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Most blackbirds have some black on them, but only some are mostly black. One reason is because many bird species exhibit sexual dimorph-
ism in the form of different ornamen-tation or colourbetween the sexes, and this is true for the four species of blackbirds seen on Vancouver
Island. (Females are generally duller and less conspicuous so they don’t attract predators during the nesting season.) The other reason is that colour might be only one of the many traits required for mem-bership in the blackbird family.
The Red-winged Blackbird is a common year-round species and probably the most popular because of the flashy red and yel-low shoulder patch on the males. It is usually found around fresh-water ponds and watercourses and often seen perched on bulrushes. The males are mostly black with attractive red and yellow shoul-der patches formed by the lesser and median coverts. On the other hand, the female doesn’t even look like a blackbird. It is much lighter coloured with its tan, brown, and black stripes to match the dried bulrush reeds where it often builds its nest.
The Brewer’s Blackbird is prob-ably more common and abundant than the Red-winged, but it is very plain and generally ignored. It is also found around water, but some flocks have been urbanized and
spend most of their time around parking lots at shopping malls like Woodgrove in Nanaimo where they forage for food scraps dropped by shoppers. In the sunlight the male Brewer’s is a handsome glossy purplish black while the modest female is inconspicuous in its dull, brownish gray coat.
The Rusty Blackbird is an occa-sional visitor to Vancouver Island. It breeds throughout central and
northern Canada and into Alaska and generally winters in southeast-ern United States. It is uncommon on the west coast, but it is not unusual to find a couple enjoy-ing the mild winters on Vancouver Island. If you scan through several flocks of Red-winged and Brewer’s blackbirds, don’t be surprised to find a Rusty. (If you want to see a Rusty, there is currently one hanging out with the blackbirds
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See Island Birds on page 4.
Island BirdsMike Yip
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Photo by Mike YipThe Rusty Blackbird usually winters in southeastern United States, but a few regularly enjoy the west coast winter on Vancouver Island.
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Around the inner south coast mid-November for most ardent saltwater anglers represents the end of the fishing year, with the new year not far away, certainlybefore the calendar actually says so. There are always exceptionsof course and for the first time in some years the recreational halibut fishery remains open at this time of year. Putting aside whatever concerns I have about how this came to be, given some calm water conditions I’d be tempted out to try for one more this season.
As usual most of the feeder chinook are on the small side but hopefully it won’t be too long before some larger fish show up. Apart from the sport, the taste of the first winter caught chinook, rich and succulent like no other salmon, is always one of my dining highlights of the year.
For many anglers the fact that this time of year frequently offers least opportunity and highest chance of poor boating weather is providential because November is the peak of deer hunting season on Vancouver Island, a chance to look for an animal of choice with-out the competing distraction of good fishing. Many of my male acquaintances are in the throes of this seasonal affliction, almost as consumed by the search as those bucks they hope to encounter.
As someone who loves being outdoors and thinks hunting to be an excellent activity I took it up some thirty odd years ago for sev-eral seasons, but for reasons of time gave it up and sold my rifle to a willing buyer. I imagine I could find the time now but I’d have to start from scratch in getting organized all over again and the fish, not necessarily fishing, centric side of my nature continues to remain dominant.
And so I like to go hunting with my eyes at this time of year, primarily in Menzies Creek, the small system not far up-island from Campbell River. With the first rain in a month falling over the first couple of days of November I went in search of whatever sal-mon might have entered the creek with the increased water flow.
Having over a decade-plus period watched the chum population almost disappear from this great looking little creek, a small scale and, I regret to say, intermittent enhancement scheme has come to the rescue in the nick of time.
As a result sightings of chums have become more frequent in recent years and so I was moderately hopeful I’d see a few, if not the many this creek has the potential to produce.
Chums don’t usually migrate too far up
steeper gradient rivers and the Ripple Rock Trail provides excel-lent access to the bottom end of this creek where this species can be found. Going downstream of the footbridge over the creek out onto the open tidal flats and then a similar distance upstream I saw about thirty chums altogether, mostly fairly fresh looking fish. Of all the Pacific salmon species chums most quickly enter fresh-water, spawn and then die, often in only a couple of days. BecauseI’m only able to get to the creek
on weekends at this time of year, any chums I see on separate visits are almost certainly dif-ferent fish.
By November coho are the other salmon species I hope to see in the creek but they don’t usually hang around the bottom end, rather it seems to be in the nature of these salmon to go as far upstream as they possibly can. Now that the culvert under the highway to the North Island has been made passable for adult fish, the coho can access the upper watershed to the west that was blocked to them for decades. However on this visit I didn’t see any sign of fish and I suspect there hadn’t yet been enough rain to draw them up to the limits of the watershed so I’m hopeful that the heavy rain last Wednesday night will have been sufficient to do.
I find it worthwhile to hike around a sec-tion downstream of the bridge over the creek on the Brown’s Bay road. I rarely see more than a handful of coho in this area although they are masters at staying hidden and the creek is somewhat larger here than further up so there are plenty of places for them to hide. Each fish seen feels like a hard earned victory!
And so on this visit I saw just two coho in the mainstem and 40 minutes later, having reached my usual turn around spot, I hiked back to the junction pool with the small tribu-tary that flows down from Morstrom Lake. The perspective here is very scaled down with the watercourse often only a metre or so wide, flowing down through a temperate jungle - I certainly get some exercise if nothing else!
Heading upstream, half way up the tiny tributary and past most of the places I’ve seen coho in the past suddenly I found a male coho, stymied in its efforts proceed fur-ther by a small log jam. I watched it make several attempts to smash its way through and winced each time there was an audible “thunk” as it hit solid wood. I detoured out of the creek bed to the upstream side of the jam and pulled some debris free to make a small passage, leaving fairly confident this fish would now be able to pass through.
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Bob Peart, a 64-year-old veteran of 30 years on many fronts of the environmental battle-field, is the new Executive Director of the Sierra Club of British Columbia. He acknow-ledged he is confident and “excited” about the “daunting” task ahead because, as he said, “It’s a really important time for conservation in BC and I want to contribute. I’ve got my positive attitude back again…my energy…and I feel that I can continue to make a difference” (Globe and Mail, Sept. 23/13).
His first comments contain the usual opti-mistic platitudes made by a new leader of an organization, particularly one with high ideals and formidable obstacles to overcome in meeting its lofty objectives. But the words that follow soon reveal a candid and emotional honesty that rarely comes to the surface so quickly, easily and intensely — an honesty that suggests a focus, a clarity, a resolve, a perspective and a maturity that only comes from seasoned experience. As such, he speaks directly to the many people who worry about our future in a world of rapid environmental deterioration.
Peart has been worrying about this future since 1971 when he first heard about global warming. He has watched global greenhouse
gases rise continually. He has watched BC — “a gift to the world” because of its incredible biological diversity and geo-physical complexity — fall vic-tim to an unrelenting onslaught of environmental abuses. Development is invariably a euphemism for the incremental destruction of ecologies. “Every day is a loss,” is Peart’s articulate summary of the process he has been witnessing.
How long can this ecological deconstruction continue before crucially important systems break, collapse or shift so dramatically that the ordinary becomes rare and the abnormal becomes normal? No one, of course, knows for certain. But the process has an unnerving inevitability. For those who care and are aware, the waiting is a tortuous experience, a tense time of sustained anxiety that is corrosive to trust and optimism. “If you take it seriously, it just tears your soul right out,” Peart confessed with his character-istic burst of honesty.
He took it seriously. “I went into the sewer, to be frank. I don’t know whether I’d use the
word depressed, but I was in a bad place,” he said. “I found it increasingly difficult to enjoy the moment of a soaring osprey or roaming grizzly bear, without being concerned about the future and the harm that humans are doing to their habitat. These thoughts brought sadness to my spirit and a sense of remorse so strong that it began to erode the joy and wonder that I had for it all…the ‘burden of the world’ led to a deterioration of my physical and mental health.”
Peart said he was saved by Richard Louv’s book, Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder. The political and economic fixations of government and industry, he realized, were too discour-aging to offer either the solace or optimism he needed to psychologically survive the continual ruination that surrounded him. But he finally found revitalization and strength in the humanizing and innocent recollection of children playing in leaves, of adventuring in forests, of finding animal tracks in snow. “The world isn’t going to be rescued by gov-
ernment, wishful thinking, blind optimism or some new machine,” he concluded. “There is no anonymous ‘they’ who are going to figure things out. Hope, real hope, comes from doing the things before us and making contributions to society in a spirit of thankfulness and rec-ognition that each little bit helps.” This revela-tion was his victory arising from defeat, his emancipation from despair.
Yes, governments have to be questioned and challenged. Yes, society’s attitudes need to change. But Peart hopes to do his “little bit” with a different emphasis. “I think the conver-sation needs to be more edgy – but it needs to be done in a positive, hopeful way,” he said. “I’m tired of the sky is falling stuff.”
Peart knows from personal experience what happens when “the sky is falling stuff” taints perceptions and contaminates awareness. The effect is corrosive, depressing and debilitating. It certainly was for him. So, too, is it for the many people who pay close attention to the momentum of environmental deterioration that is occurring around them and elsewhere on the planet. The barrage of bad news is too insistent and pervasive to be legitimately avoided.
See Grigg on page 4.
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Ardent Angler from page 2.However I wasn’t so confident it would
find any good reason to do so – oh me of little faith – but right up in the fast water at the top end, near the waterfall that lim-its upstream progress for fish, there was a clean looking female coho. Hopefully they found each other and the next generation
of coho got laid down in the gravel almost within sight of the traffic headed to and from the bay.
For those out in the woods at this time of year its always a good idea to have a look in any creek you come across because, given the chance, coho will migrate up into the smallest of creeks.
Island Birds from page 1. suggests, the Rusty is more rusty brown col-oured than it is black. However, in breedingseason the male molts into its shiny black breeding plumage and really looks like a black blackbird.
The fourth and final blackbird is the Yellow-headed Blackbird, and it is also uncom-mon. It is usually found in drier climates like the Okanagan, but around two or three are reported every five years on Vancouver Island. As the name implies it has a yellow head. Not
surprisingly, the male is resplendent with its bright yellow head and chest contrasted vivid-ly to the rest of its black body. Meanwhile, the female lurks quietly in the background with her pale yellow head and chest and dark brown body and like her female cousins, she is not really a black blackbird.
Editor’s note: Mike Yip is the author of Vancouver Island Birds. His books are avail-able at Graham’s Jewellers, Blue Heron Books, CR Museum, Save On Foods, Coho Books, and Book Bonanza.
Grigg from page 3.Denial is no longer a valid option. An
attentive and reasoned analysis of the trends leads to the reluctant conclusion that our confidence is inflated, our security is precar-ious and our future is compromised.
This, of course, is the angst of our time, a tension that now comprises the psychol-ogy of a culture that is reluctantly becoming environmentally literate. All the enthralment that comes with our enthusiasm for making, consuming and exploiting is shadowed by a foreboding. Despite Bob Peart’s professed conversion to the “positive” and “hopeful”, the deepest recesses of his awareness must
know — as so many others do — that this is essentially a personal survival strategy, an individual’s way of coping with dark prospects that often seem unstoppable and unavoidable.
In response to such adversity, we each do what we must and survive as we can. If being defiantly “hopeful” and “positive” in a time of dwindling optimism is an unrealistic strategy for success, it is at least an heroic gesture of strength and resolve, a resolute assertion of tenacity and bravery, a valiant expression of caring and leadership. This is the most we can expect of anyone.
Juno winner and Grammy nominee, Glass Tiger will be at the Tidemark Theatre Wednesday, Nov. 20.
Discovered in the summer of 1984 when a band from Newmarket, Ontario called Tokyo spent two evenings performing before cap-acity crowds at Toronto’s Maple Leaf Gardens opening for Boy George and Culture Club. Their dynamic original sound captured the moment, and the race to sign them was on. Tokyo, which had become a major force in suburban high schools and the Ontario club circuit, officially became Glass Tiger early the following year when a record deal was finally signed with Capitol Records.
With Jim Vallance (Bryan Adams; Aerosmith; Ozzy Osbourne) behind the boards, Glass Tiger was immediately intro-duced to the recording studio to work on their first album. “Thin Red Line” set a rec-ord for being the fastest selling debut record-ing in Canadian history, going gold within weeks of its release. To date, this album has received four platinum records in Canada and went gold in the United States. One of Glass Tiger’s many hit singles “Don’t Forget Me (When I’m Gone)” yielded a No. 2 spot on Billboard that was followed by “Someday” which reached No. 5. Both songs also made Canadian history when Glass Tiger won successive Juno’s a year apart for Single of the Year from the same album. With five Juno awards and a Grammy nomination
under their belt, Glass Tiger was invited as the “Special Guests” for Tina Turner’s 1987 European tour.
Glass Tiger’s second release Diamond Sun, and third album, Simple Mission, solidified their reputation as being one of Canada’s best song crafters. Diamond Sun sported four charting singles: “Diamond Sun,” “I’m Still Searching,” “My Song,” and “(Watching) Worlds Crumble,” achieving double platinum status; while Simple Mission went platinum, with “Animal Heart”, and the notable Celtic duet classic, “My Town”, which features the legendary Rod Stewart.
With such a colorful past - world tours, hit singles, millions sold, top producers, and sharing stages with some of the biggest acts of all time, Glass Tiger’s history would seem complete. However outside of a short hiatus during the mid 90’s, Glass Tiger continues to play to enthusiastic crowds throughout North America. “Our performances have never been tighter, and we are playing at our highest level ever, we are reignited, recharged and looking forward to every show,” says lead singer Alan Frew. Additional information about band can be found at www.glasstiger.ca <http://www.glasstiger.ca> .
Tickets are $57 plus applicable fees and taxes for members, and can be purchased at the Box Office from Tuesday – Saturday between noon and 4 p.m., or found online at www.tidemarktheatre.com.
Glass Tiger coming to the Tidemark
Photo submittedJuno award winner Glass Tiger will perform at the Tidemark Theatre Wednesday, Nov. 20.
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Gary SchellSales Executive
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8. 72 months. $36,504 total paid. 9. 60 months @ 8.99%. $11,960 total paid. 10. 84 months. $38,948 total paid. 11. 60 months. $16,640 total paid. 12. 84 months. $22,932 total paid. 14. 96 months. $41,184 total paid.
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STK# X08610
SALE $28,900
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$198bi-weekly14
2010 CHEVY EQUINOX LT
STK# X08430
SALE $19,900
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2010 GMC SIERRA 1500 4X4
STK# X08540
SALE $22,900
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$198bi-weekly4
2007 FORD FOCUS SE
STK# X08410
SALE $8,900
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$96bi-weekly5
2010 FORD F150 XLT 4X4
STK# X08490
SALE $25,900
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$234bi-weekly8
2007 PONTIAC G5 SEDAN
STK# C13641
SALE $7,900
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$92bi-weekly9
2008 MAZDA 3 SPORT GT
STK#X08331
SALE $13,900
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$148bi-weekly6
2011 JEEP COMPASS NORTH EDITION
STK# P13091
SALE $16,900
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$148bi-weekly7
2008 VW JETTA CITY
STK# R14011
SALE $11,900
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$128bi-weekly11
2011 KIA SOUL 4U
STK# A13301
SALE $15,900
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$126bi-weekly12
2002 FORD EXPLORER XLT 4X4
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SALE $7,900
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gmail.com www.brickhousebetties.comCOURTENAY LEGION • Every Sunday: Crib 1:00, Gucci 1:30, $5 Sunday Supper 4:00. It’s only $5 for a delicious home-made meal. Bring your favourite friend or fill up a table! Birthday parties wel-come! Legion members and bona fide guests. FMI: Please contact the Courtenay Legion office at 250-334-4322
COMOX VALLEY OSTOMY SUPPORT GROUP • Meets Monday, November 18th at 7p m at the Comox Valley Community Health Centre, Cedar Room, 961 England Ave, Courtenay. Ostomates and their spouse/support person are welcome to attend. FMI: Betty at 250-871-4778 or Susan at 250-339-6528.RAINCOAST CHRONICLES 22 BOOK SIGNING IN COMOX • Nov. 18, 10:30am-11:30am. Join guest editor David R. Conn as he cele-brates the release of the 22nd issue of the series” Raincoast Chronicles 22: Saving Salmon, Sailors and Souls: Stories of Service on the BC Coast” with book signing in Comox. The event will take place at the Comox Library (101-1720 Beaufort Ave) on Monday, November 18 from 10:30am to 11:30am, with books for sale by Blue Heron Books. Admission is free and all are welcome. For more information, contact Blue Heron Books at (250) 339-6111 or Comox Library (250) 339-2971 [email protected] http://www.harbourpublishing.com/event/657
COMOX LEGION • Meat draws every Friday, 3 p.m. Open to all Legion members and signed in guests.
NORTH ISLAND COLLEGE STUDENT ART SHOW • Saturday November 16th from 7:00 p.m. to 11:00p.m. Sunday November 17th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Location: On Campus in Shadbolt Studio, 2300 Ryan Rd, Courtenay, BC V9N 8N6ACW FALL/CHRISTMAS BAZAAR • Saturday, Nov. 16, 10 am to noon, St. Peter’s Anglican Church, 218 Church Street, Comox. Baking, Gourmet Items, Crafts, Handcrafted Knits & Textiles. Get your Christmas Shopping done EARLY! Refreshments by Donation.WOMEN’S PERSONAL SAFETY SEMINAR • Nov. 16, 10am-2 pm, JTFCanada Training Facility, Beaufort and First, Cumberland. Safety requires more than just Self-Defense. Equip yourself with increased situational awareness, de-escalation techniques, threat assessment, and self-defense skills to better prepare yourself for the countless situations women face each day. Women of all ages, shapes and form will greatly benefit from this course. There is no need to be fit, young or flexible to be able to ensure your safety! Space is limited. Take responsibility for your safety and sign up with your loved ones. Register today: call 250-218-8097 or sign up at JTFCanada.com. FMI: Lana, [email protected] www.jtfcanada.comOCEAN WAVES SQUARE DANCE BLOOMIN’ DANCE • 7:30 - 10:00 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16 at Filberg Centre with caller Fran & Roger Archambault and cuer Lorna & Carmen Corbet. FMI phone Cathy or Guy at 250-338-7942.SHAMROCK GUMBOOTHERS 4-H CLUB FUNDRAISING MARKET •Nov. 16, 9am-3pm - Royal Canadian Legion HALL, Courtenay Branch, 367 Cliffe Ave. Direct sales vendors and Crafters for all your Christmas Shopping needs as well as a concession and more. Janet Martyn, [email protected] 250-702-3633 www.partylite.biz/janetmartynAFTERNOON JAM • With Gord Kruger and “The Amigos”. Enjoy a lively afternoon of dancing and relaxing with Gord Kreuger and his band every Saturday, 2pm to 6pm in the Courtenay Legion Lounge. 367 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay. [email protected] Maureen Watson, 250-334-4322COMOX VALLEY FARMERS MARKET • 9-12 every Saturday, Native Sons Hall, downtown Courtenay. Come for the freshness, stay for the fun! FMI: Mkt. Mgr. Vickey 250.218-0321 or or www.comox-valleyfarmersmarket.com & keep in touch on Facebook.
“PROTECT YOUR BRAIN” • Roller derby fundraising scrimmage. Nov. 17, 11am-12:30pm. CRI, 2665 Dunsmuir, Cumberland. The BRICK HOUSE BETTIES invite skaters and officials to our first roller derby SCRIMMAGE of the season on NOV. 17. SPECTATORS are welcome to view from upstairs between 11AM-12:30. Donations collected & a $10 “Protect Your Brain” fundraising fee per skater will help support our concussion-injured teammate, Jenfiddich. FMI: Tonya Lowe 250-792-3499 handsawgretel@
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DARRENIRVING
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GRAHAMHOWIE
RV & Marine Sales
AMANDADONOVAN
RV & Marine Sales
TAMMYTELFORD
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RV & Marine Sales
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Fall Clearance Sale
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NEW!ALLRV
COVERS
OFF
$6,993
Custom Alloy Wheels,
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WAS$8,995
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E1210
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&
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LADIES AUXILIARY DROP-IN BINGO • Comox Legion Ladies Auxiliary Drop-in Bingo, upper hall. Doors open 6 pm, bingo 7 p.m. All money goes to charities. Free coffee and tea.
B.C. RETIRED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION • Comox Valley Branch meets in the Lower Native Sons Hall, Tuesday, Nov. 19. Potluck lunch at noon, meeting to follow. Guest speaker TBA. All members welcome. FMI: 250-338-6930.PROSTATE CANCER INFORMATION EVENING • Nov. 19, 7:30pm-9pm, Rotary Hall, Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Ave., Courtenay. Valley urologists, Dr. W. Tinmouth and Dr. A. Clark will discuss prostate cancer: its detection, diagnosis, treatment and survival followed by a question and answer session. All men and their significant others are welcome to this informational evening. Sponsored by the Prostate Cancer Canada Network - Comox Valley and funded by the Forbidden Plateau Barbershop Chorus. FMI: 250 338-8235.“LAND OF HEART’S DELIGHT: EARLY MAPS AND CHARTS OF VANCOUVER ISLAND” • With author Michael Layland. Lecture begins 7 pm, Tuesday, Nov. 19 at the Courtenay and District Museum. Tickets $6 (plus GST). Advance tickets recommended. FMI and to reserve tickets: 250-334-0686.
COMOX VALLEY BETTER BREATHERS • A support group for those with COPD, will meet Wednesday, November 20th from 1:30 to 3:00 at The Nursing Center, 615 Tenth St., Courtenay. The topic for this meeting is ‘Tips for a Healthy Winter’. Diane Gillis is the coor-dinator. Family and friends are welcomed. For further information call Michele at 250/331-8504.HEART SUPPORT GROUP • Comox Valley Chapter, Monthly Meeting, November 20, 7PM at Comox Recreation Centre, 1855 Noel Ave. Our group is a support group for anyone who has had a heart procedure, is about to undergo a heart procedure and their spouses. Our guest speaker for this meeting is Michael Seib on sleep apnea and the CPAP solution. There is no charge for our meetings & all are welcome. For more information, please call: 339-5349
NEWCOMERS WALK AND TALK • Curtis, Brent Roads and Lazo Marsh - Nov. 22, 8:50am-10:50am. Walk through Curtis, Brent Roads and Lazo Marsh. Meet in the parking lot of Extra Foods in Comox to carpool. $1 to carpool driver. FMI: Mary-Kate Cowan [email protected] 250-871-3769CO-VAL CHORISTERS PRESENT LES MISERABLES • Don’t miss this amazing production at The Old Church Theatre - weekend evenings and matinees from Nov. 22 -Dec. 8. Tickets available at the Theatre at 755 Harmston Ave. Tuesday and Thursday 10am-2pm. For information call 250 334-2992 or email [email protected] LEGION STEAK NIGHT AND DANCE • Friday, 22 November. Dance to the sounds of “Machine Gun Kelly” (Old time Rock & Roll). Doors open at 5:30 pm, dinner at 6:30 pm and dance at 8:pm. Tickets are $15 per person and available at the bar until Wednesday, 20th November or call 250-339-2112 to book yours.
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(children’s classic)10 Ocular ailment14 Where roots grow19 Tech company in the
Fortune 50020 Like Lincolns21 Comply with22 Holmes of Hollywood23 Magic word that never
loses its power?26 Autograph seekers’
targets27 Company with a
monocled mascot28 1970s Ford on the
move?30 Twins, possibly31 Old trans-Atlantic
voyager32 Exudes33 More than a murmur of
discontent36 Ruptures37 Bezos who founded
Amazon39 Enthusiastic enjoyment
of one’s unhappiness?41 The Josip Broz
Memorial Trophy?46 Lapse in secrecy47 Balance sheet nos.48 Stumper49 Hindustan capital of old50 Common ingredient in
Nigerian cuisine51 Bag End resident53 “North Dallas Forty”
star54 Tenderloin cut
55 Hands-free microphone’s place
56 More than ardent57 Camp rentals58 Stingy snack vendor’s
special offer?61 Gussied (up)63 Impertinent64 Rises dramatically65 Say uncle66 Like the word “cwm”67 Settlement stipulations68 Capture71 Away from the wind72 Rock used for fl agstones73 Country club vehicle74 Dublin-born musician75 Big Apple cop who’s
looking to bust Popeye?77 Learn all about the
capital of Ecuador?80 Conversation openers?81 Track assignments82 Teacher at Alexandria83 Skimming utensil86 Tootle87 Unsound, as an
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