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The $8.6 million deal to sell the Catalyst pulp mill to an elu-
sive Edmonton developer with a questionable track record has collapsed. But, Campbell River Mayor Walter Jakeway says: “The town
shouldn’t worry; we will end up with a better result. This deal was too strange right from the beginning.” Catalyst Paper made the
announcement Wednesday saying “the sale of the Elk Falls site in Campbell River to Pacifica Deep Sea Terminals Incorporated did not close and the sale agreement
has been terminated.” It was hardly a surprise. Four deadlines for the sale of the 400acre property were missed on Sept. 5 and 19, Oct. 19 and Dec. 18. And, none of the grandiose promises made by developer Harold Jahn materialized. As well, the property has been declared “contaminated” and all development has been frozen pending the approval of remediation plans by B.C.'s ministry of the environment. Rivercorp CEO Vic Goodman says, “The highest priority at Rivercorp is the transition of the property to a new owner. We are working actively with credible parties that are interested in the site for industrial purposes and that would result in the regeneration of the industrial tax base.” Jakeway says he’s glad some of the parties that were interested back in August are still at the table. “This deal started strange and it ended strange,” the mayor says. “I’m not disappointed. Continued on A3
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Mill: Site marketing to continue Continued from A1
“It’s good for the city. I’m glad the deal collapsed.” Campbell River City Manager Andy Laidlaw said Rivercorp was advised on Tuesday that Jahn would be unlikely to complete the sale. “Interest in the site remains high and Rivercorp will continue to work aggressively in the interests of the re-development of the proper ty,” Laidlaw says. Non-refundable deposit A Catalyst press release stated that Jahn had given the company “a non-refundable prepayment of a portion of the purchase price and the transaction timeline was extended multiple times up to the ultimate deadline of Dec. 18.” Catalyst CEO Kevin J. Clarke says: “It’s disappointing that this transaction with Pacifica could not be completed even with the extended timeline. “This is a fullyserviced property in an excellent location and we remain confident that the right fit between site and buyer will be found that will bring new jobs and opportunities to Campbell River. In the meantime, site personnel are maintaining safety, security and environmental requirements and complying with all applicable legislation.” The deal may have collapsed because of Jahn’s inability to come up with the bulk of the agreed sale price. Catalyst Corporate Responsibility Vice-President Lyn Brown told the Mirror that not receiving the balance owed “would have been part of what led to this ... I’ll leave you to draw your own conclusions.” “We’re still very hopeful we’ll find a buyer that’s a good fit. The mill was part of our past and we’re eager to see the site be viable in the future,” Brown says. Experienced developer In mid-August the sale was announced with great fanfare. Catalyst’s CEO described Jahn as “an
experienced developer with the capacity and an industrial concept that will fully utilize the site’s infrastructure and bring new business and jobs to the region.” Jahn said, “The site is strategically located to serve a variety of marine, light manufacturing, clean energy and distribution uses and we intend to transform it into a dynamic industrial park and port facility with the goal of creating 400 full time jobs in the Campbell River region over the next three years.” However, war ning signs that the deal was too good to be true surfaced later in August when the Mirror started investigating Jahn’s work record in Alberta. The Mirror quickly discovered that at least two similar Alberta projects proposed by Jahn are not off the ground. And, one municipal official in the Athabasca region said, “It’s a good thing that your alarm bells are ringing.” About the same time a government memo surfaced that raised the issue of site contamination. Environment ministry senior contaminated sites officer Vincent Hanemayer stated that “the Elk Falls Mill has been identified as a contaminated site by the ministry and prior to redevelopment contamination would
have to be assessed and addressed.” At the time Jahn said: “The current state of the site will be our liability. When we have gone through the sale closing process we will meet with the government’s environmental officials and with the (Catalyst’s) environmental consultant.” He added that the “rejuvenation” process at the mill site will include water and sewer technologies that should help reduce the operating costs on the property. In early October, Jahn said he and a group representing Pacifica Deep Sea Terminals would be at the site later that month handing out forms for prospective employees to fill out. He also promised there would be an “open house” in November. Promise of jobs More than 20 jobless workers came up empty when they went to the Catalyst main gate expecting to meet the new industrial park owner offering job opportunities. In November, Jahn was still making promises that would not be kept. He issued a press release that he declined to send to the Mirror declaring the Pacifica Industrial Park “open for business” and said he was “accepting business and lease propos-
als for the use of the buildings, lands, and water lots.” Finally, this month it was learned that the Environment Ministry in Jahn’s home province Alberta had slapped a contamination remediation order on the developer because of his failure to deal with groundwater contamination at the site of a shutdown chemical plant in Lamont County northeast of Edmonton. He has been planning to convert the site into a condominium development, a ministry official said. On Thursday there was no room in Jahn’s cell phone mail box to log a message and he did not respond to emails. Activity at the former Catalyst pulp and paper site was indefinitely curtailed in 2009 and it closed permanently in 2010. It has since been decommissioned with removal of chemicals, process wastes, and key papermaking equipment. The landfills remain intact as does the wastewater system which continues to operate in preparation for the site’s redevelopment to other industrial uses. The Elk Falls mill began operation in 1952, and at its peak, produced 784,000 tonnes of pulp, paper and kraft paper annually.
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Duncan wants to meet with hunger striking chief open to doing that. “She has indicated she’s not satisfied to meet with me. She wants to meet with the prime minister and the governor general at a minimum. So, as time moves along, I’m hopeful we can come to some kind of accommodation together.” The minister said he understands Chief Spense “wants to move forward on the treaty relationship between the Crown and the First Nations. “I’ve had some discussions with the national chief in this regard already and I’ll be able to propose something fairly concrete by the end of this week.” Chief Spense said: “I am calling on Prime Minister Harper and the governor general to initiate immediate discussions and the development of action plans to address treaty issues with First Nations across Canada. There has been no progress in alleviating the state of poverty that exists with First Nations across Canada, especially in rural isolated reserves, contrary to progress reported by the Conservative government.”
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The City of Campbell River has announced the appointment of Ian Baikie as the new Fire Chief, effective immediately. Chief Baikie has served the City of Campbell River as the acting Fire Chief since September 2012, following the resignation of former Fire Chief Dean Spry. Baikie has a long and impressive history in the Campbell River fire service, serving as an auxiliary firefighter from 1985 until becoming a career firefighter in 1989. He was promoted to Assistant Fire Chief in 1997 and became Deputy Fire Chief in 2006. In his new role, Chief Baikie will oversee all
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Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan says he has offered to meet with Attawapiskat’s hunger striking Chief Theresa Spense on Jan. 3. And. he hinted that he has something “concrete” to bring to the table. His announcement came at the same time the Aboriginal Peoples’ Television Network was reporting that Chief Spence had again called on Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gov. Gen. David Johnston to meet with First Nations leaders from across the country to discuss treaty issues. Spence is in the 11th day of a hunger strike and she is spending most of her days and nights in a teepee on Victoria Island near Parliament Hill. Here in Campbell River Minister Duncan told the Campbell River Mirror: “I placed another call to her this morning. I’ve offered to meet with her and I will return to Ottawa and be available. I have given her a date, Jan. 3. I’m wide
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Crime rate drops in the River City BRIAN KIERAN CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
T he volume and severity of crime in Campbell River has continued to show improvement during 2012, RCMP Inspector Lyle Gelinas has reported to Campbell River City Council this week. “Not only has there been less crime reported this year compared to 2011, but it has also been less serious in nature,” Gelinas said in his third quarterly report. All major categories of offences against citizens including murder, robbery, assault and sexual offences - have dropped this year. This improvement is also reflected in property crime which
continues to show the greatest improvement in high-impact crimes such are residential break and enter, business break and enter and auto theft. “Based on year-todate numbers, Campbell River is on track to achieve a major improvement in its crime severity index results for 2012,” Gelinas concluded. The most notable improvement includes: No murders to date in 2012 compared to three in 2011; assaults down to 294 from 354; business B&Es down to 29 from 39; auto thefts down to 43 from 76. Bucking the trend were liquor offences up to 620 this year compared to 441 in 2011. The RCMP detachment commander
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says his Community Response Unit (CRU) continues to have success with prolific and priority offender initiatives. “Some offenders will go to great lengths to avoid their curfews or probation conditions. One prolific offender known for commercial B&Es attempted to circumvent his court ordered curfew by providing a commercial fishing vessel as his
place of residence,” Gelinas said. “The vessel was docked in a different police jurisdiction each week which made conventional curfew checks difficult. CRU worked with the RCMP West Coast Marine section and on several occasions they checked this individual and the vessel he was on while at sea. “This strategy resulted in a breach of probation charge which led to a six month sentence.” CRU also targeted the suspected individuals who were selling the stolen property in local pawn shops. This led to multiple criminal charges of possession of property obtained by crime against eight offenders. Two were multi-jurisdictional
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depending on the crime and offender. A joint effort recently yielded 2 B&E and two possession of stolen property charges in Campbell River and three in Comox.” Gelinas gave special credit to the work of Citizens on Patrol (COP). “Their assistance with events like the BC Bike Race, July 1st, Remembrance Day and numerous activities such as Child Fine, Speed Watch, Lock it or Lose it and Block Watch to name a few is amazing. Our auxiliaries and COPs are volunteers who spent hundreds of hours each year away from their families, to give back to the community of Campbell River.” The inspector said the Restorative Justice
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offenders living up island and involved in a crime spree. In excess of $10,000 of stolen property was recovered from local pawnshops and has been or will be returned to their rightful owners, Gelinas reported. “The Comox and Campbell River detachments share certain traveling criminals. I suppose these individuals are unsure wh i ch c o m m u n i t y they would like to live in. While I am a Campbell River supporter I think C o m o x / C o u r t e n ay would be a nicer place for them. Our detachments work together on certain initiatives involving different sections
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| CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2012
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Thanks for your pennies Well, congratulations Campbell River Mirror readers! You have made our Pennies for Presents campaign another success. At last count, we have collected We say: Each more than $7,000 in pennies and year our readers other coins which were converted into presents for the Knights of come through in a Columbus’ Christmas Hamper Fund. Our intrepid present buyers went big way out this week and shopped ‘till they dropped. Each year we are gratified by the response to our Pennies for Presents effort. Individual readers
take the time to donate their accumulated pennies to our office. Many businesses and organizations take up the cause as well. We have youngsters that contribute every year and we have school classes that participate as well. We’re proud of the effort put forth by our readers and we’re proud that we are able to harness that effort to the benefit of the Knights of Columbus Christmas Hampers. The Knights are a dedicated group of volunteers who labour hard to bring joy and assistance to the needy in our community. It’s an unfortunate state of affairs that we have
people in our community that are in need of assistance but that is the way it is. That we are all willing in this community to offer a helping hand speaks well about us and it drives home the message that we all have value to our community and someone down and out now will be able to contribute sometime in the future when they get back on their feet. Christmas is a convenient time to marshall an underlying goodwill in this community. Pennies for Presents taps into that and, once again, we thank you for your support.
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Inaccurate assessment Re: Response to Editorial Cortes Private Land Forests The Association of BC Forest Professionals (ABCFP) is the regulator of forest professionals in BC. We have a concern regarding the editorial perspective provided by your paper December 11, 2012 (Provincial oversight missing in Cortes logging dispute). The editorial repeated a statement from an earlier article on the subject that, in our view, provided misleading and inaccurate assessment of professional reliance. Professional reliance is a common attribute of our social framework. We rely on regulated professionals for many complicated tasks such as: tax submissions, financial planning, medical services, legal practice, professional forestry and many others. The practice of professional forestry is required to be undertaken by forest professionals in BC. Registered professional foresters (RPFs) and registered forest technologists (RFTs) have achieved a post-secondary education and completed a two-year articling period in natural resource management. In pursuing their registered status, RFTs have invested four years and RPFs six years Continued on A9 We welcome your opinions on stories and issues published in our pages as well as issues of broader concern encountered elsewhere. Please keep your letters brief. We reserve the right to edit for length and liability. E-mail them to editor@ campbellrivermirror.com
The world may not end but many things should
Alistair Taylor Out On A Limb @AlstrT editor@campbellrivermirror.com
By the time you read this you may be dead. Or whatever limbo the world is supposed to be in once the Mayan calendar runs out, or ends or whatever it’s supposed to do. One thing I haven’t heard is what time is it supposed to end today? Was at the stroke of midnight? Or noon? Perhaps, 2:33 p.m., which means we still have time. All joking aside, the prophesy of the world coming to an end today because that’s when the Mayan calendar came to an end, has seriously stressed out a lot of people and some to an extent that it’s not a laughing matter. So, although, the world has not
ended, this could be seen as an opportunity to end the world as we know it. Instead of the end of the world, perhaps we could begin a new one? Let’s change our mindset. Let’s create our own Great Leap Forward, a theory that proposes that human culture and technology suddenly blossomed about 40-50,000 years ago. Prior to that we were biological modern but culturally and intellectually, we were little better than animals driven by instinct and at the mercy of our environment. All of a sudden, we changed. Our toolmaking leapt forward and our social organization became more complex and our survival as a species became more assured as a result.
Given the environmental threat to our survival as a species today, don’t you think it’s not a bad time for another great leap forward? In British Columbia there’s been a small leap forward. There seems to be significant opposition to the Northern Gateway pipeline that transcends political and social lines. Behind it is a realization – an acceptance – that this pipeline will traverse one of the most beautiful tracts of land on this planet. The potential loss is so obvious that only the most blinded by development cannot see it. Losing one of the last wildernesses on Earth will make us look like complete fools. Remember the line from the old Sixties song I’m a Stranger Here: “Oh,
you crazy fools, don’t you know you had it made?” The northern half of British Columbia from the coast to the Alberta prairies is a paradise not lost on many of us thankfully. So, the response to the Northern Gateway could be seen as a local leap forward. Are there signs of other leaps forward? I hold great hope for our automobile manufacturers to be producing more non-emission vehicles than gasoline burning ones soon. Great strides are being made there. Socially, can we come up with a solution to the continuing incidences of school children being gunned down? Can we at least come up with that? The calendar may not end today but there are other things that should.
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B.C. foresters care Continued from A8 before being entitled to independently practice professional forestry in B.C. The registered forest professionals in B.C. care about the forests and have dedicated their careers to the management of B.C. natural forest resources. The B.C. legislature has provided the Foresters Act describing the professions role and has also provided legislation and regulation governing forest practice for both Crown and private lands. The landowner is required to engage the services of a forest professional in the practice of professional forestry. The role of forest professionals is to provide the advice and direction required to properly conduct forest land treatments. In their practice, forest professionals bring the important objectives and stewardship to bear in the decision. Forest professionals do not decide the values important to society, they do not set the management objectives for the land, nor do they decide what components of compliance will be under the forest practice framework. Forest professionals do provide the landowner (private or Crown) with the necessary sciencebased understanding and forest land planning to transact their goals within the legal framework, to monitor and report results, and recommend further treatments. This is to ensure that the appropriate level of professional service is applied to the decision making process and that public and private objectives are achieved. In this way, the forest professional practises professional reliance by providing a trusted and respected source of information for both the public and landowner interest. Mike Larock, RPF Director of Professional Practice and Forest Stewardship
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FIPA and Enbridge With reference to Robert Hall’s letter of December 12, under the heading “Harper slimes another one,” I would like to expand on Hall’s argument that the Foreign Investment Protection Agreement with China (FIPA) is dangerous for Canada. About Har per’s approval of the sale of Nexen to China, Hall asks, “Why would we ever want to complicate things more by allowing a foreign company…a vested and far reaching interest in our affairs?” A plausible answer is that our Prime Minister wants this complication. One reason for wanting it is that too many of Harper’s subjects are being difficult about the Enbridge Pipeline and the prospect of giant oil tankers along the B.C. coast. By now nearly all B.C. residents are aware that Harper wants the pipeline to go through
because it is an important part of his “prosperity plan,” based on exporting as much as possible of our natural resources. But B.C. residents love their province’s pristine forests, lakes, rivers, coastline, and they are alarmed at the thought of a pipeline carrying corroding, noxious dilbit across the mountains and over or under more than 700 rivers. They hear Enbridge supporters talk about how foolproof and risk free the pipeline will be, but they worry about the might of rock slides and earthquakes. They also wor ry about storms that can toss around dreadnought double-hulled giant tankers. With their speeches, letters, marches, and demonstrations, the people are showing more resistance than Harper expected from a few “radicals.”
When you have an intractable population, from whom you need votes, you need a strategy to quell resistance without being seen to have a heavy hand. Few people can match Prime Minister Harper at scheming. Ostensibly for the sake of prosperity, on Dec. 7, 2012, Harper sold Nexen, an Alberta oil company, at the offered price, which was much above market value, to CNNOC, a state-owned Chinese company. The Nexen sale complete, Harper has an ace-in-the-hole in his gamble to push the Enbridge pipeline through northern BC. FIPA, signed in Vladivostok, is ready for a final signing whenever the time is right. What a wonderful surprise it would be if Mr. Harper chose not to give final signing to FIPA! Jean Mottershead Quadra Island
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Comunities in Bloom on hold for a second year KRISTEN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
Fo r t h e s e c o n d straight year, the city will not compete in Communities in Bloom, despite the city
winning the national competition in 2011. Similar to last year, Nigel Lambeth, chair of the Communities in Bloom Committee, recommended postponing the competition, which
council agreed to during Tuesday night’s council meeting. “Due to challenges which the community continues to face with reduced service levels, the committee would
like to register in the Circle of Excellence category as a non-competitive community, continue with projects as recommended in the annual report and prepare to potentially com-
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pete internationally in 2014,” Lambeth said in a report to council. That impressed Coun. Andy Adams. “I want to recognize the work the Communities in Bloom Committee has done and (its) recognition of the challenges before council,” Adams said. “I want that appreciation extended to all members of the committee.” Last year, the Communities in Bloom Committee chose to take a year off from competing and instead registered as a noncompetitive community to maintain its eligibility to compete at the international level. A community is allowed to postpone its participation for two years, but after that the city would have to start over at the provincial level. The city was invited to compete internationally in 2012 after winning at the national level last year, with a score of 85 per cent. However, the committee needed $26,000
from the city in order to enter the contest and city council was forced to cut the Communities in Bloom budget this year due to financial difficulties. “The committee decided to postpone entering the international level of competition for one year,” said Nigel Lambeth, chair of the committee. “Although the committee decided to take one year off from competing they were still very active and made many contributions to the community.” Those initiatives included continuing the Adopt-A-Highway program, the second annual Great Curb Appeal campaign, the Canada Day parade, flower and tree planting, as well as several community clean-up days. This year the committee is asking council for $7,500 from the parks department to support community groups that conduct a variety of community clean up initiatives throughout the year. Lambeth said many
in the community don’t realize that Communities in Bloom supports initiatives such as community clean ups, not just plantings. “Unfortunately Communities in Bloom is a bit of a misnomer for the committee as it gives the impression that their activities are all about flowers,” Lambeth said. “All of the committee’s initiatives are planned around the eight criteria areas for which the community gets judged in the CIB competition: tidiness, environmental action, heritage conservation, urban forestry, landscape, turf and groundcovers, floral displays and community involvement.” Participating in Communities in Bloom raises the profile of Campbell River around the world as more than 300 delegates attend the national symposium where each participant has a display showcasing their community. The city has competed in the competition since 2005 when it entered as a non-competitive community.
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Gord’s borrowed heart is a big one BRIAN KIERAN CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
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ord Stromsmoe has a second hand heart, but it is a big one. This week the 58-year-old heart transplant recipient took part in “Operation Popcorn,” his modest way of saying thank you to the health care professionals in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Campbell River Hospital. “I got involved to give a little bit back to the BC Transplant Society. It’s my way of saying thanks the people in the local hospital who are involved in the transplant program,” Stromsmoe says. The former Tahsis sawmill worker moved to Campbell River in the mid-1990s to be
close to medical care when he was diagnosed with heart valve disease. He had his transplant in 1997 and says “I’ve had 15 good years.” Operation Popcorn is a program run by BC Transplant to acknowledge the difficult, but crucial role British Columbia’s hospital staff play with potential organ donors and their families. It started 18 years ago because then BC Transplant Director of Retrieval Loretta Kane was determined to find a way to recognize the hospital staff for their contribution to the organ donation process in a way that was fun and inclusive. Close to Christmas, Loretta and her small team would hire a truck and personally deliver big, colour-
fully decorated tins of popcorn to the staff in ICUs where staff deal directly with potential donors and their families. They also delivered to the immunology lab responsible for matching donors with potential recipients, and the provincial lab in charge of all the blood work. In 1997 Operation Popcorn evolved and transplant recipients like Stromsmoe were recruited to deliver the tins of popcorn. Over the past 18 years the program has continuously expanded and this year more than 70 tins of popcorn are being delivered to hospitals throughout B.C.
Heart transplant recipient Gord Stromsmoe, left, says thanks with a tin of popcorn for the RNs in the Campbell River Hospital Intensive Care unit including Gill Woodcock and Craig Hamilton.
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The city is taking steps to create an online tool to promote local food growing, sale and consumption in Campbell River. Council voted on Tuesday night to apply for a $12,900 grant from the Real Estate Foundation of BC to create a local food map. The project would be an online directory which would provide information on where local food is grown, sold, served and the available lands for urban agriculture and small scale farming, said Amber Zirnhelt, the city’s sustainability manager. T h e m ap wo u l d also include existing community gardens, public land available for a community garden, a land registry for property owners interested in making their land available for agriculture, and a local food directory that includes retailers and restaurants selling local food. “The purpose of the food map is to create awareness around the opportunities for growing and sourcing local food, and help remove barriers to promoting a resilient local food system in Campbell River,” Zirnhelt said. “The food map would be complemented with a short video that would capture Campbell River’s food system and a path to creating a resilient food system for the future.” The project falls in line with the city’s Ag riculture Plan which aims to have Campbell River become at least 10 per cent self-sufficient in food production by 2020. Right now, the city only produces less than one per cent of its food locally. Zir nhelt said the demand for a food map is there. “The city has had numerous requests from interested individuals and community organizations, including the Green-
When Santa comes to town Monday night to deliver presents to all the girls and boys, his reindeer will find a special treat waiting for them at many Campbell River homes. A Grade 1/2 split class at Ripple Rock made more than 200 bags of Magic Reindeer Food as an activity centre in their classroom. The students then sold the bags during their Christmas concerts Dec. 12 and 13, and raised $258.67. On Wednesday afternoon, the class, along with their teacher Rosemary Collins and a couple parent helpers, took a school bus down to Save-On Foods where the students put all the money in the Salvation Army Christmas kettle set up in the lobby of the grocery store. Save-On Foods played an integral role in the project, donating two bags of oats, white sugar, food colouring, and the Ziploc bags for the reindeer food. The project was the brainchild of parent
ways Land Trust and L a u g h i n g Wi l l o w Community Garden, to support the development of additional community gardens, to provide resources and tools on available land for local food production, and to offer information on farms, retailers, and restaurants that offer local food products.” If the city’s grant application is successful the city will be expected to contribute matching funding up to $12,900 which would come from the Sustainability Department’s base budget, through general revenue. The city would work with Greenways Land Trust and the Laughing Willow Community Garden, as well as local retailers, restaurants, and farmers to develop the food map.
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Ripple Rock student Caden Channel (holding the bag of food) shows Randy Boettcher, Save-On Foods operations manager and Salvation Army Kettle Campaign Co-ordinator Tami Ness, the reindeer food his class made and sold to raise money for the Salvation Army. The kids donated the money Wednesday. Dori Manley, who’s daughter Yara Taylor had the honour of being the first student to put money into the Salvation Army kettle. The Salvation Army’s
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Centennial Park gets a federal facelift Just a few blocks from his Campbell River home, Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan has announced a $225,350 federal gover nment grant to give Centennial Park an overdue facelift. On behalf of the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, Duncan announced federal funding for the City of Campbell River under the Harper Gover nment’s Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund
(CIIF). “I am proud to see the City of Campbell River benefit from our Government’s support for community spaces,� Minister Duncan said. “This investment will help create jobs in Campbell River while ensuring a solid foundation for continued growth.� The funding will go towards upgrading the existing practice tennis court into a multi-purpose sport court and to replacing an aging play structure with a natural playscape that uses the natural con-
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Campbell River Mayor Walter Jakeway thanks Aboriginal Affairs Minister John Duncan for a federal grant of more than $225,000 to upgrade Centennial Park.
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The mood will change at the 10 p.m. service, a quiet lateevening vigil where Holy Communion will be shared as part of a peaceful, reflective celebration of the joy of Christ’s arrival. John Calderwood, a member of the United Church congregation and church Council, will lead the regular Sunday worship service at 10 a.m. on Dec. 30. Campbell River United Church is “An inclusive community centred in Christ” and everyone is welcome at any or all of these services. Call the Church Office at 2860431 for more information.
Grade 5 Pinecrest school students Sammy Brasch, from left, Brayden Hues, and Riley Teramura are happy heating up vats of soup their class made to feed those who use the soup kitchen at the Salvation Army’s Lighthouse Centre. The students delivered the soup last Friday.
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6
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| CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2012
Campbell River Living Georgia park students collect a record amount of pennies collected each day. They are practicing many different skills in the process and when we study money as a unit later in the year, it will make more sense to them. Because we used grouping by tens as
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For three years in a row, Room 101 at Georgia Park School has been collecting pennies for the Campbell River Mirror’s Pennies for Presents drive. This is an opportunity for students in grade 3 to make a difference in the community. Pennies are collected and the money is given to the Knights of Columbus to buy presents for families in need. I am amazed at how the school community has come together for this project. T h ree years a go when I started doing it with my class, we were so excited to take $513 down to the newspaper. Last year, our school population was smaller, so we collected $385. Because we just
our main strategy, they have become very good at counting by tens. They are also getting better at counting dollars (two rolls of 50 pennies), quarters, dimes, and nickels (we received lots of silver too) and adding on.
Students from Room 101 at Georgia Park School collected more than $600 for the Campbell River Mirror’s Pennies for Presents campaign .
changed from a K-6 school this fall, to a K-5 school, we made a goal to reach $300 for the presents. Everything was going along as expected and by the end of the third week we had $267. Then everything exploded. In one day we raised more than $200.
Money continued to flow throughout the week, and by Friday we had $592.20. Monday morning more money came in. Our final total was $620.33. I am always telling families that it is important for the children to do “real life Math” in order to understand the pur-
pose of learning Math at school. What better way to lear n about money than to actually collect it, count it and keep a running record of the accumulating amounts. They enjoy doing the counting and rolling, and they are very excited about the totals
In the hands of pros Marissa Pellegrin, Frankie Pellegrin and Brayden Graham were enlisted as the Mirror’s expert toy buyers to take the money collected from Pennies for Presents and purchase presents to be contributed to the Knights of Columbus’ Christmas Hampers for distribution to needy families tomorrow. More than $7,000 has been raised during this year’s Pennies for Presents campaign.
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City document a dog’s breakfast for daycare KRISTEN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
Confusing wording in a city document led to misguided criticism of senior city staff at Tuesday night’s council meeting. It began with a delegation from Campbell River resident Kimberly Dorrington, a professional dog trainer trying to open a doggy daycare. Dorrington said she and her partner have run into several roadblocks throughout the process. “With this growth comes growing pains and Ryan and I are sort of experiencing the stretch marks,” Dor-
rington told council. “This will give you an idea of how much difficulty that we’ve run into.” She then explained that the city currently does not have an appropriate zoning for a doggy daycare. To try and remedy the problem, city staff had a report in front of council suggesting council amend the city’s zoning bylaw to include Pet Services as a permitted use within the Commercial Two (C-2), Commercial Four (C-4) and Industrial One (I-1) zones. Pet Services would be defined as “a commercial establishment wholly or primarily
Getaway vehicle won’t start Two prolific offenders behind bars this week because their stolen getaway vehicle wouldn’t start. Campbell River RCMP nabbed the pair as they were seated in a stolen vehicle attempting to start it. Also located in the vehicle were televisions that had recently been stolen in a
within an enclosed building providing any combination of daycare, grooming services or training services, for domestic animals...and not include overnight boarding.” Further, the animals would not be allowed outside for more than three hours during the business day. The problem came when Dorrington read the draft of the proposed bylaw, which breaks down the three zonings in question and appears to single out Commercial Two and Commercial Four zonings to allow pet services only “wholly within an enclosed building.”
break-in at a local business. Arthur Michael Nelson, 37, and Darren Jason Puglas, 35, both of Campbell River, are charged with break enter and theft, theft of a motor vehicle, possession of break-in Instruments and two counts of possession of stolen property. Nelson had been released from jail three days previously after serving a one year sentence for break and enter. Both have been remanded in custody.
Dorrington said that was unreasonable. “We feel C-1 and C-2, to keep dogs in the building and not even be allowed to let them go out to go to the bathroom is impossible,” Dorrington said. Coun. Larry Samson agreed and was unimpressed staf f even came forward with the amendment. “As the delegation said, where do you take them when they have to use the bathroom, when you want to exercise the dogs?” Samson questioned. “
You’re in the middle of August and you’re expecting a business such as this to be wholly enclosed within a building? “I think it’s unreasonable. I think staff has to do a better job of when they present us with something like this. “So I urge that we reject this and we urge staff to come back with a more reasonable bylaw.” But just one hour later it appeared Samson and Dorrington had misinterpreted the
draft bylaw. After the council meeting was over, Ross Blackwell, the city’s land use manager, said that he spoke to Dorrington outside council chambers, after her delegation, and he explained to her that all three zonings – including Commercial Two and Commercial Four – would allow animals to be kept either “wholly” or “primarily” within an enclosed building. “We worked with them and they’re fine,” Blackwell said.
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A time to give Donations for the Knights of Columbus Hamper Fund and the Salvation Army’s Christmas Kettle Campaign have been coming in over the past couple of weeks. Clockwise from above, Ian Roberts of Marine Harvest presents Jim Linton of the Knights of Columbus Hamper Fund with a $1,100 and food donation. Marine Harvest also donated $1,000 to the Campbell River Food Bank and the North Island Women’s Resource Society. North Island Cruisers club treasurer Stan Cook, right, presents a $500 cheque to the Salvation Army’s Captain Gord Taylor for the annual Christmas Kettle campaign; funds were raised through the club’s Show ‘n Shine. Campbell River Oldtimers Hockey Club members (from left) Greg Savard, Trent McCartney and (from right) Brian Hume and Ken Piercy donate $500 to Salvation Army Captain Gordon Taylor (centre). Lyle Wolfe of Great Canadian Oil presents a $1,000 cheque to the Knights of Columbus Hamper Fund for a fourth year.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Albert Christopher Higgs also know as Chris Higgs, Albert Higgs and Albert Chris Higgs, deceased, who died on December 2, 2012, at Campbell River, British Columbia are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor, c/o Shook Wickham Bishop & Field, Barristers and Solicitors, 906 Island Highway, Campbell River, British Columbia, V9W 2C3, before the 11th day of February, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which it has notice.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS NOTICE is hereby given that Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Rudolf Franz Ulrich Dick, deceased, who died on January 7, 2012, at Campbell River, British Columbia are hereby required to send them to the undersigned Executor, c/o Shook Wickham Bishop & Field, Barristers and Solicitors, 906 Island Highway, Campbell River, British Columbia, V9W 2C3, before the 11th day of February, 2013, after which date the Executor will distribute the said Estate among the parties entitled thereto, having regard to the claims of which it has notice. Karen Helen Wheeler, Executor, c/o Shook Wickham Bishop & Field, Barristers and Solicitors, 906 Island Highway, Campbell River, British Columbia, V9W 2C3.
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Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Penelope Nelson Abbott of Squirrel Cove, BC, intends to make application to Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), West Coast Service Centre for a Residential Private Moorage Application situated on Provincial Crown land located at Boulder Point. The Lands File Number that has been established for this application is File #1414060. Written comments concerning this application should be directed to the Section Head, Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations at 142 - 2080 Labieux Rd, Nanaimo, BC, V9T 6J9, or emailed to: AuthorizingAgency.Nanaimo@gov. bc.ca. Comments will be received by MFLNRO until 3rd February 2013. MFLNRO may not be able to consider comments received after this date. Please visit our website: http:// arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/ index.jsp for more information. Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact the Freedom of Information Advisor.
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SEASONED FIR. $180/cord. Mixed $165/cord. Split & delivered. 1/2 cords avail. Large order disc. 250-203-5324
SEAVIEW MANOR, 1 & 2 BDRM Apts. Quiet, secure, includes heat & hot water onsite Manager. Call 250-2866513 or 250-204-5799.
We Pay Cash Today Antique & used furniture. Estate clean out services. Free pick up unwanted stuff. Anything made of silver & gold. Tea sets, cutlery, jewelry etc. Coins, stamps collectibles. Free & secure housecalls. CR, Comox etc. Oddball Antiques 250-204-1237.
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ST. ANDREWS Village. Large bright 1 & 2 Bedroom renovated apartments in quiet crime free building. Non smoking, near hospital. (250) 287-3556 2009 WILDWOOD 27RLSS with North West Winter Package, showroom condition! Very private fully serviced lot near ocean. Includes large slide, garden shed, modular skirting, large dog kennel and pet door. Call 250-286-3343, Asking $24,500.
TOOLS Dewalt Dual Compound 12in. sliding mitre saw and stand. Brand new. Extra blade. New $500. Dewalt 12 inch compound mitre saw. Almost new $250. Homelite 16 inch gas chainshaw. Good shape & sharp. $150. Ridgid scroll saw w/ stand & blades. Brand new. $180. Router 1/4in.$60. Laser level. Full kit. Brand new $125. General contractor saw on wheels. Good cond. New blade on stand w/ wheels. $400 OBO. 250-923-8118
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MEDICAL SUPPLIES MEDICAL WALKER, mens, (Dolomite Legacy Lite), like new, $300 cash only please. Call (250)337-5491.
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FOR SALE BY OWNER 3 brdm home w/double garage. Lge level lot, suitable for development, fruit trees, lots of parking Peterson Rd area. $225,000. 250-504-0235.
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MOBILE LOUGHEED, AB. 2 bdrm. New roof, siding, windows, doors, appliances and air cond. Bathroom updated. $22,000. 4908-48th St. Lot 50120. Call 780-385-8795 PORT MCNEILLPerfect Starter! 3 bdrms, 1 bath, big shop/garage, nice yard, good street for kids. 2550 Cassiar Place. $129,900. Call (250)230-0276.
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Mountain View. 750 Oribi Drive. 4 bdrm. 3 full bathrooms. 12 yrs old. Some renos. RV parking, 5 appls. 61� TV built in w/ 5.1 surround sound. Close to schools & shopping. $359,000. 250-2877607 or 250-287-0523. One brdrm house on 19th Ave. Large lot. 76x110. Fully fenced, garage & shop. Wood heater. Fridge, stove, W/D. Newly painted. RV parking. $180,000. 250-923-8975.
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2 Bdrm $860./mo Both 2 & 3 bdrm units with: Galley kitchen hardwood in living room carpet in bedrooms References Paul (250) 830-8410
CAMPBELL RIVER- 2 bdrms, 55+ grd oor, 5 appls, F/P, patio, underground parking. Close to church, shopping, rec plex, bus. $875 inclds utils Dec 1. Call 250-830-7069.
3 BDRM on 1 acre, Petersen Rd. 20x26 garage, 2 sheds Fruit trees. Zoned for duplex/triplex. Some updates and work needed. $279,000. 250-286-9818.
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CAMPBELL RIVER, 2 bdrm. 5 appls, Steps from seawalk. 622 Island Hwy. N/S, N/P. Ref’s Req’d. $775/mo. Avail now. Call Pat (250)923-5460. CAMPBELL RIVER- 2 bdrm Townhouse, 930sq ft. NS/NP. 770 South Island Hwy. $700. Call (250)287-3990. CAMPBELL RIVER, beautifully furn’d 1 bdrm beach front Condo, lrg indoor pool, spa, exercise room & priv marina. N/S, N/P, refs, D/D & lease. Avail immed, (250)923-4406.
DUPLEXES/4PLEXES CAMPBELL RIVER- Available Jan 1, newly reno’d 2 bdrm duplex. F/S, W/D, Solid refs req. NS/NP. Quiet neighborhood. $775 mo + utils. Call 250-286-1689.
Avail Jan 1, 2012. 2 bdrms, walk onto the beach waterfront home. Enjoy storm watching, beach ďŹ res and watching the cruise ships sail by. $1200/mo. Call (250)716-1764 References req’d CR-2 BDRM. Appliances incl. $900 plus utilities. Ref’s required. Avail. Immed. Call Bob 250-286-6749. C.R. OCEANFRONT fully furn. 3-Bdrm, 2 bath home - “short termâ€? - $1800. obo. Avail Jan. 02/13. Drive by: 1047 S. Island Hwy. Call 1-604-892-5134 or renechambers@shaw.ca PANORAMIC VIEW- 2 bdrm top oor suite. Very quiet, close to town. W/D. Avail now. NP/NS. $800. (250)287-7970.
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HOMES FOR RENT 1 bdrm $600.00 mthn. Call Pinkaew 250-286-8337 between 8am-11am or 2pm4pm.For more details. 3 BDRM, 2 bath Georgia rancher w/garage. N/S, Ref. req’d. Avail Jan $1200/mth. Please call 202-0931 after 5pm.
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Timberline Secondary School’s Musical Theatre Program presents Disney’s Aladdin This year Timberline’s musical theatre program has taken on a new challenge in presenting Disney’s Aladdin: The Musical March 1,2, 7, 8, 9. Danette Bell is directing a cast and crew of students who are creating a professional looking production with all of the hallmarks of a Disney favourite For those less familiar with Aladdin it is a story that takes place in the city of Agrabah. Aladdin, a street urchin, accidentally meets Princess Jasmine, who is in the city undercover. They love each other, but she can only marry a prince. Tickets are now on Sale December and performances are at 7 p.m. on March 1-2, 7-9 plus a Sunday Matinee at 2 p.m. on March 3. Evening performance tickets are: $15 for adults and $12 for seniors. On Thursday March 7 only, the tickets are $8 for students. Sunday matinee tickets are $20 for adults, $12 Child (10 and under) and include jasmine tea and cookies. Photo ops with the
Mary Harrison at work creating her beautiful silk ribbon embroidery wall hangings.
The art of silk ribbon embroidery
The cast of Timberline’s production of Aladdin rehearse for the March production of the Disney musical.
characters start at 1 p.m. Purchase Tickets at Online at Timberline’s Website:
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The Meaning A Community Carol Sing CR BAPTISTS of Christmas Hot chocolate Christmas baking and carols December 23, 10:30 am
Celebrating the birth of a King Christmas Eve Service December 24, 6:30 pm Campbell River Baptist Church 260 S Dogwood Street www.crbaptist.bc.ca
Campbell River’s Mary Harrison is a skilled artisan in a number of fields, but her latest venture may just be her most beautiful to date. Harrison started creating silk ribbon embroidery wall hangings last year, and the delicate, intricate works she has been making are garnering rave reviews from all who view them. Harrison said each square wall hanging is a unique, mixed media creation. She dyes some of her own ribbons and uses a wood burning tool to ‘carve’ petals from silk to create gorgeous flowers. Some of the pieces include everything from jewelry, yarns, driftwood and much more. With some pieces, she starts with a sketch, and in others she just starts creating. “Some are based on a crazy quilt format and some are floral designs on batik,” Harrison said.
The wall hangings are featured at the Campbell River art Gallery’s Christmas Market and Harrison will be on hand this Saturday from 1-3 p.m. to demonstrate how they are created. The CR Art Gallery’s Christmas Arts and Crafts Market, sponsored by Chan, Nowosad and Boates, Chartered Accountants, will be open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Christmas Eve, including this Sunday, Dec. 23. The Market features the work of dozens of artisans from Campbell River, Quadra Island, Cortes Island and other communities in the region. Everything from jewelry to pottery to fine art is on display. It’s shopping local at its finest! For more information, stop by the Gallery from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. until Christmas Eve, call 250-2872261 or email contact@crartgallery.ca
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Drive Smart BC Necessary goods donated Robyn Ellsworth, Second Chance Recovery House Fundraiser/Administrative Assistant, and Ken Bueckert of the Campbell River Oldtimers Hockey Club hold up examples of the $500 worth of items purchased and donated to the Second Chance Recovery House for men. Items included Toiletries (razors, shaving cream, shampoo, etc.), undergarments, and coffee gift cards. The Club raised the money from the Oldtimers Hockey Tournament they hosted last October. The Hockey Club got a generous discount on the toiletries and a case of free chocolates for the House from Shoppers Drug Mart.
Lose for good Weight Watchers members on Quadra Island donated 248 pounds of food to their local food bank through the Lose for Good Campaign. Throughout a five-week period through the month of November, the 50 members lost a total of 212.8 pounds which was matched in pounds of food for the needy. Weight Watchers, which has been on Quadra for 13 months now, also donated $322 to the Quadra food bank in July, to match members’ weight loss.
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Bantams rebound The Campbell River No. 1 Autobody Bantam A Tyees looked to rebound after a disappointing weekend Dec. 8-9. Saturday (Dec 15) had the Tyees hosting Cowichan Valley (CV) in a Division 1 regular season game. Captain Josh Coblenz returned to the lineup after sitting out due to dental surgery. The game started with good pace but the Tyees were sent to the sin bin early. The Capitals made them pay for that transgression as they scored a power-play goal about three minutes into the game. Thirty seconds later, the Capitals scored again with a perfect pass to the side of the net as the shooter raised the puck just above the out-stretched glove of goalie Kyle Franceschini. The Tyees intensity was on display as Coblenz, working tirelessly in the offensive zone, got the puck and fed it to Sage Lim. Lim made no mistake as he buried it to open the scoring for the Tyees. Both teams worked hard as each put pressure on the opposing goalie. Just before the flood, Lukas Lund had a fantastic back-check to break up a scoring opportunity for
No room here, pal Mainstream Biological Consulting Peewee B Tyees defenceman Clinton Nelson does his job of keeping the opponent out of scoring position while goaltender Carson Borgfjord keeps his eyes on the puck. The team had a great weekend of exhibition play against the Oceanside Generals on Saturday in Parksville where the Tyees won 8-0 with the first shutout of the season for goaltender Sam Ellis. On Sunday the Tyees hosted the Generals resulting in a 3-2 win. The Tyees will be busy over the holidays attending the Vancouver Canucks Charity Tournament in Burnaby and then the Comox Valley tournament in the New Year.
the Capitals to keep the score 2-1 in favour of CV. The clean ice was helpful to both teams but a bit of water stopped the puck in an awkward position a couple of times. The Tyees hard work resulted in a power-play advantage. Tyler Dickson got the puck to Coblenz who fed a cross-ice pass to Brendan Hoff at the point. Hoff ’s howitzer was in and out of the net so quickly that it caught players and officials off-guard but it went up on the board. The second period ended with deuces wild as the teams were tied 2-2. The third period began with spirited play at both ends. The Tyees went back on the power-play and showed why practicing odd-man situations are critical to success. Quick and sure puck movement from Lim to Coblenz resulted in Hoff launching a rocket on net that the Capital goalie couldn’t hold onto. Dickson pounced on the rebound and put the biscuit in the basket to give the Tyees the lead. The Capitals were fired up and kept coming hard. They won the loose puck off of the boards in the Tyee Continued on A35
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Minty moss garlands a mid-winter marvel During Decemfancy-free), with no ber’s damp and chill, true leaves or stems, Mother Earth has mosses anchor to transformed our winrocks and trees with ter landscape with filaments called rhizminiature jungles of oids, which do not dew-soaked moss. absorb nutrients in Often overthe manner looked and of roots. unappreciWater and ated, these mineral small green nutrients are plants glow absorbed by in gloomy the plant’s winter with thin leaves cheerful as rain water green vigour, washes brightenChristine Scott through. ing even the This aristoIsland Wild darkest days. cratic green Mosses are the most fuzz possesses many diverse and abundant magical qualities, understorey vegetachief among them tion within our forthe ability to dry ests. completely and then About 1,000 sperevive with moisture cies of moss exist in after long periods of Canada, with some 700 dormancy (as long as or so found in British 19 years). Columbia alone. They do not flower Rootless (and or produce seeds, but
towering high above the leaf-like structure. The earliest true moss fossils date back 300 million years. Referred to on occasion as “living fossils,” mosses have changed very little since that time. Plan to spend a winter’s day out on a soul-soothing trip to the world of the wild mosses. Look for these little green denizens in any cool, damp, shady area … perhaps even your own backyard. Warm wishes to all Island Wild readers for a peaceful Christmas and festive fun out on nature trails. PHOTO BY KARALYN HUBBARD
Dew-kissed moss glows brightly during cold, wet winter days.
reproduce by spores – microscopic reproduc-
tive cells that easily float in a breeze.
The sporophyte (spore-bearing parts)
are the long stalks tipped with capsules,
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Bantams: Tyees maintain their intensity tin trip to Port Alberni Continued from A33 zone and made a pass to the open shooter at the top of the crease. He wired it under the crossbar, knocking the water bottle off of the net and tying the score at 3. The action continued back-and-forth, culminating with Coblenz feeding Dickson who passed the puck to Lim. Lim took his time and made sure the puck was deposited in the place that mattered most to give the
Tyees a 4-3 lead. With less than 10 seconds to go, the Capitals almost repeated their third goal but an excellent save by Franceschini preserved the 4-3 victory. S u n d ay, h a d t h e Tyees on the road as they went up and over The Hump to play Port Alberni in an exhibition game. The Tyees maintained their intensity from the previous day and started to quickly wear down
the Bulldog defence with their forechecking. Coblenz opened the scoring, assisted by Dickson and Liam Rivett as the Tyees broke out cleanly and quickly from their own zone. The Bulldogs created a two-onone opportunity of their own but Dominik Bellefleur made a brilliant save to keep them off the scoreboard. The Tyees fed off of that positive energy as Lim snapped a hard
shot on the PA net that their goalie couldn’t handle. Coblenz was Johnny-on-the-spot for the rebound to put the Tyees up 2-0. Dickson scored the next two goals; the first assisted by Coblenz and Rivett while the second was assisted by Dustin Kew as he launched a rocket from the point. The first period ended 4-0 for the Tyees. The second period started with a bit of line-juggling. All of
the players were fired up and tried to make the most of their chances. Coblenz was the beneficiary of good passing from Lund and Lim; 5-0. Cory Bukauskas worked on the forecheck to get the puck to Maddison Devlin. She took a hit but made the pass to Lund and he made no mistake with his shot on net; 6-0. Will McLean got a shift on the first line and it paid off as
he completed an oddman rush by scoring his first goal of the year to make it 7-0, chasing the Bulldog starting goalie from the game. PA got a bit of a motivational spark with the change in goalies and kept working. They went on the power-play and scored as Bellefleur made consecutive three saves, bang-bang-bang, and tried to extend for the fourth but couldn’t quite make it; 7-1.
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The Bulldogs created a breakaway from centre ice but Bellefleur made a tremendous pad save to deny the shooter. The Tyees responded with sustained pressure but were unable to score prior to the flood. The second period ended with the Tyees leading 7-1. The third period started with teams trading power-play goals as Hoff wired a shot from the point, assisted by Dickson and Coblenz. PA scored but took a cross-checking penalty after the goal during their celebration in the Tyee crease. On the ensuing power-play, Dickson scored his hat-trick goal, assisted by Lund. There was going to be a tripping call on the play but that was negated by the goal. The Bulldogs took a few liberties while short-handed and were penalized as a result. After a cross-check was called against PA, a coach was ejected for his outburst. The power-plays continued and the goals kept coming as Olivia Knowles launched a laser of a shot into the top corner, assisted by Dawson Frank and Rivett while McLean provided the screen in front; 10-3. Lund scored his second of the game, assisted by Coblenz, making the final score 12-4 for the Tyees.
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