully insured, Guaranteed Workmanship, Free Estimates. Call Dan 250-240-3528. WCBRHODA’S PAINTING. Small job specialist; see Facebook page for pictures. Will paint walls,trim,doors,furniture, cabi-nets,etc. Call 250-937-7030
PETS
PET CARE SERVICES
CAT SITTING in my home. No cages. Minimum 7-day or long term stay. Limited space. (250)740-5554
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
APPLIANCES
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AUCTIONS
FARM MARKET AUCTIONFood Service & Farm Equipment, Nov. 3, 11 AM at Horstings Farm, 2 mi N. of Cache Creek. View photos at doddsauction.com 1-866-545-3259
FUEL/FIREWOOD
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SEASONED FIR FIREWOOD
3 cord Special $525. Delivery within Qualicum Town or Parksville City
Boundaries. (250)248-5887
STALLION PINE Shavings, Stallion Giddy up pine pellet bedding, Okanagan premium heating pellets, clean burn heating pellets. Delivery available. Call: 250-757-9232
FURNITURE
APARTMENT SIZE Half moon sectional sofa (3 pcs on cast-er). 30” high, 32” deep. Pastel colors in fi ne stripes. Perfect cond. $295. 250-248-9400
DINING ROOM set, medium oak, solid wood with 4 chairs and china cabinet. Like new, asking $1200 obo. Call (250)951-0839.
NOT a GARAGE sale. Well upholstered furniture set - golden green muted, $1400. set of 3 - must see to appre-ciate. Table, lamps, sheers, many other items. Good quality. 250-586-8922.
SINGLE PINE Canonball style bed with mattress, in mint con-dition, asking $175 obo. Call (250)752-5573.
GARAGE SALES
MEDICAL SUPPLIES
PORTABLE “AQUATIC” Bath lift. Seldom used. Cost $2,000. Sell for $500. 250-752-8272.Qualicum Beach
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE
ACKLAND GAS welder with onan engine. $2500: Power washer 3000 psi, Honda 11
horsepower, $800. Call 250-248-5255
BOWFLEX POWER Pro Trainer, $500. Sears Frees-port Treadmill, $500. Sears kingsize, top of the line latex mattress, hardly used. $750. Call (250)586-8027.
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MEDI-CHAIR- brand new, $30. 6 interesting lamps start-ing $5 to $20. Convair HD fan/humidifi er, $40. 2 regular fans. Hearing/Visually Im-paired phone, $15. Night table, $25, two TV/stereo stands. Call (250)752-8806.
TOOLS
18” BANDSAW, 220 amp, nice saw, $500. 12” Plan-er/Shaper, good one, $500. Call (250)802-5894 leave message.
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE BY OWNER
BRAND NEW Nanaimo home under 10 yr warranty. 3bdrms +den up; 2bdrm legal suite down. Lndry on both levels. $390,000. 1 (250)751-5114
IMMEDIATE POSSESSIONWell maintained, +/- 1200 sq ft. Rancher, 3 bdrm, 1.5 bath, close to schools & shopping.
Reasonable offers considered $280,000 Call 250-240-8558Parksville, 681 Blenkin Ave.
LONG LAKE CONDOGreat location 2bdrm, 2bath, 1400sq.ft., in-suite lndry, brkfst nook, new appli’s, walk-in closets, nice deck. $275,000. (250)585-2289
Parksville 2 hectacres with 3 bdrm modular. Mins. from town. Lots of water, trees & lawn. Reduced to $450,000.00 Drive by 1304 Coldwater Rd. If interested call 250-228-7162
PARKSVILLE 420 DAY PL. Bridgewater. Modern 2 bed, 2 bath 1400 sq ft rancher on crawl. No strata, many extras, immaculate. Open house on Sat & Sun (1-4) 250-947-9779
QUALICUM BEACH $295,0001512 sq/ft., 2 bdrm, 2 bath + den, 5 yr old modular home situated on own land in Coop Park. Lots of parking. Will trade for rancher in Nanaimo or Oceanside. 250-738-0248
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE BY OWNER
UPTOWN QUALICUM. 3 bdrm 1 bath rancher in Hermi-tage Park. 1,200.sq ft, updat-ed peek-a-boo view of ocean and mtns. French doors lead-ing to deck. $304,000. Katherine 250 752-5433.
HOUSES FOR SALE
Incredible 5 acre treed PARK-LIKE PROPERTY
with Well-Maintained Furnished Home - 1500 sq.ft, 3-bdrm,
2 bath. Extremely close to Pristine Cowichan Lake,
in the town of Caycuse. Perfect for recreational
property or full time living. Motivated seller $378,800.
Exceptionally low yearly cost. Not leased land.
Call [email protected]
PARKSVILLE: 3 Bdrm, re-cently reno’d, 1/4 acre lot close to all amenities. Likely the nicest home in price range! 250-947-9959. To view go to www.propertyguys.com/42584
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RENTALS
APARTMENT/CONDO
255 HIRST Ave- 2 bdrms, $900. Call Ardent Properties. www.arden tp roper t ies.com(250)753-0881.
297 HIRST Avenue- 2 bdrms + den 2 bath, $1150 or $1350 furnished. Ardent Properties. www.arden tp roper t ies.com(250)753-0881.
CENTRAL QUALICUM Beach in quiet, friendly building. Grnd fl r, 2 bdrm, 896 sq.ft. Patio, ful-ly equipped bath & kitchen, storage locker. NS/NP. $895 Please call Bill (250)752-6997.
ENGLISHMAN RIVER, Stu-dio/bachelor suite. N/S, small pets only. $550 p/m. For more information or to view call 250-248-4701
OCEAN SANDS RESORT on Rathtrevor Beach. Fully fur-nished 2 bdrm condos in-cludes utilities, cable, phone & internet. Units available starting Sept 1. $1100/mo. Call (250)954-0662.
ONE MONTH FREE! MOVE in NOW! DON’T PAY TIL NOV 15th: Emerald Estates (Parks-ville) 50+ Independent Suppor-tive Seniors. 1 & 2 bdrm patio suites. Walk to beach & shops. Housekeeping incl. Meals optl. $1100-$1600. 250-468-1465. [email protected]
PARKSVILLE. 930 sq.ft. ground level 2 bdrm condo. In-suite laundry, H/W fl oors, W/D, D/W, gas F/P, parking, NS/NP. Avail. now. $950 p/mo. Lease, ref’s req’d. 250-947-5151.
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APARTMENT/CONDO
PARKSVILLE, LUXURIOUS 2 bdrm condo, 2 bath, fi replace, patio, prkg incl’d, $1100 mo + utils. Call (250)713-1025.
PARKSVILLE APT- 2 bdrms, grd fl r in quiet 4-plex, F/S, D/W, free laundry. $699. Avail now or Nov 1. 250-954-7435.
PARKSVILLE- RENO’D 2 bdrm apt, free storage & park-ing, quiet bldg, heat/hot water incld. Available Nov 1. $800. Call 250-248-3350.
PARKSVILLE SPACIOUS 2 bdrm apt. quiet bldg, centrally located. H/W,storage,parking, $800 p.mo. Avail Nov. 1st. Call 250-248-5431
QUALICUM- (7 kms from) 1 bdrm apt in Heritage building. NS/NP. $450. + utils. Avail Nov 1. 250-954-4018.
QUALICUM- 1 BDRM apart-ments, $475. NS/NP. Please phone 250-248-4656.
QUALICUM- 1 bdrm apt w/ocean view, parking at the door. $700/mo inclds all utils. Avail Nov 1. 250-752-3333.
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL
DOWNTOWN PARKSVILLE Light Industrial space for lease $6.50/sq.ft. Call 250-248-8921
COTTAGES
COOMBS- 1 bdrm house with woodstove, near butterfl y world, N/P, N/S $675/mo + utils. 250-752-7596. Avail now!
DUPLEXES/4PLEXES
QUALICUM: COZY, clean 2-bdrm suite in duplex, minutes from Qualicum Beach. Country setting, N/P. $750/mo. utils not included. Avail now. Call (250)752-6098, (250)954-8847
HOUSESITTING
OCEANSIDE - LOCAL teach-er looking for affordable, cozy dwelling. Prefer long-term house sitting, could include pet sitting. Or rental (house, con-do, cottage, apt.). Move in time fl exible - earliest start Nov. N/S, N/P, quiet, ref’s! 250-619-2002. Looking for the right situation.
MOBILE HOMES & PADS
NANOOSE, 2 Bdrm + den, 1.5 baths, Reno’d kitchen, 6 appl, N/S, pet neg. Ocean/Mtn. Views, Southern exp. on pri-vate 1/4 acre, Beautiful gar-dens. $1100 p/m + utils. Call 250-821-5169
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MOBILE HOMES & PADS
PARKSVILLE: 2 bdrm mobileclose to Orange Bridge, 4 appl’s. $800 + utils. Avail now. (250)954-1960.
HOMES FOR RENT
2-STOREY home on Centre Rd. 1/2 acre, view, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, N/S, $1100/mo. Avail Nov 1. Call 250-752-7029.
3 BD rancher in Parksville$1150/mo
Check it out at www.remax-anchor.caCall Sharon Edgellfor more information
752-2466 or 1-800-668-3622
4 BED HOUSE, Fairwinds, Nanoose Bay, Rental open house Oct 13,14 19 (noon-4 pm) & 20 (10 am-noon) 3438 Blueback Drive. Lovely 2500 sq ft hm. 3 bath, woodstove, 2 LR, Atrium, Sunrm, lg prvt yd, garage. N/S, N/P, 6 appls, Refs, lease, $1450 pls util. Avail. Oct 24, 1 wk free. Info at [email protected].
BRIGHT 3-BDRM duplex in Q.B. Walk to schools, pool & shopping. Laundry room, in-suite garage, large back deck, private fully fenced yard. N/S, pets neg. $950. Avail. Nov. 1st. Call (250)752-7404 or 250-951-1290.
ERRINGTON- (5 kms to Parksville) 1150sq ft, 3 bdrm Rancher, 1 bath, electric heat, quiet, treed property shared acreage with neighbours, 12x20 shed. Fenced yard, no dogs. $800/mo. Available im-mediately. Call 250-248-7118 or cell 250-954-5045.
PARKSVILLE- 3 BDRMS, 2 bath Rancher. 5 appls, car-port, fenced backyard, wood-stove. Walk to Wembley Mall. NS/NP. $1300+ utils. Refs req’d. (250)752-9807.
PARKSVILLE- 3 BDRM, 2 bath, close to beach & all amenities, natural gas F/P. $1100+ utils. 1(306)461-3550.
PARKSVILLE- 3 bdrm ranch-er, mountain view, 1.5 bath, dbl garage, RV parking, F/S, W/D, gas FP. NS/NP. $1350. Avail Nov 1. (403)278-6857.
PARKSVILLE- 3 BDRMS, bright lrg kitchen, patios, park-ing, shared W/D. Close to beach/shops/schools/parks. $1050+ utils. Call (778)300-2148 or 250-947-5678.
RENTALS
HOMES FOR RENT
QUALICUM BEACH 3 bdrmcedar log home with garage;near ocean. Furnished or non-furnished. NS/NP. Referencesrequired. Phone 403-507-0311
QUALICUM BEACH- large 2bdrm townhouse, 1200sqft2bath, 3appls, lrg private deck& patio, sm pet ok. $975.Avail Now! Call 250-752-4258.
QUALICUM- new luxury2300sqft, 3 bdrm Rancher,dream kitchen, maple fl rs, lrggarage. $1800. Call 250-752-3867, 250-752-0093.
The Kerr Group Management
Parksville: 2 bdrm, 2 bath bungalow.
1600 sq.ft. All hardwood fl oors, nice view of pond
off deck. N/S.Avail. now. $1250./mo Call (250)586-1100
OFFICE/RETAIL
DOWNTOWN PARKSVILLE, t800 sq ft adjacent ground levelretail/offi ce space for lease,great location, 124 MiddletonAve. Asking $600 mo + triplenets. Call 250-248-3142 or250-248-3655.
QUALICUM, 184 West 2ndAve. 1890 sq ft retail profes-sional. 250-951-8283
Retail / Professional Location for Lease
in Qualicum Beach. 854 sq.ft. good exposure
on Beach Road.
Phone 250 248 6504
RV PADS
COOMBS: RV site. Smalladult park, $375 + hydro (yearround), incls cable & storage.Call (250)586-1372.
PARKSVILLE AREA- RV pad. Wooded site. $425/mo, in-cludes utils. Available now.Call 250-927-5623.
SEASONAL ACCOMMODATION
PARKSVILLE: 1 bdrm charm-ing, self contained, oceansidecottage Winter vacation in SanPareil. Daily, weekly & monthlyrates. NS/NP. 250-248-3897.
SHARED ACCOMMODATION
COOMBS. FURNISHEDroom. Shared kitchen & bath.Laundry, cable, internet & utilsincld. N/P, Ref’s req’d.$425./mo. (250)248-8101.
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SHARED ACCOMMODATION
WHISKEY CREEK. 1 Bdrm in rural Qualicum home. Laun-dry, internet, cable & utils incld. Need car. Avail Oct.15. $350./mo. (250)752-1121.
STORAGE
DOGLEG RD SELF STOR-AGE. 250-752-0175. Special 5’ x 10’ units $36/mo. incl tax.
INSIDE LOCKED Auto Stor-age, $99/mo includes taxes. Parksville, also outside RV boat storage available. (250)937-9379.
SUITES, LOWER
1 BEDROOM Furnished Suite above garage/workshop for rent in Bowser. Completely Furnished including dishes, linens. Non Smoking - $800/month incl Hydro, basic cable, internet, basic phone. Propane extra for hot water and cooking. References re-quired. 250-757-8806
N. QUALICUM, 2 bdrm + den, shared 5 acre hideaway, priv. entrance, trails. D/W,W/D, utils incld. $850. (604)209-3264.
PARKSVILLE, 3 bdrm, N/S, N/P, D/W, W/D, Avail. Immed. $1050 p/m incl. sat. TV, Hy-dro. Call 250-248-4074
SUITES, UPPER
14A - 1010 SHEARME Rd- Coombs, 2 bdrms, $875. Call Ardent Properties (250)753-0881.www.ardentproperties.com
RENTALS
SUITES, UPPER
BRIGHT & SPACIOUS, near new, 2 bdrm, upper suite near Parksville train station. 1000 sq ft, 5 appl’s, deck with partial mountain view, NS, NP. $975/mo + util’s. Call: 1-250-716-6797 or 250-248-3850.
FRENCH CREEK, 2 bdrm, 1100 sq ft. Bright, clean, con-venient, 2” blinds, ss appl’s, f/s, w/d, laminate fl rs, Hvac. Nov 1. $900. 778-574-5596
TOWNHOUSES
PARKSVILLE, 2 Bdrm,Good area near downtown, being re-no’d & avail. Nov 1. F/S, W/D $875 p/m neg. N/S. Murray 250-248-0132 / 250-228-2834 or Larry 250-586-1561
TRANSPORTATION
AUTO FINANCING
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TRANSPORTATION
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CARS
1991 SUBARU Loyale. Many new parts, receipts at request. Battery, radiator, alternator & water pump new. $1500. obo Call 250-248-9977
2000 BUICK Regal LS 3800, Silver, V6, Auto, loaded, al-most new tires, clean inside & out. $2,995. 1 (250)751-0645
2005 CHEVY Trail Blazer LS Exc cond. 103,000km’s, 6cyl auto, air, cruise, privacy glass, many extras. $10,500. Call af-ter 5pm or leave msg. 1 (250)754-0725
TRANSPORTATION
SPORTS & IMPORTS
2001 JAGUAR XJ8Black leather interior and black exterior. 153,975 km, $10,000.Call 250-586-3380
2004 TOYOTA Corolla CE, Auto, A/C, Very good condi-tion, 139,000 kms, $5800.00 Please call: 250-951-3132
VEHICLES WANTED
WE BUY All Cars! Running or Not, we will buy it! Cars/Trucks/Vans. Sell Any Car today with One Free Phone: 1-800-551-8647.
RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE
‘05 - 9’6 OKANAGAN CAMPERElectric levelers, Q/Bed, N/S, mint condition. Fridge/freezer, 3 burner stove/oven, 3 piece bath-room. $17,900. 250-752-0322
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TRANSPORTATION
RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE
2001 KUSTOM Koach 5th Wheel, 23.5ft, air cond, sleeps 4-6 adults. Lots of cupboard space, rear full bathroom, nice condition. Must see. Do not need special licence to tow. $8,995. 1 (250)754-0725
2007 ITASCA CAMBRIA by Winnebago. 29’ Class B load-ed motor home with 2 slides in mint cond. Low mileage $56,500. Call 250-752-9536
2008 37’ Everest 5th Wheel- 4 Slides, large 4 dr fridge, king bed, lots of cabinets, like new, $37,000. Call 250-334-7471.
TRANSPORTATION
RECREATIONAL VEHICLESFOR SALE
2009 GMC Sierra 2500 4x4, diesel, 30,000 km’s, mint cond. $46,900.00 obo2007 Citation Supreme 26RKS, 1 slide, loaded, $26,500.00 obo. Will sell sep-arate. 250-752-9536
SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES
04 BUICK RENDEZVOUS V6 Excellent condition. 211,000 km. Asking $5500. Call 250-954-0894
2005 GMC Yukon Denali. Ful-ly loaded, extra winter rims & tires, 179,000 k’s. $13,900.00 Call 250-468-1619 or email: [email protected]
TRANSPORTATION
VTRUCKS & ANS
1987 FORD RANGER 2.9 L, V6, 5 speed.
$600.00 obo.
Spare motor $100.
Call 250-752-7596
1995 GMC Sonoma Truck, re-cent maintenance, in greatshape, runs well. Asking$2200 obo. Please call(250)758-4963.
2001 FORD Ranger XLT - Ex-tended cab - 4.0 L Automatic,4 doors, canopy. New brakes,shocks, tires, battery. 186,000km $5500. 250-752-5203
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Speedwatch volunteers work closely with the RCMP and they are look-ing for more members.
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For the past 20 years, District 69 Speedwatch has helped drivers get a handle on how fast they are going at hot spots throughout the area.
Now, says spokesperson Mike Bull, Speed-watch is in need of some help itself.
The group, he said, has been whittled down over the years from a high of 35 active members to just a handful today, meaning they aren’t able to monitor as many trouble spots as fre-quently as they would like.
“We are quite anxiously looking for addition-al people,” Bull said. “We are quite short. We are down to seven or eight members.”
That’s a problem, because Speedwatch has seven speed reader boards and, since volun-teers normally work in teams of at least two, most of them end up not being used for much of the time.
“We cover a large area — between Deep Bay and Nanoose Bay and out to Coombs — but
because of a shortage of active volunteers we can’t be as active as we would like,” he said. “We know there is a turnover and that’s to be expect-ed, but we are on a bit of a treadmill.”
Volunteers, he said, are asked to devote just four hours every month to the program, just one hour every week.
“We don’t think that’s too much,” Bull said. “We used to have people out for four-hour stretches every week, but those days are gone.”
Monitoring people’s driving speed may not be the most glamorous of assignments, but Bull said his bottom line is that it works.
“Speedwatch makes a difference,” he said. “It helps remind people of the speed limit and how fast people are going. As they go past the reader board we see the brake lights come on. That’s what we want to see.”
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The Oceanside Communi-ty Arts Council has received a $4,500 Community Gaming Grant from the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cul-tural Development.
“Because the arts nurture creativity, it is important for
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“Oceanside Community Arts Council is an ideal recipi-ent for this funding.”
Across B.C., 141 recipients
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Okay, so it wasn’t the Cougars, but a win’s a win, and on Saturday night at Oceanside Place the hometown Generals looked good in 5-1 win over the Camp-bell River Storm.
“It was a huge win — I told (the play-ers) before the game we need to start winning,” Generals’ GM and head coach Brent Demerais said after, pointing out “we haven’t played Campbell River in quite a while — we played them back to back earlier in the year and they beat us both times so it was actually a really good measuring stick to see how we’ve pro-gressed.”
In their two earlier encounters CR blanked Oceanside 2-0 and won the oth-er in an overtime shootout.
“It’s nice to have a bit of a lead for a change,” he panned, adding “it was a good win, a good all-round team win.”
The Storm were coming off a 7-6 over-time loss to the Panthers on Friday in which they gave up four shorthanded goals in the span of five minutes, and were visibly fired up for their new coach-ing staff as they took to the ice against their north division rivals. The Gener-als, who have but one win in five games this month on the other hand, came out with purpose and with their foot on the gas, going hard to the net and testing the Campbell River ‘stopper early.
Shots on goal were 9-1 for the Gens midway through the opening frame, which ended up 16-10 for Oceanside,
and who finished with a 32-24 edge on the night.
Michael Fretz staked Oceanside to a 1-0 lead when he took a Noah Russi feed at mid-ice, steamed in and snapped one home at 5:01, and local D-man James Sneddon, who has been stellar for the home team since arriving two weeks ago,
scored what would prove to be the win-ner short-handed at 12:35 when he fin-ished off a great three way passing play from Riel Gibson and Jesse Ursic that started deep in the Generals end off a turnover for a 2-0 lead.
The Storm refused to roll over though and cut it to 2-1 at 15:17 which is how it
stood at the first intermission. The two teams turned in a wide-open
second and Ethan Larson (Russi, Sned-don), manufactured the lone goal of the period at 6:18 for a 3-1 Oceanside lead after 40 minutes.
Things got rough in the third (there were 18 penalties called in all) and Ethan Larson locked up with the Storm’s Chris Allen while teammate Cole Schneider was also given the gate for chucking knuckles.
Russi nailed down the win with a pair of power play markers at 2:18 and 10:39.
The Gens were 2-for-7 on the power play, and 6-0 on the PK.
“We out-skated them and then they couldn’t keep up with us so they got chippy,” Demerais said of the rough stuff, adding “there’s a time and a place for that ...we don’t go looking for it, but they started it and they underestimated a few of our guys.”
Russi was the games’ 1st Star, and Jes-se Ursic and Sneddon 2nd and 3rd, but there were a number of other great ef-forts turned in on the part of the Generals from the likes of Marino Somerville, Tra-vis Flug and Taylor Gray to name a few.
“I thought it was one of Somerville’s better games, and Gray’s really coming on,” said the first year bench boss.
Also earning props for his play of late was 16-year-old Qualicum D-man Liam Peel “who got a lot of ice time and played really well,” filling in for injured Keenan McConnell.See FLUG, page A38
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VIJHL HOCKEY
Table set for big border battleBallenas Whalers push unbeaten record to 4-0 with victory in North Vancouver
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
JAMES CL [email protected]
Local fans of the grid iron are grinning this week as the home-town Whalers pushed their un-beaten record to 4-0 on Satur-day with a solid 38-14 over the Handsworth Royals in BC High
School AA football action.In action in North Van, Bal-
lenas’ defence set the tone with some big stops early in the game and rolled to the win from there.
According to Ballenas head coach Jeremy Conn Hand-
sworth “came out strong but were unable to finish several drives as the Whalers defen-sive backs continued to pick off passes.”
Whalers QB Liam O’Brien continues to have the hot hand
on defence as well as he added two more interceptions to his list, as did Scott Childs.
“Not only is Liam O’Brien one of the top AA QBs in BC, he also leads the league with inter-ceptions on defense with eight,”
said Conn.On offense, O’Brien was good
on 19-of-26 in the air for 260 passing yards and four TD pass-es. He also rushed seven times for 78 yards and a TD.
JAMES CLARKE PHOTO
Home grown forward Travis Flug, above going to the net, and his linemates were a handful for the Storm at Oceanside Place Saturday as the Gens rolled to a 5-1 win.
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Jr. boys finish one and two in leagueKwalikum and Ballenas take first and second — believed to be a first for local teams
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Oceanside’s Jr. Boys’ soccer teams both posted wins in their final BC High School regular season matches, and in doing so secured a one-two finish in league play, which, by all ac-counts, is a first for these parts.
The lads from Ballenas had to be on the ball to beat a tena-cious NDSS Islanders side 1-nil in their final home game of the year last Thursday, played out in wind and rain.
That same day, KSS upset the unbeaten Dover Bay Dolphins 4-2 in Nanaimo. The Dolphins lone blemish going into the match was a tie against NDSS.
The win pushed the Whalers’ regular season record to 4-1 and earned them the league title and top seed heading into the North Island finals. KSS, who lost to Ballenas in their head to head, grabbed second place, also at 4-1, while Dover settled for third in the six-team Mid-Island league at 3-0-1.
“That’s great — it’s awesome,” BSS coach Larry Stefanek said of the top-two league finish for
Oceanside, confirming that in his 19 years of Jr. Boys soccer with Ballenas “I can’t remember it ever happening before.”
In their game against the Is-landers, Ballenas looked like provincial contenders at times, but NDSS gave the Whalers all they could handle.
“We played pretty good, we just couldn’t finish,” said Ste-fanek, confirming that the Is-landers “were dangerous on counterattacks — they had their chances, but we missed some easy chances in the first half.”
Ballenas’ Spencer Land notched what would prove to be the winner about 25 minutes in, and while the Whalers didn’t score again, they showed tre-mendous ball handling skills as they carried the play.
“We had a lot of possession and some real good combina-tions — we knocked it around real well,” confirmed Stefanek, “but gosh we should have been up 3-0 in the first half. All in all though I was impressed with how we played.”
BSS keeper Aaron Paetkau
came through with some nice stops — none bigger then the two-save series right before the half to keep the score 1-0.
Also earning props for their play were centre backs Shane Houtman and Jory Clermont and forward Ben Sharman.
“They’ve been playing really well.”
AS FOR KWALIKUM’S WIN, “it was a good game,” KSS first year teacher/coach Alli Bach said after. “I think they’re finally realizing how good of a team they are, and hopefully it will contin-
ue on to the North Islands.”Centre-mid Jacob Watson led
the charge for KSS against Dover with three goals, and Daniel Dou-kakis rounded out the scoring.
A former BSS standout, Bach went on to play on the UVic women’s team for five years where she helped the team clinch the CIS national title in 2005, and in 2007 she won the scoring title for the Canada West Conference with 13 goals — she was also a Canada West All-Star back to back seasons.
“It’s good. I’m enjoying it — they’re a good group to coach,” she said when asked how she’s liking her first year as a teacher at KSS (French, PE and Social Studies) and first campaign coaching.
GAME ON The Whalers and Kondors
take their games up the road to Carihi in Campbell River this Thursday/Friday for the eight-team North Island finals — the top three teams advance to the Island championships in Victo-ria Nov. 1-2. They’re in different pools, which raises the possibil-ity of an all-Oceanside final.
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Ballenas’ Marcus Miller watches his shot hit the post during recent BC High School Jr. Boys soccer action at BSS.
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Flug/Sneddon line dominatesVIJHL HOCKEY
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The line of Flug, Sneddon, a con-verted D-man now playing centre, and Schneider look to have settled in as the Gens’ big hitters.
“Oh yeah,” said Demerais. That whole line — the other teams know when they’re out there. They like to play physical.”
Home grown goalie Kiefer Giroux was solid stopping 23 of the 24 shots he faced.
The Storm’s new skipper Ryan Toporowski from Campbell River, a for-mer Storm player and assistant coach with the Saanich Braves last year, made his head coaching debut for CR Friday night in the wake of a shake-up that saw the Storm part ways with head coach Rob Voltera as well as assistant coach, Dave Wing and goalie coach, Tyson Hicks.
“It’s fun,” he told The News. “I really enjoy working with he kids and coach-ing hockey. As far as the game I thought
Oceanside put a really good effort for-ward, they worked really hard — they play the game at a very high tempo,” he said adding “it’s good hockey and it’s hard to play against a team that just keeps coming at ‘ya, and that’s how they played.”
“These are four point games,” he said of the inter-divisional showdowns, add-ing “these are really important because they can effect the playoff standings.”
A season-high 325 fans turned out for Saturday’s game — the Storm may be struggling but as always they brought a good-sized cast of boisterous support-ers with them. Campbell River fans know how to cheer.
“They’re great,” said Toporowski. “We usually get about 50 coming down to the games with us.”
ICE CHIPSThe win lifts the Generals to 5-9-2
and tied with Nanaimo for second in the North and tied for sixth overall in
the eight-team VIJHL while the Storm, who lost to the Panthers in overtime again on Sunday and have played four less games, slip to last in the North and seventh overall at 3-8-2.
Defenseman Chandler Bruckrerye was playing up in the BCHL with the Trail Smoke Eaters and getting regular shifts for two games on the weekend (he scored a goal on Sunday. D-man Ryan Buse was the first General to be called up to Jr. A the week before when he played one game with Port Alberni Bull-dogs. The Victoria Cougars in the mean-time remain the class of the league as they remain unbeaten in regulation at 14-0-1.
GAME ON: The Generals are in Nanaimo Thursday to face the Bucca-neers, travel to Campbell River on Fri-day then return home to ‘the Place to face the Bucs again on Saturday. Puck drops at 7:30 p.m.
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Dallas Towle continues to be O’Brien’s favourite target with nine catches for 86 yards — three of which went for TDS. Josh Bouchard rounded out the scoring with a 40-yard TD catch amongst his four catches for 76 yards.
The Whalers took a 14-6 lead into the half and kicker Gabriel Doretto made Whalers history in the third quarter when he connected on a 23 yard field goal.
“That was a pretty neat moment as we have never kicked a field goal in the history of senior varsity Whalers football,” said coach Conn. Doretto was also a perfect 5 for 5 on extra point kicks.
On defense, Tysen Hunt led the way with six tackles while Lukas Whibley had five, as did Sean Rae who also reeled in a sack.
IN JR VARSITY action, Ballenas came up on the short end of a 22-7 final in Nanaimo last Thursday against the NDSS Islanders. Their third straight loss drops the Whal-ers to 1-3 for fourth place in the eight-team AA Island Conference.
GAMES ON: The JV Whalers host the Wolverines from Edward Milne in Sooke Wednesday for their final home game of the season. Kickoff is 3:15 p.m.
BORDER BATTLE: The varsity Whalers are in action under the lights at Earl Logan Field in Nanaimo Friday as they take on Barsby in the big annual border battle, which this year is also a battle of unbeatens and as such is not only for bragging rights but for first place in the sev-en-team Western Conference. Kickoff is 6 p.m.
PIZZA: Oct. 24, 4:30-7:30 p.m. the Ballenas Whal-ers football team will be working at Pizza Connection in Parksville which will donate $4 from each pizza sold that night to the Whalers. The more pizzas sold the more money goes to the football program. Call 250-951-2112 or drop by 144 Weld Street Wednesday to order a pizza and support football.
Whalers host EdmontonFOOTBALL
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Varsity Whalers’ kicker Gabriel Doretto, above connecting on an extra point earlier this season, made team history in North Van on Saturday when he split the uprights for the Whalers’s first-ever field goal.
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