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Page 1: Tuesday August 20, 2013

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payment or equivalent trade-in, due at signing, may be required. Cost of borrowing is $1,127 for a total obligation of $17,512. PPSA fee, license, insurance, registration, any dealer or other charges, options and applicable taxes are extra. Dealer may sell for less. Dealer order/trade may be necessary. O er ends September 3, 2013 and

is subject to change or cancellation without notice. Model shown: 2013 Jetta 2.5L Highline, $25,985. Vehicle may not be exactly as shown. Visit vw.ca or your Volkswagen dealer for details. “Volkswagen”, the Volkswagen logo, “Das Auto & Design” and “Jetta” are registered trademarks of Volkswagen AG. © 2013 Volkswagen Canada.

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Bluebutterfly.

Withits wings closed, it is smaller than a nickel, and with the wings open it has a wing-span a bit wider than a toonie.

Like many others in the blue family, the male Anna’s is a gorgeous sky blue on the topside with a narrow grayish-brown outer margin and a white outer fringe. The female is even more attractive with brown top-side accented by an band of golden crescents before the outer white fringe. The bottom or ventral side of both sexes is similar with a blue-white base colour, a series of black spots encircled by white halos, and an exquisite jewel-like subterminal pattern of golden crescents enclosing balls of sparkling blue sequins.

There are two subspecies of Anna’s in BC, and the one on Vancouver Island is unique. Its scientific name is Lycaeidies anna vancouverensis, and it is only found on Vancouver Island. At one time it could be seen close to sea level on Vancouver Island, but with most of its habitat annexed or destroyed for human use, its last refuge is in the mountains in the subalpine and alpine.

The lower level Anna’s used to fly by late spring or early summer, but in

See Island Birds on page 4.

The beautiful Anna’s Blue Butterfly

Island BirdsMike Yip

Photo by Mike YipThe Anna’s Blue is one our prettiest late summer butterflies. It can be seen in the mountains at places like Paradise Meadows, Mt. Washington, and Mt. Arrowsmith.

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As I’m sure by now, anyone around central Vancouver Island with an interest in sport fishing for salmon is aware of the special catch made in Tyee Pool last week. On the evening of Aug. 11, Mike Gage landed a sixty-one and a half pound chinook while fishing with his son Richard, an enormous fish for the inner south coast of BC in this day and age.

Caught in traditional fashion under Tyee Club rules – in a rowboat on an artificial lure and all the other tackle constraints that go with meeting club eligibility – it is the first fish over 60 pounds to be registered by the club in 30 years. In August 1983 Tammy McKonkey caught a 62 pounder, guided by Ken Enns, followed two weeks later by a 61 pounder caught by Dawn Bencze who was being rowed by her husband Steve. And now, finally, another monster chinook, hooked only a long cast out from the shoreline of Tyee Spit.

It seems improbable that Mike and Richard caught the largest fish of the 2013 chinook return to the Campbell River, a thought which brings added appeal for those who will be fishing near the river mouth for the remainder of the season, the idea that there really might

be the fish of a lifetime ready to bite. There’s a strong possibility that their tyee was a six-year old fish, from the 2007 broodyear, which means that it went to sea in 2008, a year that saw some of the best marine survival in many years for salmon stocks around southern BC that migrated out to sea then. As in 1983, it might not be the last whopper of the cur-rent season.

One important aspect of the capture of this latest double-tyee is the knowledge that the historic gene pool capable of producing such long-lived and ultimately very large chinook salmon is still in existence, the very fish upon which the original reputation of Campbell River as a sport fishing destination was based starting over 100 years ago. Perhaps not unreasonably given the dearth of genuinely large fish in recent decades, some folks had begun to wonder whether the possibility of such fish had been forever lost, but evidently not.

It is especially fitting that Mike Gage

should catch such a special fish because few individuals have done as much as he for salmon and their freshwater habitat in a wide area around his Campbell River home. I know I’m not the only person who believes that his recent catch is, to use a phrase more often associated with the ‘60’s counter-culture, some form of “good karmic payback” for all his endeavours over the years.

After such an encouraging start, more recently Tyee Pool has gone a bit quiet in the past few

days, with only one additional fish registered by the Tyee Club since. Perhaps the change in weather, with the shift from the high-pressure system that had dominated for the past six weeks across BC to a low-pressure environ-ment bringing bands of rain, has put these holding fish off the bite, hopefully to start again soon.

In the bigger picture the recent intermittent rain and lower air temperatures have been a much-needed change for the environment generally and fish in rivers especially. Smaller

systems will now have a little more water trickling down them and juvenile salmonids residing in them like coho and cutthroat trout will have improved chances of survival.

Unfortunately on the biggest river system in the province, the Fraser, nothing much has changed and in fact has become warmer yet, for example setting a new record high temperature of 21.3 C for the date on Aug 12. In response DFO and the Pacific Salmon Commission, which has overarching manage-ment authority for Fraser sockeye in-season,have sought to minimize all possible fishing mortality of these fish.

For possibly the first time ever, test fish-ing in both Johnstone Strait and Juan de Fuca Strait has been all but ended, with only a few hundred sockeye being taken for DNA analy-sis each week for the remainder of the season. The samples are needed to maintain an under-standing of the various rivers (within the Fraser itself) of origin and run-timing group migrating fish belong to.

Elsewhere, recreational salmon fishing on the Fraser River has been closed between Mission and Hope (more accurately, the

See Ardent Angler on page 4.

There’s still hope for that fish of a lifetime

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Island Birds from page 1.the alpine it doesn’t fly until mid to late summer depending on the timing of the snow-melt. I saw my first of the season on July 13 on Mt. Arrowsmith. It was in the subalpine on the roadside well below the tree line. I saw many more that day but none above the tree line. I suspect they were flying at least a week earlier because of the fine summer weather we were hav-ing.

A week later I also saw them at Mt. Washington, but again they were below the tree line. It wasn’t until the first week of August that I saw them above the tree line which illustrates how spring comes later as you get higher in the alpine. Last year because of the late summer, I saw them on Mt. Washington as late as the first week of October when I made my last visit.

When I first saw the Anna’s Blues on Mt. Arrowsmith they were nectaring on woolly sun-flowers, but since then I have seen them nectaring on a variety of flowers including pearly everlast-ing which is now abundant in the alpine.

Apparently, the Anna’s can use several different host plants for their eggs including subalpine lupine. The female lays her eggs singly on stems or leaves by late summer, and the eggs diapause or hibernate for the winter. When the eggs hatch the next year, they become larvae or caterpillars. The larvae have four developmental stages or instars that take four or five weeks to complete before pupation takes place. The adults emerge from the pupae in about two weeks later.

With the approach of fall there are still many butterflies to enjoy. Right now the attract-ive Pine Whites are in full flight, and I’ve been seeing second gen-eration Mylitta Crescents, Gray

Hairstreaks, and Purplish Coppers at sea level. I’m still waiting to see a new genera-tion Mourning Cloak since one was reported in Victoria on Aug. 4. They should be appearing on the mid and north Island any day. It is also time for the new generation comma butterflies to appear.

If you get a chance, take the chairlift up Mt. Washington. I know several people who went up after my article about the Great Arctics, and they had no trouble finding the arctics as well as several other species.

Editor’s note: Mike Yip is the author of Vancouver Island Birds. His books are avail-able at Graham’s Jewellers, Blue Heron Books, CR Museum, Save On Foods, Coho Books, and Book Bonanza.

Ardent Angler from page 3.

Mission to Alexandra bridges), which will be a real blow to the sport fishing community there as the important chi-nook fishery, open for barely a month, is foregone.

As related last week, the conserva-tion concern for Fraser sockeye now is a combination of very high water temperatures, with expected significant mortality of these fish as a result, and the low size of the summer run-timing group.

Estimated at two million fish, there were hopes for more than half as many again, particularly as the first two run-timing groups of the year returned at relatively high numbers. In any event, some sustained rain and cooler tem-peratures across the interior of BC are urgently needed to improve what is turning into a challenging situation for Fraser sockeye.

Outside the Strait of Georgia, with the expected arrival of the main run to the Fraser River pink salmon will be readily caught unless you can figure out a way to keep them off your line while trying to fish for chinook and coho salmon. Good-sized plugs are my lure of choice in this kind of situation.

Inside the Strait of Georgia pinks will be less prevalent on the fishing grounds, except near estuaries of rivers to which these great little salmon are returning. Chinook and coho continue to be caught around the inner strait, albeit at lower numbers than earlier in the summer, but no surprise there given the numbers of fish already caught this summer.

All the same, good fishing opportun-ities for these species should continue for a while yet at the right time and place for the patient – tight lines to all!

After a summer full of great stories come to the Campbell River Library to indulge in a good laugh with Trent Arterberry’s mime and puppetry-laden “Bigg Show” for kids and families on Friday Aug. 23 at 2 p.m.

Arterberry has been wowing audiences for over three decades around the world, using comedy, music and timeless themes to engage viewers in his stories. In “The Bigg Show,” the agile performer fends off sharks in a slow-motion underwater adventure as Scuba Dude and then switches gears to become Mr. Bigg himself, a Las Vegas dancing star in the form of a three-foot- tall human puppet who grooves to rap and Russian folk tunes alike.

After training with performance masters such as the famed Marcel Marceau, Arterberry went on to earn rave reviews and distinctions for his work. He’s also embraced the opportunity to open for numerous major recording artists such as B.B. King, Julio Iglesias and the rock band, The Kinks.

This event is also the culmination of the Summer Reading Club activities that have been going on at Vancouver Island Regional Library branches since July 3. Summer Reading Club reaches more than 85,000 BC kids every summer and is sponsored by the British Columbia Library Association, with funding assistance from Libraries and Literacy, Ministry of Education.

There are more than 350 members of the Summer Reading Club in Campbell River aged 12 and under. These kids have been keeping track of how much they’ve been reading (or been read to) all summer, and everyone who’s filled up their reading records by read-ing every day for seven weeks will be receiving a medal.

The Campbell River library has hosted over 200 chil-dren (plus a heap of devoted parents, grandparents and other guardians) at weekly storytelling events through-out the summer. The entertainment has included local jugglers, a puppet show by the Campbell River Museum and even a local author for kids.

Really Bigg Show at CR LibrarySummer Reading Club

Photo submitted

The CR Summer Reading Club will have its grand finale “Bigg Show’ star-ring Trent Arterberry this Friday, Aug. 23 at 2 p.m., at the Campbell River Library.

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of a carbon tax in 2008 has lowered the province’s green-house gas emissions by 17.4 per cent in the four years to 2012 without impairing eco-nomic growth, a reduction that compares to a 1.5 per cent increase in emissions for the rest of Canada.)

So the carbon dilemma culminates in the realization that the 200 largest fossil fuel corporations in the world, worth an estimated $4 trillion in stock market value — they also have $1.5 trillion in debt — can only burn all their reserves if they intend to heat the planet to a devastating 6°C (Will Hutton, Guardian Weekly, April 26/13). Without a miraculous means of capturing and safely sequestering all carbon diox-ide emissions, this suggests two options:

we can attempt to adapt to conditions that will likely be suicidally severe, or the fossil fuel corporations must acknowledge that most of their assets are unusable and worthless.

If this second option reaches a critical mass of awareness in the marketplace — as it eventually will — the world’s economic system will have to bear the shock of another financial crisis as trillions of dollars in invest-

ments disappear, and the cumulative impact of related disturbances send seis-mic shocks throughout the entire market place. Fossil fuel, in other words, is a car-bon bubble that must eventually burst.

The alternative to shocking the market is to spend trillions of dollars attempting

to live with the consequences of a planet that is 6°C warmer, a hydrological cycle that will be 42 per cent more active, and other surprises that we probably don’t want to imagine.

The stakes are unimaginably high. Our wealth, our value systems, our material security, our political stability, and just about everything we recognize about our modern civilization will be determined by the key energy decisions we make in the next few years.

The way this dilemma resolves itself will be unpredictable given the economic leverage and the lobbying influence of the oil, gas and coal corporations, not to mention the importance of fossil fuel as the primary energy source still powering the global economy. Willing or not, every single person in the world will become a player in this environmental drama. How it will end is uncertain.

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A sophisticated analysis of the global climate crisis is accelerating as quickly as it is approaching. But a gulf is widening between our understanding of this most serious of modern environmental concerns and our efforts to fix it. The latest example could be called the carbon dilemma.

The carbon dilemma first received public attention in 2012 when Bill McKibbon, an American environ-mentalist and founder of 350.org, publicized the grow-ing conflict between the known carbon that is stored in fossil fuel reserves — the equivalent of 2,795 giga-tonnes of carbon dioxide — and the amount we can afford to burn — the equivalent of 565 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide. If the traumatizing effects of increased global temperatures are to be avoided, this means that 80 per cent of these carbon reserves — presently val-ued at about $20 trillion — must remain unused in the ground.

Meanwhile, investment in fossil fuels continues unabated, as if the industry and its financial sup-porters are oblivious of this dilemma. Australia has spent $6.2 billion in developing new coal reserves in Queensland, a “mega-mine” that some critics have deemed the world’s second largest “carbon bomb”. Even though many coal companies and their backers profess to be taking global climate change seriously, they are still funding projects that, given the emerging calculations, seem risky at best and suicidal at worst.

The same might be said of Alberta’s tar sands, an investment adventure that now involves $120 billion and counting. Saskatchewan and Manitoba, where they share the Bakken deposits of North Dakota, are joining the rush for shale oil. British Columbia is frantically fracking for natural gas, while desperately looking for investors who will build the LNG facilities that are supposed to fuel the province’s future prosper-ity. The United States is similarly fracking to establish energy independence. In 2012, the world’s top 200 energy corporations spent $674 billion finding new fossil fuel reserves, an investment strategy that hardly seems compatible with any intention to reduce con-sumption.

As the carbon dilemma comes into sharper focus, it reveals a stark and disturbing contradiction in the energy strategy promoted by fossil fuel corpora-tions — one even hugely subsidized by governments. Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels have increased 40 per cent since 1750. The amount of radiant heat escap-ing from Earth has fallen by 30 per cent between 1990 and 2011. This unequivocal scientific evidence should mean that burning large quantities of fossil fuels has a very limited future — even if we have access to such energy. But investment continues as if all that can be found can be burned. A haunting doubt must question the sanity of searching for more carbon than we can afford to release.

Efforts compatible with free-market principles have been made to reduce carbon emissions, the most obvious being the European carbon trading scheme. But it has failed because carbon quotas were initially set too high, because too many sellers and too few buyers have collapsed the value of carbon, and because the European parliament has refused to bail out the faltering scheme. The only realistic remain-ing option is a direct tax on carbon, a regulatory step that free market capitalism is reluctant to implement, that national governments are too cowardly to enact, and that competing global interests find too compli-cated to organize into binding agreements. (One of the few exceptions is British Columbia, where a careful academic study has shown that the implementation

The Ongoing and Growing Carbon Dilemma

Last chance to dance with Lee! Lee from Campbell River DanceXtreme will be at the Black Creek Community Centre for one last summer dance camp from Monday, Aug. 26 to Friday, Aug. 30.

Kids ages 5-8 will come every day from 10-11 a.m. and participate in hip hop and fun and games. Kids ages 9 and up will come every day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. for one hour of hip hop and one hour of Glee Club which will include musical theater, singing, dan-cing and acting with a quick lunch break in between. Don’t miss out on this great camp!

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The Amis Kakeng - an aboriginal musical group from Taiwan - will make a return visit to perform in the Comox Valley next week.

The group were last here in 2008, when they appeared before an enthusiastic audi-ence at the K’ómoks First Nation Big House, but this time it will be in the main confer-ence hall of the Florence Filberg Centre on Wednesday, August 28 starting at 6 p.m.

They are being hosted by the Comox Valley Multicultural and Immigrant Support Society, and their appearance follows hot on the heels of a long weekend visit to the Comox Valley by the director general of the Taipei economic and cultural office in Vancouver, Michael Tseng.

Amis Kakeng is a percussion group per-forming traditional Amis songs and music to promote their culture. ‘Amis’ is the name of the largest indiginous tribe in Taiwan and ‘kakeng’ means ‘bamboo bell,’ a traditional bell used in their marriage ceremonies.

Sawtoy Saytay has been the group leader since 1997, and has spent five years making

all the traditional bamboo musical instru-ments used by the group, including a nose flute, pan flute, bamboo flute, and angklung (a multi-tubed percussion instrument).

The group has toured the world playing at venues in North America, France, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, the Pacific Islands, and China.

They have collaborated with Taipei Philharmonic Youth Choir and Taipei Philharmonic Choir to transform traditional Amis songs into symphonic music, which they have perfromed at the Taipei National Concert Hall.

This year, the Amis Kakeng Musical Group are also collaborating with Canadian conductor Ken Hsieh and the Vancouver Metropolitan Orchestra to perform tradi-tional Taiwanese aboriginal songs in both Vancouver and Toronto.

Admission to the local concert on August 28 will be $6, with concessions of $3 for chldren aged 7-11. Children under seven will be free. For more details contact Multicultural Society president Jin Lin at 250-898-9567 or visit www.comoxvalley-multicultural.ca

Amis Kakeng performers

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Sgt. Steve Pederson, C.D., 4CRPG, Patrol Commander, Zeballos, was recently presented with Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee Medal in Victoria, B.C. Only 60,000 medals were presented to nominated and deserving Canadian citizens who showed exemplary leadership qualities and are outstanding members of their communities. Major

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As they near their 40th year of playing, this group is still the Ultimate Party Band.

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“They’re outstanding for their vitality, exuberance, elegance & melodic strength, and for the joy these three fine musicians share... Atkinson is a daring & inventive acoustic guitarist and a powerful force in the new roots/jazz movement.” - Toronto Star

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EVERGREEN CLUB WHIST • Monday, Aug. 26, 7:30 pm in the Rotary Hall, Filberg Centre. Evergreen membership required to participate. 20 hands of play, winners prizes, door prizes and refreshments all for $2.00. Evergreen membership required to participate. For information call 250-338-1000 or visit the website at www.ever-greenseniorsclub.orgTHE WOOLGATHERERS • A Guild of Spinners, Weavers & Knitters. Preserving and Promoting Weaving and Spinning in the Comox Valley. Meetings at Fallen Alders Hall, Royston, 11:00 am - 3:00 pm every Monday except Stat holidays. Business meetings: 2nd Monday. We invite you to join us. FMI: Jery Lowe, 250-337-5496/ Carole Redfern 334-4284.CRIBBAGE • Every Monday night, 7:30, at the Royston Hall, corner of Old Island Highway and Royston Road. No need to bring a partner. FMI: 334-4852.LADIES AUXILIARY DROP-IN BINGO • Comox Legion Ladies Auxiliary Drop-in Bingo, upper hall. Doors open 6 pm, bingo 7 p.m. All money goes to charities. Free coffee and tea.

VANCOUVER ISLAND BRAZILIAN EMBROIDERY STITCHERS • Meet every Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Black Creek Community Hall. Please bring a bag lunch. FMI: Darlene 897-1345.BABY TALK • Courtenay Lewis Centre, Tuesdays, 10-11:30 a.m. All families with infants aged newborn to six months wel-come. Socializing, support, refreshments, guest speakers and resource library. Free drop-in, no registration required. FMI: Chris, 339-0194

EVERGREEN CLUB FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE • Aug. 30, with music provided by LENSMEN 7:30 pm in the Rotary Hall, Florence Filberg Centre. Members $5, or non members $7 at the door. For information call 250-338-1000 or visit the website at www.ever-greenseniorsclub.orgOCEAN WAVES SQUARE DANCE ANNUAL LABOUR DAY WEEKEND CORN ROAST • Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Aug. 30 & 31,

Sept. 1 at Filberg Centre Conference Hall. Friday at 7:30 - 10:00 p.m. with caller Fran Archambault and cuer Lorna Corbet. Saturday: breakfast at 8:30, plus dancing at 10:00 - 12:00, potluck supper at 5:00 and dancing at 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. with a panel of callers. Sunday: breakfast at 8:30 a.m., followed by dancing with a panel of callers/cuers and lunch. A really fun week-end! Come and watch - we would love you to join our group. FMI call Cathy or Guy at 338-7942.

DAHLIA GARDEN TOUR • View dahlias in full bloom - cameras welcome! Learn all about growing dahlias! Saturday, August 31st - Sunday, September 1st, 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Over 600 different varieties of Dahlias in our collection. We hope to see you here. Warwick Dahlia Farm, 1672 Constitution Rd. Black Creek 250-337-8985.

NEWCOMERS WALK AND TALK • Sept. 6, 8:50am-11:30am - Nymph Falls. Meet at the Home Depot Recyling area, Courtenay to carpool. $2 to carpool driver. FMI: Lynn Gray, 250-941-2194, [email protected]

THE COMOX GLACIER WANDERERS VOLKSWALK CLUB • Is hosting a 5/10 kms walk in Paradise Meadows, Mount Washington on Saturday, September 7th. Registration starts from Raven Lodge X-Country Ski parking lot at 9:30 am; walk starts at 10:00 am. FMI: Crystal 250-898-8612.CASINO ROYALE • Sept. 7, 6:30pm-midnight - Casino Royale, Florence Filberg Centr. Enjoy games of chance at our “funny money” charity casino! With silent auctions, hors d’oeuvres, a “funny money” auction, door prizes and more. All money raised supports the 4R’s Education Centre (Soc.) Ticket price includes $500 of funny money. Tickets at: Benjamin Moore House of Color, Gone Hollywood Video, Planet Kids (both loca-tions), Yummies & Gyros and from the 4R’s office. Bulk discount (10 or more) tickets - phone 250-338-4890, www.4rseducation.com/events.htm [email protected]

LIVING WITH CHRONIC PAIN SUPPORT GROUP • Comox Valley Nursing Centre. Meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM, 615 10th Street, Courtenay. FMI: 250-331-8504 Extension 38115.PEARL ELLIS GALLERY • Pearl Ellis Gallery in Comox presents: Ruth Dickson Show & Sale, Aug 13th-Aug 25th. Next: The Art Group of the Comox Valley Show and Sale Aug. 27-Sept. 15. Open Tues - Sat from 10 am - 4 pm, Sun 1 - 4 pm, Closed Monday. Free Admission. Located at 1729 Comox Avenue. FMI see www.pearlellis-gallery.com or see our virtual gallery on our web site or our Facebook pageCOMOX VALLEY STROKE RECOVERY CLUB • Meets every first and third Wednesday at Comox United Church at 10:00 A.M.GREAT CANADIAN SHORELINE CLEANUP • Your Local Community Needs Your Help - Shoreline litter poses a threat to our waterways, and the communities and wildlife that depend on them - but there is something you can do to be part of the solution. Join us for the 20th anniversary of the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, presented by Loblaw Companies Limited, by organizing or participating in a shore-line cleanup in your community from September 21-29, 2013. Register today at ShorelineCleanup.ca or call 1-877-427-2422.LOST FAMILIES FOUND • Volunteers avail-able to help you with family tree research. Library located in the Maritime Heritage Centre. Mon. 7-9, Tues. 10-3, Wed. 1:30-4. More info - Janice 250-203-0585 C.R. Genealogy Society.

COMOX GLACIER WANDERERS • Join the Wanderers every Tues. to Fri at the South East end of the Comox Mall, near Travel Agent. Walk starts at 9 a.m. sharp. Experience the picturesque Filberg Park, Mac Laing woods, beach town of Comox etc. FMI: Karen Fraser 250-890-0608DROP-IN, ONE HOUR MEDITATION • “Drop-In meditation, every Tuesday 7PM sharp, Ocean Resort in Oyster Bay, $$donations to CV and CR food banks, 250 792-3165.ROYAL PURPLE DROP-IN BINGO • Every Tuesday night, 7 p.m., at the Elks Home on Sixth St.COMOX VALLEY WOOD CARVERS • If you are interested in any type of wood carving please join us at the Royston Community Hall every Tuesday from 9:30 AM to 3 PM for a day of carving and learning about carving. No experience necessary. FMI call Al at 250-331-0156 or Jim at 250-339-5350.CUMBERLAND LEGION BINGO • Every Tuesday night, guaranteed 22 games per night. Doors open 6 p.m., first game 7 p.m. Come out and support your com-munity.DUPLICATE BRIDGE • Every Tuesday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 1 p.m., Comox Seniors Centre.

WINERY DINNER AND LIVE MUSIC BY LUKE GUTHRIE • Aug. 21 - 5pm-9pm. at Coastal Black Estate Winery, 2186 B Endall Road, Black Creek. To celebrate the start of the berry harvest season, Coastal Black Estate Winery is hosting winery dinners with live music being performed by local musician, Luke Blu Guthrie. Each Wednesday a new, 3-course menu will be offered to diners. Dinner will be accompanied by a house-made cock-tail or glass of wine. Price per person is

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His charisma was — and still is — legendary.Joey Purpura has lived and breathed Neil Diamond

since 2004, travelled across the country and parts of the Caribbean with his tribute show Diamond in the Rough.

“I’ve always been able to do voices, as long as I could remember,” said the 39-year-old.

“When I found out I could do a pretty good Neil Diamond, my friends encouraged me to go on stage.”

The singer wasn’t on Purpura’s radar growing up and so he really started from the ground up.

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He found a Las Vegas-based designer able to repli-cate Diamond’s glittery costumes of the mid-70s.

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“He recorded and released a lot of albums and so he has a huge back log of music,” Purpura said about the singer’s international appeal.

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The Art Group of the Comox Valley (AGCV) is focusing on the town of Comox in its August 27th to September 15th show and sale at the Pearl Ellis Gallery.

Most works of art in the exhibit feature some aspect of the town and surrounding areas including the estu-ary, wildlife, points of interest, and well-loved places in the area. Over 20 artists’ works are represented in the show.

The Art Group of the Comox Valley is a group of about 30 artists who meet each Friday to share ideas, skills, and friendship. The AGCV has as its mandate to enjoy and develop artistic skills and to give back to the community.

This year through Comox 2013, the AGCV is sup-porting L’Arche, an organization that encourages independent living through an Outreach and Creative Art Centre where people with developmental disabili-ties come to participate in different artistic activities such as beading, painting, and candle making.

The AGCV are raising funds for L’Arche by holding a sale of 28 individual original paintings on a 8’x4’ wall mural depicting scenes of Comox today on a background of what Comox was 60 years ago.

Full size photographic reproductions of this wall mural, which will be particularly suited to be appreci-ated in public spaces such as the Comox Airport, Comox Mall, local business, or the Town Hall will be available as a limited edition. Local business and agencies are encouraged to place orders on this unique wall mural at the show that will provide an historical and artistic record of the Town of Comox in 2013.

Also, over 60 individual, original works by mem-bers of the Art Group are available for sale.

The exhibit COMOX 2013 runs August 27th to September 15th with a public Opening Reception Wednesday evening, Aug. 28th 7:00-9:00 pm. Paintings bought at the opening will be 10% off the sale price.

The Gallery is located in Comox at 1729 Comox Avenue and is open from 10 to 4 Tuesday through Saturday and from 1 to 4 on Sunday. Admission is free. For further information, call the Gallery at (250) 339-2822 or visit our website at www.pearlellisgal-lery.com

Please come out and support local artists and L’Arche.

For the first and only time in 15 years, The Labyrinth Society is holding its annual gathering outside the United States.

One of the post-conference tours will offer laby-rinth enthusiasts an opportunity to visit local laby-rinths.

The tour includes the labyrinths at Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens, The Gardens at Anderton, Kairos Guest Suite, Innisfree Farm, and Ocean Resort.

The gathering takes place in Parksville September 16-22, 2013.

Featured speakers are Dr. Jean Shinoda Bolen, M.D., author, Jungian analyst, and global activist; and Carol Matthews, community leader, educator, writer, and recipient of the Order of B.C. in 2012.

For information on the 15th Annual Gathering, and to check out events open to the public, visit www.labyrinthsociety.org/annual-gathering.

Tickets for the featured speakers are $35 each and are available locally from Linda Magnuson. Call 250-339-6573.

Internationaldelegates to visit local labyrinths

Art Group of theComox Valley showand sale will helpsupport L’Arche

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On Approved Credit. A. 84 months @ 4.99%, total paid $31,164,84. B. 72 months @4.99%, total paid $30,513.60. C. 84 months @ 4.99%, total paid $32,588.92. D. 96 months@ 4.99%, total paid $57,748.90. E. 60 months @7.24%, total paid $14,092.00. F. 60 months @ 6.74%, total paid $27,188.20. G. 60 months @ 5.24%, total paid $16,632.20. H. 72 months @ 5.24%, total paid $19,468.80. I. 36 months @7.24%, total paid $11,742.12. J. 24 months @ 8.29%, total paid $9,920.04.

K. 96 months @ 4.99%, total paid $59,904. L. 84 months @ 4.99%, total paid $40,351.22. M. 84 months @ 4.99%, total paid $19,451.18. N. 96 months @ 4.99%, total paid $43,348.16.

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NOW $23,938

7 PASSENGER 28,947 KM

STK# X07960

$180bi-weeklyC

2011 GMC SIERRA 1500 4X4

NOW $22,897

CREW CABSTK# X07970

$172bi-weeklyA

2010 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4

NOW $22,925

QUAD CABSTK# X07950

$196bi-weeklyB

2007 HONDA PILOT EXL 4X4

NOW $19,977

DVDHEADRESTS

STK# P13021

$210bi-weeklyF

2012 RAM 3500 CREW CAB 4X4

NOW $41,974

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34,000 KMSTK# X08000

$279bi-weeklyD

2007 GMC CANYON EXTENDED CAB

NOW $9,963

SUPER CLEAN, AUTOMATIC

STK# X07991

$109bi-weeklyE

2005 TOYOTA CAMRY SE V6

NOW $8,850

LEATHER AND MOONROOF

STK# X08050

2009 FORD RANGER SPORT

NOW $12,745

4X2, 5 SPEED 41,000 KM

STK# X07911

$128bi-weeklyG

2010 MAZDA 3 SPORT GS

NOW $14,312

2.5 LITRE WITH SPORTY 5 SPEED

STK# X08010

$125bi-weeklyH

2011 FORD F350 CREW CAB 4X4

NOW $29,754

XLT WITH6.2 LITRE

STK# X08130

$222bi-weeklyL

2004 CHEVY COLORADO 4X2

NOW $7,596

CREW CABSTK# R13341

$191bi-weeklyJ 2012 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

NOW $43,600

STK# X08240

$288bi-weeklyK

2011 KIA SOUL 4U

NOW $16,803

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STK# R13231

$128bi-weeklyM

$151bi-weeklyI

MANAGER’S SPECIAL

2012 TOYOTA TACOMA TRD

NOW $32,737

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$219bi-weeklyN

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