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PARKSVILLE VOTES NOV. 21

Vote yes or boil water? City residents being asked to approve a $5.6M loan JOHN HARDING editor@pqbnews.com

With 11 days until the vote, the Parksville Residents Association (PRA) says it has no official position on the referendum asking people to give the city permission to borrow $5.6 million for a water treatment plant. In fact, the PRA’s acting president could still be placed in the ‘undecided’ category as of a few days ago. “I don’t know how I’m voting just yet,” Al Pastars said Thursday. Assent Voting day — that’s what this referendum is officially called — is Saturday, Nov. 21. Parksville residents can vote at either the Parksville Community and Conference Centre (PCCC) or the Parksville Fellowship Baptist Church on Pym Street that day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting will also take place in advance polls at the PCCC only from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12 and Wednesday, Nov. 18. Those who want to cast a ballot must show up with two pieces of identification, one containing a name and address and the other with name and signature (examples include a B.C. driver’s licence, B.C. Care Card, birth certificate, passport). If you do not have documentation showing residency, then two pieces of identification (at least one with a signature) are still required and you will be asked to make a solemn declaration as to residency. (For questions about the voting process, call the chief electoral officer, 250-954-3070.) The length of the voters’ list should be roughly the same as the amount of people eligible to vote during the last municipal election in 2014. There were about 9,600 eligible voters in the 2014 city elections when only 3,383 cast ballots (about 35 per cent). See $10 INCREASE, page A6

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FUTURE FIREFIGHTER: Joseph Waitson, 2, of Qualicum Beach is geared up and ready for action as he takes the wheel of a fire engine during the open house at the new Qualicum Beach Fire Hall on Saturday.

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Southern Railway of Vancouver Island (SVI) officials say passenger train service could return to Vancouver Island as early as next year. “Maybe by the end of 2016, but by early 2017 in time for the tourist season we expect passenger operations to resume,” SVI director of community relations J. Singh Biln told

The NEWS Friday morning. SVI is the operator of the E&N Railway, owned by the Island Corridor Foundation (ICF). Passenger service was suspended back in 2011 amid safety concerns about the existing track. Biln said the last outstanding piece of funding to sign off is $7.5 million from the federal government, which he said was held up by the re-

cent election. He said the new government and cabinet are not expected to change the course of this project. “We have had previous commitment from the feds and working with Infrastructure Canada so expect no problems getting the new minister to sign (an) agreement in principle by early 2016,” said Biln. See REGIONAL DISTRICT, page A8

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Home Hardware says it is staying true to its message of “homeowners helping homeowners” by participating in Random Act of Kindness Day this Friday. There are 29 stores in Ontario and British Columbia participating in the event spearheaded by the Community Foundations of Canada. Random Acts of Kindness Day is an opportunity to encourage members of the community to do nice things for their neighbours, co-workers, friends and family; ultimately resulting in building a stronger, better community for everyone, said a news release from Home Hardware. “At Home Hardware, we are focused on service in our communities across Canada,” said Terry Davis, CEO, Home Hardware Stores Limited. “Random Acts of Kindness Day is a unique way for us to show our appreciation to our loyal customers.” Parksville Home Hardware downtown on Morison Avenue and Dolly’s Home Hardware in Qualicum Beach are participating in the event. — NEWS Staff/Home Hardware news release

Correction

Some incorrect information was published in a story on page A5 of the Nov. 3 edition of The NEWS (‘Navy cadets take to the water’). Pamela Smyth is the CEO of Biostrat Canada Incorporated. Also, Smyth and Shannon Pennington served together in the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. Incorrect information related to both of these items appeared in the Nov. 3 story. The NEWS apologizes for the errors.

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Worried you won’t be able to afford a gift for your child this Christmas? Thanks to support from the community, the SOS Caring for Kids at Christmas Program can help, according to a news release from the Society of Organized Services (SOS). The program is open to low-income residents of District 69 and ensures every local child and youth gets a special gift to unwrap Christmas morning and that adults can enjoy a meaningful meal, with dignity. Registration for the program runs Nov. 16Dec. 9 at the SOS Child, Youth and Family Centre at 245 West Hirst Ave. in Parksville. Drop by between 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Evening Registration is available by appointment for individuals who work during the day.

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Hot off the success of the second annual Project Connect Health Fair, the Oceanside Task Force on Homelessness invites everyone to a dinner and panel discussion on November 24. “It’s about looking at the solutions that we have and considering where the community should go from here,” said the task force’s Sarah Poole. Dinner, by Parksville’s social enterprise Pie Factory, starts at 4:30 p.m. for a suggested $10$20 donation. It will be followed by a discussion — moderated by The NEWS’ John Harding — on a range of homelessness-related topics. Poole said they will describe the services and success of the new Oceanside Homeless (Housing) Outreach Support Team and challenges they face to house people, the general task force progress and “we will also have a questions and ideas period at the end where we will consider where to go from here.” She said that while there is a long way to go, there has been progress in awareness and working towards long-term housing. “A big part of the discussion is going to be

making sure that we have community support to pursue a full-time shelter and supportive housing — really it’s about supportive housing.” They will also highlight the success of the Oct. 14 homelessness health fair at the Parksville Community and Conference Centre where about 40 people without a home, or at risk of homelessness, had access to 15 services and agencies. The free services included everything from hairdressers and foot care specialists to people providing vaccines and eyeglasses. Poole said the turn-out was lower than last year due to changes in the location and transportation. A count in May 2013 found 67 people in the Parksville Qualicum Beach region who identified as being homeless or at-risk. The task force is comprised of local governments and groups like the Society of Organized Services (SOS), Salvation Army, Manna Homeless Society and others. Tickets for the dinner are limited — 20 will be set aside for people who can’t afford it — e-mail Poole now at homelessness@sosd69.com to register by Nov. 18 and note if you are vegetarian.

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Controversial Beachcomber expansion Snaw-naw-as (Nanoose) Chief David Bob vows to stop the expansion, whatever it takes CandaCe Wu news@pqbnews.com

The Snaw-naw-as (Nanoose) First Nation has vowed to take the “necessary action” to stop the expansion of Beachcomber Marina. “This entire area is a sacred site to the Snaw-naw-as First Nation and extends beyond the foreshore, out into the waters where you are proposing your rezoning,” reads a letter signed by chief David Bob addressed to the Regional District of Nanaimo (RDN), dated Oct. 26, 2015. “The reason this entire area is a sacred site to us is that over the centuries the ocean levels have risen and fallen and there are significant middens in that area.” Bob said the Snaw-naw-as First Nation “will oppose this legally, politically and take the necessary action to stop the expansion of this development in this area.” Beachcomber Marina owner Ian Barnes told The NEWS last week he will address the growing concerns about his proposal to expand the marina, but offered few other details. “We are in the process of addressing the concerns,” said Barnes, noting the RDN can expect a response within the next few weeks. Barnes is hoping to add 26 berths to the existing 100 moorage slips at Beachcomber Marina on Northwest Bay near Parksville. The proposal would see one

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Chatwin Engineering’s Brian Chatwin, above, was one of more than 200 people at Nanoose Place last Tuesday for the Regional District of Nanaimo’s public information meeting (right) about Beachcomber Marina’s application to accommodate an additional 26 boats.

portion of the marina ‘downzoned’ from marina designation to standard designation (Water 2 to Water 1), while another area would be ‘upzoned’ from standard designation to marina designation (Water 1 to Water 2). Barnes has received approval from Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Transport Canada to make the changes, however, he still needs a permit from the regional district to proceed. While the project is garnering support from those who see it as a solution to the moorage shortage in the area, it’s also raising

concerns about blocking neighbouring views, cultural impediments, pollution, traffic and water issues. RDN senior planner Greg Keller said staff are waiting for a response from the applicant addressing concerns but have yet to receive anything.

“Once we receive a response we will have to do more review of the application and at some point in time a decision will be made as to how the application proceeds,” explained Keller. “It’s too early to tell what direction it will go.” The application is not on the

agenda for tonight’s (Nov. 10) Electoral Area Planning Committee meeting. Keller said the RDN may host another public information meeting. More than 200 people attended last month’s meeting, with people both speaking in favour and against the expansion.

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All they want for Christmas Parksville Fire Dept.’s School District 69 again helping those in need this holiday season food and toy drive

Building on a longstanding tradition, the All They Want For Christmas team will again partner with School District 69 to donate food and gifts to families with school-aged children who are not able to provide the basic necessities for a family Christmas in their home. This year the group is looking to ensure that once again, at least 100 families (identified through SD69 schools) experiencing significant need will receive a grocery hamper, oral hygiene products, pajamas, books and gifts for their children. The primary fundraising event is the annual dance Nov. 28 at Qualicum Commu-

nity Hall. Eddie and the Funk return to provide live music starting at 8 p.m. There will also be a live auction featuring five substantial prize packages and draw prizes for donations at the door. Entry is by donation, with a suggested donation of a Q Bird Certificate, a $20 gift certificate or cash. “The types of gift certificates requested are for merchants that provide the full range of shopping opportunities that would allow a needy family to purchase low-cost necessities,” said Rollie Koop, superintendent of SD69 and co-director of the project with Virginia Worcester. “Things like clothing, groceries, dia-

pers and toiletries.” Additionally, any donation of cash, pajamas, games or other gift certificates will earn a spot in the draw. Throughout the holiday season, anyone may contribute to the cause by donating their Quality Foods points to “Christmas — Rollie and Virginia” to help purchase groceries. “We want to thank our friends at Quality Foods for their amazing support for this project,” said Koop. “As well, we could not make this event happen without the support of generous individuals and businesses who have stepped up to contribute.” — Submitted by SD69

It’s the time of year when Parksville Volunteer Fire Department members collect food and toys, door-to-door throughout Parksville Fire Protection Area. The annual drive will take place this year on Sat., Nov. 21 and Sun., Nov. 22, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The week prior to the food drive, The NEWS will distribute Quality Foods grocery bags. If residents are not at home, they should leave the bag of food and toys in a carport or by their door and it will be picked up by firefighters. Since volunteers may not get to every house, you can also bring non-perishable food and/or new, unwrapped toys to the fire hall. Cash donations are also welcome.

Liz Olson organizes the food drive on behalf of the department. “Last year’s food drive collected 23,300 pounds of food and cash donations of $5,000 for the Salvation Army, just shy of the 2013 all-time record of 23,500 pounds,” said Olson. “We would love to set a new record.” In past years, Parksville residents have generously supported the drive and are the reason it is such a success. Any support that residents are able to give is appreciated by the Parksville Fire Department. Every little bit helps and will make a world of difference to many families this holiday season. — Submitted by the PVFD

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cRAFt FAiR: Shoppers are captured in a mirror as they peruse the tables in the annual Lioness Christmas Craft Fair at Parksville Community and Conference Centre on Saturday.

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Parksville’s share of the $28.3 million water treatment plant and Englishman River intake is $20.6 million. The cost of the plant and the borrowing will be recouped mostly through an increase in water rates, which amount to an extra $10/year on the water bill of each Parksville homeowner from 2016-2024. Parksville’s share of the $6 million in federal/provincial funding is about $4.4 million. The rest of the costs will be picked up by the Regional District of Nanaimo’s Nanoose Bay residents, who also draw water from the system. Their share will be paid through water reserves set aside years ago — there will be no referendum for Nanoose Bay residents. Parksville/Nanoose Bay draws about 50 per cent of its annual water supply from the Englishman River. Island Health has decreed that all surface water (from rivers, for example) must be, by the end of 2016, treated in a fashion that the current system here is not set up to do. While Island Health has not made an official comment on what would happen should this referendum fail, the city has told voters a no vote would result in non-compliance with Island Health mandated standards, which would require boil-water advisories. “We’re going to have to build it anyway,” said Pastars of the PRA. Speaking personally (the PRA has no official position statement on this), he said he believes if the referendum fails and local tourism operators start losing money because of a boil-water advisory, “the province will say ‘we’ll find the money, go ahead and build your water treatment plant.’”

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Foundation’s ‘mosquito fleet’ These ‘citizen scientists’ use state-of-the-art equipment to gather data AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com

A Qualicum Beach couple are good examples of the crucial fleet of locals who are making the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s Citizen Science Program a success. Ryan and Nicole Frederickson are two of the many volunteers taking part in the foundation’s Salish Sea Marine Survival Project, trying to understand the causes of declines in coho and chinook salmon in the Strait of Georgia and wider Salish Sea. “When my wife Nicole first heard about the project, she said that we needed to be a part of it,” said Ryan Fredrickson. “It is something that is making a difference, helping to manage a natural resource and making the fishery sustainable once again for future generations.” The brainchild of Dr. Eddy Carmack — a retired scientist from the Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada — it involves volunteers using a “mosquito fleet” of their own fishing vessels to do surveys in nine overlapping Salish Sea areas, including “Qualicum.” This gives scientists a much greater reach to make accurate, consistent data comparisons, according to a news release. The “citizen scientists” use state of the art equipment to gather data like salinity, temperature, fluorescence and oxygen content, which is then transmitted with a ‘Community Fishers’

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Mayor of Parksville won’t even comment on story, except to say he has heard a lot of dates over time Once funding is secured, Biln said the company will need six to nine months to tender and rehabilitate the track. The plan is to replace 9,000 rail joints, renew 110,000 wood ties, add 56,500 tonnes of ballast, and lift and resurface the track. The province told The NEWS last summer that train service would be based out of Nanaimo with two daily runs to Victoria, service to Qualicum

Beach on Wednesdays and weekends, al districts along the E&N line — inand service to Courtenay on weekends cluding the Regional District of Nanaiand statutory holidays. mo — have committed $20.9 million to Biln spoke more generally saying the project. “our initial schedule While the RDN comI’m surprised knowing is intended to reach as mitted almost $1 milthe infrastructure deficit many clients as poslion last year to help is where it is that they are revive passenger rail sible but the schedule that optimistic. This is can be easily adjusted service, directors repnews to me. The proof is in resenting as needed by demand. Coombs/ the pudding Our mandate is to inErrington, Bowser, NaRdn chaiR crease ridership.” noose Bay, Parksville Joe Stanhope ICF chief executive and Qualicum Beach officer Graham Bruce voted against it but the did not respond to calls motion passed on the from The NEWS for more specifics on strength of the RDN board’s Nanaimo the schedule by press time. contingent. Senior governments and five regionParksville Mayor Marc Lefebvre, who

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he list of promises made by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the campaign trail was long. It’s up to the opposition and the media to keep track of those promises — a failure to deliver by the Liberals will only add to the cynicism about politics and politicians that prevails in our country today. One of the more shameful things Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Conservatives are guilty of was their treatment of Canadian veterans. This from a prime minister and party which liked to talk tough about fighting terrorism and got us involved in a number of conflicts abroad. Nine regional Veterans Affairs offices were closed in the country under the Conservatives and there were estimates that more than $1 billion was budgeted but unspent on veterans’ issues. “Canadians know this is wrong. A government led by me would make this right,” the Toronto Star, Canada’s biggest daily newspaper, quoted Trudeau saying on the campaign trail in August. The Star report said Trudeau has pledged to bring back lifelong pensions for injured veterans, a new education benefit, more money for the Last Post fund, which provides funding for the funerals of veterans in financial need, and act on recommendations to enhance the delivery of mental-health services. Trudeau cited the casualties of Canada’s Afghan mission — 158 killed — and noted that the number of suicides in the armed forces has been higher, at 170 since 2004. “Thousands more were wounded or suffer still from post-traumatic stress disorder,” The Star quoted Trudeau saying. “We owe a sacred trust to veterans and their families.” The Liberal leader promised to reverse the Conservative cuts by reopening the regional Veterans Affairs offices and hiring 400 front-line service workers. Promises like these aren’t always fulfilled. Or they are pushed back in the mandate, meaning the party in power can keep saying they intend to do it, but have four years to get it on the table, so the pressure is off. Trudeau, however, told the crowd and reporters at the campaign stop in Belleville, near the Trenton air force base that these changes would happen immediately. It’s been less than a week since Trudeau and his cabinet was sworn in — hardly time to learn a new e-mail address, let alone put in motion new policy with big dollars attached. But he did say immediately. What better time to announce some details and timing than Remembrance Day, tomorrow. We look forward to that announcement and we hope to see the Remembrance Day ceremonies in Bowser, Qualicum Beach and Parksville well attended. Lest We Forget. — Editorial by John Harding

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Culvert Clean-up? From a recent edition of The NEWS, a story about work on a culvert on Village Way in Qualicum Beach: “Work ended up costing more than $114,000.” Does that include the yet-to-be-completed (as of Nov. 5), post-construction cleanup? Needs some work. Don Snell Parksville

Dangers proven I was extremely pleased that the Qualicum Beach Fire Hall has been widely recognized for its environmentally friendly operation. Having said that, it seems ironic to me that no one challenged the environmental impact of the location of this fire hall directly beneath a monstrous cell phone tower. Is anyone concerned for the health and well-being of the firefighters who will be exposed to RF radiation every moment that they are in the new fire hall? Research has proven that effects from cell tower radiation include headaches, memory impairment, dizziness, ocular dysfunction, fatigue, sleep disorders, irritability, depression, lack of concentration, heart conditions and cancer. Symptom incidence increases over time. Building a fire hall directly beneath a cell phone tower demonstrates a complete lack of respect for those men who risk their lives to assist us in so many emergency situations. Isn’t it time that citizens challenge “those” who are in power, the individuals who decided to build a fire hall in this location? A firefighter is supposed to be alert, aware and able to make decisions quickly. Will our firefighters be at their physical and mental “best” in this environment? Faye CarmoDy Errington

What if vote fails? When we all got our water bill last month, there was a brochure outlining what would happen with a ‘Yes’ vote and a ‘No’ vote in the coming referendum. It states a ‘No’ vote means we would be under a boil water advisory whenever we draw water from the river. My understanding is city council has been assuring us that if the referendum doesn’t pass, Island Health will tell us to

build the water treatment plant anyway. In the brochure, however, no such assertion is made. Which interpretation is correct? I am sure that the city would want all of us, including strata residents, to be properly informed before we vote. rob Campbell Parksville

honour DemoCraCy As we approach Remembrance Day, I am so proud of us, as Canadians and as Islanders. When all our political parties wouldn’t get past their petty partisanship for the good of the 99% and our environment, we organized and went around them. Then we voted in record numbers. So Canadian. To me, that is a real honouring of the millions of men, women and children who have and are suffering and dying in the name of democracy, freedom and justice. Last October, I had the sobering experience of being at the Tower of London to see the U.K.’s commemoration of the “empire’s” service dead in the First World War, formerly called the Great War and The War to End All Wars. The commemoration was 888,246 ceramic poppies, one for each of the service men and women from the British Empire who died in that near total conflagration. The total dead from that insanity was around 16 million. Historians are still musing as to just what caused it. They do agree a major factor was the vested interests of the socio-political elite of two empires presided over by two cousins — neither of which was all that democratic. The terms of settlement from the First World War was a major contributing factor to the total war known as the Second World War. Another 55 million died in it. In between these two, another 18 million died from malnutrition and disease unleashed by the war. And we are only at half way through the last century. Now we are bogged down in horrid wars generating millions of refugees, particularly in the Middle East. According to Scott Anderson’s 2014 Lawrence of Arabia, the roots go back to the First World War. In this moment, we have entered a new

era of hope, promise and activism in Canada. However, as even Margaret Trudeau states, to realize this promise, we all need to be involved in pushing our elected representatives to deliver an authentically sustainable and just Canada. Surely, all those who suffered and died in the name of our freedoms deserve no less from us. yvonne Zarowny Qualicum Beach

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QB, keep your Water The recent letter from Max Kellerman (The NEWS, Oct. 27) made it clear that the committee for the Regional District of Nanaimo might wish to annex the Qualicum Beach water wells. The RDN presumably has the power to do so, but it should be remembered that Canada is a democracy and that private property cannot be taken away without a good reason. It is questionable if one exists in this case. British Columbia owes its temperate climate to the fact that it lies beside the largest body of water on earth. The colder months produce the bulk of the precipitation and the summers are relatively dry. Steepness of terrain and a thin regional topsoil cause a rapid rate of water run-off to the sea. During the summer, water comes mainly from either natural or artificial reservoirs and that is when shortages occur. Most are inconvenient, but not serious. This district has a few problems with chronic, or potentially chronic, water shortages. Other areas have their own shortages, so the problems can only be fixed by developing new storage areas. As Kellermann points out, the scheme suggested by the RDN would be expensive to install and run. There are also likely to be distribution problems. For example, the reservoir at Qualicum Beach is limited in extent and requires careful control to avoid permanent damage. It is clear that the RDN will have to present its plan to public scrutiny, before proceeding further. It might be appropriate to remind the RDN of the old adage that says a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee. Jim DrummonD Qualicum Beach See more LETTERS, page A12

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LiberaL’s new day for the CbC? Having watched chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge interview so many national and international politicians of all stripes on CBC’s The National for so many years, I have never seen him so animated as he was on Wednesday Nov. 4. Almost the entire hour-long newscast was devoted to events surrounding the first day in office of Canada’s 23rd Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. The access afforded to Mansbridge was quite amazing, beginning with him in lockstep with the new PM and his children on Parliament Hill. He was with them in the elevator in the Peace Tower going up to hoist a fresh flag; then through those portrait-lined corridors of power, and into the PM’s office; listening in during a briefing from political advisors, and then watching Trudeau chatting on live video to children across the country using Google Hangout. The two men chatted during a limousine ride where Trudeau remarked how they were wearing identical neckties, and later on the bus with the new cabinet where Mansbridge accepted a mild rebuke when he mentioned that he was almost expecting to hear strains of “Kumbaya” coming from the back. Viewers never found out how many sheets of toilet paper were used during a bathroom break, but that was about the only detail that was missing of the first day of the new Liberal government’s four-year mandate. The not-so-subtle message portrayed was that the past decade of cuts and threats to further diminish the national public broadcaster was well and truly over and things are being done differently from day one; indeed, these are sunny days at CBC. Just how long this totally open and transparent mood will last is unknown, but for now sales of toothpaste will be soaring as everyone appears to be smiling. There will be some folks

expecting a complete cessation of precipitation, that all the birds in all the trees will be singing and that peace will break out all over the world. Contrast that mood to what happened the very next day, when the Conservative Party held its first caucus meeting since the election defeat. Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrived in a van and entered through a back door to avoid media. Seems he gave a brief address and left by the same secretive route. Those remaining chose an interim leader in MP Rona Ambrose, who had been one of Harper’s most staunchly loyal and most vocal supporters for several years as minister of various portfolios. Canadians are ready to sit back and enjoy the theatrics when these opposing forces clash on Parliament Hill. Bernie Smith Parksville

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250-285gr

397gr

2$ for

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2$ Yogurt

Japanese Style Bread Crumbs, 227gr

650gr

Olympic

Panko

395ml

Krema Greek Style Yogurt

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Kikkoman

Indian Style Cooking Sauce

Noodles

Meal

350ml

Selected, 650gr

2$ for

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Rib Eye Grilling Steak

3 Pack

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400gr

375gr

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13.20 per kg

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2$ for

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Happy Planet

300-350gr

500-650ml

Filled Pasta

Everland

Coconut Water 520ml

Soup

for

Planters

Everland

Dry Roasted Peanuts 454gr

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Olivieri

Planters

Lasagna Sheets or Gnocchi

Cashews 225gr

350-360gr

299

Olivieri

Pasta Sauce

400ml

3$ for

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Everland

300gr

500ml or 454gr

Nested Pasta

160gr or 300ml

Organic Coconut Milk

Coconut Oil or Sugar

699

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Family Classic Frozen Dessert

Crackers

Armstrong

Europe’s Best

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Stoned Wheat Thins

Cheddar or Mozzarella Cheese

Folgers

1.75lt

Classic Roast Ground Coffee

920gr

Shredded Cheese

Saputo

Natural Cheese Snacks

320gr

210gr

Ready To Serve Soup

Premium Plus Crackers

525-540ml

450-500gr

Singles Process Cheese Product

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Pasta

Ocean’s World Cuisine

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4 Lu

Cadbury

Biscuits

Peek Freaks

Chocolate Bar

150gr

Biscuits

90-100gr

6x591ml

4kg

500gr

256-350gr

Original Cream Cheesecake

Guiseppe Pizzeria Pizza

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Haagen Dazs

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Orange Pekoe Tea

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500ml

8x28gr

Red Rose

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Ice Cream

Hot Cocoa Mix

800gr

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Starbucks

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100gr

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Natural California Raisins

Deluxe Mozzarella Cheese

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Almonds

10kg

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Cereal

Margarine

250ml

227-250gr

Christie

Primo

250gr

200gr

Kellogg’s

Imperial

Artificial Vanilla Extract

Philadelphia Cream Cheese

Premium Cocoa

Feta Cheese

Club House

Kraft

Fry’s

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LICABL PP

PLUS A

Armstrong

EES EF

PLUS A

600gr

Saputo

A17

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481-538gr

465-900gr

10 2

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600gr

1.66lt

600gr

Minute Maid

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Family Classic Frozen Dessert

Crackers

Armstrong

Europe’s Best

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Stoned Wheat Thins

Cheddar or Mozzarella Cheese

Folgers

1.75lt

Classic Roast Ground Coffee

920gr

Shredded Cheese

Saputo

Natural Cheese Snacks

320gr

210gr

Ready To Serve Soup

Premium Plus Crackers

525-540ml

450-500gr

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Pasta

Ocean’s World Cuisine

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4 Lu

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Biscuits

Peek Freaks

Chocolate Bar

150gr

Biscuits

90-100gr

6x591ml

4kg

500gr

256-350gr

Original Cream Cheesecake

Guiseppe Pizzeria Pizza

for

LICABL PP

Haagen Dazs

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Orange Pekoe Tea

Assorted Sizes

500ml

8x28gr

Red Rose

Ice Cream Bars

Ice Cream

Hot Cocoa Mix

800gr

555-652gr

Haagen Dazs

Starbucks

Pizza Pockets

Cream Pie

960ml

NOT YOUR AVERAGE DESSERT

McCain

Sara Lee

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100% Juice

1.36lt

Oasis

Tomato Juice

LICABL PP

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Primo

LICABL PP

EES EF

225-300gr

Gatorade

Perform Thirst Quencher

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Granulated White Sugar

Baking Pitted Dates

450ml

Rogers

Golden Boy

Hershey’s

Chipits

100% Fruit Smoothie

750gr

340gr

100gr

2 Sun-Maid

Naked

Pure Jam, Jelly or Marmalade 500ml

Natural California Raisins

Deluxe Mozzarella Cheese

Smucker’s

Kraft

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1kg

Almonds

10kg

Tre Stelle

Authentica Sauce 530ml

Selected, 375-500gr

100gr

Trophy

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for

Rogers

Pecans or Walnuts

450gr

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1.36kg

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Muslix or Two Scoops Raisin Bran Cereal

Cereal

Margarine

250ml

227-250gr

Christie

Primo

250gr

200gr

Kellogg’s

Imperial

Artificial Vanilla Extract

Philadelphia Cream Cheese

Premium Cocoa

Feta Cheese

Club House

Kraft

Fry’s

PLUS A

LICABL PP

PLUS A

Armstrong

EES EF

PLUS A

600gr

Saputo

A17

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PLUS A

A16

144’s

481-538gr

465-900gr

10 2

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Sushi

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Pastrami

10 Piece California/ Dynamite Rolls

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Schneider’s

Medium

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Small

Sweet & Sour Pork

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Schneiders

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Bavarian or French Herb Meatloaf

7 1195 625 75

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Previously Frozen

Smoked Salmon BBQ or Peppered Tips

Chocolate Wafers

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100 gr

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100 gr

Organically Yours

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Cranberry Cocktail or Country Style Trail Mix

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500gr

225-250gr

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Corn Thins

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220gr

1.89lt

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Scotties

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Household

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12’s

6’s

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Paper Towel

6x88-126’s

Purex

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Facial Tissue

Almond Beverage

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Coffee

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oceanside Grandmother to Grandmothers

Grandmothers offer holiday gifts and help

Come out for some festive shopping and help orphans in Africa Nov. 27-28 at the Quality Resort Bayside AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com

Unique Christmas gifts and a festive atmosphere will be on offer as the Oceanside Grandmothers to Grandmothers (G2G) hold their eighth annual Christmas extravaganza November 27 and 28. Everyone is invited to what organizers are calling the biggest Christmas fair in Parksville this year. Along with their holiday shopping, people will help support those effected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa. This is the most successful fundraiser for the local group which has raised $300,000 since they formed in 2006. People can help their efforts by looking for the perfect Christmas gift, with a huge variety of locally made crafts and goodies to choose from. Select from handmade crafts, jewelry, hostess gifts, homemade baking, preserves and much more, said G2G member Ann Tardiff. Find their famous African Christmas Angel ornaments, handmade and named after an African child who has died of AIDS, and the colourful cloth totes bags.

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Oceanside Grandmothers to Grandmothers Jacquie Ostrow, Ann Tardiff and Carol Lundine showing off some of last year’s crafts.

The one-of-a-kind, handmade bags became an instant hit when they were introduced and a group of 10 “bag-ladies” have been sewing up a storm creating the custom made bags for this year’s fundraiser. “They are always very popular and come in a nice variety,” Tardiff said.

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There will also be hand crafted Christmas wreaths both alive and artificial, knitted items, jewelry made by women in Africa, driftwood birdhouses, cards, journals, quilts, gingerbread houses and more, including many Christmas stocking ideas. The grandmothers will also have their

Christmas cakes, breads, all sorts of baking as well as refreshments at the event. Like all of their fundraisers, the proceeds go to the Stephen Lewis Foundation for community organizations providing care and support to women, orphans, grandmothers and people living with the disease. More than 15 million children have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. “A full 90 percent of money raised will reach the ground in Africa,” G2G member Rita Kleinfelder stressed, “that’s better than most charities. And all the groups in Africa are vetted, they don’t just hand the money out.” She gave the examples that in Uganda $20 pays for a child’s school fees and supplies for the year and in South Africa, $45 will pay for garden seedlings to produce enough vegetables for six months for a family of four. The Christmas extravaganza runs 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27 and Saturday, Nov. 28 at the Quality Resort Bayside Parksville, 240 Dogwood St. Visit http://oceansideg2g.org for more on the group. Admission is free and parking is plentiful.

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Qualicum acoustic cafe

Qualicum ‘cafe’ serves up tasty jams Monthly sessions combine a main act with open stage J.R. RaRdon reporter@pqbnews.com

After casting fruitlessly about the mid-Island for a local open stage club at which their band could perform, Joyce and John Beaton finally took it upon themselves to create one of their own. Eight years later, Qualicum Acoustic Cafe is still going strong. And their band still has not played there. “In October of 2008 we started Celtic Chaos and we were being asked to various folk clubs on the Island to play,” said Joyce Beaton, a fiddler with the Ceilidh band. “These clubs had a great sense of community and an open stage for anybody to play, and we realized we didn’t have something like that here.” So, for one night each month, the Beatons and bandmate Dave Barta — along with a cadre of regular volunteers — take over the Rotary Club of Quali-

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ira pelletier, right, and Brad shipley of nanaimo’s hub city Ramblers share a laugh with the audience during the Qualicum acoustic cafe at Rotary house friday night.

cum Beach Sunrise Rotary Hall and turn it into a live music club open to both performers and fans. The first hour of each Qualicum Beach Acoustic Cafe (QUAC) is devoted to open stage

entertainers, who are allotted up to 10 minutes each to sing, play, rhyme, tell stories or anything else they’d like to try. Following an intermission, a feature act hired for the evening closes the show with an approximately

one-hour concert. “The first half we provide an opportunity for not only local performers, but people from Nanaimo, Port Alberni and places farther north,” said Joyce. “It’s not been specifically folk;

sometimes we have poets and spoken word performers.” “It might be jazz or classical,” John Beaton added. “We could even have a juggler, or dancers.” Unlike the folk clubs they visited in their early performances, the Beatons wanted Acoustic Cafe to provide a full range of musical styles. Last Friday’s headliner, Ira Pelletier and Brad Shipley of Nanaimo’s Hub City Ramblers, played soulful bluegrass with jazz, country swing and rock influences, with a touch of gospel. West Coast singer-songwriter Scott Shea is scheduled for the Dec. 4 event, and country-pop songstress Beth Marie Anderson takes the stage for the first show of the new year. “We’ve been lucky with our features; there’s been a good variety,” said John. “It’s based on the model of the folk club, but there’s much greater variety. We get writers, storytellers, poets.” The QUAC has proven hugely popular among its loyal following, exceeding even the Beatons’ initial expectations by selling out nearly every month. See acouStic cafe, page A24

sunday at knox united

Locals toot own horn Oceanside Concert Band plays annual fall concert

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landscape artist kris poitras, right, chats with louise duncan in front of some of his paintings during the opening reception for november’s exhibits at the mcmillan arts centre.

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Students take place in spotlight The Oceanside Community Arts Council unveiled the work of its three featured artists for November in a reception Saturday afternoon at the McMillan Arts Centre in Parksville. Along with the whimsi-

cal food-centred paintings of Rod Corraini and the Dreaming in Colour exhibit of landscape painter Kris Poitras, photos from the local 4H SnapShots Photography Club will give November visitors a youthful

perspective on mid-Island scenery and lifestyles. Due to a scheduling conflict, Poitras held his own meet-and-greet event Friday night. The MAC is located at 133 McMillan St.

The 30-member Oceanside Concert Band will perform its annual Fall Concert under the direction of Dr. Paul Rathke beginning at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15, at Knox United Church in Parksville. Rathke has lived in Parksville for the past six years. Prior to moving to the Oceanside area, he was a faculty member of Grande Prairie Regional College in Alberta. He holds degrees from the Eastman School of Music, Northwestern University, and the University of Kentucky. He is a former member of the United States Army Field Band of Washington, D.C. Highlights of this weekend’s concert include Sing Sing Sing, featuring drummer Wayne Finucan; Basin St. Blues (featuring some great solos); Fats Waller; a beautiful rendition of A Trumpeter’s Lullaby; and much more. The popular event is sponsored by the Parksville and District Music Association. Proceeds from the concert are used locally to support musical programs in the Oceanside area.

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dr. paul Rathke will conduct the oceanside concert Band in its annual fall concert nov. 15 at knox united church.

Tickets will be available at the door: $15 for adults, $8 for students. Accompanied children under 12 will be admitted free. Knox United Church is located at 345 Pym St. For more information call Jeff Bailey at 250-468-2700 or Wayne Finucan at 250-752-5909.

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Friday at the MaC

Bluesman brings varied repertoire Multi-instrumentalist Doug Cox to play multi-genre concert

The McMillan Arts Centre is pleased to announce an appearance by blues guitar master and multi-instrumentalist Doug Cox Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. This multi-talented bluesman is known for his skill with bottleneck slide guitar, Dobro and nearly every six-string instrument you can imagine. “Unafraid to fuse classical elements with both eastern and western influences, bluegrass, pop, jazz and what you might possibly expect to hear on Mars, Cox handles each investigation with a sensitive touch and precise execution,” claimed a review written in Northern Sky magazine. Cox has worked alongside an impressive array of musicians, playing and recording with masters such as Ellen McIlwaine and David Essig.

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Guitar virtuoso Doug Cox will appear at the McMillan Art Centre Nov. 13.

His musical world includes such diverse virtuosos as Indian slide guitarists Vishwa Mohan and Salil Bhatt, folk singer/actor Ronny Cox, late bluesman Long John Baldry, guitar slinger Amos Garrett, songwriter Chuck Brodsky and expat Rwandan The Mighty Popo. Cox has long been an

in-demand player on the Dobro, mandolin, Weissenborn and the National Steel. His music has been featured on many film and TV soundtracks, including Terry Gilliam’s Tideland, A&E’s Biography, Coyote Ugly, Steven Seagal: Lawman, Auction Kings, Breaking Amish, Call of the Wildman, Chas-

ing Classic Cars, Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations and most recently, TV’s Duck Dynasty. Either as solo performer or as guest recording artist — or when touring with longtime friends and colleagues such as Steve Dawson, Jim Byrnes, and Amos Garrett — Cox embodies inventiveness and musicality. Whether the performance calls for rootsy Americana, new acoustic, or traditional blues with an African twist, Doug is an intuitive and gracious musical collaborator. Doors open for the Nov. 13 performance at 6:30 p.m; tickets are available in advance at the MAC or at the door. Tickets are $15, or $12 for OCAC members. For more information, please contact the McMillan Arts Centre at 250-248-8185 or visit the website at www. mcmillanartscentre.com. — Submitted by the MAC

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The Bowser Senior Housing Society may not have secured Neil Diamond, but it will present the next-best thing when it presents the tribute act Nearly Neil Friday, Nov. 13, at Lighthouse Community Hall in Qualicum Bay. Canadian entertainer Bobby Bruce portrays Diamond to headline a benefit evening that will include dinner, dancing, a silent auction and a live auction, with all

proceeds going to BSHS to build affordable housing for seniors. Bruce is fresh off a two-month tour of Australia. The all-ages event begins at 6 p.m. at the hall at 240 Lions Way. Tickets are $35 each and are available in advance at Salish Sea Market and Georgia Park Store in Bowser and Mulberry Bush Book Stores in Parksville and Qualicum, or online at www.bshs.ca. To book a table of eight or more, or for more info, call 250-757-8117. — Submitted by BSHS

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As word has spread, they find they rarely have to hunt for their feature act — the bands and players are coming to them. “For the feature acts, people contact us, and we decide if it’s going to work,” said Joyce. “But it’s not about what we might like personally. It may not be my cup of tea, but if it’s an act that will appeal to our community, that’s something we want to bring in.” She said the Acoustic Cafe’s feature performers are booked for the rest of this season, which runs from the fall through spring before shutting down in the summer months, and a few are already booked for next season. “I’m not sure how they hear about it, but the music community is pretty close-knit,” said Joyce. Tickets are a modest $7 — only $5 for open stage performers — and early in the endeavour the Beatons went to a pre-sell only model. “One time we came and had 150 people lined up outside, for an 80-seat hall, an hour before the doors opened,” said John, who performs as a storyteller during Celtic Chaos shows and at other events. Now, tickets are sold through Diva’s Vintage Kandy and Kakes shop in downtown Qualicum Beach, beginning approximately a week before each show. Patrons who sign up for the QUAC mailing list receive

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notifications of upcoming shows and ticket release dates through an e-newsletter. Qualicum Acoustic Cafe is a strictly non-profit venture, with all money taken in split between rental of the hall and payment for the featured act of the night. Creekmore Coffee donates coffee for intermission, and volunteers whip up batches of apple crumble — usually from donated apples — for purchase and consumption during the break. Since the coffee and treats are donated, concession sales also go into the pot for hall rental and paying the acts, Joyce noted. Even with that boost, the low ticket prices and the hall’s limited capacity mean a night at Acoustic Cafe will not be a big income producer for the feature act. But unlike playing a bar or coffee shop, they’ll

know they have the audience’s attention. “It’s really all about the music,” said John, who added with a grin and a wink, “There’s no long intros or boring parts.” In addition to their pay, visiting acts can further cut expenses by staying with friends locally. Or, if they don’t know anybody in the community, they can stay at the Beatons’ house. “Our children have moved out, but we’re not empty-nesters,” said John. Qualicum Acoustic Cafe is held the first Friday night of each month, except for a January 29 show that stands for both January and February of 2016. To subscribe to the newsletter or for more info, email Joyce Beaton at beatonqualicum@gmail.com or John Beaton at jabeaton@gmail. com.

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You may have seen her bombing around town in her little red sports car, or playing golf 3X a week, or demonstrating her flexibility at exercise class, or walking her beloved rescue dog, Mikey, or even entertaining friends with her latest culinary concoctions. Not many years ago, you would have found her on the water at 7:00 am; paddling with other breast cancer survivors on the Breast of Life Dragon boat. Lynn was indeed 88 years young and a remarkable gal. She was full of energy, mischief, fun, and advice. Lynn believed that costumes, games, and skits always made things more interesting. This was witnessed by many in the summer of 2014 when she hosted a riotous golf tournament for 36 lucky friends and family. Lynn faced much adversity in her life which she unflinchingly met head on. She managed to retain her sense of humour even when times were tough. She knew when to lend a compassionate ear and when to give a reminder that life is unfair, play the cards youâ€™ve been dealt and stop your whining. Lynn was born and raised on a prairie farm near Acadia Valley, AB during the great depression. After becoming an RN, one of her first jobs was in Yellowknife. There, this pretty and intelligent blonde was made an Honorary Princess by the Chief of the Dogrib Band for her great community work with the Dene First Nations people. Later, she became the youngest Matron of the Oyen Hospital. Around this time, Lynn was smitten by a dashing young pilot with his own airplane - Albert Karr (deceased) . They married and had 4 children. Even while raising those little terrors, Lynn continued a long and respected career in both Occupational and Public Health nursing in Grande Prairie, AB. At 65, Lynn married a wonderful gentleman with a twinkle in his eye and a great sense of humour- Griff James. They settled in Qualicum Beach and had several happy years together before Griffâ€™s passing. On October 16, Lynn suffered a massive inter cerebral bleed as she was preparing to go golfing. She would have been disappointed to know that she stood up her foursome. Lynn died two weeks later on October 31, 2015. Our heartfelt thanks go to the dedicated doctors and nurses who provided such wonderful care on the ward and especially in the Palliative Care Unit at Nanaimo Regional Hospital. Lynn is survived by her brother Chester Neilson, and her four children: Kelly (Dea Napen) , Patt, Avril (Frank Warshawski), and Kerry. She is also survived by Griffâ€™s children, Jim, Judy and Bette Leigh. She was adored by her buckets of grandchildren who knew she was always good for a laugh and a wizened perspective on the world.

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Storm takes Gens amid tempest Loss during rowdy game Saturday stretches Parksville losing streak to 11 T yson Taylor sports@pqbnews.com

It turned out to be a bit of a rowdy affair between the Save-On-Foods Oceanside Generals and the Campbell River Storm Saturday night. Tempers flared on both benches as coaches Brad Knight of the Generals and Lee Stone of the Storm had a war of words in the third period of a game that was well out of reach, with the Storm winning 8-2. The loss pushes the Generals losing streak to 11 games, but it’s not the losing that coach Knight had an issue with Saturday evening. “I can handle losing games,” Knight said. “It’s the way a team like Campbell River carries themselves when they’re up 8-2 and expected to win a game like that.” “They’re out there laughing at my players, who are working hard and doing what they can to make a game out of it and they’re (Campbell River) acting like they’ve got no class,” he said. “A team that’s loaded with 19 and 20 year olds and they carry themselves like that, it’s disrespectful to my team, to our fans and I’m just tired of it. I’m tired of seeing garbage like that.” Newcomer Quinlan Moore got the Generals off to a quick start, putting the puck past Storm goaltender Matt Kostiw on the power play to make it 1-0. But Campbell River would score seven unanswered goals before the Gens would find the net again, with another newcomer Phillip Lam putting one in the back of the net on the power play, giving them their second and final goal in the game. Lam and Moore, along with Bobby Love, all made their debut for the Generals on Saturday night as the team continues to look for help up front. “We’ve got to start scoring goals,” Knight said. “I think we’re fine defen-

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Save-On-Foods Oceanside Generals goalie Brandon Ward gets the paddle down on Josh Coblenz of the Campbell River Storm. The Generals would go on to lose 8-2 on Saturday night.

sively for the most part, ward guy who isn’t afraid We’ve still got to find a Moore helps us out on few more players up front to use the body,” Knight the back end there, he said. “But we’ve still got to balance things out, we brings a steady presto find a few more playneed some more scoring ence and has a good ers up front to balance Brad Knight shot that’ll give us some things out, we need better looks on the powsome more scoring.” er play.” Defenseman Wyatt Meiers is back on “Lam’s a smart player; he’s got a good the ice with the Generals, coming off hip mind for the game and puts the puck in surgery in the off-season, and is hoping the right places. Love’s a great player to to resume contact within the next two have on the team too; he’s a straightfor- weeks.

It’s just the lone game again this week for the Generals, as they’ll travel north to take on the Comox Valley Glacier Kings on Friday night. In the four games between the two teams this season, the Generals have one win and three losses against the Kings. You can hear the game live on 88.5 The Beach with Dominic Abassi, live from the Comox Valley starting at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

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Brandon Busby put a stop to Marc Whelton in the closing seconds of the second round of his golden gloves fight last week, earning himself the title of the B.C. Super-Middleweight Golden Gloves champion. The 25-year-old Busby, from Parksville, finished Whelton off in the final seconds of the second round after an

impressive first round for Busby as well. Spending time training with fellow Parksville resident Aubrey “Bam Bam” Morrow before the bout in Langley on November 6, Busby came in prepared and ready to rumble. “We had a really good training camp,” Busby said. “Aubrey had his fight in Quebec and I was getting ready for this one in Langley, so we were both in really good shape

leading up to our fights.” “It’s nice to be able to have a guy like that to spar with and train with, we’re there to push each other and I came into this one feeling really good.” Following the victory, Busby will now look to his next bout upon his return from South America; a potential matchup with the B.C. amateur champion Julian Kim. “That’s the idea,” Busby said. “We’re

just fresh off this last fight and I’m going travelling for two months so once I come back, we’ll see what the game plan is but that’s what I’d like to try and see happen.” • Aubrey ‘Bam Bam’ Morrow fell short in his recent attempt to win the Canadian Middleweight title. Morrow lost in an eighth round TKO to champ Francis Lafreniere in Lafreniere’s hometown of Repentigny, Que. on Oct. 24.

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been playing very well together as a unit and having a guy like Daniel, who’s got such a nose for the net, it makes it that much easier to be able to go ahead and put a little something extra on it when trying to put one past the other team.” The Kondors headed to Victoria Sunday in advance of their opening game against Brentwood College, 11 a.m. Monday (no score at press time). Game two for the Kondors is against the Isfeld Ice (Comox) who they beat 3-0 in the first game of the North Islands. KSS then plays Royal Bay Secondary (Victoria) in their third and final pool play game. With three teams from the Island tournament advancing to the provincials, the Kondors want to win their

pool and advance to the final, ensuring a provincial birth. “That would be the best scenario,” Gayton said. “We’re aware that it’s not going to be easy and we’re going to have to work hard and keep up our play to have a chance. Everything ramps up as you continue along on the march to provincials.” “The road gets tougher and tougher and winning our pool would be the easiest and smoothest path there. That being said, we’re going up against some tough competition and it’s not going to be a cakewalk. These teams are all here because they’ve been good enough to have a crack at provincials, so we’re going to have to make it happen.”

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A Vote About Water The City of Parksville and the Regional District of Nanaimo (Nanoose Bay Peninsula) are moving forward with an expansion to the drinking water supply which will ensure a safe and secure water system for the community. The Englishman River Water Service project includes: • In-river water supply intake designed/located to consider the needs of river users and to protect aquatic habitat. • Water treatment plant with a minimum of 16 million litres per day of membrane filtration capacity to comply with new water regulatory treatment standards. • Transmission supply mains to homes and businesses. Construction of the river intake is the next phase of improvement for our community’s water supply following construction of the Arrowsmith Dam in 1999. Design of the intake is underway with construction scheduled for June 2016 followed by design and installation of the water treatment facility, scheduled for operation in summer 2018. Earlier this year, the $28.3 million project shared between the City and the RDN, received $6 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments. Costs will be spread out over 25 years with less reliance on current user fees. To provide for anticipated annual operating and capital costs as well as future $5.6 million debt retirement costs, annual water rate increases for water services for the City of Parksville will increase between 2.25% to 2.5% for the years 2016 through 2024 – about $10 per year for an average household. Information about this project as well as assent voting was mailed to residents with utility notices at the end of September and is also available from City Hall and from the City’s website. Contact info@parksville.ca or 250 954-3073 if you have questions or would like help to obtain the information.

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Assent Voting Opportunity On November 21, the citizens of Parksville will participate in an assent voting opportunity, previously referred to as a referendum. The City is asking residents to approve a bylaw to authorize the borrowing of up to $5.6 million to construct a new water intake, water treatment plant and transmission lines. The assent voting question will read as follows: Do you agree to the adoption of City of Parksville Loan Authorization Bylaw, 2015, No. 1519 which will authorize the City of Parksville to borrow $5.6 million to construct a water intake and treatment facility in accordance with Island Health requirements.

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Voting Day: Voting date is Saturday, November 21 from 8 am to 8 pm at the Parksville Community and Conference Centre, 132 Jensen Avenue East or the Parksville Fellowship Baptist Church, 550 Pym Street.

You may vote at either the Parksville Fellowship Baptist Church or at the Parksville Community and Conference Centre, however, whether you vote at an advance voting opportunity, or at one of the general voting day locations, you will be required to sign a written declaration that you have not voted previously at any other time or location during the election. Advance Voting: Advance voting takes place on Thursday, November 12 and Wednesday, November 18 from 8 am to 8 pm at the Parksville Community and Conference Centre, 132 Jensen Avenue East. When You Vote: The City will again use voting day only registration. All voters will register on the day of voting, at either advance voting or on general voting day. You will be required to provide two pieces of identification [one with your name and address and the other with your name and signature]. If you do not have documentation showing residency, then two pieces of identification [at least one with a signature] are still required and you must then make a solemn declaration as to your residency. Two Pieces of Identification: Residents must bring two pieces of identification; documents which may be accepted are: • BC driver’s licence

Parksville Council invites residents to attend 2016 budget deliberation meetings. The purpose of the meetings is to continue discussion on the 2016 - 2020 municipal budget and financial plan. Public input is an important part of the financial planning process and Council would like to receive comments from residents. Meetings will be held at 6 pm in the Forum at the Parksville Civic and Technology Centre, 100 Jensen Avenue East on November 12, November 23 and December 14.

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Comments received from residents will be provided to Council and will form part of the public record. Here’s how residents may contribute to the discussion:

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• Comment in person at the meetings. Council will provide an opportunity for questions, comments and suggestions from residents. • Email comments and questions to info@parksville.ca or on Facebook http://facebook.com/cityparksville or tweet us http://twitter.com/cityparksville (@cityparksville). • Watch the meeting live online through the City’s webstreaming. Video from the meeting will be archived and may be viewed at another time. Information presented at the first budget deliberation meeting on October 28 may be viewed on the City’s website. [Quicklinks Reports/Financial Plans/2016]

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Special Events Applications Applications from organizations and individuals wishing to hold special events at City-owned venues as well as City streets in 2016 will be accepted starting January 1 and reviewed starting January 29. Annual events will be given priority provided the request is received by January 29. After January 29, applications will be addressed as first-time events on a first come, first-served basis, depending on venue availability. After January 29, applications must be received at least thirty days prior to the event. The special events policy and application forms are available on the website [City Hall/Special Events Procedures], from the operations department and at City Hall. Phone 250 248-5412 for more information.

PVFD Annual Food and Toy Drive Parksville Volunteer Fire Department members will once again collect food and toys, door-to-door throughout the Parksville Fire Protection Area. This year’s drive is set for Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22 from 9 am to 4 pm. Please watch for grocery bags provided by Quality Foods in the local newspapers. If you are not home, please leave the bag by the door for pick up. Volunteers may not get to every household and if we miss you, please bring non-perishable food items and/or new, unwrapped toys to the fire hall. Cash donations are also welcome. The fire department and the Salvation Army appreciate the generous support of residents.

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The public is encouraged to attend Council meetings held on the first and third Mondays of the month and may observe advisory committee meetings. Refer to the website for agendas and meeting highlights and minutes.

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Wednesday, November 11th Remembrance Day Events: QUALICUM BEACH: 10:15 a.m. - Parade forms at liquor store parking lot on Primrose Street by 10:15am, and will march to the Civic Centre. 11 a.m. - Remembrance Day service inside the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre then parade forms for a march to the Legion at 180 Veterans Way for the March Past and Salute. The public is invited to the Legion for a reception after the ceremony.

PARKSVILLE: 10:30 a.m. - Parade musters at Parksville Legion on Hirst Avenue and marches to the cenotaph at Civic Centre corner of Craig Street and Jensen Avenue. 11 a.m. - Remembrance Day service at cenotaph and fly past. The public is invited to the Legion for a reception after the ceremony.

BOWSER: 10:30 a.m. - Parade forms at Magnolia Court parking lot and marches to the cenotaph at the Legion located at 7035 West Island Highway. 10:55 a.m. - Remembrance Day service at the Legion. After the service the Ladies Auxiliary will be serving a light lunch in the Legion Hall-general public invited. BRENDA GOUGH PHOTO

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Vancouver Island Compassion Dogs, based in Qualicum Beach, is helping Island veterans deal with some of the trauma they experienced. “They have to be in active therapy, going regularly,” said President Barbara Ashmead. “We add an extra tool to help with their PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder).” She started the non-profit society a couple years ago when someone from CFB Comox asked, since she’d worked with guide dogs, could she train a dog for a soldier with PTSD? She said not yet, but quickly worked with B.C. Guide Dogs to develop the unique program, pairing the first rescue dog with a veteran for training eight months later. “The dog helps dial it down, nothing ever gets rid of (PTSD),” she said, “but the dog gives them security, it allows them to go out in public, helps them feel secure.” “The dogs help keep them grounded, calm,” she said, through things like physical contact when the veteran “starts to melt down.” “If someone starts stressing them out they’ll actually pull them away. If people get too close the dogs are taught to do a block in front, not to protect them, just give them that space, because a lot prefer a big bubble around them.” She said the intensive training process is a lot about finding the right combination of person and dog and developing a close bond through a minimum year of serious work.

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The work itself is also important, forcing the person to get out for walks and giving a focus to people who are used to intense training. “They’re required to work with their dog a minimum five times a day for two or three minutes at first, and walk their dog three or four times a day,” she said. “We’re helping them integrate back into civilian life, a dog helps give them a reason to get up in the morning.” In two years VICD has graduated four pairs, who are now mentors for 16 current pairs. The veterans come from all over the Island twice a week to train with VICD. The organiza-

tion pays for gas, dog food and all costs until graduation, when the veteran gets the dog for $1. She said probably Canada’s highest ranking person with PTSD, retired Lieutenant-general Romeo Dallaire, expressed interest in the program when Ashmead met him during last year’s Wounded Warrior run. They spoke about how lonely PTSD can be, she said. “They come from being brothers in a group where they’re doing everything together, all of a sudden they exit out and they lose it all. A lot of them lose their wives, their families, all sorts of things.” See COMPASSION, page B6

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Remembrance Day observances have taken place in Canada for nearly a century. And in Parksville and Bowser, the Mt. Arrowsmith Pipe Band has been on hand for the last 40 of them. “That’s why this band has been here since 1975,” said longtime bagpipe player Mel Wilson. “It’s part of our commitment to the community.” There are no remaining members from the original drum and pipe band, which was formed 41 years ago to preserve, promote and educate the public on Gaelic culture through music performance. That mission appears to have succeeded, though, as a steady influx of young talent has kept the drum and pipe band active at events year-round in the mid-Island region. Current membership is at about 20 pipers and drummers, and a dozen are expected to perform Wednesday during the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Parksville Legion Hall and, later, at the Bowser Legion. “We also teach people how to play pipes and drums, and we hope they’ll stay around and continue with it between going off to school and getting jobs,” said Wilson. Current pipe major Josh Dieleman is just 22, and has been playing bagpipes for

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more than two-thirds of his life. He doesn’t recall exactly why he decided he desperately wanted to take up the bagpipes at age seven, because it was not an instrument his parents played or a part of his own cultural heritage. “We’re Dutch, so that’s not even close,” Dieleman said. But his desperation was such that, as fellow band member Margo Walters pointed out, “He wrote a letter to Santa asking for bagpipes.” Dieleman grew up in Parksville, attended local schools and earned his electrician’s ticket following studies at Vancouver Island University. “We’ve kind of kept that solid core of members,” said Wilson. “It’s that nucleus that pulls everything togeth-

er. But the time comes when you’ve got to step aside and let someone else do it. Our teaching program has brought in a couple of guys who are now with the band. And we have one fella learning here, he’s 10 years old and he’ll probably be ready to join the band next year.” Another, more recent band member, signed up for lessons after meeting band members at a function in Bowser six or seven years ago. Shawn Carle is a longtime rock ‘n roll musician, who has performed and recorded on guitar and piano. But he was taken in when he saw the pipe band perform at a fundraiser. “It was something I always thought I would like to try,” said Carle. “I was there with my father, an old Scot, and I just went up and asked how I could sign up.

“I still do the rock and roll, but this is my new passion.” The Mt. Arrowsmith Pipe Band practises each Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Arbutus Grove Church, next door to Parksville Legion Branch 49. Information on the group, including contacts and lessons, can be found at www. mtarrowsmithpipeband.ca. The band has performed regularly for Canada Day, Robbie Burns dinners, Family Day, various parades and Qualicum’s Fire and Ice Festival. But Remembrance Day is particularly suited to the eerie, martial sound of the pipes and drums. “Bagpipes have always been associated with the military,” said Wilson, one of three band members who are also military veterans. “It’s been called an instrument of war. Of course, that’s not what we’re here for.”

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He wasn’t around for the original Armistice Day in 1919, but Parksville’s Harry Bullock didn’t miss by much. Born in London in 1920 — one week before the second commemoration of the end of hostilities in “The Great War” — Bullock would don his own British Army uniform two decades later to help defeat the Axis powers in Europe. “I was standing on a corner with the boys, cheeking at the girls, and one of ‘em came up and slapped me around the face,” he said. “She said, ‘My brother’s away at the war. Why are you not?’ “So I went and joined up the next day.” Bullock, a jocular 95-year-old who retains much of his working-class Cockney accent more than 50 years after emigrating to Canada, would not see action for more than two years. Once he did, he made up for lost time. Though he never shot at an enemy, Bullock, a dispatch rider with the military police, survived repeated bombing attacks and suffered a combat injury that left him with a partial disability pension. He was not an officer, but played an indirect — yet very much hands-on — role in several historic turns in the course of World War II and its aftermath. Jokingly referring to himself as “probably a war baby,” Bullock left behind in Sicily a war baby of his own — in a manner of speaking. And he might well have held hands, if ever so

briefly, with a young girl called Elizabeth, long before the title “Queen of England” was appended to her name. Bullock admits his memory has faded over nearly a century on Earth. During a conversation following the flag-raising ceremony to kick off the poppy campaign at the Parksville Legion Hall last week, he was not quite sure if he had three children or four at the time he and his wife came to Canada from the UK (he does know that he had six children in total). What he does recall, though, comes out in a series of vivid, highly detailed vignettes, shared with all their sights, sounds and feelings. On the Battle of Britain: “I can remember walking down the old Kent Road and both sides were blazing,” he said. “I was walking down the middle of the street and buildings were burning and falling down. My (step)mom and dad got bombed out; my stepmother died from the bombing.” On being sent with several other soldiers to a cottage hospital a few miles from Windsor Castle, for a photo op with some well-appointed young ladies: “One of the nurses said ‘We need more coal.’ I said, ‘I’ll get it.’ This girl, about 15 or 16, came out with me and there was a great big woman, obviously her guardian, who came out with us. I filled the bucket and went to take it in and this girl said, ‘No, I’ll do it,’ and she took my hand and pulled it off the bucket. “That was the Queen. I didn’t know who she was at the time, but later on when that other

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World War II veteran Harry Bullock of Parksville shows a photo of himself on a motorcycle, taken during the invasion of Italy in 1943 or 1944.

King (Edward VIII) abdicated and her father took over, it dawned on me that’s who it was, and her sister. I thought I recognized her.” On landing in Sicily with Canadian and U.S. forces during the invasion in 1943: “That was something, I tell you,” he said. “We went into this harbour (at Syracuse) and had to drive our motorcycles out of the landing craft, into the water and over. I went so fast I went through the

crowd and this beach master’s waving me down and I didn’t stop.” On the first time he came under fire: “Some of our ships had come into the harbour and they were firing into our trees. The shots were at a low trajectory because the Germans were so close. An officer came running back and said, ‘Get out of there! You’re sleeping in an ammunition dump!’ “So that was our first taste

of getting shelled, and it was our own people.” On guarding a bridge one night and catching two children out after curfew: “I said, ‘What are you doing?’ They said their mother was having a baby and they were trying to get the doctor. I felt sorry for them, so I went back to the fellas and said, ‘We should let these kids go; they’re getting the doctor for their mom.’ They said, ‘Well, you can go. We’re not going.’” Bullock said that’s just what he did, helping the children locate the doctor and then following them back to their neighbouring village. While enjoying a glass of wine downstairs, he heard the cry of a newborn, followed by footsteps coming down the stairs. “They said, ‘What’s your name?’ I said, ‘In Italian, it’s Enrico,’” said Bullock, who added that he got his dispatch duty in part because of his relative fluency in the language. “She said, ‘My mom’s gonna name the baby after you; it’s a boy.’ “It just goes to show you some of the stuff that happens in wartime, little things like that.” On the explosion that left his right eye misaligned: “It was about 30 or 40 feet away, is all,” he said. “All I saw was this body going up and he had no legs. Somebody had trod on a mine, an Italian, probably. The next thing I knew, I was in the hospital because I’d come off my cycle again and hit my head.” Read the full story ONLINE at www.pqbnews.com

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Legions are a Canadian staple with branches dotting the country from coast to coast. But in this day and age, their function and purpose isn’t as ubiquitous as it once was. Qualicum Beach Legion Branch 76 communications officer Lynn MacLean said the most common misconception with the Legion today is that you have to be part of the armed forces to join. “Our membership is actually open to any Canadian citizen,” MacLean said. “People are still amazed that anyone can be a member.” The Legion’s mission statement is to serve veterans, including military and RCMP members and their families, to promote remembrance and to serve our communities and countries. MacLean said Legion branches are just as relevant today as they ever were. “Many people have lots to contribute and want to volunteer and support their veterans and it’s been a really positive thing (opening up membership to the public),” said MacLean. “Our (Qualicum Beach) branch had the largest number of new members (nationally), which was 25 over a two month period.” While the Legion serves veterans, she said they also serve non-Legion members. “We offer medical aid and people can come here and borrow walkers and canes and that’s a service we provide to the whole community,” she said. “In smaller communities, Legions often form a melting pot or place to go to socialize. We just trickle to the top because of Nov. 11 but we’re always here.” MacLean said she originally joined the Legion with her husband seven years ago after being invited by friends. “We realized it was a really nice place to go and meet people, but for me personally my brother was in Afghanistan at the time so I had a very personal con-

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nection,” she said. “We’ve met some amazing people, had lots of fun and we’re giving back to a good cause.” Parksville Legion Branch 49 president Sue Hodges first joined the Legion 18 years ago in Cloverdale. “I got involved in the Legion all over a pot of soup,” she said with a laugh. “A neighbour of mine asked for some help, and I thought, ‘why not’ so I went down and started to see what it was all about.” Eventually, Hodges was signed up to the Legion by her best friend’s father, Scullie Johnson, who she describes as a war veteran with an incredible knack for storytelling. “He would tell me horror stories about the war… about men in trenches with rats and urine, they had no privacy, I can hardly envision that… and then they’d have to eat in there,” she recalled. “I was born in 1946 so I never really knew war,” she said, but after hearing Johnson’s traumatizing stories about wartime she hopes she never has to. “I don’t want to ever see it. And I don’t want anyone to forget how it was.”

Asked about the relevance of Legions today, Hodges said they still play a very important role in the community. The Parksville Legion, like the Qualicum Beach branch, also has a loan cupboard and a service officer to help veterans wade through veterans affairs paperwork. Hodges said they also donate to many organizations including the Salvation Army, Tour de Rock, Nanaimo Hospital Foundation, the local cadets and give out bursaries to high school graduates. However, she admits it’s been challenging to increase membership by appealing to a younger demographic while maintaining the Parksville Legion’s loyal membership. She’s hoping to organize an evening catering to families with children sometime in the near future and is certainly open to ideas about how to diversify the membership. For more on the Parksville Legion Branch 49 contact 250-248-5633. For more on the Qualicum Beach Legion Branch 76 contact 250-752-9632.

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Heading towards war in Korea at the age of 19, Harold Ferguson said he wasn’t scared. He “thought it was another foreign port.” He signed up for the Canadian Navy in 1953 at the age of 18, “as a way to see the world,” and after boot camp in Nova Scotia, headed first to Pearl Harbour and on to the world’s major conflict of the day. “It was under UN control, like peacekeeping, but we knew it could bubble up at any time,” he said of his arrival just months after a truce was signed. Posted on the HMCS Cayuga, a Second World War era tribal class destroyer, he admitted “conditions were not great,” pointing out for example there were no showers, but “the food was always good,” provided by the U.S. military. In Korea they were mostly conducting peacekeeping work off the coast and his clearest memories are of R&R, or days off in places like Hong Kong, which he wouldn’t share many details about, except to say 70 per cent of the people on the ship were young single men. Ferguson brushes off questions about the darker side of his time in the service, preferring to focus on the good times that followed during what turned into a life at sea. “To us land is considered an occupational hazard,” he said. Though he spent most of his time in the Pacific, he saw much of the world, including a memorable trip through the Panama Canal in 1963. Some of his postings where not exactly in navy hot spots, like his two terms stationed in Saskatchewan. “Yeah I was surprised about that one myself,” said the 81-year-old. After

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Harold Ferguson at the Parksville legion in the lead up to Remembrance Day.

three years patrolling the high prairie he returned to sea, which he always preferred. “I went right back in every chance I got,” he said, “I would go back today, it was a good life.” When his time at sea was done in 1985, he spent the next 14 years working security in the B.C. Legislature. He got a bit of a taste of some of the modern luxuries, but his years in the service were pretty sparse and he admitted to rough times like some high sea storms, the worst one being catching the back of a typhoon off the coast

of Alaska. Over the years he took additional courses and worked his way up to retire as a petty officer first class. “All the old military guys are fading away now,” he said, adding he’s not aware of any other Korea War veterans in the area, but sometimes he goes back to the Legion in Langford and reminisces with old navy colleagues. “Mostly younger people don’t even know what war is,” he said. He takes part in Remembrance Day ceremonies but said he is rarely asked about it anymore.

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The veterans include two from the Vietnam War and a couple “really young guys” just entering from the Afghanistan conflict, “but most of them are from the Bosnia era,” she said. “The more I learn about Canada’s experience in Sarajevo (Bosnia) — they went to hell and back. There wasn’t a day they weren’t shot at and because it was a peace keeping mission they couldn’t

shoot unless they were shot at first.” She said the key for the public is to leave the veterans alone. “If they see somebody with a dog, with a red jacket on, don’t go ask them what they’re doing, or how they got PTSD. It’s tough enough for them to be out there anyway. Just leave them alone.” She said it’s great to watch their successes, many of which may seem simple. “One guy was really

thrilled to be able to go grocery shopping again. One guy is waiting to get his service jacket so he can take his wife for supper.” “They don’t want your sympathy, they just want to find their niche in life again.” Join some of the veterans and supporters at their Christmas Gala fundraiser Sat., Nov. 21 at Thalassa Restaurant at the Qualicum Beach golf course. Each pair costs about $15,000 to train

and the group doesn’t receive any government funding. There will be door prizes, exciting silent auction items, music by Diamond Dog, a live band and cash bar. “The fundraising is great but the best part is getting to see the veterans come out and have a good time,” Ashmead said. Call her at 250-954-5552 for more information or $50 tickets. Visit http://vicompassiondogs. ca/ for more.

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CENOTAPHS

Qualicum Beach has three The first cenotaph was erected in 1935

Branch 76 Qualicum Beach of The Royal Canadian Legion is one of the few, perhaps the only, Legion Branch in Canada that has three distinctive outdoor cenotaphs, plus an indoor portable cenotaph at which Remembrance Day memorial services are held to recognize and honour those who have fallen in the various wars and peacekeeping engagements in which Canada has been involved. The first cenotaph was erected in the Qualicum Beach Cemetery by Legion members, with a flagpole and concrete base engraved, “Lest We Forget”. A brass plaque was placed bearing the inscription, “Erected By the Canadian Legion No.76, King George V Jubilee, 1935.” The first service was held there in 1935. Prior to 1935, Qualicum Beach Branch members attended Remembrance Day ceremonies in conjunction with Mount Arrowsmith Branch 49 at their stone cenotaph, which was originally in the Parksville Community Park. The second cenotaph at the foot of Memorial Avenue was constructed from beach stones gathered and assembled by Legion branch members, on the beach side of Highway 19A. Dedication was held on May 24, 1949, and the first Armistice Day service at that location took place on November 11, 1949. Attendance at the Qualicum beachside cenotaph declined after a few years as cold and stormy winds off the Strait took their toll on aging Qualicum branch members. However, a service is still conducted there following the Remembrance Church Parade held on the Sunday before Nov. 11. In the early 1970s it had been decided to construct a new cenotaph on the First Avenue (now known as Veterans Way) side of the new branch building that was nearing completion. The new structure was constructed of yellow

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This cenotaph at the foot of Memorial Avenue was the second one erected in Qualicum Beach (1949).

cedar logs, hand cut by volunteer Legion craftsmen and carefully aligned in a unique angular style to radiate from the base. Each branch symbolizes a particular phase of Canadian history. Dedication of this third cenotaph took place on October 6, 1973. A plaque was attached inscribed, “Lest We Forget In Memory of Our Fallen Comrades We Will Remember Them”, to recognize veterans of World War I, World War II and the Korean War. A bronze plaque was added and dedicated on November 1, 1993, bearing the wording, “The Peacekeepers - We Will Remember Them.” On Nov. 10 each year, a Candlelight Tribute to veterans and loved ones is held at the Branch 76 Cenotaph at which branch members and the general public may place candles. Years later, in 2008, it was agreed by both the town and Branch 76 that the flagpole and base in the cemetery would have to be replaced due to deterioration. Financial assistance was obtained from The Department of Veterans Affairs; and the Town of Qualicum Beach undertook the work. Permission

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They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.

for the demolition of the old cenotaph was granted by B.C./Yukon Command, upon receiving assurance that some parts of the original structure would be included in the new memorial. Dedication of the renovated structure was conducted on Dec. 10, 2008. Remembrance services are held each year at a church parade on the Sunday prior to Nov. 11. Wreaths are placed at the cenotaphs at the beach and cemetery locations, with the branch executive, colour party, and branch members present. In addition, a public service is conducted at the civic centre on Nov. 11, at which more than 600 veterans, Legion members and local citizens have been in attendance. Wreaths are placed at a temporary cenotaph on the stage by government dignitaries, veterans and service organizations, local businesses and citizens on this occasion, to remember those who have served, and are still serving, our country. The general public is welcome to attend any or all of these services. — Wilma and Bud Stevens/ Lynn MacLean/NEWS Staff

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This year, with continuing turmoil worldwide, the need becomes even more apparent to keep November 11 aside for current & future generations to remember and appreciate their courage and sacrifices made in the name of freedom.

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