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Coasting Along Theatre Society’s (CATS) inaugural launch of the perennial Christmas favorite The Nutcracker Suite squarely places CATS as a new vibrant component of the Coast’s arts community. The Nutcracker is the fi rst of a planned series of professionally produced and directed
ballets in the seasons to come. This made possible by the engagement of artistic directors David and Kathleen Holmes. They bring to the Coast an international recog-nized spectrum of talents. The time-honored ballet will be presented in its original form of two acts and four
tableaus. There will be two casts of 70 dancers and per-formers with guest artists in the principal roles. Even with the limited seating capacities of the theatres, over one thousand patrons will view it. See more at: www.coastingalongtheatre.org REID PAGE PHOTOGRAPHY
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The Gibsons Landing Harbour Authority
(GLHA) long term harbor improvement plan will kick o� with a $1.3 million up-grade and expansion of its dock facilities — the � rst phase of a multi-phased, multi-use harbour revital-ization project.
� e initial construction of a drive-on concrete � oat and a commercial grade drive-on ramp will be augmented by additional � oats, � oating breakwa-ters and recon� guration of the total harbour space for maximum e� ciency dur-ing implementation of the comprehensive project.
� e overall concept for the full expansion was � rst presented to the Gibsons Community in 2008 in a series of public meetings with an update in Novem-ber 2012.
� e project represents an innovative funding partner-ship between the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Small Craft Harbours (SCH) division (providing the � oat, plus
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One Straw Society based Live & Learn Pro-
gram celebrates three years of strengthening local food security and community connectedness.
Since 2010, Live & Learn, its sta� and volun-teers have been committed to empowering individuals in the lower Sunshine Coast with unique food based knowledge and skills.
In the past three years Live & Learn has trained
over 40 mentors and em-powered mentors to deliver over 60 classes. Distilling es-sential oils, building garden beds, making homemade sour dough starter, cook-ing traditional curry, raising and butchering chickens, canning fruit in season, for-aging in local forests and coastlines, canning salmon, and saving garden seeds are just a few examples of skills being shared by Live & Learn mentors.
“I have learned that infor-mation is organic and when you share it in a communal way you build bridges and create relationships. � at is the � rst step towards build-ing community capacity that only strengthens one’s community further. After the class it felt like a fam-ily gathering” said Rashmi Singh, a Live & Learn men-tor (Coastal Market Feast – Direct Farm Market buying Indian Curry recipes).
� e program is also cele-brating the release of its new handbook, Live & Learn: A Mentor’s Training Manual, by Kim Wilkinson, Robin Wheeler and Justin French. � e One Straw Society, Live & Learn sta� and volunteers look forward to continued deliverance of this unique program with gratitude to the commu-nity and the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) SMART fund support.
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engineering and design ex-pertise); Island Coastal Eco-nomic Trust (contributing up to $330,000 towards the ramp and anchoring sys-tem); Sunshine Coast Com-munity Futures, a program of Community Economic Adjustment Initiative Pro-gram funded by Western Economic Development Canada (donating up to $250,000 towards compo-nents and engineering ser-vices); and a commitment of $115,000 from the GL-HA’s own capital develop-ment fund.
“We are very pleased that this funding collaboration
will allow us to meet the needs of the commercial � shery through improve-ments in loading and un-loading and maintenance ef-� ciencies; to meet the needs of residents and businesses through improved barge access to Gambier, Keats and Paisley Islands; and to attract tourists through in-creased marine capacity,” stated Terry Rhodes, Presi-dent of the GLHA. “� ese improvements will also support the marine services sector by allowing easier ac-cess to the harbour. When businesses in our region succeed, our communities
reap the bene� ts.”Town of Gibsons Mayor,
Wayne Rowe, stated, “We are thrilled that the Gibsons Landing Harbour Authority received this funding from Small Craft Harbours, the Is-land Coastal Economic Trust, and the Community Eco-nomic Adjustment Initiative. As the town of Gibsons is one of the few remaining working harbours, this expansion will support the � shing industry and increase the ability of the harbour for a variety of uses and signi� cantly enhance the economic revitalization of Gibsons Landing.”Submitted
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Patrick Bocking, Super-intendent of Schools
for School District No. 46 (Sunshine Coast) is pleased to announce that Vanessa Clarke has been appointed to the position of District Principal, Student Support Services e� ective February 1, 2013. Dan Galazka, cur-rently District Principal of Student Support, will be as-suming responsibilities with the Delta School District at that time. Ms. Clarke holds a Masters degree in Coun-
selling Psychology and has held the position of Vice-Principal at Chatelech Secondary School since September 2009. Joining the school district in 1997, Ms. Clarke has been an early intermediate teacher at Gibsons Elementary and special education teacher at Chatelech Sec-ondary and Halfmoon Bay Elementary Schools. “I am enthusiastic about my new role in the school district and look forward
to continue working with students, sta� and parents in our community,” com-mented Ms. Clarke. Pat-rick Bocking added, “I am excited about the talents and skills that Ms. Clarke will bring to her new as-signment. I would also like to thank Dan Galazka for his commitment to the education and welfare of all of our students, to his colleagues and the Student Support team since the spring of 2011.”
District principal appointment
Vanessa Clarke, the new District Principal of School District 46
We had the best ta-ble!” � at was the
most prevalent declaration from the 96 guests who at-tended this year’s sold-out annual Habitat fundraiser on Friday, November 30. � e enthusiasm seemed to progressively rise with the introduction of each of the seven gourmet courses. Wine pairings expertly ar-ranged by steward Jacque-line George and guest seat-ing thoughtfully planned
by Chair Doreen Henry resulted in an evening of immeasurable enjoyment. A crescendo of excitement occurred when board member Margie Garrard challenged the full house to match her table’s do-nation of seven doors, in Habitat’s ‘Donate a Door’ program. � anks to com-peting donations, 37 doors were donated – enough to out� t 12 new homes at Sunshine Coast Village!
$18K raised for Habitat’s SC Village“
Jan Poynter’s beautiful paint-ing was donated to raise funds for Habitat Village.
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Editorial Opinion
Letters to the Editor – Opinions
Volume 10Issue 50
With less than two weeks until Christmas, you can re-ally feel the excitement build. �ere are some great
Christmas events taking place across the Sunshine Coast including Christmas carol singing and a fantastic perfor-mance of the Nutcracker Suite. Don’t forget to get any of that last minute shopping done by visiting our local stores and art galleries. People love to be pampered, so a gift cer-ti�cate for yoga, massage or a salon is always well received and appreciated.
Remember that while you are out rushing around, many other people are on tight deadlines as well. While the theory that if everyone moves a bit quicker, than we all should get there faster seems to be logical, it never works out that way. When people are zooming around they often pay less at-tention to their driving, so be a bit more cautious on these dark, rainy nights.
Once you’re back home, be sure to �nish up any last min-ute decorating and then try and incorporate some old and new traditions into your holiday season this year. It is a time for giving and people do love gifts – but really, it is a time for family to get together and enjoy each other’s company. �is sounds easy, but it’s important to realize that with cousins and extended family around, all tucked into small spaces, the holi-days can turn into a ‘mash up’ quickly if you’re not prepared.
�e diversity of Christmas traditions is as great as the num-ber of cultures and religious practices found around the world. When was the �rst Christmas card sent? Why do we kiss under the mistletoe? What on earth possesses us to put up a Christ-mas tree every year? It’s all about tradition – something which has enough meaning for us to repeat year after year.
Each family is di�erent, so you have to decide if you would like to have traditions that will be remembered for their fun, humour and good feelings, or if your family is looking for more meaningful traditions that celebrate spiri-tuality and giving – a combination of both might set just the right balance.
Here are some ideas of a few traditions my family has used over the years:
• Get all members of the family into small groups and have each group put on a holiday-related play.
• Go out for a hike on the beach or walk around and look at the Christmas lights in your neighbourhood. �is helps the kids burn o� some energy and the adults burn o� some holiday calories.
• Dust off a few old board games and settle in for some fun. Simple games are sometimes better as the whole family can join in without a big commitment. Charades is also a great one for the holidays – lots of laughs.
• Watch your favourite Christmas movie. We always seem to watch �e Sound of Music as a classic and then �e Christ-mas Story for its raw humour. You know the movie, where the little boy is dressed up so well in his winter clothes that he tips over and can’t move enough to get back up.
• Call or Skype faraway relatives. My brother lives with his wife and four kids in New Zealand and so this is a great way to include them in the festivities.
• Hand out Christmas pajamas to everyone on Christmas Eve, even if you have grandparents and cousins over.
• Be sure to leave Santa a few treats (I hear he likes single malt scotch) and don’t forget to look for Rudolph up in the sky before going to bed.
Finally, since eating is such a big part of holiday memories, it’s important to celebrate and be thankful for the abundance we enjoy. Include the kids in the cooking process. Everyone likes to be a chef and it also gives the kids a better understand-ing of how their food arrives on their plate.
So, don’t be afraid of the impending holiday madness! Em-brace it and if you can be a little more prepared, you will �nd the holidays will be �lled with happiness and joy.
Jim Dorey – Editor
The holiday countdown
Chinese to gain power over our resources
Our Prime Minister is be-having like a dictator, run-ning roughshod over our very democracy by making important foreign policy decisions, which have long-lasting and potentially dev-astating consequences for Canadians – all without even bothering to consult the citizens, he purportedly serves. His latest steamroller foreign policy edicts include the Nexen deal.
�e Nexen deal and the passage of Foreign Investment Protection Act (FIPA) make Canada a second class citizen in its own country, by allow-ing China to sue Canada if we do anything to stand in the way of its commercial in-terests -- including common sense environmental protec-tions and job creation e�orts.
�e Nexen takeover deal puts three to six billion barrels of tar sands oil in CNOOC Ltd.’s hands. Nipping on the heels of the Nexen take-over, Harper’s Canada-China FIPA, the new trade deal with China, grants unprecedented powers to Chinese corpora-tions that own Canadian natural resources. If FIPA passes, CNOOC Ltd. will be able to sue Canadian gov-ernments in secret tribunals if Canada does anything to counter its growing com-mercial interests.
FIPA would be like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), but more dangerous. Canada
has already spent hundreds of millions on penalties from lawsuits launched under NAFTA, and is cur-rently being sued by a U.S. corporation because Que-bec placed a temporary moratorium on fracking to study its controversial health and safety impacts. If FIPA passes, the door will be open for CNOOC Ltd. and other Chinese corpora-tions to do even worse.
�e bottom line is, we need a Prime Minister who protects Canadian democ-racy and natural resources from corporate greed, not a dictator who sells us down the river at whatever cost. Caitlin Hicks, Roberts Creek
Tempest in a teapot – John vs. Alice
Alice! Please tell John that you are sorry for your trivial indiscretion.
John! Please tell Alice that you are sorry for your exces-sive response.
John and Alice! Please get on with the job we elected you to do.Maurice Egan, Sechelt
No one is bullying anyone
I read Jef Keighley’s inane remarks (Dec. 6, 2012) about Sechelt’s Mayor and Council. Never let the facts get in the way of a story. Keighley fully supports Alice Lutes, even though she acted as if she was above the law. He never questions Lutes’ trustwor-
thiness going forward, or if there are other areas in which she has undermined her fel-low Councillors.
Let’s be clear. Mayor Henderson has only one vote on Council, just like all the others. Five Councillors out of six decided that Ms. Lutes should be sanctioned. No one is bullying anyone except people like Keighley who come out with prepos-terous statements designed to ridicule our elected of-�cials. �ese are human beings who have stepped up to do a job for little pay and it seems, less respect. It’s easy to sit back and criticize when you aren’t the ones with all the facts at hand who are charged with mak-ing tough decisions.
With regard to employees who have left Sechelt, why has no one suggested that these employees (of which there are two, not six) might have been let go because, surprise, they weren’t doing their jobs?
I’m very glad that we have �ve new Councillors. None of them are seasoned poli-ticians (such as Lutes and Shanks) nor are they relying on continuing in their posi-tions in order to supplement their retirement incomes. And career politicians might have swept Alice Lutes’ be-haviour under the carpet in case it made them look bad. �ese �ve have consciously decided that they have to do what’s right instead of play-ing politics in order to get re-elected in two years.
Aren’t we happy to have at least �ve politicians who are facing up to their responsibil-ities? Isn’t that what we bleat about not having these days?Laura Davis, Sechelt
A Canadian holidayIt is time, Mr. Weston, to
thank you for representing us. It is the things that you are too modest to crow about that come to mind. Why just last week you stood your ground and voted against a bill that would have given the sick and dying in third world countries access to needed drugs. �e week before you showed those whiners when you did not bother to vote on a motion to proceed with committee hearings on bul-lying. Doubtless you already knew your caucus colleagues would defeat that initiative. You certainly sent a message when you spoke in Parlia-ment in favour of closing Coast Guard bases – you’d think that boaters would know how to swim, right. �en there is the �ne work you did lending your name and position in support of a group that opposed adequate funding for the education of those pesky disabled kids.
After all of your exhaust-ing foreign junkets to places like Mexico, Taiwan and Iraq, you deserve a Canadian holiday. A boat trip perhaps. I’m thinking a solo kayak trip along the proposed bi-tumen tanker route, starting in Kitimat and ending on
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Letters to the Editor
Nov. 13, 2012
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6pm - 8pm: West Coast Salmon Wellington with Marlene StephensMarlene would like to share a West Coast alternative to turkey with you this season. You will learn to use ready-made puff pastry to make Salmon Wellington and wow your guests. Each student will practice with a mini wellington and go home with ideas for other tasty uses for this pastry, including smoked salmon tarts. The versatile puff pastry is ideal with both sweet and savoury dishes!Class fee is $10 – Please pre-register for this event!Class fee is $10 – Please pre-register for this event!
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(Continued from page 4)Haida Gwaii. � e craft could be double hulled and � lled with ethical oil for bal-last. With changes to those onerous environmental reg-ulations oil transport is not any longer a concern.
We shouldn’t wait though --- a start could be arranged when the next big winter storm blows in from the North Paci� c.Paul Johnston, Roberts Creek
Goodbye to our forest (EW002)
� e timeframe might not be exact, but unless Frank Capra makes a miracu-lous reappearance in the next week or two, some-thing precious is going to vanish from this earth. It’s EW0002, a small 15-hectare piece of forest just 10 min-utes above the highway in Roberts Creek. Most people will never know what they’ll have missed -- an encounter with something wonderful and a place of great preter-natural beauty.
What a shame! � e im-pending loss of this unique natural treasure makes me unbearably sad. I’ve often thought, on my wanderings through its darkened glades, that it’s the most beautiful piece of forest I’ve ever seen.
When Tomo was alive, my beloved dog and I hiked o� together into the local mountains with a di� erent destination in mind nearly every day for � ve years. During that time we vis-ited hundreds of places in the great Elphinstone forest that stretches from Langdale to Sechelt Inlet. Tomo and I came across many beautiful spots, but nothing to com-pare with EW002. It was ‘sui generis’, one of a kind.
But it’s almost gone now. On a good day – or more apt-ly perhaps, a bad one – I can hear the buzzing of chainsaws from where I live near the top of Rat Portage Hill.
I’d suggest you visit EW002 on a Sunday when they’re likely not to be work-ing. After all, it’s only 10 minutes up Lockyer. Have a last look around and say your goodbyes. (But given how e� cient fallers are these days, it might be too late.)
I oh-so hope I’m wrong. But I’m pretty sure Frank Capra isn’t coming back. Sadly, neither is EW002.Howard Katz, Sunshine Coast
More mix-ups in Sechelt?
We are very grateful that the SCRD has been holding earthquake preparedness seminars, as many of us feel vulnerable living here.
One seminar, held at the
Sechelt Library December 1 from 1 to 3 pm, was adver-tised by the SCRD in some local media, as was Meet the Mayor from 2:30 to 4 pm, same venue, same day. In-teresting logistics.
� e recent magnitude of coastal earthquakes and the fragility of our geographic location made participating in this important seminar a priority for my friends and myself. Approximately 50 people attended.
At 2:15 pm, Bill Elsner, the presenter, advised us that the seminar would stop at 2:30 pm, not 3 pm. He appeared surprised after be-ing interrupted by hurry up signals from the door. � e mayor needed the room. Bill was forced to rush and short-en the presentation, with no time for further questions. We were hurried out. People were visibly annoyed.
I observed a small notice at the library detailing semi-nar times from 1 pm to 2:30 pm. Either the error had been belatedly discovered, or the left hand didn’t know what the right was doing.
Mr. Henderson recently stepped into Alice Lutes shoes on the SCRD board, a most responsible posi-tion. As an SCRD board member, Mayor Hender-son should have realized the importance of this seminar. We learned that in an emer-gency, it is mostly neigh-bours who rescue others around them.
Mayor Henderson quot-ed to � e Province that “ev-erything is � ne, everything is great in Sechelt.” Many Coast residents think oth-erwise, and are very con-cerned about the � scal and economic future of the whole SCRD region.
I feel that this mix up is just one small example that everything is not � ne and is not great. I hope we have the opportunity to attend a rerun of this seminar in the near future.Frances McGuckin, Half Moon Bay
An outside perspective on Wilson Creek
I have been fortunate to visit the Sunshine Coast as a tourist. I have come, like many others from the rest of the province, country, in fact the world, to be lulled by the ocean and embraced by the majestic, giant trees of your old growth rainforest. I could never have imagined that many of you fortunate enough to live in this mag-ni� cent part of the province would value it so little.
How could you allow the shortsighted destruction of the Wilson Creek forest area by Sechelt? No matter how many jobs are provided in
the short term by the log-ging of this forest, you will have lost something of far greater value. We, as a spe-cies, must turn our e� orts to creating new ways of em-ploying people rather than destroying our habitat and the habitat of all other liv-ing creatures. If we continue down this road of destruc-tion, we will end up being the only species left living on a barren earth that can no longer sustain us.
I know there are people who understand the dire urgency of our situation on this planet and they are � ghting to halt this destruc-tion. I urge everyone to stand up and join this � ght.
Be the noble guardians of this forest. Fight for your life.Sandi, Kamloops, BC
RCMP called
Last week’s arrests of members of our community by the RCMP were carried out in order to allow the Sunshine Coast Commu-nity Forest (SCCF) to pro-ceed with logging one of the last forests with old-growth characteristics in the Wilson Creek watershed.
To the best of our knowl-edge this is the � rst time that a BC Community For-est has called on the RCMP to arrest members of the community it operates in, including a 79 year-old Sechelt Elder - some Com-munity Forest! But then the SCCF is a Community Forest like no other. Start-ing with its formation, by direct award of a license to the District of Sechelt, af-ter the initial application was rejected due to lack of community support, many questions remain about the operations of the SCCF such as: Why did the Powell River Community Forest, with similar cutting vol-umes as the SCCF, return $1.4 million in dividends to the city from 2007 to 2010 while the SCCF paid out only about $100,000 to its sole shareholder the Dis-trict of Sechelt? Why are all Board of Directors meetings closed to the public whose interest they are supposed to represent? Why does the Code of Conduct of the SCCF have a gag law that prevents Directors or any employees from com-municating with the public about its operations? Why do approximately 85 per cent or more of logs leave the coast unprocessed? Why are all log sales con-ducted by Canadian Over-seas, a brokerage � rm that specializes in preparing log shipments for export?
Considering the out-
rage that is happening in the Wilson Creek Forest, I am calling for an immedi-ate halt to logging in this unique forest and for a pub-lic inquiry/investigation of the SCCF, including its for-mation, operations, gover-nance and a forensic audit.Hans Penner, Sunshine Coast
Doing things better With all the bad news
coming out of Sechelt town hall these days, I thought I’d point out one good piece of news: the building is still standing!
Did Sechelt make it into the Vancouver Province and CBC news broadcasts for doing things better? No. We made the main-stream media because they like to report on train-wrecks. Not only have we lost one of the best Chief Financial O� cers in BC, but we have been without a deputy CFO for months in case anyone didn’t no-tice. All this just as coun-cil should be getting ready for the up coming budget discussions. If ratepayers think a 3.5 per cent tax increase wasn’t bad enough in 2012, just wait. It won’t be pretty in 2013.
� is was the ‘better’ Sech-elt we elected last fall. Sech-elt’s reputation is now tar-nished in the world of the BC municipal civil service. Apparently they’re having di� culty � nding the right people with local govern-ment experience to come and work in this hostile environment where micro-management by part-time employees (council) is given a whole new meaning.Keith � irkell, Tuwanek
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Horoscope December 14 to December 20Horoscope
MichaelO’Connor Astrologer
Tip of the Week:We are now in the � nal
countdown to Winter Sol-stice 2012. Era 2012 encom-passes a wider sweep of time which will actually surpass the 12-21-2012 date by sev-eral years, perhaps as much as a decade. Remember, the time frame we are referring to, 36 to 42 years, must be understood to be in the context of the entire Preces-sional Cycle (also called the ‘Great Year’) which is some-where between 25,625 and 26,000 years. � is is why the Winter Solstice 2012 date is symbolic. It is the closest annual cycle of the Sun, the Solar Year which starts on Winter Solstice, to all the other calendars in Mayan Cosmology which have already come to term. We may liken Era 2012 to a dimmer switch process with the room getting steadily brighter and Winter Solstice to be like a light switch. Yet, those who look to the 12-21-2012 in literal terms re-garding speci� c events that must occur on that day, lest the entire story that empha-sizes this date be rendered bogus, reveal a � ne weave of ignorance, cynicism, lit-eralism and myopic vision. As mentioned last week, the world as we knew it has most de� nitely changed and con-tinues to do so at a very rapid rate, what has been called, ‘� e Quickening’. How much do you suppose it will change in the next decade? Perhaps this accelerated phase of modern civilization emerging into a global vil-lage is the way in which we are meant to experience the end of the ‘old world’ and the beginning of the new. It should be mentioned that some have said that the pre-dicted earth changes would not so much occur prior to 12-21-12-2012, but is the months and years relatively soon thereafter. With the last New Moon of the year and of the Great Year as of December 13, the � nal countdown has begun.
P.S. � e exact time for Winter Solstice 2012 is 11:11 am, Greenwich UK time!
Aries (Mar 21 – Apr 20)Your mood is getting light-
er. Perhaps it is the season or something deeper or much bigger… either way it is evi-dent. It may even be felt as a big ‘turn-on’ somehow. And your ambitions are being spurred. � is charge of en-ergy will likely be expressed literally. Be careful you do not overwhelm or intimidate others with this surge of en-thusiasm and power.Taurus (Apr 20 – May 21)
Tapping the resources of others in order to be able to keep pace with a wide array of interests and du-ties demanding you time is likely now. Who has what you want and need? � is is a time when respective pas-sions are meeting, converg-ing and merging. With so much to share and to access your main challenge stands to be managing your time e� ectively.Gemini (May 21 – Jun 21)
A good deal of stimulat-ing encounters are keeping you occupied and this trend will continue. As exciting as this likely is, a need to be pa-tient is also lingering. � is is an important time of learn-ing for you. Some form of apprenticeship is very possi-ble and ideal. Whether for-mal or informal, be a good student and learn from every situation and person you encounter.Cancer (Jun 21 – Jul 22)A process of learning trust
and faith in yourself and the world in general continues. � is is a call to accept and embrace change. What once was, cannot and will no lon-ger be. � is process has been steadily and rapidly under-way for the past couple of years. It remains important that you be at your best every day, so this is not the time for yesterday.
Leo (Jul 22 – Aug 23)Some very promising
signs are being revealed for you now. If you are paying attention and trusting that life communicates, then you are aware of the signi� cant scope of messages coming in. Take note of these and set clear intentions to follow through. As you do, your inner self will recognize that you are listening and your most important relationship of all will deepen.
Virgo (Aug 23 – Sep 22)Some big shifts close to
home and in your profes-sional life are shaking you awake. Invariably, these play on one another. � e time is right to lay the plans to take some very calculated and de-liberate risks. Proactive peo-ple make lemonade when they get lemons. Fortunes are made out of apparent mistakes, accidents, struggles
and failures. Be proactive!Libra (Sep 22 – Oct 22)You have passed through
a dark night. Now the dawn of a new day is here. � ere remain things you must do; payments that are due and new dreams to pursue. Sur-rendering within implies a willingness to cooperate within and without. We are the vehicles of our soul and wisdom asks us to yield to the directives and steering of the driver, within. � is is classically called intuition.Scorpio (Oct 22 – Nov 21)
Forward ahead into the future is the call now. To do so while remaining present in the moment is the sign of an awakened mind. Yet de-ciphering which is your best direction requires a subtler activation of discernment. Fortunately, your energy levels are running high to support the process. Exer-cise your beginner’s mind now and be alert to assump-tive thinking.Sagittarius (Nov 21 – Dec 21)
A pioneering and expan-sive cycle continues – per-fectly tailored for you. Yet, entering new territory does not always imply geogra-phy. As multi-dimensional beings, we can enter inner spaces and states. Imagina-tion and intuition are your steeds. � ese are leading you to move beyond old values, priorities and appetites and the life style patterns that support them.Capricorn (Dec 21 – Jan 19)
Stepping out of the lime light for a while is the call now. It is the season to rest, re� ect, rejuvenate, visit and spend quality time beyond duty and o� cial roles. Give yourself the gift of reigning in your lower mind and re-strict it from lingering longer with your imagination than is healthy. Negatively, to-gether they produce worry. Take time out to enjoy!Aquarius (Jan 19 – Feb 19)
A refreshing mini cycle has begun for you. Like a break in the weather during a steep climb, you are wise to make the most of it. � at means reach out and be social. Fill your tanks now so you have plenty of fuel to see you through to February. Some-times it is good to escape, but this is not such a time. Make meaningful connections.Pisces (Feb 19 – Mar 20)Getting the attention you
feel you want and deserve is a current focus. A learning curve is implied. Perhaps you need to increase your social media skills or learn how to ask for a raise. Either way, it is important that you be pro-active and give to the situa-tion. Your con� dence levels should be rising steadily these days, so ride that wave!
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stories and music – for many people this is a big part of the Christmas sea-son. � e Sunshine Coast Community Orchestra As-sociation (SCCOA) will be combining these elements in its Christmas � rough the Eyes of a Child concerts on December 15 and 16 with the Coast Symphony Or-chestra, Suncoast Concert Band, and Sunshine Coast
Youth Orchestra. Special guest Alec Teb-
butt will engage the child in all of us with his narra-tion of Peter and the Wolf by Sergei Proko� ev, which fea-tures the strings, winds, and percussion players of the Coast Symphony Orchestra in musical depictions of the characters in the story.
� e Suncoast Concert Band will perform a variety of Christmas and winter-
themed works ranging from traditional carols to modern concert band arrangements.
� e teens of the Sunshine Coast Youth Orchestra will be sharing both their en-semble and their solo skills in a medley of tunes from � e Polar Express and an ar-rangement of the Ukraini-an Bell Carol, a take-o� of Dave Brubeck’s Take Five, as well as music by Bach and Corelli.
� e concerts will take place at 7 pm on Saturday December 15, and at 2 pm on Sunday December 16, at the Sechelt Indian Band Hall. Audience members are asked to bring a non-perish-able item for the food bank.
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Sights and sounds of the season are alive and well
down by the seaside in Gib-sons Landing.
With several new mer-chants in � e Landing this season and a steadfast commitment to make � e Landing a fun and fes-tive place to be during the dark days of December, the Landing Business Group has initiated a street light-
ing program through De-cember and will host the � rst annual Carol Fest on Saturday, December 15 and Sunday, December 16.
� e line-up of local per-formers singing seasonal favourites from 12 to 5 pm at the new Gibsons Pub-lic Art Gallery include Jim Taylor, Verna Chan, Chelsea Sleep, Leanne Frewin, Mari-lyn Carr, Nostalgia, Bonar
Harris, Ashley Hautala and Richard Aust will entertain, along with a special appear-ance by four of � e Nut-cracker dancers on Saturday, December 15.
Not only are the holiday lights worth a visit, but many of the shops are open Friday evenings until Christmas for shopping convenience.
Lights are bright in Gibsons Landing
St. Hilda’s Anglican Church presents The
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Sing out loud at St. Hilda’s on Saturday
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The Local is a weekly community newspaper on the beautiful Sunshine Coast and we’re looking for another enthusiastic Advertising Sales Representative to work with our great Sales Team. While experience would be an asset, we’re looking for a Sales Rep who:• Is fun, outgoing, observant, loves people and is energetic• Owns a reliable vehicle and cell phone • Works to deadlines and is organized• Is willing to learn something new and interesting• Is able to think quickly, develop creative solutions and has a good memory• Is good at spelling, grammar and punctuation• Is conversant with computers• Works well alone and with a supportive team• Has a good attitude and willingness to follow direction
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One Straw Society project coordinator position available. Part-time, annual contract to promote local food system & policy. Details: www.onestraw.ca/node/1586 or email [email protected]. Apply by Dec 31, 2012. p51
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10 The Local - Thursday, December 13, 2012
The mid-elevation Mount Elphinstone slopes are some of BC’s most valuable forest land. The character of this mature forest, shaped by forest � res in the 1800s, is virtually unrepresented in the Sunshine Coast’s protected areas system.
There is an established array of scientific, social and economic reasons why the area should be considered for protection under BC’s Protected Areas Strategy. Mt. Elphinstone hosts essential biodiversity and threatened or endangered ecosystems and species, including rare fungi and red-legged frogs, and so has high conservation value.
Less than 3% of the Sunshine Coast Forest District is protected, much less than the provincial average of 14%. Most designated Old Growth Management Areas are small, dispersed parcels at higher elevations that are not attractive to forest harvesting; only 3% of old-growth forests remain at lower elevations in the landscape unit that includes Mt. Elphinstone.
The lower slopes of Mt. Elphinstone provide a rare and timely opportunity to protect mature, low-elevation Sunshine Coast forest that is accessible to the public for recreation and other uses.
Presently three parcels of separate forests make up Mt. Elphinstone Park, for a total of 139 hectares. The SCCA believes it is time to move forward and create a contiguous mid-elevation park (see map) within the coastal western hemlock dry maritime biogeoclimatic subzone on the western slopes of Mt. Elphinstone. This important subzone is critically under-represented—locally, regionally and provincially—in BC’s protected areas system.
If you support the Mount Elphinstone Park proposal, please tell the Sunshine Coast Community Forest’s Board of Directors by writing the Chairman, Mr Glen Bonderud at [email protected] with a copy to o� [email protected]. Mail: Sunshine Coast Community Forest, PO Box 215, Sechelt, BC V0N 3A0
Submit your comments and encourage them to participate in a strategy to move this park forward.
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Mt. Elphinstone Park, now’s the time!
Visit us at: www.thescca.ca | Like us on Facebook!The Sunshine Coast Conservation Association is a charitable not-for-pro� t volunteer organization, with a mission to protect the biodiversity of the Sunshine Coast region for the lasting bene� t of all living things.
Sunshine Coast Conservation Association
Proposed park boundaries
Rick O’Neill, winner of 2012 John Hind-Smith Award, was involved with the creation Mt. Elphinstone Provincial Park. The SCCA supports the expansion of the existing 139-ha park to protect this important area for future generations.
It’s time. The Mount Elphinstone Park proposal deserves immediate, serious consideration.
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LICENSE YOUR DOGA dog license helps protect your pet by providing an easy-to-identify dog tag and registration with the Sunshine Coast Regional District (SCRD) Bylaw Compliance Department.
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A current license will help the SCRD reunite lost dogs with their owners.
If your dog has a current license and it is impounded, it will get one “ride home free” per calendar year.
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How many times have we said to ourselves,
“Now that was a nice little movie!” We may even need a new genre designation, may-be an acronym like NLM? No, then we’d have to use NAB as well, “Not A Block-buster.” It gets complicated.
Decoy Bride is both of
these – a fresh and charm-ing romantic comedy set in the Outer Hebrides of Scot-land. � e plot is simple. A celebrity couple plans a fake wedding in a remote place to divert the paparazzi. Insert a decoy bride to mix things up. Kelly MacDonald of Boardwalk Empire fame is
Date
Local Food & Drink
KarenPeterson
A study of Port wineThe fourth in a series...
Vintage Port is perhaps one of the least ap-
proachable in the Port fam-ily. It requires di� erent han-dling than its more readily drinkable little brothers and
sisters (Tawnys and LBV’s). First of all, it requires proper aging in order to develop as it should. � is means prop-er cellaring.
What makes this wine so special is that it’s only de-clared during exceptional growing seasons and only after it spends two years in oak. You won’t � nd vin-tage ports from every year. Typically only an average of three years per decade are judged worthy of being declared. It will be tasted many times before it’s con-sidered superior enough to be bottled as such.
Even though the 2011 harvest was a good one, we won’t know if it’s declared as a vintage year until the spring of 2013.
� e last Taylor Fladgate vintage declared was 2009. Because of an exceptional-ly dry hot ripening season, there were very low yields but extremely concen-trated fruit. It will likely become one of the iconic ports of the 20th century.
In the past, the wine produced for vintage port
was extremely tannic and needed decades to mature enough to be consumed. Today’s ports are di� erent. � ey are so rich in ripe fruit and have tannins that are so well balanced, that they are drinkable after only � ve years.
When serving a vintage Port, I like to think back to what I was doing the year it was bottled. � e tradition-al method of decanting the wine is to back light with a candle pouring slowly so that you can see when the sediment is about the enter the decanter. It will throw quite a bit of sediment and some may get in which is called butter� y wings and is completely harmless.
I happen to have a bot-tle of vintage port that is ready to share with four other port lovers. Send me a letter of consideration as to why you should be among those at the table and I’ll pick my favourites and let you know the par-ticulars of the event.
Write to [email protected] to enter.
It’s a NLM but NABthe decoy and is brilliant in her � rst comedy as the hap-less islander who gets caught up in the switch. � e won-derful David Tennant (yes, Dr. Who) plays the groom and the supporting actors are all equally talented and very funny.
What I really like about this movie, is that although the story is familiar, almost cliché, and is a farce with a little slapstick thrown in, it is written without anyone be-ing nasty or mean-spirited. It’s easy to join in and be swept along with the humour of the characters, the skill of the actors and the stunning beauty of the landscape.
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