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Courtenay staff working on improving development processBy Michael BrionesEcho Staff

Courtenay council has endorsed the ongoing efforts of staff to improve the way the city processes development applications.

The uncertainty and slow processing of permits have been the mutual complaints of many developers, some of whom have severely criticized the city. Some have also indicated they would not start another project in the city unless they see concrete changes.

Staff presented council a report on Monday highlight-ing measures they have already taken as well as initia-tives to make the process more efficient, less time con-suming for staff and have a quicker turnaround for application approvals.

Among the moves made by the staff include the hir-ing of an engineer, who will be the city’s approving officer. His position provides dedicated technical resources within the department to support develop-ment inquiries.

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John Leung and Jaclyn Casler discuss the legacy of Leung’s grandfather, one of the original owners of the Chinese cemetery.

By Drew A. PennerEcho Staff

So many Chinese miners were dying in the coalmines that estab-lished Cumberland and made Scottish-Canadian Robert Dunsmuir baron rich that something needed to be done with the remains.

So in 1897 his son James Dunsmuir handed a section of their vast land holdings to three Chinese businessmen for $40, a group which included John Leung’s grandfather Low Hock Shun.

“My grandfather and his two business partners did not register it with Victoria,” the 81-year-old says, walking by his ancestor’s head-stone, which overlooks the hillside that became the Chinese cemetery.

“This is the unfortunate part. I come into the picture and I find out all these things. I want to get to the root of it.”

He’s not the only one.Cumberland has embarked on a

comprehensive cemetery planning process meant to prepare both its main cemetery as well as the sepa-rate Chinese and Japanese cemeter-ies for years to come.

But the community has been thrust into an historical scavenger hunt because it discovered it didn’t actually own both cemeteries and it doesn’t know where all the bodies are buried.

Acquiring the Japanese cemetery was a relatively straightforward pro-cess, but the Chinese property was a different story.

“This is why I came forward,” Leung says.

“I know a fair amount about the Chinese cemetery. I want to have it recorded so that other people will know what’s going on.”

Leung has been voluntarily look-ing after the Chinese cemetery since he was a kid.


Cumberland digs deep into genealogy to keep its Chinese and Japanese cemeteries openGrave mapping efforts already underway as Village officials giving support

John Leung demonstrates the type of rituals Cumberland’s Chinese residents would complete three times a year when he was growing up, including placing fake paper money on graves so ancestors would have money to spend.

Jaclyn Casler worked over the summer as Cumberland’s deputy corporate officer to solve the mystery of the Chinese and Japanese cemeteries.

Low Hock Shun (officially Lei Yeun), John Leung’s grandfather, was one of the original three Chinese businessmen who set up the Chinese cemetery.

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Regional District directors voted to bring new transit system routing into effect as of January 1, 2015.

This includes a revised Courtenay to Comox express bus route and an amendment to the southbound #12 north valley connecter which will allow North Island College students from north of Courtenay get to campus without having to transfer at the downtown exchange.

But it also includes a revamp of the #2 Cumberland bus, and required the support of Cumberland council — and that vote was a close one.

“One of the big benefits of this routing is it now gets into this area of Cumberland here on the east side that didn’t really have convenient access,” said Mike Zbarsky, the Comox Valley Regional District’s manager of transit and sustainability told Cumberland council-lors during their Sept. 29 meeting in the Village. “A lot of it’s been developed recently over the past few years.”

The idea that BC transit, CVRD staff and Village offi-cials came up with was meant to improve both the structure and frequency of the route

But any route change triggers consultation.“Right now when the bus comes into Cumberland it

come up to Union Road,” he said, noting this section of route doesn’t serve that many people.

The new route will come in on Cumberland Road, turn left on Ulverston Avenue, head down 7th Street and then head west on Dunsmuir Avenue.

The route change wouldn’t actually cost the CVRD anything to implement.

“We heard a bunch of positive comments; we heard a bunch of negative comments,” he said, noting people liked the more direct routing. “We also did hear specif-ically from some residents at Cumberland Lodge and health centre that they’re no longer able to take the bus from where they are up at the health centre into town.”

Not many people actually take this particular trip, he noted.

“When you’re talking about higher ridership you’re talking about higher ridership that leaves the Village rather than higher ridership that actually uses it within the Village,” said Coun. Kate Greening. “This isn’t ser-vicing downtown Cumberland other than via Courtenay.”

Coun. Conner Copeman said the new routing could have negative impacts on Village businesses, particular-ly the pharmacy that services seniors.


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Staff has also hired consultant Aplin and Martin to review the city’s engineering specifications and design criteria, construction standards, and update the City’s Subdivision Control Bylaw. This is being done so that the city’s criteria can be linked to those already applied in the province through Master Municipal Construction Documents Association, a non-profit group that is aimed at providing the municipal construction sector with a standard set of con-struction specifications and docu-ments currently being used by many municipalities and regional districts within BC.

Staff are now reviewing the consul-tant’s first draft of the specification evaluation. Once the draft of all the information is complete, they will be presented to the Town of Comox, Village of Cumberland, Comox Valley Regional District and the develop-ment industry for feedback and com-ments.

Aplin and Martin is also formaliz-ing the city’s development process and is using their expertise to identify efficiencies. The desired outcomes of

this effort include a flow chart of the city’s processes, the process steps that determine requirements for addi-tional studies or engineering details to advance an application, and the city’s creation of a Development Application Review Team (DART).

DART will consist of staff from different city departments that will collectively identify and expedite any issues, specifically those that involve technical matters. It aims to reduce application processing times and give developers greater certainty in under-standing and meeting the city’s requirements.

“Often times, because we’re deal-ing with very technical information and you’re dealing with different components of that information with different departments it can be chal-lenging to have a level playing field and a degree of certainty,” said David Allen, the city’s chief administrative officer.

“That’s why we think the DART approach will be able to identify what are the gaps, what needs to be addressed and it will happen more quickly. When you undertake that kind of approach, it will focus more on problem solving and not just prob-

lem identification.”As well, the city hopes to have a

checklist and other forms applicants can use to prove they have met the requirements, allowing staff to quick-ly review them and return them immediately if incomplete.

Councillor Bill Anglin said the report is showing the city is working on developing four “Cs” - collabora-tion, communication, clarity and cer-tainty. Improving these areas, he said, would benefit the city and developers.

“The less ambiguity, the less vari-ance in those issues can provide a greater level of clarity and an easi-ness for them [developers] to commit to making those developments and investments in our community,” said Anglin.

“It’s not a case of carte blanche. It’s not a case of having all the rules and ways or anything in that nature at all. It’s just merely ensuring that we have a process that works toward being able to do that from both sides’ bene-fit. That’s the important thing.”

Anglin said he is encouraged by the willingness to find common ground to benefit both parties.

“Development is an important eco-

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“Now they have to catch the bus in front of the clinic, go all the way into town and then come into Cumberland on the next bus which could put their trip at two hours,” he said. “If the pharmacy goes out of business it then impacts on all the residents here.”

Mayor Leslie Baird noted the local pharmacy is happy to deliver prescriptions.

A motion was introduced to kill the new route, with councillors Copeman and Greening in favour. No one else supported this idea, and it died 3-2.

Cumberland signed on to the CVRD’s new routing fol-lowing another 3-2 vote, with Copeman and Greening

opposed.This allowed the CVRD board to rubber stamp the tran-

sit changes the following day.

Transit changes approved despite concerns

nomic driver in any community,” said Anglin. “You can argue whether or not development is good or bad. But if you don’t have it, it’s generally not good for the community. It’s incum-bent on the development community and the city to provide the best possi-ble product.”

Councillor Starr Winchester wel-comed the update and called it “time-ly” in light of the two articles that appeared in the local newspaper.

She recalled how the Crown Isle development started 25 years ago. The city didn’t have an engineering depart-ment then but they were able to work it out.

“We acknowledge that we’re not perfect,” said Winchester.

“We’ve got a lot of catching up to do as expressed by all of our staff today.”

Winchester hopes this momentum will continue for the benefit of the whole community.

Silverado Group of Companies rep-resentatives were present at the meet-ing and heard the staff’s initiatives.

Silverado is the company that over-sees Crown Isle developments that include the $15 million 31-lot subdivi-sion it recently withdrew because of delays in their permit applications.

Crown Isle Director of Real Estate Jason Andrew said on the surface, the city staff’s report looks well and prom-

ising but he feels it’s just one piece of the overall development process.

“There are still many specifics to be answered in further consultation with the development community itself,” said Andrew. “The gray area involved in all development comes down to the further studies and consultation that are constantly being required plus the amount of off-site, additional demands and further costs that are placed on the developers over and above those required in such studies.”

This part of the process over the last 18 months, Andrew said, has caused an adversarial relationship between Silverado and many other developers and the city’s engineering depart-ment.

“What is being discussed and ratio-nalized to the administration staff and finally relayed to City Council is not necessarily what is occurring on the ground,” said Andrew.

“These uncertainties and convolut-ed processes are not helpful and still remain as a major hurdle to long-term economic development and prosperity within the City of Courtenay.”

The number of building permits is down this year.

At the end of August, the city has issued 127 permits valued at $29 mil-lion compared to 163 at the same time last year valued at $32 million.

City staff working on improving development application process

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Tail is Wagging Dog at City Hall

administration and staff must follow our elected officials.

Our companies and local builders were planning on $ 15 million worth ofinvestment over the next 12 months. This amount does not include another $ 25million Big Box store we are in discussions with. I do not know of any city that canafford to block economic growth and development to the tune of $ 40 Million!I firmly believe the process that the City of Courtenay is applying to me simply isnot working. Some of the requirements and rational being implemented areunnecessary expenses and unrealistic. In some cases they are nothing more thanpersonal preferences and are not even City policies!

I have tried to accommodate requests to keep moving our application forward,and had agreed under duress to do things that I am no longer prepared to do. Inother words the "green mailing" that has transpired is now off the table.

It is mind boggling for me to realize why the City of Courtenay after spending 26years trying to create one of the premier communities in British Columbia, thatour company is treated in such a dismissive manner. We have created over $ 600million of economic value within the City of Courtenay, and I have spent a goodportion of my working life on the creation of Crown Isle. I find it frustrating andironic that the future of our venture is being controlled by a few "Johnny ComeLately" bureaucrats. Could this be the reason for a reduction of building permitsat 98,974 million in 2006 to 30,437 million in 2013? I believe that my only optionis to seek the help of our local Politicians to create change within the approvingprocess within the City. As the City's largest land owner and taxpayer it is verydisappointing that I have to resort to these actions.

David, whether you like to hear it or not, the staff managing your engineeringdepartment is inefficient and ineffective as its processes.

Capital is very fluid, and it only goes where it's wanted. Uncertainty andconvoluted processes are not helpful stimuli to encourage economic growth andprosperity.

I remain,

Ron CoulsonCEO Silverado Group of Companies

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September 3, 2014

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that I was preparing for the spring real estate market and my goal was to have

equipment in place and to start construction in April of 2014. That is five months

for approvals. It is now September, and ten-months have passed since I received

your assurance, and we still DO NOT have a complete go-forward approval

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The window for economic development, site preparation, paving, and servicing of

lots for this year has now passed, as site servicing of lots cannot be completed

before the snow flies. I cannot express the level of my frustration and annoyance

towards your engineering staff who have continually found reasons why

approvals could not happen in a timely and professional manner.

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He remembers coming to tradi-tional ceremonies to honour the dead and was disappointed with how the grounds had fallen into disrepair, with broom stretching six feet in the air.

“What a disgrace for the Chinese,” he thought. “I’ve got to do some-thing about it.”

It took three years to knock down all the broom, he recalls, enlisting the help of the Village to get the property back up to an acceptable standard at the time.

Now he’s successfully engaged the community once again. When he heard the draft cemeteries master plan recommended closing the Chinese and Japanese cemeteries - for fear of municipal workers stum-bling on bones while carrying out future interments - he sprang into action.

“They didn’t know where all the grave sites were,” he describes. “That’s when I found out about it and I got pretty hostile.”

But Leung spent years placing symbolic paper representing money and other items on the grave aprons during the spring, summer and fall seasons, and had a pretty good grasp on where most of the burials had taken place.

The Leung family commissioned Bruce Lewis to perform a proper survey and mapping of the Chinese graves. Using GPS they plotted and numbered the occupied spaces and will help designate future land that can be sold to family members and others who would like to be buried on the property. During its regular-ly scheduled meeting Sept. 29 the Cumberland council voted unani-mously to pay for the voluntary survey completed the previous week, which generated a map that will be submitted to Consumer Protection BC, the cemeteries regu-lator.

Jaclyn Casler, who focused on the issue over the summer as Cumberland’s deputy corporate offi-cer, previously worked with Consumer Protection BC while com-pleting her masters in public admin-istration.

She has been enthralled with the quandary the Village has found itself in and set to work looking for answers that are both respectful and practical.

“It’s just fascinating,” she says, noting she jumped at the chance to begin to close the book on a very long story. “To see that this issue has been going on - and never resolved since 1897 - it appeals to me, because in government so often things take a long time.”

The hope is that the Village will be able to keep the cemetery open, but it will have to at least come close to figuring out where most of the bones are located.

Ground penetrating radar is one technique that can be used to dis-cover the location of human remains, but this might not work since Cumberland was a mining nexus, meaning the disturbance of the Earth through these extraction efforts could dull the usefulness of the technique.

The Village plans to look at legal options to acquire the land and may end up having to track down all of the descendents of the initial three Chinese owners - including chil-dren, grandchildren and more from second families in China.

Not only are these individuals the most likely to seek burial in the cemetery, but they could also hold important keys to understanding the history of the Chinese cemetery themselves. There is a book, written with careful ink strokes that once recorded burial information, and it is unclear whether this was lost in one of the fires that ravaged Cumberland, or weather it could be sitting on some forgotten shelf in Shanghai or Markham.

Keeping the Japanese cemetery open could be an even more unlike-ly prospect. While Leung stepped forward to fill the Village in with important details about the Chinese cemetery, precious little has been gleaned about the Japanese remains.

The moss gleams brilliant shades of green as the morning sunshine makes its way through hearty tree trunks, but does little to reveal the secrets of the soil below.

The Village plans to advertise in Japanese-Canadian publications to find out if there are any surviving relatives who might be able to shed some light on the situation.

Cumberland council voted to direct $10,000 from the cemeteries reserve fund to tackling some of these more pressing issues as it attempts to take ownership of a problem that has lain dormant for so long.

Cemeteries St. John Ambulance volunteer promoted within orderBy Drew A. PennerEcho Staff

A military pilot who fell in love with teaching first aid says he will keep passing on safety knowledge and skills to others, now that he’s been promoted to the standing of Officer of the Order of St. John.

Norm Potvin, the brigade superin-tendent for the Comox Valley branch of the St. John Ambulance Society, said it has been a joy to lead both the adult and cadet brigades and doesn’t plan to slow down any time soon.

“It’s a big family,” he said. “I like to help the community to be ready in case something happens.”

At the end of his more than three-decades-long career in the military Potvin was put in charge of training, something that he took to right away.

“I enjoyed teaching, so that’s how I came about teaching first aid,” he said. “Lots of people don’t have knowledge. They are scared of doing

things. So it’s a big one is knowledge of what to do in the case of emergen-cy or different types of incidents.”

Potvin started working with St. John Ambulance about 20 years ago.

On May 2, 2008 he was promoted to superintendent.

He was recently invested as an offi-cer, after being a serving brother before that.

Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of BC conducted the cere-mony alongside Jean Chute, chair of the BC Yukon Council for the St. John Ambulance Society.

Don Jellie, past chair of the branch executive committee for St. John Ambulance, said the honour is long overdue for someone that has had a huge impact on keeping the Comox Valley safe.

‘It’s quite a pompous ceremony,” explained Jellie. “You’re invited to government house in Victoria.”


Norm Potvin was recently promoted to the rank of officer within the Order of St. John at a ceremony involving Judith Guichon, Lieutenant Governor of BC and Jean Chute, chair of the BC Yukon Council for the St. John Ambulance Society.


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There’s a pile of sticks gath-ered together in the Monday night darkness from the old over-hanging tree branches that have a tendency to snap in stormy weather. There are tents here nestled in the trees at Maple Pool that seem damp and are exposed to hazards such as these falling tree branches.

For some in downtown Courtenay this is the only home they have. They may be waiting for a trailer or other accommoda-tion that offers more protection from the elements - but for now they’re here.

The help from organizations like Dawn 2 Dawn, which pro-vides refurbished trailers to those in need, is essential to getting many people at the lower end of the wealth spectrum back on their feet. The Comox Valley Regional District has been look-ing at ways to help these more economically disadvantaged peo-ple, by trying to set up a regional entity that would supercharge help for the homeless, but have had trouble forging a path to do so. Now the public will be asked in non-binding public opinion poll if they want to pitch in towards a broader effort to help homeless people across the region.

But first local councils were required to approve the public opinion poll.

And that’s something that hasn’t come easily, at least in the Village of Cumberland.

Councillors still have a very recent memory of pitching in towards a similar drive recently that netted a piece of property to be turned into a homeless shelter that didn’t pan out.

The feeling around the Village council table Sept. 30 was that Cumberland has a responsibility to help its own swath of home-less first and foremost.

“My concern is what’s happen-ing within the Village itself,” said Cumberland Mayor Leslie Baird. “Because we do have homeless here and we need to address that.”

However, a public opinion poll that showed how many Cumberland residents were in support of helping homeless peo-ple could be used to boost sup-port for Cumberland-centric pro-grams and services, she noted.

“I would like to hear from the people of Cumberland how they feel about this issue,” she said.

Coun. Gwyn Sproule said the referendum is a way of testing the waters to see what people have to say.

“I am concerned because we did help before and where did it get us?” she said, acknowledging something needs to be done on a regional basis. “It is a burden on the whole of the Comox Valley having homeless people living everywhere.”

Coun. Kate greening said if you want to help homeless peo-ple you should give to people on an individual basis.

“I still think the City of Courtenay and the regional dis-trict have done nothing much at all. They bought land. They sold land. They sold it at a loss,” she said. “And now they’ve come back to say, So how much money can we get out of the people to solve the problem for homeless-ness? But they have actually no plan. All they have planned is to find out how much money they can get.”

Along with Coun. Conner Copeman she got a motion on the table that would forgo the public opinion poll on homeless-ness in Cumberland. That motion was defeated 3-2. In the end Cumberland’s elected officials agreed to go along with the CVRD’s plan to hold a non-bind-ing public opinion poll to gauge the interest of local residents in helping fight homelessness, although councillors Greening and Copeman voted against the motion.

Cumberland councillors question homelessreferendum


St. John Ambulance volunteers become qualified through training to go out and do public duty at events such as the Filberg Festival, Nautical Days, track and field meets and wherever else they are needed.

Only the BC Ambulance Service is actually allowed to transport patients, but otherwise St. John Ambulance does critical work.

Getting volunteers to the point where they have the skills to make a difference isn’t always easy, especially with the junior bri-gade, but Potvin is particularly good at this part.

“He has their respect and he has their atten-tion most of the time,” Jellie said. “You’re not going to get their attention 100 per cent of the time because they’re daydreaming.”

Potvin also helped organize a first aid pro-gram for kids in local schools. It started out as a pilot project in Cumberland but expanded across the region (although funding for future installments has been elusive).

Another task Potvin has taken on is the thankless job of making sure the office has enough supplies, connecting with the regional department when necessary.

Potvin says the need to be ready in case of disaster or catastrophe is real and wants more people to get involved.

“We do need more adults and more volun-teers to provide volunteer first aid services around the Valley,” he said.

St. John promotion

Comox councillor Tom Grant announced his bid to become Mayor of Comox Sept. 29 at the Black Fin Pub, which he lamented was the only pub in town. Grant not only vowed to encourage more businesses to emerge within the community, but said he could do this from a fiscally conservative standpoint.

“Now is the time for leadership so we as a community can really do something about the issues that are important to us all,” he said addressing the crowd. “We will do it together if you elect me mayor.”For Grant’s full statement please see our special election page at www.comoxvallleyecho.com under ‘Your Vote

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“I’m deliriously happy,” she said, remembering the days when she was one of just two adults working with a handful of teenag-ers to get the project off the ground. “Now there’s a whole lot of people involved.”

Cumberland earmarked $25,000 in the 2014 budget for skate park designs, but administration and the Cumberland Community Schools Society’s Skatepark Committee decided moving ahead with both conceptual design work (including reaching out to the public) as well as the technical planning components at the same time would make the most sense. Other hard surface facilities such as tennis and basketball courts and horseshoe pit will have to be reconfigured or renovated, and overall park layout drawings are to be completed in this first phase, as well.

The new money brings the design budget to $40,000 in total, but Village staff expect this will help spur fundraising efforts and won’t actually increase the project cost estimate of $482,000 any higher.

Spectrum Skateparks has designed and built more than 150 skate parks worldwide (including

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The Outlook-Spectrum partner-ship beat out bids from van der Zalm and Associates (which had teamed up with New Line Skateparks) and Stantec.

In recent years municipal plan-ners have increasingly turned to skateparks as a solution to com-munity recreation needs that serves a large portion of the popu-lation without requiring much upkeep.

Sproule, a middle-aged council-lor with an affection for libraries and nature walks, has herself been infected with a fascination with skateparks, adopting some of the behavior typically seen among boardspoart enthusiasts.

“Every time I go to a community I go to look at the skateboard park - the one in Tofino, Quadra, Cortes, Campbell River,” she said, noting she’s met Spectrum president Jim Barnum on a number of occasions and is pleased with the work the company does. “They’re very good at community consultations, so I have full confidence that this is going to move ahead.”

Cumberland is uniquely posi-tioned for aggregate material com-panies to donate concrete free of charge to the project, due to the Village’s proximity to several such businesses, she added.

Coun. Conner Copeman, a young councillor who has also pushed for the development of a skatepark for years, chose not to say much but beamed from his spot at the council table.

Coun. Kate Greening moved the motion for $15,000 in additional design funding. Coun. Roger Kishi moved the amendment to the financial plan bylaw, to allow this to take effect.

“I totally support this,” he said. “People will be able to see some-

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“That will really drive fundraising efforts,” he said. “Hopefully we’ll see the process really start to move forward.”

Cumberland has already decided to place $300,000 of the money it receives from hosting the regional landfill into a pot for skate park construction.

Public meetings are expected to begin this fall to get the input of local residents and future park users.

Cumberland taps Outlook and Spectrum for skate park designs

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Support our Seniors Comox Valley (SOSCV) is currently focusing on home supports for seniors needing help to remain in their own home.

At the October meeting there will be a presentation and discussion of medical home supports available from the public health care system, Island Health (VIHA).

Carol Tyson, Manager for Home and Community Care (HCC) services in the Comox Valley, along with Susan Barr, HCC Social Worker, will provide an overview of services and eligibility criteria.

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questions from the audience. This is also an opportunity to learn more about how to advocate for needed services in our area.

As always, the first hour of our meeting is educational, with an informative presentation and discus-sion.

After a short break for refresh-ments and networking, we focus on questions related to areas of of inter-est raised by SOS members on our annual survey.

These concerns include transpor-tation, quality of care in residential settings, seniors as caregivers, hous-

ing, and seniors and depression among others.

The October meeting is Monday, Oct. 6, from 2-4 pm in the Lower Native Sons Hall. SOS meetings are free and open to the public.

Donations to help with the cost of refreshments are always appreciat-ed.

FMI: Jennifer, 250-334-2321, Sheila 250-335-2246.

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Comox Valley ElderCollege starts this week, but it’s not too late to register for courses that still have seats available.

You can register on line at www.nic.bc.ca/ec or by dropping into the Registration Office at the North Island College campus.

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Letters to the Editor

In support of Marigold Pharmacy


I am writing this letter in support of Rudy Sanchez and his business the Marigold Natural Compounding Pharmacy in Courtenay.

My family and I as well as many friends have been going to Rudy for natural supplements and herbs as well as pharmaceuticals for many years.

I have always been impressed by Rudy’s deep commitment to share his time and expertise.

I have appreciated his passion and interest in helping so many of us make healthy choices.

I have found his professional advice very helpful and his products surpris-ingly inexpensive.

Rudy genuinely cares and I am so grateful to have his endless expertise right here in our town!

I can understand why Rudy’s busi-ness would be a threat to The College of Pharmacists.

He has chosen to educate himself in holistic medicine as well as pharmacol-ogy.

He’s stepped way outside of the box and is giving his honest opinion based

on his broadened expertise. I believe he is a prized resource and

we should do everything in our power to support this unique business; the first pharmacy of its kind in Canada.

Asheya McisaacCourtenay

Re: Think we have one-tier health care Sept 23 Comox Valley Echo

Dr Brian Day has a vested interest in promoting for-profit clinics - he’s in it for the money.

As Ms Mellin points out in her letter, his Vancouver clinic broke the provi-sions of the Canada Health Act by unlawfully billing patients almost half a million dollars in just thirty days.

His response to being caught out was to launch a constitutional challenge - he doesn’t need to follow the law of the land because “it’s a bad law”.

Good thing he’s got all that money from overbilling the taxpayers and vul-nerable people who are ill, as court cases aren’t cheap.

Any action against him by the Medical Services Commission has been put on hold while the court case pro-ceeds - while he gets to continue with his overbilling practices. Doesn’t sound very heroic to me.

Adopting existing best practices and public solutions would go a long way to improving Canada’s health care sys-tem.

We need to include a home care pro-gram to help seniors stay out of hospi-tal beds, prescription drugs, basic den-tal care and services that maintain well-ness, things that are included in health systems in many other industrialized countries.

We need a federal government that will take leadership to restore stable funding and work collaboratively with the provinces to ensure our health sys-tem continues to provide care based on need, not ability to pay.

We don’t need to help corporations increase their profits.

Kathie WoodleyCourtenay

Letters

Stephen Harper’s ratification of the FIPA agree-ment with China underlines the desperate need for election reform in Canada. For the next thirty-one years Canada is locked into a treaty that was negoti-ated in secret by a party that under a fair election system would have been unlikely to form even a minority government.

Some would agree with the Financial Post that the terms of the treaty are “unbecoming a nation state” while others might lean towards the Maclean’s view of “don’t fear the FIPA”. But despite the healthy debate in the media, the pseudo-majority govern-ment of Stephen Harper (39.6% of the vote) has deemed it unnecessary to debate the treaty with the MPs of the other parties who represent the real majority (60.4%) of the Canadian electorate.

If election votes were given equal weight Canada would now have some sort of minority or coalition government led by whichever party enjoyed the con-fidence of the majority of the members of the House of Commons. In the current political climate this would not likely be the Conservatives.

Under a system of proportional representation Conservative and NDP seats would be reduced in the current parliament while Liberal, Bloc and Green representation would increase. To illustrate the absurdity of the current system, in the last election it took only 35,152 votes to elect each Conservative MP while 572,095 votes elected just one Green MP.

The vast majority of the world’s major democra-cies have now introduced some form of proportional representation resulting in dramatic increases in voter turnout. How many of the 40% of Canada’s non-voters in the last election would have participat-ed had they felt their votes mattered?

And let’s hear it for minority governments. They have proven to be more open and efficient than most of our dysfunctional majority governments and have enacted almost all the legislation that defines Canada as a country including Medicare, the Auto Pact, the Canada Pension Plan, the National Flag and the Canadian Bill of Rights. Let’s hope that Canada joins the rest of the world’s democracies and makes 2015 our last unfair election.

Erik TaynenCourtenay

Talk about calling the kettle black, the teachers should look within to see if they did enough instead of taking it out on the local Board.

I didn’t see pickets all summer. From my point of view, and I am not a teacher nor have I ever worked inside a union, the only real reason to strike was class composition and sizes, the salary structure when you include benefits was better than pretty good to start with, so what was accomplished by the strike for the betterment of the students?

Absolutely nothing, but we are continually told that the reason for the strike was all about the good of the students, turns out it was salary, at least that’s what I see from the outside looking in.

Paul EllegoodArea B

I can’t begin to imagine how to convey my grati-tude to The Autism Program and the Comox Valley Child Development Association.

Our association began with the surprise diagnosis of ASD for our son, who was then entering Grade 12. When we began at TAP he was an angry, depressed, withdrawn, 17-year-old with severe trust issues and some challenging behaviours.

Katie Sharp was assigned to work with him, for which we are eternally grateful! Katie’s patience, kindness, sensitivity, and iron will inspired a hard earned sense of trust in our son, and also renewed our families trust, lost after years of struggling with the educational system, and medical professionals. T

his trust enabled all of us to learn to navigate the world in which we find ourselves.

Katie didn’t shy away from difficult but necessary conversations with our son or with us and we are grateful because it enabled us to understand the need to change our approach in how we dealt with our son as much as he needed to change some of his behaviours to “fit in” in order to reduce his discom-fort with society.

Our son, although still facing the societal chal-lenges common to those with this disorder, can now express himself in a variety of ways. He has acquired a new sense of confidence in his ability to interact with the outside world. He has come to accept him-self, differences and all.

We are all so proud of the work he did in his year and a half at TAP.

We also can’t forget all the people supporting Katie behind the scenes:

April Statz, TAP’s director has been an enormous source of support and knowledge, giving us the courage to begin and continue this journey; Behavioural Consultants Beth and Laurell, who wrote up the Behavioural Plan and were always ready to adjust and tweak that plan; Rob, who shared his love of fishing and good food, connecting with our son in some of his favorite ways; the volun-teer counsellors for Camp Oasis, who come from around the world to help our children have the fun they so desperately deserve in a safe, loving environ-ment; and to the Comox Child Development Association for operating the program.

I’m glad that behind their professional detach-ment, the love for our kids shines through. It is the main reason that I trust them and would encourage anyone with an ASD child to avail themselves of their services.

I would also like to encourage educational profes-sionals, members of the business community and local and provincial governmental agencies and especially MLA Don MacRae, who is already explor-ing this issue, to visit TAP to learn more about ASD. It would be wonderful if each of us could adjust our expectations in order to truly include our kids in the community.

Thank you all so much.Dave and Corrine Bainard

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KUDOS to Kymme Patrick for sharing her cancer journey via her one woman play, Laughing Matters. Her performance was incredible. Not one person moved for 2 hours. The only con was the freezing temperature in the Stan Hagen theatre, the guy snoring loudly in the back and the woman in the front row drinking a mixture of beets and garlic in a quart mason jar with the screw top! My God that reeked. Thought I was going to be sick.

HORNBY ISLANDERS need a new Fire Hall. They are governed by Island Trust, which spends over $5 million an year on Planning. The CVRD spends over $2 mil-lion a year on planning. CVRD directors have some decisions to make on spend-ing priorities. Planning is important - so are Fire Halls. CVRD taxpayers are not going to give you any more money; man-age your $67 million budget and priori-ties.

RE: RECENT TWO POSTS about Cumberland’s bike show. Whether the participants are upstanding community citizens or not, you can debate among yourselves, but there were certainly Hell’s Angels paticipating. They had at least 3 booths set up selling t-shirts, and what not, advertising their club.

SENDING A HUGE THANK-YOU to Westview Ford and all their wonderful customers for their continued support of our car wash and hotdog sale. - CV Breakers women’s hockey.

BOUQUTS to Futurist Frank Ogden, who very accurately predicted 20 years ago, many of the changes of today. If he was still around, likely he would be dis-mayed by his prediction of outsourcing of jobs which has translated into over 70,000 imported temporary workers in BC. He predicted the demise of the BC

Forestry Industry, through changing tech-nology and metal log houses. Mr. Ogden would likely be dismayed by increasing log exports, and the economic impact of both policies, on the BC Economy. Some opportunists are doing very well, but the BC Government is borrowing $2 Billion, this year, to balance the various sets of books. These polices are not working for present British Columbians, and those who will inherit the debt of the various BC crown corporations.

A BOUQUET of the most beautiful exotic flowers to Vogue Optical for their service and kindness! My glasses I pur-chased from them over a year ago snapped in two. They do have a 2-year comprehensive warranty on their glasses, but went above and beyond the require-ments when they gave me the gift of sight by loaning me another frame while wait-ing for the replacement frames to come in! Fantastic friendly service, highly rec-ommend Vogue optical for anyone requir-ing a new pair of glasses, their two for the price of one came in really handy as well. I have computer glasses and general purpose both of which I use daily.

A LARGE BOUQUET of Fall mums to John at Eclipse Hair Care (Cliffe and 20th St). He not only did a wonderful job with a British visitor’s hairdo but served her a cup of tea and biscuit and held an umbrella as she exited to my car. She was still talking about the CV experience at airport departure. I’m certain this tourist will send many others to our Valley.

IT WILL BE A BOUQUET if Comox Valley residents vote this November, and vote for change. Local government CAO’s are paid 3 times the average Comox Valley income earners (300% more) - how can they possibly connect with the 20,000 residents who earn less than $30,00O/year? These are the executives

recommending new taxes, fees and alter-native approval process where only 2% of voters object, to new taxes. Fixing this is the job of our elected representatives. With $130 million reserves in the bank, the Comox Valley CAO’s are in charge of local government decisions - most local politicians are rubber stampers on bud-gets and executive salaries. Vote to change this in November.

BOUQUET to BC School Boards that want an end to ongoing BC teachers strikes. About time they finally spoke up. Negotiation, Mediation, then, Arbitration to settle future disputes. There are no winners with the present system - the losers are BC students.

BIG BOUQUETS of fresh flowers to Kiwanis Club of Courtenay for once again supplying students at Courtenay Elementary School with much needed school supplies. Kiwanis Club truly understands the need of children in lower income areas. Your huge $500 donation towards play based learning toys is a wel-come start to our new year. Thank you from Courtenay Elementary School.

BOUQUETS to us all if we are political-ly savvy. The upcoming municipal public opinion question to be posed to us is if we agree to increased tax dollars for reducing homelessness, or not. Let’s push for a clearer definition. I for one, would answer yes if it was for a solid plan, but not for more consultation fees.

BOUQUETS to Younis and Dave from Comox Fireplace and Patio for going above and beyond when cleaning our chimneys and woodstoves. Not only did they sweep the chimneys but also fixed a bad squeak on the door and even cleaned out the fan unit when I mentioned that it was noisy. We were amazed at the good service. Thank you so much!

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DEMOCRACY is a divided struc-ture, the real and the Illusionary. The real is designed to encourage, sup-port and protect those who commit acts of Evil, while the structure of the Police is to provide the Illusion of Justice.

ANDREW RICE and the team at Rice Toyota deserve boundless thanks for so graciously supporting Rotary Youth Exchange through the use of cars to transport students.

A BIG THANK YOU to Mason organizing the new team jerseys, Jason for the cooler and to Ron at Seeco Automotive for the continuous sponsorship of Seeco Slammers men’s slo-pitch team. See you in 2015.

FALL RIVER LOGGING Ltd., has been an employer in the Comox Valley since 2010. During that time they have held their annual golf tour-ney. Many prizes for employees are donated and this year the 41 staff elected to “pay it forward” to the Comox Valley Food Bank. The Food Bank was the recipient of their gener-ous $940.00 cheque. We thank the employees for their generosity and that of the company for matching the employee donations. Thank you all for your thoughtfulness and generos-ity of spirit. Funds will go a long way in assisting those in need in the Comox Valley.

A GARAGE FULL OF BOUQUETS to the Vancouver Island Business Co-operative (VIBC) for their support of the Book/Garage Sale held at 4R’s Education Centre (Soc.). Your tireless help and support in kind was a huge help and greatly appreciated!

A BOUQUET to Cumberland Council. They are connected to their constituents and Infrastructure prior-ities. Quite the opposite is Courtenay Council which appears disconnected, secretive and dysfunctional on some issues. Comox Council maintains a low profile and seems connected to Comox residents - they also deserve a Bouquet. Two out of five local gov-ernments are doing a good job - it’s not all bad news.

A HUGE BEEF to all the adults,

grown ups, parents, grandparents etc that should know better then to come into retail establishments in this val-ley and think it ok somehow to treat the staff like lower class citizens. Shame on you, you are supposed to be an example to our children and this is the example you choose to set. I cannot believe how inconsiderate and rude people are lately. You should take a good hard look in the

mirror, realize the staff at places are just trying to do a job and how would you feel if someone was speaking to your son, daughter, grandchild etc in the manner you’re speaking to these HUMAN BEINGS! Just think for a second before you open your mouth, they don’t know how good/bad your day has gone and you don’t know how theirs has been either.

A VERY WARM thank you to the staff of Central Builders-Home Hardware for donating the proceeds from the their annual chili-cook off to Dawn to Dawn. They raised enough funds to keep someone housed and warm for a month this winter. Their support is sincerely appreciated!

A BIG BAG OF POOP to the owner of the dog that was left to bark from 10:30 pm to 1 am on Friday night, in the Avro Arrow, Canuck Place, possi-bly McDonald Road area. It was hard to tell where it was coming from, but next time we’ll locate the dog and call the police. There were a lot of neighbours that didn’t get much sleep that night with no thanks to the irresponsible dog owner!

BEEFS to the big box store that sells “mechanically tenderized” roasts. I purchased a $35.00 rib roast. A rib roast is very tender and worth the extra cost. Imagine my surprise when I sliced the meat and each slice was full of uniform needle marks. It almost looked shredded. I retrieved the label and in very small print it stated “mechanically tenderized”. I was shocked. Why would a rib roast require tenderization in the first place? I recalled an episode on Marketplace that clearly explained the dangers of eating mechanically tenderized meat. So, just a heads up to local consumers ... read the label very carefully before buying steaks and roasts.

A ROLLING BOUQUET of STRIKING BOWLING BALLS to CODES COUNTRY BOWLING LANES. What a wonderful place to go and have some fun. A Shout Out to Duwanee and Rick and to all the staff who make being there feel like home. I love the atmosphere and all the laughs, the exercise, and all the new friends I’ve met. Coffee is always on, and so are the homemade lunches! What a special gem we have here in the valley of ours. Where everyone is welcomed from 4 to 92 (Alfred is the oldest bowler I know of). Just to see everyone laugh and enjoying them-selves puts a smile on my face ‘and it brightens my day. I’m so glad I took the steps of just walking through those doors, and trying something new, like bowling! What a blast it has been. What more can I say but fun, laughter, friends and a new place to call home!

A BUCKET O’ BUTTERTARTS

goes to the unknown artist who comes by the store and draws fabu-lous cartoon characters on the eraser board. This brings a lot of big smiles to us and our customers! If I ever catch you ... I’ll look the other way.

P.S. There’s a pack of colored

markers in the blue drawer now. I, TOO, WAS DISAPPOINTED that

the rock at Highland School was defaced. I call it graffiti. FYI, it was witnessed that a mature woman painted the rock on the long week-end so don’t blame the youth. So wise one, your point of supporting the teachers has been made. Please get out your sandblaster and clean-up the rock - after all, you did damage property that was on school grounds.

TO THE YOUNG MAN in the grey hoodie who decided to urinate on the sidewalk near the insurance office in the Crown Isle Mall on Friday, September 26th at 9:15 PM. What was wrong with using the wash-rooms in any one of the open estab-lishments at that time. Your indecent act in a public place shows that you have little respect for others. While I may have been the only person to observe your actions, I’m sure that your photo, along with the photo of your friends and the license plate of the vehicle you arrived in show up clearly in the mall’s surveillance video footage. Perhaps if the authori-ties took a close look at said video, you could be charged with indecent exposure. I’m sure that your parents would be very proud.

THE CONTROVERSIAL Courtenay Fire Hall project is steaming ahead, with taxpayer approval. Taxpayers get to vote on the undemocratic Courtenay Council on November 15th. Even more bizarre, is the CVRD proposal that Comox Valley property owners fund a new Fire Hall for Hornby Island. Hornby Islanders chose to be governed by Island Trust -the Fifth Government in the Comox Valley! No doubt Hornby needs a new fire hall, but this needs to be funded by Hornby Island Residents and their local government, Island Trust. This yet another example of the need to reform the convoluted CVRD. Vote for change in November.

HUGE BEEF to the very angry lady

at Thrifty’s at noon on Saturday, driv-ing your large, 4-door, silver extend-ed cab truck, possibly a GMC. You were screaming at me to stop for a pedestrian through your window. My understanding of pedestrian cross-ings is that people need to be within a step of the crossing, ready to cross. I had seen the elderly man, contin-ued through as he was still far enough away for me to drive through then he could safely cross. By you stopping, you blocked my exit. Therefore we all came to a stop and I did probably block the poor man’s path. You were very lucky my hus-band (in law enforcement) was not with me; he doesn’t like people screaming at his wife at all. He would then have taken the time to explain to you the highway code. I, on the other hand, would like to say to you “go bully someone else, don’t go out in public if you have to scream and berate others.” In life what goes around goes around...you may be in for a bumpy, unhappy, lonely life!

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MANY SUNSHINE-FILLED garbage pick up days to all the folks at Sun Coast Waste. Competitive pricing and NO fuel surcharge like the other com-pany. They went above and beyond when an initial glitch left me forgotten twice. And an extra huge shout out to Shane who is extraordinarily customer service oriented and continues to go above and beyond. Your simple actions do not go un-noticed and are appreci-ated more than you know. Thank you!

‘B’ FOR BRAVO and bouquet to our RCMP officers for creative way to catch cell phone users while driving! We have been fairly warned, so no excus-es. When possible, I will note and report license numbers of offenders to police.

BOUQUETS to teachers for venting at the District 71 school board. Well paid district employees don’t have to strike for above average salaries. Strikes are brutal - a failure of the BCTF bargaining system which has penalized BC students for decades. Students, teachers and parents deserve better. Whatever BC government is in power in 2019, needs to implement a no strike process - negotiate, mediate then arbitrate. Both sides take their chances on arbitration. Clearly there are no winners in this strike. Teachers - Vent - then get on with what you do best - teach!

WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS sincere gratitude to Alice Pasiluko who has been the volunteer cancer van driver co-ordinator for the past couple of decades. Alice has provided an invaluable service to this community by co-ordinating volunteer drivers to take local cancer patients to Victoria and Nanaimo for treatment. This ser-vice is offered free of charge and main-tained and supported by the BC Masonic Lodges. After two decades of devoted service Alice passes the torch to Lois Thompson who now takes the reins and we welcome her whole heartedly. It takes a special person to volunteer their time and energy, partic-ularly those heros who are unseen and these two ladies are a fine example of that. We all extend our gratitude and thank you for your ongoing support without the co-ordinator we would be at a great loss. At this time we also thank the Comox Valley Recovery

recently held a sellout fundraising wrestling show for YANA raising $674.30. ICW thanks all 120 fans for their support filling the building, spon-sors The Real Canadian Superstore & Aliens vs. Pizza, Organizer/wrestler Tim Chaisson and all the other wres-tlers who came from around the Island to participate, Daimien Ravenchild, Dave Goodall, Achille Vermeersch, Mike Magee, Duncan McMurdo, Carol Baker, Nicole, “Rock Dawg” Andrew Davis, Manno Theos, Amy Sloan, Pilon Tool Rentals, the volunteer paramed-ics, Ocean, Hugh, and the other YANA representatives who helped out, and many others.

A NUMBER OF PEOPLE have taken to the papers lately, including a mis-guided firefighter from Cumberland, making contrived statements blaming every highway accident on the new 120 km/h speed limit. Making blanket statements linking every accident to a slight increase in speed limit is unedu-cated and lazy. There were highway accidents BEFORE the limit went up, and for a wide variety of causes, there-fore making lazy leaps of logic to grab attention and promote an agenda is wrong. All the new limit really chang-es is decriminalizing some individuals who were wrongly punished for driv-ing what really is a safe speed. How about giving the change a period of time and actually examining the data afterward to see if it really did make things worse, or better? Stop being a victim of government and ICBC brain-washing and look for real causes.

Many speed limits are set far too low for conditions and that seems to be where the majority of the ticketing is. Governments and insurance compa-nies have gotten used to making a lot of money in fines and they don’t want to give up the legalized extortion easi-ly. Here are facts: in BC, 2 recent test phases raised speed limits from 90 to 100 and crash rates LOWERED by 12.9% and 8.6% respectively. In the U.S. huge studies have shown that crashes went up where the limit went down and crashes went down where the limit went up, proving higher lim-its resulted in fewer crashes.

As a side note for all those less than fully capable drivers afraid of the speed limit, as long as you stay to the right you will be fine, or take the old highway if you are afraid of going fast-er than walking speed.

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The Cumberland Community Forest Society are hosting their annual Fall Plant Sale this coming Saturday as part of the Foggy Mountain Fall Fair in Cumberland from 10 am till 4 pm at the corner of 1st and Dunsmuir.The annual Fall Plant Sale is perfect for year round west coast gardeners and you’ll find all kinds of perennials, bulbs, winter vegetables and more! Donations are still welcome and can be dropped off at 3rd and Derwent right up to Friday afternoon. 100% of funds raised support the Cumberland Community Forest Society. For more information visit www.cumber-landforest.com

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The HMCS Alberni Museum in the Comox Centre Mall is develop-ing an exhibit on “THE GREAT WAR” and would like the communi-ty’s support by their donation or loan of items related to WWI and the time in the valley between 1914 and 1919.

Personal items and letters are of particular interest for the exhibit

which is planned to open by the first week of January 2015 and con-tinue as a permanent exhibit at the museum.

The Comox Valley was one of the many “jumping off” places in BC during WWI and served as military training grounds for many years during WWI and WWII.

That great tradition continues

with the role that HMCS Quadra and CFB Comox play today.

Artifacts, heirlooms or photo-graphs, which may be of interest to The Alberni Project’s WWI exhibit, can be brought into the HMCS Alberni Museum located in the Comox Centre Mall, Blue Arch Entrance, Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 am until 4:00 pm.

Items can either be loaned to the museum for an agreed on length of time or donated permanently to the museum’s collection.

For more information on mem-bership in the Alberni Project Society, donation to the Museum or volunteering positions please visit the HMCS Alberni Museum or www.alberniproject.org.

TAP Museum seeks local WWI artifacts for major ‘Great War’ display

There has been a slight weath-er change, and a very welcome change, over the past week that has provided the watershed with at least some measureable pre-cipitation.

This has added some water into Comox Lake Reservoir.

BC Hydro’s very low down-stream river flow of about 9 m3/s has allowed them to cap-ture as much of that water as possible should the forecast turn dry again.

The water inflows have recent-ly been slightly above average for this time of year at about 25 m3/s, versus the dismally low 2 m3/s just over a week ago.

The Comox Lake Reservoir has risen about 35 centimetres from its low of about 131.75 m.

Now at 132.1 metres, or 1.1 metres from entering a critical low zone in the reservoir, BC Hydro is increasing the Puntledge River flow this week to around 12-13 m3/s.

The extreme conservation flow has shifted to a conservation flow.

Power generation will remain off-line until more water enters

the system.It appears that should the

weather forecast of showery con-ditions hold over the next few weeks, towards the end of that period, BC Hydro anticipates increasing the Puntledge River flow to about 16-17 m3/s.

This is the minimum fish hab-itat flow, and will enable the 24 megawatt generating station to operate at about 20 per cent of capacity.

This river flow will also help migrating salmon.

The chum salmon recreational fishery began on October 1 and runs until about mid-November.

BC Hydro has managed as well as possible through the driest 12-month water supply period in their 51 years of record.

Now slowly coming out of that situation, BC Hydro will begin to shift their attention to the fall rains and potential flood risk management operations.

“On that side of the coin, and entering the fall season with low reservoir conditions, we are well positioned,” said Hydro commu-nications officer Stephen Watson in an update.

Anne Wilde, a long-time resident of St. Joseph’s Hospital “The Views”, decided to show her appreciation for the dogs which have visited her and other residents for more than a dozen years by sponsoring St. John Ambulance Therapy Dogs Magic and Samara. Samara has worked for 12 years and Magic is her understudy, having only started last year. Samara is generally handled by Carol Fletcher and Magic by her hus-band, Dave, the head of the program in the Valley. The dogs are normal family dogs which take on the added responsibility of being volunteers; any dog which passes national tests for temperament, obedience and socialization, and with vaccinations up to date, can become one of these canine pillars of the community. It costs St. John Ambulance about $50.00 to evaluate and outfit each team and sponsors are always welcome for this non-profit health benefit. Most sponsors are businesses but Anne decided that it was time a ‘client’ showed an extra level of appreciation and it is recog-nized with a certificate showing the sponsored dogs.

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St. John the Divine Anglican Church invites the community to a special 12-step non-denominational Communion service next Sunday, October 5th at 4pm. All are welcome, especially members of AA, Al-Anon, NA, their families and friends. The church is located at the corner of Harmston and 5th Streets in Courtenay.

This 12-step Communion service is both a celebration and a prayer. It is a prayer of gratitude for those working through the 12-step program and on the path to recovery and a prayer for those still suffering from addictions. The ser-vice follows the form of a traditional communion service (using non-alcohol-ic wine) and incorporates each of the 12 steps.

The service provides a chance for mutual support and a way to work the 11th step: “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.”

For more information about the ser-vice, phone St. John the Divine Anglican Church, 250-334-4331 or visit http://stjohnthedivinecourtenay.bc.anglican.ca

A giant garage and book sale is planned for Saturday, Oct 4, 9 am to 2 pm at the Union Bay Community Hall on the Old Island Highway.

A large selection of items, with pro-ceeds going to the Tour de Rock.

FMI: Donna McKay 250-335-2147.

A little-known aspect of BC history will be addressed at the Courtenay Museum tonight (Friday, October 3rd). “Returning French Canadians to the Early History of Vancouver Island” lecture begins at 7:00 pm with Dr. Jean Barman.

Barman will discuss the importance of French Canadians who arrived with the fur trade. These men, along with the indigenous women in their lives, shaped the Pacific Northwest. Her lecture will include a number of Vancouver Island persons and stories.

Admission to the evening is $5 per Historical Society member; $6 non-mem-bers (plus GST).

The Courtenay and District Museum is located at 207 Fourth Street in downtown Courtenay. FMI or to purchase tickets over the phone, please call 250-334-0686 ext. 5.

The Comox Valley Royal Canadian Naval Association is hosting its 12th Annual Navy Meet and Greet in the Comox Legion Sunday, Oct. 5, between 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. All RCN, ex-RCN, Merchant Navy, USN, Commonwealth Navies and wannabes are welcome. Come out and meet some old friends and make some new ones. Finger foods will be available.

For more Information contact Don Knight at 250-339-5498 or Steve Cowan at 250-890 -0225.

Hockey fever and the annual Children’s Telethon just seem to go hand in hand!

The Comox Valley Child Development Association is raffling off two tickets to the January 30, 2015 Vancouver Canucks vs Buffalo Sabres game.

The lucky winner will also col-lect deluxe accommodation for two at a downtown Vancouver hotel. Raffle proceeds support the annual Children’s Telethon, now in its 39th year.

Only 300 tickets will be sold for the Canucks/Hotel package so the odds of winning are excellent!

Tickets are $25 each and can be purchased in person at the Child Development Association, 237 Third Street in Courtenay or by phone at 250-338-4288.

The winning ticket will be drawn at the Telethon, live on Shaw TV, Sunday November 2nd at 7:30 pm at the Sid Williams Theatre.

The Child Development Association has a second way for you to win big and support the Telethon.

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French Canadians in B.C.topic of lecture tonight

Annual Navy Meet and Greet set for Sunday

Freshly wrapped by Quality Foods staff, the Deluxe Raffle Basket is admired by Denise, Rob and Kyle from QF along with April from the Child Development Association.

Tickets for Canucks and Deluxe Basket now available

Earlier this year, Comox resident Sandra Hamilton wondered what it would take for local farmers to supply local food to large, pub-lic institutions in the region.

Today, North Island College is delighted to announce that it has been selected by The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, as one of ten projects nation-wide, to advance sustainable food procurement on campus and to build the capacity of local producers to supply large insti-tutions in the Comox Valley, including health

care institutions. This project will be part of a national learning group working together to advance sustainable food purchasing in public institutions.

Sandra Hamilton, who will lead the project at NIC, has been delighted by the uptake and with NIC’s support for more local food on cam-pus.

Hamilton will be working closely with local farmers and with Custom Gourmet, NIC’s new food service contractor at its Comox Valley campus, a firm well known for serving fresh, local, sustainably grown food.

FEED Comox Valley, (FEED stands for Food, Environment and Economic Development), will seek to better leverage tax dollars to improve

social, environmental and economic benefits for the local community.

“Ninety six percent of Vancouver Island’s food now arrives in a refrigerator, on a truck, on a ferry. If public institutions contract and support local farmers, the availability and price point of local food will improve for everyone,” said Hamilton, who credits NIC President John Bowman and Area B Director Jim Gillis for their leadership in getting the project off the ground.

“We are delighted to have been selected by the McConnell Foundation,” said John Bowman, President of North Island College.

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More local food being supplied to public institutions is the goal of NIC’s FEED Comox Valley project. Clockwise from left: Chef Dawn McRae (Custom Gourmet), Dr. Jen Wrye (NIC Instructor, Sociology), Jaymie Collins (Vancouver Island Farm Products), Sandra

Hamilton (Project Lead, FEED Comox Valley), Naomi Tabata (Manager, CARTI), and John Bowman (President, NIC) atop Big Red (courtesy of Nature’s Way Farm).

Local food project ready to advance North Island College selected by national foundation

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ly, warm and welcoming group of women who have resided in the Comox Valley for less than two years. We help women new to the valley feel comfortable, meet friends and learn as much as they can about this wonderful place that is now home.

The Comox Valley has so many attractions and opportunities that the monthly meetings are always entertaining and informative! We are able to do this by focusing our attention on what is important to new residents of the valley.

The Monday, October 6th meet-ing will feature a presentation by Krista Kaptein, Coordinator with the Strathcona Wilderness Institute Society. Krista will provide informa-tion on the services available to visitors at Mount Washington’s Paradise Meadows, all the various hiking trails, outdoor presentations and other pertinent park informa-tion.

Meetings are held at the Crown Isle Club House, 399 Club House Drive, Courtenay. Doors open at 6:30 pm with the meeting starting promptly at 7:00 pm.

For more information email us at [email protected] or check out our website at www.cvnewcomers.net

Animals are a part of God’s cre-ation and our pets play an import-ant role in our lives. Come join us on Saturday October 4th (the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals) at 10:00 a.m. to 11am at St. John the Divine Anglican Church fenced yard at 579 5th Street, Courtenay for the Blessing of the Animals.

We will give thanks to God for our animals and bless them. Each

pet will be individually blessed. All pets must be on a leash or in a car-rier. Photographs may also be brought to honor pets that prefer not to travel.

Everyone is welcome and dona-tions will be given to the CV SPCA._

Encourage your friends and rela-tives to attend. St. John the Divine Anglican Church is located at 579 5th Street in Courtenay. For more information, call the church office at 250-334-4331/250-897-8569 or visit http://stjohnthedivinecourtenay.bc.anglican.ca

The Comox Valley Multiple Sclerosis Self-help Group will have a presentation at their next meeting, Thursday, Oct. 9.

Caroline Miskenack, RN, BSN, intake nurse, Mental Health, VIHA, will be presenting an overview of VIHA services as well as offering resources and tools for helping with anxiety and depression.

The monthly meeting is held the second Thursday of the month at the Whitespot meeting room, 11:30 - 1:00pm. Please contact Jan Elman 250-3393053 or Cherie Kamenz 250-339-0819 if you are able to attend.

The Comox Valley United Soccer U11 Girls Competitive Soccer Team will be hosting a Beer and Burger night at Prime Chop House and Wine Bar on Thursday, Oct 9th.

All proceeds from the fundraising event will be going towards the team’s travel and accommodation costs for two out of town tourna-ments.

In addition to the Beer and Burger we will also have a 50/50 draw and silent/live auction hosted by Dave Tymo, morning host on 98.9 The Goat FM. Doors open at 5 pm and will be based on first come first serve - please check out the website for further information at http://theprimechophouse.com/events/throwback-thursday-cvusc-u-11-girls/ or contact Robin at 250-703-1242.

If you aren’t able to come to the event but would like to donate an auction items - please give us a call!

PK Tessmann donating concert proceeds to Child Development

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Imagine a huge basket stuffed with over $2800 worth of local treats - gift certificates for restaurants, spas, salons, and speciality shops - passes for skiing and golf - handmade truf-fles, beauty products, travel accesso-ries - handcrafted quilt, and art cards - children’s books, toys and games - and much, much more!

No you are not dreaming, it’s the Child Development Association’s annual Deluxe Raffle Basket. Local businesses and artisans have gener-ously donated gift certificates and merchandise to stuff this year’s bas-ket with a fabulous assortment of quality winnings to support the annual Children’s Telethon. Keep all the great prizes for yourself or share your good fortune with family and

friends - gift giving couldn’t be easier. Raffle Basket tickets are available

at the Child Development Association, 237 Third Street in Courtenay or by phone at 250-338-4288. In addition, the basket and ticket sales will be making the rounds at various loca-tions around the Comox Valley over the next few weeks.

Tickets are only $2 each or 3 for $5, with the lucky winning ticket to be drawn at the Telethon, live on Shaw TV, Sunday November 2nd at 7:30 pm at the Sid Williams Theatre.

And the third way to win? The real winners in this venture are local chil-dren with special needs and their families. Like the Telethon, all mon-ies raised by the Raffle Basket and the Hockey Raffle stay in the community to support programs and services for local children with special needs and

their families. Therapy equipment, specialized toys, support resources for parents including books, videos, and hands on training - these are just some of the areas that the Child Development Association puts these earnings to work.

The Comox Valley Child Development Association (CVCDA) provides services for children with developmental delays and disabilities including physical, cognitive, com-munication, social/emotional and behavioural needs.

Family-centred services include assessments, individualized supports and intervention. For more informa-tion about the Child Development Association call 250-338-4288 or check out the website at www.cvcda.ca.

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“FEED Comox Valley is an ideal project for NIC’s Centre for Applied Research, Technology and Innovation (CARTI) as the centre was created expressly to help foster innovation and to build industry partnerships such as this, which also benefit our community.”

Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD) Regional Director Jim Gillis supported the idea straight away and was instrumental in securing CVRD board support and the matching fund-ing necessary to advance the project with The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation.

“Thirty per cent of Vancouver Island’s Agriculture Land Reserve (ALR) is here in the Valley. We are building a new hospital in a commu-nity with a very rich agricultural his-tory. The CVRD supported this project because we want to see the next gen-eration of farmers continue to succeed here. Agriculture is very important to Comox Valley residents and public institutions are an important market for our farmers,” said Jim Gillis, Regional Director Area B.

For more information about the project, please contact Sandra Hamilton, Local Food Project Lead, at 250-890-9386 or sandra.hamilton@

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Be sure to head to the Mex Pub on October 7th to hear singer/songwriter PK Tessmann take the stage in sup-port of the Comox Valley Child Development Association.

PK is the featured guest of the 1st Tuesday Fundraiser Concert Series, a special event held on the first Tuesday of each month that pairs performers with their favourite charities.

Admission for the evening concert is by donation to the CVCDA (or food donation for the food bank) and starts at 7:30 pm with an opening set by event hosts Judy and Bruce Wing.

This Vancouver Island indie-folk songstress is an artist of substance, delivering soaring melodies and heart to heart lyrics with her honey sweet voice. With the confident timing of a skilled percussionist, PK strums a few chords on her guitar and her audi-ence leans in.

As an early child educator of 11 years, PK has a heart for children, which is why she has chosen the CVCDA to receive the proceeds for the evening.

The Comox Valley Child Development Association has been a resource for families in the Comox Valley for 40 years, providing pro-

grams and support for children and youth with special needs and their families. Last year over 800 families accessed these services.

Representatives from the CVCDA will be available at the event on October 7th, to answer questions about their programs and provide receipts for donations.

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Riptide U14 girls were on the road again Saturday as they faced the Lower Island Saanich/Prospect team in their third game of the VIPL season.

Coming from a loss the previous week against UI Storm, it took some time for the Riptide girls to find their feet and settle into the feel of the Tyndall turf during the first half of the game.

Saanich took the lead early in, scoring their first goal on a breakaway, despite an all-out sprint with Riptide’s Sarah Bard on Saanich’s heels, and a lightning bolt run seemingly out of nowhere from Riptide defender Charlie Borrie.

Shortly after, Saanich scored their second goal amongst a flurry of activity in front of the net. But Riptide refused to let it bring them down, instead ramping up their com-petitive drive for the remainder of the game.

Late in the first half, Riptide capitalized off a textbook corner kick from Aisha Hunter-Bellavia, when Ciara

Halvorson positioned herself perfectly in front of the net to score.

That wrapped up the first half - and the scoring. Riptide showed heart and solid aggressive play

throughout the second half. Unfortunately the team was unable to materialize another goal.

Regardless, Riptide proved that they could hold their own against the Saanich team. The game could have gone either way making it a true fan pleaser. This time, Saanich won 2-1.

Watch for these two well-matched teams to be neck in neck moving forward in the season. Riptide U14 girls and Saanich/Prospect match up next on November 8 (home game).

To view more photos and follow the Riptide U14 girls’ team activities, visit them on Facebook via their team page at https://www.facebook.com/riptide2001girls. Aisha Hunter-Bellavia (team captain) takes the corner kick leading to Riptide’s only

goal. Photo: courtesy of Jean-Marc Comeau

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Gear up for a new season of cross-country skiing

The Strathcona Nordics are Vancouver Island’s cross-country ski club, and they would like to help you stay fit and have fun this winter. Registration opens for their winter programs on October 1—and they invite you to their Annual Gear Swap and AGM on October 25.

Cross-country ski programs run for 10 weeks in the winter, every Saturday or Sunday from January 10 to March 21, but they say, “register now to ensure a spot in a program and to save with early bird prices!” The early bird registration fee deadline is October 31. Visit StrathconaNordics.com to learn about programs for children, youth, and adults of all abilities and to register.

The Annual Gear Swap and AGM takes place on Saturday, October 25 at the Elks Hall in downtown Courtenay, and the nordics say, “Everyone is welcome!”

The schedule for the cross-country ski gear swap is: drop off your gently used skate and classic ski gear that you want to sell from 9:30-11:30am; buy a bowl of chili for lunch; catch up on cross-country ski news at the Annual General Meeting from 12-1pm (note: AGM-attendees get in first to the swap!); buy gently-used cross-country ski gear from 1-3pm; and pick up unsold gear from 3-3:30pm.

Visit StrathconaNordics.com for more information. Done with gear? Take it to the nordic gear swap. Photo: A. Brown

This past weekend saw kids from up and down the island take to the pitch in Cumberland.

The Mini Rugby season has officially started, and the Comox Valley Kickers Mini Rugby team hosted the Season Opener Jamboree.

Clubs from Campbell River, Nanaimo and Cowichan brought their players ages 5-14 to take part.

The Comox Valley Rugby Rascals had six kids on the U8 squad take to the field. Novah, Eli, Hunter, Titus, Celine, Jacob and Rowan played amazing games and had tons of fun thanks to their coaches Ona and Dom.

Three of the Kickers’ U12 kids shook off the summer cobwebs and joined forces with their friends from Campbell River Athletics Association to take on the U12’s from Cowichan.

Coach Lindsay really was impressed by Jade Froelich’s true grit with some hard runs gaining

many yards. Both Aubree Mallette and Jayden Samuels scored for the North Island com-bined team really highlighting the years of experience all three of these kids have amassed.

These kids show you their solid knowledge of the basics and are sure to continue shining in their last year of Mini rugby.

All the kids look forward to several more jamborees in the months to come.

Rugby is a sport which is known for its tackling and scrums, but we begin much sim-pler with our younger children.

Children aged 5-8 play a pared down version of the game that replaces tackles with tags, and eliminates scrums.

Children 9 and up learn safe tackle technique and incorporate that into game play along with three man scrums and three man line outs without the lift.

The idea is to introduce the game building from basic skills like ball handling and passing to

more advanced skills like tack-ling and defensive and offensive field positions.

The name of the game is, of course, having fun and making friends.

Rugby is a sport with a strong culture of respect and sports-manship, and we begin fostering this as soon as players hit the pitch.

If you are interested in getting your child involved visit http://comoxvalleyrugby.ca or like ‘Comox Valley Rugby Rascals’ on Facebook.

We run practices Thursdays from 5:30-6:30 and Sundays from 11:00am - 12:00pm both at Village Park in Cumberland.

We participate in several Jamborees over the next couple of months as far south as Victoria.

Our Fall season runs until the end of November and we pick up again in the spring; new players are always welcome to come give it a ‘try’. Rowan and Novah of the U8 squad (Photo by Katie Leith)

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From the tranquil climates of the Comox Valley to the extreme heat of the Rio Grande Valley in South-East Texas is striking change.

Two Comox Valley United Soccer Club graduates will be making the change to play soccer on scholar-ship with the University of Texas - Pan America this January.

Malia Irvine and Mackenzie McLeod will travel to Edinburg Texas to join their team as its plays in its inaugural season.

A NCAA Division One school UTPA introduced a women’s soccer program this year to play in the Western Athletic Conference.

Malia and Mackenzie will be playing against schools located throughout the Western United States from Kansas City in the Midwest to New Mexico State in the Southwest and as far North as Chicago State.

They will return to the Pacific Northwest to play Seattle University.

When the girls join the team in January the school will have become the University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley.

The school is expanding and will become the UT - RGV to meet the needs of the growing local Edinburg and McAllen area.

They are eager to find out if they will remain “The

Broncs” or if the school will adopt a new mascot and team colours.

Malia, a graduate of Mark R. Isfeld Secondary, and Mackenzie, a Highland Secondary grad, played all their youth soccer with Comox Valley United Soccer Club.

This past year both played on the Upper Island Soccer Riptide regional team.

The school scouted them after seeing Riptide play at the Western Canada Soccer Showcase this past April in Burnaby.

Both girls have been top athletes throughout their youth careers in soccer and track.

Provincial Champions with CVUSC and members of the Vancouver Island Summer Game’s teams in soccer and track both played as call-ups with the Vancouver Wave BC Soccer Premier League team.

Each also competed nationally in track and had successful track careers with the Comox Valley Cougars.

Malia and Mackenzie are thankful for all the sup-port and help over the years from their soccer, track and school coaches.

The girls are very excited and raring to get started. Not so excited about the heat though. We wish them the best of luck on their soccer careers. Malia Irvine and Mackenzie McLeod excited to be heading to Texas

Riptide soccer players head to TexasPair scouted to play for University of Texas - Pan America

Some of the men in the tug of war at Operation High Jump. They lost to the ladies! Over 100 competitors attended the

event at the Vanier Track which was sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Courtenay.

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Well I have to say the Crown Isle ladies club know how to have fun.

A hearty welcome to three long standing Crown Isle Ladies’ mem-bers, Phyllis Stratford, Jean Curry, and Joyce Verburgt who attended this luncheon.

The Crown Isle Executive is not only dynamic, organized and gor-geous but they are also darn smart! It was decided to have the Crown Isle Milestones Luncheon after golf cou-pled with the Ladies’ AGM. It was a winner!

All the ladies entered a beautifully presented silver blingy room and were treated to an amazing lun-cheon, all thanks to our very hard working social committee, Pat Johnson and Anne Sands.

The day was full of laughs and chatter, free wine from the quarters eaten by “The Piggy’ every Tuesday and champagne compliments of Ron Coulson, owner of Crown Isle. No wonder we had 14 new members this year! Each new member was given a new members’ packet with tons of info on Crown Isle golf. Who wouldn’t want to golf in the Crown Isle Ladies’ Club? You too can be part of the fun and golf-join the ladies’ club next year!

The Tuesday game was a Scramble and the winners are:

1st low net - Sandy Linhart and Daneen Karch and 2nd low net Linda Stickney, Linda Foreman, Raelene Robertson and Pam Stevens.

KPS - Rosemary Smith-#4, Audrey Clark-#7, Jean McCrae #12 and Karen Currie-#16.

Katy chaired the AGM and was full of interesting info. What a fantastic lady captain she has been for the last two years. Judy Aldcroft, our new lady captain for 2015 presented Katy with a gorgeous Waterford glass golf

Sunnydale Golf and Country Club members Sandy Watt and Greg Koster fulfilled a dream this past Sunday.

The pair managed to defend their Canadian International Pairs title at Crown Isle Resort and for the second year in the row they will be off on a all expenses paid journey to golf paradise of Carmel Peninsula in Southern California.

There they will play iconic Pebble Beach, Spy Glass Hill and the Banks at Spanish Bay.

In addition to representing Canada at the tournament, they will also be competing as the defending champions having won the tournament in 2013.

“I just want one more chance to play the eighteenth hole at

Pebble Beach.” Koster said, refer-ring to maybe the most famou finishing hole in golf.

Last year the pair had to endure a 5-hole playoff to earn the right to represent Canada but this year they blew away the competition by 6 shots.

Starting Sunday in a tie for the lead they got off to a torrid start by eagling the first and third holes—adding birdies along the way they sealed the tournament with another eagle on #15.

“We brought it all to the table on Sunday and then some more,” exclaimed an excited Watt.

The pair will be off to Carmel December 19 to defend their International Pairs title.

— Submitted by Dave Pye

Sandy Watt and Greg Koster with International Pairs trophies at Pebble Beach Golf Course, December 2013.

Sunnydale duo repeats at International Pairs

PARTY TIME AT CROWN ISLE

ball. The Ladies’ website will be under the capable hands of Janet Phillips and Jenny Steele.

Over 40 ladies were out for Ball in a Bag some Mondays and Thursdays. Janet Phillips will coordinate Winter Golf again. Give Janet a call if you are interested in winter golf.

The Dine and Deal will start every other Wed. in Nov. with dinner in the Timber Room and then slide gin in the ladies locker room. It is really a hoot! Contact either Marsha MacKinnon or Pat Johnson for details.

The Christmas luncheon is set for Dec. 3rd so don’t forget to sign up. Give Anne Sands or Pat Johnson a call. And remember it is Val Dingwall’s birthday that day. Hint! Hint!

Crown Isle Couples’ Glow Ball is coming up in Oct so contact Alan Barwick if you are interested. If you haven’t hit a ball in the dark it is a “must do”!

Wayne Fleming and Sharma Shamblin are the new coordinators of the 5 Couples’ Events during the 2015 season. John and Carol Rahlston are looking after the weekly Sunday cou-ples golf.

Sheila van Gisbergen was very excit-ed about the great things happening in Zone 6 so make sure you check out the website at www.BCGA.org.

Dee Horie reminded us not to miss the David Court Memorial Tournament on Oct. 18th. All monies go to a very worthy cause, Junior Golf. Please regis-ter at the pro shop 250 703-5031 for this very worthwhile event!

Congratulations to all the Captain’s Cup and Vice Captain’s Cup Matchplay winners for 2014:

Singles -1st- May Mitchell and 2nd Katy Macaulay

Consolation singles - 1st-Ev Shaw and 2nd Pat Johnson

Doubles-1st - Ev Shaw and Jenny Steel and 2nd Jean Wharton and Pat Chalmers

Consolation Doubles - 1st Barb Parker and Maggie McLean and 2nd Sheila van Gisbergen and Andrea Spitz.

The finale for the day was awarding Katy Macaulay the coveted blue blazer

with crest and a reserved parking sign for the past lady captain. (An Irish tradition). We were listening Katy!!

Kudos to TOSCANOS for giving some of the ladies gift certificates for the restaurant.

- Submitted by Donna Cunliffe

Twenty-eight Comox Legion golfers took to the greens of Longlands on the last day of summer.

Playing a 9 hole, blind draw doubles and best ball format, Reg Garnet had his name etched on the trophy along with his partner Gillian Iddiols. For Reg, this was his second big win at the Branch golf having had his and John Davies’ name recorded on the inaugu-ral “Myrna Cooley Memorial” trophy.

Reg and Gillian recorded a 28 for the par 3 course.

After a count back for 2nd spot, Mark Miller and Matt French edged out Frances Wright and Victor Simonson, both with a round of 29.

Most honest award went to Shea Alexander (our smiling bar tender) and her partner Steve Palcha (I promised not to announce their score).

Closest to the pin for the Ladies was Gillian Iddiols, with Victor Simonson for the men.

Thanks to our sponsors, Labatt’s and Pacific Western Breweries, Comox Valley Nissan, Brian Rice Toyota and Slegg Lumber. And, not to forget our member Joe Cummings who supplied additional items. Their support enabled all participants to receive a prize for their efforts.

Thanks to Longlands Golf who had graciously accommodated us on our monthly tournaments and for the pass-es they donated.

Many thanks go to Vicky Willington and Hank Fortin for a wonderful steak lunch and apple crumble desert; also, to Tracy Lutley, who did an amazing job of clean up after.

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CODES COUNTRY LANES

Highlights from Codes Country Lanes:

Monday Golden Age AM - George Railian 183, Evelyn Foot 173, Trish Turnbull 217, Ria Tjart 222, Dave Stacey 198, Heather Abraham 190, Joyce Slater 200, Bob Van Nes 224.

Monday Golden Age PM - Bill Tower 171, Barb Boyce 273, Rita Grill 200, Ruth Johnson 184, Mildred McLachlan 208, Rick Rodriguez 262, Ivan Ally 271, Colleen Torrie 172.

Tuesday Ladies - Agnes Barker 162, Brenda Searl 179, Paulette Z 184, Barb Randall 203, Shirley Mangano 227, Mina Putnam 213, Sue Cox 153, Barb Potruff 193.

Tuesday Golden Age - Garry Pearson 146, Judith Munro 135, Allison Bennett 139, Ed Schievink 110.

Tuesday Adult - John West 214, Ed Carefoot 214, Laurie McWillis 216, George Ghinis 228, Brian Booth 252, Steve Royer 290, Wayne Murphy 206, John Graff 200, Ian Taylor 204, Steve Robson 250, Sharon Shepherd 196.

Wednesday Golden Age - Andrew Melancon 234, Minnie Frame 234, Aggie Aucoin 182, Paul Riley 193, Audrey Haughn 176, Laura Webber 188, Joyce Slater 178.

Tuesday/Wednesday Courtenay Rec - Cori Pagnoni 168, Brian Mitchell 164, Leona Wager 132, Lisa Bruce 132, Karen Slater 177, Michael Campbell 188, Robert Burns 125, Jim Battram 132, Linda Christie 127, Daniel Erb 137, Randy Pool 128, Jessica Anderson 100, Walter Martin 107, Debbie Downer 102, Heiki Wilson 115, Gary Scavarda 120.

Wednesday Mixed - Matt Casavant 263, Travis Webber 238, Ken Bird 263, Debbie McCooey 241, Tom Nurse 240, Eric McWillis 210, Bruno Bagden 278, Barb Potruff 218, Gord Potruff 292, Rick Aker 218, Al Gavel 211, Debbie Miller 216, Wayne Wilson 191.

Thursday Golden Age - Brigitte

Boesemey 225, Barb McAdam 168, Ivan Ally 199, Kaela McLean 193, Carolle Allen 205, Bob Sharp 260, Kathy Lanyon 185, Mina Putnam 194, Linda Meers 179.

Thursday Adult - Andrew Stubbing 224, Jessica Giroux 207, Dawn Hill 224, Rick Granneman 208, Duwanee Granneman 200, STEVE ROBSON 341, Laurie Aucoin 284, Aggie Aucoin 181.

Friday Golden Age - George Railian 188, Ruth Rivington 174, Lynn Devries 180, Arnie Auerbach 205, Bernice Clouthier 178, Art Wesner 165, Jim Bennett 176.

Saturday Special O - Marilyn Shetterly 177, Allison Bennett 172, Kim Burke 199, Terry Daniels 195, Colin Wells 195, Joe Grubwieser 197, Zack Z 138, Rose Fletcher 169, Melissa Knight 140, Larry McCooey 147, Leona Wagner 182, Clayton Heid 153, Lisa Bruce 157, Chris Malboreuff 185.

DARTS TOURNEY OCT. 18Most areas now or should have their Darts Leagues in

motion.The Comox Legion is hosting its first tournament for

the season on Saturday October 18th.It is a bring your own partner “Mixed Doubles” event,

entry fee is $10.00 per player with a total payout.Deadline for registering is 4 pm on the 17th, you can

commit by phone or e-mail if you can’t make it in to reg-ister at the bar.

Toe line is 10.30 a.m.F.M.I Dave 250-339-9592 or [email protected].

Comox Valley Duplicate Bridge Club On September 18th we held our Eric Hyde

Individual Championship game. Arlene Petersen proved her mettle once again and won the trophy! This trophy had been in “retirement” since 2006, but everyone had so much fun that we decided that we need to play more Individual games!

Monday, September 22nd, 2014:1. David Proctor - Glen Parsons2. Arlene Petersen - Cynthia Tree3. Pete Marinus - Bob Dugas4. Tim Kennelly - Richard GrantThursday, August 21st, 2014:1/2. Pete Marinus - Linda Marinus1/2. Patricia Lowe - Roy Lowe3. Lorraine Waring - Lorraine Gargan4. Kathleen Kelm - Lois DalflyenOur club is located on Nordin Street across from

the Comox Mall under the newly renovated Museum and Art Gallery.

We offer guaranteed partnerships, so if you’re visiting or your regular partner is away, make sure you come out to play anyway! If you don’t have a regular partner, I’m sure you’ll meet one.

Our Website is www.cvdbc.com and our email is [email protected]

For more information, please contact Linda Marinus at (250) 338-2544.

d’Esterre Duplicate BridgeResults for Tuesday 23rd September (12 tables): N/S - 1. Ron and Judy Morrison; 2. Clark

Graham and Jim Lucas; 3. Diane McKinnon and Joan Erickson; 4. Mary Ann Aikman and Dave Robinson.

E/W - 1.Dick &Lynn Sangster; 2. Pat Ailles and Rona Lawson; 3. Grace Whetter and Betty Fountain; 4. Irene Pearl and Maggie Milller

Results for Saturday 27th September (9 tables): N/S - 1. Barb McCrindle and Denise Holst; 2.

Maureen Olafson and Phil Sandford; 3. Clark Graham and Maggie Miller.

E/W - 1. Gary Bishop and Jim Poulson; 2. Keith and Evelyn Ware; 3. George and Trish Kirkwood.

Friday Night Duplicate BridgeResults for Sept. 26 (10 tables):N/S - 1. Denise Holst and Betty Fountain; 2.

Diane McKinnon and Ruby Paulson; 3. Dave Robinson and Barb Casey; 4. Dorothy Branch and Corinne Montgomery.

E/W - 1. Dick and Lynn Sangster; 2. Harvey Piercy and Judy Morrison; 3. Grace Whetter and Ann Cook; 4. Glen and Pat Sanderson.

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The final race of the Enduro series was held at the Hammerfest trail network near Englishman River Falls Provincial Park on Saturday and Comox Valley riders claimed three wins out of the five catego-ries.

12-year-old Emilly Johnston (Trail Bicycles) placed first in Intermediate Woman’s, 16-year-old Merin Pearce placed 1st in Intermediate Men’s, and Chris Makuch (Norco Bikes/Trail Bicycles) placed 1st in Expert Mens.

Other podium finishers include 11-year-old Carson Damery who came in 3rd in Beginner Men, and Trail Bicycles owner Jeff Beeston who placed 2nd in Expert Men.

Expert Men’s winner Chris Makuch set the fastest time of the day and had this to say:

“It’s really cool to win this race. The Island Cup series has been fantastic, and I’m constant-ly blown away by the level of competition I see at these events. Huge thanks to all the organiz-ers, volunteers, and racers for making this series so great.”

Makuch also wanted to thank his sponsors, Norco Bicycles and Trail Bicycles, for their support throughout the season.

Enduro racing is a relatively new mountain bike race format that consists of multiple stages (usually 3-5), with untimed climbs and timed descents, essen-tially creating a multi stage downhill race with climb-ing between stages.

Races usually take 2- 3 hours to complete, with about 20-25 minutes of timed racing.

Top riders need a very well rounded skill set, blending extreme levels of fitness and strong technical skills.

The Vancouver Island Cup Mountain Bike Race Series is BC’s premiere grassroots race series spanning the length of Vancouver Island. XC, Downhill, Enduro and Marathon disciplines are brought together from numerous local mountain bike clubs.

Valley mountain bikers clean up at Island Cup Enduro Finals

Congratulations to VIPYRS cyclists Jess Reynolds and James Grant who have been selected by Cycling BC to represent Team BC at the Canadian National Track Cycling Championships in Burnaby November 21 - 23, 2014. Both riders have had

strong seasons as part of the BC Provincial High Performance Track Cycling Team and their selec-tions to the National Championships team are a fitting conclusion to their seasons.

Cyclists named to Team B.C.