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SUPERINTENDENT’S RESIGNATION
Public seeks some info School board chair Kershaw says position to be filled ‘as quickly as we can’ JOHN HARDING editor@pqbnews.com
The public is asking questions, but work continues at the school district offices after the resignation this week of Superintendent Jim Ansell, says school board chair Lynette Kershaw. “Any turnover of staff brings with it a change but we are dealing with it the best we can,” Kershaw said Wednesday. “I’m very confident in the staff we have.” District 69 issued a news release Monday afternoon announcing Ansell’s resignation after The NEWS, responding to a tip, asked for comment Monday morning on what was just a rumour late last week. The release said Ansell was leaving to “pursue other opportunities in his educational career.” Ansell was hired in August, 2011 and his last day will be April 1. Assistant superintendent Rollie Koop is currently the acting superintendent. Kershaw said Wednesday the district will issue another statement later this week or early next, in regards to the timing of the search to replace Ansell. “The superintendent is a pivotal position and we’re looking to fill it as quickly as we can.” The NEWS has heard from members of the public concerned about what’s happening at the district, which will have its third superintendent in two years. “I think the public deserves to know why (aside from the vague reference to other educational opportunities) he is resigning in the middle of the school year,” one person wrote on our Facebook page. “Was there some internal disagreement or problem with his working relationship within the board? If so, I think we should be told. The nature of the disagreements need not be specified, but it is highly unusual for a top administrator to leave in this manner.”
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Thousands of tons of herring were unloaded from boats at French Creek Marina on Tuesday afternoon after two busy days on the water near Parksville Qualicum Beach.
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‘So much fish arriving at once’ Department of Fisheries expects the fishery to wrap up this week NEIL HORNER news@pqbnews.com
The activity off the beaches on the central Island has slowed, but it’s not over yet, says Department of Fisheries and Oceans scientist Greg Thomas.
“The fishery is ongoing for gill nets but they are nearly done,” Thomas said. “They only have about 200 tons out of their 6,700 tons remaining.” The seine fleet isn’t doing as well, with only just in excess of 4,000 tons caught so far. “The industry has slowed their catch because of problems with capacity to deal with packing and offloading, Thomas said. “There has
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Agencies join forces and stop 2,000 vehicles When several police agencies joined forces last Monday to enforce traffic laws near Cathedral Grove, they came up with a bountiful harvest of infractions. Central and North Island RCMP Traffic Service officers were joined by Forestry officers, a Commercial Vehicle Inspector, Industry Canada inspectors as well as members from North Island Integrated Road Safety Unit. The Joint Forces Traffic Operation took place on the busy Alberni Highway and focused on vehicle safety and compliance, and ran from 9:30 a.m. until 3 p.m. During this operation, more than 2,000 vehicles were checked and officers issued more than 50 tickets and warnings. As well, a prohibited driver was taken off the road and there were several logging and transport trucks checked for load and safety defects and secure load. — NEWS Staff
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The Regional District of Nanaimo has ratified a call to action on Little Mountain. Responding to public outrage over the mound of junked stoves, refrigerators, newspaper boxes and other trash at the foot of the cliff face, directors called on district staff to write a letter to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations asking them to clean up the site and prevent further dumping over the cliff. • A plan to increase public participation at RDN meetings has hit a funding wall. The proposal would have seen $10,000 put aside in the budget to fund electoral area community meetings. However, the measure fell to the budget axe and will not go forward. — NEWS Staff
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WHERE THERE’S SMOKE: Well, apparently there isn’t always fire. Five Vancouver Island Health Authority staff members had to evacuate their offices on Wednesday afternoon after they smelled smoke. The Parksville Volunteer Fire Department responded quickly and did a thorough inspection. “We weren’t able to locate anything, which is a good thing, I guess,” said Chief Doug Banks. The chief said the building’s maintenance staff were going to do another check later.
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Henry Chamulak remains unimpressed. After an impassioned plea to Qualicum Beach town council regarding the plan to put a stormwater detention basin just over the back fence of his Trio Lane home, Chamulak was not pleased with a news release issued by the town on Tuesday. The town said Tuesday it was in discussions with the project engineer and contractor to move the basin slightly to the south which would result, according to director of engineering Bob Weir, “in a substantial increase in distance between the basin and nearby resident homes, and aesthetic improvements that would make the basin a more natural and attractive feature.� According to the release, town staff have met twice with the engineer and contractor following Chamulak’s presentation to council Feb. 25. “It is recognized there are circumstances in which the town needs to better engage with neighbouring residents before work begins,� said Luke Sales, director of planning. “We will identify opportunities in the development process — especially related to off-site works and services, as in the present case — to better communicate with residents.� Chamulak said Tuesday he would like to see the town “better engage� with neighbouring residents. He had a visit from Weir Feb. 26, but he says the town has not spoken with him about any the changes referred to in the news release Tuesday, nor has the town
answered his e-mails. “I’m not getting any answers from anybody and it’s getting frustrating,� Chamulak told The NEWS on Tuesday after reading the news release. “They didn’t address a single question that we’ve asked them in the past two weeks.� Chamulak was asked to comment about the news release. “Rhetoric, total rhetoric,� he said. “We want to know how safe it (the basin) is and they (the town) have just ignored everybody. I believe they are trying to cook something up but I don’t know what it is.� Town communications liaison Patricia Huntsman said the town has sent “response cards� to whomever sent e-mails. She also said the town continues to meet with the project engineer and contractor and construction on the new version of the basin could start by the end of next week. Construction of the basin was to be paid for in full by the developer of the neighbouring West Ridge development. As Coun. Dave Willie said at the Feb. 25 meeting, the developer “has done everything we have asked him to do.� Huntsman said it’s too early to say for certain any new version of the basin, with possible landscaping and beautification additions, will end up costing taxpayers. “At this point, the town does not anticipate additional costs,� said Huntsman. According to the news release, the town has also posted a Q&A document for neighbouring residents on its website www.qualicumbeach.com that “further clarifies the technical aspects relating to the stormwater detention basin near Trio Lane.�
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The Parksville Volunteer Fire Department is looking for feedback on the services they provide. They invite residents of the Parksville Fire Protection Area to complete a short online survey to help the department update its strategic plan. The survey only takes about 10 minutes, but also provides a lot of opportunities for in-depth comments. It is available on the webpages of both the city (www.parksville.ca) and fire department (www.pvfd.ca) until March 17. Fire Chief Doug Banks said they are looking for comments and suggestions “on how we can improve our level of service to the public.�
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THURSDAY SPOTLIGHT: People, places and issues of the Parksville/Qualicum Beach region
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The Native Spirit takes its turn unloading at French Creek Seafoods on Tuesday afternoon.
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s busy as the waters around Parksville Qualicum Beach were this week, the French Creek marina saw more than its share of traffic Tuesday as boats unloaded their bounty of herring. Thousands of tons of the silvery fish were in the holds of dozens of boats, waiting their turn to unload. The fish are packed in icy totes and then shipped to processing plants in the Lower Mainland. They go through an X-ray of sorts when they get to the plants so the males and females can be separated. The males are discarded and the roe extracted from the females. Those eggs are then shipped to Japan, where they are a prized delicacy and used in traditional ceremonies. What’s left of the fish are used for cat food and fertilizers, among other things. Like their salmon cousins when they spawn, the reproduction process takes much of the nutritional value out of the herring, so the millions of fish caught here this week were taken only for their eggs.
The crew from the Native Spirit unload hundreds of tons of herring from their hold at French Creek Seafoods on Tuesday.
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Buckerfields manager Eric Petersen shows some urban chicken coops they have for sale.
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He once again raised the fears about attracting rodents and prey animals, increasing noise and odour, decreasing property values and being unsanitary for neighbours. While he didn’t feel the bylaw should pass at all, he said if it does, one solution could be to make people ask all their neighbours for permission.
Director of community planning Blaine Russell later told The NEWS he didn’t believe it was possible to write that into a bylaw, explaining you can’t have people vote on rights. Something is either allowed by a bylaw or not, giving the example that your neighbours can’t decide how fast you can drive. In the past Al Greir is the
only councillor who has spoken against the bylaw. The bylaw will come back to council for third and final reading in the near future. Meanwhile Eric Petersen, manager of Buckerfields, said they have had a fair bit of interest in their small hen coops since the bylaw first came up, but not necessarily an increase in purchases yet.
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The City of Parksville’s two recent open houses introducing the updated official community plan (OCP) were successful enough that another has been added and the time frame for providing feedback extended. During Monday’s city council meeting, Mayor Chris Burger said the third open house is being added because of the
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If you have ever enjoyed a great meal at one of the area’s fine dining establishments, chances are your dish was prepared by a student who honed his/ her skills at the Culinary Institute of Vancouver Island (CIVI) located on the campus at Vancouver Island University (VIU). Over the years, VIU’s culinary program has developed a reputation for being one of the top chef training institutions in Canada and program coordinator and chef instructor Debbie Shore has been part of the successful program for 20 years now. Shore calls Parksville home and she has been commuting to VIU’s Nanaimo campus since 1993 sharing her passion for cooking with hundreds of students. A graduate of the program herself, Shore admitted there are many students the program can brag about. “The day that I started I shook hands with someone who was just graduating and they are now the corporate director for the Middle East Hilton International. We have grads everywhere.” While there is always something great being prepared at the CIVI these days several students are sharpening their cooking and baking skills to prepare for a variety of culinary competitions that will take place over the next few months. With the support of the dedicated Culinary Arts faculty, the students are putting in a lot of overtime hours to perfect recipes and dishes they hope will lead to success at the various competitions.
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Among the talented stu- classmate Long will also be dents vying for medals are vying for a gold medal. Brian Kremer, Adam Long, Berg isn’t worried about Shaun Saunders, Allegra their rivalry though – he Jimenez and Connor Berg. thrives on the pressure of Kremer has already prov- the competition and the en his talent by taking silver fast paced environment. at the recent B.C. Chef’s Ju- He also competed at the nior Chapter 17th Annual Hot Competition in VanHot Competition in Van- couver and appreciates couver. that their instructors travel Berg is a with them, high school cheering The day that I started I s t u d e n t shook hands with someone them on. who was just graduatfrom Parks“It makes ing and they are now the ville taking a huge difcorporate director for the part in a proference Middle East Hilton Intergram which to have a national. We have grads allows stufriendly everywhere dents to beface out gin post-secthere, as DEBBIE SHORE ondar y the comtrades and petitions technical are very inprograms during their Grade tense,” he confessed. 12 year. According to Shore, not Berg is planning to com- every culinary program enpete in the Skills Canada courages students to comHigh School Competition in pete. “Competitions aren’t April. There, he’ll be tasked part of the curriculum, but with preparing a two course we feel it’s really importmeal in three hours. ant to create these opporBerg will be facing some tunities for students. It’s a friendly competition at the great way for them to hone Skills Canada event as his the skills they’re learning in
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DOWNTOWNERS: (From left) Executive director Pam Bottomley, guest speaker Ken Kelly and president Michelle Jones took time out for this photo during the Parksville Downtown Business Association’s AGM Tuesday evening. Watch The NEWS for more about the association, its 2013 budget, its incoming board and the guest speaker.
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Celebrate Women’s Day The Canadian Federation of University Women Parksville/ Qualicum (CFUWPQ) is holding an International Women’s Day celebration on Sunday March 10. This group focuses on the pursuit of knowledge by giving out scholarships to female high school graduates, and bursaries to women resuming their education. Each year, they offer two Return to School for Women bursaries, three CFUWPQ memorial awards, the James Craig Reid Memorial Scholarship, a postgraduate schol-
arship, and three scholarships for high school graduates. The CFUW has about 10,000 members nationally, and about 80 members in Oceanside. They raise the money for their scholarships and bursaries by holding an annual used book sale, and a silent auction. The Women’s Day celebration will take place at 2 p.m. at the Parksville Community Centre Fireside room, and includes a screening of the NFB film Status Quo and a panel discussion following. — by Hayley Charnock
The political dance card is starting to fill in the Alberni-Pacific Rim constituency with the announcement this week that Errington resident Enid Mary Sangster-Kelly plans to run for the B.C. Conservatives. Born in Lancashire, England, Sangster-Kelly emigrated to Canada in the 1970s and soon became a Canadian citizen. She initially made her home in Alberta, working with Alberta Health Care and the Workers’ Compensation Board. In 1994, after marriage and the arrival of three children, she and her young family moved to British Columbia. A born-entrepreneur, Sangster-Kelly has coowned and operated a small enterprise, Blooming Lovely Landscape Services, since moving to B.C. She has also worked as a special events decorator and a children’s entertainer, and authored a weekly, humour column for the Morning Star. When asked why she decided to throw her hat into the electoral ring, she likened the political situation in the province to a banquet she once attended. “We were served pickled herring to start and akvavit to drink,” she said. “I took a taste of the herring and really didn’t like it, so I took a swig of the akvavit to get the taste out of my mouth. It was horrible. I was going back and forth. This is exactly what we are seeing with the Liberals and the NDP.” “I would have asked to please have a long, cold drink of water,” she said. “What we need in B.C. is a long, cold drink of water to clear the palate.” Sangster-Kelly is married to Brian, her husband of 30 years, and together they have three adult children. She joins incumbent Scott Fraser of the NDP in the race.
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is name is Junior, and he’s a fisherman. On Tuesday, with 80 tons of herring in the hold of the Southern Ridge waiting to be offloaded at French Creek Seafoods, Junior spoke about his life on the
seas. He’s from Parksville, and apart from this busy week in the waters close to his home, he is away nine months of the year, chasing tuna in the South Pacific or species closer to B.C. Junior says it’s exciting and he loves it. He has hours of stories, including one about the time he went to sea with the captain, got to the red-hot hake fishing grounds and then realized the rest of the crew wasn’t sleeping in the boat like they thought but still in the bar on shore. It was a little scary and frantic doing all of the crew duties, and he wouldn’t want to do it again from a safety perspective, but his pay cheque was big from that day of work. But, and there’s always a but: “missing the kids when they are young is a tough one, but hey, it puts dinner on the table.” Not like it used to. Qualicum Beach Mayor Teunis Westbroek — who took time out of his day to lead us around French Creek on Tuesday, for which we are grateful — fished herring for a couple of decades starting in the 1970s, and there were years when two days on the seas netted a crew share of more than $50,000/ person. But that was when they were getting more than $3,000/ton for herring. Junior remembers those big paydays too, but he figures he will get about $8,000 as his crew share for his two days at sea this week, with the herring fetching about $300/ton. That might sound like a lot of money for two days of work, but it’s hard work, dangerous work, and he has to be ready at the drop of a hat for the opening of the season, which can mean days or weeks of downtime — hurry up and wait. Junior will be moving along now, away from his home and the local herring fishery, perhaps to chase tuna in some warm waters, or pollock in frigid climates. He will fight weather, gear, quotas, competition, regulation, falling prices, weariness and the longing to see his family. Fishing is a hard life. — Editorial by John Harding
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Letters The kids jusT played Re: ‘Unexplained soccer league shakeup,’ The NEWS, March 5. I had the pleasure of coaching my HCFC U11 boys soccer team in a tournament this past weekend in Parksville. Organized by the Oceanside Youth Soccer Club, our boys played some excellent games. It was amazing how the referee put the ball on the centre mark and a bunch of kids simply went out and played the “beautiful game.” Our children did not gather around the centre circle, discuss “philosophical differences” then decide not to play. They just played. They did not discuss how Oceanside might train differently than HCFC and then decide not to play. They just played. It’s a shame that next year we won’t be playing against many of these teams due to “philosophical” differences between a bunch of adults. Jim RutheRfoRd Nanaimo
deTails are The key Re: ‘Safety is the key’, a letter to the editor in the Feb. 21 edition of The NEWS. We see BC Hydro’s Gary Murphy has been busy getting his latest spin sheet out to the local newspapers. His mantra remains pretty much the same — that smart meters send out safe radio waves that are no different than the radio and TV signals we have been living with for decades. This is not quite true. What Murphy leaves out is that these waves are sent out quite differently than televisions or radi-
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os. They emit micro-bursts of high level radiation which allow them to efficiently penetrate living cells. He goes on to say these bursts of communication only occur for 1.4 seconds per day. However, only 18 months ago in an interview with Focus OnLine, Murphy did not disagree with a report citing the measurement challenge presented by smart meters. He conceded there are so many shifting factors it is impossible to know exactly how frequent or powerful transmissions will be, but he predicted these bursts would occur “perhaps every 30 minutes or more.” Murphy also asserts that the World Health Organization confirms “our wireless meters pose no known health risks.” Again, he fails to mention the tiny detail that the WHO has placed wireless technology in the category of Group 2B carcinogens. feRn and LauRence Wayman Qualicum Beach
parTy comes firsT As soon as a candidate becomes a member of a political party, their individuality and the rights and concerns of their constituents ends. The party’s agenda comes first, the party’s survival second and the people last and it’s not just me saying this. It’s the MPs themselves, well, the ones on the back bench, whose hair has turned grey after just one year in government through banging their heads against the wall trying to fight the system. In fact, more time and energy is spent by these political parties arguing amongst themselves than there is on governing the country. We need to throw out the party system
completely and go back to independent representation. And the only thing stopping that is the money a candidate has to come up with to run, and it’s been engendered that way, to keep the good guys out. What we need is to curtail spending on government expenses and perks and use that money to fund elections. Then elected candidates, as independents, could vote as their constituents want them to.
maRy St. John Parksville
pilaging The coasT Ah, the early signs of spring. Birds chirping, longer days and dozens of herring boats pillaging our local waters. Why we allow this exploitation of a keystone aquatic species boggles the mind. To hear the talking heads from DFO reassure us all is well, surely cannot be taken seriously. This organization has a sad history of miscalculating and estimating of stocks in the past. The decision to allow the commercial fishing of herring is more based on politics the sound science. Ask any long-time fisherman of the area, and they will tell you not only are the stocks a fraction of what they were, also the size of the herring themselves. The residents of this island see little in the way of economic gain from this short fishery of a public resource. Sport fishing nets the provincial economy more than commercial and salmon farming combined. Give the stocks a chance to recover so we can all benefit. No food, no fish.
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Cummins is the man Adrian Dix said he knows John Cummins. Then he would also know that John Cummins has no ties to the federal Conservatives. I would say he learned a lot of what to do and what not to do while he working as a federal MP and now his main focus is to bring good government to British Columbia. He loves this province and has the knowhow to lead us back to prosperity. As I said in a previous letter, I have lived in B.C. for 34 years and out of that period of time we have had 23 years of poor government under the other two parties. So please think long and hard before placing your X. I have had a lot of people tell me the Conservatives are going split the vote and the NDP will win. All I can say to that is only us B.C. residents can change that. Jim Enright Parksville
the Gospel is love Any Christian minister worth their salt will embrace the gospel as both truth and love, not dismissing one in order to wrap the other in a warm, fuzzy rainbow flag. Although Christ preached a gospel of compassion, I don’t think he meant to accommodate sin when welcoming the sinner. Mark 10:6-8: “But from the beginning of creation, God made them, male and female…and the two shall become one flesh…” Not man with man, or man with beast, or man with a man who was a man but became a self-identified female whose sexual inclinations float along a continuum. The Affirmed United initiative has become an absurd betrayal of the most basic tenets of the faith. In the hands of Knox United, the ten commandments become the 10 suggestions toward a more inclusive congregation. Thieves, adulterers and liars should cele-
brate their diversity. After all, that’s the way God made them, and who are we to judge. John ChambErs Parksville
i told you so I don’t enjoy saying I told you so, but the mismanagement of the Oceanside Health Centre was telegraphed a long time before it got here. We’ve seen everything from local doctors refusing to sign on, a total lack of consultation with local service providers such as the X-ray clinic and the local lab, not to mention the local citizens. Then, we had a raid on the local taxpayers to help fund it and now a second whine for more money. I had looked forward to ending my days in a local community hospital where staff knew me and my family could visit me without burning tons of carbon, but it was not to be. It will take years to overcome the mismanagement and games we have been forced to live with. John olsEn Errington
Cut out the hysteria I have read so many positive and negative claims about the impact of smart meters, for example, that BC Hydro even knows when we are taking a shower (as distinct from running the washing machine), that I am left confused about their veracity. Like many readers of The NEWS, I expect, I would welcome factual evidence, from independent research organizations, of specific harm caused by smart meters. Then I can read these analyses and decide for myself on the alleged threat. In particular, I invite past letter writers to The NEWS to come up with this hard information. Let me stress this: I don’t find hysteria persuasive. howard PErrigo Qualicum Beach
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they should go up by the Beach Hut,” Westbroek said. “Later on I saw them up there and I saw my own old gear right there and I could see they were pulling in By fish.” Neil While he was glad Horner to see his fellow fishermen doing well, Westrboek admits to having mixed feelings about the sight. “It was hard,” he said. “I thought, why am I standing on the beach? It’s a wonderful thing to see nets come up like that. It’s a wonderful way to make a living.”
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• The MLA for the Alberni-Pacific Rim constituency dipped his toe into federal policy when he rose in the legislature to call on the federal government to change course in its plan to close Coast Guard stations. “Most people have heard of the dangerous and unsupportable decision made by the federal government to close the Kitsilano Coast Guard station,” Fraser said. “British Columbians are about to face another hit to marine safety. The marine communication and traffic services strategically located in Comox and Ucluelet are slated for closure next week.” Fraser said this is a bad idea. “These centers monitor for distress signals from vessels, everything from pleasure craft to tour boats to fully laden tankers and freighters,” he said. “They are like a marine 911 service and air traffic control service on the water. They provide vital safety and weather information, and the operators know their regions intimately. The Coast Guard’s marine communication and traffic services are the eyes and ears of the coast.” Notice of Public Open House Session
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Prayer is making contact with a person, first and foremost “Prayer... Church-bells beyond the stars heard, the soul’s blood, the land of spices; something understood.” — Rev. George Herbert, 1649.
means we’ve started out thinking from the wrong place. Lent, if it encourages anything, urges us to begin over again with God, not with ourselves. And I think the very question, “Does praying work?” can get us thinking in Aside from Bob Dylan my favourite poet the wrong frame of mind. is George Herbert, an Anglican priest who George Herbert said prayer is “the soul’s wrote of the ministry of a Chrisblood, ” What an amazing image, tian’s life, and the life of a Chrisso far from something asked, that tian Minister, in 17th Century functions automatically like a maEngland. His poetry, like Dylan’s chine or like Aladdin’s lamp. That 350 years after, is astonishingly By Guy Bellerby kind of prayer is an illusion. clear, searching and (for me at Prayer is making contact with a least) prayer-producing. person, first and foremost. It starts We’re in the season of Lent with the fact that God is utterly, now, when prayer can assume a perfectly, completely complete. deeper place in our lives. A conAnd I am not. Thus my petition. versation with a parishioner after In Herbert’s poem a spoken church this week about praying prayer is like the sound of church sent me again into George Herbells, ringing and heard from bert’s verse, and more specifically some place, “beyond the stars.” into the question of answered Spiritually, we are in that Why should we ask God prayer. My parishioner wonplace when we pray. Through for anything in the first dered how I thought praying our simple utterance — that place since God, being ‘worked’? He was of the opinwe are sorry for our mistakes, God, already knows what that we admit we are in need ion it did work, and that we we need? should even “be careful what — in the words we say, God we ask for!” a caution you shows Himself to us. Asking Guy bellerby may have heard too. for things is the smallest part Why should we ask God of prayer. for anything in the first place C.S. Lewis once said, since God, being God, already knows what “What God does, is learned from who He is.” we need? The answers to prayer — “yes”, “no” or “latIs prayer some kind of formula by which er” — could just be a consequence of praying. the Almighty works out His design for our Prayer is not a mechanism to get, but a means lives? Jesus told the disciples, “You don’t re- to listen. “A land of spices”, beautiful and far ceive because you don’t ask.” So what hap- away from our human concerns. “Something pens when we do ask? Are the answers always understood.” About our childish selves. And there? about Our Father in Heaven. I’m pretty sure that when we run into a Guy Bellerby is the Minister at theological problem like this, it generally Christ’s Church (Oceanside).
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Doris Day once said, “The only problem with middle age is that it ends.” Doris had a point. Age sneaks up on you. Even though I still think of myself as 25, the brutal truth is that I’m more than twice that now. And to be frank, middle age has not been kind! When I was a teenager I was so skinny that if I stood sideways on the beach and stuck out my By ray Smit tongue I looked like a zipper. Once, playing tennis, my girlfriend stared at my pale skin and huge shock of blonde hair and giggled, “You look like a giant Q-Tip!” So what happened to my weight? To be fair, many people develop muffin tops in middle age. But not me. Mine is actually more of an umbrella top. Sadly, my loose 32-inch jeans have been replaced with extremely snug 38s. They cut off my circulation but I’m too vain to buy 40s. So I guess it’s a judgment on me that I’ve begun walking like the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz. “Oil can! Oil can!” Another sure sign of aging is crow’s feet. These days I’ve got more wrinkles than the old plum I forgot at the back of the fridge. The other night I fell asleep on my stomach and awoke to find creases on my chest. I looked like I’d been crisscrossed by wagon ruts. Not exactly the rugged cowboy look I was going for. Another change wrought by
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STRANGE PHENOMENON IN THE SKIES ABOVE QUALICUM BEACH
Resident may have seen an ‘iridium flare’ HAYLEY CHARNOCK
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Doreen Shoesmith of Qualicum Beach said she was quite surprised at 5 a.m. Feb. 15 when she looked out of her window and saw a UFO. Shoesmith lives on Willow Road and from her south-facing bedroom she was able to look out over Dogwood Road to see a strange flickering light four houses down. “It came up over from the sea, from the shoreline up over Dogwood” said Shoesmith. After attempting to describe the strange phenomenon, Shoe-
smith recounted what she described as the strangest part of the encounter. “It didn’t do it very often, maybe three times in the whole time I was watching. It lit the sky up as if it was daylight, just in the area that it was in… then it went off again.” Shoesmith said she watched the lights for about 15 minutes before they went behind a cluster of trees and were mostly blocked from her view. “It was unexplainable, really” she said of her bizarre experience. Ken Tapping, an astronomer with the national research council, thinks he might have an
idea of what it may have been. After checking his star map program, he determined that there were no unusually bright stars in the area at that time. Tapping discarded the idea that the light could have been a meteor or a fireball when told that Shoesmith watched it for about 15 minutes before it went behind a cluster of trees. “Another possibility,” said Tapping, “is a thing called an iridium flare.” “Satellites [in orbit] have got four antennas on them, and these antennas are extremely reflective, so they’re like mirrors. When the
satellite gets into the right position, essentially what they do is they reflect the sunlight from the sun right down into your eyes. What you see is a faint object that gradually gets brighter and brighter, and when it’s incredibly bright and you think it can’t get any brighter, it continues to brighten until it’s utterly amazing.” “That actually seems be the sort of thing that fits the bill,” Tapping continued. “If this lady was really, really well located for a good iridium flare, a slowly-moving light that will become incredibly bright, then fade away to nothing.”
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Though Shoesmith has been on the lookout since the strange incident, she said no more strange lights have presented themselves to her. “I think people should keep their eyes open,” said Tapping, “When you see something in the sky take note immediately, write down absolutely everything you can think of about it, (such as the time and date, which direction, how far above the horizon, what colour did it look, and how big did it look.” If you spot strange lights in the sky, call the national research council at (250) 497 2345.
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Local artist Dan Gray will be hosting an opening night celebration in Errington on Friday, March 9, coinciding with the opening of his exhibition in NYC.
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exhibition celebrating NYC show Dan Gray hosts exhibition in Errington to coincide with his group’s show in Manhattan LISSA ALEXANDER reporter@pqbnews.com
Local artist Dan Gray’s work is currently hanging in an exhibit in New York City, and to coincide with opening night of that exhibit he’ll be holding an opening celebration in his loft in the woods of Errington March 9. The group is called Landscape Artists International (LAI), of which Gray is a founder, and they are spread around the world in places like Rio de Janeiro, Scotland and Hawaii. Joining that group of artists at their Manhattan show is another called International Plein Air Painters, which Gray has also worked with in the past. Gray said although he’s thrilled to be doing a show in NYC, he knows this isn’t “it.” “It’s all baby steps that add up in your art careers,” he said, “but I'm excited about it.” To support the traveling exhibition, which will move on to Pennsylvania and pos-
sibly Milan, LAI has recently published a coffee table book called Far and Near Horizons, filled with their artwork. Gray has the cover painting (voted on by members in the group), a scene of Qualicum Beach by the Brant Viewing station. He also has pieces painted from San Pariel, Rathtrevor and Nanoose Bay in the book. “My thought is that Oceanside gets the benefits of artists not only painting here… and then now these pieces are moving out into the world and it shows Oceanside at its best,” he said. “It’s great advertising.” The show in NYC runs to March 23, with opening night this Saturday, and at Gray’s opening in Errington on the same day he will show a collection of his big city pastels, along with recent works including the piece from the book cover. The celebration happens from 1 to 6 p.m. in Gray’s loft at 1300 Grafton Ave. For more information visit www.dfgray.com.
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The McMillan Arts Centre will see more performing arts events in the near future, said new president of the Oceanside Community Arts Council (OCAC), Chris Raines. “The new board has a lot of energy and we are focused on becoming a true community-based activity centre,” he said. The OCAC will continue to support the visual arts and will endeavour to increase
activities in the building in the evenings, Raines said, in an effort to remain financially independent. The group has proposed an upcoming street festival and are currently looking at partnering with Vancouver Island University’s Elder College. The OCAC will also aim to make use of different facilities around the centre’s mandated area, from Nanoose Bay to Bowser. For more on the MAC visit www.mcmillanartscentre.com.
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School District No. 69 Qualicum SPECIAL PUBLIC BOARD MEETING RE: 2013-2014 PRELIMINARY BUDGET The Board of Education of School District No. 69 (Qualicum) invites you to attend a Special Public Board Meeting on Monday, March 11th at 7:00 pm in the Forum of the Parksville Civic and Technology Centre, 100 Jensen Avenue East, Parksville. The topic of discussion will be the 2013/14 Preliminary Budget with a report on the feedback received from the District’s Budget Survey and Budget Committees.
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Some artists gaze out to sea for inspiration, others find their subject matter in their gardens, but local artist Deborah Daffé hits the local produce sections. “The idea just came to me: I’m going to go to the Safeway, the closest grocery store, to the produce department. And I just wandered around picking up all kinds of different vegetables,” she said. This was about 15 years ago when she lived in Calgary and wanted to paint a basket of vegetables to hang in her new home. Today she continues her tours of local produce sections, picking out unusual shaped fruits and vegetables that produce nice shadows to use as her models. Daffé’s still life work is currently hanging for sale at the Gallery @ Qualicum Art Supply. Daffé was born in Edmonton and has spent most of her life in Calgary. She’s been painting since she was a child and throughout her time in school won a slew of competitions for her work. She won scholarships to attend art classes at local galleries, often the only youth in the room, and that has been the extent of her art training.
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Daffé worked with watercolours at a young age, switched to oils, and settled on acrylics in her teens. Over the years Daffé has done a lot of commission work on the side, while working regular hours at other jobs, but today she paints full time. Beyond painting deep purple eggplants, shiny red apples and less-than-perfect pears, Daffé paints landscapes, and said she enjoys painting children. “[Children] are like a blank canvas, they are innocent little creatures and they are all beautiful.” Daffé moved to the area in 2011 and upon entering her first show with the local Federation of Canadian artists chapter, won an award of excellence. She has since won another award in a local FCA juried show and one at an FCA show in Vancouver. She also painted a semi-abstract beach scene of kids playing Qualicum Beach which was selected for permanent display at Nanaimo Regional Hospital’s emergency department. Besides The Gallery @ Qualicum Art Supply, Daffé’s work can be seen at The Qualicum Beach Coastal Community Credit Union and The Old School House Arts Centre.
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Class and culture collide in this emotional film Freida Pinto, the beauty from the hit film Slumdog Millionaire, captivates the screen in Trishna, Beach Flicks next screening Friday March 9 in Qualicum Beach. Trishna is Michael Winterbottoms adaptation of Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d’Ubervilles. Filmed in India, it is beautifully shot with stunning music and rich performances that stir emotions with many thought provoking scenes. Trishna lives with her family in a village in Rajasthan, India's largest state. As the eldest daughter, she is forced to be the family’s main wage earner after her father is injured in an accident. The audience is taken on a journey of curiosity, romance and tragedy as past, future, class and culture collide. Beach Flicks happens at the Eaglecrest Golf Course, doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the film begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $6 with proceeds going to charity. Visit www.beachflicks.ca for more information. — Submitted by Luba Plotnikoff
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TRUST YOUR INTUITION! Inner Peace Movement of Canada welcomes National Leader
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Tuesday, March 12 1:00 and 7:30pm Quality Inn 240 Dogwood Street, Parksville
Nourish your spirit and let your light shine. Find inner peace and calm by trusting your instincts. Listen to your inner desires. Move forward, dare to dream big. Learn more about the soul and eternal life, guardian angels, life purpose and achieving balance, 7 year cycles and the 4 gifts of perception. Aura readings. Everyone is welcome. Talks last 11/2 hours. Tickets at door • $16 incl HST www.innerpeacemovement.ca
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Trishna is being shown at the Eaglecrest Golf Course on Friday, March 9 by local non-profit organization, Beach Flicks.
Royal Canadian Legion & Ladies Auxiliary Qualicum Beach Branch 76 Branch 76 funds are generated entirely through the efforts of our volunteers. Over the past year, $16,950.00 was donated in support of the following: Mount Arrowsmith Pipe Band Association 893 Beaufort Squadron Air Cadets Navy League Cadet Corps Admiral Yanow The Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Esquimalt Errington Therapeutic Riding Association Oceanside Youth Soccer Society Parksville & District 69 Team (“Trackshoes”) Family Resource Association Oceanside Minor Baseball Association Tour De Rock
Dashwood Volunteer Fire Department Arrowsmith Search and Rescue The Salvation Army The Society of Organized Services QBMS Mountain Bike Club Vancouver Naval Veterans Band Haven House Society Legion Foundation – Cockrell House Veterans Broadmead Lodge Ladies Auxilary Challenge BC/Yukon Youth Track & Field
Three $1000 bursaries from the Major Cooper Bursary Fund to Kwalikum Secondary School students.
$11,400 in contributions from our community to the Branch 76 Poppy Campaign allowed us to support the following: Student awards for the Poppy Campaign Poster Competition
Navy League Cadet Corps Admiral Yanow
One $1500 Bursary for post-secondary schooling Grants to Service Personnel & Dependants
Veterans Transition Program for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE Pursuant to Section 185 of the Local Government Act, Notice is hereby given that the Regional District of Nanaimo intends to provide assistance to the Vancouver Island Regional Library (“VIRL”) through the lending of $9.5 million. The Regional District of Nanaimo, will, subject to approval of the electors by Alternative Approval Process, borrow up to $9.5 million to lend to the VIRL, to enable the VIRL to purchase the Downtown Harbourfront Library Building located at 90 Commercial Street, in Nanaimo, BC (Air Space Parcel 1, Section 1, Nanaimo District, Air Space Plan VIP65336). The money, including interest charges incurred by the Regional District of Nanaimo and all costs of borrowing the funds, will be repaid to the Regional District of Nanaimo over a twenty-five (25) year period. Dated at the City of Nanaimo, this 25th day of February, 2013 Jacquie Hill Corporate Officer
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MGS Gary Anaka Workshop Your Magical Brain: How it Learns Best • 15 ways to increase your children’s brain power • What nourishes the brain and what kills it • For parents of Primary, Middle & Secondary studentsstudents in Grade 6 and up welcome to attend
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Notice of Alternative Approval Process ELECTORAL AREAS A, B, C, E, F, G & H CITY OF NANAIMO, CITY OF PARKSVILLE, DISTRICT OF LANTZVILLE, TOWN OF QUALICUM BEACH
Regional Library Capital Financing Service Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 1673 and Indebtedness Agreement NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN) intends to adopt “Regional Library Capital Financing Service Loan Authorization Bylaw No. 1673, 2013” (“Bylaw No. 1673”) to authorize the RDN to borrow up to $9.5 millon and to enter into an Indebtedness Agreement with the Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL), for the purpose of lending $9.5 million to the VIRL, to enable the VIRL to purchase the Downtown Harbourfront Library building located at 90 Commercial Street in Nanaimo, BC (Air Space Parcel 1, Section 1, Nanaimo District, Air Space Plan VIP65336) (the “Property”), with such debt to be repaid within 25 years from the date of issue of the debenture. The Indebtedness Agreement commits VIRL to register a mortgage as security on the Property and requires VIRL to pay all costs associated with the debt and obtaining elector approval. The term of the Indebtedness Agreement will be a maximum of 25 years. FURTHER NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the RDN may proceed with the adoption of Bylaw No. 1673 and approval of the Indebtedness Agreement unless by the deadline, Elector Response Forms are certified by the Corporate Officer as having been signed by at least 10% of the eligible electors for the RDN. Elector Response Forms must be in the form established by the RDN and will be provided to all electors in Electoral Areas A, B, C, E, F, G, H, the City of Nanaimo, the City of Parksville, the District of Lantzville and the Town of Qualicum Beach upon request. A copy of Bylaw No. 1673, the Indebtedness Agreement and Elector Response Forms are available on the RDN website at www.rdn.bc.ca and at the Administration Office of the Regional District of Nanaimo located at 6300 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC, V9T 6N2, Phone 250-390-4111/1877-607-4111, from February 28, 2013 to April 9, 2013 during regular office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm; and Wednesday from 8:30 am – 5:30 pm, excluding statutory holidays. Deadline – the deadline for delivering the signed Elector Response Forms is 4:30 pm on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Forms must be received by the Corporate Officer at the Regional District of Nanaimio, 6300 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC V9T 6N2 by the deadline to be counted. The Elector Response Form may not be returned by email or by fax as original signatures are required. Alternative Approval Process The only persons qualified to sign the Elector Response Forms are electors of Electoral Areas A, B, C, E, F, G, H, the City of Nanaimo, the City of Parksville, the District of Lantzville and the Town of Qualicum Beach. Qualified electors are persons meeting all of the following Resident or Non-Resident Property Elector qualifications: Resident electors: • age 18 or older; • a Canadian citizen; • a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before signing the Elector Response Form; • a resident of the Regional District of Nanaimo for at least 30 days before signing the Elector Response Form; and • not disqualified by any enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law. Non-resident property elector: • not entitled to register as a resident elector in the Regional District of Nanaimo; • age 18 or older; • a Canadian citizen; • a resident of British Columbia for at least 6 months immediately before signing the Elector Response Form; • a registered owner of real property in the Regional District of Nanaimo for at least 30 days before signing the Elector Response Form; • the only persons who are registered owners of the real property, either as joint tenants or tenants in common, are individuals who are not holding the property in trust for a corporation or another trust; • not disqualified by any enactment from voting in an election or otherwise disqualified by law; • if there is more than one registered owner of the property (either as joint tenants or tenants in common), only one of those individuals, with the written consent of the majority of the owners, may register as a non-resident property elector; and • a person may only register as a non-resident property elector in relation to one parcel of real property in a jurisdiction. Note: No corporation is entitled to be registered as an elector or have a representative registered as an elector and no corporation is entitled to vote. For the purpose of conducting this elector response opportunity, the number of eligible electors is determined to be 112,533. If less than 10% (11,253) of the electors in Electoral Areas A, B, C, E, F, G, H, the City of Nanaimo, the City of Parksville, the District of Lantzville and the Town of Qualicum Beach sign and submit an Elector Response Form to the Regional District of Nanaimo, the RDN may proceed to adopt Bylaw No. 1673 and enter into the Indebtedness Agreement. If 11,253 or more electors return signed Elector Response Forms by the deadline, the Bylaw cannot be adopted without obtaining the assent of the electors (referendum). More information about the Alternative Approval Process may be obtained by contacting Jacquie Hill, Corporate Officer, at the Regional District of Nanaimo, 6300 Hammond Bay Road, Nanaimo, BC, V9T 6N2 or by telephone at 250-391-4111/1-877-607-4111.
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LIVE IN ERRINGTON: Hoffman Lenses will play reggae with hints of ska, hip hop, rock and latin at the Errington Hall March 9. The group’s self-titled album is in the last stages of mixing and will be available in March. Hoffman Lenses will give a sneak peak to audience members in Errington. Tickets for the show are $15, $5 for under 12’s and under 5’s are free. Get them at the Errington Store, Cranky Dog Music in Parksville and Heaven on Earth in Qualicum Beach. The show starts at 8 p.m.
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A national speaker with Inner Peace Movement Canada will aim to help others learn to trust themselves and create the kind of life they want March 12 at the Quality Resort Bayside in Parksville. Gwen McGregor believes everyone has the inner resources to draw from to handle the stress and worry that comes with change which is a natural part of life. In her seminars she discusses the nature of the soul and eternal life, levels of awareness, life purpose and achieving balance, the seven year cycles of life and the four gifts of perception. The talks happens Tuesday, March 12 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and both run 1.5 hours and admission is $16 at the door. In a busy nursing career, McGregor was drawn to her first talk because she had lost her sense of fun and enthusiasm. Working with the different tools and techniques of IPM she found healing which in turn she wanted to help others do the same. She maintains everyone has guardian angels that help with having fun and give reassurance to buoy people’s spirits when needed, often through the feeling of chills on the physical body. Learn to relax in order to tap into this inspiration and to communicate with them consciously. The Inner Peace Movement is a non-profit, educational program in self- awareness. Community study follows the seminars for those interested in expanding their self-understanding. Call 1-877-969-0095 for more information or view www.innerpeacemovement.ca —Submitted by Judy Guido
Rock and blues at the Shady Popular group Bent Rymn takes the stage Saturday night
Get your Saturday going at the Shady Rest Pub with some funky blues and classic rock from Bent Rymn. The trio is known for filling the dance floor and giving an entertaining as well as musicially pleasing show. Sherry-Lynn Blanchard fronts the band with vocals and bass, Ron Stewart plays guitar and Brad Kent keeps the beat on the drums. The group plays familiar songs that keep people’s toes tapping and heads bobbing all night. The Shady Rest is located at 3109 West Island Highway in Qualicum Beach. For more information visit www.shadyrest.ca or call 250- 752-9111. —News Staff
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Thomas William Mounsey April 6, 1929 – March 2, 2013
Bill passed away peacefully on March 2, 2013 after a short illness. He was a native Cumbrian, and lived in Bampton, Cumbria until he joined the Royal Air Force at age 17. Married to the love of his life, Myra Mounsey, in 1956, he went on to have 2 daughters, and one son (Valerie, Susan, and Andrew). There are 6 grandchildren (Jemma, Connor, Ellen, Alex, Nina and Vivienne). After leaving the RAF, Bill started working in sales, and worked hard to achieve success, joining the agricultural business in 1965. He never stopped learning and loved both agriculture and horticulture working in that business until his retirement in 1996. His love of the outdoors, and especially of his beloved Lake District, was unsurpassed. Bill always put his family first, by his actions, his words, his kindness, and his sage advice. He was very close to his sister Emma, whom he had spent much time with during their childhood. Emma passed away in 1998, and she is missed dearly by all. Myra and Bill always travelled, shopped, went on holiday, dreamed, lived and loved together. They were as one. The entire family can’t imagine having more loving and caring parents and grandparents. God blessed us with you, and called you back to him when your time on Earth was done. You are forever a part of us, and whenever we see a beautiful garden, you will be right by our side. A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday March 8th, at St Mark’s Church, 138 Hoylake Road West, Qualicum Beach, BC. To send a condolence to the family please visit www.yatesfuneral.ca YATES FUNERAL SERVICE & CREMATORIUM (250-248-5859) in care of arrangements
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BOW HORN BAY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING For the purpose of electing three Trustees for 3 year terms: to present the financial statements for 2012; and to discuss past and future works. To be held at the Fire Hall 220 Lions Way in Qualicum Bay, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at 7:00 pm
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Margaret Elizabeth “Betty� DrewBetty Drew-Brook, 83, beloved Brook beloved wife of wife of(Heaslip), Bob, in 83, their sixtieth year Bob, in their sixtieth of marriage, of marriage, diedyear peacefully in died peacefully Qualicum Beach,a Qualicum Beach,inBC after enduring BC after a twenty year twenty yearenduring decline with Parkinson’s decline disease. disease. with She Parkinson’s was an outstanding She an grandmother, outstanding aunt, wife, wife, was mother, mother, grandmother, aunt, friend, friend, teacher and environmentalist. teacher environmentalist. Betty is and survived by Bob, sons Alan Betty Bob,ofsons Alan (Holly)isofsurvived Calgary,byNeil Victoria, (Holly) of Calgary, of Victoria, and Paul (Theresa and Paul (Theresa Neil Varalta) of Calgary; grandchildren Varalta) Calgary; Brendan grandchildren Marshall of(Yolanda), (Amy), Marshall Connie, (Yolanda), Leah and Brendan Leah andand Fiona; and many Fiona; and(Amy), many Connie, cherished nieces nephews. She cherished nieces and was predeceased was predeceased by nephews. her parentsShe Rutherford and Mae by her parents and Mae sisters (Paul) Doris Heaslip, sistersRutherford Doris Morris and Heaslip, Alice Radford Morris Alice Radford both Bill of Woodstock, and both ofand Woodstock, and(Paul) brother Heaslip (Nona brother Bill Heaslip (Nona Macdonald) of Toronto. Macdonald) of Toronto. Betty was born at home on Beresford Avenue in Toronto and lived there until she married in 1953. She attended University of Toronto and Teachers College, graduating in 1951, and then worked as an elementary school teacher at Park Lawn School in Etobicoke. She had an adventurous spirit; after Bob’s graduation in 1956 she was the dental assistant on their railway-car dental offi ce/home. They served isolated communities in office/home. northwest Ontario. Alan was born in Sioux Lookout; Neil and Paul were born after the return to Toronto in 1959. Her favourite holidays were canoe trips; Betty especially loved Killarney Park. Wanderlust took the family to Fort Churchill MB in 1972, Williams Lake BC in 1974, and Prince Rupert in 1985. Betty worked mainly in education in many locations including what is now Nunavut. Interests included the Williams Lake Players’ Club theatre group, various naturalist groups, and exploring the Cariboo-Chilcotin. In retirement to Qualicum Beach in 1989, Betty was active in C.O.P.S., Arrowsmith Naturalists and the Brown Property Preservation Society. She was a founding member of Streamkeepers and the Parkinson’s support group. Gisela and Andy Pope and Lynn and Pete Tomlinson were steadfast friends, unwavering in their kindness and support. The 3rd flfloor oor staff at The Gardens were magnifi cent and are a credit to their profession. magnificent Family and friends are invited to honour Betty and Sunday, March share their memories on Monday, March 10 11 at at 2:00 2:00 pm pm at The Gardens, 650 Berwick Road N, Qualicum Beach, and at BettyDrewBrookRemembered@gmail.com.
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Susan Morgan Davis It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Susan Morgan Davis our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend. Sue was truly loved by all. Mom was the most loving, thoughtful, nurturing and caring mother that anyone could ever hope for. Mom will be forever missed by her loving children, John (Debbie), Bruce (Robyn), Lynn (Ken), Wayne (Yumi)and grandchildren, Amy, Jenna, Samantha and Noah. She will also be missed by extended family, all of whom had special and loving relationships with this wonderful lady. The family wishes to thank Dr. Noble, Dr. Baillie and the ambulance team in the Qualicum area for their support and efforts. Also a special thank you to the cardiac team at the Victoria Royal Jubilee Hospital for giving our mother an extra 17 months of quality life. No service by request. Donations can be made to the BC Children’s Hospital or the BC Heart and Stroke Foundation in her honor.
ADMINISTRATION ARROWSMITH LODGE a long term care facility in Parksville, BC, is currently accepting resumes for a Staffing Clerk/Timekeeper/Unit Clerk/Secretary. This is a permanent part-time, 4 hours per day position, number of days per week to be determined. This is a Union position covered under HEU. The rate of pay is Grid 21, $22.38 per hour. Requirements for this position are: Grade 12 minimum 3 years current staffing/timekeeping experience. HEU/BCNU Collective Agreement knowledge preferred Graduate of Unit Clerk Program, typing speed of 50 wpm, working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, working knowledge of related software applications, such as ComVida and Point Click Care preferred, ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, physical ability to carry out the duties of the position. Please email resume as an attachment to: dmcdowell@arrow smithlodge.ca Closing date for applications will be March 22, 2013. Only those applicants short listed will be contacted.
HELP WANTED BARTENDERS & SERVERS experienced, P/T or F/T. Please call 250-468-1735. DATA ENTRY / Scanning / Medical Transcription. Permanent part-time position required for a very busy medical clinic in Parksville. Requirements: Medical terminology, typing 60wpm, excellent computer skills, efficient, flexible. Please send resume to: P.O. Box 250, Parksville, BC, V9P 2G4. Attn: Sandy or Laura or fax 250-248-2128 DAVE LANDON Motors has an opening for an Automotive Salesperson. This is a full time commissioned position and comes with a full benefits package. The position requires a commitment of time, energy, constant learning, proficiency with new technology, ambition and t he ability to excel in customer service. If you have these skills needed to succeed, please email your resume to dlsales@telus.net. PRE-LAUNCH MLM Global opportunity for ancient herbal instant pain relief! Easy! maureenohearn@hotmail.com EXP: Mar 12 250-752-1942
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PROFESSIONAL, Affordable bookkeeping services provided by experienced retired accountant. Tax remittances, payroll, bank reconciliations and financial reports. No job too big or small. Contact Paul, (250)594-8447, pkaback@storm.ca
WES-COAST YARDBIRDS. Yard Maintenance, Hauling, Pressure Washing, Carpentry. Tree Pruning, Topping, Falling, Snow Removal, Irrigation Winterizing. 250-752-9444.
CARPENTRY
HAULING AND SALVAGE
CEDAR AND Timber work. Siding, decks, railings, additions and garage doors. For free estimate, Please call 250468-9579 or 250-619-7059
HAUL AWAY Garden and Yard Waste and Junk. Free Estimates. Call 250-240-1116.
CLEANING SERVICES ALL CLEAN House Cleaners. Exp. Reliable & Insured. Please Call: 250-668-4642 or email: info@allclean4you.ca
PERSONAL SERVICES HEALING ARTS IN PAIN? Allow Energy Healing or Therapeutic Massage to help you. Victoria Fabling 250927-1892. (Please Google me)
FINANCIAL SERVICES
EMERALD MAID SERVICE Residential/Commercial. Best Cleaning on the Island Guaranteed! 250-248-3923
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JUNK TO THE DUMP. Jobs Big or small, I haul it all! I recycle & donate to local charities. Call Sean 250-741-1159
HOME IMPROVEMENTS HOME REPAIRS? reno’s, roofing, decks, fencing, gen labor. Disc to sen 250-927-6404 TODD THE BUILDER. Renos, plumbing. Commercial offices; Custom homes. 250-752-1121
COMPUTER SERVICES
LANDSCAPING
BUYDENS Computer Services
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Operations Planner Master Mechanic Ticketed Automotive Mechanic Heavy Duty Mechanic GIS Summer Student Detailed job postings can be viewed at
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Human Resource Department Facsimile: 1.866.840.9611 Email: resumes@westernforest.com
BOOKS NEEDED To help cats. CatSpan needs your recent, high quality books, CDs & DVDs to raise money for feral cats. NO text books, sets, encyclopedias, Readers Digest condensed, hard cover ďŹ ction, magazines or out of date/poor condition books. Drop off at Petsville (Note new location 162 Harrison across from Parksville Medical Clinic), Pharmasave (Parksville), Royal LePage (Red Gap), & Qualicum Animal Hospital (Memorial). Info at 250-248-6095 or email nanoosecatspan@gmail.com Thank you.
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MEDICAL HEALTH FOOT CARE in your home by certified foot care nurse. 35 years experience. Vets approved. Marg, 250-954-8259.
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BELLEVUE RECONDITIONED APPLIANCES
Scott @ 250-821-1994.
FUEL/FIREWOOD
SPRING CLEANUP
Powerwashing, siding, windows.
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DRYWALL
MOVING & STORAGE
FOR ALL your drywall and painting needs, reno’s and repairs.Specializing in re-textured ceilings, spray paint. Call a pro, no job too small. Phil 250-954-1859.
2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on local moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)951-0010.
Taping/ Texturing/ Painting. Reno & Repair Specialist. 30 years of fast friendly service. Wayne 250-752-4658 QB
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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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QUALICUM BAY Lighthouse Community Centre. 240 Lions way, Qualicum Bay, B.C. Date: Mar. 10, 2013: 8 am to 12 noon. Pancake Breakfast , Flea Market, Animal Swap & Entertainment. Tables: $10.00 Rain or Shine. # 250-757-8481 or # 250-757-9938.
JEWELS, FURS ANTIQUE GOLD and pearl ring with beautiful engraved pattern on sides of ring, $100. Also, Antique gold & opal ring with elegant engraving, $100. Call 250-720-5756 lv msg.
MEDICAL SUPPLIES
APPLIANCES
Arbutus Lawn Maintenance Experienced, Insured, Reliable 250-927-4730.
MAINTENANCE SERVICES
PARKSVILLE - 681 Brice Ave Mar 9 (9-1). General household, guitar & amp, & tools.
MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
PETS
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PRESSURE WASHING, Reliable & insured. Call for a free quote: 250-668-4642
GARAGE SALES
COASTAL MOUNTAIN FIREWOOD- Call 250-468-9660. 1-866-768-8886 (Nanoose). SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest firewood producer offers firewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.
2011 FORTRESS 1700 DT Scooter. New $3500.00, Asking $1500.00 Almost new,used 7 months, excellent shape. Call 250-954-3217
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE DINETTE SET, 4 chairs, white, $75. Sofa bed, $100, recliner w/ ottoman, brown vinyl, like new, $75. Apartment sized piano (Heitzman) $500, china cabinet, $350. Please call (250)752-4400. HONDA POWERED generator, EM5000, $800. 10� Dewalt 770 radio arm table saw, $75. Call 250)757-8724. HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available. 1-866-652-6837 www.thecoverguy.com/ newspaper? MORE THAN 50 lbs glass beads, plus pendants, spacers and more, $700 obo. Call Stella after 5 PM at (250)756-7931
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VINTAGE DISNEY tin cookie jar with red lid all the characters Mickey, Donald, Pluto and more. $15 obo. Call (250)7205756.
AUCTIONS
AUCTIONS
ON SITE ESTATE FARM AUCTION SATURDAY – MARCH 9TH – 11 :00A.M. 3764 MINTO ROAD - CUMBERLAND KAWASAKI 650 ATV (69 HOURS) . HONDA GENERATOR GX390 (NEW) . MILLER 210 AL. WELDER . LINCOLN 225 ARC. WELDER . BOSCH SHAPER . RIDGID 12 INCH SLIDING COMPOUND SAW (NEW) . RIDGID 13 INCH THICKNESS PLANER (NEW) . RIDGID 6 INCH PLANER . BOSCH 4000 TEN INCH TABLE SAW & STAND . HONDA GX200 POWER WASHER (NEW) . SITE-SAFE TOOL BOX 66X24 INCH . BIZERBA COM. MEAT SLICER . 10 INCH R.A. SAW . HUSKY PRO. COMPRESSOR & OTHERS . STIHL MS 289 CHAINSAW (AS NEW) . OXYGEN & ACYT. TORCH SET . 5 NEW GARDEN SEEDERS . HUSQVARNA GTH2548 RIDE-ON-MOWER (127 HOURS) 48 INCH CUT . G13 ORGANIC SPRAYER . NUMEROUS POWER TOOLS. GOLDONI DIESEL WALK BEHIND TRACTOR PLUS 10 ATTACHMENTS . QUAD TRAILER . LGE. AMT. GREENHOUSE DRIP LINE . HONEY SEPARATORS & NUMEROUS HIVES (APPROX. 30) . STAINLESS SAUSAGE STUFFER . HD. JACKS . MOWERS & GARDEN TOOLS . BUCKEYE BED SHAPER . 250 LINCOLN WELDER . QUALITY APPLE PRESS . 1000 GAL. WATER TANK ON DUAL AXLE TRAILER . 8FT. NELSON DINGY . FENCE POSTS . 10FT. DUMP TRAILER . DUAL WATER TANK ON TRAILER . NUMEROUS AL. LADDERS . 7 AL. WALKWAYS & 5 SETS SCAFFOLDING . AL. & S.S. SHEETS . ROOFING . S.S. TABLES . ž & 3/8 GIS PLYWOOD (APPROX. 40) . SHEETS OF GLASS & WINDOWS . CAST IRON SLIPPER TUB . GRAY BRICK. PLUS MUCH MUCH MORE
SUBJECT TO ADDITIONS & DELETIONS 10% BUYERS PREMIUM IN EFFECT PAYMENT : CASH OR APPROVED CHEQUE VIEWING : SAT. MARCH 9TH – 9A.M. TO SALE TIME SALE CONDUCTED BY DAVE STEVENS 250-336-8344 – cvas4@shaw.ca
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REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE
REAL ESTATE
RENTALS
RENTALS
RENTALS
FOR SALE BY OWNER
FOR SALE BY OWNER
FOR SALE BY OWNER
FOR SALE BY OWNER
APARTMENT/CONDO
HOMES FOR RENT
SUITES, UPPER
QUALICUM BEACH- close to town 2 bdrm log house in woodlands settings. Available Mar 16. $950. (250)752-3974.
PARKSVILLE, 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath suite in downtown area. Carport. $725/mo. N/P Avail Immed. Call 250-954-1746
AVAILABLE NOW •
BRAND NEW, 417 Bruce Ave, Nanaimo, under 10yr warranty. 3bdrms +den up; 2bdrm legal suite down. Lndry both levels. $380,000. (250)751-5114
CAMPBELL RIVER Beautiful 1765sq ft. 3 bd/2 bth bungalow on cul-de-sac. Large entrance, fam. rm. sun rm, open liv/din rm, 3/4� oak flooring, nicely landscaped, enclosed backyard, covered patio, sideyard RV parking with hookups, HEAT PUMP, 5 appls. $282,000.00. 250-923-7010 1245 Mountain View Place.
FOR SALE ...with 1 semi-waterfront Parksville property. Assumable mortgage $350,000.00 ...plus 2 waterfront properties in Qualicum Beach $750,000.00 All income generating properties... Wanted: 1 commercial lot/bldg Call:250-752-3813 for details VACATION HOME. Penthouse Condo, great view, La Penita (Mexico), 3 bdrms, 2 bathrooms, 2 balconies. For sale by owner. Please see: www.jaltembasol.com or email ronalddjohnson@hotmail.com
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543 SEAWARD Way, Qualicum Beach, Almost 1400 sq.ft.,2 bdrm, 2 bath, 2 blocks to ocean. Bare land strata. Completely updated, Granite Countertops, Guest Ensuite, H/W floors & much more. On site RV Parking Avail. Priced to sell. $345,900.00, Call Daniel at 250-752-5780. Courtenay - 960sq.ft. modular home on own land. 0.11 acre. Partly fenced yard w/sm. carport. Forced air electric heat,. Vaulted ceiling living room w/lg. windows, new carpet, 4 appls. $149,900 250-334-3960 Incredible 5 acre treed PARK-LIKE PROPERTY with Well-Maintained Furnished Home 1500 sq.ft, 3-bdrm, 2 bath. Extremely close to Pristine Cowichan Lake, in the town of Caycuse. Perfect for recreational property or full time living. Motivated seller $378,800. Exceptionally low yearly cost. Not leased land. Call 250-745-3387 smartytwo@hotmail.com
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PARKSVILLE, 2007, 2 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Patio Home. 1426 sq.ft., Large yard & patio. #6 - 161 Shelly Rd. (Estuary Place). Call 250-951-0839
RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO 1/2 MONTH FREE! Seniors Independent Living. Best value on Vancouver Island! Free housekeeping. Optional meal plan. Walk to beach & shops. (Parksville) 250-468-1465. 14A - 1010 SHEARME RdCoombs, 2 bdrm, $875. Call Ardent Properties (250)7530881. www.ardentproperties.com 255 HIRST Ave- 1 & 2 bdrm, $725 & $875. Call Ardent Properties. www.ardent properties.com (250)753-0881. 297 HIRST Avenue- 2 bdrm + den, 2 bath, $1150. Ardent Properties. www.ardentproperties.com (250)753-0881. 297 HIRST Avenue- 2 bdrm + den, 2 bath. Furnished. $1350. Ardent Properties. w w w. a r d e n t p r o p e r t i e s . c o m (250)753-0881. PARKSVILLE, 2 bdrm, Newly reno’d. $675 p/m. Avail. Mar. 15th. Call Sue: 250-248-3454
2 Bdrm Townhome, 5 appls, walk out patio, cover parking. • 1 bdrm condo, Available April 1. Adult complex. Walk to Qualicum Village. Small dog ok.
250-752-5233.
BRIGHT, quiet Mountain View 1 bedroom apt. Separate driveway & entrance. utilities included. Looking for, working quiet person. NS NP. $750.00 per mth. References & damage deposit required coombsrentals@yahoo.ca
LADYSMITH - Two bedroom, Top floor, in 3-storey bldg with elevator. Harbour view. Washer/ Dryer/storage. Walk to beach. Small dog OK. $950/mo + DD and electric. Call Lindsey 250816-9853 PARKSVILLE NEAR new, Upper,1 bdrm, close to Wembley Mall. N/S, N/P,Incld’s Heat, Cable, I/Net, Phone (not including long dist.) & all 5 appliances . $875 p/mo. 250248-3665. Avail. March 1st. PARKSVILLE- X-LARGE 2 bdrm. Security camera & parking incl’d. D/W, W/D optional. Laminate, new paint. Near beach, downtown. Small pet ok. $800 mo plus. Please call 250-248-8592. 1-BDRM CONDO, Downtown Qualicum. Deck, storage, covered parking, gas fireplace, 5 appl’s. NS/NP. Avail now. $775./mo. Call (250)752-3419. DOWNTOWN QUALICUM. 2 bdrm + den condo, 5 appls, NS/NP. Available April 1. $950 mo. Call (250)752-3419.
COTTAGES QUALICUM BAY- 1 bdrm cottage, 800sq ft, $650mo, priv setting, all utils incld except heat, N/S, pets neg with dep. Avail Now. (250)240-2335.
DUPLEXES/4PLEXES PARKSVILLE- 2 bdrm, 1.5 bath. Avail Apr 1. 55+ bldg. NP/NS. $800. 1(403)942-3752 QUALICUM BEACH, 3 bdrm, 3 baths. Walk to town, school & bus stop. 5 appli’s, $1150 p/m, Call 250-248-7849 or email: qualduplex@gmail.com QUALICUM BEACH: Downtown 1 bdrm+ den duplex. F/S, coin operated laundry. NS/NP 850/mo + util’s, ref’s req’d avail. Mar 1. Call Sian 250752-9833.
HOMES FOR RENT 10 MINS north of Qualicum on acreage, 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 7 appls, woodstove, fenced, newly updated, $1300 mo, avail April. 1. (250)752-6048. 3 BDRM 2 bath house, 2 car garage in Whiskey Creek, 6 Appliances, and Woodstove. $1200/mo. (250)-752-3544 CUTE 2 bed, 1 bath home for rent. Rancher is newly renovated throughout entire house, comes with fridge, stove, shed, covered patio and fenced yard. Located at 1700 Alberni Hwy (Country Aire MHP) If you are interested contact Randy at 250-2407008. Small dogs are acceptable. $900/m utilities not included ERRINGTON 2 brm rancher close to Englishman River Falls. $950. 250-248-8384 NANOOSE BAY- 3047 Matthew Rd, 3 bdrms, 2 bath, on acreage, 15 min to Parksville, 10 min from Nanaimo, bright, 5 appls. $1300. N/S, pet? Avail now. (250)468-1480. PARKSVILLE 367 Rheumer Cres. 3 bdrm, 2 bath $1200 + util. N/S N/P Avail. May 1st. 250-783-9983 PARKSVILLE 3 bdrm, 1.5 baths, lrg family rm, 2 fireplaces,close to downtown N/P N/S $1300. + util. 250-468-5451 PARKSVILLE- 3 bdrms, 2 bath, immaculate, F/S, W/D. NP/NS. Large yard, carport, lots of storage. $1200. Call 1206-617-4469. PARKSVILLE, LRG bright 2 bdrm, close to downtown. Suits couple. $930/mo, incl h/w, & yard maint. n/p, n/s. 250-954-8326
RENT YOUR HOME! Owner & Tenant Management Services Nanoose to Bowser View current rentals On our website: www.remax-ďŹ rst-bc.ca 250-248-1071 1-888-243-1071 propmgmt@remax-ďŹ rstbc.ca Ron Limer Managing Broker Val Lambert Property Manager
21 - 826 W. Island Hwy Parksville, B.C., V9P 2B7
PARKSVILLE- 2 BDRMS, no dogs allowed, fenced yard, lots of parking, new & clean, all appls. No smoking. $950+ utils & deposit. Refs req’d. Call(250)882-9952. PARKSVILLE- 3 bdrm 2 bath, $1350 all inclusive. Avail now. Call (250)586-3364.
TOWNHOUSES QUALICUM BEACH. 2 bdrm, 1/2 blk from ocean. 1240 sq.ft, 1.5 baths, D/W, storage room, covered parking, N/S. Quiet 10 unit complex. 1 pet OK. $990/mo. Call 250-802-7114. angela55@shaw.ca
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CARS
HAWTHORNE PLACE 750 Memorial Ave. Qualicum Beach, BC 250-752-4217 Independent Retirement Living with Supportive Services “I have never been as happy as I have been these past three years living at Hawthorne Place� “Such a wonderful family atmosphere� “ A loving caring community� One bedroom bright and spacious suite available now with a great service package and more... All at affordable monthly rates, convenient in-town location Call Stacey Ryhorchuk today for a personal tour
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2004 FORD TARUS WAGON - SEL, loaded, new tires, low kms, excellent condition & priced to sell at $5800. Call 250-752-0929.
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Cars, Trucks, Equipment Mid-Island Pick up Call 250-954-2228 bwm@4000@gmail.com
SPORT UTILITY VEHICLES
STORAGE MORE SPACE FOR LESS Storage Containers Currently available: 8’ x 20’ $105. + taxes. Open storage for RVs, cars, boats, trailers: $40. + taxes for first 20’ $2 each additional foot.
250-248-7100.
SELF STORAGE in River’s Edge Subdn, PV. 12’x24’ from as low as $50 + HST per mo. Call Sandra 250-248-2381 Ext. 240.
1993 Ford Explorer 326,914 K’s, 4 door, Greenish Blue, runs great, needs rear tires, Tranny slips a little. $1000 obo. Call 250-954-3372
TRUCKS & VANS
SUITES, LOWER FRENCH CREEK: Bright, new 1 bdrm, 6 appl’s w/ own laundry. Incld’s internet, cable & hydro. Close to Wembly Mall & bus. No dogs. $850. Avail. imeed. Call (250)248-2309.
1989 NISSAN Pick-Up $3,100. 4-cyl, standard, great on gas, great cond. Full spare and cab, 177,000km. Maintenance records. (250)713-5264
NANOOSE BAY: 1 bdrm waterfront suite, $700/mo. Avail. Apr. 1st. Call (250)468-5663.
2001 CHEVY 3/4 Ton Van, low mileage, good shape. $3,500. Phone (250)714-2804
PARKSVILLE, 3 bdrm, N/S, N/P, D/W, W/D, Avail. Immed. $975 p/m incl. sat. TV, Hydro. Call 250-248-4074 QUALICUM- COUNTRY living close to Qualicum Beach, 1 bdrm suite, wood stove, incl all utils, 3 appls + W/D, satellite TV incl’d. NS/NP. Avail immed. refs req. $760. 250-752-3557.
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2002 FORD Windstar Vanwell maintained, like new, 1 owner, 73,000 km, new brakes, snow tires, great family 7 passenger van. Nonsmoker. Asking $5500 obo. Call (250)723-2004.
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Thursday, March 7, 2013 The Parksville Qualicum Beach News
WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK
Call Denise
Dumbrell
To submit your activities; e-mail: events@pqbnews.com, fax:250-248-4655 or drop by: #4-154 Middleton Ave THU. MAR. 7 THU. MAR. 7 Featured Events for the Week SEMINAR
1-2:30pm Caring for someone with parkinson’s. Parksville Pharmasave, 281 E. Island Hwy. To register call 250-951-0243
BRETT BARROW
7pm. Deez Bar & Grill, 3553 Island Hwy W, Qualicum Beach.
SPEAKER: MR AARON DAWSON
7pm. New to the Parksville area? Everyone is welcome. Parksville Community Centre, 132 Jensen Ave E. , PV
BADMINTON AND MINI-TENNIS
7pm. Adults. Equipment provided, beginners welcome. Info ph: 250-757-8307 in the Lighthouse Centre in Qualicum Bay
TECH DROP-IN
9am-Noon, FREE computer & Internet tutoring, Family Place, 494 Bay Avenue, PV
MOVIES AT PCCC:
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HYDE PARK ON HUDSON, 1pm, 8pm: Bill Murray, rated R. Admission $5. PROMISED LAND, 3pm; Matt Damon, rated R. Admission $5. PARENTAL GUIDANCE, 6pm; Billy Crystal, rated PG. Admission $5.
Hot N Cool
Yoga Club
250586-4202
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The playing field may be changing for mid-Island soccer teams, but that mattered little to the 500 or so players who took to the pitches in Parksville last weekend for OYSS league’s annual U11 and U12 boys and girls year-end tournament. Oceanside had five teams in the mix in all, and the spirit of fun and team play was front and centre. “We had 40 teams and 45 games on Saturday in the playdowns, and on Sunday we had 18 games in the playoffs,” Oceanside Youth Soccer’s administrator Mike Cochrane said after the final whistle. “It went good, this may be the last time we see Nanaimo in it,” he lamented, referring to Tuesday’s story’s detailing Harbour City Football Club’s controversial decision to pull out of the OYSS league. “I’ve been talking to a lot of parents from Nanaimo and they don’t agree with the decision at all.” The OYSS league includes Mid-Isle (Ladysmith), HCFC (Nanaimo), Gabriola, and Oceanside. “This tournament goes back as far as I can remember,” said Cohrane. “My oldest played in it back in ‘89, but it’s been going on in some form for 40 years if not longer.” Asked his take on the toureny, Oceanside U12 Girls’ coach Warren Cudney said “our team played extremely well and had a fantastic tournament. The girls all raised their game, and I thought they showed great sportsmanship under the conditions. They didn’t let the pending uncertainty take away from the enjoyment.” Further to Tuesday’s story on the HCFC situation, OYSS president Dave Reynolds said then “it’s awful. It really is, I mean you saw a lot of kids playing up there this weekend. We need to put pressure on the Nanaimo board to reverse the decision. We just finished the season today,” he told The NEWS Sunday when asked if they’ve started looking at other possibilities for next year, “and we don’t even know if they’ll get (the decision) through their AGM in May, so until we’ve explored every possible avenue we’re not even considering any other options right now.”
Minute of thanks observed Prior to each game teams met at mid-field for a ‘One Minute of Thanks’ which organizers said was: • For players to thank each other for a wonderful season and opportunity to play together. • For players to thank parents/families for the hours of driving, commitment, kit-washing and volunteer time they have put in, not just this season, but every year. • For players to thank fans and supporters. • For families, coaches and supporters to thank players for the entertainment they have given them and for the fair play they have shown on the pitch. • For everyone to thank the volunteer referees. • For everyone to thank the volunteer coaches, past and present for their goodwill, and the many hours and dedication on the training pitch and at games. • For everyone to thank board members from all clubs for the good they do for the game and the community.
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Oceanside’s Rhiannon Terpstra (above) pushes the ball upfield during Sunday’s U12 Girls soccer action. Meanwhile the Tracker Jackers (below) had a hoot at the play downs.
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Oceanside’s Save-On-Foods Generals officially capped off its 2012/2013 season Monday night with its annual year-end awards banquet at the Quality Resort Bayside Inn. Red rocket Michael Fretz took home the hardware as the team’s scoring leader with 34 goals and 12 assists for 46 points in 43 games played, and was also named Rookie of the Year. Homegrown forward Travis Flug was named Fan Favourite, and QB D-man Liam Peel Most Improved. Forward Cole Schneider was named Playoff MVP, and defensive stalwart and captain Joe Chase and forward Cam McCarrick shared the coveted Coach’s MVP award. Beverley Yelland received the clubs’ Volunteer of the Year award. “The banquet went really good,” Gens’ head coach
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Generals’ forward Michael Fretz, above leveling a shot on net during VIJHL action this year, was named the teams top scorer and rookie of the year at the club’s year-end awards banquet Monday night.
and GM Brent Demerais said after, confirming the award recipients “were definitely all deserving that’s for sure.” “A strong turnout with all the team present as well
as parents, the board, volunteers and major sponsors,” said Generals’ secretary Elizabeth Cudmore, who was pressed into service as one of the speakers. “The night was a perfect combination of gratitude and celebration.”
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“The biggest thing I’m hoping for is for the kids to get something out of it,” Andrushko said easily, adding “I remember as a kid training was so important to me, success was so important to me, so if I can give back that knowledge, that’s cool.” GAME ON Slated for the field behind BSS this Saturday, the ATP High Performance Camp is open to players, boys and girls, aged 12-19. Registration gets underway at 8 a.m. and the camp runs though to around 2:30 p.m. Cost is by donation; participants are asked to bring cleats and running shoes, and a meal for lunch. For more information go to www.atphighperformance.ca/camp.
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His playing days may be behind him, but former Ballenas Whaler football standout Justin Andrushko has taken the ball and is running with it where high performance training is concerned. A blue chip running back for Ballenas Secondary School, Andrushko, who turns 25 the end of the month, played his final campaign for the blue and white in 2005 and graduated from BSS in 2006. This Saturday he will host his first-ever ATP High Performance Camp for young athletes of all sports aged 12-19 on the field at BSS. No stranger to training during his days with the Whalers, Andrushko set provincial record for rushing yards in one game at 441 (to go along with six touchdowns) in 2005 — that record stood until last year, and remains a Whalers’ record. He also still holds the varsity Whalers’ record for most rushing touchdowns in a season at 31, and most rushing yards for a season at 2,384. Going into the CFL’s 2010 prospect draft he was ranked the 10 best running back in the draft by TSN. After graduating from BSS he did two years at the University of Waterloo, then returned home to BC for two years at UBC where he closed out his playing career in 2011, and is now attending VIU and due to graduate with his BA in physical education next year. “I’ve always had a passion for performance, even when I was a player I always trained hard,” he said this week, explaining how last summer he did some speed training with some local young football players “and that’s how it all started. It’s great,” he said. Shortly after that camp he created ATP (short for Andrushko Training Program). This Saturday he will host his biggest camp to date (32 young athletes from Oceanside and Nanaimo had signed up as of Wednesday) on the field behind BSS, and worth noting he says, is that it’s not just football players that will benefit. “It’s for all sports,” he said of the camp which will cover topics such as speed training, agility training, strength training, and warm-up and cool-down. “I just want to give young athletes the opportunity to learn how to train properly.
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In Sunday’s final against the Oceanside Dynamite, who were seeded #2 based on regular season standings, the two teams played to a scoreless tie through regulation time; both teams hit the post in the shootout, and Molly made good on another winner in extras for the Impact. “Very well played game; great sportsmanship between the two teams,” said MacKay, adding “it was a very tight game — it could have gone either way. The defence on both teams was really good.” Indeed — the Impact defence didn’t give up a goal in three games. Impact keeper Randi Joyce was sharp to earn the three shutouts. Also earning props from their coach for their efforts on the pitch were Jenna Auring-
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2012s MUST GO! 2012 BUICK LACROSSE
2012 CHEV SONIC LTZ
Full load, leather, sunroof
Stk#12152
WAS $44,030
P.W., P.L., A/C, alloy wheels, sunroof
Stk#12363
32,900
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2012 CHEV CAMARO 2LT 305HP, sunroof, auto., P.W., P.L.
Stk#12164
20,000
$
32,900
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