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JANUARY 25, 2012

EVENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS

“CHINESE NEW YEAR”

Photo by I. Shahid

THIS WEEKEND AT Q.C.C. (Jan 27-29) FRIDAY Friday Flicks presents: In a Better World 7:45; SATURDAY Spend Time Where it Counts workshop 10:00 am; Jive Dance class 1:00 SUNDAY Active Sundays kids program 10:00 a.m.

CANADIAN FOLK-GRASS BAND the Pesky Alders! Live at Café Aroma on Saturday, January 28. This 5 piece band consists of banjo, fiddle, guitar, cello and washboard. Sure to be a good ol’ time for all ages! Doors at 7 pm.

MISPLACED YOUR FLYER? Tru Value specials – for both the Heriot Bay and Q-Cove stores – can be viewed online every week at www.thehungryeye.ca

AT EVANGELINE’S – Special guest April will teach kids beaded geckos this Friday 2:30 to 3:30 for $10 drop-in fee. Saturday, January 28 from 12 to 3 pm April will teach beaded medicine bags. $15 drop-in fee. Local gifts – Consignment accepted – Winter hours Tuesday to Saturday from 11 am to 5 pm.

NEXT WEEK AT Q.C.C. (Jan 30 – Feb 3) MONDAY 8:30 Low Impact Fitness; 9:30 Parent & Tots; 10:00 Yoga with Josephine; 3:00 Sing for Pure Joy; 4:00 Chess; 4:30 Karate; 5:30 Boot Camp; 6:00 Weight Watchers; 7:00 pm Photo Club; TUESDAY 9:00 Quilters; 9:30 Qi Gong; 10:00 Spinners; 3:00 Children’s Song Circle; 5:15 Yoga with Megan Foss; 7:30 Folk Dancing; 6:30 Belly Dancing WEDNESDAY 9:00 Physiotherapy Clinic; 9:30 Yoga with Carol Foort; Noon Community Kitchen lunch; 11:30 Free Money; 6:15 Yoga with Carol Foort; THURSDAY 9:30 Parent and Tots; 9:00 Yoga with Marnie Chonka; 4:30 Karate; 5:00 Yoga with Megan Foss; 6:45 Quadra Singers; FRIDAY 8:30 Low Impact Fitness; 9:00 Yoga with Bridget Walshe; 2:30 Ballet & Creative Movement, kids 3-5.

LEGION EVENTS: February 4 – 6:30 pm pasta dinner $10 and music by DJ Reese Wilson. February 5 – 3 pm Super Bowl and $5 dinner. February 11 – 6:30 pm Valentine’s dinner $15 and dance at 8 pm to Go Dog Go $5.

THE LANDING – Your Super Bowl fun location! Free snacks! Free hotdogs! Prizes – prizes – prizes! Sunday, February 5 at noon. Best place to watch the game. 5 high definition TV’s in stereo sound. Let’s get a gang together and head to The Landing!

CASTLE PRINTING printed this issue of the Hungry Eye

TRIO ACCORD WITH GUEST pianist Ian Parker present an afternoon concert of fine chamber music, Beethoven, Brahms, etc., Sunday, February 5, 2:30 pm. Tickets at Hummingbird and Music Plant: $17 advance. Door $20; students 16/under free with adult. Information 250-285-3560.

QUADRA ISLAND VISTORS’ GUIDE: It’s that time again! These advertising tourism binders are everywhere in the summer. Make sure your business is included. Accommodation, Activities, Artists, Dining, Healing Arts, Shops and Services. Questions? Contact Susan 285-2556 swilson@gicable.com

SUBMITTING CLASSIFIED ADS for Hungry Eye advertising couldn’t be easier: Hand your classified ad to the gas station clerk and pay CASH. Walk away with your cash register receipt. Max. word count for a classified ad is 80 words. For DISPLAY ADS, contact Michelle Simms by phone or email. For contact info and ad rates, visit www.thehungryeye.ca

THE EYE’S “Island People & Places” isn’t just for kids. Use it for special birthdays, anniversaries, births, marriages, new business start-ups, etc. No charge. Please send your submission ideas to islandpeople@thehungryeye.ca Requirements include: a high resolution digital photo plus a very brief blurb when appropriate (60 word max.) Please do not submit advertisements for businesses to “Island People & Places.”

A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.”

“—Robert Benchley

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NEXT DEADLINE:Before 6 PM MONDAY

THE HUNGRY EYE is published each week by THE HUNGRY EYE (Michelle Simms van Orden), printed on Quadra Island by Castle Printing & distributed free to Quadra mailboxes Wednesdays. The deadline for ad submission is 6 PM MONDAY for Wednesday’s publication. Also available online: www.thehungryeye.ca.

FOR CLASSIFIED ADS: Pre-pay at the Petro-Can Station (Village Square) 7 days a week! Classified ad pricing: up to 40 words $6 + hst; 41-80 words $15 + hst. Max. 80 words for classified ads. Please count your words. Contact Michelle Simms van Orden at 587-987-5358 about display ads or inserts which are not processed through the gas station. Please do not leave display ads/inserts/or their payments at the gas station.The Hungry Eye reserves the right to refuse advertising. More ads than space? Time-sensitive ads take priority when space is tight.WITHOUT PREJUDICE. No responsibility is undertaken for any errors or omissions.

CLASSES / WORKSHOPS

GARAGE & YARD SALES

LOST & FOUND

REAL ESTATE/RENTALS

Hungry Eye Trivia “Chinese New Year”

1. What determines the start of the Chinese New Year?

2. What act is extremely important when preparing for the Chinese New Year?

3. Which animal follows the dragon in the Chinese animal zodiac and will be celebrated in 2013?

1. The new moon on the first day of the new year. That’s why the specific date changes from year to year.

2. Cleaning every part of the house.

3. The snake.

THE QUADRA ISLAND PHOTO CLUB welcomes photographers of all ages and experience levels. Meet at Community Centre. Next one on January 30 at 7 pm. For more information visit www.pbase.com/qipc or call Don at 285-2142

SOUND SPIRIT KIRTAN – we resume on Thursday, February 2 from 7 to 8 pm in room 3 QCC. No experience or musical ability required … Get out of your head and into your heart! Participation by donation. Om Shanti Om!

LOST – 2 PEOPLE … please do not return! A total of 287 lbs have been lost in room 1 of QCC over 2 ½ months. If you are interested in losing weight in a safe and healthy way, want to have laughs along the way & join others in feeling so much better – join us Mondays from 6 – 7 pm. With Weight Watchers, you do not purchase special foods – all you need is sheer determination to shed your extra pounds. Come sit in on one meeting for free to see what it’s all about.

GOT STUFF BUT NO ENERGY for a garage sale? Try a classified ad for your bigger stuff. Only $6 + HST for 40 words or less and $15 + HST for 41-80 words. Count your words! There is no better way to sell an item on Quadra than in the Hungry Eye.

ALL FOUND ITEMS RUN FREE (once only/40 words or less) in the Hungry Eye. If you find a pet or other item, please try to locate its owner – your kindness won’t cost a dime. Deadline: before 6 pm Mondays at the gas station or email (michelle@thehungryeye.ca) No items by phone, please.

QCOVE OCEANFRONT 2/3 bedroom with den. Full furnished. Hydro included. 5 minute walk to ferry. Adults only. No pets. References required. 285-3412.

THINK YOU HAVE A STOMACH FLU? THINK AGAIN!

Ah, the so-called stomach flu. If ever a term needed to be retired, this one is it.

There really is no such thing as a flu of the stomach. Colds and flu viruses infect the respiratory tract, with the viruses taking up residence at the top of the throat.

If you’re vomiting, you probably don’t have the flu; you either have food poisoning or a stomach bug -- more technically, gastroenteritis. Gastroenteritis is usually caused by noroviruses or rotavirus, which are not related to influenza viruses.

That being said, children are a little different. Kids with the flu often have nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. But that doesn’t mean the flu has travelled to their stomach, because it simply can’t do that.

So let’s ditch the term “stomach flu” and go with “stomach bug” – a more accurate term that’s less confusing for all of us.

For more information about the flu, visit www.ctv.ca/health.

DID YOU KNOW?

Happy Chinese New Year! 2012 is the year of the...

Chinese New Year was celebrated on January 23, and 2012 is the year of the...dragon! The key to the dragon personality is that dragons are the free spirits of the Zodiac. An extroverted bundle of energy, gifted and utterly irrepressible, everything dragons do is on a grand scale—big ideas, ornate gestures, extreme ambitions. Because they are confident, fearless in the face of challenge, they are almost inevitably successful. Dragons usually make it to the top. However, too much enthusiasm can leave them tired and unfulfilled.

Even though dragons are often willing to help others, their pride can impede them from accepting the same kind of help. Dragons’ generous personalities give them the ability to attract friends, but they can be rather solitary people at heart.

The characteristics of the Dragon Sign are tempered by one of the five Chinese elements of metal, water, wood, fire and earth overlaying a 5-year cycle of characteristics on the original 12-year cycle.

2012 is the year of the water dragon.

Water has a calming effect on the dragon’s fearless temperament. Water allows the dragon to re-direct its enthusiasm, and makes him more perceptive of others. These dragons are better equipped to take a step back to re-evaluate a situation because they understand the art of patience and do not desire the spotlight like other dragons. Therefore, they make smart decisions and are able to see eye-to-eye with other people.

DRAGON

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CHAINSAW WORK – Need your windfalls limbed and bucked up? Want to get a head start putting away next year’s firewood? ($180/cord). Call Garnet for this and other small chainsaw work. Hardworking, all equipment provided. 250-202-8852

DICK’N’SONS TREE SERVICE is here for all of your tree needs from dangerous tree removal and storm cleanup to pruning. We do it all! Please call 285-2682. Free estimates and fully insured.

Complete Construction ServicesSite Preparation to Design & Building

Fine Finishing & Carpentry

Cell: 250-830-3982 • jseffzig@gicable.com250-285-3982

(home) 250 285-2203 • (cell) 250 287-0786lrlolacher@gmail.com • Box 338, Heriot Bay, BC V0P

Renovations • Custom Designed DecksComplete Interior Finishing

Ron Lolacher Contracting

Prompt, professional serviceTQ journeyman

Chris Phillips285-3040

(cell) 202-6200Midsize CAT Excavator (thumb & blade)

Tandem Hooklift Dump Truck

SERVICES

NOLE CREEK SAWMILLS: milling, moulding, kiln drying, all to your specific requirements. Speciality beams to 32 ft, siding, flooring & much more. Your logs or mine. Free local pickup and delivery. Call Greg 285-2762 Website: www.nolecreeksawmills.com

GUTTERS. GUTTERS. GUTTERS. Hedefine Contracting, Discovery Islands’ roofing specialists, does 5”, K-style continuous gutters. Island convenience. Call 285-2866 for all your roofing and gutter needs.

THE WATER GUY: Water systems by certified environmental operator. Well water analysis: sales, service and installation of: ultraviolet treatment systems: filtration products; pumps, pressure & well equipment; specialty pump sales. Quadra, Cortes and beyond. Q-Cove, 285-3744/830-3744/email: waterguy@uniserve.com

SIGNS, PICTURE FRAMING and simple Engraving at Waypoint Signs beside Quadra Builders. Tuesday -Thursday, 9 – noon and 1 – 4 pm. (look for OPEN sign on other days). Appointments possible to suit your schedule. Friendly, efficient, personalized service with quality products at affordable rates. 285-2815 & info@waypointsigns.com

WE LCOME

Have you just moved to Quadra Island? Please call Judy at 285-2150 to receive a “Welcome to Quadra” package. This visit is sponsored by the Discovery Islands Chamber of Commerce and Quadra Island Businesses.

WE LCOME

Have you just moved to Quadra Island? Please call Judy at 285-2150 to receive a “Welcome to Quadra” package. This visit is sponsored by the Discovery Islands Chamber of Commerce and Quadra Island Businesses.

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