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Comox Valley RCMP responded to the follow-ing incidents between Jan. 6 and 12:

On January 6th police received a report of a break and enter and theft to a business located on the 2400 block of Cousins Avenue in Courtenay. The thief gained entry to the business through an un-locked second fl oor win-dow and once inside stole 2 computers and a small amount of cash. (2015-219)

Police received a re-port of a theft from an unlocked garage on the 8000 block of Henderson Avenue in Black Creek on January 6th. Stolen in the theft was a pair of binocu-lars and a white KUAHRI mountain bike. (2015-225)

On January 7th a report of a break, enter and theft were reported from a busi-ness on the 4800 block of Island Highway North in Courtenay. The culprit entered via an unlocked window and once inside stole cash and electronic equipment. (2015-254)

A report of a hit and run collision was called into police on January 7th. The owner of the vehicle

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reports the vehicle was parked on the street on the 1400 block of Hur-ford Avenue in Courtenay when it was run into. This investigation is continu-ing. (2015-265)

On January 8th the Comox Valley RCMP re-sponded to a report of a break, enter and theft at the Petro Canada located at 1720 Anderton Road in Comox. The police service dog attended and a track was followed to a resi-dence on the 1800 block of Preston Road in Comox where a male subject was located and arrested. The man has been charged and will be appearing in court at a later date. (2015-299)

On January 9th police were called to two sepa-

rate instances of break, enter and theft at busi-nesses in the Courtenay area. Thieves targeted cash and jewellery in these break-ins with a value of approximately $3000.00. (2015-342 & 344)

Police received a report of a theft from a residence on January 10th from a resident on the 1000 block of Edgett Road, Courtenay. Thieves stole several thousands of dol-lars’ worth of electronics, cash and other household goods. (2015 - 377)

On January 11th a report of a mischief was called into police by a homeown-er on the 600 block of Anderton Road in Comox. Unknown persons spray-painted graffi ti on the ga-

rage door at that location. (2015 - 444)

On January 12th po-lice were called to a re-port of a break, enter and theft from a business on the 3900 block of Island Highway South in Roys-ton. The culprit entered the building via an un-locked rear window in the business. Stolen were two computers and an undis-closed amount of cash. (2015-477)

Police report that on January 12th a suspect was arrested in several of the break and enters that have been occurring the Comox Valley over the past few weeks. The Comox Valley resident was arrested and held in custody pending a court appearance.

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BY PHILIP ROUNDSpecial to the Echo

When a couple from Hong Kong bought Union Street Grill in downtown Courtenay in 2014, it was the latest in a number of lo-cal business investments down the years by people from China.

And it now turns out they were not the only people from that part of the world showing interest in buying a business in the area.

Marty Douglas, man-aging broker of Re/Max Ocean Pacific Realty says he’s currently aware of about half-a-dozen ongoing inquiries about potential commercial investments in the Valley from Chinese clients or their agents.

It’s not yet clear how many will come to fruition, and some are still looking for good opportunities in the spring or later in the year.

The upswing in Chi-nese interest is confirmed by Maggie Mah, a regulat-ed Canadian immigration consultant with legal firm Ansley and Company in Courtenay.

She told the Echo she is currently acting for a num-ber of local businesses that are either for sale as going concerns, or where the owners are thinking about selling.

Mah says the recent in-crease in interest in the Co-mox Valley and Vancouver Island more generally is motivated by BC govern-ment immigration pro-

grams to encourage busi-nesspeople from overseas - not just China - to invest in commercial enterpris-es in areas of the province outside the Metro Vancou-ver and Abbotsford areas.

BC’s ‘regional entrepre-neur’ and ‘regional busi-ness succession’ programs look to protect existing em-ployment and expand job opportunities outside the Lower Mainland.

For those with the mon-ey to invest and the ap-propriate expertise, they offer a route to perma-nent immigration after a two-year period during which they have to show solid progress on imple-menting their business plan.

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Chinese looking to invest in Comox Valley businesses

B.C.’s ‘regional entrepreneur’ and ‘regional business succession’ programs fuel interest

BUSINESS AND IMMIGRATION

The recent increase in interest in the Comox Valley is motivated by BC government pro-grams ... to invest in areas outside Metro Vancouver”

MAGGIE MAH Ansley and Company

Canada is expecting huge growth in tourism from China ... follow-ing relaxation of travel rules, and we know that tourism can drive im-migration”

MARTY DOUGLASManaging broker of Re/Max Ocean Pacifi c Realty

Zhao Zhengfu (front right, seated), the new co-owner of Union Street Grill, poses with staff shortly after purchasing the restaurant. He’s kept on the current staff and maintained the direction of the restaurant estab-lished by the previous owners

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At the basic level, investors have to buy businesses worth at least $200,000, and also have to have a further $400,000 in personal net worth to get their initial work permit.

But Mah says in reality the cost of buying in to the pro-gram is often a lot more.

That hasn’t dissuaded the current wave of potential inves-tors, especially since a different Canada-wide federal govern-ment ‘investor immigrant’ pro-gram was closed last year, and some other provincial schemes have also been shut down.

As a result, the places where people can still invest in Cana-da in order to open a route to immigration have been much reduced. So to ensure its own program is not abused, the BC provincial government has set tough conditions that new ap-plicants must meet.

Those conditions are to en-sure people who are accepted are indeed genuine entrepre-neurs who have a track record in business, whose money has been raised from legitimate sources, and who have busi-ness plans for their acquisitions here to grow employment.

In fact, it’s a requirement of the province that investors “must create one or more new jobs for Canadian citizens or permanent residents” as part of their commitment.

A key part of Mah’s work is checking on behalf of local sell-ers that prospective purchasers do match the criteria, so there are no hiccups in the transac-tions - and that all takes time.

She has a head start in the due diligence process, as she is originally from China, still has many contacts there, knows the system, and speaks the lan-guage fluently.

For reasons of confidenti-ality, no details of businesses involved in discussions with either realtors of legal agents can be revealed, but Mah con-firmed that current interest is in a variety of enterprises on the Island, including restau-rants and other service busi-nesses, farming and wineries, and light industry.

There appears to be a sec-ond reason Chinese interest is peaking now; not just that the provincial regional programs are relatively new and took time to settle in.

Marty Douglas notes the depreciation of the Canadian dollar against the Chinese ren-minbi on the currency markets means the money of Chinese investors goes much further than it did a year or more ago.

He believes this is a factor in the spike in interest and the apparent willingness of inves-tors to pay good prices for suc-cessful businesses. “There’s certainly some evidence that Chinese investor immigrants

tend to pay more than local ap-praisers sometimes expect,” he adds.

Mah confirms that, noting that people in such circum-stances are in reality buyingmore than just the business, but a route to immigration. But they still want to be sure theyare getting a fair deal.

Douglas doesn’t envision the Comox Valley becoming a significant draw for Chineseimmigration - unlike the Lower Mainland, where some project a doubling of the Chinese pop-ulation to 800,000 over com-ing years. But he does believelocal historic and more recentlinks with China and Taiwancould help fuel additional inter-est in the Comox Valley.

He also notes the growth of tourism from China’s rapidly-expanding middle classes will encourage further immigra-tion applications in the future for people who want to settlein western Canada.

“Canada is expecting huge growth in tourism from China over the next two or three years following relaxation of travel rules, and we know that tour-ism can drive immigration,” he says.

“After people have visited Canada, some return home thinking what a great place itwould be to live - and it is.

“Investing in businesses is one way to achieve that forthose who have the money.”

Chinese look to invest in Valley businesses

For the very fi rst time, the Chief Justice of Canada, Beverley McLachlin, will be coming to the Comox Valley to give a public lec-ture.

This event is part of the Com-munity Justice Centre’s Annual Iona Campagnolo Lectures in Re-storative Justice. Partnering in this lecture series is North Island Col-lege’s Department of Criminology and the City of Courtenay’s Cen-tennial Year Celebrations Commit-tee.

“We have been deeply honoured by the Chief Justice by her accep-tance of the invitation to be the 4th Annual Campagnolo Lecturer” Bruce Curtis, Chief Administrator of the Community Justice Centre said. “It is not likely that the Co-mox Valley will have this kind of opportunity to hear such a distin-guished justice in person again in our lifetimes.”

Chief Justice McLachlin’s lecture is titled “The Evolution of Restor-ative Justice in the Canadian Justice System”. This will be an excellent opportunity for the general public, as well as community leaders and those who work in the justice sys-tem to hear her views on how and where restorative justice is going in the rapidly evolving ways that

justice works in Canada. The half hour lecture will be followed by a half hour Questions and Answers period. Her presentation, at 7:30 PM on Thursday, February 26, in the Sid Williams Theatre, will be an incredibly rare opportunity.

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BY DREW A. PENNER Echo Staff

By the time the fi rst growler made its way up the hill to Dodge City Cycles Dec. 23 it was as if everyone had heard the good news - Cumberland Brewing Company was open for business.

“Like wildfi re the word spread and we were slammed all day long,” said co-owner Darren Adam, swinging his speech to the clarinet music pumping from the speakers in the craft brewery at Dunsmuir Avenue and Third Street. “In fi ve hours we must have fi lled close to 500 growlers.”

Locking down the nec-essary licences to open

legally, Adam and busi-ness partner Caroline Tymchuk launched their lounge in time for Christ-mas, presenting Mike Tymchuk-brewed batches of More Cowbell Dunkel-weizen (5% alcohol), Red Tape Pale Ale (5.5%) and Just a Little Bitter English Bitter 4.2%.

Cumberland Brewing Company poured over 2,000 litres of beer in the fi rst week of business, run-ning out of both the bitter and the pale ale briefl y.

Hitting up the all-ages locale is a cozy aff air. You enter from the back, and are greeted by what seems like the result of crossing an urban hipster haunt with a hidden 1920s speak-easy that’s been populated by coal miners, loggers and mountain bikers.

“So this has been malt-ed, but it has also been re-ally slowly roasted at like 175 degrees until it’s that nice brown colour,” Adam says to a customer, point-ing towards a small pile of malted barley.


Like wildfi re the word spread and we were slammed all day long. In fi ve hours we must have fi lled close to 500 growlers.”

DARREN ADAMBusiness partner

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It’s like you’re being let in on a secret that every-one gets to be part of.

Jesse and Sarah Stromquist enjoyed their fi rst jaunt from Royston to sample the Cumberland Brewing Company wares.

“We’re very impressed,” Jesse said, as he moved to the till to pay the tab. “We had the Ploughman’s lunch.”

It was exactly what he was hoping it would be like.

“Cumberland is a small community and this is a cozy place,” he said. “The food is fantastic.”

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BY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

The boil water advisory continues to be in effect and it’s the longest one - almost six weeks - ever is-sued by the Comox Valley Regional District.

It started following the heavy rainstorm in Decem-ber last year.

The CVRD’s senior man-ager of water David Leitch said they are not able to lift it because the turbidi-ty level in the Comox Lake still remains above Island Health Authority’s safety criteria. It is currently at 1.5 nephelometric turbid-ity units at the source. It should be less than one NTU. Despite the good weather, the fine suspend-ed particles continue to linger in the lake and are

You’ve got the mouth of the Cruickshank show-ing extraordinary sedi-ment fl ow to the Conox Lake .... This is what’s led, as far as I can tell, to the turbidiy ...”

DAVID ALLEN Courtenay CAO

We’ve never seen any-thing like this. I’ve been here 48 years and some of the people I have har-vested with are 75-years old and have never seen this before.”

KEN JENSENWoods worker, mushroom picker

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Sediment from Cruikshank River muddies the water conditions in Comox Lake. This shot was taken during the height of the rain storm in December. (City of Courtenay photo)

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Other than the heavy rainfall that hit the valley, what is causing the water quality at the lake to re-main murky and why is it taking so long for it to dis-perse?

The CVRD has no an-swers but there are those who work in and frequent the mountains who are blaming logging opera-tions.

Ken Jensen, who works in non-timber forest prod-ucts and does harvest-ing and studying of wild plants like chanterelle mushrooms and berries in the valley, has seen areas where logging should not have been allowed.

“One of my harvest ar-eas used to be Comox Lake,” said Jensen. “The problem has become that a lot of that has been logged off. So what you’ve got is 45 to 75 degree mountains that are being logged. You’ve got the Cruikshank, which is a major feeder to Comox Lake as well as Wil-lemar Lake and all those areas have been logged off. So when you log them off, what you create is a prob-

lem of water runoff because the trees slow the progres-sion of water when it rains heavy. Well the trees aren’t there to stop them any-more so what you end up with is like an avalanche situation. All the silt comes and there’s nothing to stop it any more.”

Courtenay Chief Ad-

ministrative Officer, David Allen in his report to coun-cil on Monday on the Cour-tenay flooding that took place on Dec. 9-11 last year, also pointed to the mud-flow from the Cruikshank River as the cause of the problem on Comox Lake. He showed aerial photos of the Cruikshank River as

well as Perseverance Creek taken during the height of the storm.

“You’ve got the mouth of the Cruikshank show-ing extraordinary sedi-ment flow to the Comox Lake,” said Allen. “This is what’s led, I think, as far as I can tell, to the turbid-ity that we’ve had over the last month and the boil water advisory that we still have.”

Jensen said the water advisory is mysterious to him.

“We’ve never seen any-thing like this,” said Jens-en. “There are hundreds of us harvesting mushrooms and stuff and none of us has seen a boil water advi-sory. To me, I’ve been here 48 years and some of the people I have harvested with are 75-years old and have never seen this be-fore.”

The Comox Valley has endured a couple of heavy storms in the past. One happened in November 2006. A boil advisory was issued but it only lasted a day. At the time, Comox Strathcona Regional Dis-trict general manager of op-erational services Graeme

Faris said the boil water advisory was the first in 29 years and it was caused by a wash-out on Forbid-den Plateau Road, which resulted in sediment in the Puntledge River.

The other big storm oc-curred in January 2010. There was no boil advisory issued following the major deluge.

Jensen asked what has changed since then?

“What has changed is the technology to log now,” said Jensen. “You’ve got heli-logging so you can get deeper inclines on your logging, you can clear-cut areas that you couldn’t have done thirty to forty years ago. So that’s what has changed. Comox Lake has been there for over 50 years and there’s never been a water boil adviso-ry. We have to take a look at what has changed. It doesn’t take Einstein to figure out when you have an incline and you’ve got nothing to stop it, it goes into the feeder creeks and the sediments end up in the lake.”

Jensen added that he is not against logging.

“This is about doing

things right, having poli-cies in place to protect us and our children’s future,” said Jensen. “Water is es-sential to all life.”

Leitch said the CVRD has heard a lot of theories but they’re not blaming the logging industry.

“We don’t have any ev-idence that it’s caused by clear cut logging activi-ties,” said Leitch.

Leitch indicated there’s been a myriad of changes that have taken place over the years and it’s not only the logging practices.

“The recreation activity out there has changed, the weather, the major storm events have changed, the population has changed and housing,” said Leitch. “So there’s been a lot of change. To pinpoint one thing is really difficult.”

The CVRD has a Water-shed Advisory Committee that has been looking into logging practices as well as other factors like recre-ational activities as part of its watershed protection process. They have been conducting this work prior to all the recent events and will continue conducting their studies.

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Aerial shot of the Cruikshank River tributaries.(City of Courtenay photo)


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BY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

Courtenay staff flooded council with information in its report regarding the flooding event that took place in the city last De-cember.

Chief Administrative Officer David Allen, who was the director of the Emergency Operation Centre set up at city hall at the time and co-chair Da-vid Love, made the presen-tation on Monday.

The initial estimate of the infrastructure dam-age caused by the storm currently sits at around $140,000 but Allen said it could go higher once all the repairs have been com-pleted.

The report featured a chronological account of the events of the three-day flooding from Dec. 9 to 11, which is deemed the larg-est in Courtenay based on 51 years of recorded data. Allen said it was a one-in-100 year event.

Council were shown aerial and ground photos

taken from the RCMP he-licopter of the affected sec-tions of the city as well as the avalanche of sediments that streamed from the Cruikshank River and Per-severance Creek into the region’s source of drinking water, the Comox Lake.

Allen indicated that he thinks this is the reason why to this day, the Comox Valley is still under boil wa-ter advisory.

A graph presented to council shows how high the water was at a certain peri-od and when it receded. It also indicated the amount of rainfall, the dam dis-charges and overtopping, river flows and height of the tide.

When the water rose to alarming levels, evacua-tion notices were issued and some roads had to be closed.

The flooding affected Lewis Park and the busi-ness district located on Tsolum Road and Pun-tledge Road. As well, the report highlighted the situ-ation at Maple Pool camp-ground and the call to evac-

uate the residents living there.

The Fifth Street Bridge and the Old Island High-way at Ryan Road had to be closed, not only to ve-hicular traffic, but also to pedestrians. The RCMP had to be called to man the

bridge and other areas be-cause some people were ig-noring the warning of city staff and crew.

People were not allowed to cross the bridge from downtown Courtenay to the east side because of a risk posed by unseen dan-

gers. Manhole covers were dislodged from their place leaving holes under the wa-ter.

The report indicated that no one was seriously injured nor had any one died. There were no pub-lic health issues other than the boil water advisory.

There is confirmed in-frastructure damage that includes Lews Park’s play-ground and ball diamond No. 2, the water park, as well as trails along Pun-tledge Park, Anderton Ave and 1st Street.

The Linc Youth Centre suffered severe flooding damage and it took a while to get it back into opera-tion.

Dove Creek Road suf-fered undermining and had to be closed to traffic until repairs were done.

The initial estimate of the damage is around $140,000 but Allen said it could change when all the repairs have been complet-ed.

There are also uncon-firmed damages that need to be assessed during the

City flooded. An aerial shot of flooded Lewis Park, Pun-tledge Road and Tsolum Road

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City’s flood damage bill set at $140,000The total could go higher once all the repairs are done to city infrastructure

summer. They include the 5th Street bridge, Lewis Park and Anderton Ave-nue dykes, six major storm water ponds, Morrison, Piercy and Glen Urquhart Creek culverts.

Among the lessons learned from this experi-ence include the value of training for emergencies such as this. They said they plan to conduct more train-ing because they are an in-valuable exercise that’s going to help them in the future.

They will also continue to collate organization-wide inputs already received and they will be reflected in an update to the Flood Emer-gency Response Plan.

As well, a future report of infrastructure improve-ments is being recom-mended on the progress on the Integrated Flood Man-agement Plan.

The report also recom-mended orientation train-ing for council’s role during an emergency.

Allen said the experi-ence has armed them with a wealth of knowledge.


BY DREW A. PENNEREcho Staff

One of Cumberland’s iconic businesses is plan-ning a massive expansion.

Renovations in the works for the Waverley Hotel & Pub include a new commercial space on Main Street, a new kitchen, two residential or office units and more storage space.

“The kitchen can’t keep up to our peak demand times - burger night, Fri-day night and brunch,” he said. “It’s just a tiny space. Putting a lot of money into it wasn’t going to result in much of an improvement. So the idea was just to build a new kitchen - which is a lot bigger step.”

Because the Waver-ley owns half of the gravel

parking lot right outside they saw an opportunity to add to the streetscape of Cumberland while improv-ing the experience for their own patrons.

McLellan decided to add two commercial units right on Dunsmuir Ave-nue and two one-bedroom apartments upstairs.

He turned to fellow Vil-lager Tim Patterson, who has worked on multiple other renovations on aging structures locally - such as of the Ilo Ilo building - for help with the project.

“That’s kind of his spe-cialty - propping up these old buildings and making sure they’re level,” he said. “I appreciate the stuff he’s done and his attention to detail. The things I’ve seen him do I really like.”

The construction will come under the micro-scope of the newly estab-lished Heritage Commis-sion as well as the Advisory Planning Commission.

Located on Dunsmuir Avenue the popular res-taurant and concert venue

Waverley Hotel heads to Heritage Commissionfor expansion approval

Plans include adding a newkitchen, more storage

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falls within the new his-toric core area under the recently adopted Official Community Plan.

Village staff considers the planned construction to be “a significant addi-tion in the Heritage Con-servation area of the Vil-lage.”

This meant the Waver-ley’s owners were required to submit a Heritage Alter-ation Permit and a Devel-opment Variance Permit.

The brand new Heri-tage Commission, which will kick off its existence through a planning work-shop by Lui Carvello Jan. 19, will look over both doc-

uments.After pondering the

Waverley renovations the commission will forward its comments on to coun-cil.

McClellan said he was fully aware the renovations would come under the pur-view of the Advisory Plan-ning and Heritage commis-sions.

“What’s the point of hav-ing the committees if they don’t use them, right?” he said. “We were 99 per cent sure that would be the pro-cess.”

If all goes well con-struction could start this spring.

The Waverley is planning to expand into the section of gravel parkinglot it owns.

Don McLellan, owner of the Waverley, with chef Greg MacDonald in the current kitchen on site.

The regular monthly meeting of St Joseph’s Hospital Auxiliary will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 20 in the upper hall of the Comox Legion at 1:30 PM

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RE: Illegal activities around library draw con-cern

As a 4th year Nursing student and parent, I use the library regularly on my own and with my children to access books, programs and information. As a fre-quent visitor I am aware that the library is used as a safe place to sleep and seek refuge from the cold by vulnerable members of our community. My ex-perience has been that all community members are important to the staff of the library, regardless of housing status. There is no debate that illegal ac-tivity in and around the li-brary is unacceptable and the library has protocols in place to address this. After reading the article I feel another opportunity exists to address the chal-lenges faced by the library and community in addi-tion to an increased police presence.

My experience as nurs-ing student has given me the opportunity to work with Public Health Nurses (PHNs) during commu-nity placements in my 2nd and 3rd year, in both the Comox Valley and Campbell River Health Units. These experiences combined with my educa-tion has given me an un-derstanding of the scope and depth of skills held

by PHNs in population health promotion and pre-vention. Using a founda-tion of social justice and equity, PHNs make holis-tic nursing assessments related to the health and wellness of individuals and populations; this in-cludes assessments of physical, emotional, social and mental health across the lifespan. Based on these assessments PHNs help clients manage both acute and chronic health conditions, assist clients in obtaining health servic-es and make referrals to community agencies.

I appreciate the chal-lenge of balancing both the needs of the commu-nity and the library to cre-ate a safe and welcoming environment for every-one. I believe accessing the knowledge, skills, and evidence-informed prac-tice of PHNs is a good fi t in addressing these chal-lenges. To help the library reach its goal of creating a safe haven for the com-munity, in addition to pro-active policing I propose consultation with Island Health in collaboration with the library to create both space and dedicated nursing care hours to help meet the needs of the community who access the library.

Lisa Clarke4th year BSN

A BOUQUET to the wonderful staff at Comox Valley Animal Hospi-tal. Dr Sacha Edgell and Dr. Faye Briggs were particularly kind and understanding when we took our 17-year-old cat “Sweetheart” in and found out she had cancer. They were caring with her and our family. When the time came to put an end to her suff ering, they grieved with us and gave us the time to say goodbye to our lovely girl.

HUGE BEEF to the Hiring Manag-ers and companies in the Comox Valley! I’ve been trying to fi nd a half decent job for over 6 months now; writing cover letter and resume, after cover letter and resume. STILL NOTHING. I’m extremely sick of seeing: 3 years experience required, must have prior knowledge using (insert whatever computer program here), yada yada yada!! How are the young people of the Comox Valley to ever get experience/knowledge, when no company will ever hire you and give you the chance to get any!? In fact, there is a great possibility that someone who is young and moldable may be just as good, if not, better than, someone who is possibly “set in their ways.” I think you guys need to really take that into consid-eration and think about it. Wait, do I need experience to send in a beef too? Signed, the very smart but unemployed!

TO THE COURTENAY HEALING CENTRE: Thank you for all the time and work you have put in to helping my shoulder and neck problems. I always felt that you truly wanted me to geel better and you always took the time in my appoint-ments. I never felt rushed. In fact I was always grateful for all the time you dedicated to my treat-ments. Thanks to you guys I feel I am on the mend.

A FISTFULL OF BOUQUETS to Team Knockout Martial Arts. I want to say to everyone at Team Knocket, it’s so good to be back after taking time off to deal with a neck prob-lem. I really missed the classes, the instructors and the students. You make working out, keeping active and fi t, fun (a lot of fun) and everyone there gives it such a feeling of camaraderie and a really welcoming atmosphere. It feels good to be back punching and kicking my butt back into shape.

MY HEARTFELT THANKS to the four very kind Samaritans who came to my rescue when my car alarm would not stop. To Brad, who works at Comox Valley Dodge and to Tyson of Georgia Straight Towing and to Bev who works at the Superstore gas station and the gentleman who also came to help. Thank you ever so much. Rich blessings to you all.

BEAUTIFUL BOUQUETS to the very kind gentlemen who assisted my husband after he had a fall on New Years Eve. I remember Tim from Merville but regret that I did not get the name of the cyclist who, at the time, was calling the ambulance. I would like to have thanked you both in person. I hope you will read this and know how much we appreciate your help. My husband is healing well after some stitches and some seri-ous bruising. I would also like to thank all who stopped and off ered help. Thank-you again and we wish you many blessings in 2015.

IS ANYONE CONCERNED with the CVRD water man-agement now that the boil water advisory has gone into its 2nd month. Yes, we’ve heard, read all the reasons for it and I’m not say-ing it’s not justifi ed. But, we live in the Comox Valley, it’s going to rain again and most likely sooner rather than later. If the water doesn’t clear to acceptable lev-els then when it rains it will just stir it up more so the boil water advisory can go on for a few more months. Even if it does clear up as said it’s the Comox Valley it’s going to rain and storm again. The longer without a solution the more it scares me as to much development has happened for to many years without the support-ing infrastructure, such a drink-able water, the more it will cost.

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BEEF TO PARENTS who get a kick out of withholding vis-its with their children for no valid reason. It’s hard to re-late to such controlling be-haviours. What could you possibly be missing from your life to feel the need to threaten others with this? I am sure there are instances where no visitation or super-vised visits are in order...but to be constantly threatened with this to satisfy an emo-tional need is dishearten-ing to say the least. Put your children’s emotional well be-ing and stability first for the love of God.

AFTER THE SMALL EARTHQUAKElast evening I was reminded of a question that has both-ered me for some time. Why is there no obvious plan posted in some of our much frequented public facilities? For instance I use the swim-ming pool twice a week. They tell me they have a plan but there is nothing posted for the public. If I am in the pool or hot tub where is the safest place to go? There is no exit to the outside from the changing rooms. Should we just run out of the clos-est exit to the outside? stay in the changing room? yell “help”? Last evening a friend attended a meeting in d’Esterre house and said the place was packed with people. There is no posting of what to do there either. What about Courtenay and Comox rec centres, Filberg centre? Since we keep be-ing told to expect “The Big One” one of these days and encouraged to be prepared, how about signs on the wall for these and other places where crowds get together to give some guidance to the public.

A PAIR OF CRACKED BINOCU-LARS for Marcus Felgenhauer for the astute observations he reported in a letter to the editor on 12/31/14. I do not know this man personally except that he ran unsuc-cessfully for City Council

this past election. His let-ter states that no one from City Council came out to the Puntledge Park area in the wake of the recent flooding. How could he possibly know this? Did he stand guard as the waters rose, in spite of the evacuation status? Did he go door to door to each business to ask if anyone from City Council had con-tacted them since he report-ed “yet not one word from our council.” I myself, living nearby, took a walk/wade through Puntledge Road on Thursday morning heading for some groceries. No one was there because the evacu-ation alert was not yet lifted. On my return trip, I can per-sonally attest that I crossed paths and said hello to May-or Jangula at the intersection of Puntledge Road and Ryan Road. Could Mr. Felgenhau-er’s hyperbole be a result of sour grapes for not winning a Council seat?

BEEF to the complainer re: their friends home made wine. You say “it tastes like used antifreeze”. How do you know what “used anti-freeze” tastes like? If your tastes run to “used” automo-tive chemicals, surely your friend’s wine is an improve-ment, no matter the vin-tage. If this friendship is as “long and enduring” as you say, surely you can overlook their “plonk” Be kind!

THANKS TO THE STAFF at Courtenay Motorsports! I broke my motorcycle short-ly before the holidays (de-bris in the carburator for you mechanical types) so I brought it into the shop for repair. A few days later when it was fixed and ready for pick-up I was greeted with a very welcome bill for $0. The staff told me that be-cause it was similar to my last problem (fouled spark plugs) and it was within the last 1000kms that they had fixed it for free. A great gift for the holidays and my faith in humanity is restored!

REGARDING THE LETTER say-ing the recent flooding of the roads beside Farquhar-son farm fields means we need a third river crossing: I completely disagree. We live in a town with a river run-ning through it, and very, very occasionally we have to put up with very tempo-rary flooding as a fact of life. Otherwise our two bridges adequately handle the vol-ume of traffic we have here. But what we definitely DO need is for the road between Superstore and the 17th St. bridge to be made four lanes all the way along. It is ridicu-lous to have 4 lanes at both ends of this piece of road, with everyone having to funnel into two lanes in the middle of it. Traffic would be able to move much fast-er if it didn’t have to form single lines in each direc-tion for that small stretch of road. And surely there is room on the side to widen it. Why hasn’t this been done before now?

GREETINGS from The Land of Tall People! This is in re-sponse to the beef weeks ago from a teenager who stated I “flattened” them in a store. Firstly, I wear sunglasses in public because I have a glass eye. If I don’t wear sunglass-es in public, people stare at my glass eye like I am a freak. I lost an eye in a horri-ble car accident caused by a drunk driver that killed one of my children.

Secondly, I am not 6’3” tall, but 5’9” tall. Still tall but not near the 6’3” height you stated. Thirdly, and most importantly, I never knocked-over, bumped-in-to or flattened anyone dur-ing a shopping trip. Check the security video. My law-yer did. Last but not least, if I ever were to acciden-tally bump into someone, I would apologize profusely for my actions. I have lived a lot of years on this planet and I know how to say I am sorry. On a side note; if I got a dime for every person who

bumped into me, left doors to slam into me, cut me off, etc. I would be a millionaire by now. I also have two teen-aged children whom I adore, so your comments that I must have issues with teen-agers is very odd and unwar-ranted indeed. Making fun of my eyewear/disability, my height and the accusatory remark that I “flattened” (your word) you, shows you need help, professional help. We aren’t angry with you, we feel very sorry for you.

ANOTHER OWN GOAL for the CVRD, planning a sewage pump station in between residential homes, anoth-er replay looming of the disaster of the first sew-age plant, which if memory serves,(correct me if I am wrong) the taxpayer had to pay an undisclosed amount on behalf of the CVRD when they were sued. The Reg Distict seems to have a track record of permitting and en-couraging highly question-able developments in resi-dential neighbourhoods, that serve only to devalue existing properties, and cre-ate visual eyesores,I know, I live across from two of them, as for the residents affected by the #2 pump station, you will be sacrificed, the CVRD is not your friend,have they offered to purchase your property?...no, didn’t think so.

WITH OVER 60,000 PEOPLEthat live in the Comox Val-ley & a community that is growing, we should be enti-tled to reliable, safe & clean drinking water. We don’t live in a third world country. If we need to upgrade our wa-ter treatment facilities, then do it. This is what we pay property taxes for. Also you would think there would be some kind of funding avail-able from the provincial or federal government for in-frastructure upgrades like water treatment. Maybe our local MP & MLA should be looking into it!

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Three to benefit our Hos-pice. Between their angelic voices and sense of humor, it was a fun night for all. Going into this year’s performance, these ladies have raised more than $19K for Hospice. Un-doubtedly, the standing-room only turnout for this year’s concert popped that over $20K. It is awesome to live in a community where such talented people give so much to make all of our lives richer every year.

WHILE THE COST OF GAS is coming down why is every-thing else costing more? In the past businesses have told us that prices increase be-cause of the increased cost of fuel for shipping, etc. For us seniors who cannot afford to drive we are not benefit-ing from the decreased gas prices and the small indexing of our pensions is nowhere near enough to cover these increased costs.

A MOST SUCCESSFUL YEAR to the team at Reliable Auto Body. After our son had an accident with his older ve-hicle in Victoria, I contacted Reliable and asked for some rough information about fix-ing the car. They were very honest with me regarding the age of the car and how much they were looking at to repair and gave me various options that were in our best interest. Due to this info, we are do-ing an alternative but when a business puts the clients needs ahead of just getting the job, I feel it deserves the recognition and respect due. Thank you again for your honesty in business!

TO THE TWO LADIES that

picked up my scarf in the parking lot near Lerwick and Ryan Rd! I know when my husband asked, you thought it was a shirt! The scarf was a gift from my daughter and I would love to get it back. I would appreciate if you could call me. Thanks, Lynn. 250-

923-8811.

STEET SMART KIDZ of Cana-da would like to thank The Whistle Stop Pub, Barry, Ta-mi, Johnny & Staff for allow-ing us to use their wonderful place. A Huge Round of Ap-plause goes to all the regulars of The Whistle Stop Pub. Be-cause of your support, we have continued being Can-ada’s #1 Website for FREE Child Safety Information. Special thanks to Glen, Andy, Barb, Sue, (the cute German couple) and Keith.

GLORIOUS RUNNING TRAILS with the wind at your back to the man that so generously coaxed my lost dog back to the Parking Lot at Seal Bay on Saturday January 10/15. It was very stressful trying to find my dog and I was go-ing to have to drive around to the various entry points in an attempt to find him. You al-tered your entire run to help me and caught up with us at the end of our run and I was so grateful for your kindness. Thank you so very much.

MY SKATING CLASS I am just a little girl,My parents wanted me to

give skating a-whirl,The classes were at The

Sports Center,I was greeted by a tall,

handsome teacher,His smiles and calm

words comforted me,As the ice was cold, hard

and vast as far as I could see,

I fell and as a tear rolled down my face,

He was beside me instant-ly full of grace,

He said, “I know how you feel, I fall too.”

“Are you hurt? I will help you. I am here for you.”

He understood me and helped me to learn,

How to skate, stop and turn.

I still fall but now it’s fun!Because you Alex,Are Number One!

And here’s the clincher:Santa sent me skates by

Fed-Ex!

BEEF TO THE BONEHEADS that come to the beach accesses on Curtis Road and leave all their rubbish behind in the parking areas. What, you think your moms will come clean up after you? Smarten up and take your trash with you when you leave!

TO THE GENTS complain-ing about ICBC’s required medical for 80-year-old driv-ers, perhaps there should be a fixed fee but bear in mind Doctors are also in busi-ness to make money and will charge what the market will bear. If it makes you feel any better those of us with com-mercial licenses are required to pay for a medical every three years and a medical ‘processing fee’ when we re-new our license. NONE of this is tax deductible even thought I cannot work with-out this license. Since MSP premiums are also non-de-ductible one would be led to believe the government re-ally isn’t concerned with our health, only with our contri-butions to ‘general revenues’. I would support a fixed fee medical that was also tax-deductible.

MY BEEF is to the jerk that feels that it is ok to take out-door Christmas decorations from my yard on Anderton and Noel, Comox. May kar-ma catch up to you in future Christmases.

THANK YOU and a no-non-sense BOUQUET to MIKE MILNE of COURTENAY MAZDA for helping a cus-tomer and family in distress over the Holidays! In head-ing home to the Comox Valley from the Kootenays our vehicle’s traction con-trol warning system experi-enced a slight difficulty over one of the steep and snowy mountain passes. In facing

some uncertain advice from the factory service centre, to tow the vehicle to Kelowna, 4+ hours away, I called “Maz-da Mike” (on Saturday Dec. 27th - when most shops were closed) to get a second opin-ion. Mike made some calls to determine the meaning of the codes and quickly diag-nosed the possible problem (which was easily fixed at a nearby Canadian Tire). With a slightly less heavy foot on the accelerator we were back on our way! Safe and prac-tical advice, no tow neces-sary!

OUR FAMILY would like to thank the dedicated vol-unteers and organizers of the recent Snow Festival at Mount Washington. What an amazing four days it was for our daughter! She has snow-boarded before but due to surgeries hasn’t for a few years. In the meantime, she was a bit fearful to return and try again. The instructors were super patient with her and retaught her the skills she needed to be a successful boarder. What they passed on was something that can’t be taught -- the joy of snow-boarding! Our daughter is well on her way to becom-ing a regular on the moun-tain again -- should we get snow. Thanks you so much for all of your dedication to teaching people who cannot always access the mountain with the ease that a typi-cal person can. We are truly blessed to have such a great organization within minutes of our home.

A VERY HUGE BOUQUET to Chris from Georgia Straight Towing. My vehicle was dead in my driveway so called Georgia Straight Towing to tow the vehicle to a garage. Chris was able to solve the problem at much less cost than towing and avoided the need to take it to a garage. The service I got was above and beyond expectations.

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BEEF to drivers who forgetdaytime running lights aren’tenough in the fog or night.It’s your tail lights that willstop you being rear ended,please turn your lights on.BEEF to drivers who idle ve-hicles (outside of preschoolswhile kids are playing out-side), just to keep their softbutts warm. Idling is actu-ally bad for your engine, it’snot the 1970s anymore, your1 ton truck doesn’t need tobe ‘warmed up’ and can han-dle being turned off and onagain, plus your candy back-side can surely stand ourbalmy 8 degree winters.


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Pearl Ellis Gallery opens the New Year with Ruth Rae“All Over the Place” is

Comox artist Ruth Rae’s fi rst solo show and a tribute to the spectacular surroundings in which we live.

A west coaster from birth (she wonders why would one live anywhere else) she fi nds joyful in-spiration in nature at ev-ery turn and captures that by studying it in daily forays into the nooks and crannies of the Comox Valley.

To her, sharing that inspiration by creating

visual art makes joyful sense!

She hopes that by inter-nalizing her surroundings and then allowing those impressions to be recre-ated she is serving her town and refl ecting the values of her community. Favourite spots include Mack Laing Park, Goose Spit, Kye Bay, Royston waterfront, and Macdon-ald Wood.

Ruth is a mainly self-taught artist who had a distracting yet interesting career in legal work for

some 20 years, so she’s playing catchup and lov-ing it, proving art skills are not a matter of age but more of determina-tion and passion.

Her choice of mediums include pencil, ink, wa-tercolour, acrylic, and her favourite, pastel.

She recalls taking sev-eral lessons with Comox artist Sandi Lamb, who encouraged her to create work for a show - the idea seemed a distant dream, and here she is with her very own show.

This artist feels tremen-dously fortunate to be All Over the Place in medi-ums and on foot in the Comox Valley and beyond and honoured to share that with all who view her work.

A Meet and Greet on Saturday, January 17 from 1-4 pm will be the offi cial opening of Ruth Rae’s exhibit at the Pearl Ellis Gallery in Comox. The gallery is at 1729 Comox Avenue and is open Tues-day to Saturday 10 to 4; Sunday 1 pm to 4 pm.A work by Ruth Rae

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Get a head start on your World Communi-ty Film Festival viewing with a sneak preview of the award-winning documentary, Above All Else, Tuesday, January 20th at 7pm in the North Island College Theatre, Courtenay. Admission is by donation.

Above All Else is an intimate portrait of landowners and activists in East Texas who take peaceful direct action to stop construc-tion of the Keystone XL pipeline. Risking fi -nancial ruin and their personal safety, these unforgettable people and their stories be-come an exploration of the human spirit.

The main character in this fi lm, David Daniel, spent decades as a gymnast and stunt man before retiring with his wife and new-born daughter to the woods of East Texas. Shortly after buying his acreage, he learned that surveyors for TransCanada were tres-passing on his land. Daniel becomes worried about the pipeline and mounts protests and awareness campaigns. Soon, other tactics are called for.

Along with some students and spirited old-er women (“the more I read” about tar sands, one says, “the pissed-off er I get”), Daniel starts training for peaceful direct action. He is informed that he could be arrested on his own property for trespassing if he impedes the construction of the pipeline.

The protesters construct and occupy treehouses that will be destroyed if Tran-sCanada’s tree-cutting machinery sticks to its threatened route. Against all odds, the demonstrators refuse to stand down. This dramatic story is a window into how social change happens.

For links to fi lm trailers and descriptions of all the fi lms in the 24th World Community Film Festival (Feb. 6 and 7 in the Sid Wil-liams Theatre and nearby venues), go to www.worldcommunity.ca. FMI: 250 337-5412

World Community Film Fest Sneak PreviewTuesday night

Centennial celebrations for the City of Courtenay’s 100th birthday continue at the Sid Williams Theatre with a three part series of classic fi lms called Bickle Theatre Origi-nals, a tribute to the theatre’s beginnings as a cinema when it fi rst opened as the Bickle Theatre back in 1935.

The Sid Williams Theatre Society presents the fi rst fi lm in the series, the 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz, on Sunday January 18.

The second fi lm, Meet Me In St. Louis, follows on Feb-ruary 15, and the third one, Some Like It Hot, will be screened on March 22.

One of the best-loved mov-ies of all time, Judy Garland stars as Dorothy, a young farm girl who is whisked away by a twister to Oz. Ac-companied by a brainless

Scarecrow, a heartless Tin Man, and a Cowardly Lion, Dorothy and her dog, Toto, follow the yellow brick road seeking the Wizard of Oz in hope he may grant her wish to return home.

Admission is pay what you can by donation.

Doors open at 6:00 pm, and the fi lm begins at 7:00 pm.

There will be popcorn and prizes, as well as some spe-

cial characters in attendance.Those attending the fi lm

will have the chance to en-ter a door prize draw for two tickets plus transportation to see Beauty and the Beast in Vancouver on February 7, prize courtesy of Courtenay Recreation and the Ever-green Club.

The Evergreen Club, along with Ambassador Transpor-tation Services, is off ering its membership a special ex-cursion to each of the Bickle Theatre Original fi lms. De-tails available in the Ever-green monthly newsletter.

For more information visit www.sidwilliamstheatre.com.

The Wizard of Oz plays at The Sid on Sunday night as part of the Bickle Theatre Originals series

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David Rovics, political ballader and humourist is coming to the Comox Valley. We get a rare treat to see this Portland, Or-egon troubadour at our favourite friendly venue Zocalo Cafe and Bistro on Thursday Jan 22nd start-ing at 7 PM. Tix are $15 at the door. David Rovics is a wonderfully thoughtful and funny songwriter and musician who sings songs that matter.

David Rovics grew up in a family of classical musi-cians in Wilton, Connecti-cut, and became a fan of populist regimes early on.

By the early 90’s he was a full-time busker in the Boston subways and by the mid-90’s he was traveling the world as a professional fl at-picking rabble-rouser.

His essays are published regularly on Counter-Punch and elsewhere, and the 200+ songs he makes available for free on the web have been download-ed more than a million times. Most importantly, he’s really good.

If you want to reserve a table and dinner phone Zocalo (250-331-0933) or for more info contact Bri-an at 250-334-3624.

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Fun, food, friendship and giving

YANA announces An-nual Dinner and Auction date, set for February 27.

This popular evening brings the community to-gether in celebration and support of YANA.

Dinner and silent auc-tion are followed by an exciting live auction, fea-turing auctioneer Dave Stevens.

Karen McKinnon pres-ents a much anticipated photographic documenta-ry, of the medical journey of a YANA family.

“The YANA Dinner and Auction is our biggest fundraiser,” explains Pres-ident, Judy Cryer.

“Not only does it gen-erate a large part of our annual revenue but it’s an opportunity to acknowl-edge the 28 years of sup-port this community has given to YANA and helps ensure we will be here for 28 more.”

YANA provides accom-modation and direct fund-ing to Comox Valley fami-lies who need to travel for the medical care of a child or pregnant mother.

Founded in 1986 by Sandra Williams, YANA has assisted hundreds of families and upheld its grass roots ideal, that ‘You Are Not Alone.’

To be part of the gen-erosity that is required to host such an event:

Donate an item or ser-vice for the auction.

Create a gift basket or purchase an item with a group of colleagues, friends or teammates and donate in the group’s name.

Sponsor a table at the

event for $150. Your mar-keting image will be dis-played on the scrolling big screen, and your business information on tent cards at one of the tables. Details on this or other sponsor-ship opportunities avail-able upon request.

Attend the auction by purchasing a $60.00 tick-et. Last year tickets sold out in one hour!

They will go on sale on Sunday, January 18th at 9:00am and are available on-line only at yanaco-moxvalley.com

“We are blessed by the unique culture of giving that has grown around YANA,” says Executive Di-rector, Marcie Dumais.

“This beautiful story was graciously shared with us by YANA volunteer, do-nor, and auction guest, Jenny Deters, after last year’s event. It is a lovely illustration of the impact

of our community’s com-mitment to YANA.”

“AN ANGEL WALKED INTO MY ROOM”

I had such a great time at the Y.A.N.A. Comox Valley auction last night. While I was there it occurred to me that not many people knew why this organiza-tion was so dear to my heart.

At 20 years old I was fl own by helicopter to Van-couver wearing nothing but a hospital robe. Five months pregnant with my second child and

I was told that my kid-neys were failing. I spent a very scary two months on bed rest until, at thirty-two weeks, they decided they could not wait any longer and had to deliver my little peanut.

Isaiah was born at just three pounds and he was a miracle. I was told he

would spend the next two months, at least, in hospi-tal care, with most of that being in Vancouver.

Two days after my son was born, hospital staff came in to inform me that I was being released from the hospital. They needed my room for someone else. My baby had to stay, of course, but I could not.

I had no money, no clothing, nowhere to go. As I sat crying in my hos-pital bed wondering what I was going to do, scared, emotionally and physically drained from the traumat-ic birth of my tiny bundle two days earlier, an angel walked in to my room.

She told me she was from some mysterious organization called YANA and they were here to lend me an apartment for as long as I needed, two blocks from the hospital. She also was going to give me some clothing so I did not have to walk the city naked, and fi lled the fridge full of food.

Basically she gave me the ability to spend the fi rst two critical months with my son worry free.

This was a gift that I could never repay. This is why I love this organiza-tion and those who volun-teer/donate to ensure that other families can have this priceless gift as well. Thank you.”

The Evergreen Club presents their next Trash & Treasures Sale. This huge multi-vendor sale will take place Sunday, January 25th from 9 am to 2 pm at Courtenay Rec-reation’s Florence Filberg Centre in the upper Con-ference Hall.

The location is perfect; one fl oor all under one roof. This huge indoor sale is a great reason to take a break from your winter hibernation. Why not grab a friend a make an outing of it?

The Evergreen Club Kitchen will be running a refreshment stand up-stairs so you can order sandwiches, desserts, and hot or cold drinks when you need a break from your shopping.

Direct seller vendors will be there like Arbonne

Skincare to get those hard to fi nd items without at-tending a direct seller home party.

Organizations like East-ern Star will be selling raf-fl e tickets and the Sorop-timist Club will be selling collectibles to help raise money.

You can feel good about supporting your local crafters too; homemade soaps, jewellery, jams, and photography will be fea-tured.

Of course there will be the fun fl ea market tables to scour through to deter-mine what you see is your own personal trash or treasure to bring home.

Vendor spots are almost all sold out at a $20 deal per table.

FMI call Courtenay Rec-reation’s Filberg offi ce at 250-338-1000.

Evergreen Club presenting a hugeindoor multi-vendor market Jan. 25

Jenny Deters with her son Isaiah

YANA dinner-auction tickets goon sale Sunday ... online only


Mark Burger, Hans Urdahl and the staff at Ives Burger would like to congratulate Paul Ives on his appointment as

Queen's Counsel (Q.C.) by the Attorney General, Minister Suzanne Anton on December 22nd

Arghh! That will be the theme (Pirates Walk the Plank for Conservation) for the Annual Wild Game Banquet Fundraiser host-ed by the Courtenay and District Fish & Game Pro-tective Association on 28 February 2015 at the Flor-ence Filberg Center.

This Jolly Roger spe-cial culinary event is once again catered by Tria Fine Catering. Tickets are $40 each and can be obtained by calling Lin-da Orr @ 250-339-5606 or call the Association caretaker (250-338-9122) from Wednesday to Sun-day 10am-5pm. There are a limited number of tick-ets and the Fundraiser is

open to the public as well as members, so get your tickets early!

The Fundraiser sup-ports many projects for the Courtenay and Dis-trict Fish & Game Protec-tive Association, including several working with Dept. of Fisheries and capture of salmon brood stock in the Trent River to ensure the return of salmon to the river. An Annual Region One Kids Camp teaches outdoor recreation and survival skills. Members are involved in elk reloca-tion programs as well.

The Fish and Game Association is also very active in supporting the community with bursaries

for graduates, the YANA Christmas Tree Auction, the Annual Spring Clean-up, the Fishing Forever Program, the BC Fam-ily Fishing Weekend and much more. In addition, there are various outdoor recreational activities available for members and guests.

The evening will off er raffl es, silent and live auc-tions with many prizes (or booty) donated by sup-portive and always gener-ous local merchants and businesses. Any busi-nesses which may be in-terested in supporting the fundraiser with a donation can contact Gail @ 250-339-4707 or the-offi ce@

courtenayfishandgame.org.

Members are currently canvassing for prize do-nations and leaving local merchants with request letters and we are most appreciative of the sup-port we receive each year. Blow me down; we realize the pressure on local busi-nesses from the many re-quests for fundraisers and want you to know how much we value your sup-port!

Avast, come out for an enjoyable evening! Dress as a pirate and you may win the best male or fe-male costume prize! Shiv-er me timbers, it is going to be great!

Walk the plank for conservationPirate theme for Annual Wild Game Banquet fund-raiser

This Sunday, Jan. 18 “Vancouver Island Mar-mots: a Critically Endan-gered Species” airs on CHEK TV at 4 pm.

Filmed in 1998 the pro-gram chronicles the eff orts of Andrew Bryant and his team as they trapped and tagged animals for the captive breeding program.

At the time the species was on the very brink of disappearing all together and the captive breeding program was their only hope.

Filmmaker Ed Homer traveled with the team high into the mountains behind Nanaimo where most of the remaining marmots lived. Hiking up to the sub-alpine we were able to fi nd a colony with newborn pups. The fi rst

professional footage of juve-nile marmots fi lmed in the wild.

This documentary origi-nally aired on Discovery Channel in Canada and is a testament to the hard work and dedication of all the peo-ple involved in the Vancou-ver Island Marmot Recovery Program.

Every Sunday on “Van-couver Island Chronicles” we profi le islanders who are doing interesting things and making a positive contribu-tion to their community. It’s the people that make Van-couver Island such a great place to live and that is what this series is all about.

For more information about this and other episode featured in the weekly series check our web site www.co-moxvalleyartsandlife.com

Catch documentary on marmots

Your health is the most precious asset you have. There is nothing more important than getting proactive about your health, investing in your well-being, and choos-ing a lifestyle that fosters longevity and vitality.

If you are ready to learn how you can experience greater health, less aches and pains, more energy and balance in your life, then you may wish to at-tend an informative semi-nar by a local doctor.

Naturopathic physician Dr. Deidre Macdonald will be presenting a semi-nar entitled “The Seven Habits of Healthy Living”

on Tuesday January 20 at 7:00 pm at the Crown Isle clubhouse. Admission is by donation and all proceeds will be donated to the Comox Valley Transition Society which provides services to women and children who are victims of domestic violence.

This seminar will be an exploration of the most important principles of health optimization. The latest research on how to enhance longevity and prevent disease will be discussed.

Learn how you can take stock of your current health and make optimal

lifestyle and medical choices for your future. For instance, did you know that 50% of people who have heart attacks and strokes don’t have high cholesterol and that there are other lab tests that can predict your car-diovascular risk?

Did you know clinical studies have shown that exercise is a more eff ec-tive anti-depressant than Prozac?

This seminar will arm you with the information you need to take charge of your health with safe, common sense lifestyle practices and natural medicine.

Topics will include: se-crets of the longest living peoples, the latest re-search on lab tests, foods that improve your energy and immune system, how to optimize your diges-tion to get the most out of your food, keys to cancer and heart disease prevention, solutions for arthritic and back pain, stress management tools and much more!

Naturopathic physi-cians are licensed pri-mary care physicians and provide full diagnostic work up as well as the prevention and treatment of disease using a phi-losophy of lifestyle fi rst,

natural medicine second and pharmaceutical medi-cine third. They have 8-9 years of university training.

Come on out to Crown Isle on Tuesday, January 20 at 7:00pm to learn ways to take charge of your health with ‘The Seven Habits of Healthy Living’ seminar. Admis-sion is by donation.

For more informa-tion or to reserve a seat, contact Dr. Macdonald’s offi ce at 897-0235 or via www.getwellhere.com.

For more information about the Comox Valley Transition Society con-tact cvts.caDr. Deidre Macdonald

Fund-raising benefi t seminar on health


Start the New Year off right, register now for Youth Programs with Courtenay Recreation

From Music Programs to Yoga, Resume Builders to Special PLC Day pro-grams, Courtenay Recre-ation has something for the youth in your life.

Starting in January join us for KickSTART Music Mentorship. For only $20 register for one or more of the following 4 hour work-shops designed to intro-duce youth (12-16 yrs) to music on a budget:

Beginners Guitar - Starts January 21, Guitar Picking - Start January 21, Intro to Songwriting - Starts Janu-ary 24. Space is limited so register early.

For those youth more

interested in the technical side of music, register for a one day course in Begin-ner Music Recording Jan-uary 31st or Intro to DJing February 28th.

Both of these youth workshops will be facili-tated by Eli Hason aka DJ Eliazer, a local DJ who has toured the world develop-ing his talent. These are two workshops not to be missed.

For Youth looking to fur-ther develop ... or to start developing their resume, Courtenay Recreation has several Youth Resume Builder programs start-ing soon. Register now for: Build on Strength: Finding your Inner Super Power - January 24th or Job Preparation Program

- Starts February 14th. These programs promise to help direct participants in the right direction to fi nd their fi rst job!

Stay active and register now for Tween Fit and Fun - Starts January 14th. This special PLC program aims to get tweens 9-12 yrs trying a new activity each PLC day this winter.

For youth looking to “chill out,” register now for Yoga for Youth - Starts Jan 20th. Practice this hatha style yoga with an experienced instruc-tor; learn breathing tech-niques and diff erent poses that promise to calm your body, mind and spirit.

For more information or to register call The Lewis Centre at 250-338-5371.

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Learn how to play musicon a budget youth workshops

CV HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

Enjoy ‘A Day at Wisley Garden’ with garden author

The Comox Valley Hor-ticultural Society begins a new year with guest speaker Margaret Cal-waladr. on January 19th at 7 p.m. at the Florence Fil-berg Centre. All welcome. Non members fee is $5.

Mrs Calwaladr is the author of the bestselling book In Veronica’s Gar-den: A Social History of the Milner Gardens and Woodland.

She has had articles published in Pacifi c Hor-ticulture, GardenWise, Sitelines and many other publications.

While living in the Co-mox Valley, she was a contributor to the Baynes Sound Current.

Her topic at the January

19th meeting is “Antici-pate Spring with a day at The Royal Horticultural Society Wisley Gardens near London, England.

The garden focuses on ed-ucation and features dis-plays that can be incorpo-rated into any size home garden plot

Wisley garden is a 240 acre property. The origi-nal 60 acre parcel was a farm and woodland, do-nated to the Royal Horti-cultural Society in 1903.

The garden has been cultivated and developed into a Horticultural Train-ing and research Centre.

For an advance peek at this stunning garden and their education programs visit https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley

For more information about the Society visit our website at www.comoxval-leyhortsociety.ca

Margaret Calwaladr

Local canine celebrity Samara is recognized for 12 years of service as a St. John Ambulance Therapy Dog; Vancouver Island Area Commissioner Ben Douglas (left) made the presentation. Samara quali-fi ed when she was two years old and is still bringing care and compassion to those in need as she ap-proaches her 15th birthday. The fi rst dog to achieve this milestone, Samara has worked with seniors, including those with Alzheimer’s disease, children with ‘special needs’ (she was the second dog on Van-

couver Island to be certifi ed for that role) and drug and alcohol recoverees. She has served as a “dem-onstration dog” showing new teams how to conduct themselves and participated in a wide variety of public duties. Samara is coming up on 3,000 hours of com-munity service and was even nominated as “Citizen of the Year”, although the committee declined to give a dog such an honour. Her proud handlers/owners are Dave Fletcher (right) and Carol Fletcher.

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day, Jan. 10 was a huge suc-cess. Sixteen teams from the Island and Powell River vied for the top spot.

Winners:Strat A: Gail Fennel, Dave

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Strat C: Grant Bell, Han-nah Kirby, Roberta Ireland, Joan Lund

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Monday, January 5A: 1. Bernice Snyder - Lloyd

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E/W - 1. Harvey Piercy and Louise Elliot; 2. George and Trish Kirkwood; 3. Pe-ter Harding and Pat Cutt; 4. Grace Whetter and Betty Fountain.

Results for Saturday, Jan. 10 (11 1/2 tables):

N/S - 1. John and Lynn Godfrey; 2. Tom and Betty Thomsen; 3. Neil Jackson and Jean Tait; 4. Phil Sandford and Maureen Olafson.

E/W - 1. Rona Lawson and Pat Ailles; 2. Grace Whetter and Betty Fountain; 3. Glen and Pat Sanderson; 4. Pete and Glenda McGrath.

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Courtenay council orders staff to address language in draft request for proposal for housing projectBY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

Courtenay council has rejected the draft request for proposal for the 30-unit housing project on Braidwood Road.

The main issues raised by some members of council centre on the lan-guage used in the draft as well as legal concerns.

Staff presented the draft RFP created by John Jessup to council to select a qualifi ed non-profi t group or organiza-tion that will construct and operate a housing complex that addresses a wide range of in-need and at risk tenants. This proj-ect is high on council’s 2013 Strategic Priorities List.

The RFP was supposed to be issued late last year but it was delayed due to uncertainty regarding funding for annual oper-ating costs. BC Housing has indicated no program is currently available for operating subsidies. The

province also is not mak-ing any fi nancial commit-ments to the project.

With no annual oper-ating funding available, council amended its focus on a supportive housing model for the Braidwood initiative by making it an aff ordable housing model. That means, the range of people it would serve will include not only the homeless and working poor but also struggling families with children and seniors.

Councillor Doug Hillian could not support the draft because he feels that by adopting an aff ordable housing concept, the city is contravening the cov-enant the city agreed on.

Hillian explained when the city acquired the property located between Kean Auto Services and private apartments at Five Oaks Villas for $1, there was an agreement it would be for the develop-ment of an emergency shelter and/or supportive housing.

Groups and organiza-tions in the Comox Valley, as well as other mu-nicipalities, all favoured the supportive housing model. But council’s amendment to the scope of the project’s objective has received a lot of op-position, which council has been made aware of.

Mayor Larry Jangula

said the city is caught in a diffi cult fi nancial situation. He wants this project to proceed but it also has to be fi nancially feasible.

“We are caught be-tween the province and the municipal taxpayers for almost $1 million,” said Jangula. “Basically, I think the community is very vocal and clear that they want us to move forward. I appreciate and understand the need and the want for this sup-portive housing aspect. I get it. The problem is, the money is not there right now. What we’re hoping to get is a Cadillac but we might have to settle for something less than that right now.”

Jangula said he would like council to allow Jes-sup and city staff to move forward with the project, to get a proposal and to get a building built.

“If we have to start off as being aff ordable with some services provided on an outreach basis, that

may be what we start off with,” said Jangula. “That doesn’t mean in the future, when money does come along, which Mr. (David) Allen alluded to as well as Mr. Jessup, we couldn’t turn it into sup-portive housing which has more services and more intensity. I am afraid if we walk and it has to be sup-portive, and the province has no money, then that’s the end of the project. We wasted over $1 million and we have nothing.”

Hillian agrees the com-munity wants this project to proceed but he is con-cerned that what they will be delivering is not what the funding is intended for.

“Not only do we not meet the intent of the greatest need that is out there but we also poten-tially have legal problems based on the money that was arranged for in the fi rst place,” said Hillian.

Council directed staff to revise the draft RFP by addressing some of

the language used as well as consult legal counsel on it.

BC Housing did pro-vide Courtenay a $50,000 Proposal Development Funding loan for the de-sign and development of the Braidwood Road site. City staff used $10,000 to hire a social planning consultant, Jessup to prepare and administer a RFP to non-profi t societ-ies or groups to develop and operate an aff ordable housing project on the site.

The Braidwood Road site has an area of 1617 square meters and is within walking distance to amenities, shopping and the downtown. It has a large, older single family dwelling at the site that is zoned Residential Four Zone.

City staff recommend-ed a maximum three-sto-ry apartment building for this site given its limited size and the close proxim-ity of existing multiple residential buildings.

Councillor Doug Hillian: “Not only do we not meet the intent of the greatest need that is out there but we also potentially have legal problems based on the money that was arranged for in the fi rst place.”

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The provincial Crown has decided not to pursue charges against a Comox Valley police offi cer the Independent Investiga-tions Offi ce of BC report-ed might have commit-ted a crime in an incident where a police dog seri-ously injured a man.

Offi cials in the justice department wouldn’t say much since there are charges pending against the man who was bitten in the January 2014 attack, but note there was “no substantial likelihood” the offi cer involved would have been found guilty.

“It’s important in any case to carefully assess the strength of the avail-able evidence in making the charge assessment de-cision,” said Neil MacKen-zie a spokesperson for the provincial Criminal Justice

Branch. “It was a matter in which the injuries were signifi cant enough that the Independent Investi-gations offi ce concluded it was appropriate to con-duct an investigation.”

On January 31, 2014, around 12:30 pm, Comox Valley RCMP responded to a complaint of a domes-tic assault.

The male suspect had fl ed in a vehicle, driving away dangerously, police claim. The man failed to stop for police, instead abandoned his vehicle and escaping on foot into a wooded area in the vi-cinity of the 2300 block of Jacqueline Drive, near Stotan Falls.

As police gave chase an RCMP dog launched its damaging attack, causing “signifi cant bite injuries” to the man’s right arm.

Kellie Kilpatrick, execu-tive director for public ac-countability with the IIO,

said they look at cases where death or serious harm is directly related to the actions of a police of-fi cer.

She specifi ed that “se-rious harm” is defi ned as an incident which leads to “lack of mobility or per-manent disfi gurement” or requires surgery.

MacKenzie wouldn’t say whether or not the man who was attacked - and is now facing multiple charg-es relating to the same situation - had to undergo any surgical procedures or not.

“There is an outstand-ing matter that’s before the court,” he said, adding, “We apply the same charge assessment standard in all the cases we receive.”

The canine attack is the fi rst police incident in the Comox Valley the IIO has investigated since it was established in 2012.

Its report on the matter

was sent to crown counsel July 10, 2014. The IIO said the offi cer may have com-mitted a Criminal Code off ence.

On Jan. 14, 2015, Crown revealed it would close its investigation.

“In the circumstances of this case the Crown con-cluded the evidence did not support proceeding,” he said. “There wasn’t a substantial likelihood of conviction.”

That’s par for the course with IIO investigations, since only three per cent of cases so far have made it to court.

But that’s not the point, Kilpatrick said. “It’s more about our ability to say to the public that we’ve con-ducted an independent investigation,” she said. “Our mandate arose out of the number of incidents where the public lost con-fi dence in police investi-gating themselves.”

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Cumberland council ad-dressed the “burning is-sue” of Courtenay “mov-ing further and further away” from a commit-ment to help homeless people, in a late breaking item added to the agenda of their Jan. 12 regularly scheduled meeting. Vil-lage politicians voted unanimously to tell Cour-tenay if they don’t follow an the original terms of a $1 land deal meant to pave the way for an emergen-cy shelter or supportive housing - not aff ordable housing - Cumberland will pull its funding.

On Monday Courtenay council discussed a report that expanded the scope of the Braidwood Supportive Housing Project to include aff ordable housing, which is generally considered not to benefi t homeless people as much as sup-portive housing would.

Cumberland councillor Roger Kishi, who served

on the Comox Valley Housing Task Force while it was operating, said there is a critical need for supportive housing in the community.

“That’s housing where there are support pro-grams in place to assist the people living in that housing to maintain their housing,” he said. “Yes we still need aff ordable hous-ing here in the Comox Val-ley as well, because there is a very limited source of it. But when it comes to supportive housing for adults, or adult couples,

Village to City: Don’t back down on commitment to homeless

Now there’s another one that is further removed from the original intent of the money that was raised. This is moving further and further away from the original intent. It doesn’t fi t within the covenant”

GWYN SPROULECumberland Councillor

there is no capacity in the Comox Valley for that. There is no one that pro-vides supportive housing in the Comox Valley.”

The original drive by area municipal govern-ments to borrow half a million dollars in order to purchase property and build a homeless shelter on Cliff e Avenue went bust thanks to NIMBY-ism (NOT IN MY BACK YARD) after the 2011 Courtenay election.

“The other local govern-ments, to be polite, be-came frustrated with the change of commitment and the change of position for the City of Courtenay,” Kishi said. “So there was an agreement put in place where the property was transferred to the City of Courtenay and $100,000 of money that the regional district got through the health authority for home-lessness was transferred to the City of Courte-nay, with the conditions that the property and the funds were to be used for

an emergency shelter or supportive housing.”

The CVRD had bought the Cliff e Avenue lot for $470,000 in 2010.

Cumberland Coun. Gwyn Sproule said Cour-tenay councillors were at the in-camera meeting where the original site was selected, but added Cum-berland has always had a stake in the project.

“It was our money and we thought we were doing something that was help-ful,” she said. “Then it was watered down from being an emergency shelter to an emergency shelter and/or to supportive housing.”

In fact, she was the only regional district director who voted against giving the property to Courtenay for $1 in 2012, despite the unique covenant.

“It’s not clear how transferring this property to the City of Courtenay will advance the provision of a homeless shelter or supportive housing in the Comox Valley, not how we could guarantee the pro-ceeds from this property would go to the original intent, nor is it clear how these conditions could be placed on the City of Courtenay,” she said at the time. “It places the ball entirely in their court and they may not want it.”

The restrictions on the land require Courtenay to use the proceeds from any sale of the property for the same purpose.

The Cliff e Avenue land was sold for $355,000 plus tax, and a new site along Braidwood Road was pur-chased for $264,500 plus tax in 2013.

On Monday, Sproule wasn’t too happy to hear the City of Courtenay was about to try to wriggle out of its responsibility.

The new approach to housing for some of the most vulnerable residents is a new change from the original agreement, she stressed. “Now there’s an-other one that is further removed from the origi-nal intent of the money that was raised,” she said. “This is moving further and further away from the original intent. It doesn’t fi t within the covenant.”

Cumberland Mayor Les-lie Baird wasn’t pleased with Courtenay’s new staff direction either.

“I will support this mo-tion because I sat on theregional district when thiswas being done,” she said.“It was very disappointingbecause Courtenay hadagreed to what was pre-sented - and then to fi ndout that they would notfollow through with thatwas very discouraging.”

Cumberland has estab-lished its own aff ordablehousing committee tolook at taking matters intotheir own hands.

Coun. Kishi said moneythat had been pitched to aregional solution could domore good if put to workwithin the Village.

- With fi les from Philip Round/Comox Valley Echo

A shortlist of wastewa-ter management sce-narios and the estimated costs for a wastewater management service in the Comox Valley Region-al District’s south region will be introduced at an open house, scheduled for Jan. 21, at the Union Bay community hall from 4 to 7 p.m.

The event will include informational boards, with project staff and engineering consultants available to update the community on the short-listed scenarios.

“The community has been very interested in this project for a long time. This is a critical stage where important information is coming forward and we need to hear their feedback,” said Bruce Jolliff e, chair

of the CVRD’s board of directors and director for Baynes Sound-Denman Hornby Islands (Area ‘A’).

The open house is the second in the south region liquid waste management planning (LWMP) process which was launched in May to review options for waste-water management and water resource recovery in the area, and to iden-tify the best solution for providing eff ective sewer service for the Union Bay-Royston area.

“We want people to learn about the work we are doing and to ask questions so we can be sure the fi nal decision is ultimately the best one,” said Kris La Rose, CVRD’s manager of liquid waste planning.

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As 2015 begins with growing concerns over climate change, it is im-portant to be acquainted with both the work done by the province and the tools open to the public to help manage species and ecosystems at risk.

As part of its education-al mandate Comox Valley Nature is pleased to host a public lecture on BC’s conservation data collec-tion systems by Marta Donovan.

Marta is a Registered Professional Biologist who currently works as a botanist in Victoria. She manages information on the status and distribution of rare plants at the BC Conservation Data Cen-tre, and teaches botany in Victoria. Her presentation will focus on work carried

out by the BC CDC and will include slides of local native plants at-risk. A Co-mox Valley resident, Mar-ta is also a respected CVN member who frequently makes CVN’s week-end walks all the more infor-mative.

The British Columbia Conservation Data Cen-tre systematically collects and disseminates infor-mation on plants, animals and ecosystems (ecologi-cal communities) at risk in British Columbia. This information is comp

iled and maintained in a computerized database which provides a central-ized and scientifi c source of information on the sta-tus, locations and level of protection of these organ-isms and ecosystems.

The CDC is part of the

Environmental Protection and Sustainability Divi-sion in the B.C. Ministry of Environment.

It is also part of Nature-Serve Canada, a national organisation, and Nature-Serve, an international organisation of cooperat-ing Conservation Data Centres and Natural Heri-tage Programs all using the same methodology to gather and exchange infor-mation on the threatened elements of biodiversity.

Information and access to the CDC can be found at: http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/cdc/index.html

This lecture “Informa-tion for Conserving Nat-ural Diversity” will take place at the Florence Fil-berg Seniors Centre at 7 pm (sharp), January 18 2015.

Comox Valley Nature is a non-profi t society af-fi liated to BC Nature con-sisting only of unpaid vol-unteers. CVN fulfi lls its educational mandate by hosting monthly lectures, organizing free weekly guided hikes for members,

and a free monthly walk open to the public. The society also undertakes a variety of environmental projects.

Aside from its main activity as a non-profi t, Comox Valley Nature also supports specialized

groups ( Birding, Botany, Conservation ,Garry Oak Restoration, Wetland Res-toration, Photography and Young Naturalists) all of which have separate monthly activities.

Meetings and lectures of the Comox Valley Natu-ralists Society are held on the third Sunday of most months at the Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Ander-ton, Courtenay.

Lecture is free, though a $4 contribution from non-members is appreciated.

Anyone interested in this lecture or participat-ing in CVNS may contact us us at the website http://comoxvalleynaturalist.bc.ca/ or Loys Maingon (CVN President) at 250-331-0143.

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The fi nal game was played against the tourney hosts in front of a bleach-er packed Port Alberni crowd, with cheerleaders along both end lines.

The girls were glad to have one section of sup-portive, cheering Isfeld parents and siblings in the crowd!

Isfeld started out strong with and 8 -0 lead and then Port Alberni had sev-

eral free throw opportuni-ties to tighten the score. The score was 25-23 at the half for Port Alberni.

Having gotten into foul trouble at the beginning of the game three of Isfeld’s players were seeing lim-ited fl oor time but at the start of the third all play-ers got into the game and Avery Snider led the team on a 23 point scoring run (getting several points, plus assists) to give the Ice a strong lead.

Foul trouble continued and turned the game into a nailbiter as with 8:17 left in the game the Ice already had fi ve fouls and with 6 minutes remaining four of Isfeld’s eight players were fouled out so it became a game of 5 on 4 for Port Alberni. Port Alberni put on a full court press and managed to close the gap but Camryn Curts, Dan-ielle Robertson, Delaynee Pedersen-Skene and Kyla Dewitt played hard till the

last whistle and Isfeld won 62-57.

The coaches and par-ents of the Ice were very proud of the girls for the solid team eff ort they put forth all weekend. Con-gratulations to Camryn for being named to the all-star team, and to Avery for being named the tour-nament MVP.

Next weekend the girls will be playing in the Vic-toria Police Tourney. Go Ice!

Isfeld girls overcome Pt. Alberni to win tourney

to fruition this year while maintaining our core club activities: group rides, races and fundraising.”

Established in 2008, UROC’s mandate includes building and maintaining mountain bike infrastruc-ture, hosting races and group rides, facilitating ac-cess to trails and generally advocating for the sport of mountain biking.

The annual general meeting will give UROC’s 180 members a chance to vote in a new board of di-rectors, learn the result of past events and grant ap-plications and, of course, enjoy refreshments from Tarbell’s Deli. Member-

ships will be available at the AGM for mountain bike enthusiasts who are not yet UROC members.

“2014 was an exciting year, and 2015 looks like it will be just as full of new developments,” says Manara. “If you’re at all interested in mountain biking in the Comox Val-ley, I highly encourage you to get involved. Being part of UROC is an excel-lent way to help shape the direction of the sport and the development of our trail network.”

To learn more and get involved, visit www.unit-edridersofcumberland.com.

Fresh off one of their most exciting years to date, the United Riders of Cumberland (UROC) are kicking off 2015 with its annual general meeting, which is open to the pub-lic on February 5 at 7 p.m. at the Riding Fool Hostel.

Of particular interest to anyone who enjoys Cum-berland’s vast trail net-work will be an update on planned logging opera-tions in the area and prog-ress on UROC’s land-use agreement with landown-ers. Attendees will also fi nd out about upcom-ing events, including the opening of Cumberland’s

new jump park, a joint open house with the Vil-lage of Cumberland and UROC’s second annual Trails Forum, a two-day

trail-building workshop.“We’ve been working

hard on a couple of ma-jor capital projects over the last year with the

jump park and land use agreements,” says UROC president Mike Manara. “We look forward to see-ing those projects come

The United Riders of Cumberland (UROC) are holding their annual general meeting on February 5.

UROC AGM to kick off exciting year


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