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Help on the way Discussions ongoing for partners to help the troubled Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com
After a presentation from Karen Hunter, Parksville city council asked staff to look into how the city might be able to help the struggling Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve (MABR). “We’ve begun discussions with UNESCO (United Nations Educational, ScientiďŹ c and Cultural Organization), the university (VIU) and other partners,â€? mayor Chris Burger updated THE NEWS on Thursday. Formed in 2000, the reserve is one of over 500 UNESCO designated sites in the world, but one of only two in B.C. Hunter, former co-ordinator and current board member, gave council basically the same presentation she recently gave to the Regional District of Add your COMMENTS at Nanaimo www.pqbnews.com highlighting the work the MABR has done and asking for help. The RDN turned down taking over MABR completely, but is looking into how they can help. The local MABR foundation has struggled with governance issues for years and failed a periodic review in 2010 for “not meeting the statutory framework criteria.â€? They were given two years to ďŹ x it or face losing the UN designation — which would be See FUTURE OF, page A9
Beachfest hits 90,000 people Sandcastles, entertainment, food and fun for the family at KidFest AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com
A sure sign that the lazy days of summer are numbered, Beachfest wrapped up its ďŹ ve week exhibition this weekend. The Quality Foods Canadian Open Sand Sculpting Competition and Exhibition welcomed just over 90,000 visitors through the gate this year, second only to 99,000 people in 2010. “It was a terriďŹ c ďŹ ve-week span with amazing sculptures and fun events intermingled throughout,â€? said Beach Fes-
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STARTING POINT Fundraiser for road trauma awareness NANOOSE BAY — A fundraiser at the Rocking Horse Pub this Sat., Aug. 25 is looking to raise awareness of road trauma and raise funds for a new non-profit organization that is looking to prevent these horrific automobile crashes. Keith Cyr published a book In Memory Of…A Book to Remember in 2010 of compelling images of SUBMITTED PHOTO/ROCKING HORSE PUB roadside memorials. He held the first annual Road Trauma AwareA homemade quilt made ness Fundraiser event last year. This year there will be a silent for the Road Trauma Awareness Fundraiser this Saturday auction at the pub from noon until 8 p.m. with a slew of items to bid on. at the Rocking Horse Pub. Award winning recording artist Andrea Smith will be performing as will other special guests starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 from the Rocking Horse Pub in Nanoose Bay, Cranky Dog Music in Parksville or at the door. There will also be a free shuttle service for people to get home. More information on this event will be in THE NEWS’ Friday edition. To reserve a shuttle and get more information call 250-248-1238. — Lissa Alexander
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Comis said the bylaw provides clarity that will ultimately save the city money if they ever have As part of their ongoing effort to tidy and to defend it in court. Among the changes the new bylaw clarifies update old bylaws, Parksville city council advanced an updated tree management bylaw at definitions like a “protected tree” being any with a diameter over 50 cm at 1.4 meters (4.5 their Aug. 8 committee of the whole meeting. The update would broaden the definition of feet) above the ground, including all eagle or protected trees and the classification of damage great blue heron nesting trees, trees within 30 to trees and increase the fee for a tree-cutting metres of a watercourse, or the top of a slope of 30 per cent or more. permit from $50 to $75 per Add your COMMENTS at It also includes any spetree. www.pqbnews.com The increased fee still cific trees or plants that the doesn’t cover the actual city has named as “covenant cost of administering the bylaw, points out the trees” in development or subdivision plans. But report from staff. it specifically excludes populus sp. (poplar) and “Trees are an integral part of the environ- alder trees. Other than a few very specific exemptions mental sustainability of our community and as such there are severe, long term implications to like emergency removal of trees in dangerous their unregulated destruction,” the report says. positions from storm damage, protected trees And mayor Chris Burger acknowledged that can not be cut without a permit. Burgersaid there are no exemptions for large anything invoking tree management is likely to or agricultural land reserve properties. get a lot of attention. Director of administrative services Debbie See PENALTY FOR, page A6
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As already reported in THE NEWS, prizes totaling $32,000 were awarded to the sculptors including David Ducharme from Winlaw, B.C. winning first, Fred Dobbs from Victoria, second and a three way tie for third: Karen Fralich (Ontario); Delayne Corbett (Vancouver) and Jeff Strong (Tacoma, Washington). The winning teams were the Sand Boxers from Victoria in first, The Orbital Sanders (Seattle) and Parksville’s own Cutting Edge took third. As official qualifier for the World Championships of Sand Sculpting in Florida, this year’s winners receive airfare, accommodation and a stipend to compete in November, 2013. Dill points out that along with the fun, family event, the mandate of the society includes helping the community grow. A quarter of the gate proceeds go to community projects and philanthropic groups and they also contribute to the maintenance and development of Community Park. They have donated over $250,000 to non-profit groups in the last 13 years and hope to contribute another $40,000 to the 15 groups that helped run the exhibition this year.
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a first in Canada. Hunter said “the past is the past and the future is bright,” stressing that they have a lot to offer in terms of scientific research, sustainability initiatives and public recognition. When pressed for details, Hunter struggled to define the reserve. “It’s about model regions trying to come up with innovative solutions for sustainability,” she said pointing to some of the climate and invasive species monitoring they are involved in. “I don’t want to put a bound-
ary on what a biosphere reserve is,” she said, explaining they are all different, shaped by the local people and geography. Each councillor who spoke said they supported the reserve, but several mentioned the past. “As a resident of this area, the past has tainted a lot of things,” said coun. Marc Lefebvre, asking what the reserve can do to guard against similar problems. Hunter admitted they don’t have anything in their current bylaws to stop similar problems with “rouge elements” but that was one of the things they were
looking to the city for. “We are asking local governments to provide expertise. This region is not shy of progressive sustainability initiatives,” and are experts in governance. She said local governments are already doing a lot of the biosphere work but are not getting the credit and she sees big opportunities, including tourism. She summed up that they are not asking for anything specifically, just for Parksville to be more involved. “The key to moving forward is to establish the right governance
structure,” agreed Burger, who others praised for his work on the issue. “The biosphere reserve is near and dear to my heart,” he said agreeing that “it comes with a lot of international recognition” and the city could take better advantage of the opportunities. To that end the city and VIU are “having great discussions and looking at different models that would have longevity,” he said. “The university is very interested, but it’s still early.”
They are also looking at options like private sector involvement and coordinating with Clayoquot Sound on the west side of the Island, the province’s only other UNESCO biosphere. Council passed a motion asking staff to report back on what the city could do to help. Coun. Al Greir was the only one to vote against it, saying he can see some of the benefits but they haven’t been successful enough on their own and it would be extra work for Parksville staff. For more on the reserve check http://mabr.ca.
Cedar-based group makes unsolicited offer to take over biosphere AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com
The Mid Island Sustainability and Stewardship Initiative (MISSI) has made an unsolicited offer to take over administration and management of the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve (MABR). MISSI president Laurie Gourlay said the biosphere offers huge ecotourism and business
opportunity that would be lost if it was the first UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) site in the country to be de-listed. MISSI, based in Cedar, sent out a news release Thursday proposing a grand regional initiative linking the biosphere, which runs from Bowser to Nanoose Bay, with the Nanaimo River watershed initiative, Nanaimo es-
tuary and the Southern Strait of Georgia National Marine Conservation Area. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for mid-Island residents. Several prominent local features, adjacent to one another, can be linked ... creating a legacy that serves all residents and visitors alike, and extends throughout our region,” Gourlay said.
They are asking local governments to join the effort and recognize Nanaimo as the green gateway to Vancouver Island. Gourlay, involved with biospheres and ecology initiatives across the country for 20 years, said he has spoken with Peter Bridgewater, secretary of the UNESCO program, and “nothing we’re proposing would take anything away from the under-
lying protection of the area.” He admits MISSI “doesn’t have deep pockets,” but believes they would be able to pull in the necessary support from other organizations. Parksville mayor Chris Burger said he hadn’t heard about the proposal, but believes there are other things in the works that will provide other options. — THE NEWS
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Paving work starts on Doehle PARKSVILLE — With preliminary work underway for a 20 unit residential subdivision at Doehle Avenue and Temple Street in Parksville, the city is paving sections of several streets. City and Haylock Brothers Paving crews are resurfacing the 500 block of Doehle Avenue and the 400 block of Willow Street and Heather Place with the paving expected Wednesday and Thursday, coinciding the completion of offsite work for the subdivision of the 1.9 ha. strip down Doehle at 454 Temple Street. As of Monday they expected to complete the paving Thursday. — Auren Ruvinsky
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VOLUNTEER VACANCY The Town of Qualicum Beach is accepting applications from individuals interested in serving on the Town’s three-member Board of Variance. The Board of Variance is appointed by Council to provide independent adjudication of appeals, primarily for minor variances to the land use bylaw regarding siting, size and dimensions of structures if compliance would cause an undue hardship. The Board meets in the Council Chamber on the first Thursday of the month at 3:00 pm, as necessary, if an application is received. Excerpts of Part 5 of the Land Use and Subdivision Bylaw No. 580, 1999 and the Local Government Act, regarding the Board of Variance, may be viewed at the Town of Qualicum Beach Municipal Office or on our website. All appointments are on a volunteer basis and members serve without remuneration for a three-year term. To be considered for an appointment, or re-appointment, apply in writing, including a brief resume, no later than 12:00 Noon, Thursday, August 30, 2012, to: Corporate Administrator Town of Qualicum Beach P.O. Box 130, #201 – 660 Primrose Street Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 1S7 Fax: 250.752.1243 E: tcoates@qualicumbeach.com
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efore us is a chance to revive arts in Parksville. Not the amount of local artists or the quality of the works they create — but the chance to help keep them in the forefront of the community and maintain a central location were existing artists and up-andcomers have a place to show off their work. Parksville’s McMillan Arts Centre (the MAC) is facing an uncertain future, caused by a decided lack of funding, which they need to keep their current location in the city open. It seems sources of money are drying up for the MAC. While they are receiving a small amount from the City of Parksville, they need more in order to reach out for more grants. They are caught in a bit of a vicious circle. Parksville does have an active art community and the MAC is at the centre of it all. Unfortunately, not all of the art community — or its supporters — is being drawn in. The MAC needs our support if it’s going to grow and change to meet the needs of local artists and people who enjoy their work. Money is one thing, and local governments can only go so far, as they are facing financial constraints of their own. Donations will continue to be sought, after all, there are bills to pay. Yet, the traditional sources of cash (such as provincial grants) are drying up and the demand upon what’s left is immense. To help shoulder this load, the MAC needs you. Finding people willing to help, then, falls to the expertise of people — and the MAC needs those people now. People with expertise in finding grants. People whose ideas on promoting art can lift up this place of light and colour. And people who want to live in a community that supports and shows off its artistic talent. The efforts of the Oceanside Community Arts Council (they run the MAC) will come down to people’s support and the answer you make to the questions: Do you think your community is a better place with art, music and dance? And, what are you willing to do to keep all of that here?
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Letters RAIL LINE PIECEMEAL On economic grounds the E&N Railway is simply not sustainable and that has been made very clear in study after study. Today the line is a little more than a piecemeal operation involving a few freight movements, and the heavily subsidized operation of the Via Rail Dayliner and its very small ridership. Furthermore, the impact of “freight” on the rail crossing that we have in Qualicum Beach would, we feel, result in serious congestion. M & D COWAN Qualicum Beach
“Overall, the skill was a lot higher than I had expected.” BRENT DEMERAIS, see story page A35
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Town of Qualicum is painting itself into a corner. When I need something I cannot buy in QB, I make a list of other items I can get in Nanaimo and then make a trip south and hit all of these “big box” stores. This is money that could be spent locally! And it’s usually big money. If (and I don’t know if this is what was being discussed) the “big box” stores come to Wembley Mall, downtown QB will look like a shopping ghost town! And most of the money spent there still won’t come back to QB! WARREN BAILEY Qualicum Beach
GOUGED AT THE PUMP GOING UP? I can’t help noticing that we are continuing to be gouged at the gasoline pump here in mid-Island. I would urge drivers and shoppers to buy your gas and groceries, etc. in a more consumer friendly place like Courtenay. Look up GASBUDDY.COM and do business with those that are following the trend to lower gas prices. You could save money on a trip to Courtenay if you bought gas and groceries there. And a nice day out to boot. KEITH GRIFFIN Parksville
Re: Height debate gets hot in Qualicum Beach. Anybody who has paid even a small degree of attention knows that going forward with city and town planning means going up. This has been the respected orthodoxy for many years. I am astounded that the mayor does not know this. I recommend he read some Jane Jacobs, before he retreats back into his shell. LARY WALDMAN Bowen Island
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Mr. Dreger (Letters, THE NEWS, July 13, 2012) has hit on a subject that has bothered me for some time. In effect, by insisting that the “big box” stores such as Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and Costco stay out of our town, the
Re: French Creek bridge bashed by bicyclists. There are many situations where we are required to yield to oncoming traffic. Maybe these cyclists and other users of narrow ac-
cess situations should learn to do the same. If someone is already on the footbridge, hold back and let them pass by. It is simple and there is no cost to the tax payer. PATRICK FLANAGAN Qualicum Beach
MISSED THE ISSUE I read Bernie Smith’s “Mitt The Twit,” with great interest, because it appears he has missed the essential issue. While excoriating Gov. Romney for a gaffe or two, Mr. Smith fails to focus on the vital issue at hand is a candidate’s philosophy of government. That is what will matter the most over the term of office and that should be where the public attention is riveted — not on a misplaced word or phrase. The great issues before the American public come November’s voting date relate to the power of government; the scope and intrusiveness of government; its ability to create incredibly complex regulations; its propensity to spend money it does not have and thereby accumulate huge deficits and debts. In those matters, where advocacy of less government intrusions falls under the general categories of ‘conservative’ or ‘libertarian’, new vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan is leagues to the right of many Republicans of the past and present. Because he so consistently and forcefully defends such positions, his nomination is a virtual guarantee that this American presidential campaign will turn on issues instead of personalities. Wouldn’t that be a treat for a change? LEONARD MELMAN Nanoose Bay
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VIEWS IN THE NEWS We asked: Is there enough funding for the arts?
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Rules to write by No. I think there needs to be more. Everybody needs a choice for what they do and what they can enjoy.
I think there could be a little more here. The only thing I’ve seen around here is sand castles.
LINDA DUKE French Creek
BLAKE HORSEMAN Grand Prairie
(Parksville) looks nice. I think it would be nice to see an art festival for tourists PAVEL KOMISSAROV Grand Prairie (originally from Tomsk, Russia)
Yes. A wide variety of arts is important for everybody. LISA FRASER Kelowna
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observe but one Cardinal jeman. And it was meant as a joke. Rule as I am being prodExhibit B: Some scurrilous added and scanned by sullen vice from a chap named Shakestrangers in the meat prospeare who wrote, “Let’s kill all the By Arthur Black cessing and dignity renderlawyers.â€? ing plants our airports have beTo which the Lord Chief Justice come. commented: “That was a good joke No joking. in 1600 and it is still a good joke No one-liners, Shaggy Dog stonow.â€? ries, gags, puns or witty banter Mister Chamber’s lawyer added with the wand-wielding Gorgons “And it WAS a joke, my Lord.â€? at Security. If I see my old pal Jack Indeed. I’m happy to report that in the lineup I may wave, semaMister Chambers won his case, his phore, whistle, warble or tweet a greeting to conviction was quashed and it is once again him. What I will NOT do is bellow “Hi Jack!â€? okay to make jokes — even on Twitter. Even Generally speaking the Rent-a-Gropers who about airports staff the security check-ins have limited imagAnd there are some splendid airport jokes. ination and absolutely zero sense of humour. I Such as the one involving a harried and self-imknow that any behaviour I exhibit that separates portant MP caught in a crowd at the MacDonme from the milling herd can lead to an exceed- ald-Cartier airport in Ottawa. Once again, a ingly tiresome visit to, as Paul Simon called it, snow storm had hampered operations; ights The Little Room. were delayed and re-routed, passengers were And it’s not getting better. Paul Chambers, a milling around like herring and the lineups 28-year-old Englishman was arrested and con- were long. victed for making a joke while on his way to the Nowhere longer than at the WestJet check airport. in booth where a harried ticket agent was doIt happened this way. Chambers was en route ing her best to placate irate travellers. The MP to an airport in Yorkshire to take off for a winter barged through the line and bulled his way up to vacation. A snowfall closed the airport. Cham- the desk, demanding a boarding pass. The tickbers tweeted to his friends: “Crap! The airport’s et agent looked at him and said “Sir, as you can closed. They’ve got one week to get their s—t see, there are many passengers ahead of you. together; otherwise I’m blowing the airport sky We’re doing our best to get everyone through high!â€? just as quickly as possible. I’m afraid you’ll have A lame joke for sure — but Mister Chambers to get back in the line and wait your turn.â€? did not send the message to the airport headThe MP went postal. He thumped the desk quarters or to a newspaper reporter or a radio and roared “DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?â€? station hot line show — he sent it to his small Not missing a beat, the WestJet ticket agent circle of Twitter friends. His message was some- picked up the public address microphone and how intercepted, sent to the Yorkshire police announced to the entire airport “Attention, and Chambers was duly arrested, charged and please. We have a gentleman at the WestJet convicted of sending a ‘message of menacing ticket counter who does not know who he is. character’. Anyone who thinks they may know this man Mister Chambers hired a lawyer and went to is asked at this time to please step forward and the High Court in London to have the convic- identify him. Thank you.â€? tion overturned. His defence? It wasn’t a ‘mesThe crowd roared. The man snatched his sage of menace’; it was a joke. wheeled suitcase and blustered off, tossing an His lawyer opened the argument by quoting obscene two-word curse over his shoulder. a line of poetry: “Come friendly bombs, and fall The WestJet clerk picked up the microphone on Slough‌â€? Surely the author of those lines again and said sweetly: “I’m sorry, sir, but you’ll was at least as culpable as Mister Chambers? have to get in line for that, too.â€? Arthur Black is a columnist and author and Better hope not. The line comes from a poem lives on Salt Spring Island by Britain’s one-time poet laureate, John Bet-
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Parksville motorcyclist injured in crash SAANICH — Two motorcycle riders remain in Victoria General Hospital recovering from injuries after a chain reaction collision Aug. 16 on the Pat Bay Highway. The crash was initially reported by police as a motorcycle rear-ending a truck, which had rear-ended a car that had stopped for a road crew near Claremont Road, at about 12:20 p.m. on Thursday. It now appears there was no road crew at all, police say, possibly just driver inattention
and a congested highway. A 47-year-old male motorcycle driver from Parksville and his passenger, a 43-yearold woman from Courtenay, were thrown from their Harley Davidson after braking hard to avoid a GMC Sierra pickup which had rear-ended a Toyota Matrix. The northbound motorcyclists where thrown onto the road and under the back of the Sierra, police say. The drivers of the Sierra and the Toyota, residents of Metchosin and
Saanich, were not injured. The collision is still under investigation by the Saanich trafďŹ c safety unit. Alcohol is not considered a factor in the crash. The incident came one day after, and drove home Transportation Minister Blair Lekstrom’s announcement of a $3 million project to improve safety on that stretch of the Pat Bay. The crash was in the exact area where crews plan to install a “congestion aheadâ€? sign. —Saanich News/Black Press
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ricks to the local mattress store that just sells the product and the fast talking mattress manufacturer that would not honour an obvious factory aw. Bouquets to Coombs Junction Furniture store for going above and beyond in their service to satisfy our needs. We wish we’d gone there ďŹ rst. J. GREAVES Parksville
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Nature primeval — let it be, for our sake
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re land, forest, birds, plants, sky and water valuable only if they generate taxes for its community? Should any part of these be demolished or lessened because they’re not on the tax roles or spending money? Are taxes and the economy everything in the greater scheme of things? In the early days of North America’s European settlement, trees and forests and animals were endless and uncountable. They were in the way; they were the enemy, and so they were hacked at, pushed back, and slaughtered to make way for humans. For hundreds of years, few people ever thought about the forests or the animals coming to an end. It’s true it’s hard to see the forests for the trees when you’re standing on the ground. With the age of air travel, the continent’s growing bald spots became visible.
Gradually, some realized forests and their inhabitants were finite. Some of them even began to understand that without our natural heritage we’d be without a lot of other things. But haughty humans that we are, we too often turn a blind eye to the disappearance of “natural” things in our sphere. Our faith in the human technology that allows us to lead easy, comfortable and sheltered lives tricks us into believing that the loss of a chunk of bush here, some old growth there, a few bugs and weeds, a view of sky or mountains, or the mirror surface of the sea at our doorstep cannot possibly affect our well-being. What hubris! Do you truly “see” the trees in those woods as you walk or drive by; do you thrill to the mountains etched against the blue vault of sky, feel the mystery, the secrets, the solace they encompass?
What about the homes, food and shelter they provide? (No, not for you, for the creatures who call them home.) Do you think of the life that surges there through all the seasons? Do you give any thought to the wonders that can be found there? Wonders that had evolved, been tested, and found satisfactory ages before we came up with our own “modern miracles” But would a subdivision or higher buildings not be an improvement? After the land was cleared, the houses built, the owners moved in, how much and for how long would the predicted benefits be felt in our community? In the long run, would all the storefronts be full, would more people be spending more money (locally), would taxes go down, would Qualicum Beach be a better place to live? What makes Qualicum Beach a “desirable address” right now? So far, it’s a com-
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munity with some heart left in it. All, so far, has not been sacrificed to pavement, stores, condos and the dollar grab. We still have patches of true forest, relatively clean beaches, clear air, sensibly low-rise buildings and views of the mountains. These are what make Q.B. special — but they’re being chipped away at. That’s how the natural world which we enjoy is being endangered beyond repair. And why should we work to save these attributes? They should be saved to save our souls. Deep in every human is a need to touch the earth and the earth’s wild things. It’s a need too often
The next several weeks of the Voice of Business, produced by the Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce, will feature articles by our summer student employees. This week is the third of four feature articles by our summer student employees. Today, Becky Myerscough writes about the Rathtrevor Beach Nature House.
house stay afloat. Although they do sell various items in their gift shop, including books, frozen treats and souvenirs, By Kim Burden it is costly to stock those items, and the nature house often ends its season in the red. So go out and support your local nature house, they do accept donations! It is important, as locals, to know illiam Rath, a gold proswhat is going on in the community, pector in the 1800s from especially during the tourist seaIreland, and his bride Elizabeth, once son. If families come to town, and are looking lived on the land that we know as Rathtrev- for things to do with their children, the nature or Beach Provincial Park. This provincial park house is the place to be! Various programs are holds one of the hidden gems of Parksville. The offered throughout the summer, including JerRathtrevor Nature House, once the house that ry’s Rangers, (daily at 3:30 p.m.), and evening Elizabeth Rath and her family lived in, is a great programs that all ages can attend (daily at 7:30 place for families to visit. p.m.). Guest speakers often come in, including According to Alli Roberts, park naturalist, the the Wildlife Recovery Centre, firefighters and nature house, sponsored by RLC Parks Services, the RCMP. Anyone can participate in the prois not run by or funded by the provincial gov- grams — locals and tourists alike. Without the ernment, despite it being located in a provin- tourist support of the nature house, it would not cial park. It relies heavily on volunteers and is be where it is today, and these programs would always welcoming new volunteers. not be as popular as they are! The nature house holds various fundraising The nature house is unique, as it offers eduevent, including family BBQs, all by donation. If cation on the park, in the park and the naturalyou have a larger group, you can hire a natural- ists try to inspire people to connect with local ist for sleep over field trips, birthday parties, or nature. — by Becky Myerscough just for the day. Events like this help the nature
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their touch and their breath. Others pay homage by learning from the life burgeoning around us. The thing here, is that it’s rather imperative to make the right choice. If we decide that our natural surroundings are not that important, that they come too dear, and we go ahead and cut and build, there’s no changing our minds down the
denied, to our own detriment. Not everyone living or visiting in Qualicum Beach uses or even appreciates the nature surrounding us, but not everyone comes here for the stores and the buying ethic, either. There are many who cherish these wonders and benefit just by knowing that they are there. Some cherish them with their eyes, their ears,
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Parksville’s Doug Courtice has written a book about his years up north.
Remembering the Yukon
H
e went north for two years but stayed for 14 and Doug Courtice, who now calls Parksville home, said his experience of living in the Yukon had a big impact on his family and he wants to ensure the memories of residing in the land of the midnight sun live on. That is why he has penned his first book, Yukon Bound. Courtice has been retired from his career as an educator for 10 years now but he has kept himself busy in Parksville not only writing, but as the vice-president of Friends of Foster Park. About eight years ago Courtice, who lives just around the corner from the park, got involved with the group that has for the past 15 years been embracing Foster Park and said the volunteer work has been very rewarding. Courtice is also proud of his book. The paperback is a collection of real life experiences and adventures that he and his wife Mary and kids Tara and Kent had the pleasure of living. The book describes some humorous tales and northern adventures that occurred when the family relocated from Saskatchewan to the Yukon, where Courtice continued his career as a teacher and school administrator. He said it was his intention to stay in the north for only two years, but two years turned into14. “I wrote it (the book) because I wanted to have details for my granddaughters who hear about where their dad and grandparents lived for 14 years,” he stated, adding the
stories are about the people he met and the events that occurred as he remembered them. Courtice said they left the Yukon after his children were ready to go to university. The family moved to Calgary, then to Squamish and eventually Parksville, where Courtice and his wife are now making more fond memories living in the neighborhood he said is home to a real jewel in the city. “If you go by Foster Park almost any time you will find retired folks sitting on benches reading books, the Mother Goose Words on Wheels bus with kids, moms with babies in their arms and kids having a great time in the playground. In the summer, the RDN has kids camps, people walk their dogs and have picnics,” he said and added the city is enthusiastic about the great work the group does in the park. Some of the events the group organizes in the neighborhood green space include the annual pumpkin walk and Easter egg hunt. He said for now he is happy to continue his work that benefits the park and the city. Foster Park is located at Pym Street and Sanderson Road. You can purchase a copy of Yukon Bound, which is for sale at the Parksville Chamber of Commerce Visitor Information Centre at 1275 Island Highway East. — by Brenda Gough/originally published Feb. 28, 2012
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Fresh Extra Lean Ground Sirloin Beef
Sirloin Tip Oven Roast
Family Pack, 8.80 per kg
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Decorative or Salmon Mason Jars 12x250ml or 12x500ml
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99
7500 Swanson Hearty Bowls
Richʼs Chocolate Eclairs 4ʼs
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Bernardin
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2$ for
5
Pizza
1lt
325-450gr
2$
2$ for
Mezzetta
Olives
Selected, Assorted Sizes
10
2$ for
O’Doul’s
5
for
Olivieri
Filled Pasta 300-350gr
Wild Garden
0.5% Alcohol Beer
Hummus Dip
12x355ml
380gr
99 4
9
99 Plus Applicable Fees
5
2
99
Olivieri
99 3
Sauce 160gr or 300ml
2
99
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Ranchers • 100% Satisfaction
Pickles
Dr. Oetker
540ml
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• Produced with Pride by select Canadian
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Dole Fruit
Texana Basmati Rice
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3000 3000
antibiotics & growth hormones
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3000
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• Naturally Raised without
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5
• Canada’s #1 Angus Beef
99
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99
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Fresh Center Cut Pork Loin Chops
Fresh Whole Grade A Frying Chicken
Locally Raised BC Poultry
Single or Double Loin Family Pack, 6.59 per kg
2
2 Pack, 4.83 per kg
2
99
Johnsonville
Brats & Italian Sausages 500gr
PER
lb
4 99 99 5 4 99
Maple Leaf
Maple Leaf
500gr
375-450gr
Skinless Smokies 450gr
Allen’s
3
Coarse Salt
2$ for
2
110gr
7
99
7
Fruit or Freezer Jam Pectin 45-57gr
Bernardin
Liquid Fruit Pectin 170ml
Freybe
European Wieners
500gr
3$ for
2
5
99
3
Island Farms
Island Farms
99
500ml
2$ for
5
Vanilla Plus Yogurt
Multipak Yogurt
650gr
12x125gr
5
Kellogg’s
Estate Whole Bean Frosted Flakes, or Traditional Ground Froot Loops or Coffee Corn Pops Cereal 340-485gr
Del Monte
Juice Blend or Cocktail
2 $5
Plus Applicable Fees
for
Melitta
99 3
2
Kellogg’s
Mini-Wheats Cereal 445-510gr
907-930gr
9
99
PER
lb
4 99 6 99 Each
Bonus Q-Points Simply Poultry
Breaded Chicken 907gr, Each
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Keens Hot Mustard
99
99
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Pickling Spice
500-750gr
E.D. Smith
for
Club House
2kg
99
2$
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Peanut Butter
10x180ml
300-375gr
Each
Windsor
White or Pickling Vinegar
Skippy
Top Dogs Wieners Sausage Ring
Bacon
Each
4lt
Freybe
Each
Freybe
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Original, 100ml
3000
Lea & Perrins Worcestershire Sauce 284ml
3000
Hys Teriyaki Sauce 455ml
3000 Echoclean 2X Ultra Liquid Laundry Detergent 1.5lt
99 3
10,000 Shout Stain Remover Refill, 945ml
5000
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Let Quality Foods and Coca-Cola Send you to a Fisherman’s Paradise Armstrong
4 340gr
540ml
99
Hellmann’s
Mayonnaise 890ml
3
Saputo
Saputo
3$ for
Lundberg
Campbell’s
Selected, 907gr
425gr
Feta Cheese
2
99
2$ for
Dairyland
Tosca
Sparklers or 100% Juice
12x355ml
170- 200gr
500gr
5-8 Count, 398ml
3
4
2 BBQ Sauce
2
2$
99
for
Sweet Baby Ray’s
French’s
425ml
325ml
3
Kraft
99
2$ for
4
3 $5
Old Dutch
Crunchys or Cheese Pleesers 285-310gr
5$ Plus Applicable Fees
for
5
Sparkling Water Beverage
Blue Diamond
Almonds
for
5 For
for
2$ for
5
5$
Plus Applicable Fees
for
5
4$ for
10
1-2lt
99 3 SunRype
Nature Valley
4
99
SunRype
100% Juice or Coconut Water
100% Juice 3.78lt
1.36lt
¢ 2$ Plus Applicable Fees
for
500gr
2 $5
4
99
5
for
4
2$
for
Frozen Juice
Minute Maid
Minute Maid
Frozen Lemonade, Limeade, Five Alive or Nestea Iced Tea
295ml
3$ for
Frozen Punch 295ml
5
89
¢
¢ 99
Use your Q-Card when you purchase any
Coca-Cola Product and you are Cheese & crackersparticipating go together like Quality Foods & Summertime! automatically entered. See Store for details.
Brothers-All-Natural
Dare
10gr
300gr
5$ for
Plus Applicable Fees
A W E E K E N D F O R 2 AT
Minute Maid
Disney Freeze Dried Fruit Crisps
Classic Dip
Plus Applicable Fees
295ml
2 $7
for
2 $5
for
Cheez Whiz
2 $5
for
Frozen Yogurt or Sorbet
250gr
300-325gr
225gr
Chapman’s
Frozen Yogurt Novelties
99 3 160-230gr
Kraft
270gr
Chapman’s
Cream Cheese Product
Crackers
Nalley
4
99
2lt
Assorted Sizes
Granola Bars
Stoned Wheat Thins
Old Dutch
Big Bag Potato Chips
3
509ml
170gr
2$
2 $5
for
Cascade Ice
Product of USA
200-225gr
2 $7
for
Extra Hot specials on super cool treats at Quality Foods! 1lt
Ritz Crackers
Selected, 200gr
Use your Q-Card when you purchase any participating Coca-Cola Product and you are automatically entered. See Store for details.
Brisk Beverage
Christie
Cheese Stick
99 2lt
for
Assorted Sizes
Plus Applicable Fees
Premium Ice Cream
5
Lactantia
Coca-Cola or Sprite
5 2$ 5
Squeeze Mustard
Barbecue Sauce
500ml
9
Collection Premium Ice Cream Novelties
99
A W E E K E N D F O R 2 AT
For
Chapman’s
24x500ml
Plus Applicable Fees
3$ for
Water
ackages from Coke! Win 1 of 2 Prize P
170gr
400gr
Aquafina
99
Process Cheese
99
Cattle Boyz
for
Plus Applicable Fees
Swiss Knight By Gerber
Lipton
3
99
Artichoke Hearts
Cottage Cheese
99
Dr. Pepper, Crush or Mug Root Beer
12x340-355ml
99
4
5 4
Chapman’s
Jet-Puffed Marshmallows
Process Cheese Product, 1kg
99
Dole
Kraft
Melts Slices
320gr
Chunky Chili
Rice
Armstrong
Shredded Cheese
Chunky Soup
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5
Ruffles Macaroon Biscuits
Hevy D’s
Old Fashioned Kettle Korn 190gr
2$ for
5
Old Dutch
Restaurante Tortilla Chips, Salsa or Dip Assorted Sizes
2$ for
5
2$ for
4
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Let Quality Foods and Coca-Cola Send you to a Fisherman’s Paradise Armstrong
4 340gr
540ml
99
Hellmann’s
Mayonnaise 890ml
3
Saputo
Saputo
3$ for
Lundberg
Campbell’s
Selected, 907gr
425gr
Feta Cheese
2
99
2$ for
Dairyland
Tosca
Sparklers or 100% Juice
12x355ml
170- 200gr
500gr
5-8 Count, 398ml
3
4
2 BBQ Sauce
2
2$
99
for
Sweet Baby Ray’s
French’s
425ml
325ml
3
Kraft
99
2$ for
4
3 $5
Old Dutch
Crunchys or Cheese Pleesers 285-310gr
5$ Plus Applicable Fees
for
5
Sparkling Water Beverage
Blue Diamond
Almonds
for
5 For
for
2$ for
5
5$
Plus Applicable Fees
for
5
4$ for
10
1-2lt
99 3 SunRype
Nature Valley
4
99
SunRype
100% Juice or Coconut Water
100% Juice 3.78lt
1.36lt
¢ 2$ Plus Applicable Fees
for
500gr
2 $5
4
99
5
for
4
2$
for
Frozen Juice
Minute Maid
Minute Maid
Frozen Lemonade, Limeade, Five Alive or Nestea Iced Tea
295ml
3$ for
Frozen Punch 295ml
5
89
¢
¢ 99
Use your Q-Card when you purchase any
Coca-Cola Product and you are Cheese & crackersparticipating go together like Quality Foods & Summertime! automatically entered. See Store for details.
Brothers-All-Natural
Dare
10gr
300gr
5$ for
Plus Applicable Fees
A W E E K E N D F O R 2 AT
Minute Maid
Disney Freeze Dried Fruit Crisps
Classic Dip
Plus Applicable Fees
295ml
2 $7
for
2 $5
for
Cheez Whiz
2 $5
for
Frozen Yogurt or Sorbet
250gr
300-325gr
225gr
Chapman’s
Frozen Yogurt Novelties
99 3 160-230gr
Kraft
270gr
Chapman’s
Cream Cheese Product
Crackers
Nalley
4
99
2lt
Assorted Sizes
Granola Bars
Stoned Wheat Thins
Old Dutch
Big Bag Potato Chips
3
509ml
170gr
2$
2 $5
for
Cascade Ice
Product of USA
200-225gr
2 $7
for
Extra Hot specials on super cool treats at Quality Foods! 1lt
Ritz Crackers
Selected, 200gr
Use your Q-Card when you purchase any participating Coca-Cola Product and you are automatically entered. See Store for details.
Brisk Beverage
Christie
Cheese Stick
99 2lt
for
Assorted Sizes
Plus Applicable Fees
Premium Ice Cream
5
Lactantia
Coca-Cola or Sprite
5 2$ 5
Squeeze Mustard
Barbecue Sauce
500ml
9
Collection Premium Ice Cream Novelties
99
A W E E K E N D F O R 2 AT
For
Chapman’s
24x500ml
Plus Applicable Fees
3$ for
Water
ackages from Coke! Win 1 of 2 Prize P
170gr
400gr
Aquafina
99
Process Cheese
99
Cattle Boyz
for
Plus Applicable Fees
Swiss Knight By Gerber
Lipton
3
99
Artichoke Hearts
Cottage Cheese
99
Dr. Pepper, Crush or Mug Root Beer
12x340-355ml
99
4
5 4
Chapman’s
Jet-Puffed Marshmallows
Process Cheese Product, 1kg
99
Dole
Kraft
Melts Slices
320gr
Chunky Chili
Rice
Armstrong
Shredded Cheese
Chunky Soup
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5
Ruffles Macaroon Biscuits
Hevy D’s
Old Fashioned Kettle Korn 190gr
2$ for
5
Old Dutch
Restaurante Tortilla Chips, Salsa or Dip Assorted Sizes
2$ for
5
2$ for
4
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Turkey Breast
Chicken Breast Cooked or Smoked
1
2
69
59 PER gr
100
Schneiders
Garlic Sausage Sliced Deli Meats Link Freybe
175gr, Each
5000
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points
bonus
Kraft Velveeta Loaf 250gr
2500 Lactantia Butter Stick 125gr
3000 Olympic Sour Cream Regular, 500ml
Black Forest or Old Fashioned Ham
Instore Cooked
Maple Lodge
Bonus Q-Points
Continental
Salad
3
PER gr
100
Pancetta
49
99
Damafro
1
Triple Cream Brie
3
¢ 100
PER gr
100
Dinner For Four
2500
5000 Avalon Organics Shampoo or Conditioner 325ml
7500 Zip Liquid Firestarter Odourless, 900ml
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3000 Primo Squeeze Pizza Sauce 375ml
San Remo Roasted Peppers with Garlic, 500ml
5000
49
42
2
PER
100gr
3
PER gr
100
99
Spring Roll Each .........................................
Each
119
Available at Select Stores Serving Suggestions
Fresh Pacific Wild Coho Salmon Fillets
99
49
Chevrai Cheese
113gr
1
99
PER gr
100
Fresh Hand Peeled Shrimp
41/50 Count, Cooked
White Tiger Prawn Tails Frozen or Previously Frozen
1
69 PER gr
100
PER
100gr
2
99 PER
100gr
89
Imitation Crab Meat
¢ PER
100gr
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Fresh Halibut Steak
1
3
PER
100gr
Woolwich Dairy
95
Fresh Ling Cod Fillets Weather Permitting
100
1
Brie or Camembert
Princess Rubber Gloves 2ʼs
PER gr
69
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100gr
Natural Pastures
49
PER gr
29
Genoa Salami
99
Each
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10,000 Spectrum Eggless Mayonnaise 473ml
5000 School Safe Soybutter 500gr
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5000
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Hold the Salt Almonds Family Favourites Natural Sliced, 125gr Mixed Nuts
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99 2 Spring Water
275-325gr
Quality Fresh
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Organic Cereal
99 3 Quality Fresh
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500gr
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5000
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Muesli or Morning Crisp Cereal
223-255gr
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Cinnamon Buns
6 99
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Roasted
4
6 99
Bakery Fresh
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Quality Fresh
Hold the Salt Hazelnuts Natural, 250gr
99 3
Classico Alfredo Pasta Sauce 410ml
2000 Pedigree Vitality + Dog Food Original Flavour, 8kg
10,000 Fancy Feast Gold Gourmet Dry Cat Food 1.36kg
3000
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FRESH PICKS at your local QF store!
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29
2.84 per kg
First of the Season
BC “Hot House”
On The Vine Tomatoes
99 2.18 per kg
per lb
Red or Yellow Flesh Potatoes
69
¢ per lb
Weather Permitting
1lb Clamshell
Vancouver Island “No. 1”
BC Grown
Fresh Blueberries
2
California Grown
Bartlett Pears
99
1.52 per kg
2.18 per kg
¢
per lb
¢
per lb
99 each
2$
River Ranch
1lb Bag
Garden Salad or Coleslaw Mix
for
BC Grown
Romaine Lettuce
Floral
Floral
4”
Premium 10 Stem Alstro
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Kalanchoe, Mum and Violets for
99
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Each
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Parade, dance, a tribute and plenty of fun mark the annual Hi Neighbour Day LISSA ALEXANDER
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he Hi Neighbour Day Parade was ďŹ lled with its usual colorful and enthusiastic characters, from young kids on bikes to aerobic dancers, stilt-walking-ute-players and Errington's Taekwondo School showing off their skills. The parade was preceded by an art and craft display, the annual zucchini races, and a farmer's market. Following the parade there was a tribute to long time Errington Hall contributor Murray Chantler. A dance was scheduled to ďŹ nish off the day at 9 p.m. with world fusion group Tambura Rasa. See more photos at THE NEWS’ Facebook page.
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Participants in Errington’s Hi Neighbour Day parade Saturday know how to tow the line.
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Murray Chantler with Denise Schmid after the tribute to him in Errington over the weekend.
After the parade, featuring cute children, members of the Phil Harmonic’s Jug Band Orchestra (above, right) played some songs for Murray Chantler during a tribute to the Errington Hall personality.
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Art and dance in Coombs Volunteer brings SPCA LISSA ALEXANDER
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A new workshop from Dancestreams Youth Dance Company is combining art and dance this month in Coombs. Art and the Dancer is a oneday workshop that will teach dance, by a highly trained classical ballet and contemporary dancer, and construct plaster performance masks by an experienced art teacher. Maiko Miyauchi from Vancouver started her ballet training when she was four years old in Japan. She said she knew she wanted to be a dancer from a young age. “My family thought I was crazy because as soon as I started speaking all I said was ‘I want to be a ballerina.’” At four, she was accepted by a junior ballet company in Tokyo and so began her training. Although she said she’ll be a ballerina in her heart forever, she broadened her horizons and began training in jazz and hip hop and fell in love with both, she said. She then added urban and contemporary dance to her resume as well. Miyauchi has danced on TV
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and movie sets including the 2011 Warner Bros. film Sucker Punch and she was a Kung Fu girl in a commercial for New Balance running shoes. She was also asked to join the successful Canadian contemporary dancing group The 605 Collective, with whom she has been touring with and presenting the show Audible! in Canada and the United States. Miyauchi will be teaching hip hop and urban influenced contemporary dancing at the
Art and the Dancer workshop. She said these days it’s important to be open to many styles of dance as well as art. Miyauchi said she has not seen many of these types of workshops in B.C. so she’s extremely excited to work with the youth and the art teacher Sara Stone, who has been teaching art for over eight years. Stone is currently the art teacher at Ladysmith Secondary School and has instructed in district and private schools, as well as summer school. Both teachers will guide the young dancers to explore how art can influence dance and vice-versa. Art and the Dancer is for ages 12 and up and takes place on Sun., Aug. 26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Bradley Centre, at 975 Shearme Rd. in Coombs. Pre-registration is required. E-mail dancestreams@shaw. ca or call 250-723-9525 for more information or to reserve a spot. For more on Miyauchi and her dance company Bare Movement visit www.mimamima.com.
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should do whatever we can to protect all the helpless, including anThe Parksville SPCA calendar imals. has never been able to raise a lot of Mark puts a picture of an animal funds for the association, but Pad- on each date of the calendar, which dy Mark wants to change that. is a $25 donation, and then each Mark is volunteering, for her month has a pet of the month, third year, and putting together the which is $150, and the picture Nanaimo SPCA calendar. on the front is the pet of the year, Over the last couple of years she which goes for $500. has raised around $30,000 at that People can e-mail pictures to branch. her or she can get I get farm animals and A few years ago pictures scanned. there’s even goldfish in she said she didn’t Mark said often here. get a call about people will put PADDY MARK putting her ania picture of their mals in a calenanimal as a medar and wondered morial, and it’s why. The Nanaimo not just cats and branch told her they didn’t have a dogs that go in the calendar. volunteer to do it, so Mark said “I get farm animals and there’s she’d take it on. She has had such even goldfish in here.” success she wants to extend that to Mark needs the pictures for next the Parksville branch. year’s calendar in by the beginning A family doctor in Lantzville, of September. Mark said she has seen a lot of For more information on putabuse in her profession, and she ting an animal in the calendar, or if finds it very disturbing when it in- there are any questions email Padvolves the helpless. dy Mark at paddy.animals@gmail. “The animals have absolute- com. ly no say in anything,” she said, Alternatively contact the Parksadding as human beings, people ville SPCA at 250-248-3811.
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Beth Marie Anderson concert Aug. 25 QUALICUM BEACH — Beth Marie Anderson is having a country concert in her backyard on Saturday, Aug. 25. The local country singer has been back and forth to Nashville, recording and performing over the years, and
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Degage Fashions opens store in Qualicum Beach Chemainus-based custom clothing store owner branches out and opens a new location in the mid-Island LISSA ALEXANDER reporter@pqbnews.com
When a pregnant Sheri Dusseault was fired from her job over 20 years ago, she had no idea what a blessing it was. There she was, six months pregnant, feeling down and out and wondering how she was going to make a living, when she got the idea to make and sell a bit of handmade jewelry. It worked. “Right away I was making way more money than I ever did and having way more fun,” she said. She was at a craft fair selling ceramic jewelry when she got talking to another vendor who was using ceramic paints on clothing. Another idea grabbed hold of her. She took the money she made at the fair and headed
for Wal Mart to buy some oversized T-shirts (this was back in the ‘80s when women loved big shirts tied up on the side.) She made six that night using bright colours, flowery patterns and abstract designs, and the next day they were sold within an hour. Dusseault started designing her own clothing and was soon approached by sales representatives who took her products across Canada. It was all very exciting, she said, she was traveling a lot and busy designing and selling her clothing, everything seemed to be going great, except one thing. She now had two young children, and she hardly ever got to see them. “So I threw up my hands in despair one day at the lifestyle and decided I’m going back to
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From left, owner of the new Qualicum Beach store Degage Fashions, Sheri Dusseault with employees Bea Spilloway and Cindy DeVries.
the Island and opening a store.” Dusseault spent her teenage years in the Cowichan Valley and wanted her children to have a similar small town life and not be raised by nannies, she said. So she went back to the drawing board and opened a small store called Degage Fashions in Chemainus; Degage is an 18th century word for a woman who is comfortable with her beauty. For the first few years, Dusseault sewed every single stitch and waited on every customer. She specialized in classic designs using high quality fabrics (as many as she could from Canada) and would also do custom designing. She would close her store when she had to pick her kids up from school and open it back up when they returned. See STAR EMPLOYEE, page A27
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VANCOUVER – A Victoria businessman is heading up a proposal to build a $13-billion oil reďŹ nery in Kitimat. David Black, chairman and owner of Black Press, announced Friday he wants to build a world scale oil reďŹ nery at Kitimat, B.C. Black told a news conference in Vancouver Friday he is submitting an environmental assessment application to build a “world scaleâ€? oil reďŹ nery on behalf of Kitimat Clean Ltd., a company owned by Black. The application to the B.C. Environmental Assessment OfďŹ ce is expected this fall. The proposed reďŹ nery would be big enough to process all the diluted bitumen carried by Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline. Black said he has had extensive discussions with Enbridge and other players in the Canadian oil industry, but none has so far offered to back the project. Black said he will use his own money to ďŹ nance the proposal through environmental assessment, which he expects to cost several million dollars. After that, he said investors would be needed to complete it, assuming both the reďŹ nery and the pipeline receive approval.
“I see myself as a catalyst to make this happen,â€? said Black, who is working with Glenn McGinnis, a consulting engineer and former manager of the Ioco oil reďŹ nery in Port Moody. The reďŹ nery would produce 240,000 barrels per day of diesel, 100,000 barrels per day of gasoline and 50,000 barrels per day of kerosene or aviation fuel, reďŹ ned from heavy oil. Among those attending the news TOM FLETCHER/BLACK PRESS conference was Art Sterritt, executive David Black shows a sample of thick director of the Coastal First Nations, bitumen from the Alberta oil sands. His a group in the Kitimat area that has proposal would keep diluted bitumen from being shipped in bulk from the B.C. strongly opposed the pipeline proposal. Sterritt disputed Black’s assertion coast. that a B.C. reďŹ nery “solves half of the He has had preliminary meetings problemâ€? with exported oil by shipping with Kitimat and Terrace councils, as reďŹ ned gasoline, jet fuel and diesel in well as the Haisla and Kitselas First Na- tankers instead of heavy crude. Those tions in the region. The proposed site is products have their own risks, Sterritt a 3,000-hectare Crown industrial prop- said. erty between NDP energy Read the full story ONLINE at Terrace and Kiticritic John Horwww.pqbnews.com mat. gan was also Kitimat Mayskeptical. or Joanne Monaghan spoke by phone “At this point, it’s a proposal without to the news conference, offering en- business partners and without First couragement for the proposal. But Nations and local community supBlack acknowledged he does not yet port,â€? Horgan said. “It doesn’t change have formal support from communi- our position [opposing] the Enbridge ties or investors. Northern Gateway project.â€?
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That was 21 years ago. Now the store in Chemainus is twice the size and she has opened a factory in the town with industrial machines and professional seamstresses. Dusseault said she has always loved Qualicum Beach, and when one of her star employees, Cindy DeVries, mentioned her husband was being transferred there and she’d be moving, the two saw an opportunity. The store was opened in June of this year and they gained employee Bea Spilloway. Dusseault said she and her staff do a lot of custom work these days where ladies choose their style and fabric, or even revive an older, loved garment — or recreate it. Ladies appreciate these custom outďŹ ts when very often they may be one size on the top and another size on the bottom, and usually end up compromising unhappily, she said. Women also like original garments and are thrilled to have clothes designed and made in Canada, she said. The clothes are excellent for traveling, Dusseault said, as they don’t wrinkle, and the ageless designs and quality materials used allow them to be worn for years. Dusseault said a grand opening in June saw over 200 people who were all very warm, welcoming and encouraging. Degage Fashions is located at 172 2nd Ave. W. in Qualicum Beach. The store is open 9:30 to 5 Monday through Saturday and 11-4 on Sundays. For more information call 250-594-2290.
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Henry David Rempel (Hank) May 28th, 1935 – August 9, 2012 Passed away peacefully in the company of those he loved at Cowichan District Hospital. Predeceased by his parents, Henry and Katherina Rempel; and stepson Daniel Penner. Hank is survived by his loving wife Irene; children Dan (Helen), Dale, Brenda, Cindy, 19 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren, as well as numerous nieces and nephews. Hank leaves behind his brothers George, Peter and Don. Hank was a Journeyman Carpenter, he was a shipwright, also taught boat building and marine safety, log salvage, demolition. Hank was a business owner and a wonderful writer. A life of music, a love of the ocean, Hank was a ďŹ rst-class gypsy following his dreams. A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, August 25 at 1pm – 5pm at Bradley Centre, 975 Shearme Road, Parksville BC. In lieu of owers, donations could be made to the Canadian Cancer Society.
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STEVEN DALEY PEARCE
It is with great sadness that the family of Steven Daley Pearce say their final earthly goodbye to a wonderful Son, Brother, Father, Husband & Step-Father. Steve fought a decades long battle with cancer, moving on to The Lord on Monday, August 13th 2012. At heart, Steve was a cowboy, from his early years on the family farm in Ontario. Horses were his first love until he found motorcycles. After getting his Motorcycle Mechanic’s license, Steve lived worked and raced as “The Wheely King.â€? Fate took a hand and sent him to Esso, where during a prestigious career as Lubrication Specialist & Chemist, Steve received accolades and awards for his innovation and inventions. Leaving Esso, but staying with his field of expertise, Steve partnered with Ross Gilley to form “Lakeland Oilâ€? and enjoyed many happy successful years in the Okanagan before moving on. Steve was a key operative in U.S. Banks’ Petroleum Software Division “Adventâ€? as their sole Canadian representative until the sale of the company. After a move to Vancouver Island, Steve’s life changed once more with a new marriage and a job with Enex fuels, where he made countless contacts and forged many firm friendships. Steve was a Champion Shotgun Shooter and an active member of the Single Action Shooting Society spending countless happy hours with Caribou Lefty, Sodbuster, Too Dusty, Too Slim, Too Thirsty and all the other Posse Too’s. He cherished his time with all. A great friend, a hard worker, a man of his word and a man of The Lord, Steve was the guy ready with a smile, a handshake, and a helping hand. Left to mourn the huge hole he leaves in their lives, are his Mother, Marlene Pearce, his siblings : Sandra Styrna, Sheila Rodger (Malcolm), Sharon Foofat (Jules),Stuart (Kathy) Pearce, and all his beloved nieces and nephews, every one his special favourite. Steve’s children (by wife Cathy Ryan) were his most treasured possession. Son Sean Pearce, wife Emily and only grandchild Liam, Son Ryan Pearce, Daughter Stephanie (“special baby girlâ€?) and husband Jeff Gibson will live forever in his heavenly heart. Patricia (Pepper) Pearce, Stepdaughter Althea Rose, & Tucker the Schoodle are thankful for the 3 ½ all too short years we shared together in our little home by the beach. A funeral for Steven will be held at Parksville Fellowship Baptist Church, 550 Pym St. Parksville, B.C. on Friday August 24th at 2:00 pm. A light tea will follow at which time we invite and encourage any and every one to share memories. In lieu of flowers, please choose a 3rd world charity as was Steve’s wish to spread sunshine in dark corners.
** A very special thank you to our family Physician, Dr. Robert Macarri for his unfailing support and compassion during troubled times. We would also like to thank the many caring hands that treated Steve during his months at Vancouver General Hospital and in particular the wonderful team at 8th oor Step down unit .**
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Bull, Albert Lloyd
Albert Bull, or Al as he liked to be called, was born in Calgary on June 06, 1920. Dad died peacefully in Saskatoon on August 06, 2012. After his retirement, he and his wife Marguerite moved to Parksville where they enjoyed many happy years. During their time in Parksville, they were active members of St. Columba Presbyterian Church and it became an important part of their lives. They moved to Saskatoon in 2006. The twinkle in his eye and his mischievous grin will be missed by his daughters Eileen (Lance) of Qualicum Beach, Dori (Dave) of Saskatoon and many grand and great-grand children. A private family gathering was held in Saskatoon, Friday August 10th, 2012.
Tami Lynn Weiss
Friend Mother Daughter We still hear your laugh, but can’t believe your not here. You left a lasting impression, which we all hold dear. We know you are watching us all from above, know in your heart your are truly loved. Sometimes the words are hard to find, but you are always on everyone’s mind. If there was a wish that I could give, is that there was a phone where you now live, as there is a little man down here that needs to say
“I love you Mommy and I’ll be okay�. Christina, Ladonna & Sam.
HERBERT RAE WRIGHT July 1, 1951 – August 13, 2012 Herbert is predeceased by his mother & father Prudence & Phillippe Wright, sister Linda McQuarrie, and brother Phil Wright. He leaves behind his wife Debby of 41 years, son Pat (Cheryl) of Parksville and daughter Jody Young (Elton) of Qualicum Beach as well as grandchildren Tyson, Bailey and Coral Young, and Dominique, Broc & Alexis Wright. He also leaves behind is sister Sandy (Bill), brothers Ken (Marilyn), Gord (Mary Jean) and Brad (Shelly). Herb’s passion for life was contagious. Always eager to help, he filled each day with laughter and caring. Hunting, fishing, golf, and curling, his hobbies were many, and he jumped wholeheartedly and enthusiastically into each experience. Herb spent the last 22 years working for the City of Parksville, a job he loved with a wonderful group of people. With his friendly smile and quick witt Herb made many friends over the years. His terrific sense of humor and boundless love and caring are a legacy we will always carry with us. Please join us for a celebration of life to be held at the Parksville Community Centre on Saturday, August 25th at 2:30pm. Life is not waiting out the storm, it is learning to dance in the rain.
The Parksville Qualicum Beach News Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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A STROKE ABOVE Painting. Commercial & Residential. Interior/Exterior. WCB, liability insurance. All jobs warranted. See what we can do! Dave 250-248-0335, 250-240-2310.
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PARKSVILLE, Brand new luxury apartments on Weld St. 6 stainless steel appliances, granite c/tops, some with ocean view, centrally located, small pets ok, N/S bldg. Avail Immed. Call 250-468-9811 PARKSVILLE, centrally located, 1 bdrm senior housing suite in Hustwick Place. Approx. 500 sq.ft. with storage closet & balcony. Large bathroom with walk-in shower. Ocean & mountain views. No vehicle parking, but scooter storage avail. in the building. N/S, N/P. Avail. Sep. 1st. $915 p/month. Call 250-248-9154. QUALICUM BEACH- (10 mins to) 1 bdrm apt in Heritage building. NS/NP. $450+ utils. Sept 1. 250-954-4018. QUALICUM 1 BDRM apartment, $475. NS/NP. Please phone 250-248-4656. 2-BDRM CONDO, Downtown Qualicum. Large deck, storage, covered parking, gas ďŹ replace, 5 appl’s. NS/NP. Avail Sept. 1st. $950./mo. Call (250)752-3419. QUALICUM BEACH- waterfront condo. 2 bdrms, 2 bath, W/D, secure parking. Adult oriented building, non smoking no pets. $1150/mo. Call 250752-5021 or 250-954-5021. Available Sept. 1st. RATHTREVOR Beachfront luxury furnished 3 bdrm condo, 2 bath, Sept - June, 2012. $1300. 604-787-9771.
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DOWNTOWN PARKSVILLE, 2 bdrm, furnished, beach front cottage. Avail. until Jun1/13. Suit quiet people $800. Elec. heat, cable & wireless internet incl. n/p,n/s. References required. Ph: 250-248-3171
QUALICUM BEACH- walk to town, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, fully furnished beautiful home. Avail Sept 15 to May 1. $1300 inclds utils.Deb 250-594-7470.
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2008 NISSAN Xterra. Excellent condition. 93,000KM. No accidents, loaded & new tires. $16,900 (250) 713-8424
FRENCH CREEK, self contained suite, 1 furn’d room with kitchen and bath, avail Sept. 1, $675 mo incls hydro. Call (250)586-8285.
DUPLEXES/4PLEXES QUALICUM: COZY, clean 2bdrm suite in SxS duplex, minutes from Qualicum Beach. Country setting, N/P, $750/mo. utils not included. Avail. now. (250)752-6098, (250)954-8847
HOUSESITTING ACTIVE, retired, professional AB/SK couple to house sit (w yard) November 01, 2012 April 30, 2013. Ladysmith to Qualicum. References available. Ph: 306-845-1000. E-mail: kirklandken7@gmail.com
MOBILE HOMES & PADS NORTH QUALICUM- Peaceful rural setting. New 2 bdrm, 5 appls, electric heat, glass covered patio deck with additional ground level patio. Fenced yard with room for a garden. Refs req’d. N/S. Currently available $900./mo. Call David or Carrie 250-752-5211.
HOMES FOR RENT 112 PYM- 4 bdrm, 2 bath $1275. Call Ardent Properties, (250)753-0881. www.ardentproperties.com 3 BDRM, 2 bath house 5 mins from Qualicum. Older house on septic. W/D, D/W, microwave. Pets ok. Avail. now. $1250 incld’s hydro. Ref req’d. Call after 5pm 250-228-1208. Email: beez-neez@shaw.ca BOWSER, 3 bdrm, .6 acre, 5 min. walk to ocean, shop & greenhouse, quiet area. $1100 + util. 250-927-2157 COOMBS: COUNTRY Cottage, 2 bdrm. Mountain view, quiet, fenced, N/S, ref’s. $900/mo incld’s hydro, water, wood. (250)954-1386. ERRINGTON1300sq ft, newly reno’d, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, W/D, F/S, D/W, wood stove, lrg storage, fenced yrd, 1/4 acre, pets ok. $1200. Available Oct 1. (250)947-5198. ERRINGTON, 3 bdrm rancher, 1200 sq ft on acreage. Woodstove/elect heat, w/d, f/s, outdoor patio, & storage shed. Avail Sept 01st. $1100/mo.+ util. 250-248-5662 / 250-6183688 MODERN 3 yr old home, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, beautiful views, bid deck, private, paved driveway, directly across from Qualicum Beach access, 1 yr lease, N/P, N/S, ref’s a must, avail Oct. 1, $1500 mo. Email: vilightman@shaw.ca PARKSVILLE: 2-BDRM loft home, lrg yard, 5 appl’s, long term lease option. New paint, great home. $1050. + utils. (250)248-6629, (250)927-1497 PARKSVILLE, 3 bdrm, 1 bath, close to town & beach. Avail. Sept.1st, N/S, N/P, seeking long term tenants. $1000 p/m + Utils. 250-954-3683 (aft. 4)250-951-1651 (days til. 4pm) PARKSVILLE: LRG 4+ bdrm. Lrg garage, RV parking. Reno’d. Easy maintainable lawn & gardens, fenced backyard. Close to schools, downtown & beach. Great quiet neighborhood. $1600+ util’s. NS/NP. Call 1-250-686-9336. QUALICUM BEACH: charming house in nice neighbourhood, close to beach, restaurants, trails, 2 bdrm with shop, F/S, W/D, ref’s req’d, avail immed, $1000 mo + utils. Call 250-752-4778. QUALICUM BEACH: Little Qualicum River Village. 3 bdrms, 3 bath, new house w/ loft, propane F/P, garage, N/S, small pet ok, $1100 mo + utils. Avail Oct. 1 (showing Aug. 25th onwards). 250-752-5505. QUALICUM BEACHnew high quality executive home on 2 acres, walk to town, 2 bdrms+ den, top quality appls, 3 car garage, RV parking. $2100 (negotiable) Call (250)752-0093, (250)752-3867.
WATERFRONT. 2-BDRM, 2 bath, lrg kitchen. Live/ dine/ den/ solarium. $1200/mo firm. 250-480-2832, 250-752-9724.
OFFICE/RETAIL DOWNTOWN PARKSVILLE, two 800 sq ft adjacent ground level retail/office spaces for lease, great location, 124 Middleton Ave. Asking $600 mo each + triple nets. Call 250248-3142 or 250-905-2526.
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CARS 1984 CHEVY S-10 V-6 Std. Trans. Good tires. Runs very good. 165,000 km’s $500. 250-752-2794
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1994 RUSTLER 24.5’ 5th wheel Trailer. 4 burner stove, new awning, all in good condition, everything works well. Asking $7000 obo. Please call (250)723-8855. 2003 MAJESTIC Class C Motorhome. New awning and mattress, large carry-all box on extended bumper. Some water damage on front overhang. Price reduced accordingly. Asking $13,000 firm. Call (250)210-1494 Nanaimo.
2004 VW TOUAREG. Only 135,000 km, economical, spirited V6 engine, all wheel drive and tow hitch with electric brakes. Unique 6 speed Tiptronic auto transmission. Well equipped interior, rear mounted CD changer. Beautiful, well maintained. $14,900 obo, 250658-1123 mjmarshall@telus.net
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RV PADS PARKSVILLE AREA- RV pad. Wooded site. $425/mo, includes utils. Available now. Call 250-927-5623.
1998 HONDA CIVIC $3,999 5 speed manual trans., power windows, steering & locks. Front brakes & timing chain done in 2011. 250-754-5777 or 250-951-3156
STORAGE DOGLEG RD SELF STORAGE. 250-752-0175. Special 5’ x 10’ units $36/mo. incl tax. Double Car Garage (22’x21’) for $300/m. Call 905-335-2378 www.georiabeachhouse.ca
SUITES, LOWER BRIGHT, CLEAN, spacious, one bedroom suite. Springwood Park. Large new windows, tile and laminate floors. No smoking, no dogs. Shared laundry. $700 plus 40% hydro. September 1. 250-927-2985 COOMBSSPACIOUS 2 bdrm suite, 4 appls, w/ priv entrance, covered patio, carport w/ storage. $1000 mo. Avail Sept. 1st. Call 250-752-2634. PARKSVILLE, $740 mo, ground floor suite, 2 bdrm, clean, bright, private, covered patio, quiet tenant only. Absolutely N/S, N/P, 250-954-0193.
1998 LINCOLN Town car, Signature series, pearl white colour, 165 km, fully loaded, very good condition. out of province vehicle inspection completed. Asking $8,000.(250)758-3831.
PARKSVILLE, Nice 2 bdrm upper house, NP, NS. Incl’s WD, FS, avail now. $850/mo. 250-746-5094 WEMBLY MALL area, 1 bdrm main floor, avail. immed. Call 250-228-3177 WHISKEY CREEK- 1500sq ft, 3 bdrms, 2 bath upper level of house, 5 appls. Small pet ok. NS, lrg deck $950/mo + utils. 250-954-9185. Avail Immed.
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2010 SUBARU Outback AWD, PZEV, Moonroof, 35,000 miles, ext. Warranty. $25,000. Call 250-248-6344.
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1999 MAZDA Miata Convert & hard top. SE model, black ext. tan leather, 122,000k, power windows/doors/steering/antenna, 5spd manual. Bose sound system, cruise control, alarm, ABS brakes. Tires good, new brakes last 5,000k. Regular service; excellent condition. $9,990. (250)729-4948
2002 MERCEDES E320 Loaded, immaculate, all leather. Silver on Gray. $129,000 km’s. Original owner. $12,500. Call 250-594-0012.
NANAIMO 1260 sq ft single level, garage, 1 bdrm, 2 bath, furnished. n/s, n/p. Avail OctApr $1550/mo incl heat, TV, etc. 250-240-7672 abbie7060@yahoo.com
WANTED TO RENT PARKSVILLE: WANT to rent furnished 2 to 3 bdrm house with fenced yard, Dec-May, ref’s avail. Call (250)248-2027.
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2007 DODGE Ram 2500, 4x 4, quad cab, loaded, 242 km, trailer tow package, good cond., new rear brakes, out of province vehicle inspection completed. asking $11,500. (250)758-3831.
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SUITES, UPPER BRIGHT & SPACIOUS, near new, 2 bdrm, upper suite near Parksville train station. 1000 sq ft, 5 appl’s, deck with partial mountain view, NS, NP. $975/mo + util’s. Call: 1-250716-6797 or 250-248-3850.
2005 Jayco Jayflight 28 ft RLS travel trailer. Non smokers, no pets. Lg. slide, walk around queen bed, sleeps 6. Very comfortable and in excellent cond. New golf cart batteries, BBQ, Adco full cover. 10000lb equalizer hitch. $16,000. May consider good short-box camper in trade. 250-245-2920.
2005 GMC Yukon Denali. Fully loaded, extra winter rims & tires, 179,000 k’s. $14,900.00 Call 250-468-1619 or email: dansonja@telus.net
29 FT Landau Model. No slides. 107 K. Well taken care of with good brakes and tires and smooth suspension. Batteries all good. Nice Stereo/Dvd Player and 22 inch Lcd, 4kw Onan Genset, sleeps 6. Fridge, stove, microwave and A/C. Stand up shower. Ford V-10 and ready for Summer! Asking $18,000 obo. Call Pete 250-756-2698 or Andy 1-778-835-7058. READY TO go south! 1996 Sportsmaster 5th Wheel, 24 ft, excellent condition with 1988 GMC 2500 Pickup; all maintenance records; $11,000 obo. Lorne, Parksville BC. Call 250-954-0511.
2012 MIRAGE 7 x 14 Tandem trailer, rear barn doors, single front door, one trip only - Edmonton to Nanaimo. like new. asking $5,400. (250)758-3831
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TRUCK & CAMPER COMBO $12,000. obo. ‘95 F250 super cab pick up, new tires, brakes, hi-jacker, overload spring paks CAMPER ‘90 Bigfoot 11.5ft totally equipped. 250-757-8783 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR RENT
RENT TO OWN RV set-up on pads starting at $495/mo in Errington. (250)954-1355. 2010 BUICK ENCLAVE, white opal ebony leather, heated & cooled front seats. 19” x 7.5” chrome, 7 passenger, navigation & entertainment panorama roof. 51,000 km’s. $41,000 Call 250-594-0012
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Randy Robinson sits on a ledge at Mt. Cokely early Saturday morning, watching the sun rise over Mt. Arrowsmith in the background. Look for more photos at www.pqbnews.com
HIKING
CPR trail offers spectacular mountain views
A party of four hikes the CPR trail from Cameron Lake to the top of Mt. Cokely on an overnight adventure STEVEN HEYWOOD editor@pqbnews.com
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ount Arrowsmith has been much in the news lately — more specifically, the fate of the Mt. Arrowsmith Biosphere group. They are trying to stay alive and have been asking for help in managing this United Nations-designated biosphere on the east coast of Vancouver Island. A chance for an overnight hike up the old CPR trail from Cameron Lake to Mt. Cokely — which offers great views of Mt. Arrowsmith itself — seemed like the perfect chance to see the mountain for which the biosphere is named. Mt. Arrowsmith, the largest mountain peak in the south portion of the Island, affects the environment all around it. There are times when the clouds and fog are socked in over Port Alberni and the weather stays clear of Qualicum Beach and Parksville — it’s all affected by the mountain. From atop Mt. Cokely, one can see both sides of the Island, and how imposing Mt. Arrowsmith is to all of the communities in its neighbourhood. The hike itself was set up a few weeks ago. Some friends and I had climbed Mt. Benson in Nanaimo a few months ago in the snow, looked north-east, and set our sights on Mt. Arrowsmith. It was to be an overnight adventure, come rain or shine. But this time, during the summer.
The sun rises over the Strait of Georgia and the City of Parksville.
We selected the old CPR trail route from Cameron Lake. Now part of the Regional District of Nanaimo’s Mt. Arrowsmith Massif Regional Park, the trail was originally used by the railway to take travellers to the peak, to see the Island from a decidedly
unique perspective. We made sure to start out on a Friday and later in the day so we didn’t run afoul of road construction work being undertaken by Island Timberlands. Hikers should be aware that alongside a portion of the old CPR trail route, blasting and tree falling is a real hazard during the week. The CPR trail itself is a four-hour trek from Cameron Lake to the old ski hill area (now long abandoned) on Mt. Cokely. Along the way, there are multiple switchbacks, taking hikers up approximately 1,000 meters. The route is much longer, however, and hikers need to be well prepared with enough water and supplies. There were, however, a few people on day trips and runs up the route, to a lookout about half-way up the trail. There are plenty of places to stop and rest — from small waterfalls beneath a well-kept, wooden bridge, to a trail intersection point where Whiskey Jacks emerge from the trees and are not afraid of landing upon resting hikers in search of a treat. Laden with backpacks, it took the four of us close to six hours to complete the route and summit the mountain top. Nearing darkness, we decided it best to make camp there. At 1,631 metres above sea level, Mt. Cokely is only around 200 meters smaller than Mt. Arrowsmith, yet offers some spectacular views on its own. See MASSIF HAS PROFOUND, page A34
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We had planned to get to the top of Mt. Arrowsmith itself the next day, but work plans for some of the hikers on this trip meant we didn’t have the proper amount of time to hit that goal. We were, however, satisfied in reaching
the top of Mt. Cokely. From there in the early morning hours, we watched the sun rise over the Straight of Georgia and shine brightly onto the face of Mt. Arrowsmith — making for excellent views and pictures. With the morning
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light upon the area, we saw how such a mountain and the land around it, can have such a profound impact upon the region. We may have not come to any grand conclusions about the future of the biosphere, but we did see why the region was designated as such. The massif overlooks so much of the mid-Island and from its peaks, the connections between communities can plainly be seen. After a quick breakfast and packing up our camp site, we four headed down the mountain, vowing to return, take an alternate route, and reach the top of Mt. Arrowsmith itself. The return hike was a lot quicker (with lighter packs and all), taking around three hours to descend to our waiting vehicles. The CPR trail is a popular route, and well-marked. To learn more, visit the Regional District of Nanaimo’s website at www. rdn.bc.ca, search under ‘Services’ and find the ‘Parks’ link for more information about the route.
STEVEN HEYWOOD PHOTOS
Three bold adventurers still asleep on top of Mt. Cokely at 6 a.m. The fourth is taking the photo.
Brave Whiskey Jacks take snacks right out of your hand — if you remain still.
Portions of the CPR trail are level and well-travelled. Others are quite steep and it will take a moderate level of fitness, good footwear and a lot of water to be able to complete the four-to-sixhour, one-way trip to the summit of Mt. Cokely.
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HOCKEY
Plenty of talent at Gens main camp STEVEN HEYWOOD editor@pqbnews.com
The pace was quick and the hockey was skilled during Sunday’s intra-squad game between two teams of Generals hopefuls. The Parksville-based Oceanside Generals Junior B hockey team wrapped up their weekend main camp Sunday with the White versus Red game, and opened the doors to the public, free of charge. A small crowd of hockey die-hards were on hand to watch the game. “They were all pretty tired,â€? said Gens coach Brent Desmerais of the players, adding they were completing a busy, competitive camp, whose level of talent surprised him. There are around eight players from last year’s squad back on the ice, being pushed by newcomers from Parksville, Powell River, Nanaimo and Port Alberni, said the coach. “Overall, the skill was a lot higher than I had expected,â€? Desmerais continued, noting that is going to make his decisions tougher when it comes time to pare down the crowd to a roster of around 25 players. “We were looking for players who are strong (on defense),â€? the coach said about what he and his assistant coach were looking for this weekend. “We do have a few, older 20-year-olds who are able to guide the younger players along.â€? Some of the younger players, however, were there to test the veterans. Desmerais had high praise for Chandler Bruyckere, 17, originally from the Parksville area. Bruyckere played hockey at Notre Dame college in Wilcox, Saskatchewan. “I was impressed by his play,â€? said the coach. “He’ll be moving on to the next level soon.â€? Desmerais had ďŹ ve goaltenders on the ice Sunday, giving each a chance to battle for one of the three spots with the Generals. “We’re looking for a solid goaltender,â€? he continued, “two guys who can challenge each other and get along.â€? He added a Gen from last season,
Oceanside Minor Lacrosse Association is hosting a Field Lacrosse Fun Clinic & Registration Please join us for an exciting chance to try Field Lacrosse - Canada’s oldest game! Open to all Boys and Girls from 8 to 16 years of age regardless of experience.
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Registrations for Field Lacrosse will be accepted at this time. Registration is ongoing and available at Oceanside Place Arena, Wembley Mall Parksville Questions may be emailed to vicepresident1@oceansidelacrosse.com STEVEN HEYWOOD PHOTOS
The coaching staff were pleasantly surprised at the level of talent on the ice at the weekend’s main camp for the Oceanside Generals.
goalie Michael Gudmanson, He estimates the Generals will carry 25 players into might be coming back to the their Aug. 31 exhibition Island. Desmerais said Gudmanson is currently trying game against the Nanaiout for a team in North Battlmo Buccaneers, down in eford, Sask. but has indicatNanaimo. This will be the ed he would like to return to Buccaneers ďŹ rst season in the Gens if that doesn’t work the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League. out. BRENT DESMERAIS From that game, DesSunday’s on-ice action merais said he’ll be lookwas a fairly even-sides affair, with neither the White nor Red squad ing to whittle the numbers down to 23, prior to a January league roster cutoff dominating the play. The hockey was quick, passes were date. That should bring the team to 21 or crisp and the players did have a lot of jump — for being tired. The game was 22 players making the run to playoffs. In the meantime, Desmerais will be not very physical, and that could be attributed to the fatigue of the players. looking for potential trades and other By the ďŹ nal period, the White squad deals to help shape this year’s Generals dominated much of the play and end- squad. ed up winning the competitive match, The Gens open their season on the 8-6. road Sept. 7 in Campbell River. Their Now comes the tough work for the home opener is Sept. 8, hosting those coaching staff. Desmerais said they same Campbell River Storm. must cut some players and ďŹ ll out their They then host the Peninsula Panthers on Sept. 9. early season roster.
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Black Press is proud to be an ofďŹ cial sponsor for the 2012 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock, with news reporter Kyle Slavin on the 18-member tour team as a media rider. To follow Kyle Slavin’s Twitter updates from the ďŹ nal weeks of training and throughout the ride, follow @TDRKyle. ON TOUR: This year’s Tour de Rock begins in Port Alice on Sunday, Sept. 23 and ends Friday, Oct. 5 in Victoria. Tour de Rock raises funds and awareness for pediatric cancer research and programs. HELP OUT: Donations can be made at www. copsforcancer.ca FIND OUT: To catch up on all the Tour de Rock news, photos and videos, go online to: www.bclocalnews.com/ tour-de-rock
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TOUR DE ROCK 2012 SOOKE MOUNTIE After helping with several Tour de Rock events, Const. Steven Martindale decided it was his turn to ride SHARRON HO
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the arduous bike ride. “How often do you get a chance to do something like this and make a difference?� Martindale asked, adding he also had plans to participate three years ago, but was unable due to a knee injury. “We’re simply just riding a bike, which is the easy part. It’s the kids who have to go through treatment, they’re the real heroes out of all this.� Martindale has also lost an uncle and cousin, who had two young daughters, to cancer.
“We’ve all lost someone, it’s kind of the one great uniďŹ er that everyone has a cancer story.â€? Although the Tour de Rock is a test of physical endurance, Martindale said it’s also about being part of a team, supporting a greater cause and bringing deaths from pediatric cancer down to zero. “Kids shouldn’t have to go through cancer,â€? he said. “Zero’s the number that we’re striving for.â€? Along with regular training rides, Tour de Rock riders also attend regular events -- one
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