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TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2016 $1.25 Yetis run over Braves ■ 19

NEWSA New Year’s baby

The community’s first baby of 2016 was born on New Year’s Day at St. Joseph’s Hospital.

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Help for hopeful quittersAs of Jan. 1, smokers who want to quit can

join the British Columbia Smoking Cessation Program and access free nicotine replacement therapy products just by visiting any commu-nity pharmacy in the province.

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Comox council salutes youthThe Ray Crossley Youth Achievement

Awards were presented to six youths at the final Comox council meeting of the year.

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Residents refute age of treesAccording to some residents of the neigh-

bourhood, a Garry oak tree slated for destruc-tion in Comox been vastly under-aged.

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ARTSA tribute to Herb Alpert

The Georgia Straight Jazz Society kicks off the 2016 Thursday Night Jazz season with the much celebrated Tribute to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.

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Sing along to Mamma Mia The Kiwanis Club of Courtenay and Square 1

Travel will be bringing the sing-along Mamma Mia movie to the Sid Williams Theatre.

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SPORTSRiptide still undefeated

Thirteen games into the VIPL season, the Marine Harvest Riptide U15 Girls soccer team remains firmly in top spot amongst the five teams in its age group on the Island.

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It was a celebra-tion worthy of more than just champagne for Claire Gusman and her partner Jor-dan Tonkin on New Year’s Day.

The Courtenay couple welcomed baby Finley Tonkin at 5:22 p.m. Jan. 1, making her the first baby born in 2016 in the Comox Valley.

“We never thought she’d be (the New Year’s baby) so it was a bit of a surprise,” explained Tonkin. “(Claire’s) due date wasn’t for another week-and-a-half, so it was a little bit early.”

Tonkin said the couple didn’t know if they were going to have a boy or a girl, and admitted “we’re

not great on choos-ing names. We liked Finn for a boy so we thought Finley for a girl.”

He credited hos-pital staff at St.

Joseph’s Hospital for their “fantastic care,” and added the cele-bration on New Year’s Day was quiet, as the family was happy to have a healthy baby.

Weighing seven pounds, seven ounc-es, Finley is a sis-ter for the couple’s 18-month-old son Caius, whom Tonkin said is very affec-

tionate towards his younger sibling.

“He just wants to kiss her. He’s a very loving, happy big brother - for now,” he added with a laugh.

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‘Philosophers’ discuss assisted suicideThe January Philosophers’ Café will focus on

the contentious issue of doctor-assisted death.The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled

that the laws of Canada must be amended to allow doctors to help their terminally ill and suffering patients die. Quebec’s law which sets conditions for assisted suicide has been upheld in appeal.

The new Liberal government is required to quickly develop and enact the new law. What advice would you give them? Some see this as a right – a freedom of choice regarding their own bodies. Others see it as a slippery slope which could lead to premature deaths of vulnerable persons.

Join in as Dr. John Fitzpatrick of Comox leads participants into this ethically challeng-ing topic. Dr. Fitzpatrick is a 1973 McMaster University Medical School Graduate. As a General Practitioner he has provided “cradle to grave” care for patients for close to 40 years.

Once a month a speaker will introduce a theme to the café, and then all who attend can join in respectful, non-partisan conversation, or just sit back and listen. Attendees are welcome to propose topics and introduce them at future cafés. Themes should be of broad interest and national significance, and have an element of controversy to them.

As with each café, Dr. Fitzpatrick will have just 10 minutes to introduce the topic, and then the floor is open for 50 minutes of moderated discussion.

January’s Philosophers’ Café is on Wednes-day, Jan. 6, from 7-8 p.m. at Berwick Comox Valley, community room, located at 1700 Comox Ave. in Comox.

Claire Gusman holds her newborn daughter Finley, with partner Jordan Tonkin and their son Caius looking on. PHOTO SuPPlIEd

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VICTORIA - If your New Year’s resolution is to quit smoking, all you need to do is visit your local pharma-cy, announced Health Minister Terry Lake last week.

As of Jan. 1, 2016, smokers who want to quit no longer need to call HealthLink BC at 8-1-1 to join the British Columbia Smoking Cessa-tion Program. Instead, they can join the program and access free nicotine replacement therapy products just by visiting any community pharmacy in the province.

The program is adding more nic-otine replacement choices for people trying to quit.

Smokers now have the option of choosing nicotine lozenges or inhalers, as well as nicotine gum and the nico-tine skin patch previously paid for by the program.

“We changed the program to make

it easier for people who are trying to quit smoking, or trying again,” said Lake. “I have seen friends and fam-ily struggle to break their terrible addiction to cigarettes. I hope this improved program helps others avoid the same struggle and the health problems that come from smoking.”

Community pharmacies in every region of British Columbia are ready to help people sign up, starting New Year’s Day.

“We’re happy to help people who want to make 2016 the year they quit smoking,” said Geraldine Vance, CEO of the BC Pharmacy Association. “Community pharmacists are accessi-ble and committed to helping patients live healthier lives.”

The new nicotine replacement ther-apy options were added to the program after the Ministry of Health held a request for proposals from interested suppliers. The successful bid was from Johnson and Johnson Inc., for Nicor-ette- and Nicoderm-brand products.

B.C.’s Smoking Cessation Program covers nicotine replacement therapy products, as well as the prescrip-tion drugs Champix (varenicline) and Zyban (bupropion).

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Honouring his pas-sion for serving and supporting youth of the community, the Ray Crossley Youth Achievement Awards were presented to six youths at the final Comox council meet-ing of the year.

In its fourth year, the awards honour the late councillor, who served the Town from 2002 to 2009.

The awards were created by Coun. Hugh MacKinnon to recognize Crossley’s spirit of ‘can do’ in all aspects of his life, family, work and play, no matter the amount of adversity or conflict he would face.

“With the immense challenge of living with Tourette syn-drome, Ray lived life fully, brining laugh-ter and joy to most every person he met,” explained Mayor Paul Ives, as he introduced the ceremony.

Natti Gagne, a Highland Secondary School student and Social Justice Award Winner, Logan Kvisle and A.J. Gray, part of Aspen Park Elemen-tary School’s recy-

cling team, Hannah Galway, a Comox dancer accepted to the National School of Ballet, and Hayden

Scheck and Adam McKillican, baseball players involved with winning the Western Canadian Champi-

onships this summer, were honoured with a framed certificate and town pin.

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Advocating for more communication with neighbours and their communities, Aux. RCMP mem-ber Alfredo Tura told council about the Block Watch benefits in the Comox area.

While the Neigh-bourhood Watch pro-gram is no longer operational, Tura explained the Block Watch program has more than 15 blocks in the Comox Val-ley and is looking to expand.

“In Vancouver, there’s 1,400 blocks which covers 20,000 houses. There’s 100 blocks in Nanaimo,” he added.

“Crime can decrease up to 50 per cent (with Block Watch) … with a goal to build a crime-free B.C.”

Tura said the pro-gram is not “vigilante justice,” rather, “a way for crime prevention through communi-cation … volunteers working together to build safer communi-ties.”

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gan, the Town’s chief

administrative offi-cer, provided a status update following an open house regard-ing Robb Avenue upgrades.

Earlier in the month, members of the Robb Avenue Community Group came together to express their disap-pointment with the Town’s public consul-tation process.

Kanigan said to date, the Town has received more than 40 comments and found the two most common complaints/concerns are focussed on Phase 2 of the infrastruc-ture project (the area between Church to Pritchard): keeping the ornamental trees/boulevard area/street-

scape and the need for a sidewalk on the north side.

Significant trees will be removed in the Church to Pritchard stretch, he noted, as they are reaching the end of their lifespan and are in poor con-dition, but added the Town will replace the ornamental trees.

“(The design) will allow room for a side-walk, but we’re not putting it in right now,” he said.

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Some Comox resi-dents have taken an arborist’s assessment to task.

Last month, Comox council was presented with updated plans for a five-storey addi-tion to The Berwick on Comox Avenue.

The addition, to be erected at 1666 Comox Ave., would come at the expense of a Garry oak tree.

According to an arborist report pro-duced in September, the tree subject to removal is between 50 - 60 years old.

According to some current and for-mer residents of the neighbourhood, the

tree has been vastly under-aged.

S i x t y - s i x - y e a r -old Gord Olsen has lived his entire life in Comox and lived across the street from the tree in question during the 1960s.

“I delivered papers to that house,” said Olsen, looking at the tree from his former home. “I remember the tree being close to that size when I was young. I don’t know how much it has grown - obviously it has grown since then, but it was always a big tree.”

He said when he heard the tree was estimated to be only 50 years old, he knew the estimate was wrong.

“I took off my shoes

and socks, counted on my toes and fingers and realized that I have known it that long,” he said, laugh-ing. “That tree is a lot older than 50.”

Audrey Leusney, a former Comox resi-dent who was in town just before Christmas to watch her grand-son play hockey, con-curred.

“I left Comox when I was 16 and those trees were there then,” she said, refer-ring to the three trees on the lot. “I’m 70, almost 71.”

There are three trees on the proper-ty in question. The proposed expansion would not affect two of the three trees.

Barb Newman, another septuagenar-

ian, also remembers the trees from her childhood.

“They’ve been there a long, long time - they are older than Ber-wick,” she said. “They are destroying every-thing else in this town, leave the trees alone.”

William Bomhoff of Berwick Retirement Communities told council they exam-ined three proposed options presented by Comox citizens which would not involve cut-ting down the Garry Oak tree, but added “it just doesn’t work.”

From left, Barb Newman, Gord Olsen, Audrey Leusney and her grandson, Ryan, at the tree in question. PHOTO BY TerrY farrell

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On Thursday, Jan. 7 at 7 p.m. the Comox Valley Growers and Seed Savers will host its first monthly meeting of the new year. Information on Gardening with Nature Spirits and fruit tree pruning will be presented.

Seedy Saturday (March 5) planning and volunteer sign up continues.

Visit www.cvgss.org for more information on January’s speaker and other Seed Saver activities surrounding organic gardening.

The meeting will be held at Creekside Commons, 2202 Lam-bert St. in Courtenay.

Admission is by donation for non-members.

Direct questions to Sylvain Alie at 250-336-8632.

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Editorial

As the calendar is flipped open and the first month of 2016 greets us, many of us welcome the feeling of a new

beginning that’s always associated with New Year’s Day.

Nothing is actually different between December, 2015 and January, 2016, except the numbers used to designate the day and date. The economy doesn’t suddenly change. The weather certainly doesn’t change from what we’ve been getting the previous few weeks.

But in our minds, something changes. We certainly are not as busy as we were the lat-ter half of December but, more than that, our thoughts are prone to looking ahead. Maybe we decide to lose some weight, eat healthier, exercise more. Other thoughts like, I should get out fishing more often this year. Or I’ll spend more time playing catch with my kids.

Maybe this is the year you decide to go into business for yourself. Or change careers.

All things seem possible when the calendar is turned. The challenge is to change thought into action. Maybe that’s the biggest resolu-tion we all need to make – to take action on our hopes, thoughts, plans and dreams. As the shoe company says, “Just do it!”

There are many things we can do in our area. We can take more action on the plight of the homeless in our community. We can pitch in and help remove invasive species from our beautiful wetlands and estuarine habitats. We can help stock the shelves of the food bank. We can give our time towards helping young people in the region. We can take a moment to tell our federal and provincial representatives what kind of country or province we want. We can complain less and demand more. We can give more and take less.

We can get involved in the community, for the betterment of the community. This year, The Record will bring back the Comox Valley Community Clean-up it initiated in 2015. Hopefully it will be even bigger and better than the inaugural event.

There’s no shortage of things we can all do to make our communities better. Let’s be the year we all resolve to do one thing that makes our region better.

Happy New Year to all of our readers and advertisers.

Don’t just talk action; take action this year

If I were to use one word to describe my personal journey in 2015, it would be “gratitude.”

This past year, more than ever before, I realized just how fortunate I am, comparatively speaking. For my family, my friends and my community, and the shear luck of not being born in a country where I must fear for my life and the lives of those around me every day, I am thankful.

The past year opened many people’s eyes to the same virtue, particularly on the international front.

While the Syrian refugee crisis was not a 2015 phenomenon, it took a toddler’s lifeless body on a Turkish beach for the world to take notice of a situation that had been going on for four years.

Locally, thanks to the efforts of Darren and Caron Mulgrew, and the Comox Valley Refugee Support Com-mittee, most of us were in tune with

the crisis, at least to some degree, prior to Aylan Kurdi’s body washing ashore in Turkey’s Bodrum peninsu-la, in September. And while it is sad that it took the death of a child to bring the refugee crisis to the front of the news (an estimated 2,500 Syr-ian refugees had already died fleeing their homeland in 2015, before media worldwide gained access to the iconic photo), I am thankful that Kurdi’s death was not in vain.

On the homefront, this Christmas, my wife and I were honoured and humbled to have volunteered at the Earl Naswell Community Christmas Dinner.

We were only two of some four dozen volunteers who came out on Christmas morning to lend a helping hand, making sure that everyone in our community had an opportunity to enjoy a full Christmas dinner, free of charge.

A certain percentage of the guests in attendance were there not out of need for food, but simply to share a dinner with others, as opposed to heating up a can of stew and watch-ing reruns on the television at home, alone.

Clearly, though, the majority of

those in attendance were there because it was a healthy, hot meal. It may have been the only such sit-down meal they had that week.

Organizers of the Earl Naswell Christmas Dinner had a system down to a tee - the only people waiting were the volunteers, lined up through the kitchen and down the hall, taking plates of food out to the guests.

There were actually more volun-teers than were needed for the event - many of them first-timers. It fortified our love for our community, seeing that many people taking time out of their own celebrations to ensure others had a healthy meal and a few kind words on Christmas Day.

It takes very little effort on one’s part, to make life easier for another.

This is a lesson I learned many times in the past year, as often through happenstance as through planning.

Yes, there are many who are better off than us, but there are exponential-ly more who would switch places with any of us in a heartbeat.

It’s something to think about, as we enjoy a home-cooked meal tonight.

Terry Farrell is the editor of the Comox Valley Record

Recapping 2015 in a word: gratitude

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Grandparents given momentary scare

Dear editor,A few days before Christ-

mas, just after lunch, our four-year-old grandson, Dax, asked me if he could go out in the backyard, where he usually plays with his dig-ger. Today he wanted to ride his scooter a bit. Our yard is fully fenced, gated and latched. ‘OK,’ I said. We had just played lots of Snakes and Ladders together and I was tired and his papa was in the office. You see, we had just moved into our new house two months ago, which backs onto a huge wooded area, where we walk the trails with him frequently. Right now, the streams are muddy and swol-len. After 15 minutes on the couch I went out to check on him and discovered that he was gone. I frantically called my husband who ran out the back, and ran up and down our usual trails. (Not a good way to put on fit bit miles). I took the car out the front and drove down to Queneesh Elementary, his new school, come the fall, but I could not find him. Meanwhile, 45 min-utes had gone by and then I phoned 911.

To make a long story short, I want to thank the dispatch-er, the RCMP who sent out numerous patrol vehicles and officers who were about to launch the helicopter and send in the tracking dog, as well as the search and rescue member. Last but not least, the kind lady, who found Dax and stayed with him until the police cruiser showed up. All of you did an amazing job in co-ordinating this search.

It turns out that Dax had unlatched the front gate, ran down Mission Ridge, crossed the Veterans Memo-rial Parkway and stopped at the playground at Queneesh Elementary, where the kids laughed at him because he was so small. Then he kept running down Mission and crossed at Muir and decided to go to the Sandwick Play-

ground, after knocking on his dad’s door, who was gone, across the street.

Thank you to everyone involved for this most pre-cious gift. The return of our grandson. In one piece. We shall never forget this day.

Ellen StoltingRichard Neveaux

Courtenay

Another reader feels for the ducks

Dear editor,I felt inclined to write a

letter after reading the blast-a-duck letter.

I too am woken up most mornings to the sound of shotgun blasts. It always gives me a sinking, sick feel-ing to think that those poor ducks are being killed and maimed, in the name of what some people call “sport”. It seems very sad in this day and age that people find enjoyment in taking a life, or causing pain and torment to an innocent life, just to entertain yourself. Ducks are monogamous, which means they mate for life. So I am sure they grieve for the loss of their partner. I wonder how you would feel if some-one came and killed your life partner, just for something to do. I know a lot of people feel “they are just ducks” but all animals have feelings of fear, pain and loss. Just because they can’t communicate those feelings doesn’t mean they are not there.

Think about your family dog. Many years ago in his-tory, people treated dogs very poorly, and kicked and threw stones at them. They did not have close relationships with dogs, and therefore did not realize the depth of feelings, love and emotions that dogs are capable of.

In writing this letter, it is not to criticize, but to hope that maybe a New Year’s resolution is to take up golf, something that does not kill, maim and cause suffering to

another life, just for the sake of something to do, or in the name of sport.

Anne SinclairCourtenay

Stop spraying our shores

Dear Honorable Environ-ment Minister Polak

I am writing to strongly urge you to not approve appli-cation #15460-07/PUP-MOE 16-19 permitting spraying imazapyr to eradicate spar-tina on Denman and Hornby shores.

Scientific research argues strongly that more research is needed on the long-term cumulative effects of such a practice as imazapyr can neg-atively affect a fragile marine ecosystem and increase global warming.

A U.S. study states herbi-cides should be used where manual digging is not suc-cessful. Here on Denman, however, spartina is being successfully removed by man-ual digging.

According to a Royal Soci-ety of Science comparative study of different methods of spartina eradication, her-bicides have had a “limited effect;” the effects of long-term U.S. spraying practices have not been adequately studied and would need three to five years of monitoring; and spraying damages nearby seagrasses that are essential for sequestering CO2 and slowing down ocean acidifica-tion and global warming.

The Ministry of Environ-ment is, therefore, strongly urged to turn down the application permitting spray-ing of imazapyr until DFO scientists conduct studies on long-range cumulative effects. Moreover, permitting spraying on our island shores, without credible scientific assurances, would violate the Comox Valley Regional Dis-trict and Island Trust man-date to preserve and protect a fragile marine ecosystem.

Sharon Small Denman Island

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Its mission is to build a strong com-munity rooted in the philosophy and cultures of First Nations people. But what the public might not realize is the Wachiay Friendship Centre has an open-door policy to all citizens in the Comox Valley and surrounding areas.

The non-profit society offers a host of programs and services for children, youth, adults and families. A Dry Food Program provides meals for children attending local schools without break-fast or lunch.

A weekly lunch for elders, and a com-munity dinner served every other Friday is open to everyone. Legal aid services are offered twice a week.

In the Roots Program, a practitioner works with children in government care to identify ancestry as early as possi-ble. The Youth Legacy program edu-cates about healthy lifestyle choices and awareness of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Disorder and Effect for ages seven to 24.

An aboriginal multi-media program teaches students to design digital pre-sentations and projects.

Screen printing guru Andy MacDou-gall runs the Wachiay Studio, a social enterprise that features an art room for preparation and film, a T-shirt and tex-tile department, limited edition screen printing and industrial/functional print capabilities.

MacDougall is trying to engage young aboriginal people through courses and guest artists, but the studio also works with companies such as the Cumberland Brewing Company.

“We’re starting to pick some jobs up,” MacDougall said. “We want to use the opportunity to train in screen print-ing and graphics, but we also want to earn money for the operation here, so the money gets plowed back into the Wachiay Friendship Centre. We’ve attracted quite a lot of interest in this because it’s unique in Canada.”

Participants’ work has been sold at events such as Vancouver Island MusicFest and National Aboriginal Day, both locally and in Victoria.

“The kids get a chance to learn a bit about the business of art,” MacDougall said.

The OneTribe artist collective — where students undergo art and screen print training — has launched an online store at wachiaystudio.com

Another company created at Wachiay

is Aq’saak Aboriginal Food Products, which produces chocolates and tea blends.

Aside from money generated by the social enterprises, Wachiay programs rely on funding from senior governments and from philanthropic organizations.

“It’s the same situation that all kinds of non-profit, community, social service agencies are hav-ing,” said Roger Kishi, director of homeless and housing programs. “With the decrease of funding through government sourc-es, they’ve had to come up with dif-ferent ways of gen-erating funds to continue running programs. It is a chal-lenge for a lot of non-profit agencies. When you are considering getting into a social enterprise, it is a business. Like any other business there is risk associ-ated with it. It takes the right kind of board members and the right kinds of people working for the agency to adjust to that kind of change.”

Along with programs, the centre also assists homeless, unemployed and under-employed individuals who

are dealing with poverty issues, and low-income earners struggling month-to-month. A homeless support worker helps aboriginal people find or maintain stable housing. Wachiay also offers homeless-ness outreach and prevention programs.

“We recognize that the core of home-less issues we have in our community and everywhere else in the world is the

lack of affordable housing,” Kishi said. “We just don’t have it.”

C o u r t e n a y council has selected Wachiay and the M’akola Group of Soci-eties to be joint sponsors for a five-year term

at the proposed Braidwood supportive housing project on the east side of town. M’akola is prepared to provide $250,000 and Wachiay $30,000 to $40,000 in spon-sor equity towards the capital cost.

Wachiay has also reached out to other organizations, including North Island College and the Comox Valley School District (SD 71), as it explores other possible partnerships or projects for the provision of housing. Student housing, for instance, is part of NIC’s five-year

strategic plan. In addition, there could be opportunities associated with SD 71’s long range facilities plan to redevelop land owned by the district. There is, for instance, a sizable amount of land across the street from Wachiay at Courtenay Elementary.

“Maybe it could be a revenue source for the school district, and provide affordable housing to families,” said Kishi, noting a shortage of housing in West Courtenay.

He also notes the possibility of a med-ical hostel to assist people from remote communities coming to the Valley for medical appointments.

“We think that is an opportunity of a partnership potentially with Island Health and North Island College,” Kishi said.

“We’ve proposed that we would be interested in doing the project manage-ment in partnership with M’akola.”

Wachiay earned the 2015 Friendship Centre of the Year award, recognized by the National Association of Friendship Centres. Established in 1972, the NAFC is a network of 118 friendship centres, and seven Provincial and Territorial Associations.

The Wachiay Friendship Centre is located at 1625 McPhee Ave. in Cour-tenay. For more information visit www.wachiay.org

Wachiay is a friendship centre for everyone

Michael Colclough, left, is the executive director at the Wachiay Friendship Centre. At right is Roger Kishi, the director of homeless and housing programs. PHOTO BY ScOTT STanfield

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Jazz Society presents a tribute to Herb AlpertFollowing a two-week break,

Georgia Straight Jazz Soci-ety kicks off the 2016 Thurs-day Night Jazz season at The Avalanche Bar and Grill with the much celebrated Tribute to Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass on Thursday, Jan. 7. This most popular show has become an annual celebration of bril-liant happy music, in the dark-est days of winter.

Spanning a musical career of over 50 years, Alpert built a solid reputation as one of the most successful performing art-ists of the 20th century. Due to a growing demand for live appearances, the ‘Brass,’ con-sisting of the best L.A. session musicians, was formed in 1964 and soon became one of the highest paid acts in show busi-ness.

Tijuana Brass awards and honours include five num-ber-one hits, 28 albums on the Billboard charts, eight Grammy awards, 14 platinum albums, 15 gold albums, and as of 1996 a total of 72 million albums sold worldwide.

In the 1980s, Alpert created a foundation in his name to support the California Institute of the Arts (in aid of youth arts education and environmen-tal issues). He also donated millions towards expanding the School of Music at UCLA.

The “Brass”Guitarist Rick Husband has

performed extensively through-out Vancouver Island and is arguably the finest of our region’s jazz guitarists.

By integrating improvised lines with familiar motifs and genres, Rick is a master at com-municating beautifully with his audience.

Keyboard master Michael Eddy is a welcome addition to,

and well established with, the local music scene. Mike is the recipient of the Alberta Band Director of the Year and of the Alberta Excellence in Teaching Award.

Victoria born drummer Neil Clark spent many years collabo-rating with some of its best local musicians as an active member of that jazz community.

During the 1980s, Neil per-formed with many well-known groups and solo artists while touring the world on cruise ships.

Since relocating to the Comox

Valley in 1996, he has performed with most of this regions finest performers.

Joining The Brass on trumpet is local favourite Jay Havelaar. Jay is comfortable in a variety of musical styles and brings a distinctive voice to his trumpet in any setting.

Talented multi-instrumental-ist Grahame Edwards is on bass. Well known in the local jazz scene, Grahame’s first musical love lies with improvised music, and he enjoys playing and com-posing his own jazz tunes. In addition to performing, he has

taught both privately and with-in the Campbell River School District, and enjoys sharing his music by conducting workshops and clinics.

Band leader, trumpeter Jake Masri, was first attracted by the music of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass before taking up the instrument at age 11. His passion for jazz is direct-ly connected to artists such as Harry James, Miles Davis, Chet Baker and Arturo Sando-val. Jake studied trumpet with Boyd Hood, Gerald Gerbrecht, and trombonist Dave Robbins.

Since moving to Comox in 2002, Jake has appeared with most of the local jazz ensembles, and is a great favourite at Thursday Night Jazz.

Tickets $10 and $12Showtime is at 7:30 p.m. and

admission is $10 for members and $12 for non-members.

For more information about the 2016 schedule of upcom-ing events, refer to the Georgia Straight Jazz Society website at www.georgiastraightjazz.com.

Another option is to follow the society on Facebook.

Trumpeter Jake Masri leads the Tribute to Herb Alpert.

Denny Eddy, a two-time former BC Coun-try Music Entertainer of the Year, is com-ing to the Courtenay Legion to kick off the Legion’s new Satur-day afternoon enter-tainment series.

If you are a fan of older classic country music, you will want to hear Denny, who resides in Coombs.

Denny also closed the annual Courtenay Sonshine Club Soup Kitchen fundraiser last May at the Flor-ence Filberg Centre, bringing the house down as he and the band played, Rolling in My Sweet Baby’s Arms.

Denny is a master entertainer, playing regularly in Alber-ta and Ontario each

summer to packed audiences.

Now, on Saturday

afternoons, begin-ning Jan. 9, he will be entertaining Comox

Valley fans.The Legendary

Denny Eddy Show

has been entertaining audiences through-out North America and Mexico for more than 50 years: from Halifax to Port Hardy — Whitehorse to Mazatlan — and Las Vegas to Nashville.

Promoted as a “Real country music show,” Eddy and his band will perform original songs, as well as covers from some of country’s all-time greatest acts, includ-ing Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Willie Nel-son and Buck Owens, among others.

The Saturday after-noon shows run from 2-5 p.m.

The Courtenay Legion is located at 367 Cliffe Ave.


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Legion’s Saturdays will be ‘Legendary’

The Kiwanis Club of Courtenay and Square 1 Travel will be bringing the sing-along Mamma Mia movie to the Sid Williams Theatre on Jan. 17.

This is a fund-raiser for special equipment for the pediatric ward of St. Joseph’s Hospital.

Audiences will have the time of their lives with this irre-sistible sing-along musical. Directed by Phyllida Lloyd and starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Bros-nan, Amanda Sey-

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Pierce Brosnan and Meryl Streep star in Mamma Mia.

Sing-along to Mamma Mia at the Sid for a St. Joe’s fundraiser


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or call for more information.

The Comox Valley and Campbell River waste management centres accepts almost all types of household hazardous waste from local residents only.

The program does not include industrial waste from commercial business.

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Saanich goalie Riley Matheison faces an army of oncoming Glacier Kings. PHOTO BY JIM HOCKLEY

Yetis split first games of 2016

The Comox Valley Glacier Kings rang in the new year with a win and loss in their first two Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League games

of 2016.The Yetis got the year off

to a solid start on Jan. 2 with a 4-2 win over the Saanich Braves in Courtenay then put up a good fight against North Division leaders Campbell River Storm on Jan. 3 before falling 4-3 in The River City.

The results left the Icemen solidly entrenched in third place in the North Division, although they have a chance to make up some ground on both the first-place Storm and second-place Nanaimo Bucca-neers this week as they visit the Bucs on Thursday then host the Storm on Saturday.

Newcomer Marcus Gloss from Houghton, Michigan stood every bit as tall as his 6’3”, 220-pound frame would allow on Jan. 2, kicking out 38 shots and earning first star honours as the G-Kings clipped the Braves 4-2. Saan-ich out-shot Comox Valley 40-24 and went 2-for-4 on the power play to the Yetis’ 0-for-6.

The home team went up 3-0 by the 17:47 mark of the first frame on goals by third star Grayden McInnes, second star Liam Nijhoff and Kyle Wade before the Braves got one back courtesy of Taylor Leger on the power play.

Sheldon Brett made it 4-1 early in the third, and although Saanich out-shot Comox Valley 15-7 in the third their only reward was a PP goal by Dale McCabe.

On Jan. 3 in Campbell River, Gloss again came up big between the pipes as the Storm out-shot the Icemen 39-22 and went 2-for-4 on the PP to the Yetis’ 0-for-4 in the 4-3 win. The Storm led 2-1 after one and it was 3-3 after two, with first star Braeden Cyra’s second PP goal of the game early in the third period proving the difference.

Justin Mirabelli, Nijhoff and Wade tallied for the visit-ing Glacier Kings.

Glacier Kings’ captain Brandon McReynolds stands over a fallen Thomas Sercombe of the Braves. PHOTO BY JIM HOCKLEY

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4A Boys - Poll #4 - Dec. 201 Oak Bay, Victoria (1)2 Cowichan, Duncan (2)3 Dover Bay, Nanaimo (4)4 G.P. Vanier, Courtenay (3)5 Belmont, Victoria (5)6 Claremont, Victoria (6)7 Spectrum, Victoria (7)

3A Boys - Poll #4 - Dec. 201 Mark Isfeld, Courtenay (2)2 Nanaimo (1)3 Mount Douglas, Victoria (4)4 Wellington, Nanaimo (3)5 Ballenas, Parksville (5)6 Woodlands, Nanaimo (5)7 Alberni, Port Alberni (9)8 Carihi, Campbell River (NR)9 Timberline, Camp. R. (7)10 Victoria (10)

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Team W L T PtCermaq Outlaws 8 1 0 24Shooters 7 2 1 22Oceanside United 6 2 1 19CVUSC Revolution 6 2 1 19Marine Harvest 5 6 0 15Courtenay Kickers 3 5 2 11Alberni Athletics 2 7 1 7Nanaimo 1 6 1 4Nanaimo Wheatys 1 8 1 3Alberni Athletics 0 7 1 1Jan. 3 Shooters vs. Oceanside 10 a.m. CV Turf, Wheatys vs. CVUSC Revolution 12 p.m. Merle Logan Turf, Kickers vs. Oceanside 2 p.m. CV TurfJan. 10 Alberni Athletics vs. CVUSC Revolution 2 p.m. Alberni Turf, Shooters vs. Bandits TBA, Outlaws vs. Wheatys 2 p.m. Willow Point #4, Kickers vs. Nanaimo TBA, Oceanside byeGoals Shelby Jeeves (Shooters) 13. Emma Greene (Revolution) 9. Emma Taylor (Oceanside), Shannon Marshall (Shooters), Rebecca Williams (Outlaws) 8.Shutouts Pamela Richer (Oceanside) 5. Savannah Berins (Revolution) 4. Mandi Funk (Shooters) 2.

Team RW PT GWBreaking Bad 50 2233 136Chalk-A-Holics 48 2137 138Drive By 47 2221 147Tap Tap Tap 47 2230 145Rack-No-Phobia 47 2184 1412bad4u 47 2114 134Chalk N’ Awe 46 2014 130Scratch 45 2087 133Magic Moments 44 2146 133Just The Tip 43 2150 138Shooting Ducks 42 2125 137Rack-Attack 36 1913 122Cue Tease 31 1868 115Chalk One Up! 31 1735 97^This Way Up^ 26 1555 72B-Side Ourselves 24 1729 98Balls In Hand 24 1713 89Stick Ticklers 23 1661 79The Breakers 22 1522 74Less Lame Ducks 18 1621 84Smokin 8 Balls 18 1537 66High Ballers 11 1393 56RW-rounds won; PT-points; GW-games won

Player of Year StandingsPlayer GP PtsWallington, Stacy 44 98.0Ostwald, Werner 48 95.8Adams, Gary 56 95.5Ferguson, Brian 52 89.1Caton, Bernie 52 75.7Wright, Rob 56 74.2Bishop, Alwyn 56 73.5Lambourne, Tom 32 73.2Breukers, Richard 56 71.5

North DivisionTeam W L T OTL PtCR Storm 25 6 1 2 53Nan. Buccaneers 17 13 1 2 37CV Glacier Kings 13 19 0 3 29Oc. Generals 8 23 1 2 19

South DivisionTeam W L T OTL PtVic. Cougars 28 4 1 0 57WShore Wolves 16 14 0 3 35Kerry Park 17 17 1 0 35Pen. Panthers 16 17 1 2 35San. Braves 10 20 2 3 25Jan. 2 Saanich 2 Comox Valley 4 Jan. 3 Comox Valley 3 Campbell River 4Jan. 7 Comox Valley @ NanaimoJan. 9 Campbell River vs. Comox Valley 7:30 p.m. SC#1Jan. 17 All Star Classic @ Victoria

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Division OneTeam W L T PtCowichan FC 11 1 2 35Saanich Fusion 9 3 2 29Comox Valley 9 3 2 29Bays United 8 4 2 26Nanaimo United 7 6 1 22Gorge FC 6 6 2 20Lakehill FC 3 8 3 12VI Wave 3 9 2 11Vic West 2 9 3 9Westcastle United 2 11 1 7Jan. 16 Saanich Fusion vs. Comox Valley United 6 p.m. Vanier Turf Field

BOWLING

C.R. 50+ SENIORSTeam Qtr PtsKing Pins 82 148AFC Strikers 81.5 149.5Hopefuls 77 144Class Act 75 127Quinsam Auto 68.5 146.5The ‘EH’ Team 63 141Flyers 63 128Amigos 60 113Spare Shooters 49 104Happy Wanderers 46 129Team High game scr Amigos 744Team High game hdcp Amigos 982Team High series scr Amigos 1935Team High series hdcp Amigos 2649Mens High game scr Herb Baines 214Mens High game hdcp Herb Baines 286Mens High series scr Larry McKinlay 555Men High series hdcp Ray Smith 690Ladies High game scr Juanita Benedictson 180Ladies High game hdcp Gwen Modras 251Ladies High series scr Claire Brown 485Ladies High series hdcp Gwen Modras 690Mens High average Allan Bradshaw 180Ladies High average Shirley Focht 158

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Glacier Kings Top 10Player GP G A PtG. McInnes 35 18 26 44B. McReynolds 30 15 18 33Kyle Wade 33 10 14 24Ronnie Wilkie 20 11 7 18Jake McKenzie 31 8 9 17Sheldon Brett 22 5 11 16Justin Mirabelli 28 5 11 16Ty Madden 28 3 13 16Liam Nijhoff 30 9 6 15Tyson Slater 33 7 6 13

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Learn to Run is backThe Comox Valley Road Runners’ annual

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meet every Saturday for 10 weeks. Register at Extreme Runners on 5th Street or at the Lewis Centre.

Cost is only $50 if you register before Jan. 10. For more information check out the CVRR website or email [email protected]

Winners get turkeysAfter the feathers had settled (be assured

that no birds were hurt) at the Comox Legion Turkey Shoot darts tournament, Hap Hanson, Arnie Morrison. Shane Dennis, Peter Andrews, Ken Hayes and Joanne Penny were recipients of a turkey, while Chad Trouton and Norma Hanson settled for a ham.

Twenty-eight players (14 pairs) turned out for the event and played a full round robin with the top eight doubles going to a best-of-three knockout round.

Once the top four had been decided, Hap and Arnie played Shane and Peter for first place bragging rights while Ken and Joanne played Chad and Norma to see if it was going to be a turkey or a ham.

Men’s high score went to Chad with his 180, while (tongue in cheek) Shane registered the only men’s double out of 36. Ladies high score and high out went to Jennifer Harrison with a 140 and a 74.

The darts scene slows down for the holidays. The next tournament at the Comox Legion will be the Ladies Open on Feb. 13.

Riptide undefeatedThirteen games into the VIPL season, the

Marine Harvest Riptide U15 Girls soccer team remains firmly in top spot amongst the five teams in its age group on the Island.

In what was another battle in the cold, wind and rain that players have had to get accus-tomed to over the last month, Riptide played Storm at home turf to wrap up their final game of 2015 with a 1-1 tie. Both teams fought hard with Riptide ahead until the final minutes, when Storm claimed a late goal to even things up.

That was the second tie game for Riptide. Combined with the team’s 11 wins, Riptide relaxes into their well-earned and much-need-ed two-week winter break with a total of 35 points, seven clean sheets, and a goal differen-tial of 23. Riptide is the only team to have no losses at this point in the season.

Proud coaches Matt Laver and Lisa Wigard credit the team’s success to the players and their hard work. Additionally, to implement the team’s top-notch season plan designed by the Riptide technical staff, ongoing training support from Geoff Hackett and Ken Garraway has been invaluable.

After the team returns from break, the focus will be on reaching peak performance. With only three regular league games remaining in 2016, Riptide will prepare for tournament play. VIPL A-Cup playdowns begin late February, followed by Coastal Cup in April and, hopefully, A Cup Provincials in Burnaby in July.

The team will also head to the mainland in March to compete in the annual Surrey May-or’s Cup tournament.

The Atom B Ana Fleck Mortgage Broker Atom B hockey team hosted a successful eight-team Winter Classic tournament during the holidays. Even Santa dropped by to take part in the fun. PHOTO BY ISland lIfE PHOTOgRaPHICS

Santa visits tournamentThe Ana Fleck Mortgage Broker Atom B hockey team hosted their

eight-team Winter Classic tournament Dec. 19-21.With a special visit from Santa, the tournament was a huge success

and all had fun, a tourney spokesperson said.The team sends special thanks to their sponsor Ana Fleck Mort-

gage Broker for her generous support and to the many local business-es who donated and supported their tournament. Thank you to all the referees and linesmen who did a tremendous job.

Team members are Luke Rumpel, Colin Kelly, Hayden Biblow, William Domae-Garbutt, Neve Toomer, Ethan MacLean, Brayden Pyle, Owen Robertson, Caleb Matell, Reid Hockley, Rylan Gill, Quinn Smits, Bryn Parker, Simon Craig, Emerson Hopkins, Tegan Clayton and Nathan Sutter.


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On Dec. 29, the Comox Valley Project Watershed Society held a celebratory event at the 40 Knots Winery with its new eight-member board of directors.

The society was established in 1993 and has been involved with watershed stew-ardship for 23 years, the last five focusing on the Courtenay Estuary.

A vision for the estuary was con-ceived based on First Nations principles of sustainability.

In 2011, the soci-ety signed an histor-ic Memorandum of Agreement with the K’omoks First Nation to work in partner-ship to protect and restore the estuary.

“In 2016, we are working with the new K’omoks First Nations Guardians to move our protec-tion and restoration efforts forward,” notes

technical director Dan Bowen.

An estuary man-agement plan was crafted and from this document, the local governments (four bordering the estu-ary) renamed the estuary the K’omoks Estuary to recognize the traditional impor-tance of the estuary to the K’omoks people.

In 2013, the society began developing an estuary restoration strategy that involved restoration of shore-lines and eelgrass, and connecting this to blue carbon, climate adaptation and car-bon sequestration.

When working with the governments that border the estuary, the economic value and ecosystem service benefits of a healthy estuary were always stressed.

The society’s Blue Carbon Team has restored over 6,000 square metres of

eelgrass (Z/Marina) and pioneered a new approach for salt marsh shoreline res-toration.

Most recently, the group has initiated bull kelp restoration as part of a plan to restore the salmon highway in the Comox Valley and potentially the coast of British Columbia.

Currently, Project Watershed is complet-ing a $300,000 project involving breaching an old sewer lagoon which allows daily flushing and the breakdown of an old barrier to fish migra-tion as well as cre-ating additional salt marsh habitat.

“Furthermore, we will complete our work at the new Royston Seaside Trail to open the small lagoon there to daily tidal flushing,” said Paul Horgen, board chair.

“We ended the

year with a public forum to our ideas and plans for the old sawmill site in Cour-tenay,” added Jennifer Sutherst, staff biolo-gist and estuary co-or-dinator.

Project Watershed’s efforts will be aided as they move forward with its new asso-ciation with North Island College as a result of a Memoran-dum of Understand-ing signed in May by Horgen and NIC pres-ident John Bowman.

The year-end event at 40 Knots was to celebrate and wel-come two new board members, Barbara Wellwood and Tim Ennis, to celebrate an outstanding year of restoration efforts and to thank the management and owners of the local winery — Brenda Hetman-Craig and Layne Robert Craig — for pledging a portion of the sales of their

vintage Safe Haven to support the efforts of Project Watershed.

Project Watershed toasts a year of progress

The Comox Valley Small Business Associ-ation is going into its 18th year strong and energized, with an exciting speaker for the first meeting of 2016.

Sarah Walsh from Prontissima Pasta will be presenting on Thursday, Jan. 7 in the Ever-green Room, Lower Filberg Hall. The meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. for networking and coffee followed by the guest speaker at 6 p.m.

The CVSBA is a fun and supportive group of small and home-based businesses that meets the first and third Thursday from September to June. Membership is still under $100 a year. FMI call association president Russ Ball at 250-703-3444.

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William Whyte1919-2015

of Courtenay passed away peacefully in Little Mountain Manor on Saturday, December 26, 2015 at age 96.Bill is survived by his son Bill Jr. (Lena) Whyte of Royston and his daughter Joanne (George) Cousineau of Deep Bay and his grandchildren Tracey (Eric), George Jr. (Julie), Tania (Paul), Cathy (Hendrick), Ron (Terri), Mike (Carole), Lori (Glenn) and Patti. Also by his great grand children Georgina, Jackson, Jared, Madelyn, Alli, Kyle, Aaron, Kyle wm., Julian, Ryan, Megan, Carmen, and his great-great grandsons Lucas and Parker, as well as nieces and nephews. Bill was an active member of the Evergreen Seniors, especially the Carpet Bowling and Golf Club Events. A memorial service will be held on Friday, January 8th, 2015 at 11:00am at Comox Valley Funeral Home, Cremation and Reception Centre, 1101 Ryan Road with a reception to follow.Donations made in Bill’s memory to the Canadian Cancer Society, 102-1509 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay, BC, V9N 2K6 would be appreciated.

“Bill, Dad, Grandpa, Great Grandpa, will always be remembered

as the gentleman that always put others before himself”

Jean Maureen DahleNovember 12, 1926 ~ December 22, 2015

Jean was born in Consort, Alberta November 12 1926. Her family left the Prairies during the depression of the 1930’s. They established a Dairy Farm in the Port Alberni Val-ley, which still operates today.In 1950 Jean married Johan Dahle. Johan was a recent immigrant from Norway. They raised six children. Jean and Johan were hard working successful business people who started Upper Island Dairy Supplies and the Pump House.Jean had many interests. She spent countless hours playing her guitar with the country girls band and Heart Strings. She couldn’t drive by a garage sale or garden centre without stopping to have a look. Norwegian rosemaling was also one of her pas-sions. She was a member of The Eagles and Sons of Norway.Jean was a willing participant in anything that needed fixing or doing, and was always involved in the various projects around the house. Her hard work and timeless devotion will be greatly missed.Predeceased by Father, Alvyn Shannon, mother, Gertrude Shannon. Husband, Johan Dahle. Survived by sisters Patricia Owen, Suzanne (Barry) Watson, brother Donald (Betty) Shannon. Children Nicky, Sue (Wayne), Patrick (Karen), Tim (Sherry), Janet (David), Martin (Diane), 13 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren.Jean passed away quietly at home, December 22, 2015. The family would like to thank Dr. Tancon, Dr. Napp, and her nurse Catherine, VIHA and the home-care nursing staff.

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If the owner has not con-tacted All Secure Stor-age and made arrange-ments to pay the account and remove the con-tents, this unit will be dis-posed of January 11, 2016 and removed from the premises no later than January 18, 2016.

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GI disorders are commonly associated with mental stress over prolonged periods, like that work project that consumed you for weeks on end or the all-day cram sessions that were so intense you forgot to eat. Even emotional stress, such as frustration or anxiety, can wreak havoc on your digestive system. Anything you can do to reduce stress will be beneficial.

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