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Jan. 8, 2014 www.courierislander.com CAMPBELL RIVER, B.C. Established 1945 65 CENTS

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By Sian Thomson

Campbell River Courier-Islander

When you come from a small town your baby becomes the town’s baby.

This is according to Campbell River’s Danielle Girard on the continued support coming in for her family since the Christmas Eve birth of their daughter Anabelle.

Due on March 21, the baby was born on Christmas Eve when Danielle suffered complications and went into early labour. After being transported by air ambulance, she gave birth naturally to Anabelle, at the Royal Columbian Hospital, who weighed a pre-carious two and a half pounds.

Such a sudden turn of events could have devastated this self-employed young family, who are now down more than half their income. Danielle, a qualified school teacher, has a successful Partylite business and father Yannick has a construction and renovation company.

Danielle moved to Campbell River when she was 12 years old, and graduated from Carihi. She studied out of province and married Yannick who was from Quebec.

Two older siblings, Miko, seven, and Rosalie, four and a half, are being cared for by dad or Danielle’s mother, who has taken time off her work in Alberta to come and help the family out. Grandma and dad trade off weeks, one with Danielle as a sup-port person, and one as caregiver to the children at home.

“The children are not allowed into the neonatal intensive care unit so they have not seen the baby, and I have only seen them twice since Dec. 23,” said Danielle, who has to reassure them every night that they will be back together soon.

Continued on page 2.

Preemee’s mom says Anabelle Campbell River’s adopted baby

Photo submittedBaby Anabelle peeks up at mom Danielle.

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Continued from page 1.“Miko cries every time he sees me and

Rosalie misses me terribly,” she said. “It had been very hard on them. But this is our reality.”

After more than two weeks not being able to hold her baby, Danielle got that chance this past weekend.

“Her little body against mine, she felt like

a feather,” said Danielle. “A little touch of Heaven here on earth. She has that baby smell, and I love it. At one point she put her arm up as if she was hugging me.”

Now weighing two pounds one ounce, hav-ing dropped weight since her birth, Anabelle remains at risk for brain bleed and ongoing breathing problems.

“They had her off the CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) for nine hours but her little lungs were working too hard to breathe so she is back on it,” said Danielle. “She has periods of apnea (stops breathing) that are very scary. We are waiting on the results about brain bleeding. Regarding the prognosis for Anabelle, it is too early to tell. We will know more when we get the most recent test results in. We do know that babies born at 23 to 24 weeks have a much higher risk. She’s a fighter.”

As of Tuesday morning, Danielle says there have been no set-backs in the past few days, “but we have to be careful because things can change in a flash.”

“The community has been so helpful, it is overwhelming,” said Danielle. “The family sup-port, support from the Ecole Mer-et-montagne (Francophone school where their son attends Grade 2 and Rosalie is in pre-school) held a bottle drive for us and raised $145. Can you imagine how many bottles that is? It’s amaz-ing.”

The Variety Club has helped out the fam-ily with the first month’s hotel costs. Other donors include Camryn’s Cause, Christian Life Fellowship Church, Wish Want Wear consign-ment, and Hugginz By Angel, a non-profit business run by a young woman with Down

Syndrome who sews hospital friendly pajamas, knit hats, and cuddle blankets for newborns (http://www.hugginzbyangel.com). In fact Danielle is expecting Angel and her mother to come out to visit her at the hospital this week.

“We just heard that BC Ferries has offered us one round trip for the family which is worth about $200,” said Danielle. “And we have received gift cards with lovely messages on them, to Thriftys, where I buy food to cook at the little kitchenette here, Subway, gas for Yannick and my mom to travel here, and the fund raising link set up by my wonderful friend Ludy Mennie, who also runs the Facebook page‘Blessing the Girards on the Arrival of Baby Anabelle Girard Duplain’ collected $1,200 in the first 24 hours of being on line.”

On Saturday, Jan.18, the owner from “Wish Want Wear” is hosting a Fashion Show/Buffet Lunch at Fusilli Grill on Dogwood. The time is yet to be announced.

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“Her little body against mine, she felt like a feather.”

Photo submittedMother Danielle finally got to hold Anabelle after two weeks.

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The benchmark price for a single-family home in the Campbell River area was $266,800, up 5.9 per cent over last year says the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board.

The city was one of the few to show such year to year improve-ments on Vancouver Island.

In the Comox Valley the bench-mark price was $313,800, down 0.5 per cent over last year;

Duncan reported a benchmark price of $277,900, dropping 2.8 per cent from last year; Nanaimo’s benchmark price was $327,600,

down 0.2 per cent from last year; Parksville/Qualicum has a bench-mark price of $343,600, up 1.4 per cent last year; and Port Alberni is listed at $177,100 for a benchmark home, dipping 3.2 per cent from last year.

Sales activity across the Vancouver Island housing market area finished on a high note in

December, capping off the strongest year since 2009. After a sluggish market in 2012, sales began to pick up some steam in the second half of 2013, resulting in a stronger finish to the year than the

Board had anticipated. The British Columbia Real

Estate Association’s chief econo-mist, Cameron Muir, is cautiously optimistic heading into the new

year, but warns that low employ-ment growth and a listless economy will likely have some impact on the BC housing market heading into 2014.

“We anticipate that slow eco-nomic growth will lead to a slight retrenchment in demand through the first quarter of 2014, but expect that sales will pick up momentum in the latter half of the year,” he said.

A total of 210 single-family homes sold in the VIREB coverage area on the MLS® in December 2013.

This is a 39 per cent increase over the 151 sales recorded in December 2012, and a 26 per cent drop from this time last month.

“While we had a very robust month in terms of sales this December, it is important to look at these numbers in terms of the big-ger picture,” said VIREB president, Gary Gray. “We are encouraged by this healthy sales activity, but the market is still quite price sensitive, so it is important to consult with a local realtor in order to get a clear picture of what is happening in your area,” he said.

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Most homes in the Campbell River area are worth more this year than last according to fig-ures from the BC Assessment Authority.

And Campbell River’s resi-dential assessment roll increased from $4.899 billion to $4.969 billion.

About 20,000 property owners throughout Campbell River and Campbell River Rural can expect to receive their 2014 assessment notices in the next few days if they already haven’t.

“Most homes in Campbell River and the surrounding rural areas are worth more in value compared to last year’s assess-ment roll,” said Vancouver Island Regional Acting Assessor Bill Dawson.

“Most home owners in Campbell River and the sur-rounding rural areas will see modest changes in the five to 10 per cent range.”

“Property owners who feel that their property assessment does not reflect market value as of July 1, 2013 or see incorrect information on their notice should contact BC Assessment as indicated on their notice as soon as possible in January,” said Dawson.

“If a property owner is still concerned about their assess-ment after speaking to one of our appraisers, they may submit a Notice of Complaint (Appeal) by Jan. 31, for an independent review by a Property Assessment Review Panel,” added Dawson.

The Property Assessment Review Panels, independent of BC Assessment, are appointed annually by the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development, and meet between Feb. 1 and March 15 to hear for-mal complaints.

The Courtenay assessment office is located at 2488 Idiens Way, Courtenay. During the month of January, office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Friday. Property owners can contact BC Assessment toll-free at 1-866-valueBC (1-866-825-8322) or online by clicking “CONNECT” at www.bcassess-ment.ca.

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Campbell River Search and Rescue had their usual busy year with 30 operational calls in 2013.

The calls have ranged from miss-ing persons to plane crashes to emer-gency locater beacon rescues. They responded as far away as Cape Scott several times for medical evacua-tions off the trail system, to Port Alberni where 100 volunteer SAR and first responders came together to evacuate an injured hiker from Mt. Arrowsmith.

They also went to the mainland — Wakeman Sound and Bute Inlet — to rescue hikers and recover people after a helicopter crash.

“The diversity of our response area speaks for the variety of calls we respond to but more so to the experi-ence and skill our members have,” said Campbell River Search and Rescue spokesman Grant Cormier. “One week we are pulling hikers off a mountain in some remote inlet on the mainland, the next week we are looking for a dementia walkaway in Beaver Lodge Lands. We have a huge area of coverage and major logistical

challenges in moving equipment and people to remote locations, travel time and communications are always factors we have to work through

every call we leave the Campbell River city limits.”

Their challenges are tough enough, especially when the mem-

bers have their own full-time jobs, but some areas prove even more challenging than others.

“When we are operating on the extreme west coast of Vancouver Island west of Port Alice we have limited communica-tions with the outside world, satellite phones are spotty and we only have line of sight communications with our field teams,” said Cormier.

But he said CRSR has recently acquired three satellite tracking beacons that can be deployed with teams that provide two-way satellite tracking and response capabilities.

“This goes a long way towards keeping us in touch with our field

teams for safety reasons,” he said. The success of the CRSR is

almost solely due to the dedication of

its members and the recent acquisi-tion of a software program enabled the group to put some hard figures to what they knew was a hard com-mitment.

The 40 members put in over 1,000 hours of operational task time — call outs — and over 4,000 hours doing regular training, meetings and fund raising.

“That’s over 5,000 hours of time put in by our members to serve the group and their community, pretty impressive,” said Cormier. “Continuing challenges we face are rising training, travel, equipment and insurance costs. We don’t generate income; we are non-profit so the money we raise through donations goes to pay for training, equipment, insurance for our hall and vehicles etc. and we see yearly increases in these items which translate to more time our members have to spend to fund raise to support these items. The group’s goals for 2014 are to continue and advance the training of their speciality rescue teams, holding a training course this spring for new members as well as continuing with their public education component.”

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The amazing numbers of Campbell River Search and RescueVITAL VOLUNTEER GROUP ALWAYS FACING TOUGH TIME RAISING FUNDS

File photoAlong with risking their lives to save lives, Campbell River Search and Rescue have to raise their own funds.

To assert, as some have, that illegal immigrants do not depress wages because they do the jobs Americans refuse is the kind of nonsense economists speak when they strain to be counter intuitive. It is similar to saying that cheap imports do not hold down prices.

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Our View

By Les LeyneBritish Columbia’s final submission

to the joint review panel that weighed all the evidence on the Northern Gateway pipeline took the commonly held view that an oil spill would have “severe effects.”

Even Northern Gateway acknow-ledged as much.

The company went into exhaustive arguments about how unlikely a big spill would be. But it didn’t dispute the widely held view that the effects of a big spill would be severe for the eco-system involved.

One expert consulting for the com-pany explicitly confirmed as much. “It doesn’t take a lot of wit to come to the conclusion that a major oil spill would have significant adverse effects on a river.”

Another said “adverse and signifi-cant acute effects can occur … adverse and significant chronic effects can occur.”

So the province of B.C. put forth the view: “That severe acute effects on fish and other wildlife populations could result from a spill into a river is indisputable.”

Turns out that’s wrong. It can be disputed. And it was, up to a point, by the joint review panel itself.

In the huge report that approved the pipeline subject to 209 conditions, the JRP reached the conclusion that large spills on land or at sea would cause sig-nificant adverse environmental effects, but that “the adverse effects would not be permanent or widespread.”

The report makes a clear distinction between large spills and small spills.

As far as small spill of a few barrels are concerned, the JRP said spills from either the pipeline facilities, the ship-ping terminal at Kitimat or the tankers “are almost certain to occur during the life of the project.”

It put the likelihood of a small spill over 50 years at 93 per cent, but said the balance of probabilities would indi-cate no lasting impact.

The startling thing is that it reached a similar conclusion on large spills. A large spill was defined as one involving 5,000 cubic metres of crude oil or more that would spread from the immediate area, require a full-scale response and not be able to be effectively cleaned up.

The JRP said it would not be likely

and might not occur during the life of the project. But if it did, “natural recovery” would come into play. “A relatively large proportion of a large spill is likely to be naturally dispersed and degraded.”

The panel acknowledged that a large one would have “short-term negative effects on people’s values, perceptions and sense of well-being.” But appro-priate mitigation and compensation following a spill would lessen those effects over time, it said.

So the conclusion was that a large spill would cause significant adverse environmental effects, but those adverse effects would not be permanent or widespread.

That’s quite a departure from the common view that a major oil spill would be an irrevocable catastrophe. It also bypasses a widespread concern that no one actually knows how diluted bitumen behaves during a leak.

It might be a scientific conclusion that stands on its own.

But there’s one clue in the docu-ments that suggests that if the JRP con-cluded the project was in the national public interest, it was obligated to

conclude that the adverse effects of a large spill would not be permanent or widespread.

Former National Energy Board chairman Roland Priddle, an expert on the process, was working as a con-sultant for Enbridge when he testified before the panel last year. He stated that if the panel found there were sig-nificant adverse environmental effects and related socio-economic impacts caused by the project, after proper allowance for mitigation of those effects, then the panel “should recom-mend against.”

The B.C. government cited his observation in arguing against the approval.

If you accept that proposition, then the panel could not accept the idea that a large oil spill would represent a long-term blight on the environment and still recommend in favour the pipeline.

So the panel either discounted the potential for long-term damage in order to get to yes. Or it got to yes, then dis-counted the potential for environmental disaster, in order to backstop its find-ing.

— Glacier News Service

Don’t worry, major oil spill won’t hurt — much

As Campbell River’s new hospital slowly evolves, we should ask ourselves if we are looking at New Horizons. Workers at the seniors complex care facil-ity are being laid off to, well, make room for differ-ent workers. Obviously workers who will work for less money and probably with less skills.

There is a certain amount of money the govern-ment gives to the company to run the facility. And the company has to get its pound of flesh before proper care and working conditions come into effect. So one of the ways they do that is to get rid of most of the exiting staff and hire people who will do the same work for less.

And who might those people be? The British Columbia Government and Services Employees union has written the Canadian Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration to investigate the use of our country’s immigration policy to gut existing pay and benefit standards.

In other words, replace Canadian workers with foreign workers who will gladly accept the reduced pay and benefit scales because in actuality even those rates of pay are a fortune to them compared to what they do or could earn in their own country.

Ironically some if not most of the patients in the seniors care facility were part of building a Canadian system that ensured an honest day’s pay for an honest day’s work. We wonder how they must feel? And we also wonder how comfortable the rest of us should feel with our new hospital being run under the same P3 guidelines. Profit first, proper pay second, proper care, third.

Three differentPs on the Horizon

Poll question: Does the use of immigration policies to replace Canadian workers make you feel somewhat racist? Vote at www.courierislander.com

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As advocates for defending and expanding public health care, Citizens For Quality Health Care (CFQHC) condemns the decision of the new owners of New Horizons, Park Place Seniors Living to layoff their staff. According to press reports the sole reason for this attack on the workers and the seniors that they care for is to increase the profit of the private oper-ator by reducing the wages and benefits of the staff.

Since New Horizons began operation as a private facility funded by the Vancouver Island Health Authority (now Island Health) from the public purse, workers have not been paid the industry standards in wages or benefits but have nevertheless done their work with dignity and respect for the people they care for.

Those who provide care for seniors and other vulnerable residents make a valuable contribution to a humane and caring society. They deserve to have secure employment, be treated with respect, and be compensated for the essential work they do.

The workers and those they care for deserve better. We will work with the New Horizons workers and families and the com-munity to demand that Island Health and the Ministry of Health put a stop to the harm to seniors and residential care workers by Park Place Seniors Living. For information contact 250-287-3096 (Campbell River) or 250-338-4067 (Comox Valley).

Lois Jarvis, Barb BileyCitizen for Quality Health Care

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Compassionate Friends Monthly Meeting – Supporting Family After a Child Dies: Our next meeting of Compassionate Friends is at the Robron Centre 740 Robron Road. Doors open 6.45pm meeting begins at 7:00 pm. For information or to talk please call Judy at 250-923-2485. All bereaved parents are warmly welcome.

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Midnight Shuttles, a guild of spinners and weavers, monthly meeting will be on the second Wednesday of the month, instead of the first Wed., for this month only. The meeting will be at 7:30 at The Sybil Andrews Cottage, 2131 S. Island Hwy. All interested welcome. Info 250 923 3889.

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CR Friendship Quilter’s Guild:Meeting starts at 7pm. CR Commnity Centre in the lounge. New members welcome.

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Campbell River Parkinson Self Help Support Group: 1:30pm to 3pm. Room 201, Campbell River Baptist Church Hall. Newcomers are welcome. For info call Pat at 250-286-1354.

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Al-Anon: noon to 1pm. St. Patrick’s Church, 34 S Alder St. Anonymous 12 step program for friends and families of alcoholics. For more info call Barb at 250-923-5537 or Judy at250-923-1653

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Diabetic Drop-in: 3pm to 4pm. CR Hospital. Sunshine Wellness Centre. For more information call 250-286-1161.

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Al-Anon: 1pm and 7:30pm. 7th

Day Adventist Church. 300 Thulin St. Anonymous 12-step programme for friends and families of alcoholics. For more info call Barb at 250-923-5537 or Judy at 250-923-1653

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Baby Time: 10am to 11:30am. CR Community Centre. For more information call 250-286-1161

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Seniors Dance: 7:30pm. Lion’s Den. Country Western music by Dan & Friends Band. For more information phone 250-287-8562.

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Open House and Health Expo: Black Creek Community Centre:9am to 1pm. Join us for some fun, exercise, and information! We will offer free classes and talks on health and fitness. The fitness room is open and is free for the morning. We will have a trainer in the fitness room from 11am - 1pm. We also have a draw from prizes like 4 tickets to the new Ozone at Mt Washington and a gift basket. And, don’t forget your healthy snacks! For more information call 250-337-5190.

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Therapeutic Relaxation Appointments: Every Monday. Come have a free relaxation treatment by trained hospice volunteers. This is for persons struggling with illness, grief or for the Caregiver. Appointments are available by appointment only at the Campbell River Hospice office, #104, 301 Dogwood St. Please call 286-1121 to book your spot

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January 15: Philosophers Café - Tough on Crime or Smart on Crime?: 6:30pm to 7:30pm. Sybil Andrews Cottage, 2131 South Island Highway (Next to the Willow Point Hall) A person is convicted of a crime. What shall we do with him/her? We want to deter crime, protect citizens and rehabilitate the offender. How can that be done effectively and fairly for everyone. Is there a balance required between victim’s rights and the offender’s rights? Is there a place for restorative justice? Speaker: Sandra Harrison, former ADM Corrections Alberta. No cost to attend. Tea/coffee /cookies by donation. For more information call Peter at 250-778-0333

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Rivercity Players SocietyTHEATRE BOARD RECRUITMENTCall For VolunteersRivercity Players is a not-for-profi t society which strives to enrich the culture of Campbell River through live community theatre. The Board of Directors currently seeks candidates to be a part of our team.

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If you wondered if there was more graffiti than usual show-ing up in Campbell River during October of 2013, a startling graph presented to city hall last night shows just why.

RCMP Inspector Lyle Gelinas presented the graph as part of his quarterly police report to city council Tuesday night.

The graph shows a distinct spike of incidents that topped out at 14 in a two-week period.

And the graph also shows how quickly the RCMP were on top of it, with first an initial arrest and then another at the peak of activ-ities that brought the graph back down.

“Graffiti is a prolific and high visibility issue within Campbell River,” said Gelinas in his report. “This type of activity as I have stated before is not art, only mischief to property. True art-ists would not deface property. Unfortunately the presence of graf-

fiti degrades and cheapens the area it is located in. Graffiti has to be removed or covered up promptly to stop the advertising of the taggers signature.

“A number of suspected graf-fiti artists within town have been identified. Also we were fortun-ate to have recommended charges on three individuals and are now waiting for Crown to move these forward. We need the entire com-munity to assist with this issue as it is very disturbing to our beauti-ful community.”

Gelinas said the local RCMP Crime Analyst section liased with graffiti experts in other police departments and RCMP Detachments to identify and dis-rupt several active graffiti vandals who are responsible for the vast majority of damage to Campbell River property.

“Working closely with the Community Response Unit, School Liaison Officer and General Duties Section, the Crime Analyst section has played a critical role in cataloguing graffiti images,

connecting inci-dents of graf-fiti, identifying graffiti patterns and trends and tracking known and suspected graffiti offend-ers and their related graffiti tags,” Gelinas reported.

And while taking out the main graffiti culprits has dropped reported incidents down, there are still some nitwits out there, said Gelinas.

“The recent arrest of graffiti

vandals appears to have had an effect in reducing reported graffiti incidents however acts of graffiti continue to occur — albeit at a lesser rate — and the challenge of combating graffiti continues to

evolve,” he said. “Police continue to encourage members of the pub-lic to report new acts of graffiti in an effort to hold graffiti vandals responsible for their actions.”

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Graph shows the spike in graffiti incidents and how RCMP were on top of it.

An injured woman was rescued from a remote location in Bute Inlet north west of Campbell River Thursday.

A RCAF Cormorant search and rescue heli-copter crew helped evacuate the woman after she was injured in a fall in her home.

Joint Rescue Coordination Centre Victoria received the first distress call and the Cormorant from 442 Transport and Rescue Squadron out of Comox responded, traveling 112 kilometres from Campbell River through the night into heavy winds.

“We had a strong wind of roughly 50 km/h pushing down the (Georgia) Strait along the way,” said Major Justin Olsen, aircraft com-mander. “The ceilings were 500 to 1,000 feet, but we were able to stay under them, flying with our night vision goggles.”

The helicopter crew landed on a nearby heli-logging airfield and two Search and Rescue Technicians rushed to the woman’s aid.

“We stabilized her, loaded her on a spine board and took her back to the helicopter,” said Master Corporal Kurt Schmidt, a SAR Tech.

Injured woman rescued from remote Bute Inlet,Cormorant crew had to fly 115 km on mission

The woman was taken to CampbellRiver airport and transferred the care of a waiting BC Ambulance crew for transport to hospital.

The woman is reported as being in stable condition.

Photo by Neil CameronBute Inlet is sparsely populated with no community along its entire length. Flying or boating in the region is done with great caution

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A 16-year-old Back Creek youth’s death has brought new life and hope to six people he never knew.

On Jan. 2 Ciaran Martin was struck by a vehicle while longboard-ing on Macaulay Road in Black Creek.

He was not wearing a helmet at the time.

The Courtenay G.P. Vanier student was very well-liked, described as a ‘peaceful soul’ and ‘wise beyond his years’ on the Facebook page set up prior to his death “Get Well Soon, Ciaran.”

Getting well was not to be.

The young man was airlifted to Victoria General Hospital after being treated at the scene by the Oyster River Fire Department.

His mother, Jacquie, who works as a manager at Communitas Supportive Care Society in Campbell River, said that Ciaran’s brain injury was too severe, and the lack of oxy-gen was too long.

“It was a unique and unusual and intensely severe trauma,” she said. “This type of brain trauma is not survivable. Not even for our strong, courageous, brilliant and beautiful Ciaran.”

Ciaran felt very strongly about organ donation and his family opted to honour his wishes.

On Jan. 5 Martin was wheeled into the operating room with the transplant team and passed away at 8 p.m. His death brought new life and new hope to six others through the gift of his organs.

Dawn McQuin, Jacquie’s co- worker and family friend, is request-ing everyone who is interested to cre-ate a meal that is freezable and have it dropped off at either Communitas Supportive Care Society’s office 1423 16th Avenue (phone 250-286-1487 — Ask for Lindsay, Diane, Kathy or Dawn) or at McQuin’s house in Black Creek, 2244 Schulz road (big green chain link fence on corner of Island Hwy.) where it will be frozen and delivered to Ciaran’s

family. McQuin can be reached at 250-337-1856. She will place a cooler by the gate off of Schulz road so that meals/food can be placed in there for delivery.

“This is one way we can come

together as a com-munity and wrap our nurturing arms around our neigh-bour to slightly ease any unneces-sary stress and provide adequate nutrition,” she said.

There are two

other social media groups set up.“Ways to help Ciaran’s family

heal” and “Cruise for Ciaran”, a get together scheduled for Feb.22. Both can be found on facebook.

A roadside memorial has started at the site of the accident, past Bear Creek Ranch and just before the fish hatchery gates on the right hand side going away from town.

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Photo submittedCiaran Martin and his mother Jacquie at Rotary Beach Park in Campbell River. Jacquie said her son was a beautiful boy who made everyone around him smile. His organs will save the lives of six people.

16-year-old gives new life and hope to six strangers


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There’s no place like home and Campbell River’s Barbara Rufus might have ventured out of the nest for a bit, but in 1987 she came back to stay.

Having gone into foster care with relatives from 1967 to 1969, Barbara, who turns 60 this year, met her hus-band in 1970 in Port Hardy, and moved to Alert Bay. They have been together ever since, 43 years and counting.

A member of the Kwaksistala her-editary family, Barb has three children, Gordon, who passed away the day before his 33rd birthday, Krisandra, and Jackie. Grandchildren number 14 and great grandchildren number four, so far.

“I have had quite a life,” said Rufus. “I have had children, lost chil-dren, split up, gotten back together, beat cancer, lost friends to the disease.”

The well-respected Elder in the Campbell River Indian Band remem-bers back in 2002 when she and eight friends all had cancer at the same time.

“When I got it back then, it was a scary thing, now it seems to be an every day thing,” she said. “It seems like everyone has it or has had it. I think it is in our food.”

Out of the nine people who got can-cer back in 2002, Barbara is the only survivor.

“Sometimes I feel guilty about that, that I am still here,” she said, “I have survived it twice and this June I will be nine years’ cancer free.”

Rufus had a scare about a month ago after she began suf-fering from severe headaches and pre-liminary tests showed some spots on her bones. Two CT scans and an ultrasound later, cancer was ruled out.

She loves pow wows and regularly gets together with friends and family at the Puyallap and Abbotsford events as well as a regalia or two. As an Elder she presides over ceremonies, gives

opening prayers and continues to vol-unteer her time to fund raising, bingo, and hopes to save up enough money to take her grandchildren to the PNE next summer.

“Some of them live in Nanaimo and I don’t get to see them very much,” she says.

Barb has been active in the Campbell River Indian Band, and her jobs in the past

included working at the Woolworths Restaurant on Granville Street, in a bakery, an enthusiastic Bingo Caller, and in her words “a bad granny who gives junk food to the kids.”

Barb’s daughter Krisandra said her mother is the strongest person she

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world and would help anyone that she can,” said Krisandra.

“My mom’s battle with cancer was hard for her and her family, especially not knowing what the outcome would be,” she said. “Then she got it again and was not going to deal with it, but she did, She was not ready to leave her family yet.”

Krisandra said she is happy her children have had so many great

experiences with their ‘gramma’. “My mom would take my kids

swimming and she loves to spend time with them all that she can,” she said. “Sometimes she would have them at the outdoor pool and park and have snacks for them to be able to stay there all day.

“I remember one of those days when she was falling asleep on the side of the pool and she looked so cute sitting there. I wish I got a picture.”

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Photo by Sian ThomsonBarbara Rufus, above, loves her family and her family loves her. She has been mar-ried for 43 years, gone through cancer twice, lost friends to the disease, and lost a son. Through it all she maintains her smile and upbeat attitude. At left she is shown dancing with her daughter and her friends.

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Many people are apprehensive about get-ting older because of the fear of losing their faculties. Individuals may worry that dementia could rob them of precious memories and make daily living more difficult.

Many factors can contribute to the onset of dementia, and recent research notes those factors include heart disease, strokes and other serious health conditions that affect the circu-latory system.

But other seemingly harmless conditions can play a role, too.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle could help seniors fend off dementia.

Researchers in Canada studied data on more than 7,000 survey participants who answered questions of overall health. While circulatory diseases did correlate high to dementia onset, researchers discovered addi-tional conditions, including arthritis, sinus infections, incontinence, and poor hearing, also played a role.

The correlation between circulatory issues and brain function may be obvious, but researchers aren’t exactly sure why minor health infractions could contribute to senility. Some suggest that people with the burden of health problems may not be able to successful-ly thwart deterioration of the brain that comes with dementias, including Alzheimer’s disease.

The World Alzheimer Report states that more than 35 million people around the world are living with Alzheimer’s disease and other

types of dementia. These are largely brain-destroying illnesses that have no cure. But adults might be able to prevent or delay its

onset. Placing a greater emphasis on overall health may help.

According to Dr. Kenneth Rockwood, MD, a professor of geriatric medicine and neurology at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, who participated in the dementia study published in July 2011 in the journal Neurology, “the best thing people can do to stay physically healthy — and thus maintain their brains, too — is to exercise.” Other things that can be done include adopting a healthy, balanced diet and keeping the brain act-ive as much as possible. Here are ways to do just that.

* Seniors can participate in low-impact exercises that promote muscle strength and flexibility. Water exercises are very good because they don’t place strain on the joints. Stretching routines, like yoga or tai chi, are also effective. Exercise plans should be discussed with a health care provider prior to starting.

* Work with a nutritionist to develop a healthy eating plan. A healthy diet is essential to keep many diseases at bay, including diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and even to help maintain proper diges-tion.

* Keep the brain active by engaging in puzzles, like crosswords or sudoku. Reading is a way to stimulate vocabulary and also keep the brain sharp. Interact with people on a daily basis and engage in conversation.

Exercise, diet can help reducechances of dementia in seniors

Photo submittedSeniors should check with a health care professional before changing exercise, diet routines.

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Tuesday January 28th, 20141:00pm at THE SPORTSPLEX

Campbell River Seniors’ Centre Society will be voting for the new 2014 Board Members and

will also be discussing amendments to the Constitution. Due to the number of proposed

amendments a copy of the amendments will be available for members perusal at the

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The senior demographic is quite possibly the best generation to emulate when trying to live an environ-mentally responsible life-style.

That’s because so many of the guidelines for being green are concepts that have been a part of seniors’ lives for decades.

A portion of today’s seniors grew up during the Depression, when recycling and conservation weren’t the trends du jour, but sur-vival strategies.

In a time when money was scarce, many people made due with the resour-ces they were dealt, stretch-ing dollars just to stay afloat.

Many of the concepts associated with today’s environmental movement are strikingly similar to the ones employed during the Depression.

The behaviors of an elderly parent or grandparent that may have seemed eccentric or odd at one time are now turning out to be what many people are embracing in order to live green.

Concepts like relying on reusable handkerchiefs instead of dispos-able tissues; reusing lightly-soiled napkins; collecting discarded items from the curb and repairing them for renewed use; saving cans or food jars and using them to store other items; buying local products from smaller vendors; and similar things are meth-ods of living ingrained in the persona of many older people.

Frugality and awareness of what things cost and what constitutes waste are other concepts seniors know well.

Many have never adapted to the notion that products are disposable, preferring instead to hold onto appli-ances, electronics, clothing, and other items because they still have utility, not because the current season dic-tates they should be upgraded.

In 2008, Harris Interactive polled Baby Boomers ages 45 to 62 about their interest in the environment. Ninety-four percent of respondents said they took steps in the past six months to do something green.

More than 80 percent were con-cerned about the environmental legacy that would be left for their grandchildren.

While many seniors are going green today for altruistic reasons, it also makes good financial sense. Recycling items, conserving utilities and fuel and making smart choices can stretch a fixed income even fur-ther.

Choosing to walk or ride a bike instead of getting behind the wheel may be not only environmentally friendly, but it’s financially savvy as well.

Here are some ways of living straight out of the

Great Depression that can be put to use today.

* Use the milkman. Although it may seem like the milkman is extinct, milk and other dairy products can still be delivered straight

to a person’s home from a local dairy or farm. Adding reusable milk bottles reduces the reliance on dis-posable containers, while buying local cuts down on the fuel costs necessary to transport products.

* Pass down clothing. Clothing that is gently worn can be passed down to chil-dren or even donated.

* Walk. During the Depression, cars were a luxury many people could not afford. Walking or taking a bus or train were some popular modes of trans-portation, and such options are still available today.

* Use cloth diapers and linens. Reusable items, like cloth diapers, handkerchiefs and linens, are more

environmentally responsible.* Get outdoors. Instead of rely-

ing on television, which had yet to be invented during the Depression, children and adults went outdoors

to socialize and have fun.* Open the windows. Instead of relying

heavily on air conditioning, try opening the windows on nice days and let some fresh air in.

* Use clothes lines. Clothes dryers use about 10 to 15 percent of domestic energy in the North America. A clothesline can helpreduce electric bills and energy consump-tion.

* Get into gardening. If you can grow what you eat, that reduces the dependence oncommercially produced and harvested crops.

Many elements of the Go Green move-ment are similar to those employed during the Depression, when survival mandated people reuse and recycle items.

REDUCE, RECYCLE, RE-USE NOT A NOVELTY FOR SOMEToday’s seniors were ‘green’ even before it was a fad

Photo submittedMany of today’s seniors recycle, re-use and re-purpose out of old habit. It was not a trend when they learned it, it was a matter of survival.

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At the halfway point of the KLP Construction Peewee A Tyees first round robin game, it would have been difficult to find an onlooker willing to bet that the team representing Campbell River in the 55th Annual Chilliwack Peewee Jamboree, played over the Christmas holiday, would wind up being the gold division champions.

Down two goals after the first period, and facing a 4-0 deficit at the midway point of the game, a sluggish start put Campbell River in a deep hole very early in the tour-nament against the Burnaby Bulldogs. However, the Tyees demonstrated resiliency and character by fighting their way back to earn an impressive 6-5 victory – a comeback that marked the beginning of what would be a memorable closing to the 2013 year.

The following two games of the tourna-ment were hard fought 8-5 and 7-3 victories over the Portland Hawks and hometown Chilliwack Bruins respectively.

The Tyees needed to beat the Surrey Hurricanes in their fourth game in order to remain unbeaten and clinch a berth in the

gold medal game. Tyees goaltender Sam Ellis, who just returned from Hawaii, showed no jet lag as he stopped everything fired at him, including an outstanding glove save on a slap shot labeled for the top corner, to earn an impressive shutout. Forward Owen Parker scored two goals and added two assists, while Noah Fladager scored twice and added a helper to propel the Tyees to an 8-0 win. Other goal scorers were River Fahey, Grady Robertson, Riley Billy and Nolan Corrado.

The final game of the tournament offered some extra excitement for players from both teams. Home of the BCHL Chilliwack Chiefs, the beautiful 5,000 plus seat Prospera Centre was the venue for the championship game between the Tyees and the Coquitlam Chiefs. The game even offered an arena announcer to give many players their first ever opportunity to hear their name announced.

Double zeros on the scoreboard after the first period exemplified just how tight and evenly played the first period was between the two squads. The stalemate eventually

ended at the midway mark of the game when Matthew Ubriaco fed a pass to defen-sive partner Brendan Almer, who fired a hard wrist shot that eluded the glove of the Coquitlam netminder.

From that point Campbell River took over and spent much of the remaining half of the game in the Chiefs end of the rink. Fahey’s four-goal output led an offensive surge and was a force at both ends of the ice. Forwards Davis Frank and Corrado also con-tributed with single tallies. A scramble for a lose puck in front of the Campbell River net wound up being the only puck to beat goaltender Antoine Minfray as the Tyees won their final game handily by a score of 7-1.

With three regular players out of the line-up, Tyees head coach Pat Corrado could not have been more pleased with the effort of his team. “The coaching staff is very proud of the team and the progress shown this year. This tournament win was truly a whole team effort, and timely, as we continue to prepare for our Trail tournament and pending play-offs.”

Photo submittedKLP Construction Peewee A Tyees celebrate after their gold medal win in Chilliwack. Team members include, back left, assistant coach Craig Robertson, Josh McKenzie, Riley Billy, Clinton Nelson, Noah Fladager, Matthew Ubriaco, River Fahey, Owen Parker, Brendan Almer, Nolan Corrado, Grady Robertson and head coach Pat Corrado. Front left, Antoine Minfray, Bryce Narhi, Sam Ellis and Davis Frank.

By Ken Zaharia

Courier-Islander Sports Editor

The Christmas turkey and all the extra ‘stuffings’ involved with the holiday season did little to slow down the Campbell River Storm.

In fact, the Storm added some more ‘stuff’ to their already impressive game as they shot down their top two Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League North Division rivals.

In their first games in 2014, as they start their drive to the playoffs, the Storm first topped third place Comox Valley Glacier Kings, 3-1, Thursday in Courtenay. And then in front of 1,002 fans at Rod Brind’Amour Arena Friday, the Storm rocked the second place Nanaimo Buccaneers to the tune of 7-1.

The two victories lifts the Storm’s North Division leading record to 22-9-4 to sit three points in front of Nanaimo and five in front of Comox.

Since the beginning of December the Storm have been the hottest team in the VIJHL rolling up a 7-2 record while outscoring their opposition by a whopping 43-15 margin.

This Thursday the Storm have a return date with the Buccaneers, this time in Nanaimo. Friday they host the South’s Westshore Wolves at Rod Brind’Amour Arena. Game time is 7:30 p.m.

Jamie Severs and linemate, VIJHL leading scorer, Brendan deVries, each scored once and added three assists apiece in Friday’s 7-1 win over Nanaimo. Campbell River led 3-0 after the first period and 5-0 after two.

Storm netminder Jack Surgenor had his shutout bid broken seven minutes into the final period. Surgenor was also between the pipes in the win over the Glacier Kings. The rock solid Storm netminder now has a 14-5-2 record, a 2.11 goals against average and a 93 save percentage.

Also scoring for the Storm Friday were Trent Johnson, Joe Costello, Brayden Taekema, Gage Colpron and Jordan Rauser.

Taekema also added two assists to leave the line of deVries, Taekema and Severs with 11 points on the night.

Single helpers went to Costello, Braydon Horcoff, Michael Olson, Josiah Friesen, Cam Olson and Curtis Toneff. The Storm outshot Nanaimo 36-30.

In Courtenay, the game went into the final 20 minutes with the teams tied at 1-1. Colpron netted what was a shorthanded game winner at 4:59 assisted by Toneff, who had the first Storm goal. Tyson Smith added an empty netter at 19:54.

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HockeyVancouver Island Junior Hockey League:

North DivisionTeam G W L T F A PC.R. Storm 35 22 9 4 156 90 48 Nanaimo 36 21 12 3 135 112 45 Comox 34 20 11 3 117 118 43 Oceanside 35 5 28 2 81 162 12

South DivisionVictoria 35 26 7 2 162 66 54Peninsula 35 20 11 4 138 113 44 Westshore 36 14 14 8 132 154 36Kerry Park 36 13 18 5 125 160 31 Saanich 36 11 23 2 88 159 24

GamesPeninsula 9 Saanich 1Storm 3 Comox 1Nanaimo 7 Kerry Park 4Saanich 4 Kerry Park 3Peninsula 3 Oceanside 1Storm 7 Nanaimo 1Comox 1 Victoria 0Oceanside 5 Kerry Park 4 (OT)Westshore 10 Saanich 2

League ScoringPlayer T G A PB.deVries CR 21 42 63 C.Logan PN 22 34 56 G.Dunlop Nan 22 29 51 B.Taekema CR 28 22 50A.Milligan KP 29 18 47B.Lervold WS 18 28 46B.Roney Vic 22 21 43 C.Krupa WS 20 23 43 D.Pernal CV 20 21 41 S.Preece WS 16 25 41G.Zagrodney Vic 5 36 41

Storm ScoringJ.Severs CR 14 19 33 G.Colpron CR 17 13 30T.Johnson CR 8 22 30B.Horcoff CR 5 15 20Z.Sanderson CR 4 16 20J.Friesen CR 9 10 19D.Kolbeins CR 8 10 18Alex Brewer CR 5 12 17T.Smith CR 2 12 14C.Olson CR 1 11 12J.Costello CR 3 6 9G.Rauser CR 3 6 9Aaron Brewer CR 5 3 8J.Rauser CR 1 4 5 R.Christensen CR 1 3 4R.Grills CR 0 2 2E.Pugh CR 0 1 1

Campbell River Men’s Hockey League:Team G W L T PTimberwolves 16 15 0 1 31 Terror 15 12 2 1 25Barnes Bros. Avalanche 17 11 5 1 23Canucks 13 7 6 0 14Strategic Hurricanes 15 6 7 2 14 Quinsam Coal Senators 15 5 8 2 12 Freddie's Pub Stars 18 5 12 1 11 RBL Whalers 15 2 12 1 5 MVP Flyers 16 2 13 1 5

GamesCanucks 5 Whalers 4Hurricanes 4 Senators 3Timberwolves 7 Stars 1Avalanche 2 Whalers 2Canucks 4 Flyers 1

Avalanche 4 Senators 2Timberwolves 16 Flyers 4Terror 9 Whalers 2Avalanche 7 Stars 3

League ScoringPlayer T G A PC.MacLachlan TW 13 33 46J.Bachmeier TW 24 21 45B.Cockburn Ter 23 18 41K.Hagg TW 19 19 38S.Lee TW 11 20 31R.Churnard AV 19 11 30L.Feeney Ter 16 9 25 E.Philp TW 10 10 20C.Clarkson Sen 10 9 19A.Benjestorf TW 7 11 18

Pioneer Men’s Oldtimers Hockey League:Team G W L T P Bushmen 9 9 0 0 18A-1 Radiators 12 9 3 0 18 Frame & Co. 11 6 4 1 13CR Glass 9 5 4 0 10 Thrashers 11 5 6 0 10Quadra Old Growth 8 4 3 1 9 Royal Coachman 9 4 5 0 8 Riptide Pub Ice Dogs 10 3 6 1 7 Action Source For Sports 11 1 8 2 4 Video Works 9 0 8 1 1

SoccerVancouver Island Division 3B Men's Soccer League:Team G W L T F A PVantreights 14 10 0 4 34 12 34Cordova Bay 12 9 1 2 30 15 29Nanaimo 13 7 3 3 22 10 24Sooke 12 7 3 2 27 16 23Peninsula 13 5 6 2 11 19 17PLSC Lakers 11 4 5 2 17 15 14Alberni 13 2 7 4 18 30 10 Bays United 12 2 7 3 15 24 9 CR Golden Wings 11 1 7 3 9 21 6Gorge 13 1 9 3 11 32 6

Vancouver Island Division 4B Men's Soccer League:Team G W L T F A PMainstream Canada 10 9 0 1 54 6 28Zgoda Jr. 11 8 2 1 49 9 25Vic West 10 7 2 1 28 13 22 Juan de Fuca 11 6 4 1 18 23 19Fernwood 11 4 7 0 20 21 12PLSC Lakers 11 2 9 0 8 60 6SFFC Originals 12 0 12 0 9 54 0

Mid Island Women’s Soccer League:Team G W L T PMainstream Outlaws 11 8 1 2 26 Oceanside 10 7 1 2 23CVUSC Revolution 11 7 2 2 23Kickers 11 7 3 1 22Nanaimo 10 6 4 0 18Shooters 11 5 6 0 15 Port Alberni 10 3 6 1 10 Marine Harvest Bandits 10 2 7 1 7Wheatys 11 2 8 1 7 River City FC 11 1 10 0 3

VolleyballCampbell River Monday Night Adult Coed Volleyball League:

'A' Division

Team G W L SW SLDilligaf 3 3 0 6 0Kiss My Ace 3 3 0 6 0Net Results 3 1 2 2 4Kids Wanna Block 3 1 2 2 5The Booyahs! 3 1 2 2 5Serves You Right 3 0 3 2 6

'B' DivisionSnoops Dogs 3 3 0 6 0Bombers 3 2 1 4 2 We Like Big Bumps 3 2 1 4 2 Ball So Hard 3 2 1 4 3 Bump It Up 3 0 3 1 6 Safe Sets 3 0 3 0 6

8-BallCampbell River 8-Ball Association:P Team Pt1 Pier Street Bullys 167 2 Elks Elkoholics 1413 Eagles Oldtimers 139 4 Eagles Rockers 1265 Eagles Breakers 1246 Freddie's Tequila Shooters 121 7 Eagles Talons 1208 Eagles Navigators 1018 Freddie's Leftovers 10110 Elks-EZ United 99 11 JJ’s Exotic Shots 89 12 Quinsam Sticks & Stones 85 13 Eagles Sitting Ducks 72 14 Pier Luck 7115 Quinsam Stick Ticklers 70 16 Pier Street Pocket Divas 6617 Quinsam Q’s 64ERO’s - Mike Danyluk 2; George Johnson, Mike Wilson, Rick Galambos, Ron Douglas, Ed Sharkey, Mike McRoberts, Dale Cerny, Paul Spicer, Gerry Davis, Gene Kawano, Ron Ramm, John Ellis 1

DartsMonday Night Darts League:

LadiesTeam G F AC.R. Legion 10 88 38 Curling Club #2 11 85 55 Elks #2 12 80 74 Curling Club #1 11 79 61 Elks #1 11 70 70 Quinsam #2 10 56 70 Eagles 12 54 100 Quinsam #1 9 48 50 Willows Pub 10 42 84

HighsHigh Scores - Josie Bezaire 162; Bonnie Fuhr 144; Christina Martin 134; Shannon Holmes 131; Jennifer Harrison 130; Jane Hilchey 117; Lynn Yarjau 116; Marni Fee 114; Sheree Pearson, Colleen Soles 108; Jenny Manderstrom 106High Outs - Christina Martin 88; Shandi Harwood 66140’s - Christina Martin 1

MensQuadra Legion 11 90 42 Freddie's Pub #1 11 85 47

Eagles 12 74 70Curling Club 11 71 61 Riptide Pub #2 11 68 64 Elks #2 10 62 57Elks #1 12 59 85 Riptide Pub #1 12 58 86Willows Pub 11 57 75 Freddie's Pub #2 11 47 84

HighsHigh Scores - Jim Nelson 135; Chris Stevens 133; Moe Johnson 130; Dave Hill 125; Nelson Gillette 121; Don Dubois 120; Tom Weaver 117High Outs - Chris Stevens 78140’s - Darcy Starchuk, Dave McKirgan, Karl Bro 2; Brent Brown, Dave Super, Roy White, Mike O’Brien, Keith Adams 1

5-Pin BowlingThursday Golden Crystals Seniors League:*Second quarter winnersP Team T1 Axolotl* 32 2 Octopi 223 Mermaids 21 3 Orcas 21 5 Stingrays 18 6 Sand Dollars 17 6 Starfish 17 8 Sea Lions 12

Team HighsPoints Over Series Average - Axolotl +208Scratch Game - Stingrays 923Scratch Series - Octopi 2,477

Individual HighsScratch Series - Men - Bill Craigie-Manson 679; Women - Gail Shillito 584Scratch Game - Men - Bill Craigie-Manson 236; Women - Gail Shillito 238Pins Over Average Game - Men - Ed Miskey +57; Women - Paulette Zschiedrich +84Pins Over Average Series - Men - Bill Craigie-Manson +115; Women - Shirley McKeever +61

10-Pin BowlingMonday Nite Men’s 10 Pin League:P Team W T1 Storey Creek Golfers 24 3532 CR Bowling Centre 11 343 3 Leeson Lake 8 3424 Boston Pizza Brutes 22 332.55 Alley Cats 22 328.56 Clippers 21 245

Team HighsScratch Game - Storey Creek Golfers 756Handicap Game - Storey Creek Golfers 959Scratch Series - Clippers 2,091Handicap Series - Storey Creek Golfers 2,568

Individual HighsScratch Game - Randy Guttormson 203Handicap Game - Randy Guttormson 247Scratch Series - Hogie McCrae 571Handicap Series - Lorne Anderson 686

Tuesday Mixed Lunch Bunch League:P Team Q T1 Steve Marshall Ford 68.5 279.52 Quinsam Auto 59.5 3253 Team 10 48 70 4 BowlMates 46 298.55 Lane Divas 45 252.56 Leftys 44 292.57 Nesbitt Island Coffee 42 306.5 8 Island Fever Travel 39 318.5 9 Heavy Balls 26 23210 Odd Balls 22 237

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Tuesday Night Mixed League:*Second quarter winnerP Team Q T1 Screaming Eagles 62 1382 The B.U.F.F.’S 61 1333 U.K. Plus 61 1264 EZDUZIT 70 125 5 King Pins* 71 121 6 Buckin Awesome 58 1137 Ryan’s Pizzeria 33 103

Team HighsScratch Game - The B.U.F.F.’S 851Scratch Series - The B.U.F.F.’S 2,331Handicap Series - The B.U.F.F.’S 3,186Handicap Game - The B.U.F.F.’S 1,136

Individual HighsScratch Series - Men - Dave Macklin 578; Women - Marian Atkinson 563Handicap Series - Men - Dave Macklin 649; Women - Marian Atkinson 707Scratch Game - Men - Dave Macklin 223; Women - Marian Atkinson 213Handicap Game - Men - Dave Macklin 257; Women - Linda Anderson 270

Wednesday Night Ladies League:P Team Q T1 ATM Dolls With Balls 27 242.5 2 The Rockin Rollers 24 278.5 3 Jonny’s Bar & Lounge 21 3054 2nd Storie 16.5 2875 Lucky Strikes 16 2786 Az-Tec 15 228 7 Strike Outs 12.5 291 8 Pin Ups 12 245.5

Team HighsScratch Game - ATM Dolls With Balls 620Scratch Series - ATM Dolls With Balls 1,704Handicap Game - ATM Dolls With Balls 894

Individual HighsScratch Game - D Young 196Handicap Game - Wendy Johansen 251Most Over Average Game - Wendy Johansen +51Most Over Average Series - Marlene Jordan +66

Thursday Morning 50+ Seniors League standings:P Team Q T1 Hopefuls 44 163 2 Limeys 42 1663 Amigos 41 174.5 4 King Pins 40 166 5 Spare Shooters 31 161.56 Strikers 21 145 7 Happy Wanderers 19 1808 Class Act 16 1519 Flyers 11 176 10 Quinsam Auto 10 132

Team HighsScratch Game - Spare Shooters 680Handicap Game - Limeys 889 Scratch Series - Amigos 1,7885Handicap Series - Hopefuls 2,516

Individual HighsScratch Series - Men - Mike Gribble 516; Women - Shirley Focht 491Handicap Series - Men - Clarence Guilderson 690; Women - Shirley Focht 668Scratch Game - Men - Hogie McCrae 213; Women - Norma Killin 182Handicap Game - Men - Ken Nagata 273; Women - Lisa Gribble 253

Friday Night Mixed League:P Team Q T1 Lucky 7’s 53 310.52 Whatever Works 45.5 274.5 3 Alvin & The Chipmunks 40 286.54 CR Business Centre 39 251 5 Bowlderdash 32 2786 C&C 30 2887 Aspareiguess 25 321.5 8 Az-Tec 23.5 294

Team HighsScratch Game - Whatever Works 694Scratch Series - Whatever Works 2,031Handicap Game - CR Business Centre 887Handicap Series - Lucky 7’s 2,516

Individual HighsScratch Game - Men - Lindsey Tompkins 210; Women - Sharon Quinn 188Handicap Game - Men - Lindsey Tompkins 241; Women - Elaine Cooper 254Scratch Series - Men - Lindsey Tompkins 549; Women - Marian Atkinson 505Handicap Series - Men - Ian Lenting 671; Women - Karen Stevenson 667

Stats

The following are Campbell River Wildcats Women’s Hockey League results from last week at Strathcona Gardens.

Cougars 7 Lynx 1Period 11. Cougars - Christine Lilyholm

(Kim Degagne); 2. Cougars - Lilyholm (Erika Watkins)

Period 23. Cougars - Lilyholm (Degagne);

4. Cougars - Watkins (Melinda Martin); 5. Lynx - Lindley Little (Tracey Rodway); 6. Cougars - Watkins (Degagne); 7. Cougars - Martin (Suzanne Berg)

Period 38. Cougars - Melissa Burns

(Lilyholm)Goalies: Cougars - Rose Schmitt;

Lynx - Katie WhiteCougars 9 Lynx 3Period 11. Cougars - Suzanne Berg

(Danielle Robertson); 2. Cougars - Melissa Stewart (unassisted); 3. Cougars - Stewart (unassisted); 4. Cougars - Berg (Brianna Forberg, Shannon McKirgan)

Period 25. Cougars - Stewart (McKirgan,

Kristin Storry); 6. Lynx - Shannon Sekulich (Leah Kay); 7. Cougars - Robertson (Berg); 8. Cougars - Stewart (Storry); 9. Lynx - Tracey Rodway (Melissa Tremblay); 10. Lynx - T. Rodway (Lindley Little)

Period 311. Cougars - Forberg (unassisted);

12. Cougars - Cheri Butterfield (Stewart)

Goalies: Cougars - Deb Benoit; Lynx - Stephanie Kool

Tigers 6 Cougars 5Period 11. Tigers - Melissa Stewart (Kirsty

Walde); 2. Cougars - Melinda Martin (Erika Watkins); 3. Tigers - Brianna

Forberg (Stewart); 4. Tigers - Stewart (Walde, Dawn Hogue)

Period 25. Cougars - Watkins (Melissa

Burns); 6. Cougars - Kristi Super (Danielle Robertson, Suzanne Berg); 7. Cougars - Burns (unassisted); 8. Tigers - Forberg (Erin Harrison, Stewart)

Period 39. Tigers - Hogue (Walde); 10.

Cougars - Watkins (Kristin Storry); 11. Tigers - Stewart (Yuki Ishida)

Goalies: Tigers - Katie White; Cougars - Deb Benoit

Tigers 9 Lions 1Period 11. Tigers - Yuki Ishida (Shannon

Hagen, Brianna Forberg); 2. Tigers - Diana Lontayao (Michelle Samosimski); 3. Tigers - Forberg (Hagen, Lontayao); 4. Tigers - Lontayao (Forberg, Melissa Stewart); 5. Tigers - Stewart (Ishida); 6. Lions

- Anne House (Cheri Butterfield)Period 27. Tigers - Forberg (Lontayao)Period 38. Tigers - Ishida (Stewart); 9.

Tigers - Stewart (unassisted); 10. Tigers - Hagen (Forberg, Lontayao)

Goalies: Tigers - Katie White; Lions - Deb Benoit

Lynx 10 Tigers 5Period 11. Lynx - Tracey Rodway (unassist-

ed); 2. Tigers - Kirsty Walde (unassist-ed); 3. Tigers - Brianna Forberg (Yuki Ishida); 4. Lynx - Ali Rodway (Jen Kask); 5. Tigers - Forberg (Michelle Samosimski); 6. Lynx - A. Rodway (T. Rodway)

Period 27. Lynx - Kask (A. Rodway); 8.

Tigers - Forberg (unassisted); 9. Lynx - T. Rodway (unassisted); 10. Lynx - Nicole Luchanski (unassisted); 11. Lynx - A. Rodway (Luchanski); 12.

Tigers - Forberg (unassisted); 13. Lynx - T. Rodway (Luchanski); 14. Lynx - A. Rodway (unassisted)

Period 315. Lynx - Luchanski (A. Rodway,

Carissa Swanson)Goalies: Lynx - Deb Benoit; Tigers

- Lorrie HermanLions 4 Tigers 4Period 11. Lions - Kaylee Assu (Stephanie

Kool); 2. Tigers - Melissa Stewart (April Lowey); 3. Lions - Kourtenay Langlois (Assu)

Period 24. Tigers - Kirsty Walde (Stewart);

5. Lions - Cheri Butterfield (Anne House); 6. Tigers - Christien Lilyholm (Kristen Storry, Yuki Ishida)

Period 37. Tigers - Shannon Hagen (Lowey,

Ishida); 8. Lions - Assu (unassisted)Goalies: Lions - Lorrie Herman;

Tigers - Deb Benoit

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Tumbling TotsFor age 3 (1 hr)

Kinder Gym4 to 5 yr olds (1.5 hrs)

Girls Level 1 – 46 to 9 yr olds (2 hr)

Girls level 5 – 6(2 hr)

Girls Level 7 – 12(2 hr)

Girls 10 & UpGirls over 10 years (2 hr)

Boys 6 - 9 yrsBoys aged 6 to 9 (2 hr)

Boys 10 & UpBoys over 10 years (2 hr)

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145 Simms Road, Willow PointPhone 250-923-3776

MORNING SERVICE &SUNDAY SCHOOL

10:00 a.m.For more information www.trinity-pres.com

Rev. John Green

250-10th Ave., Campbell RiverPastor Larry Martin • 250-287-8786

Website: www.gotchurch.ca

SUNDAYS 10:00 a.m.

“Finding MEANING out of Meaninglessness”

A sermon series fromThe Book of Ecclesiastes

“Clear, Relevant Messages”Friendly Welcome for all!

Sunday 10:30 a.m.Wednesday 7pm

Captains/Pastors Gordon & Karen Taylor291 McLean St., (just off Alder) 250-287-3720

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Lively & Educational Children’s Programs

Sundays @ 10am2215 Campbell River Rd

Senior Pastors Barry & Nancy Kaardalwww.crvineyard.ca tel (250) 286-3372

Sunday School begins @ 10:45AM

Corner of Pinecrest and South BirchWayne Hughes LPM, MTS

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Worship Service & Sunday School10:00 AM.

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Phone 250-287-3498

Sundays8:30 am Traditional Eucharist10:00 am Family Worship & Children's Programming

Wednesdays12:00 pm EucharistPlus

Christian Education and Fellowship opportunities throughout the week

Rector: The Reverend Dr. Blair Haggart228 South Dogwood St. ph. 250-286-1613

(corner of South Dogwood & Pinecrest)

We Learn From Our MistakesWe hear the advice to learn from our mistakes so often that it almost seems a cliché, but perhaps we need to push this advice a bit further. Isn’t it the case, after all, that we learn most when we make mistakes? We send children to school for twelve long years, expecting they will make plenty of mistakes, but knowing they will learn to read and write and do math and science better by continually improving on their mistakes. In medicine nowadays, common mistakes are taught in medical schools, so that new doctors and nurses might avoid them. In some areas, mistakes are sought after as portals of discovery.

In jazz music, the so-called “blue note” or what seems a clear mistake, is often the start of an inspired improvisation. Poets too seek the “blue note” in language, the place where a mistake in usage or grammar leads to some insight or a nice turn of phrase. A genius is not necessarily someone who makes fewer mistakes, but rather someone whose mistakes are often productive or beautiful. So, we should learn from our mistakes, but perhaps more importantly, risk making mistakes in order that we might grow and learn.

– Christopher Simon

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Goalie Jack gets the nod, saving 61 of 63 shots in wins vs Nanaimo and Comox this weekend. He now ranks 1st in Save Percentage (.928), 2nd in Goals Against Average (2.11) among VIJHL starting goalies and is tied for 1st in Shutouts (6).

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On Saturday the No. 1 Auto Body Midget Tyees hosted the Port Alberni Bulldogs at the Rod Brind’Amour Arena and came away with a well deserved 5-3 exhibition victory.

The Bulldogs went up 1-0 mid-way through the first period. With just 56 seconds left in the opening frame the Tyees tied the game back up when Tyson Goebels stole the puck off a Bulldogs defenceman and then beat the Alberni netminder.

During the second period the Tyees dominated play. In fact, almost right from the opening face-off with Jake McKenzie giving the Tyees a 2-1 lead 28 seconds in. McKenzie then setup Keaton Dion to give Campbell River a 3-1 lead at 8:53. Dion then added a second goal with five minutes to play.

Port Alberni narrowed the gap to 4-2 at 16:57. A lightning quick 20 seconds later and Darian Swift restored the three goal Tyees lead on an unassisted effort after he stole the puck behind the net and banked it off the Bulldogs goalie.

In what was a wild goal scoring second, with the red light coming on six times, Alberni made it 5-3 with 29 seconds left.

The Tyees played sound hockey through the third period and no one was more sound than Tyees goalie Nic Kirchner not allowing a Bulldogs goal while making several key saves.

Besides Dion’s pair of goals, McKenzie chipped in offensively with three assists.

This coming weekend the Tyees will be in Kamloops taking part in a midget rep tournament.

Midgets top Alberni

Bill Bestwick is back in the game he loves, accepting a position as head coach of the Oceanside Generals of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League and becoming a senior adviser with the BC Hockey League’s Nanaimo Clippers after being fired last month as general manager and head coach of the Victoria Grizzlies.

Bestwick will not be in a hands-on position in hockey operations with Nanaimo, but will cherish the chance to assist in an academic advisory role and offer any advice asked of him by Clippers’ ownership and management.

Bestwick was let go by the Grizzlies on Dec. 10 and is still going through the negotiation process as to what he is owed by the BCHL club. Neither side is willing to openly dis-cuss the private process.

As for his position with Oceanside, “It’s a lot shorter drive to Parksville than it is to Victoria,” Bestwick said. “From that perspective, yes [I’m look-ing forward to it], but not being with something you built is probably the worst feeling of all.”

Bestwick will be the Generals’ third coach this season.

“Right now it’s all about a six-to-seven week learning opportunity and establishing what their strengths and weaknesses are so they’ll know what they have to work on in the off-season in order to get better and to advance their chances to play at a higher level,” said Bestwick.

Bestwick’s first game behind the Oceanside bench was Friday against the Peninsula Panthers, co-owned by the man who fired him in Victoria, Pete Zubersky, the new Grizzlies’ GM.The Panthers won 3-1.

Glacier News Service

It’s that time of the year again when birdies will by flying in the Sportsplex gym.

The annual Campbell River Badminton Club Tournament is set to run Friday through till Sunday at the Sportsplex. It will be a special edition of the popular event as it is officially an international tourney with one of the 72 entries from Japan. Other players taking part will be here from the Lower Mainland, Powell River, Nanaimo, Parksville, Qualicum, Port Alberni, Ucluelet, Port Hardy, Comox, Victoria, along with a strong local contingent.

Events include men’s and women’s singles and doubles, along with mixed doubles in age categories including, Open, 30+, 45+, 55+ and 65+.

Play begins Friday evening, runs Saturday from 8:30 a.m. till 6 p.m. Sunday’s action begins at 8:30 a.m. and will go until 2 p.m.

Spectators are welcome!

Badminton on tap

Bestwick lands in Oceanside

Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014 SPORTS/www.courierislander.com CAMPBELL RIVER COURIER-ISLANDER 21

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In spite of minimal time on snow at Mount Washington this season, the Strathcona Nordic Ski Club race team brought hardware home from the BC Cup first race in Prince George last weekend. Thirteen Strathcona Nordic racers made the long trek from the Island to Prince George along with club coaches and support crew.

“It was fantastic! I was very proud of all of our racers,” said Strathcona head coach Dave Battison. “They haven’t had any training time on snow yet this year, and everyone performed well. The other teams have been training on snow for many weeks at this point. Our team did really well, which is due to all of the hard work that everyone has put into dryland training

this year.” In the skate technique races, the following

Strathcona athletes won medals: Ross Lamon - silver, Tallon Noble - silver, Avalon Wasteneys - silver, Alec Stapff - bronze, Marilyn Atkinson - bronze. In classic technique races, Tallon Noble brought home a silver medal and Marilyn Atkinson a bronze medal.

Strathcona Nordics racers look forward to the BC Cup second race to be held in Kamloops later this month. The club hopes the snow gods smile on Mount Washington soon, so they can begin training on snow for this next race. The Strathcona Nordics recreational pro-grams are scheduled to begin this weekend, so the whole club is watching the weather forecast.

Photo submittedThe Strathcona Nordics Junior race team in Prince George for BC Cup first race.

Lack of snow doesn’t deter Nordic racers

Mount Washington is in need of snow in order to open its lifts. Podium of Life Ski Academy, who combines skiing and school on Mount Washington will offer its student a chance to ski at other resorts. In order to provide the skiing component, the school has arranged gate training for racers, park coach-ing for freestylers, and all-mountain skiing for everyone in Whistler next week.

The program will still operate at Mount Washington for those who do not travel to Whistler. Focus on academics will be complimented with dry land training and wilderness adventures on Mount Washington.

“This lack of snow has created some extreme challenges,” said Shane Harle, co-founder of the program. “We are committed to continue to offer this educational experience, where skiing is a key part of the uniqueness of the program. Thus, we are figuring out ways to chase the snow.”

In order to find snow, students will

have the opportunity to visit other mountains as part of the Podium of Life program. This is a pretty exciting chance for ski-crazed students to see other ski resorts.

“We have our fingers crossed, hoping for snow so we can resume full operations on Mount Washington,” said Harle. “Any support, especially from the weatherman, is very much appreciated in these trying times.”

Podium of Life Ski Academy takes its school on the road

Photo submittedPodium of Life Ski Academy co-founders Corey and Shane Harle.


THANK YOU!

The Strathcona Regional District and the City of Campbell River would like to thank McDonald’s forsponsoring the Family New Year’s Eve Celebration that took place at Strathcona Gardens Recreation Complex on December 31, 2013. Approximately 1,800 people were in attendance for this free community event that included: free healthy snacks, swimming, skating, hockey, crafts, face painting/tattoos, photo booth and live entertainment! In addition, we would also like to thank the following businesses for donating their time and/or resources:

• McDonald’s• Campbell River Mirror • Family Place• Thrifty Foods

• Save On Foods• Quality Foods• Riptide Liquor Store

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The Pinks for the Pier program for Campbell River has been cancelled.

But in a sense that is a good thing.The program involved putting about

700,000 pink salmon from the Quinsam Hatchery into net pens on Campbell River’s waterfront to help them transition from fresh to salt water.

It was also designed to imprint the salmon on the waterfront area of the city to create a from-shore fishery and which enhanced oppor-tunities from Discovery Pier when the pinks returned.

But recent returns of pink salmon to the Campbell/Quinsam Rivers system — including 2013’s historic run of over one million fish — have precluded the necessity for the program.

The original intent was to have the net pens functioning for years of low abundance.

The Campbell River Salmon Foundation had helped fund the program for the last few

years.“It’s been proven that rearing them for a

couple of weeks (in the net pens) will increase their survival,” Quinsam Hatchery Manager Dave Ewart said of the program. “They’ve actually imprinted on the Quinsam River water because they’ve incubated there for seven months, but holding them in the pens for two or three weeks and rearing them, doubles their size and gives them a better chance of survival.

“They do tend to have a bit of that imprint-ing from the release site so that when they do come back, early in the summer as adults, they’re looking for the river and they come by and hang around the waterfront because they’ve got a bit of a memory of this. They hang around here for a while in the summer time. The whole idea was to generate a recrea-tional fishery here near the Fishing Pier.”

Ewart also said the hatchery would be keep-ing the “Pinks for the Pier” project in future management plans, but would definitely be skipping this year

[email protected].

Popular Pinks for the Pier cancelled because of good returns

Photo by Neil CameronThis is a scene that won’t be happening this year because pink salmon returns have been so good recently. From left, Quinsam Hatchery Manager Dave Ewart, Campbell River Salmon Foundation’s Rupert Gale and Campbell River Mayor Walter Jakeway look on what for now was the last Pinks for the Pier program.

Daigle Marine of Campbell River has been selected to design and build two new 43-foot patrol vessels for Port Metro Vancouver.

The vessels will each have 1,000 HP sup-

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Daigle Marine wins contractfor Vancouver Port patrol vessels

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