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River’s Edge residents reacted swiftly to news a medical marijuana production company wants to set up shop near their homes in Nanoose Bay.

Amber Leppard lives on River’s Edge Drive about one kilometre from where she believes Wild� ower Marijuana Inc. is proposing to build a 68,000 square foot production facility on ALR land that was formerly Paradise Acres Ranch. Leppard e-mailed a letter detailing her concerns to Health Canada on Wednesday and called � e NEWS after the story broke in the � ursday edition.

“� e � rst we heard of this was just a few days ago,” said Leppard. “We have a lot of really up-set people here right now.”

A neighbourhood gathering about the issue is scheduled for tonight (Tuesday) at 7 p.m. at the corner of Kaye Road and Rascal Lane.

“It wouldn’t matter if they were growing to-matoes,” she said.

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Denyse Widdi� eld says she isn’t surprised by the re-sults of a recent survey that suggests 67 per cent of Qua-licum Beach residents agree a proposed development at Pheasant Glen Golf Resort is good for the community.

Widdi� eld said she has been knocking on a lot of doors and talking to a lot of people since she announced last month she is running for mayor.

“I’m not surprised by the results of the survey because I believe most people in Qualicum Beach, especially this silent majority we keep hearing about, really can see that we are in dire need of creating a good economic base that

will bring families and tourism back to Qualicum Beach,” said Widdi� eld, suggesting the town has seen the loss of just under 200 hotel rooms in the last 20 years. “Whether it’s Pheasant Glen or any other development, we need this type of proposal on the table and we need to look at it.”

Mayor Teunis Westbroek, the only other declared can-didate for the Nov. 15 mayoral race in Qualicum Beach, called it a “bogus survey with loaded questions.”

I think its very unfortunate they (the people who paid for the survey) didn’t own up to it when we had a coun-cil meeting on Aug. 11,” said Westbroek. “� ey were in the gallery. � at would have avoided a lot of controversy.”

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Signs of progress melted away over the weekend as talks broke down between the B.C. Teacher’s Federation and the provincial gov-ernment. School will not start this week.

Meanwhile, people across District 69 and the province were waiting to see when the school year will start, scheduled for Sept. 2 provincial-ly (today) and � ursday, Sept. 4 in this district, due to the school recon� gurations. (Watch www.pqbnews.com for the latest news.)

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At least two of the current District 69 school board trustees will not be running again in the Nov. 15 election.

“I’ve decided not to seek another term,” chair Lynette Kershaw told The NEWS.

She cited family reasons, and said “the four year term is daunting and I have to put time into my own family fishing business.”

“I like to do things 150 per cent, I’ve enjoyed my time and learnt a whole lot, but it’s time to move on,” she said of the steep learning curve she faced, especially being elected by the rest of the board as chair for what was her first term.

“Not withstanding the the current labour sit-uation I think this board and district are poised for some good things.”

She said she hopes they “are able to attract good, level headed people,” to the next board to continue the work they have been doing and encourages anyone considering running to stop in to their casual Sept. 25 information ses-sion, 7 p.m. in the PCTC Forum, where board and city council meetings are held.

She said that while it wouldn’t have stopped her from running, it would have been good to have a better understanding of the time com-mitment and board procedures before the last election.

During last Tuesday’s school board meeting trustee Ross Milligan also announced he would

not run again. Citing personal reasons he said “I’ve enjoyed the process… I would have liked to continue on but I can’t.”

The two trustees where part of the Oceans-ide Communities for Quality Education group formed to fight the proposed closure of Kwali-kum Secondary School in late 2010.

Four members from that group were elected to the five person board in Nov. 2011, including Barry Kurland, who has said he will run again, and Julie Austin, who has been out of town and hasn’t declared her intentions.

The board faced tough issues, closing four elementary schools at the end of last year due to declining enrolment and funding.

Milligan said that on his way out he would like to push for an increase in trustee remuner-ation to help attract candidates.

While sitting boards cannot increase their own pay, at their last meeting before the sum-mer they voted to increase the board renumer-ation budget by 39 per cent to have it available if they decide on an increase from $9,720 a year to the provincial average of $13,500. The chair’s renumeration would go up to $16,500.

The fifth current board member, Eve Flynn has declared her intention to run again. She has served 12 years, including time as board chair.

The nomination period to run for the board is open Sep. 30 to Oct. 10. Information and the required paperwork are available at the school board office in Parksville.

Kershaw calls it quitsSCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS

Ronna-Rae Leonard, a three term Courtenay councillor, is seek-ing the NDP nomination in the new federal riding of Courtenay-Al-berni, she announced Friday in a news release.

“Representing this riding is a natural fit,” she said in the release. “My husband and I have lived here since 1990 and raised our two children here.”

Courtenay, along with Cumberland and the southern Comox Val-ley, will be a part of the new riding for the 2015 federal election, which also includes Parksville Qualicum Beach. Leonard ran in the 2011 federal election as the NDP candi-date in Vancouver Island North but lost to Conservative incumbent John Duncan, who is the Conservative candidate for this new riding.

Following the 2011 federal election, Leon-ard was elected as a Courtenay councillor for a third term.

“I am grateful for the support I have received,” she said about her time as a councillor. “It’s been a great privilege to serve the citizens of Courtenay at city hall for the last nine years. It tells me that the progressive voice here is strong.”

Leonard said she plans to complete her term as Councillor. The release states Leonard’s background is diverse and she has

experience working as an environmental researcher, educator and project manager.

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A horse takes a break from grazing on Thursday at Paradise Acres Ranch, which adjoins the River’s Edge neighbourhood and is purported to be the site of a proposed medical marijuana production facility. That’s the Island Highway just south of the weigh scales in the background.

Crime one of concernsCONTINUED FROM PAGE A1

“It’s going to be a large, commercial opera-tion in a rural residential area.”

Neither the Regional District of Nanaimo or Wildflower CEO William MacLean indicated a specific piece of land that would be the site of the operation, but Leppard said “it’s quite obvious” it’s the former Paradise Acres Ranch, a 125-acre property with a three-bedroom, four-bathroom, 4,077 square-foot home at the end of Paradise Place, which connects to Kaye Road, the major artery for most of the neigh-bourhood that’s known locally as River’s Edge. The ranch lands are part of the ALR, were listed recently for $2.9 million and have been sold for an unknown price.

Kaye Road runs roughly parallel to the Englishman Riv-er, behind the weigh scales on the Island Highway.

“We moved out there be-cause it’s quiet, peaceful and beautiful,” said resident Su-zanne Lowe.

One estimate suggested there are 120 homes in the area, many of them on 2.5 acres, ranging in price from $700,000 - $2 million.

Leppard said her concerns about the pro-duction facility include water availability, in-creased traffic, noise and the possible effect on property values.

Even if the new facility draws from its own well “it will affect our aquifer” in River’s Edge, said Leppard.

“And if this heavy, industrial, commercial enterprise (is allowed to operate here), proper-ty values are going to decrease,” she said. “There are multi-million-dollar homes in this area.”

Other residents called The NEWS with simi-lar concerns.

“If it was tomatoes, I don’t think there would be a crime element,” said another River’s Edge Drive resident, Lois Moroz. She acknowledged medical marijuana production facilities are mandated to have security, but she said she believes people will try to break into the facility and steal marijuana, bringing a criminal ele-ment to their neighbourhood.

The Regional District of Nanaimo issued

a news release Thursday, directing people to send their comments and concerns to other agencies.

“Residents are extremely concerned about this licence application and as an elected of-ficial and a member of this community I sym-pathize and I understand those concerns,” said RDN Chair Joe Stanhope. “I encourage anyone with questions or concerns about this licence application to contact Health Canada to let them know.”

The RDN also said that since the facility is proposed to be located on ALR land, and the Ministry of Ag-riculture and the Agricultural Land Commission permit the production of medical mari-huana as a farm use on ALR land, the RDN cannot prohib-it the production of medical marihuana on ALR land.

The RDN also said its has not received any development applications related to the pro-

posed facility and is unable to disclose specific location information. If a licence is granted by Health Canada for the production of medical marihuana, the issuance of RDN building per-mits will be required in relation to new struc-tures or for the renovation of existing structures. However, the RDN said the issuance of building permits cannot legally require public process and building-permit issuance cannot legally require information to address any potential aquifer impacts. The RDN also said discharge of waste from farm operations is regulated by the Province through the Agricultural Waste Control Regulation under the Environmental Management Act.

The RDN also supplied a list of contact information. For Health Canada, call 1-866-337-7705. Wildflower contact information can be found at www.wildflower.ca. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastruc-ture’s Vancouver Island district office can be reached at 250-751-3246. Questions regard-ing waste can be directed to the Ministry of Environment’s Vancouver Island regional of-fice, 250-751-3100.

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A horse takes a break from grazing on Thursday at Paradise Acres Ranch, which adjoins the River’s Edge neighbourhood and is purported to be the site of a proposed medical marijuana production facility. That’s the Island Highway just south of the weigh scales in the background.

Crime one of concernsCONTINUED FROM PAGE A1

“It’s going to be a large, commercial opera-tion in a rural residential area.”

Neither the Regional District of Nanaimo or Wildflower CEO William MacLean indicated a specific piece of land that would be the site of the operation, but Leppard said “it’s quite obvious” it’s the former Paradise Acres Ranch, a 125-acre property with a three-bedroom, four-bathroom, 4,077 square-foot home at the end of Paradise Place, which connects to Kaye Road, the major artery for most of the neigh-bourhood that’s known locally as River’s Edge. The ranch lands are part of the ALR, were listed recently for $2.9 million and have been sold for an unknown price.

Kaye Road runs roughly parallel to the Englishman Riv-er, behind the weigh scales on the Island Highway.

“We moved out there be-cause it’s quiet, peaceful and beautiful,” said resident Su-zanne Lowe.

One estimate suggested there are 120 homes in the area, many of them on 2.5 acres, ranging in price from $700,000 - $2 million.

Leppard said her concerns about the pro-duction facility include water availability, in-creased traffic, noise and the possible effect on property values.

Even if the new facility draws from its own well “it will affect our aquifer” in River’s Edge, said Leppard.

“And if this heavy, industrial, commercial enterprise (is allowed to operate here), proper-ty values are going to decrease,” she said. “There are multi-million-dollar homes in this area.”

Other residents called The NEWS with simi-lar concerns.

“If it was tomatoes, I don’t think there would be a crime element,” said another River’s Edge Drive resident, Lois Moroz. She acknowledged medical marijuana production facilities are mandated to have security, but she said she believes people will try to break into the facility and steal marijuana, bringing a criminal ele-ment to their neighbourhood.

The Regional District of Nanaimo issued

a news release Thursday, directing people to send their comments and concerns to other agencies.

“Residents are extremely concerned about this licence application and as an elected of-ficial and a member of this community I sym-pathize and I understand those concerns,” said RDN Chair Joe Stanhope. “I encourage anyone with questions or concerns about this licence application to contact Health Canada to let them know.”

The RDN also said that since the facility is proposed to be located on ALR land, and the Ministry of Ag-riculture and the Agricultural Land Commission permit the production of medical mari-huana as a farm use on ALR land, the RDN cannot prohib-it the production of medical marihuana on ALR land.

The RDN also said its has not received any development applications related to the pro-

posed facility and is unable to disclose specific location information. If a licence is granted by Health Canada for the production of medical marihuana, the issuance of RDN building per-mits will be required in relation to new struc-tures or for the renovation of existing structures. However, the RDN said the issuance of building permits cannot legally require public process and building-permit issuance cannot legally require information to address any potential aquifer impacts. The RDN also said discharge of waste from farm operations is regulated by the Province through the Agricultural Waste Control Regulation under the Environmental Management Act.

The RDN also supplied a list of contact information. For Health Canada, call 1-866-337-7705. Wildflower contact information can be found at www.wildflower.ca. The Ministry of Transportation and Infrastruc-ture’s Vancouver Island district office can be reached at 250-751-3246. Questions regard-ing waste can be directed to the Ministry of Environment’s Vancouver Island regional of-fice, 250-751-3100.

Residents areextremely concerned about

this licence application and as an elected official

and a member of this community I sympathize and I understand those

concernsJOE STANHOPE

Unscientific online poll also reveals parents split on back-to-work legislationAUREN [email protected]

District 69 parents who responded to a recent online poll are firmly behind class size limits, which is one of the main sticking points in the ongoing B.C. teacher’s strike.

District Parent Advisory Council (DPAC) president Kelly Wray reports that 341 people answered its recent online poll, meant to give her a sense of local parents’ concerns, which she took to a pro-vincial DPAC meeting Aug. 16.

She said she was impressed with the turn out, and while she ad-mits it’s far from comprehensive, she does feel it is a telling sample.

While the number of parents in the district is unknown, there are about 4,500 students, if there were that many parents, the unscien-tific poll would have a margin of error of about five per cent.

Eighty-six percent of respondents said they agree with the Su-preme Court decision that teachers have the right to bargain class size and composition.

Eighty-three per cent also agreed that “a firm number of students per class is important to the success of your child’s education,” and 83 per cent also said yes to the question, “Is a firm number, maxi-mum three, students requiring extra support, ie., students with an I.E.P., per classroom, important to the positive learning outcomes for your child?”

Given three options on who is best to determine class size and composition, 62 per cent said the class teacher, 30 per cent said the local school administration and nine per cent said the school board.

Seventy-five per cent of respondents said their child doesn’t re-ceive sufficient one-to-one time from their teacher, 60 per cent said the strike continuing into September would cause financial hard-ship, and 68 per cent didn’t like the government’s offer of $40 a day to parents of students under 13.

On whether the government should legislate teachers back to work, repondents were fairly closley split, with 56 per cent saying no.

The results are available at https://www.surveymonkey.net/re-sults/SM-D2Q66CB8/.

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Regional District of Nanaimo direc-tor Julian Fell will seek re-election in the Coombs/Errington area this fall.

Fell made the announcement Wednesday morning in an e-mail.

“After consultation with communi-ty members and with my family I have decided to stand for re-election this No-vember,” he said in the e-mail. “There are about a dozen on-going issues and proj-ects to keep on track and my community contacts and groups have told me that now is not the time to step aside.”

Fell, who is just completing his first term on the RDN board, said it takes a

few years to “train” an area director. “There are complex procedures, con-

ventions and rules to learn,” he said. “One must become familiar with dozens of bylaws, provincial statutes and local and provincial government functions.”

Fell said he believes once a director is “trained” he or she becomes “far more effective in the role as a community rep-resentative.”

Fell won the 2011 municipal election with 33.4 per cent of votes (354 votes), just ahead of candidate (and alternate di-rector) Leanne Salter, who received 29.2 per cent of votes.

In mid-August, RDN chair Joe Stan-hope confirmed he would run for re-elec-

tion this fall, defending his position rep-resenting French Creek, which he’s held since 1996.

Meanwhile director George Holme, who represents Nanoose Bay, told The NEWS he would be stepping down after 29 years on the board.

The only candidate left undecided in the Parksville Qualicum Beach area is di-rector Bill Veenhof, who represents Deep Bay/Bowser.

The RDN board is comprised of 17 mem-bers, including representatives directly elected in seven rural areas: Nanoose Bay, French Creek, Coombs/Errington, Deep Bay/Bowser, Cedar, Gabriola and Pleasant Valley. The remaining 10 members are ap-

pointed from councils in Nanaimo (seven councillors), Parksville (one), Qualicum Beach (one) and Lantzville (one).

Nomination packages have been avail-able since Aug. 25 for those who want to be a candidate for an area director po-sition in RDN districts including Deep Bay/Bowser, French Creek, Coombs/Errington and Nanoose Bay. The nomi-nation period begins Sept. 30. To get on the ballot, these nomination packages must be returned to the RDN by 4 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 10.

The RDN is British Columbia’s fifth most populous regional district, of 28 throughout the province, and home to more than 140,000 people.

Fell the latest to announce his election intentionsREGIONAL DISTRICT OF NANAIMO

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Beach part of big contestCANDACE [email protected]

Parksville Beach may be officially deemed par-adise if it wins a nation-wide contest seeking the greatest place in Canada.

The sandy, expansive beach has recently been nominated for the Canadian Institute of Planners’ awards, which has three categories: public places, neighbourhoods and streets.

Parksville Beach is in the public places cate-gory. Mayor Chris Burger said it’s no surprise the beautiful oceanfront was put forward as a candi-date for one of the best places in the country.

“The waterfront is the jewel in the crown of this community,” said Burger. “We’re so fortunate to have such a beautiful place that is such a great destination for so many people.”

In 1923, the Parksville Women’s Institute fund-

raised money to purchase 39 acres of waterfront land. This area became the Community Park which was run by the Community Park Society for 40 years before being turned over to the City in 1963.

Parksville Beach is best known for hosting the annual five-week beach festival, which includes the Quality Foods Sand Sculpting Competition and Exhibition. This year, the festival welcomed more than 90,000 visitors.

The beach also boasts a one acre wheelchair ac-cessible playground and water park, both of which are funded by the Parksville Lions Club. Moreover, the park includes amenities such as sports fields, beach volleyball sandpits, a skate park, tennis courts, a lacrosse box, curling rink, outdoor gym equipment, picnic shelters and an arboretum.

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Parksville Beach has been nominated for a contest looking for the best places in Canada.

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Aside from the many recre-ational activities that take place at Parksville Beach, there is also a one-kilometre long, five-me-tre wide boardwalk that lines the oceanfront offering unobstruct-ed views of the Georgia Strait and coastal mountains. Parksville Beach is located near the city’s downtown core and provides a sense of identity and community for residents and visitors alike.

Parksville Beach is vying against Ontario’s Blockhouse Island, Al-

berta’s Broadmoor Lake Park and Port Alberni’s Sproat Lake, among others. To vote for your favourite place in Canada visit: www.great-placesincanada.ca/en. Voting is open until Sept. 25 and the win-ners will be announced on World Town Planning Day Nov. 7.

The winners will be determined by a panel of professional planners chosen by the Canadian Institute of Planners. A plaque will be pre-sented to the mayor in the com-munity of the winning location.

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Up against Sproat Lake

Two local clubs among the recipients

Ravensong Aquatic Club and Oceanside Youth Football are two of the community organizations in Nanaimo and Parksville getting a share of $312,860 from the B.C. government, Parksville-Qualicum MLA Michelle Stilwell announced last week.

“I know many families who enjoy the programs and services offered by these sports and arts or-ganizations,” Stilwell said. “These groups are vital to our community, and I’m happy that we are able to support them with these grants.”

The Ravensong Aquatic Club of Parksville Qualicum Beach will receive $15,300 to help with its swimming program, while the Oceanside Youth Football Associ-ation will get $9,500.

In Nanaimo, nine groups are receiving gaming grants — the Harbour City Football Club is get-ting $98,900.

The provincial government says the Community Gaming Grant Program allows non-profit orga-nizations to apply for provincial gaming revenues from the Minis-try of Community, Sport and Cul-tural Development. Gaming grants are also awarded in the categories of Public Safety, Arts and Culture, Environment and Human and So-cial Services.

In the 2012/13 fiscal year, the provincial government says it dis-tributed a total of $135 million in gaming grants for eligible commu-nity programs and services.

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A public grand opening of the Magical Field of Stones is taking place Sept. 7 from noon to 4 p.m. The new area at the back of the grounds features a number of stone sculptures, a new gazebo, and a

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Westbroek also said Pheasant Glen needs to present more detail on its pro-posal to the town.

“I understand that they want to test the waters,” said the mayor. “No one is saying we don’t want it. We are saying show us the complete application and go through the process.”

The survey was commissioned by the Dutton family, which owns Pheas-ant Glen. They want to build 100 vaca-tion homes, 60 resort cabins, a club-house and pavilion. The survey was conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Ros-ner from Aug. 6-10 and gathered 303 responses, according to a news release issued by Craig Dutton on Thursday. Dutton said the survey is accurate to within 5.7 percentage points, plus or minus, 19 times out of 20.

“We did this survey because we wanted to know what the real people, the average Qualicum Beach resident, thinks of our proposal to build residen-tial and resort housing and other ame-nities at Pheasant Glen” Dutton said in the news release. “The real people are telling us, and any one else who real-ly listens, that they want a real plan to grow to the Official Community Plan

population of 12,000 with controlled growth and economic activity. We agree, our plan is to build fewer than 200 homes and resort cabins over the next three-seven years.”

The survey questions did not begin and end with the Pheasant Glen pro-posal. Here are some other results, as supplied in the news release by Dutton.

• 81 per cent agree Qualicum Beach needs to attract more families to main-tain a vibrant community.

• 79 per cent agree that Qualicum Beach needs controlled growth to maintain its quality of life and service.

• 73 per cent agree that Qualicum Beach needs a real plan to reach its OCP (Official Community Plan) size of 12,000 over the next 10-15 years.

• 71 per cent say: “Addressing com-munity priorities in a timely manner

with flexibility in planning during community changes” is more import-ant to them while 25 per cent say “A lengthy public process with extensive public input is more important.”

• 61 per cent believe Qualicum Beach council listens too much to the complainers and not enough to the av-erage resident.

• 60 per cent believe amendments to the Official Community Plan should take less than 12 months while 34 per cent be-lieve it should take as long as it takes.

On its website, New York City-based Greenberg Quinlan Rosner says it is “one of the world’s premier research and strategic consulting firms. We spe-cialize in political polling and cam-paign strategy, helping political can-didates, parties, advocacy groups, and ballot initiatives succeed across the United States and around the globe.”

According to its website, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner’s client list has includ-ed Microsoft, Boeing, the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Cubs. The com-pany says it employs nearly 70 research professionals and has offices in Wash-ington, D.C., New York, N.Y., Buenos Aires, Argentina and London, England.

With teachers back on the picket line after a summer break, there are various activities planned this week.

There are calls on Facebook and an e-mail to The NEWS about a student walk in Sept. 4 at Kwalikum Second-ary.

“Whether or not classes are in ses-sion, students will be going to school, and if the doors are locked and there’s no one to teach us, then we’ll stand outside with our signs and protest,” Danielle Heron reported by e-mail.

“Anyone is welcome whether you’re

a student, teacher, parent or just a reg-ular citizen wanting to contribute” she said of the event, scheduled for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

If the strike continues they are also planning a mass e-mail event on Sept. 12.

Other rallies taking shape include one at a location to be determined by District 69 parents and students 9 a.m. Sept. 2 and a provincial one outside the premier’s Vancouver cabinet offices Sept. 5.

As this story is written Aug. 29, talks

were scheduled for Saturday with the full BCTF and government bargaining teams. Talks were not otherwise taking place in recent weeks.

Veteran mediator Vince Ready, who had only been “monitoring the situation,” called the meeting and asked the parties not to comment publicly.

On Aug. 28, Education Minister Pe-ter Fassbender proposed a two-week break from strikes or lockouts to allow school to start while negotiations con-tinue.


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When you arrive you will be directed to an easy chair with good lighting. Don’t look for wait-ers. There is no food or beverage service. There is no talking. Most especially there is no access to so-cial media.

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After three hours the embargo is lifted. Participants are free to interact the old-fashioned way — eye contact, smiles, a hand on the forearm, words coming out of the mouth — that sort of thing.

These Silent Reading Parties are springing up all over. Ac-cording to a report in The New Yorker magazine, attendees ap-preciate being urged to get out of their homes to read, and they are grateful for the peer pressure that keeps them from covertly peeking at their iPhones and Androids.

It’s not easy. Of all the fallout from new so-cial media, one of the least examined is atten-tion fragmentation. More and more we seem to fear being alone — even for seconds. Does this explain the suicidal insanity of texting while driving?

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ness. That’s why we text and drive.”“People are willing to risk taking a life and

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Louis is right. A team at the University of Virginia recently conducted an experiment on 700 people.

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lets, cellphones, PC’s or Macs. Leave them with only their

brains for company. After a while bring them out and ask them how they feel.

Bad, it turns out. Very, very bad. A majority said they found it ‘very unpleasant’ to be alone with their thoughts even for 15 minutes.

In one experiment, 64 percent of men and 15 percent of wom-en began administering electric shocks to themselves, (an option they’d been given, even though no one asked for it).

Turned out a majority pre-ferred physical pain to, you know, thinking.

It didn’t matter if the exper-iments were conducted in the sterile confines of a laboratory or in the comfort of the participants’ homes.

It didn’t help if the subjects were given topics to ‘think about’ such as summer vacations, sports events or what they looked for in

a partner.Timothy Wilson, the psychology professor

who ran the experiments concluded: “they just didn’t like being in their own heads.”

My mom, bless her, used to admonish her kids to ‘use your brains.’

“Your brain is a muscle” she’d say. “If you don’t use it, it shrivels away.”

Mom’s grasp of human physiology was sketchy but she had a point.

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Say what you like about polling, it does provide fodder for discussion.

A recent poll commissioned by the owners of Pheasant Glen Golf Resort indicate 67 per cent of Qualicum Beach residents agree the resort’s

expansion plans will be good for the community. � e poll was conducted by phone Aug. 5-10 by a New York City-based company that has counted heavy hitters of industry and politics among its clients. � e poll gathered 303 re-sponses — an impressive sample size for a town like Qual-icum Beach — and is considered accurate 5.7 percentage points plus or minus, 19 times out of 20.

Pheasant Glen did a similar survey in February of 2011 which indicated 68 per cent of Qualicum Beach residents supported zoning changes to allow for expansion of the re-sort, albeit a di� erent plan that’s in front of town council now. � at survey was completed by Strategic Communi-cations, polled 359 people and as considered accurate to � ve percentage points, plus or minus, 19 times out of 20.

� is kind of polling is not cheap. And these polls were conducted by � rms with good reputations, companies that aren’t going to endanger future business with much bigger clients by doing anything nefarious with a little Qualicum Beach survey.

Some people say the only poll that counts is on elec-tion day. Fair enough. � e most recent election we have to reference is the May 2013 provincial election. Qualicum Beach voters overwhelmingly chose a candidate from a free-enterprise party — the B.C. Liberal Party — over the NDP candidate, 52 per cent to 35 per cent.

� e Conservative Party candidate won the riding that includes Qualicum Beach in the federal election of 2011 with more votes than the NDP and Liberal candidates combined.

It’s dicey to link party-driven provincial or federal pol-itics to municipal elections, but there are just too many indicators here to ignore when the professional surveys of both 2011 and 2014 are included.

� ere’s a question some candidates should be pressed to answer in Qualicum Beach during this municipal elec-tion. For the candidates who are in opposition to growth or don’t believe the town’s declining population requires positive steps toward the OCP’s stated maximum build-out of 12,000 people, the question is this:

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The 100th anniversary of the Qualicum Beach E & N Train Station was a wonderful event showcasing the need for the rail bed to be repaired to get the E & N up and run-ning — sharing space with a sports trail.

If gas, oil and electric vehicles were se-rious concerns for environmentalists, they would limit their own use of such vehicles and support the railway on Vancouver Is-land as a viable alternative means of trans-port. They would support railways which with better security, supervision, mechan-ical regulations and higher maintenance of the railways tracks, can transport freight and passengers far more safely than is pos-sible on highways.

Yes, the E & N passenger service was shut down — due to safety — because of poorly maintained track infrastructure. That hap-pened before there was a disaster.

It’s not the same with highway transport. The Malahat highway has never been per-manently closed down due to its common-ly claimed “dangerous” condition. This in spite of highway “disasters” that have taken place over the years.

As a senior who has no car — and many seniors lose their licences — and yet pay taxes which fund “transportation”, I look forward to seeing more of my “transporta-tion” dollars directed to rail transportation with upgraded tracks, rail cars which ac-commodate wheelchairs, walkers, bicycles and useful scheduling.

The 100th anniversary of the Qualicum Beach Train Station was well organized and well-attended event showcasing the need for renewal of the E & N Railway. I attended with a group from Victoria.

Members of Island Corridor Foundation board deserve great credit for tireless work and patience in restoring rail passenger ser-

vice which will benefit us all.AVIS RASMUSSEN

Victoria

THANKS FOR THE GENEROUS SUPPORT

In my almost 20 years working on the ra-dio, from CHPQ in 1995 through the changes at CKCI and then to the Beach 88.5 FM and on to the Lounge 99.9, I have been witness to and helped with many worthwhile fund-raising initiatives which Oceanside residents responded to with great generosity.

In May, I was diagnosed with cancer of the bone marrow. I was barely able to walk across the room without two canes or a four wheel walker. Doing the morning show on the Lounge 99.9 was impossible, forcing me on to short-term disability.

When word spread of my illness, sudden-ly I found myself on the receiving end of the incredible Oceanside generosity. People be-gan making donations towards my medical expenses. The Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce began a 75-25 draw, and the Old School House collected donations at two of their Tuesday afternoon Jazz sessions.

I work at a job where I get paid to talk. The outpouring of support, from prayer to monetary, along with the words of en-couragement leave me overwhelmed and speechless. Appreciation overflows. I am strengthened and empowered. Thanks to the medical treatment at the Royal Jubilee in Victoria as well as NRGH in Nanaimo, I am once again mobile and feeling better ev-eryday. So much so, that this past Tuesday I was able to return to the Lounge morning show at 99.9. I feel the love in so many ways. Know that it is appreciated. Thank-you.

PATRICK NICHOLSON, MORNING SHOW HOST, THE LOUNGE 99.9

Parskville

SUPPORT THE CHILDRENI am horrified about the state of chil-

dren’s education in B.C.I am the mother of two boys, 13 and 16. I

do not support the BCTF and I do not sup-port the government. I am trying to sup-port my children. I trusted that if I gave my kids to the school system, it would educate them. I was wrong.

I want $40/day each for my kids. At $40, I would be able to afford $14,320 per school calendar. I would get some like-minded parents together, hire a teacher and pool our money (10 kids would be $71,600), and pay the teacher well. Oh wait, that is private education?

Public school used to prepare us for the world, good and bad. If you did not get the work done you failed. The goal was moving on to other learning, if you could not meet the goal you were held back to ensure you would. The burden has been now put on the parents to ensure/guide/enforce the kid’s education.

I see this year as being worse. With the schools not opening on time, the burden of education will be at home to catch up. We are paying more and more for less. I should not have to advocate for my kids to have a basic education. I should not have to come home from my job and do theirs.

I do not have time to fight on my behalf of my kids, I wish I did. I work 40 hours a week, take care of my family and home. I do not have benefits or a pension plan.

I work for less than half of what the teach-ers and government gets paid. If I don’t work, I don’t get paid. That is the real world for most of us.

Pay me a day’s wage, and I will mediate this my way. I have plenty of experience with sandbox antics.

DIANA GEIGERParksville

LettersQUOTABLE:

“It wouldn’t matter if they were growing tomatoes.”AMBER LEPPARD, see story page A1

VIEWS IN THE NEWSWe asked: What’s your favourite part of fall?

The leaves turning

lovely colours.

MARTHA POW

Parksville

Football season.

JACKIE HUNT

Qualicum Beach

Springwood Park,

the lovely colours and

trails.

LAURA HESSE

Parksville

The nice weather,

warm days, cool

nights.

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Parksville

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JOE STANHOPEChairman,Regional District of Nanaimo

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Each week we will scramble four of the business names on this feature. Simply read through all the ads carefully, unscramble the letters and identify the businesses. Clip out the appropriate ads and mail them along with your name, address and phone number to Gas-A-Rama contest, c/o Parksville Qualicum Beach News 154 Middleton Ave #4, Parksville, BC V9P 2H2 to arrive no later than the Friday noon following the appearance of this feature. The first correct answer drawn each week will win $50 worth of gasoline from Parksville Service Petro Canada. All entries will be kept till the end of the contest for GRAND PRIZE DRAW OF A $500 GAS CARD. You may enter as often as you like. ENTER NOW! You could be a lucky winner. All staff of this newspaper and their families and anyone under the age of 19 are expressly forbidden to enter this contest. The judge’s decision ids final. No cash surrender value. GOOD LUCK!

WIN $50 Worth of Gas Each Week!Local Arts & Crafts including

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Come See Us Today!

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Errington Organic Local Rhubarb $295 lb

Strawberries Coming Soon!

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& Smoked Ham

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“The main thing for me is finding fresh produce, because I think that’s the key to awesome flavour,” said Eben Sedun, who started Vancouver Island Hot Sauce Company — based in Qualicum Beach — in May with his wife Karita.

Eben was born in Winnipeg but grew up in Adelaide, Aus-tralia. He moved to Canmore, Alberta in 2008.

After growing up in Ontar-io, Karita also made her way to Canmore and after falling in love, the couple spent five years in Canmore before deciding the town saw “too much winter” ac-cording to Karita.

Always a fan of hot sauces, Eben starting experimenting with making his own in Can-more, as he was familiar with sauce-making from years in the food industry.

When the couple got mar-ried last year, they gave mini hot sauces called “Red Hot Monog-amy” as wedding favours.

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The first bottle of hot sauce was sold at the Qual-icum Beach Farmers Mar-ket in May and today Vancou-ver Island Hot Sauce has quite the following. In fact while be-ing interviewed for this article a customer jokingly asked the

couple if she could buy shares in the company.

The two hot sauces Eben and Karita sell are called Owl’s Screech and Breath of Hum-baba. The hot-ter sauce, Owl’s Screech, was

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Breath of Humbaba is a mild-er sauce which includes a cedar tincture made from the cedar trees in Eben and Karita’s back-yard. In Mesopotamian mythol-ogy, Humbaba was the giant guardian of the cedar forest, said to have the breath of fire. That sauce has cilantro, lime and lemongrass notes and uses jalapeno peppers. Both sauces have a nice kick, but won’t ruin

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The sauces cost $8 a bottle and are also available as a duo in a handmade cedar gift box for $20.

Find the Vancouver Island Hot Sauce Co. at the Qualicum Beach Farmers Market or con-tact Eben and Karita through their website www.vancouveris-landhotsauce.com.


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Western novel built around tragic stormParksville author Reg Quist releases his novel called Hamilton Robb, loosely based on historyLISSA [email protected]

In January of 1888 a fierce and dead-ly storm that would come to be known at the Children’s Blizzard charged in from the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, engulfing a number of states south to Colorado, and as far east as New York.

The tragic story is at the heart of lo-cal author Reg Quist’s new book called Hamilton Robb.

The book is loosely based on that historical event, it offers insight into the lives of pioneer farmers and ranch-ers, and it’s topped off with a healthy dose of romance.

Quist said the storm caught his attention and his imagination.

“It killed a whole lot of people and thou-sands of cattle—about 235 people died de-pending on whose do-ing the counting and about 180 of them were children—those children were sent home from school to try and beat the storm, well of course they didn’t make it.”

Besides the devastating toll on lives, the storm also changed the cattle in-dustry, Quist said, as farmers were try-ing to get by without hay crops at the time, and instead of letting their cattle graze throughout the year, the storm put an end to that.

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“The second storm that hit him was the beautiful daughter of a Texas rancher that moved into the country—and all the ins and out of romance.”

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years and both sets of his grandparents were pioneer ranchers and farmers, he said, so he can closely relate to the ranching side of the story.

Hamilton Robb is self-published under Quist’s label, Jinglepot Books. People can order his new book or his previous novel, Mac’s Way on his web-site www.regquist.com.

Another book Quist wrote called Mister Lister Comes Home is also avail-able on the website, which is a series of short vignettes about life when Quist was a child growing up in the ‘40s.

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Keene and co-director Sharon Tomczyk are starting up the choir, after a successful year directing Sound Connection, a choir in Coombs at the Soundgarden.

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Get on the road to authorshipLocal author hosting a creative writing class at the McMillan Arts Centre

A 10-week creative writing course at the McMillan Arts Centre is meant to get budding writers on the road to author-ship.

Award-winning novelist Rachael Preston is hosting the creative writing course begin-ning Sept. 11.

Whether it’s family histo-ry writers are looking to set to paper, getting started on a murder mystery or looking for help developing characters and improving writing skills, this course will cover it.

The course aims to help develop writing skills in a supportive atmosphere, allow participants to experiment with different forms of creative writing, and improve critical awareness of writing.

Get ready for writing exer-cises that will stimulate the imagination, group discus-sions and instructor feedback to help develop ideas, and more specific exercises to fa-miliarize participants with the building blocks of creative writing.

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son. Call 250-248-8185 for more information or email [email protected].

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Author Rachel Preston is hosting a writing workshop at the MAC.

Meeting basic needs in GuatemalaA golf tournament that will

benefit the children of Chu-kumuk, Guatemala is taking place at Pheasant Glen Golf Course Sept. 11.

Aldea Maya was found-ed by a local woman, Louise Sosa, who was formerly a teacher in the area.

The registered charity works in Guatemala year round on a number of proj-ects including building and staffing a middle school (Chukumuk Basico) educat-ing on gardening and nu-trition, distributing water filters, building homes and much more.

The tournament at Pheas-ant Glen will have a shot gun start at 5 p.m. and dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m.

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A student works at a Guatemalen middle school last year start-ed by local charity Aldea Maya. There is a fundraiser Sept. 11 to help fund the school.

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There are also bird feed-ers in the area and on Sept. 7 there will be live music from 1 to 3 p.m. by the Boney Finger

Band. The ribbon cutting will take place at 2 p.m. Admission is by donation.

The centre is located at 1240 Leffler Rd. For more informa-tion visit www.niwra.org or call 250-248-8534.

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JOYCE DOREEN WEEKS(nee Pilbeam)

Born September 29, 1926 (Winnipeg)Died August 17, 2014 (Parksville)

Our beautiful, feisty, loving, amazing Joyce has left our lives but not our hearts, after a courageous battle with cancer.She will be sadly missed but happily remembered for the wonderful mother, wife, grandmother and great-grandmother that she was. Joyce is survived by loving husband Cliff, her children Pat, Penny (John), Bryan (Nancy) and Dawna, her granddaughter Karly and partner Mike, her great grandchildren Hunter and Roland, her grandchildren Sage (and great grandchild Chloe) and Jeremy, her son-in-law Steve and daughter-in-law Wendy and their children (who loved Joyce as a grandmother) Meghan, Jacquie, Laura, Connor and Britt.She is also survived by an amazing group of friends from far and wide, including those from the Toronto area where she lived until 1991, those from her many years of curling, playing golf and bridge, and those from the Parksville Lawn Bowling Club, the Qualicum Curling Club and the Parksville Curling Club. Joyce was a founding

member of the Parksville Curling Club and was a high level curling coach, having coached the Ontario junior mens team to the Canadian fi nals. In recognition of Joyce’s dedication to curling and supporting that sport in her community, Joyce was awarded the Sport BC Community Support Hero Award in 2004.She will be greatly missed by all, but especially by Cliff and by Marjorie Blumfald whose exemplary tender and loving care eased her diffi cult last weeks. A special thanks from Joyce’s family to all of the Parksville Home and Community Support “angels” who supported us throughout.

Gregory Eric PlanerDecember 24th 1964 - August 24th, 2014

Greg was locally known as a gentle mannered, pony-tailed window cleaner who was comfortable on ladders. His first 7 years were spent in the Calgary area fol-lowed by another 7 years spent in Australia on the Gold Coast. He returned to Canada at 15 to live in Prince George. At 20 he required a serious back operation for damage caused in early childhood. He overcame the surgeon’s prediction of a wheelchair at 40 by being so physical with We Do Windows.He lived in Prince George and Slave Lake from age 15 to 26, then moved to Vancouver Island. He met Shel-ley, his life partner at 26 in 1990. Together they started We Do Windows, working very hard to create today’s 23 yr. old successful business. Greg quietly watched Shelley try new things, some-times participating in them once being assured nothing bad would arise. One of these adventures led him to the Oneness Blessing in 2011.The cumulative affects of blessings inexorably changed him from a cautious introvert to a man who could see into the hearts of others. His gift for gentle advice, his kindness and steadiness will be sorely missed by all those who benefitted from his sage words.Greg passed gently and peacefully at home holding Shelley’s hand. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Child Haven International or Memorial Society of BC. Celebration of Life • September 4th, 1:00 4:00 p.m.

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RE: THE ESTATE OF ANNIE ROBINA PATERSON HILLSDEN, Deceased, formerly of #353-650 Berwick Road, Qualicum Beach, B.C.

Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Annie Robina Paterson Hillsden, Deceased are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to Eric George Hillsden, the Executor of the Estate, c/o Rodway & Perry, at P.O. Box 138, Qualicum Beach, B.C V9K 1S7 on or before October 3, 2014, after which date the Executor will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.ERIC GEORGE HILLSDENExecutor

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

RE: THE ESTATE OF MARY JOAN GATES, Deceased, formerlyof 650 Berwick Road North, Qualicum Beach, B.C.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Mary Joan Gates, Deceased are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to Charles Cormack Christopher Gates, the Executor of the Estate, c/o Rodway & Perry, at #1-699 Beach Road, Qualicum Beach, B.C on or before October 10, 2014, after which date the Executor will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

CHARLES CORMACK CHRISTOPHER GATESExecutor

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Exhibition season is underway leading to the regular season home opener Sept. 6Generals lose first pre-season tiltVIJHL HOCKEY

New Generals settling in to Vancouver Island life VIJHL HOCKEY

T YSON [email protected]

With two exhibition games in the books, the Save-On-Foods Oceanside Generals are that much closer to kicking off their 2014-15 season.

The Generals played host to the Nanaimo Buccaneers last Wednesday evening, which saw a great crowd come out for their first glimpse at the potential team.

The Gens ended up on the losing end of a 5–2 score in front of the hometown fans.

Two days later, it was back at it for the Gens on Friday night as they travelled to Nanaimo to once again do battle with the Buccaneers, looking to split the home and home games (score not available at press time Friday).

Wednesday’s action marked the first official game behind the Gens bench for head coach Jason Johns, who was oppo-site his former team.

Happy to get the first one under his belt, Johns was very positive following the game and liked a lot of what he saw from his team.

“We had a great crowd out there, it’s nice to see that the community’s inter-ested in what we’ve got on the ice,” Johns said. “I thought we played pretty good,

we controlled the play a lot in the game and if we can capitalize on our chances,

we’ll look pretty good.”There were some different faces on the

ice in Friday’s tilt between the two teams; Johns and the coaching staff are hoping to see as much as they can between the remaining exhibition games.

“We’re going to have some fresh bod-ies in the lineup,” Johns said. “It’s a real good chance for a lot of kids to get their feet wet at the Junior B level and we’re looking forward to seeing what they can do out there.”

Wednesday’s game marked the first of many for quite a few new faces looking to make the team, including U.S. born Da-vid Anderson, PJ Heger and Keanu Gal-legos.

Anderson, a goaltender from Santa Clarita, California, spent a good amount of time between the pipes and was head-ed down to the Cowichan Valley Capitals junior A camp last weekend.

Heger, from Traverse City, Michigan, and Gallegos, from Colorado, were both pretty excited to be suiting up in a new city, (See more below).

The Gens now have two games left in exhibition play before they kick off their regular season on the road against the Nanaimo Buccaneers.

The regular season home opener goes Sept. 6 against the Campbell River Storm. Puck drop is at 7:30 p.m. with pre–game festivities an hour before the game.


Two new faces, two differ-ent styles of game. That’s what the Save-On-Foods Oceanside Generals are looking forward to seeing from PJ Heger and Keanu Gallegos this season.

Heger, who hails from Mich-igan, has found a lot of simi-lar qualities in Parksville to his hometown of Traverse City, Michigan. For Gallegos, the differences between his large, suburban upbringing in Col-orado make Parksville look like a tiny little town in the

middle of nowhere.“It’s a big difference, for sure,”

Gallegos said. “Growing up in such a large place and then coming here, it’s a big change. I like it here so far though. I’m liv-ing in Nanoose Bay and I’ve only been here for about 12 days, but I really like it.”

Both are on their first foray into Junior B hockey and have noticed a few adjustments, not only in the style of game, but lit-tle things like a visor on their hel-mets can be a big change for two players who’ve never donned a visor before this season.

“It’s a big change, having the visor instead of the cage,” Heger said. “It’s our first season with-out the cage so it’s been a bit of an adjustment so far. You can definitely see the game a lot bet-ter and it feels more free com-pared to the cage.”

And both are excited to be hitting the ice in a new city.

“I liked it a lot, it was a great atmosphere on the ice,” Heger said. “It’s a different kind of game out there, I’m used to playing against guys that are slower so it’s a good change.”

TYSON TAYLOR PHOTO

Save-On-Foods Oceanside Generals goalie James Brendland makes a fantastic save on a one-timer attempt against the Nanaimo Buccaneers last Wednesday.

See NEW PLAYERS, page A30

TYSON TAYLOR PHOTO

Newcomer Keanu Gallegos (10) keeps an eye on the puck during action against the Nanaimo Buccaneers last Wednesday.


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Operating Room lights are the single most vital piece of equipment a surgical team needs while performing surgery. Operating Room Lights are specifically designed to provide intense light without glare and shadowing, which can contribute to eye fatigue.

Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation...still equipping for life.

Please Join Us For An Exciting Chance To Try Field LacrosseOpen to all boys and girls 8 to 16 years of age

regardless of experience. Groups will be formed according to age and broken off to learn some basic skills and strategies of the sport. Please bring your own sticks, gloves, helmets and water. Some extra

gear may be available for those that have none.

Registration for this event will take place from 6:00 till 7:00pm.

Any questions regarding this event please email:[email protected]

For more information and any questions regarding registrations for the 2014/15 Field Lacrosse Season please email: [email protected]

Registrations for the 2014/15 Field Lacrosse Season will be accepted at this session as well as being

available online and at the Oceanside Minor Lacrosse Association Billboard located at Oceanside Place Arena.

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Come Out & Try Session.Wednesday September 3, 2014

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Qualicum and District club will host the provincial mixed curling championships

B.C. curling comingQB CURLING

Minor hockey registrationJUNIOR SPORTS


The Qualicum and Dis-trict Curling Club will host the top mixed curlers in the province in 2016 when the AMJ Campbell B.C. Mixed Curling Championship heads to town.

The event will run in March, 2016 and will be an eight-team triple knockout competition with a page playoff.

Eileen Leachman, a board member with the Qualicum club, said, “Hav-ing hosted provincial se-nior ladies, mixed and mas-ters events in recent years, we are excited about having the 2016 AMJ Campbell

B.C. Mixed Curling Cham-pionship at Qualicum and District Curling Club.”

She said the curlers will have a great time on the Island. “We have great ice, wonderful hospitality, a beautiful beach and great shops and restaurants.”

Mixed curling is played with teams of four, two men and two women, compet-ing in 10-end games. The winning B.C. team will head to the 2016 Canadian Mixed Curling Champion-ships at a location not yet announced.

Sponsor AMJ Campbell has been a large part of the Vancouver Island commu-nity for over 20 years.

Denis Cordick, vice president of marketing at AMJ Campbell, said the company is proud to be the title sponsor.

“We look forward to an-other tremendous event,” he said. “AMJ is the official moving company for Curl B.C., the Canadian Curl-ing Association Season of Champions, the Grand Slam Series and the Cana-dian Olympic Team.”

The Qualicum and Dis-trict Curling Club was formed in 1964. The club on Memorial Avenue has four sheets of ice and a com-fortable lounge and seating area with a sound system and bar facilities.


Hockey season is here once again and Oceanside Place has already been busy.

Rep tryouts are being held for the Oceanside Minor Hockey Association and with the league starting up soon, it’s time to step back out on the ice for a lot of players.

Women’s hockey has also been on the rise, leading to the Oceanside Women’s Hockey League being formed for the first time this year. Women new to hockey or

who do not want to travel to play are en-couraged to join this all-abilities league.

The league needs two teams to run, if more women register a third team will be added and games will be played two nights a week. Weekly games are sched-uled for Tuesdays, starting September 23, from 7:45 to 9:15 pm.

CARHA personal insurance is add-ed to the registration fee of $182 for 11 games. Register with RDN recreation and parks at 250-248-3252, stop by Oceanside Place or online at rdn.bc.ca/recreation.

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Newcomer PJ Heger looks to unload a shot as the Save-On-Foods Oceanside Generals took on the Nanaimo Buccaneers last Wednesday at Oceanside Place.

For Gallegos, who broke his wrist in the offseason, he was just excited to step out on to the ice and play hockey.

“I’ve been waiting, it was good to fi-nally get going,” Gallegos said. “I couldn’t wait to start playing hockey again in some meaningful games, so it was good.”

Heger, who arrived a little over a week ago, has settled in nicely and has been enjoying his time away from the rink as well. Discovering some of the local fish-ing in the area, Heger, who had 52 points in 70 games last season, is enjoying his new surroundings.

“The first game was great, it was a great atmosphere to play in,” Heger said. “It’s nice to see such a big crowd come out for an exhibition game and hopefully that will continue.”

Travelling away from home to play hockey in a foreign land can be a daunt-ing enough task, but throw in all the other

changes too, like long distance conversa-tions and time changes back home, there are a few things to adjust to not only on the ice, but off the ice as well.

“One of the things I noticed was com-ing off the ferry on to the Island,” Gal-legos said. “I completely forgot about the change to kilometers from miles per hour, so it was a little weird when I was passing people on the highway. Even-tually I figured it out but it’s just one of those things you have to get used to, be-ing in a new place.”

Heger and Gallegos bring different styles to the Gens. Heger is more of a goal scoring player while Gallegos brings the much needed grit and physical game. Both players are excited about the change in scenery and excited to show what they can do at the junior B level.

“It’s just exciting to be able to play hockey, and to do it in such a nice place,” Heger said.

New players and stylesVIJHL HOCKEY



STUFF NOT TO MISSTHE TERRY FOX RUN - Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park. Walk, ride or run 3.3km, 5km or 10km, Sunday, Sept 14, to support cancer research. Register 9am, run starts 10am. Register & pledge online at www.terryfox.org. [email protected], 250-248-3252.

ACTIVE AGING WEEK IN PARKSVILLE - Sept. 22-28. rdn.bc.ca 250-248-3252,[email protected]

The new FREE place to list your groups and activities of any kind!

EveryFridayCOOMBS COUNTRY OPERA7-10pm, Coombs Rodeo Grnds. 3rd/Fri/mo. Sept. - June. Local musicians invited to take the stage. Interested in performing? Terry, 250-248-6075. www.chrco.orgOCEANSIDE STROKE RECOVERY11am-1:30pm. St. Columba Hall, 921 Wembley Rd, Parksville. Bring lunch. 250-586-6766. www.strokerecoverybc.caMUSIC TRIVIA7-10pm, Shady Rest Pub. Great Prizes.3109 W. Island Hwy, Qualicum Beach.BRADLEY CENTRE LUNCHEONS11:45am-1:15pm, Last/Fri/mo. Bradley Ctre., 975 Shearme Rd. $6/Members $2 annual. Gunter, 250-248-2336, [email protected]

EverySaturdayPARKSVILLE LYME SUPPORT GROUP1:30pm, 2nd/Sat/mo, Parksville Pharmasave in the meeting room. Info: [email protected] FARMERS MARKET10am-1pm, Errington Community Park. Celebrat-ing 41years. www.erringtonfarmersmarket.caLIVE MUSIC7-11pm. Live Local Bands. Shady Rest Pub, 3109 W. Is. Hwy, Qualicum Beach.QUALICUM BEACH FARMERS MARKET8:30am-12:30pm, Veteran’s Way & Memorial. www.qbfarmersmarket.comQB LEGION PANCAKE BREAKFASTS8:30-11:30am, QB Legion, 180 Veterans Way. Pancake Breakfast every Sat. to Sept. 27th.SMART RECOVERY 10-11:30am, meet/SOS, 245 W. Hirst Ave., PV. Info/assistance re-Alcohol & Drug Use Disorder. Ray Deller, 250-714-9703 or [email protected]

EverySundayCOOMBS OLD TIME FIDDLERS AFTERNOON DANCE2:30 p.m., Rotary House, corner Beach & Fernin Qualicum Beach, 1st/Sun/mo. Starts Sept. 7th. All ages, $2.50, 250-586-3743.PANCAKE BREAKFAST & GARAGE SALE8:30-11:30am, 3rd/Sun/mo. 975 Shearme Rd./Bradley Centre. $6/$2 annual. Gunter, 250-248-2336, [email protected] MEET11am, 2nd/Sun/mo, at Bethlehem Retreat Ctre, 2371 Arbot Rd Nanaimo. 250-754-0774.

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EveryTuesdayTUESDAY BIRD WALKS9am, Parksville Beach Comm. Park. Neil Robins, 250-954-1928, [email protected]://www.thebirdstore.blogspot.ca/ROTARY CLUB OFQUALICUM BEACH SUNRISE7am, Tuesdays, Rotary House, 211 Fern Rd W QUALICUM BEACH NEWCOMER’S9:45am/doors, 10:15am/meeting, 2nd/Tues/mo, St. Stephen’s Hall, 150 Village Way, Qualicum Beach. qbnewcomers.org PARKSVILLE LIONS7pm, 1st & 3rd Tues/mo., 241 Moilliet,250-248-5806/250-248-9392PV ALZHEIMER’S & DEMENTIA1:30-3pm, 1st/Tues/mo. Caregivers & Support Group, Stanford Place, 250 Craig Street, Parksville. Jane Hope 1-800-462-2833OS PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT7-9pm, 1st/Tues/mo., at The Gardens, 650 Berwick North, QBeach. Free, family & friends welcome. Court Brooker, 250-752-7489, [email protected] FOR ALL AGESKathy Murphy 250-594-0285 www.kathleenyoga777.ca [email protected] Jaya Studio, 420 Trio Lane, QB

QB LAWN BOWLING CLUB665 Jones St. New members welcome. [email protected]. QUALICUM BEACH PROBUS CLUB9am,1st Tues/mo. St. Stephen’s Church Hall.

PQ LINUX/ANDROID USERS GROUP6:30pm, 3rd Tues/mo. at A & W Restaurant, 540 Island Hwy East, Parksville. Bring your laptop, Android device, or Chromebook.QUALICUM BAY LIONS CLUB7pm, 2nd & 4th/Tues/mo., 240 Lions Way, Qualicum Bay. 250-240-4538

OCEANSIDE SENIOR’S BADMINTON1:30-3-pm, Tuesdays & Thursdays, Arrowsmith Activities Centre, 1014 Ford Rd, Coombs. $5 drop in. 50+ welcome, Stan 250-752-8760BELLY DANCING QUALICUMStarts Sept 9th, every week. Tues/6pm/Beginners, 7:30pm/IntermediatesThurs/4:30pm-Beginners, 6pm-Beginners.Elaine De Rooy, 250-752-3750

EveryMondayROTARY CLUB OF PARKSVILLE12pm, Mondays (except holidays), Quality Resort BaysideROTARY CLUB OF QUALICUM BEACH6:15pm, Mondays (except holidays) Rotary House, 211 Fern Rd West.OCEANSIDE FLOOR CURLERS1pm, Arrowsmith Hall, Ford Rd, Coombs. $10 ann. fee, $2/2 games, Mon/Wed/Friday/mo. Starts Sept. 15th. New members welcome, no sweeping. Tillie Murray 250-586-8323QUALICUM BEACH CRIBBAGE7-9pm. QB Legion. 250-752-8178HATHA YOGA5:30-6:45pm, 684 Phillips St. Parksville. First class FREE for locals. pennysyoga.comMEDITATION FOR EVERYONE7-8pm, Mondays, Sept 15-Oct 27, Penny’s Yoga, 684 Phillips St., Parksville. 1st Class FREE, then $15 Drop in. 250-240-3569. [email protected], pennysyoga.comCARPET BOWLING OPEN HOUSE1-3pm, QB Civic Center. Mon & Wed: Sept 22nd & 24th. every Mon & Wed at 12:45pm, starting Sept 29th to Wed Dec 17th. Starts again on Mon Jan 5th 2015 Maggie: 250-752-1156.OCEANSIDE FLOOR CURLERS1pm, Arrowsmith Hall, Ford Rd, Coombs. $10 annual fee, $2 curling fee for 2 games held on Mon/Wed/Friday/mo. Start date Sept. 15th. New members welcome, no sweeping. Tillie Murray 250-586-8323 MOUNT ARROWSMITH PIPE BAND6:30pm, Arbutus Grove Church, 170 W Hirst, PV. All pipers & drummers welcome. Will teach new members. Mel, 250-752-7810.QBEACH FRIENDLY BRIDGE CLUB6:45-10pm, QB Legion, 180 Veterans Way (back door). Knowledge of Bridge required. Lori Pross 250-752-0196PARKSVILLE PROBUS CLUB8:30am, 3rd/Mon/mo. Quality Bayside Resort. Eric Krogh - Beyond Climate Change, parksvilleprobus.ca. Dave 250-752-4204.ARBUTUS CLUB TOASTMASTERS7-9pm (except holidays). PV Community Centre, 132 Jensen Ave. All welcome! Contact Kristin for more info 248-1926 or visit arbutus.toastmastersclubs.orgOPEN MIC NIGHT7-10pm, The Shady Rest, 3109 W. Is. Hwy, Qualicum Beach.

EveryTuesdayOCEANSIDE SENIORS BADMINTON1:30-3pm, Arrowsmith Activities Ctre, 1014 Ford Rd, Coombs. $5 drop in fee, held on Tues/Thurs/mo. All players 50+. Stan Brownlee 250-752-8760.QUALICUM BEACH GARDEN CLUB7-9:30pm. 2nd/Tues/mo (except Aug. & Dec.) QBeach Civic Centre, 740 Jones St. QB ALZHEIMER’S & DEMENTIA SUPPORT1:30-3pm, 3rd/Tues/mo. Community Room, The Gardens. Jane Hope 1-800-462-2833 ZUMBA5:30-6:30pm/ Tues., 975 Shearme Road, Coombs. 250-713-3817, [email protected] BEACH & AREA NEWCOMER’S CLUB 2nd/Tues/mo, St. Stephen’s Hall, 150 Village Way, QB. 9:45am/doors, 10:15am/meeting. qbnewcomers.org

EveryWednesdayROTARY CLUB OF PARKSVILLE AM7am, Wednesdays, The Beach Club ResortASBC MID-ISLAND GRANDPARENT SUPPORT GROUP MEETING10am-noon., 2nd Wed/mo. Family Resource Association, 198 Morison Ave, Parksville. www.nanaimoautism.org, 250-714-0801CHURCH CHOIR7-9pm, Knox United Church, Parksville. Info: 250-248-3927OCEANSIDE PHOTOGRAPHERS CLUB7-9pm., 1st/Wed/mo. Qualicum Beach Civic Centre, oceansidephotographers.caRAINBOW STEW CLOGGERS No partner & no pre-registration. $5 Drop-in. Beginners 12pm, EZ 1pm, Int/Adv 2pm, QBeach Community Hall. Sharon (250) 468 7478. [email protected] QUALICUM BEACH FAMILY HISTORY7pm, 3rd/Wed/mo. 180 Veterans Way, QB Legion. Lola Cook: 250-594-5556EAGLECREST GARDEN CLUB7pm., 3rd/Wed/mo., QB Civic Centre. Beate Kuhn at 250-954-1768 or [email protected] GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP4-5pm, Knox United Church, Parksville. Info: 250-248-3927OS EMERGENCY SOCIAL SERVICES9-11am/Intro meetings, 10am/Regular meetings, 2nd/4th/Wed/mo.. 250-954-3411 [email protected] SENIORS11:30am, 2nd/Wed/mo., join us for lunch at Nanoose Place.

GRANDPARENT SUPPORT GROUP10am-Noon, 2nd/Wed./mo. ASBC meeting. Family Resource Assoc., 198 Morison Ave, Parksville. www.autismbc.caLIVE ENTERTAINMENT6-9pm, Jazz, Blues & Contemporary Music, Shady Rest Pub. 3109 W. Island Hwy, QB

EveryWednesdayTIMBERLINE DANCE7-10pm, 146 W. Hirst, Parksville, Legion. FREE, live classic Country and Rock’n Roll music. Members, guests & prospective members welcome. All adults welcome! Bill Wilson: 250-752-8542. [email protected] IN FRENCH1:30-3:30pm, “Nous Chantons”. New members welcome/Nouveaux membres, bienvenue! Suzanne Bernard, 250-248-8714

EveryThursdayOLD TIME FIDDLE DANCES7:30-10pm, Sept. 11-Dec. 11, Rotary House, Beach & Fern, QBeach. A variety of dance styles played by the Coombs Old Time Fiddlers. $2.50/snack included. Bruce Foden, 250-586-3743, [email protected] NATURALISTS7pm, Nanoose Library Hall, 2489 Nanoose Rd. 2nd/Thurs/mo. Outings are arranged on a regular basis. www.nanoosenaturalists.orgBELLY DANCING-QUALICUM4:30pm & 6pm-Beginners only. Thursdays/starts Sept 11th. 250-752-3750.PARKSVILLE NEWCOMER’S7pm/doors, 7:30pm/meeting, 1st/Thurs/mo, 132 Jensen St. Lots of parking & guest Speakers. www.parksvillenewcomers.netOS BREAST CANCER SUPPORT7-9pm, 1st Thurs/mo. at The Gardens, 650 Berwick North, QBeach. Free, family & friends welcome. 250-752-8066 or [email protected] SPINNERS/WEAVERS/KNITTERS10am-2pm, Bradley Centre, 975 Shearme Rd, Coombs. $2/ann. Dawn Ryan: 250-248-6575.MACULAR DEGENERATIONSUPPORT GROUP1:30pm., Last Thur/mo. The Gardens, Wellness Rm. Qualicum Beach. Val 250-468-7556.NANOOSE BAY LIONS7pm, 2nd & 4th/Thurs/mo., Nanoose Place. 250-927-0518MUSIC AT DEEZ BAR & GRILL7pm, 3353 Island Hwy West. Qualicum Beach. 250.752.8055, deezbarandgrill.comRAINBOW STEW CLOGGERS Jingle-tap your way to fun, dance & exercise. No partner & no pre-registration. $5 EZ 5pm, Int/Adv 6pm, Nanoose Place. Sharon (250) 468 7478. [email protected]

PARKSVILLE FARMERS MARKET5-8pm, 1245 East Is. Hwy, Parksville, Parksville Museum & Archives Arbutus Events,250-937-0999. [email protected]. Support local produce, meats, products, crafts, & services. Shop & take in a little history. Ending Sept 26th.

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Parksville Qualicum Beach News, September 02, 2014