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Last weekend it was my pleasure to be a first-time participant in the prestigious Denman Island Christmas

Faire. Although I’m not qualified to rank it in the top 10 winter fairs in the prov-ince like Westworld Magazine did in 2010, I can say

it was extremely well-organized; it had a warm and friendly ambi-ence; and it was very popular with many off-island customers from the Comox Valley, Cumberland and Oceanside. I even had a customer from Bellingham.

Besides being materialistically suc-cessful, the added benefit for me was a chance to connect with the many people who read my column in the North Islander. Not surprisingly one of the most popular topics was the hearty winter Anna’s Hummingbird and a close second was the mystical Qualicum White Raven. There were also many stories to share. One couple were visiting a nature park in Hawaii last year where their guide pointed out a very well camouflaged bittern in a marsh. On their return home they were surprised to read my column about the American Bittern. Not only was the article coincidental for them, it was also a revelation that there were bitterns on Vancouver Island.

Getting back to the Anna’s, many were surprised to see any hummingbird at this time of the year and amazed to hear that Victoria counted about 700 Anna’s in a recent

Christmas Bird Count. The four most common questions

were what does it eat, how can it survive the freezing temperatures, should we put out nectar feeders, and how do we keep the feeders from freezing? I’m sure there are others who are interested so here are some answers.

The Anna’s is non-migratory and well-adapted to survive in our climate. In the absence of nectar

sources its winter diet consists main-ly of small insects and spiders.

During freezing temperatures it can slow down its metabolic pro-cesses to conserve energy. This is a hibernation-like process called torpor.

Nectar feeders are beneficial and may have contributed to their range expansion from California many years ago and will probably assist their northward expansion on Vancouver Island. There are several

solutions to the freezing nectar prob-lem. First, some people increase the mix to one sugar and three water for the winter. The increased concentra-tion doesn’t seem to be harmful and effectively lowers the freezing point by several degrees. Some people sim-ply take the feeders in at night and put them out early in the morning or they use two feeders and exchange them when one freezes.

See Island Birds on page 3.

The amazing Anna’s Hummingbird

Island BirdsMike Yip

Photo by Mike YipThe male Anna’s has a magenta gorget that covers the throat and extends over the crown while the female is plain green on top and grayish white on the bottom. The female only has a few coloured feathers on its throat.

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T’was the week before Christmas … and I never thought I’d be wishing out loud for some precipitation at this time of the year and in this I know I’m joined by all those with an interest in seeing the Mount Washington Alpine Resort open up.

Of course my interest is for the fish, if not now then later – if there’s a really low snowpack to start next summer either it had better be a rainy one (never a popular choice) or streams will go dry. The small amount of rain or snow that fell recently has done noth-ing more than stop the creeks and rivers from becoming even smaller, and I can’t help but think there has been some loss of salmon eggs as areas where they were laid down have subsequently gone dry. Those hanging on in the margins likely became frozen during those nights of -12 C.

On the up side, those eggs that have sur-vived to date will likely continue to do so as they increasingly reach the critical eyed stage. Development has been slow in the frigid water but it continues all the same and once they become eyed-up salmon eggs are much more robust, able to survive some movement i.e. gravel moving in a high water event, and

existing in a damp rather than wet environment if necessary.

Not that it looks like there’ll be a high water event in the foreseeable future. The medium range forecast is predicting off and on moderate precipitation through the third week of the month, switching to a dry sunny period starting a couple of days before Christmas and continuing to the new year.

It has to be acknowledged that those would be ideal conditions for getting out on the saltchuck in search of chinook salmon or prawns and I hope to be amongst those who do so. A week and a half ago in the company of two good friends I got out salmon fishing for the first time this winter, at the tail end of the bitterly cold weather. I could sense just how thick the engine oil was as my outboards turned over a little slower than usual, but fire up they did and it was a fine trip although we didn’t catch anything to bring home.

I have heard a report or two of some nice chinook salmon being caught recently

so hopefully the fishing will become more consistent. Trying along the Vancouver Island shore we had a number of undersize fish and hit a couple of others that seemed to have a little more weight to them but all came off after a short while. We did however hook and land a murre, I’m sure it’s the first seabird that’s ever gone after a hootchy at depth in my boat. Anyway, it was released without apparent harm other than a bad scare.

A friend out fishing the same day had comparable luck, or lack of it, right until the end of his trip when he boated a 12 pound halibut, a nice consolation catch. It still seems a little remarkable to me that these fish are being encountered on a steady if infre-quent basis around the north Strait of Georgia. Fortunately the halibut season remains open until the end of December this year, the cus-tomary closing date, a result of the recrea-tional fishery not yet reaching its poundage allocation. If this fish had been encountered during the past few years it would have been

released – timing is everything!Based on the 2013 experience there does

seem to be some scope for liberalizing slightly the recreational halibut retention regulations for the coming season. However, until the decision is made at the mid-January annual general meeting of the International Pacific Halibut Commission on what the total allow-able catch for Canada will be any focused dis-cussion on possible changes is premature.

And being the week before Christmas his-torically it would be considered that this is the time to start looking for winter steelhead. In the past anglers would have been out for a month trying to catch these wonderful fish on the Quinsam, the Nimpkish, the Gold River even but in recent decades the early run has become much less prolific. Reduced numbers paired with reduced water flows is a tough combination for the steelhead angler to try his or her luck against. With river water tem-peratures barely above freezing, why would a fish want to leave the comparatively balmy ocean?

But leave it they do and a few chrome bright

See Ardent Angler on page 3.

My Christmas wish is for precipitationArdent AnglerJeremy Maynard

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Ardent Angler from page 2.fish have been working their way into freshwater and I know several equally determined anglers who have been rewarded when fishing in conditions that would put off all but the most hardy.

Now that the deep freeze is over for the time being the river temperature will climb up a few degrees and fishing will become slightly less challenging without persistent ice in the rod eyes. It’ll still take skill to work ones lure across the bottom without repeatedly hanging up but overall steelhead fishing is now a viable option for the ardent angler in this area. Good luck!

Shades of GreenRay Grigg

Paleoclimatologists have noticed that the sudden warming taking place on Earth today — almost certainly caused by human green-house gas emissions — closely resembles the warming during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) that began about 56 million years ago. Scientific analysis of this 200,000 year epoch is particularly useful if we are to understand the consequences of our individual and collective decisions to continue burning huge quantities of fossil fuels.

Geological records provide a fairly clear record that the radical change in Earth’s cli-mate marking the beginning of PETM was probably the result of a sudden and massive surge in greenhouse gases. This surge was caused by extensive volcanic activity as the large super-continent, Pangea, began breaking apart. As magma ignited carbon-rich sedi-ments, about two billion tonnes per year of carbon dioxide were released into the atmos-phere. When the resultant warming reached about 2 C, frozen methane began to melt from hydrates stored deep in the oceans and from permafrost locked in polar latitudes. Global temperatures quickly rose by as much as 9 C.

But “quickly” distinguishes our present situation from the PETM. During this ancient epoch, temperatures rose to 5 C over a period of 10,000 years, and another 10,000 years passed before the 9 C was reached. Relatively little extinction occurred on land because its plants and animals had time to either adjust or move northward to more comfortable temperatures — an available option since the continent of Pangea was still mostly intact. Consequently, palms and tropical forests covered high latitudes, while equatorial fish and sea turtles swam in northern waters.

Mammals slowly got smaller to better cool themselves in the higher temperatures. The largest extinctions occurred in the oceans where acidification dissolved the calcium shells needed by some marine animals. Generally, however, the planet’s ecosystems adapted fairly well to the changing conditions.

The similarities between the PETM and the present are remarkably close — except for the time scale. The temperature and acidification changes that occurred over 10,000 years are now occur-ring in 300 years. The PETM’s two billion tonnes per year of carbon dioxide emissions are dwarfed by the 35 billion tonnes per year we emit. Distinct continents and our mas-sive human settlements are obstructions that prevent many plant and animal species from migrating to more favourable locations. The current extinction of both flora and fauna is literally equivalent to a crash because circum-stances are changing too quickly to allow for species adaptation.

If we can notice such ecological changes from the perspective of a single human life-time, then in geological terms the transforma-tions are virtually instantaneous. Such notice-able changes simply dwarf normal variability and, defined by scientific measures, the mag-nitude and seriousness of our disruptive influ-ence on Earth’s biosphere is catastrophic.

Despite the obvious, however, we are not inclined to notice. As a human species, we are biologically tuned to live in the present. Our sense of time and change is biased toward the

immediacy of moments — even years and decades of accurate memory are compromised by variables that are extremely sub-jective. Perhaps our best sense of very long expanses of history is a developed skill acquired by aca-demic study and nourished by an exercise of the imagination. We are not psychologically designed to appreciate how the collateral damage of our present actions may be detrimental to our future interests. Without scientific knowledge, for example, we

would never notice the similarities between our present ecological situation and 56 mil-lion years ago.

It is this comparison that makes the 2 C threshold of global temperature increase dur-ing the PETM so important. This was the approximate temperature at which carbon dioxide emissions triggered huge releases of methane. Modern science knows that methane takes about 10 years to break down into carbon dioxide, and is 20 to 25 times more effective as a greenhouse gas during that period. And we know that we have the option of controlling car-bon dioxide emissions. But, should methane hydrates begin to melt from warming oceans, or should other methane be released from thawing permafrost, then we slide into a phase of uncontrollable global warming. We have already increased global temperatures by 0.8 C above normal levels, and our existing emissions commit us to another 0.3

C (NewScientist, Mar. 2/13). With no viable emission controls in force and greenhouse gases continuing to rise, we are gambling that 1.1 C is a safe risk, and that even higher tem-peratures should not be worrisome.

Global temperature averages, however, mis-represent the security of our actual situation. The world’s oceans can absorb huge quanti-ties of heat so they are deceptively reassuring, while their churning currents complicate our ability to predict the brooding effect of a hot-ter atmosphere. And the poles, we know, are warming nearly four times faster than the global average — record melting of Arctic Sea ice and rapid thawing of permafrost in north-ern Russia and Canada attest to this trend. In other words, we may have already exceeded one of the safety margins for preventing uncontrollable methane emissions.

Accurately measuring and understanding a 20,000 year process that is compressed into a mere three centuries is an extremely difficult challenge. Expect some confusion and errors. But paleoclimatologists know the beginning of the story and the possible ending. It’s the detail in the middle that’s the unfolding mys-tery, and the ending we decide to write.

A Second Warming: Temperatures Then and Now

Island Birds from page 1.A third solution is to keep the feeder next to the porch light or rig a light bulb (or heating tape) next to the feeder.

As for the question whether it is a Rufous or Anna’s, there is a 99.99 per cent chance that it is an Anna’s. The 0.01 per cent chance of being a Rufous is currently hunkered up in Saltair just south of Chemainus. I think it is only the second wintering Rufous that I have heard of in 10 years. I’m not sure what its circumstances are, but I know it has been coming to a feeder.

One last word about the Anna’s is that it traditionally mates and nests

around January. Just as in the human world it is the female that does all the work in building the nest, incubating the eggs, and raising the young while the male is out looking for more action.

If you have a female frequenting your yard in January and February there is a good chance that it is raising a family and will appreciate the extra energy boost from your feeders.

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


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ceeds ti Comox Valley Food Bank.. FMI: Natalie, 250-334-2452 www.excelcareer-college.com [email protected] BY CHANTS • Mystic Valley Voices, universal chanting community, meets 6:45-8:30 pm every Tuesday at the Little Red Church (house), 2182 Comox Ave. FMI: 250-218-1688.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 250-890-0608KNITTING FUN AT THE COMOX LIBRARY • Our new kitting group, A Good Yarn: Knitting & Crochet Circle, warmly invites people of any age and ability to join our weekly meetings at the Comox Library, 1720 Beaufort Ave. on Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. Attendance is free and no registra-tion is required. For more information please contact the library at 250-339-2971, [email protected], or visit the web-site at: www.virl.bc.ca.DROP-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.

COMOX VALLEY BETTER BREATHERS • Christmas Get Together this Wednesday, Dec. 18th from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Comox Valley Nursing Centre, 615 10th st., Courtenay. Tea and goodies will be served. Come and enjoy! FFI call Michele at 250/331-8502TOPS (COURTENAY) • 9am-11:30am every Wednesday, St Georges United Church, 505 6th St., Courtenay. TOPS is a non-profit support weight loss group. We are one of many in Comox Valley. FMI: 250-331-0276 [email protected] tops.org

noon of dancing and relaxing with Gord Kreuger and his band every Saturday, 2pm to 6pm in the Courtenay Legion Lounge. 367 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay. [email protected] Maureen Watson, 250-334-4322COMOX VALLEY FARMERS MARKET • 9-12 every Saturday, Native Sons Hall, downtown Courtenay. Come for the freshness, stay for the fun! FMI: Mkt. Mgr. Vickey 250.218-0321 or or www.comoxvalleyfarmersmar-ket.com & keep in touch on Facebook.COMOX LEGION • Meat draws are held every Saturday 3 p.m. plus Ace of Spades draw.

CHRISTMAS CANDLELIGHTING SERVICE • Sunday, Dec 22, by Unity Comox Valley. Comox Lions Den 1729 Nordin Street 10:30am FMI: unitycomoxvalley.com or 1-866-853-9866COURTENAY LEGION • Every Sunday: Crib 1:00, Gucci 1:30, $5 Sunday Supper 4:00. It’s only $5 for a delicious home-made meal. Bring your favourite friend or fill up a table! Birthday parties welcome! Legion members and bona fide guests. FMI: Please contact the Courtenay Legion office at 250-334-4322

CRIBBAGE • Every Monday night, 7:30, at the Royston Hall, corner of Old Island Highway and Royston Road. No need to bring a part-ner. 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.

BURNING BOWL CEREMONY • Sunday, Dec 29. Unity Comox Valley offers a burning bowl ceremony to help people prepare for the new year. Comox Lions Den 1729 Nordin Street 10:30am FMI: unitycomoxval-ley.com or 1-866-853-9866

NYE EXTRAVAGANZA • Dec. 31- 8pm-1am featuring 2 bands “REUNION” & “XLR8” presenting a retrospect of rock ‘n roll music from the 1950’s thru to the 2000’s, at The Florence Filberg Centre. Advance Tickets Only. $30 per person available at Bop City, Money Maxx and Long & McQuade. 19 & over. ID required at the door, The Courtenay Rotary will be hosting the bar. Hot Eats & Cool Treats will be available. Tickets are advance sales only. Not available at the door. Doors open at 8:00. Filberg Centre Hall, 411 Anderton Ave, Courtenay. FMI: Johnny B [email protected] 250 335-0169 www.xlr8band.com

COURTENAY LEGION • Every Wednesday: Drop-in Darts 1:00, Masters’ League Darts 7:30.

ROYAL CANADIAN NAVAL ASSOCIATION • The RCNA December Meeting will be held on Thursday, Dec 19, at 1:00 PM in the Comox Legion Upper Lounge. Guests are welcome.COURTENAY LEGION • Every Thursday: Crib & Gucci 6:30, Men’s Darts 7:00. FMI: Courtenay Legion office at 250-334-4322.THERAPEUTIC RELAXATION PROGRAM FOR PERSONS WITH CANCER IN THEIR LIVES • Thursdays, 3-4 p.m., Nursing Centre, 615 10th St., Courtenay. Free. Sponsored by BC Cancer Foundation, BC Cancer Agency, Pacific Therapy and Consulting. FMI: Diane Davies 250-338-2700.THERAPEUTIC RELAXATION PROGRAM FOR PERSONS EXPERIENCING CHRONIC PAIN OR ILLNESS • Thursdays, 1:15-2:30 p.m., Nursing Centre, 615 10th St. Free. Sponsored by the Nursing Centre. FMI: Diane Davie 250-338-2700.

NEWCOMERS WALK AND TALK • Four Bridges and Valleyview - Dec. 20, 8:50am-10:50am. Meet at the corner of Malahat and Crown Isle Drive. FMI: Sheila Lloyd [email protected] 250-334-4161COURTENAY LEGION • Meat draws every Friday, 5-7 pm.COMOX LEGION • Meat draws every Friday, 3 p.m. Open to all Legion members and signed in guests.

A WINTER SOLSTICE CONTEMPLATION • Dec. 21, 7pm-8pm, Comox United Church, 250 Beach Drive, Comox. CV Unitarian Fellowship. Mystic Valley Voices to provide musical focus. FMI: CVUF 2 5 0 - 8 9 0 - 9 2 6 2 [email protected] cvuf.caAFTERNOON JAM • With Gord Kruger and “The Amigos”. Enjoy a lively after-

BECAUSE WE CAN WORKSHOP - MARMALADE! • Tuesday December 17th 6pm-9pm. Have you always wanted to learn to can fruit, jams, jellies or pickles? Do you think it is difficult or complicated? This workshop is for you! Instructor: Izabelle Perry. By donation. All supplies provided. and jars. Join us at LUSH Valley Food Action Society 1126 Piercy Ave. For more information: 250-331-0152 or [email protected] ELLIS GALLERY • In Comox pres-ents: “The Pearl Ellis Gallery Member’s Christmas Fundraiser Show & Sale” Dec 10th - Jan 26th - 2013. Open Tues - Sat from 10 am - 4 pm, Sun 1 - 4 pm, Closed Monday. Free Admission. Located at 1729 Comox Avenue. FMI see www.pearl-ellisgallery.com or see our virtual gallery on our web site or our Facebook pageMEDITATION CIRCLE • Every Tuesday morning, 11-12. We are a healing con-sciousness, sending light to troubled areas to effect peaceful change in our world, praying for those who are strug-gling, healing ourselves and raising our vibration in the process. Everyone wel-come - no meditation experience neces-sary. No charge. FMI call 250-334-9412.CATCH THE SPIRIT • Dec. 2-Jan. 1, Driftwood Mall, 2751 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay. Holiday campaign presented by Bentall Kennedy featuring a shopping spree contest, an opportunity to nominate a holiday hometown hero through the Holiday Hero program, and over $25,000 worth of prizes to be won. Participating malls include Driftwood Mall, where shop-pers can enter to win one of two $10,000 cash prizes, plus $2500 that will be donat-ed to the charity of their choice, and nominate notable community members to be recognized as holiday hometown heroes. www.catchthespirit.ca FMI: Carine, 778-239-3067 [email protected] GIFT WRAPPING • Dec. 2 - Dec. 20, 9am-4pm. Christmas Gift Wrapping, Excel Career College Courtenay Campus, 201-841 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay. Excel Career College will be offering Christmas Gift Wrapping services Monday to Friday until December 20th from 9:00am-4:00pm by donation (cash or non-perishable food items). All pro-

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2013 CHEV SILVERADO 1500 LT 4X4

STK# X08610

SALE $28,900

Crew Cab with5.3 Litre V8

$198bi-weekly14

2009 NISSAN FRONTIER 4X4

STK# X08402

SALE $20,900

King Cab SE with tonneau cover

$184bi-weekly3

2010 GMC SIERRA 1500 4X4

STK# X08540

SALE $22,900

SLE ExtendedCab

$198bi-weekly4

2010 DODGE RAM 1500 4X4

STK# P13101

SALE $26,900

Crew Cab Sport with leather

$236bi-weekly5

2011 FORD FOCUS SEL SEDAN

STK# X08470

SALE $13,800

Moonroof with auto transmission

$125bi-weekly8

2013 HYUNDAI ELANTRA

STK# X08730

SALE $16,900

GLS Sedan with only 9,530 km

2008 MAZDA 3 SPORT GT

STK#X08331

SALE $13,900

Moonroof, and Only 50,717 km

$148bi-weekly6

2011 JEEP COMPASS NORTH EDITION

STK# P13091

SALE $16,900

Amazing Shape With Moonroof

$148bi-weekly7

2008 VW JETTA CITY

STK# R14011

SALE $11,900

Well Equipped,In Great Shape

$128bi-weekly11

2011 GMC SIERRA 3500 SLE 4X4

STK# X08520

SALE $43,800

Diesel, Crew Cab, Immaculate Condition

$338bi-weekly1

2012 RAM 3500 SLT 4X4

STK# X08600

SALE $44,900

Crew Cab Long Box with Cummins Turbo Diesel

2009 TOYOTA TACOMA 4X4

STK# X08461

NOW $24,900Double cab with

TRD package

$219bi-weekly13

2011 FORD F150 XLT 4X4

STK# X08750

SALE $27,900

$245bi-weekly10

$133bi-weekly9

XTR Package with 5.0 litre V8

2773 Island Highway, Campbell River DL#30777

www.crhonda.com

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Mike BallSales Manager

Dustin WhitesideFinance Manager

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2003 HONDA VTX1300SSTK# X08780

2002 HONDA VTX1800SSTK# X08790

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short61 Add (up)62 François Truffaut’s fi eld

63 Sweet-talk64 Porky Pig69 Fixes up, as a

run-down house70 Cato’s man71 When doubled, one of

the Teletubbies72 “Now!”73 “August: ___ County”

(2008 Pulitzer winner for Drama)

74 “S.N.L.” alum Cheri76 Mimicry78 July third?79 George Burns83 Genus of small rodents86 Items sometimes sniffed

at a supermarket87 Highlights88 Mille ___ (part of

Québec with a rhyming name)

90 Fill91 Other side92 Volleyball venue96 Hair extensions?98 Something you want

to come down from quickly

102 Dry: Prefi x103 Home of Banff

National Park104 Animal house105 2004 Chevy debut107 “___ can’t”108 Beefeaters, e.g.109 Red Skelton112 Record of the

Year Grammy nominee for “Lose Yourself”

113 Primary pigment for printers

114 Rays’ div.115 Luna’s counterpart116 Auto steering system

components117 Potential sweethearts

Down1 Downhill run2 Massenet

opera based on Greek myth

3 Bears’ home in Texas 4 2005 Drama Pulitzer

fi nalist Will5 Costner role6 Like the origin of the

food in many fusion restaurants

7 Pulled apart8 Compass dir.9 Nickname for Huntington

Beach, Calif.10 Bologna’s place11 Clinched,

with “up”12 “Time ___” (bygone

sci-fi series)13 ___-based14 Defames15 One of the von Trapp

girls16 Do some

banking, say17 Going down in

the rankings, say18 Holy smoke19 First Mets manager24 CNBC news item29 Mag proofs31 Shallot, e.g.

33 Keyes and King34 Mosey along36 “Beowulf” quaff38 Jesse and

Leo of TV sitcoms41 Poky sorts42 Order to go?43 Onward44 Sees through45 Latte option47 Ópera venue48 Chops up49 S. ___ Merkerson, four-time

N.A.A.C.P. Image Award-winning actress

50 Oscar-winning Forest Whitaker role

51 Judo gyms56 Ancient Mexican57 Base58 Company that owns Gerber60 Layered coifs62 Groups of strings, maybe63 Sword fi ght sounds65 Letter-shaped bridge support66 Mr. Right67 Dominant68 Church group74 Black Hills native75 Sweetie76 Lace’s end77 Vittles80 Possible answer to “Is that you?”81 Apple product82 Extreme point83 Sights not to be believed84 Poem that ends, “This ghoul-haunted

woodland of Weir”

85 What a judge might do during a hearing

89 “A Sentimental Journey” author91 Thomas Jefferson or Jimmy Carter,

once93 Virgil hero94 Bit of fi eld sport equipment95 Lifts97 Where to fi nd “books in the running

brooks,” per Shakespeare98 Star, maybe99 Indian melodies100 Nobelist writer Andric101 Go by bike104 Beginning of some temple names106 Preceder of “di” or “da” in a Beatles

song109 Invoice fi g.110 Since 1/1111 “___ Sylphides” (ballet)

B Y E - L I N E SBY ALAN OLSCHWANG / EDITED BY WILL SHORTZ

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ANSWERS TO LAST PUZZLE

The Just in Time Vocal Jazz Choirs are three adult community choirs from the Comox Valley, directed by Wendy Nixon Stothert. The three ensembles are the Jazzy Jems (16 spectacular women), Vocal Minority (12 wonderful men and women) and Unplugged (a gregari-ous and fun group of 55 men and women). They sing in a wide range of styles including songs from swing, latin, ballad, pop, rock, funk, gospel and contemporary genres. Their music tends to center around a theme.

They are bringing a collection of Canadian songs to Cuba and they are excited to share selections from their Canadiana set at the Little Red Church on Dec. 19th.

The singers in the choir are 20-70 years old, and the skill level ranges from beginner to very experienced. About 25 of Just in Time’s 85 singers are travelling to Cuba, along with 15 friends and family members. The director, Wendy Nixon Stothert, formed the choirs 9 years ago. Wendy has been a school music teacher at all grade levels for the past 16 years. Going to Cuba with a choir has been a lifelong dream for her.

The choir is accompanied by Sean Mooney, a versatile and virtuosic piano player. Also joining the band for this concert are the rocksteady Grahame Edwards on bass and advanced Vanier student, Jonathan Fairbank on drums.

At this intimate sneak peek concert, the choirs will be singing everything from Neil Young to Christmas carols. Several soloists from the choirs will also sing with the band.

A silent auction with unique and exciting items will be held to raise funds to purchase musical equipment, personal hygiene items and school supplies for Cuban musicians and students. Just in Time presents their full Canadiana set at the Sid Williams Theatre on Feb. 8th.

Doors open 7 pm, show starts 7:30. Adnission $12 at thre door; advance tickets $10 at Red Carpet Boutique or Bop City.

Just in Time choirspreview Cuba trip tunesat The Little Red Church

Why not take a day for yourself this Saturday December 21st to celebrate the Winter Solstice? Jade de Trey will facilitate a Solstice celebration “playshop” com-bining collage arts, mandala making and chakra dance.

“Solstice is the day when we have the shortest amount of daylight and the longest amount of dark or night” says de Trey. “There is something joyous and hopeful about celebrating the return of the light. Solstice can be a perfect time for reflecting on the year past and making space for what you wish your next year.

“I invite you to join me in a day of expressive move-ment and art shared with others. You can come as you are and there is no experience required. I will guide participants on a joyful movement journey through the whole body via our energy centers called chakras”.

You do not need movement, dance or art experience to attend. It is suitable for seniors, adults, teens and children with adults.

People can choose to make art for the pure joy of it and/or they could create a highest vision of their year to come and express it through their collage. Expressive arts are a magnificent way of freeing up the spirit, body and mind; you are invited to join us!

All materials provided unless you have special images you wish to bring.

Please pre-register. Soup will be served for lunch!The investment is $45 for adults. Bring a friend and

each come for $40. Teens welcome for $25.Jade de Trey is a certified dance-kinetics teacher. She

is trained in modern dance, theatre, contact improvisa-tion, brain compatible dance. She has practiced expres-sive arts for as long as she can remember.

To pre-register or more info call her at 250-703-0842 or visit www:dancewithjade.ca

Art and Movement “play-shop” for Solstice

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Brian Scott thought he had died and gone to heaven when he got special permission to do a 7-hour flight on the Search and Rescue Cormorant helicopter.

Being an “Airforce Brat”, helicopters, besides fight-er jets, have a special place in his heart going back to his early childhood experiences on airforce bases in Europe and Canada. The roar of that jet engine makes his heart jump several beats!

The flight left CFB Comox across the Strait of Georgia over Lions Gate Bridge, up the Fraser Valley snaking up to Hope/Princeton.

Then an exciting exercise with SARs personal jumping out of the chopper into the lake. The exercise caused a traffic jam on Highway 97 as the local had to stop and take a look.

After lunch at Penticton some of the local “beau-ties” came to check out the handsome young “rock-star” pilots. before returning over the spectacular Coast Mountains.

Back in the Comox Valley Scott’s ultimate dream came true with four passes around the Comox glacier at the perfect speed for photography. The artist shot 200 digital images on the flight.

The glacier from the air is like a massive sculp-ture, not at all like we see from ground level. Every movement of the aircraft sets off different forms with all the irregularity of 10,000 years of glacial move-ment.

In Scott’s paintings he has attempted to capture the movement of this slow process over the milleneum, this massive ice sheet as it slowly moved and carved out all the landscape forms of our breath taking Comox Valley!

Scott’s paintings can be seen at his Black Creek Studio or at the Rec Center at CFB Comox.

Proceeds from the sales of prints are going towards a special bursary.

One of Brian Scott’s Cormorant flight paintings

Artist Brian Scott ready for Cormorant flight

Cormorant flightinspires local artistfor new paintings

“spur-of-the-mo·ment” [spur-uhv-thuh-moh-muhnt]

adjective: occurring or done without advance preparation or deliberation; extemporaneous; unplanned: a spur-of-the-moment decision. - Dictionary.com

“If we couldn’t laugh we would all go insane.” - Robert Frost

The newly formed Comox Valley-based improv troupe “Spur of the Moment” are collaborating with other Alumni of the Vanier theatre department to create an entertaining showcase made up of Improv, Music, and other talents on December 22nd at 2:00 pm in the Vanier Drama Room.

“Spur of the Moment” improv troupe is made up of G.P. Vanier graduates Cierrah Gibbs, Sandra Ngo, and Bryan Johnson and they are so excited to be making their debut!

They hope to do monthly performances starting in the new year and along with other Vanier Alumni as guest performers, this show will help kick start their improv

careers! There will be improv and laugh-ter!

As well, the other Vanier Improv gradu-ates from over the years will be showcas-ing some of the talents they have been honing since graduation.

The funds raised will go to helping Spur of the Moment improv troupe get started and to helping Vanier Improv highschool

students pay for their trip to Victoria to compete in The Canadian Improv Games.

Don’t miss out on the chance to laugh until you cry! December 22nd at 2pm in the Vanier Drama Room.

Tickets are $10 for all ages at the door or, by messaging www.facebook.com/SOTMimprov, you may request tickets to be reserved.

Spur of the Moment Improv troupe and Vanier Alumni present show Dec. 22


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