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Trails and paths allow cyclists to navigate through city without travelling on busy roads

Seeing stars: Nanaimo Astronomy Club finds best view of the constellations

COOL CARS: Vintage car clubs show off rides, share stories of vehicle history

SURVEY SAYS: Best martinis, best pubs and more

WINNER PROFILES: What it takes to be picked Best of the City

Thank You Nanaimo for letting us be your #1 health and wellness partner! Congratulations to Island Natural on being voted #1!

We are very honoured to be voted #1 in the Health and Wellness category this year.

Congratulations to everyone at Island Natural!

Each and every day we work hard to offer the best in health and wellness advice, and products and services. It’s wonderful to know that Nanaimo supports us! From our island company to yours– congratulations!

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Island Natural is well-known for our friendly, knowledgable staff, our extensive selection of vitamins, supplements, and health and beauty products. We also offer a huge selection in our grocery and fresh organic produce sections.

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We invite you to come in and visit us and experience Island Natural first hand! Thanks again Nanaimo! We really appreciate this recognition and will continue to work hard to help you on your path to good health.

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Harbour City adds more to Best of the City list every year We’ve been putting together Best of the City for more than a decade, and yet we never seem to run out of ideas. Just when we think we’ve written about anything and everything to do with Nanaimo, the city surprises us by adding a new attraction, a new eatery or a new festival to keep us all entertained. Take our local legends story, for example. As a reporter, I wrote about some of our shadier stories for this and other News Bulletin publications several times over the years. But never did I find out that the Nanaimo Museum has the rope and black hood from the city’s final hanging. Some people might want to hide that history, but it’s as much a part of the city’s past as the origins of the Nanaimo bar. And based on the popularity of the museum’s ghost walks, residents and tourists agree. Check out Tamara Cunningham’s story on local legends on page 14. That’s not to say that we don’t have a lot of new things happening in Nanaimo. On our list for the first time is The Buzz Coffee House, which opened last year with the goal to create a homey atmosphere and the best coffee around. It doesn’t hurt that the Dufferin Crescent coffee shop regularly hosts musicians. Or check out Frankie’s Modern Diner in the north end, with its focus on fresh, local ingredients – another newcomer to the community that shot up to the top of our Best Restaurant Overall list. What else is new? Well, we’ve got a new park – just last month, the City of Nanaimo purchased additional land for Linley Valley Cottle Lake Park. Greg Sakaki takes a look at what makes this green jewel so important to preserve. And even though beer is nothing new, the popularity of local craft brews is on the rise, so we sent Karl Yu on a fact-finding mission. Best of the City gives us an opportunity to look at Nanaimo through the lens of a newcomer or a visitor. Where must they go, see or visit to experience the best our city has to offer? We hope we’ve answered those questions and more.

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Winners in the 13th annual Nanaimo News Bulletin Best of the City supplement were chosen by Nanaimo readers. These votes were then tabulated and ranked in order to determine the top three finalists. Black Press, parent company of the Nanaimo News Bulletin, has sole copyright over any written material or image in this publication.

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On the cover Taylor Hemstalk, Acme Food Co. server supervisor, left, and Mike Campbell, general manager of Longwood Brew Pub, make a toast to Nanaimo’s best of the best. Acme Food Co. won this year’s Best of the City Best Martini category. Longwood Brew Pub is this year’s Best Place for Sunday Brunch and Best Pub.

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Thousands of athletes, coaches and spectators will visit Nanaimo for four-day event in July

These are almost the elite junior athletes in the province.

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amilies and athletes from across the province will descend on Nanaimo between July 17- 20 for the 2014 B.C. Summer Games. It will be a boon for sports fans as there will be a wealth of sporting events to check out. A majority of events will take place in the Nanaimo area, with some box lacrosse taking place at Parksville and towed water sport events, like water skiing, at Quamichan Lake near Duncan. All venues are open to the public, all events are free of charge and Jeff Lott, Nanaimo 2014 Games president, said all the venues are in good shape. While events can be viewed at places like Serauxmen Stadium, residents in the Westwood Lake area will be able to pull out their lawn chairs and watch the triathlon. “The running area is along the trail that goes along Westwood Lake and the triathlon is actually going out into the neighbourhood, which is just

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Jeff Lott, president of the Nanaimo 2014 Summer Games, is anticipating the upcoming B.C. Summer Games, which will take place at various venues in Nanaimo July 17-20.

a short distance down the hill and off to the left, so that’s going to be pretty exciting for having a front-row seat,” Lott said. Residents will be informed about the days the triathlon takes place and any traffic changes that will occur. “Traffic will be somewhat restricted, but we’ll try to min-

imize that to the best of our ability [and] we’ll give people lots of notice,” Lott said. Long Lake will also be a good place to watch the competition, as canoeing and kayaking will be amongst the events taking place there. “There’s one group that is going to be launching its boats at the Long Lake Inn from the

dock and the local rowing club has its docks on the other side of the lake, so that’s going to be a hectic place and a great place to go and watch some activities,” said Lott. In addition, there will be Paralympic and Special Olympic events as well, according to Barry Sparkes, the games’ director for sport.

“[Special Olympic events] will be blended right in with the swimming and the same with the track-and-field, it includes Special Olympics there as well,” Sparkes said, adding that Paralympic events will include equestrian and swimming. Sparkes recommends checking out events as the best in B.C. will be in town for the games. “These are almost the elite junior athletes in the province,” he said. “It’s part of the development process, the summer games ... they’re all young people between the ages of 12 and 17. They’ve been selected by their zones within their sports and there’s some very, very good competition in all those sports and age levels.” For more information, including schedules of events, please visit www.bcgames.org. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

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Best of the City 2014 – RESULTS: SHOPPING & SERVICE Best Auto Servicing 1. Bavarian Auto 2. Kal-Tire 3. Nanaimo Toyota

Best Customer Service 1. Home Hardware 2. Thrifty Foods 3. Costco

Best Second-Hand Store 1. Value Village 2. Salvation Army 3. Funk Your Fashion

Best Banking Institution 1. RBC 1. TD/Canada Trust 2. Coastal Community Credit Union 3. CIBC

Best Day Care 1. Jolly Giant 2. Katie’s Korner 3. Boys and Girls Club

Best Gas Bar 1. Mid-Island Co-op 2. Chevron 3. Superstore

Best Furniture Store 1. The Brick 2. Dodd’s Furniture 2. La-Z-Boy Furniture 3. Flying Fish

Best Home Building Supply Store 1. Home Depot 2. Slegg Lumber 3. Home Hardware

Best Pet Supply Store 1. Bosley’s 2. Pet Smart 3. Oliver’s

Best Insurance Agency 1. Hub City Insurance 2. BCAA 3. Western Financial

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Best Lighting Store 1. Mclaren Lighting 2. Home Depot 3. Illuminations

Best Bike Shop 1. Oak Bay Bikes 2. Arrowsmith Bikes 3. Pacific Rim Bicycle

Best Electrical Contractor 1. Den Mar Electric 2. Mazzei Electric 3. Houle Electric

Best Flower Shop 1. Turley’s Florist 2. Thrifty Foods 3. West Coast Classic Floral

Best Carpet Cleaners 1. Citrus O 2. Classic Care 3. Sears 3. Terry’s

Best Financial Planner 1. RBC 2. Investor Group 3. Sun Life

Best Sewing Notions Store 1. Fabricland 2. Snip ‘N’ Stitch 3. Serge and Sew

Best Catering Business 1. Spice O Life Catering 2. 2Chefs Affair 3. Mrs. Riches

Best Floor Covering Store 1. End of the Roll 2. United 3. Home Depot

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Best of the City 2014 – RESULTS: SHOPPING & SERVICE Best Marine Supplier 1. Harbour Chandler 2. West Coast Marine 3. Anchorage Marina Best Massages 1. Breze Salon 2. Knead Massage Therapy 3. Maffeo Salon Best Music Store 1. Fascinating Rhythm 2. HMV 3. Long and McQuade

Best Place to Buy a Used Vehicle 1. Galaxy Motors 2. Nanaimo Toyota 3. Steve Marshall Ford

Best Sporting Goods Store 1. Sport Chek 2. Canadian Tire 3. Kirby’s

Best Place to Get a Tattoo 1. Black and Blue 2. Tranceformations 3. Electric Umbrella

Best Place to Buy Books 1. Chapters 2. Literacy Nanaimo 3. Coles Books

Best Place to Get Tires 1. Kal-Tire 2. Cedar Tire 3. Big O Tires

Best Store to Buy Tools 1. Midland Tools 2. Home Depot 3. Canadian Tire Best Vitamin/Health Food Store 1. Island Naturals 2. Charlie Brown’s 3. Fuel

FOR A FEATURE STORY ON THE BEST VITAMIN/HEALTH FOOD STORE – ISLAND NATURALS – PLEASE SEE PAGE 9. Best Housewares/Linen Store 1. HomeSense 2. Flying Fish 3. Home Outfitters Best Paint Store 1. Home Depot 2. Benjamin Moore 3. Cloverdale Paint Best Travel Agency 1. Flight Centre 2. Around the World Travel 3. Marlin Travel

Best Wine-Making Store 1. Wine Kitz 2. Urban Wine Cellar 3. Rainy Crick U-Brew

Best Place to Shop 1. Woodgrove Centre 2. Downtown Nanaimo 3. Costco

Best Tile Store 1. City Tile 2. Cornerstone Tile 3. Home Depot

Best Plumbing and Heating Business 1. Archie Johnstone 2. Norm’s Mobile Service 3. Marshall Plumbing

Best Toy Store 1. Kool N Child 2. Toys R Us 3. Treehouse Kids

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Ken Tamburini shows off his 1969 Mercury Cougar at an A&W Cruisin’ the Dub gathering this spring at North Ridge Plaza. The fast-food restaurant is a meeting place for cool cars every Wednesday evening this summer. GREG SAKAKI/THE NEWS BULLETIN

Car clubs across Vancouver Island meet regularly to trade stories and tips on vehicular works of art

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here are a lot of ways to have fun on four wheels – just ask anyone who’s a member of a car club in Nanaimo. The Harbour City offers a lot of different ways to shine up and show off any type of automobile, with numerous car clubs in the region. “There’s the Ford clubs, there’s Chevelle clubs, there’s Cadillac clubs, there’s British car clubs, then you have your specialty car shows,” said Ken Tamburini, who likes to bring his 1969 Mercury Cougar to the weekly A&W Cruisin’ the Dub gatherings at North Ridge Plaza. There are auto enthusiasts and collector cars in any city, but it’s especially noticeable on Vancouver Island, Tamburini said. “On the mainland, there’s so many people, it’s so congested, you never see it. Nobody would take their vehicles out,” he said. “But here, yeah, you see it. Small-town feeling, big-time show.” The parking lot outside the fast-food restaurant becomes a car show every Wednesday night during the summer. Tuesday, June 24, 2014

A&W offers a free root beer for anyone who participates. Two major car shows scheduled for Nanaimo area “And then that entices you to go into shine and family day, set for Aug. 17 The city’s major car show each year the A&W and have a burger and some at Arbutus Meadows equestrian centre is the Nanaimo Marine Festival’s show onion rings. That’s what I did tonight,” at Nanoose Bay. The event will include and shine on Commercial Street during said Tamburini. entertainment, live music, pony rides, bathtub weekend. This year’s car show Motorists bring lawn chairs or wanfood and a beer garden and proceeds is scheduled for July 26-27. der around and chat. will benefit Nanoose Community New this year is the Mid Island Hot “We’re sharing knowledge on the Services. Rod Association’s first annual show and cars, making them better, more driveable, quicker,” said Ryan MacLeod, who brings in his modified drag-racer 1979 Chevrolet Malibu. “It keeps every- shows, or just go for a drive. The cruisThe Old English Car Club has regubody in the same loop.” ing is McLuskie’s favourite part, he lar meetings, too, but “it’s not really a They talk about the cars they said. meeting,” said Gislason. “It’s just kind brought, the cars they left at home, “We did a cruise [this month] that of, ‘Let’s get together with our cars,’ other cars they’ve had over was 17 of us that just and we go and we have a picnic. We the years, maintenance, wound through all these usually talk about cars; people stop parts, restoration, modificaouter roads and the rural and talk to us. tion. roads,” he said. “For me it’s the social aspect. Lots of “And stories,” said TamSome car club mempeople know lots of things about these burini. “Because there’s 50 bers drive farther than cars and they have a passion for it.” years of stories in those others. Cathy Gislason, Sharing that passion, finding that cars, right?” chairwoman of the local like-mindedness, is a reason MacLeod For me it’s the chapter of the Old EngSometimes even more enjoys bringing his Malibu to the than 50 years. Brad lish Car Club, was getting social aspect. ready to leave this month cruise-ins. McLuskie, past-president of “Everybody likes the cars,” he said. the Nanaimo chapter of the Lots of people on a 3,000-kilometre road “It keeps us all together. It’s sort of like our cult following: we get together, talk Vintage Car Club of Canada, trip through B.C. and into know lots of cars and have fun.” loves driving his 1950 Ford Alberta with club memTamburini said he’s been enthusiastic F1 pickup truck hot rod. bers. She drives a 1966 things about about cars his whole life. He’d drive A vintage vehicle is generAustin-Healey Sprite and ally defined as one 25 years these cars and her husband drives a 1966 them, race them, beat up on them and have fun in them, and when he bought or older, but anyone can Sunbeam Tiger and they they have a his ’69 Cougar, it was every bit as cool join the club. join in the motorcade at car as he remembered. “They don’t even have to the Empire Days parade passion for it. every year. Club members a “When I brought it home, it was like have a car, just car interest,” being back in 1985…” he said. “It was McLuskie said. participate in other car like bringing you back to your youth His group has a clubhouse at shows in the area, and put on their again.” Nanoose Bay and they get together own Brits on the Beach car show in sports@nanaimobulletin.com to share information, participate in Ladysmith every summer.

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Best of the City 2014 – Winner: best local campground

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annual Best of the City Survey – an award it has held for over five years. “When we opened up it was a quarter of the size and it didn’t have any of the faciliBy Nicholas Pescod ties,” Littlejohn said. “We’ve grown a lot over the years ... Ask anyone in Nanaimo My grandpa initially had the who’s ever gone camping off- property in the ’70s.” Island and they will tell you There is no shortage of it’s more than just a couple features at Living Forest, of bucks, especially if it including onsite kayaking involves towing a trailer. and canoeing, a large launFortunately for dromat, showers, Nanaimoites there basketball and is Living Forest hockey courts and Oceanside Campwireless Internet ground and RV access. The campPark, a 21-hectare ground also has a campsite with speclarge games room tacular ocean views includes a We’re in the that located within city pool table, shufflelimits. card tables, city, but not board, “We’re in the city, kitchen, fireplace but not in the city,” in the city. and leather Living Forest park couches. manager Rob Littlejohn said. “I think we got the most “It’s still forested, so you feel services and I would think we like you’re out the city, but got the best location,” Littlereally, you’re five minutes john said. “We get tons of from downtown.” local people come out. Lots Living Forest Oceanside of people from the Island Campground and R.V. Park and lots of people from has been in operation since Nanaimo.” 1994 and features more than Living Forest is constantly 300 campsites, including 250 looking for ways to improve full-service RV sites. the campsite and the experiThe campground was ence for its customers. picked Best Local Camp“Unlike most places we ground in the News Bulletin’s improve every off-season,”

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Rob Littlejohn, manager of Living Forest Oceanside Campground and RV Park, shows off the waterfront view available from a few of the campsites.

Littlejohn said. “We’re are actually just putting in a couple of new bathrooms.” This past off-season, Living Forest spent plenty of time and money improving the individual campsites and landscaping around the campground. “We do our best re-gravel and re-rock,” he said. “There are a lot of places that are owned by people who are just sitting on [the property] until they retire and then they’re going to sell it or for one reason or another they’re not continuing to maintain it, they’re just collecting the income and riding it out whereas we’re actively always trying to make it better for our customers.” Camper and Gabriola Island resident Lynn Smith said she’s enjoyed her stay at the campground. “We like it,” Smith said. “It’s nice. It’s clean. We really like it.” Smith, who’s a first-time camper at Living Forest, acknowledged the landscaping work at the campsite. “The landscaping is beautiful and the views are great,” she said. For more information, to to make a reservation, please visit www.livingforest.com. arts@nanaimobulletin.com

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to a store where there is no staff and you’ve just maybe read your latest Dr. Oz and you’re not sure if it really something you need.” According to Lambert and Mitchell, one of the main reasons for Island Natural Markets’ success and longevity has been because of the staff’s frequent training on all its products as well as global and consumer trends. “That’s what’s seen us through some of the difficult times is keeping focused on what we specialize in and what we’re about,” Lambert said. “A lot of people associate gluten free with healthy,” Mitchell added. “Well, some gluten free products can be loaded with sugars and empty calories. So, we work really hard so that we have good choices and good alternatives. Some gluten free stuff is just crap, but it is gluten free so people have this thing about it.” Island Natural Markets is located on 6560 Metral Dr. Visit www.islandnatural. ca for more information about the company and for store hours.

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t was more than two decades ago and Rhonda Lambert was looking for a career change. At the time, she was working at one of the swimming pools in Ladysmith and she began raising concerns about her health due to the exposure to pool chemicals such as chlorine. “I was looking at a change,” Lambert said. “You always think that swimming is this healthy thing, but it isn’t.” That’s when an environmentalist ecologist suggested she find a career that had lower health risks. So in 1992 Lambert decided to open Island Natural Markets, a store that sells a wide variety of natural products. “We don’t just want to sell people products, we want it to make a difference for them,” said co-owner Casey Mitchell, who joined the staff in 1999. Island Natural Markets, which is located in the city’s North End on Metral Drive, was named Best Vitamin/ Health Food Store in the News Bulletin’s annual Best of the City survey. “In winning an award like that, it’s us [Mitchell and Lambert] that earned the picture but it should be all the staff that should be in the picture because without them we wouldn’t be here today,” Lambert said. Island Natural Markets offers every-

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Newcastle islaNd popular spot close to city to explore by kayak or paddle board. By Chris Bush

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david strang, of Nanaimo, carries his stand up paddle board to shore after rounding Pipers lagoon Park. Nanaimo has long been a mecca for kayakers, but stand-up paddle boards that are light, easy to carry and manoeuvre close to shore are rapidly gaining popularity with people eager to explore the city’s shorelines from the water.

commonly known as SUPs. “There is no doubt it’s the up and coming,” Antonchuk said. “It’s popular. We just had our demo days on Long Lake and we had probably more interest in the stand-up paddle boards than we did in the kayaks.” SUPs are light, easy to carry – they weigh less than seven kilograms – are stable and are relatively easy to learn how to balance and manoeuvre. “One thing we do notice, though, is it is very much a warm weather sport,”

Antonchuk said. SUPs will go most places you’ll see kayaks and they’re great for exploring inland shorelines, such as Westwood Lake. “Kayak fishing is getting to be a very big sport right now and really starting to catch – wouldn’t you know it, down in the States it’s happening already. SUP fishing is starting to catch on and it’s going to catch on here too,” Antonchuk said.

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human presence, leaves an impression much like paddling Vancouver Island’s west coast. Kimantas says a rewarding side trip while paddling around Newcastle is Jesse Island, which features the only paddle-through cave formation in the Gulf Islands. “It’s a private island, but the shoreline is just spectacular,” Kimantas said. Paddlers who chart a course northward are rewarded with Pipers Lagoon Park and Neck Point Park, which offer up visual feasts of rugged rock shorelines and cliffs, marine wildlife and spectacular views of historic Shack Island, where fishermen built small cabins that have been maintained and used as recreational getaways since the 1930s. “There is a great run you can do down Nanaimo River,” Kimantas said. “If you launch at the [Island Highway] bridges, you can just meander your way down the current and go into the [Nanaimo River] estuary and then pop out wherever you want – and that’s a beautiful and safe stretch, too.” The Nanaimo River brings paddlers out to Jack Point Park with its eroded sandstone shorelines and views of Nanaimo. People looking to build their core strength and get out on the water with a minimum of equipment are turning to stand-up paddle boards, now

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Best Kids Restaurant 1. White Spot 2. Montana’s 3. Mrs. Riches 3. McDonald’s 3. Ricky’s All-Day Grill Best Fast Food 1. Wendy’s 2. A&W 3. Delicado’s 3. Subway Best Sunday Brunch 1. Longwood Brew Pub 2. ABC Country Restaurant 3. Frankie’s Modern Diner Best Sushi 1. Nori Sushi 2. Firehouse Grill 3. Tomo Sushi

Best Deli 1. Nesvog’s 2. Thrifty Foods 3. Nellie’s Dutch Deli

Best Pasta 1. Milano’s 2. New York Pizza 3. Boston Pizza

Best Desserts 1. Nanaimo Bakery 2. Mon Petit Choux 3. Dairy Queen 3. Mrs. Riches

Best Patio Restaurant 1. Cactus Club 2. Simon Holt 3. Penny’s Palapas

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Best Fish and Chips 1. Trollers 2. Pirate Chips 3. Mrs. Riches

Best Restaurant Overall 1. Frankie’s Modern Diner 2. Asteras 3. Simon Holt

Best Martini 1. Acme Food Co. 2. Modern Cafe 3. Firehouse Grill

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From hangings to hauntings Nanaimo’s long and often checkered past holds fascination for residents and visitors By Tamara Cunningham

rom haunts to hangings, this coastal community has its share of campfire stories. While Nanaimo is best known for its chocolate sweet treat and annual Bathtub race, the darker side of the city’s history has also seen its share of attention. The haunted Beban mansion was featured on Creepy Canada in 2003 – an episode that’s garnered more than 9,000 YouTube views – and the Nanaimo Museum’s lantern tour on local stories like the Flying Dutchman and Kanaka Pete sold out last year, prompting organizers to triple the number of tours. We put together a few of the city’s stories. Nanaimo’s last hanging

arly in the morning on E Aug. 25, 1913, a black hood was pulled over the face of prisoner Henry Wagner in the yard of Nanaimo’s provincial jail house. He would be the last man hanged in the city.

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Wagner, known as the Flying Dutchman, had been raiding coastal communities and escaping by motorboat until his crime spree led him to a Union Bay store in March that year. There, he was confronted by two police officers, one of which was shot and killed in a gun fight during the robbery. Wagner was tried and sentenced to capital punishment. On the day of his execution, people gathered outside were quiet and subdued, according to a Daily Free Press article. An “ominous scaffold” was in the corner of the jail yard connected to the ground by a gangway and from the centre beam hung a coil of rope. “Whilst the Salvation Army officer intoned the Lord’s Prayer, the leg straps were quickly adjusted and the black cap was pulled down over the wretched man’s face, shutting out his last 14 Best of the City

glimpse of life,” the reporter wrote. More than a century later, the Nanaimo museum still has what’s thought to be the black hood and the rope used to hang the Dutchman and staff members take people to the site of the old hanging yard, which its curator believes was on Skinner Street between the back of 235 Bastion St. and Club 241. Gallows Point

fter an infamous river-side A chase and the first jury trial under English Law on the West Coast, two aboriginal men were executed on Douglas Island. On Jan. 17, 1883, two young aboriginal men from Cowichan and Nanaimo were hung after being found guilty of shooting and killing a shepherd with the Hudson Bay Company. Governor James Douglas wanted to establish law and order in the new colony of Vancouver Island and after the murder, sent a ship from Victoria to apprehend the two suspects. One of the men, the son of a Nanaimo chief, ran. He was tracked in the snow to what is now called Chase River, where he was captured and arrested. Both men were tried on the deck of the SS Beaver and hung that same afternoon. The site of their execution, on what’s now Protection Island, is called Gallows Point.

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with stories of faucets turning on by themselves and unexplainable sounds. Lee Mason, a former tenant of the old mansion, recalls hearing a ball bounce down the stairs while she worked late at night – but thought she imagined it when she couldn’t find the ball. While former Tourism Nanaimo executive director Mark Drysdale still can’t explain how his cat escaped a locked room at Beban House, let alone how it failed to set off the building’s alarms. “It’s a very, cool, cool old house with lots of history and if it had some ghosts, all the better for it,” he said. “I don’t think there’s any question that Beban was and probably still is the most well-known haunted establishment in Nanaimo.”

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Aimee Greenaway, interpretation curator for the Nanaimo Museum, holds what’s believed to be the black hood and the rope used to hang the last prisoner at Nanaimo’s provincial jail house. The building and its hanging yard was beside the old municipal hall on Skinner Street.

The log house was built in 1930 by Frank Beban, a wealthy sawmill owner who owned 160 acres of land at North Field. The $25,000 mansion is considered a rare example of rustic-style architecture and is protected under the municipal heritage designation bylaw. Kanaka Pete

n Dec. 4, 1868, four bodies O were found in the home of a Nanaimo coal miner. Police launched a manhunt to find Peter Kakua, a coal miner of Hawaiian descent also known as Kanaka Pete, who had been missing from the home. He was found sitting beside a fire on New-

castle Island and taken into custody, where the details of the multiple murder came to light. After learning his aboriginal wife was leaving him and returning home to find her packing up her things with his child and in-laws, he left and later, came back intoxicated. When a fight ensued, Kakua said he grabbed an axe and swung indiscriminately until he collapsed in exhaustion. He was charged with the murder of his family and found guilty in a Victoria court room. He was returned to the gaol under the Bastion in Nanaimo and executed in March 1869. Being of neither Caucasian

nor First Nations descent, Kakua could not be buried in any of the city’s cemeteries and was instead interred on his last place of freedom – the east side of Newcastle Island. Thirty years later, the Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Company unearthed Kakua’s coffin as they dug for a new coal mine. Kakua was reburied in another unmarked grave. “That’s a big campfire story on Newcastle Island – that he still haunts Kanaka Bay,” said Aimee Greenaway, interpretation curator for the Nanaimo Museum. news@nanaimobulletin.com – with files from Melissa Fryer, News Bulletin

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anaimo might be best known for the Nanaimo bar but for those into aquatic recreation, the city is just as popular for diving. The late Jacques Cousteau was said to have referred to Nanaimo as second only to the Red Sea in terms of the best temperate water diving in the world and there are plenty of good dive spots off the shore, including three artificial reefs. According to Nanaimo diving instructor Ed Singer, the HMCS Saskatchewan was sunk in June 1997 and the HMCS Cape Breton and an old British navy tugboat followed suit in 2001 and 2005 respectively, offering some spots for divers to visit. “Since then, they’ve become world famous. There’s been lots of media here doing stories on them – both print media and television – and it’s actually gotten Nanaimo and British Columbia, in general, the rec programs, to a point that we’re listed, quite often Top 2 in many categories, if not Top 1 for dive destinations in the world,” said Singer. Nanoose Bay, north of Nanaimo, has a number of great dive spots, according to Raymond Richer, master scuba diver trainer, who points to Madrona Point, Tyee Cove and Dolphin and Wall

beaches as dive sites of interest. “Dolphin has two or three walls there, lots of bow kelp, lots of kelp there, so you get lots of schools of fish in there, so it’s nice to see, especially when you get clear sun and the visibility’s just amazing,” Richer said, adding that Neck Point Park and Clark Rock are also spots of note in Nanaimo.

For Shirley White, scuba diving and technical diving instructor, Nanaimo has both boat diving accessibility and shore diving. There is a lot of diverse sea life you can see at sites like Madrona Point, she said. “At Madrona Point, there’s a wall there and you can often see octopus and wolf eels, warbonnets and the sea

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lions like to go right by us because they’re going into Craig Bay to fish, so they cut the corner and zip past us all the time, so we see sea lions quite a bit. “There’s something there for everybody, so regardless who I’m diving with, I can do a dive there. You can do two or three dives a day there and still not hit the same spot,” White said. Unlike other popular diving destinations in the world, Nanaimo isn’t a tropical environment, something divers should be wary of. “The water is colder than tropical places of course and it varies from year to year what the water temperature is, just based on the currents and the overall weather patterns,” White said. “The height of summer, you’re going to be 13 or 14 C at depth. On the surface, it’s going to be a lot warmer but we don’t dive very much in the really shallow waters – you’re always down around probably about 15 metres deeper, so it’s a little bit cooler down there,” she said.

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avarian Imports Auto Repairs Ltd. defends its 2013 Best of the City crown for Best Auto Servicing and it is something that service manager and part-owner Klyntt Rogers takes pride in. Bavarian Imports offers auto maintenance and amongst the services offered, air conditioning repair, alternators and batteries, brakes, clutch replacement, computer engine analysis, diesel fuel injection, electrical and electronics systems, engine rebuilding, exhaust and muffler systems, gasoline fuel injection, heater repairs, oil changes, steering systems and transmission. As the Bavarian in the name implies, it specializes in BMW, Volkswagen and Audi brands, but it also works on all makes and models, whether domestic or other imports. While Rogers and his workers take their work very seriously, a good workplace environment is one of the reasons it has the reputation it does. “We do our thing and we have a lot of fun doing it,” Rog-

ers said. “There’s five of us who work here at the shop and we have a lot of fun and get the job done.” The auto service business opened in October 1996, cofounded by Bill Short and Harry Schild, and boasts a century worth of combined experience with a no-nonsense approach. Ninety per cent of its business is through word-of-mouth and Bavarian has a commitment to good customer service, according to the service manager. “We basically just treat everyone the same and that’s how we’ve always done it. Men, women, it doesn’t matter to us, it’s all the same,” said Rogers. “Rule of thumb is just do what’s needed and don’t do what’s not needed and they will come back.” The majority of Bavarian Imports’ clientele is repeat business, said Rogers, with some customers that have been coming since the beginning. Similarly the staff has remained the same since the business opened. Rogers said he loves helping and serving people, whether they are in a good or bad frame of mind. “You have to [realize] that most people, when their cars

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do break down they are upset. They don’t know what’s wrong with it. They’re on a tow truck, they’re from Tofino or wherever they’re from, of course they’re not going to be happy but you make it right,” Rogers said. As mentioned, Bavarian

Imports Auto Repairs Ltd. takes all manners of cars but its specialization in German cars adds to its appeal. “The main thing, and most people really like and want, is the factory warranty maintenance servicing,” explained Rogers. “They come in and it

keeps up with the normal factory maintenance.” For more information about Bavarian Imports Auto Repairs Ltd., please go to http://importautorepair.ca/index.html. To book an appointment, please call 250-729-8993. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

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t doesn’t matter how many times you’ve been to The Buzz Coffee House the feeling should always be the same. “I want them to feel at home,” owner Scott Henderson said of his customers. “I want them to feel comfortable enough that when they walk in that door they feel right at home.” Perhaps it’s that philosophy that helped earn The Buzz Coffee House the Best of the City’s Best Place to Meet for Coffee. “It’s a great feeling,” Henderson said about the award. “It’s amazing.” The idea to create The Buzz Coffee House, which has been at its present location on Dufferin Crescent for just over a year, came nearly a decade ago when Henderson and his wife, Kara, felt that Nanaimo lacked an authentic coffee shop. “We found that there wasn’t a coffee shop in Nanaimo that we really liked. There were too many inconsistencies. You’d go into a coffee shop and have a cup of coffee and it would be great. Then the next time you go in and have a cup of coffee it’s terrible,” Henderson said. At The Buzz Coffee House it’s all about community and supporting other local businesses. The Buzz serves up

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coffee from Britannia Beach’s Galileo Coffee Roasters and North Vancouver’s Moja Coffee and many of their baked goods come from Village Bakery in Qualicum. In addition to supporting local businesses, The Buzz also hosts a variety of community oriented events, such as live music and book launches. They also have plenty of local art around the store that is available for purchase,

with 100 per cent of the sales going to the artist. “Our vision statement is community,” Henderson said. “Whatever happens in here, if it doesn’t suit community, it won’t happen.” Employees at The Buzz Coffee House are regularly trained and are taught early on about the importance of highquality customer service. “It’s easy to forget when you’re in the

customer service industry that the customers are the ones that are actually paying you,” Henderson said. “What they need to realize is that it’s still the customer that pays them. I don’t pay them, the customer pays them. Every time somebody comes in here, somebody pays them.” While The Buzz Coffee House has taken home the Best of the City’s Best Place to Meet for Coffee, Henderson knows that the shop must remain focused. “I think for us, we need to remember that you can go from glory to the bottom of the pile pretty quickly by losing focus and vision,” Henderson said. “We gotta stay on top of it because there are lots of places that were busy five years ago and now are closed. There were lots of places that were clean and now are dirty because they let their standards down.” The Buzz Coffee House is located on 1861 Dufferin Cres. Please visit www. thebuzzcoffeehouse.ca. arts@nanaimobulletin.com

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Astronomy club seeing stars I STARGAzERS wITNESS rare phenomena in the skies above Nanaimo. By GreG Sakaki

Quickfacts ASTRONOMY DAY at the Nanaimo Harbourfront Library is July 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Nanaimo Astronomy Society will bring a collection of telescopes and will set up displays and make presentations. NEXT MEETING for the society is its annual general meeting on Sept. 25, 7-9 p.m., at the Beban Park social centre. FOR MORE information about the club, please visit www. nanaimoastronomy.com.

A few years ago the astronomy club expressed interest in a ‘dark sky project’ at Westwood Lake, with hopes of eliminating light pollution in the area. The project is still on the club’s radar, Boar said, but there have been some logistical problems with getting street lights turned off. “We’re losing the dark sky,” he said. Maybe that makes it more worthwhile to take the time to look up, now. “People, I think, become disengaged from nature and the surroundings they’re in because they’re just engrossed in their electronic devices all day,” Boar said. “So it’s nice to get away from … the hustle and chaos and just relax and look up at the stars and see what’s up there.” sports@nanaimobulletin.com

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best above the city. The astronomy club is quite active in Nanaimo, meeting monthly between September and June. “We have a nuclear physicist and we have kids, and everybody in between,” said Bill Weller, a member of the society. “All it takes is an interest in learning a little bit about the sky.” He said he’s seen a burly, blue-collar guy shed tears at seeing Saturn’s rings for the

first time, and it’s motivating to be able to share those sorts of things and see those sorts of reactions. “Even with our little telescopes here, you can see the ice cap on Mars, the rings of Saturn and the moons of Jupiter,” said Weller. “Everything that Galileo saw.” Chris Boar, society president, said most of the public has never seen a magnified view of the planets and the stars. “If you show people the sun through a solar telescope and they can see the flares coming off the side, they can’t believe it,” he said. Even for members who stargaze regularly, there are rare phenomena such as Venus transiting in front of the sun a couple years back, or the recent blood moon. “There’s these astronomical events that you only tend to get to see once or twice in a lifetime. It still generates excitement,” Boar said. The society’s regular meetings include presentations on a variety of subjects; a recent topic was the discovery of the Higgs boson. Club members also get together for special-event viewings, and hold occasional public viewing sessions on clear nights, usually at Maffeo Sutton Park. Society members sometimes get together for star parties on dark new-moon nights and they have a ‘dark site’ they go to on the outskirts of town.

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two months and so far we’ve done a pumpkin ale, called Full Patch, Winter’s Own Weizenbock, The One That Got Away Red Wheat and we’re just about to release the Independent Pilsner, which is an imperial pilsner, which is hoppy and a more aggressive pilsner than what you would find at the brew pub,” Smith said. The Longwood Brewery has a large capacity and Smith said it can brew 5,000 hectolitres a year, which should carry it for a few years before it needs to expand. Across town, Wolf Brewing Company is at full capacity. There is a waiting list and everything that is brewed is already pre-sold, according to head brewer Kev Ward. “We decided that it was time to expand, so we’ve got a brand new brewhouse and new tanks all being hand-built up in the Okanagan. We like to keep everything as B.C. as possible – grain, hops, everything, and that includes getting our tanks built as well up in Okanagan by a fellow named Ed Ripley, who’s a really excellent fabricator,” Ward said. In addition to the Okanagan, Wolf Brewing will expand its

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he craft beer industry is booming in B.C. and in Nanaimo, a pair of breweries are helping fuel the desire for local beer. The Longwood Brew Pub began packaging beer in bottles four years ago to test the market. It did very well, prompting the opening of the off-site Longwood Brewery on Boxwood Road, something brewmaster and brewery partner Harley Smith said is a route many brew pubs are taking. All the beers served are ones that people will be familiar with in Nanaimo, Smith said. There are five core brands that have been rebranded for marketability: Stoutnik (Russian imperial stout), Steam Punk (Dunkelweizenbrau), Berried Alive (raspberry ale), The Big One (India pale ale) and Extra Ale (Longwood ale). “We do come out with a new seasonal beer about every

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Harley Smith, longwood brewery brewmaster and partner, tests out some of the product at the off-site brewery on boxwood road.

space on Old Victoria Road, allowing it to double its floor size and triple capacity and add a tasting room. Ward, who originally hails from Liverpool, England, has been on the job for about a year and changed all the recipes. Wolf Brewing still uses old-school techniques in its brewing. “Here it’s me and a paddle

and getting stuck in there. Everything’s done by hand here and we’ll continue to do that,” Ward said. At the moment, Wolf brews four beers – Golden Honey Ale, Red Brick India Pale Ale, Rannoch Scotch Ale and Black Tail Porter – but it will be able to bring on an additional three beers thanks to expansion. “We’re going to bring out

a pale ale, which is going to have another twist to it, quite West Coast, it’s going to be a lot of aroma hop in it,” said Ward. “It’s going to [have] a mid-range bitterness ... quite a citrus, lemony [flavour].” An extra special bitter ale is on the way as well as some one-off beers that are being kept under wraps, Ward said. reporter@nanaimobulletin.com

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ore tea drinkers are going pinkies up for a British tradition. Afternoon tea – with its tiered treats and delicate finger sandwiches – is seeing a revival, according to tea master Daniela Cubelic owner of Victoria’s Silk Road Tea. Whether it’s the tea houses in London or Vancouver Island, more people are taking to the ritual than they used to thanks to the growing popularity of tea and desires for experiences that help slow down hectic lives, she said. “Everything is becoming so fast-paced in our lives that people are craving an antidote to that and afternoon tea is the ultimate antidote,” Cubelic said. “You sit there, you drink tea, you have scones and various treats. It’s not something you can accomplish quickly.” The tradition is believed to have started in the early 19th century by the Duchess of Bedford, who had an idea for a snack between lunch and dinner. It became a special

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Carol Marcan, guest services for the Grand Hotel Nanaimo, takes a break to pose with a cup of tea. The hotel is one of the few establishments in the city that offers afternoon tea – an English ritual of dainty cakes, finger sandwiches and scones.

occasion and influential on British society, even going as far as to change women’s fashion, according to Cubelic, who says looser tea dresses were created so women could eat without the restraint of corsets. More than a century later, afternoon teas are still considered a luxurious and

special affair. At Nanaimo’s Grand Hotel – one of the few places in the city that offers afternoon tea – operations manager Susie Sirri has seen parents take children out of school so they can join their grandmother or people in the workforce block off time to enjoy the after-

noon tea service. “It’s an indulgence. It’s an afternoon indulgence. You take time out of your day and say this is for me,” she said. Sirri waved over a waitress, who rolled an antique tea cart over to a window-side table and opened a chest full of neatly-stacked teas to

choose from —all from the same supplier as the Fairmont Empress Hotel, Sirri said as she selected a peach apricot black tea she promised would be delicious. The table was set with delicate tea cups, plates and small saucers of jam. The house-made black currant scone and Devonshire clotted cream arrived first, followed by a two-tiered tray of small open-faced finger sandwiches, tiny cakes and shortbread. There is something very charming about being able to take time to sit back, relax and enjoy the indulgence of afternoon tea, Sirri said. “Sort of like yoga for your mouth,” she said, chuckling. “Everything is better over a cup of tea, right?” Afternoon tea is offered at the hotel Sunday to Thursday, beginning at 1:30 p.m, and costs $24.95 a person. Reservations are required. news@nanaimobulletin.com

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anaimo’s natural beauty is here to stay. Parkland protection was foremost in many people’s minds this past spring as the City of Nanaimo moved to purchase a huge chunk of land to expand Linley Valley Cottle Lake Park. If all the sales go through, 91 hectares will be added to the park, more than doubling its size. “It’s a beautiful piece of land,” said Mayor John Ruttan. “I’m just personally very excited. I think it’s a great acquisition.” The park made headlines in recent weeks, but the project actually represents two decades of work. Preserving Linley Valley has been an initiative of Nanaimo and Area Land Trust since the mid-’90s. “When we were asked by someone from the city, ‘How much of this valley do you really think you want to save? We said, ‘All of it,’” recalled Gail Adrienne, executive director of NALT.

The city, with help from the land trust, purchased Linley Valley Cottle Lake Park in 2003, and then in 2010 the Province of B.C. designated an adjacent parcel as protected coastal Douglas fir habitat. Now, these additional properties bring the sum to more than 240 hectares of continuous preserved green space in the valley. “All of these things have been one leading to another and it’s very nice to see,” said Adrienne. City council voted 8-1 in favour of proceeding with the recent property deals, which would add up to $7.6 million. The mayor said the muncipality needed to seize the opportunity to preserve the land now, with real estate development advancing on other areas of the valley. “It’s the last large woodlandwetland wild area. We have a lot of parks in Nanaimo, but they’re not like wilderness parks,” said Joanne JonasMcRae of Save Linley Valley West, a citizens’ group that petitioned for the cause for three and a half years. “This is why [people] come here. They don’t come here to have more subdivisions.” Jonas-McRae walks the trails often. She sees dog

walkers, families, picnickers and bird watchers. Joggers and mountain bikers also take to the trails, and of course, countless nonhumans. Dozens of species of birds have been counted in the area, as well as beavers, deer, squirrels, rabbits, frogs and cougars. Some of the parkland property sales will take a few months to finalize, and the city will take possession of the land piece by piece, with the last sale expected to close around the end of November. A public park planning process likely wouldn’t start until 2015, said Richard Harding, the city’s director of parks and recreation. City councillors, when discussing the parkland purchase, called it the last undeveloped green space in Nanaimo, an iconic park and a Central Park. However people view it, they can take heart knowing now that at Linley Valley Cottle Lake, they’ll always have a place to play. “We’re totally thankful to the City of Nanaimo for coming on board with this,” Jonas-McRae said. “I think it’s the most wonderful thing they’ve ever done.” sports@nanaimobulletin.com

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Three-and-a-half-year-old Lincoln White and seven-year-old Ava White commune with nature at Linley Valley Cottle Lake Park while out for a walk with their family earlier this month.

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the navigation lights marking dangerous rocks it overlooks. Wilson, 18, has been geocaching since 2008 and found his first cache near a beach just a couple hundred metres away. He opens the box and finds a geocoin – think of it as a travelling garden gnome – stashed with other goodies. “It like a travelling coin that travels from geocache to geocache,” Wilson said. “It has a special tracking number on it and you can log its travels online.” Sometimes caches are found by “muggles” – nongeocachers – who might steal them or maybe just write off-colour remarks in the log books, but most muggles are respectful of caches they stumble upon. It doesn’t take much to get into geocaching. Smartphone apps can be downloaded for as little as $8 and are plenty accurate enough to find caches. GPS units precise enough to register cache hiding locations can run upwards of $100. “That’s how most new geocachers get started, with their smartphones,” Wilson said. For geocaching information, please visit the website www. migeocaching.org.

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“Eureka” glint in his eye, say something like, “I knew there was a geocache around here.” Geocaching started in 2000 when hand-held GPS units became widely available. Prior to then, Simpson and his wife, Dorothy, were already into earth caching, the sport geocaching evolved from. “We do geocaching selfishly,” Simpson said. “We use it to find the cool places because people put geocaches in cool places.” If a geocaching map shows a string of caches, Simpson knows they’re hidden along a mountain biking or hiking trail. A cluster of caches might indicate a particularly scenic or interesting spot. “There’s a reason why people put geocaches there,” Simpson said. One rule of geocaching is that geocachers can only hide caches within a certain distance of where they live, so cache maps that can be downloaded with smart phone apps are a bit like a locals’ guide to must-see locations. Allan Wilson pulls a plastic waterproof box out of a hollow in a Gary oak tree at Pipers Lagoon Park. Wilson chose the spot for the cache, and named it “Blinky” for

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create layouts for lighting up interior spaces, suggest sizes and locations for fixtures and talk about what’s new, she said. General manager Craig By Tamara Cunningham Finnigan, whose father The News BulleTiN helped open the first store in Victoria in 1960, says associhen it comes to lightates care about customers ing, one Nanaimo and their service is beyond store shines above what people might normally the rest. expect. Mclaren Lighting has won The store gives people that first place for Best ‘wow’ experience, Lighting Store for he said, adding the seventh consecthat whether utive year for the people shop for a News Bulletin’s Best bulb or an expenof the City contest. sive light, they get The secret to landan equal level of ing a spot in the We just love service. limelight? EmployThe Nanaimo what we do. store, ees say it’s a large a longtime showroom, cusfixture in the comtomer service and knowledgmunity, has 5,500-square feet able staff. of showroom with hundreds “The first thing would be of products on display. Peoour customer service ... ple can find everything from people get the one-on-one, flashy chandeliers to demure they don’t have to wait to wall mounts. There are also get the help that they need,” hanging fixtures, stainedsaid assistant manager Debglass lamps and outdoor bie Ethier, who explains that lights. associates are passionate Many of the products are about lighting and love helpin the store’s warehouse, ing people with it, including meaning that if people need designing house plans. lights right away, nine out of Homes can be a big invest10 times they’ll be in stock, ment for people and associEthier said. ates at Mclaren can help “We have contractors come

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Plenty of places to play in Nanaimo parks Linley Valley Cottle Lake is the flavour of the day in Nanaimo, but there are plenty of other places to enjoy a day at the park. Maffeo Sutton Park, along the downtown waterfront, is a hub of activity all summer as it hosts major festivals and community gatherings. It features Swy-a-lana Lagoon for splashing

around, a seawall, occasional live music, a crabfishing pier, grassy space and views of the harbour. Bowen Park provides some green space not far from downtown, plus a community centre, an outdoor pool and places to play tennis, beach volleyball, disc golf, lawn bowling and other sports. There are also trails and a duck pond.

Beban Park is more sports-focused, with two arenas, an indoor pool, sports fields, equestrian rings, pitch-and-putt golf, a lawn bowling green, a BMX track and a small trail system. There is also a community centre and fairgrounds on site. Up in the north end of Nanaimo are the McGirr Sports Fields and May Rich-

ards Bennett Pioneer Park, two sports-focused parks. Westwood Lake Park is one of the prime destinations for a day at the beach and features a six-kilometre loop trail for walkers and joggers. Piper’s Lagoon and Neck Point Park, both in the Hammond Bay area, are natural parks with trails and seaside views.

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Best of the City 2014 Marnie Law, left, and Sandra Wroe, of the small, but growing, Bike and Bite Girls cycling club, check out crafts and goodies at the Cedar Farmers Market. Nanaimo’s Cedar and Yellow Point areas offer dozens of cycling routes along rural roads and through the region’s parks. CHRIS BUSH/THE NEWS BULLETIN

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herever point A starts and point B ends, you can probably get from here to there on a bicycle. If you’re an inexperienced cyclist intimidated by riding in traffic, but want to get into cycling, chances are you won’t even have to ride on a road to get where you’re going and the trails also help cyclists travel the road less taken by connecting with designated cycling routes that help limit exposure to motor vehicle traffic. From Lantzville to Cedar and most points in between, Nanaimo has more than 130 kilometres of paved and gravel cycling trails and paths – with several main trails that connect through Nanaimo’s major parks – that will get you nearly anywhere you want to pedal. New riders developing stamina and cycling skills can ride from central Nanaimo to the north-end malls and beyond on the E&N Trail, avoiding Tuesday, June 24, 2014

steep hills and road traffic. The paved, eight-km, multi-use trail follows the E&N Railway’s gentle railroad grade and is a major commuting and fitness route for cyclist, runners and pedestrians. The city has announced plans to extend the trail through to points in south Nanaimo. The E&N Trail already links up with a route to Bowen Park and the 3.5-km Harbourfront Walk. More advanced riders can mount up on the Nanaimo Parkway Trail. Its mix of easy grades, winding turns and steep climbs and dips offers a good workout as the trail undulates along its 20-km north-south route from Woodgrove Centre to the Cedar Road interchange. Rewards of riding this trail include the views along the route, especially through Colliery Dam Park. For a more challenging workout, combine the Parkway and E&N trails for 28-km loop. You don’t need a mountain

Quickfacts SLOWSPOKES – www.slowspokes. ca. GREATER NANAIMO Cycling Coalition – http://thegncc.org. MID-ISLAND Velo Association – http://bikeracing.ca. NANAIMO MOUNTAIN Bike Club – http://nanaimomountain bikeclub.com/new. PHIL’S MAPS – Display and download Nanaimo and midIsland mountain bike trails at www.island.net/~pmcgarri/.

bike to ride Nanaimo’s parks. Westwood Lake, Bowen, Colliery Dam and Neck Point parks all have trails suitable for hybrid bikes and beginner riders, but remember that almost all park and city trails are multi-use and shared by walkers and joggers, moms with strollers and children, and dog owners and their

pets, so check your speed, give people room, stay safe and enjoy the outdoors. For advanced riders who want to rip up some single track – or beginners who want to learn how – Nanaimo’s outlying areas have plenty of dedicated mountain biking trails all within about a 15-minute drive from downtown. Link up with experienced riders who know their way around through Nanaimo Mountain Bike Club at http://nanaimomountainbikeclub.com. For those who like long recreational rides and socializing over coffee afterward, Slowspokes cycling club was formed in 2011. The club is always looking for new members. “Slowspokes is always willing to accept new riders,” said Allen Henderson, club spokesman. “We have a dedicated sweep and a ‘no drop’ policy. It is our goal to have riders stay in their comfort zone while they develop their fitness and skills. Some of our rides do

include ‘bonus loops’ where the faster riders can have a sporty ride, then regroup with the more leisurely riders. We often ride new and interesting routes, some of them in other towns.” Nanaimo’s department of Parks, Recreation and Environment also offers programs for entry level cyclists. “We do have introductory mountain bike courses, Intro to Bicycle Riding and Road Safety in the spring and fall and cycle camps in the summer,” said Deborah Beck, city recreation coordinator. “We also organized the heritage bike ride in conjunction with Bike to Work Week through the city’s culture and heritage department.” A brochure of Nanaimo’s multi-use trails and bike routes is available from Nanaimo Parks, Recreation and Environment’s Bowen and Beban park facilities or download an online brochure by visiting http://bit.ly/1ppCtai. photos@nanaimobulletin.com

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St. Paul’S plans to increase space for community groups.

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St. Paul’s Anglican Church is on a new mission – expansion. The historic church is preparing to launch a major fundraising campaign this year to create a new Centre for Ministry and Community Service. For decades, the parish on the corner of Church and Chapel streets downtown has served its congregation and offered hall space for community groups to meet. Now, with the hall needing major renovations, church members are looking to create a larger, more universallyaccessible meeting space and rebrand it as a community facility. The work, estimated to cost more than $3 million, follows on the heels of roof repairs as well as efforts by other long-standing churches to preserve their own buildings as local landmarks, including St. Peter’s Roman Catholic Church and St. Andrew’s United. “It’s very exciting,” said Archdeacon Brian Evans of

the rebuild. “Hopefully we are able to raise all the funds required and we will be moving ahead in the very near future.” St. Paul’s is among a trio of historic churches whose members are working to ensure the buildings remain local landmarks and community gathering places. St. Paul’s has roots stretching back 152 years into the history of the Harbour City. In June 1862 the doors of its first building opened – a beautiful wooden edifice with a tall, graceful spire ships could see as they entered the harbour, say records kept by the church. When a fire in Nanaimo’s business district razed the building, a new concrete hall and church was built in the early 1930s. Not many people know the site was the birthplace of the Loaves and Fishes Food Bank or that it harbours stained glass windows in memory of prominent figures like Nanaimo’s first mayor, according to Evans. But the church’s history has caught up with it. Leaks had been damaging the integrity of the building, prompting a $300,000 re-roofing project last year and now the church’s parish hall needs a major face lift, from electrical

work to new insulation. Other historic churches are also undergoing revitalization work. St. Andrew’s United, a 121-year-old building on the corner of Fitzwilliam and Wesley streets, started in 2010 to generate $750,000 needed to repair and renovate the church. New metal shingles have been put on the roof, and the church hall has a new ceiling, paint and wood work. Members are now looking to expand the choir loft and repair a floor that’s in bad shape, according to property manager Gaylord Merkel. “It’s such a big building ... but we are keeping it together so far,” he said. Members of St. Peter’s, on Machleary Street, are slowly chipping away at their renovations, including redoing the bell tower and ensuring Big Frank – a clock that’s chimed since Nanaimo’s early coal mining days – continued to tick. “Slowly we are trying to maintain the building itself. I mean it’s a landmark here in town ... and a lot of the families that have helped to build Nanaimo were members of this church,” said Debbie McMillan, St. Peter’s administrative assistant.

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Fair celebrates 120 years Nanaimo’s agricultural fair celebrates 120 years of history this year

However, over the years the event has become more than just a place to educate the public about life on the farm – it’s become a place that showcases all exhibits such as cat shows, roller derby, an international logging competition, pumpkin carving, gold BY NICHOLAS PESCOD miners and more. Boyd explained that VIEX, which ver the past 120 years Nanaimo has drawn much more than 15,000 has transformed from a coal people for a number of years, has mining town to a mill town to had to incorporate a lot of different a more urbanized area and while exhibits in order to maintain the pubplenty of events, buildings and lic’s interest. people have come and gone from the “We’re trying to make sure that we Harbour City, the Vancouver Island have a good product to put out so Exhibition has that people will remained a conwant to come,” stant year after Boyd said. “It’s year. challenge to The Vancouver keep interest. Island Exhibition After a 120 years country fair, also of getting 15,000 known as VIEX, to 20,000 people We’re trying to make is back in the to an event is a Harbour City for feat in itself.” sure that we have a good the 120th straight Throughout product to put out so that the years, year. President and VIEX has faced people will want to come. main stage direcplenty of chaltor, Don Boyd, said lenges. In recent that while the event has been around years, getting volunteers has always for more than a century, the focus been an issue for organizers. A few has remained the same throughout years ago VIEX brass pushed for the years. the approval of a new $1.8-million “Trying to make sure that we have Agriplex to replace their existing a good product to put out,” Boyd facilities. said. But despite its issues with volunWhen VIEX was created back in teers and new buildings there is 1894, it was designed as way to show always one challenge each year that off the best local farmers and to edu- organizers have no control over. cate people about the importance of “Weather is always a challenge,” agriculture to the community. Boyd said. “That is always a worry.”

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ABOVE: Vancouver Island Exhibition showcases Nanaimo’s agricultural history, but over its 120 years, the fair has grown to incorporate other activities, including a popular midway with rides and games. TOP: Signs point the way to the variety of agricultural displays and activities at the VIEX.

Over the years there have been plenty of noteworthy musicians to perform at VIEX. Recent musicians to perform at the event include The Trews, Aaron Pritchett, Dallas Smith, Robyn and Ryleigh, Bobs and Lolo, Braeden Marshall, Prism, The Kerplunks, Alan Frew, Default, Carli and Julie Kennedy, Mikaila Tombe, Hope King, Valdy and Damian Marshall. Boyd, who wouldn’t reveal any

upcoming musical acts for this year’s event, said that there will be some newer showcases at VIEX. “This year we’ve brought in a few different things,” Boyd said. “I think everyone will be excited to see what those things are.” VIEX takes place Aug. 15-17 at Beban Park fairgrounds. For more information, please visit www.viex.ca arts@nanaimobulletin.com

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said. “She couldn’t say a word.” Pickard, now 71, needed a hobby and it happens, according to his version of gnome history, that 15 male gnomes from a clan in England’s Black Country, arrived in Nanaimo in 1854 as stowaways aboard the Princess Royal. They formed a colony in what is now Morrell Nature Sanctuary, but

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Mike Gogo and blessings from the Morrell Nature Sanctuary and the city. Pickard said he gets plenty of positive feedback from people who spot gnome doors in the parks who often leave offerings at the doors, such as pennies, dimes, quarters, shells, little action figures, buttons and even glitter sprinkled on the ground around the entrances. Some gnome doors even get decorated for Christmas. Since people can buy gnome doors from Pickard, more gnome colonies are spreading in private properties around town. Pickard spends sale proceeds on better woodworking equipment. “It’s just magic because you know it will always be there,” Pickard said. “For me it’s just to know that people get some happiness … So I enjoy doing this.” To learn more about gnome folklore and Pickard’s gnome homes, please visit his website at www.charliesbirdhouses.com or Google ‘gnomes in Nanaimo.’ photos@nanaimobulletin.com

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aStronoMy day at the Nanaimo Harbourfront Library is July 12, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Nanaimo Astronomy Society will bring a collection of telescopes and will set up displays.

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Art reConCiLinG SeLf by Connie Watts at Nanaimo Art Gallery’s VIU campus location (500 Fifth St.) until Sept. 6. Mixed-media show that recasts and

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re-imagines northwest coast traditions. Artist’s talk Sept. 6 at 2 p.m. Gallery is open Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Call 250-7406350. eXiStentiaL SeLf Wisdom, they say, comes with age. An exhibit at Nanaimo Art Gallery’s downtown location until Aug. 9. Gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 250-754-1750.

DAncE infrinGinG danCe Festival July 3-6 at Maffeo Sutton Park and Vancouver Island Conference Centre, alongside Save-On-Foods Dragon Boat Festival. Four-day festival of cultural and contemporary dance. Most events free to attend. Visit www.crimsoncoastdance.org.

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