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By Sian Thomson

Campbell River Courier-Islander

A Campbell River family, including an 80-year-old woman, had to leap from their burning car Sunday night just seconds before it exploded.

All four lanes of Highway 19 were shut down following the car fire and explosion just before the Mount Washington turn-off.

The family had been going up to Mount Washington for dinner with relatives when they noticed through the back window flames coming from their vehicle.

A relative of the family, Patti Beaveridge who was not on the trip, said the family smelled smoke but did not initially realize there were flames coming out from the back of the car, or that other driv-ers were signalling for them to pull over.

Eighty-year-old Sonja Mitchell, her daughter Laura Mitchell and her small dog, and ex-son-in-law Kevin Beaveridge had to bail out of the car into the deep snow brought by Sunday’s storm.

“Finally they saw the flames behind them so they pulled over and had to bail out into the deep snow,” said Beaveridge. “My sister went one way and my mother went the other so they ended up getting separated. It was literally moments after they got out that there was a massive explosion. It was very frightening. What was really hard on my mother was she didn’t know whether my

sister had gotten out because they had been separated.”

A retired firefighter from Campbell River was one of the drivers who pulled over and he took care of Sonja who was very shaken up.

“He had her sit in his car and was very kind to her,” said Beaveridge. “My mom

said her faith in humanity was restored due to the kindness of all the people who pulled over to help them.”

The cause of the fire is unknown, but Beaveridge said they think it started under-neath in the exhaust system of the SUV.

“They had planned a nice family din-ner with my girls,” said Patti Beaveridge.

“They had all the food in the car for the get-together, but I guess they decided on a barbecue instead.

“It was very frightening and we are so fortunate that everyone got out and, other than being really shaken up, no one in the family was hurt.”

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Family leaps from car seconds before explosionTRAUMATIC TIME WHEN 80-YEAR-OLD AND HER DAUGHTER SEPARATED AS CAR EXPLODES

Photo submittedCumberland fire crews were on scene after a Campbell River family had to leap from their vehicle seconds before it exploded Sunday night. The incident closed all four lanes of Highway 19.

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The Comox-Strathcona Regional Hospital District’s (CSRHD) recently adopted 2014 budget of $82.6 million will mean an estimat-ed tax rate of $83.78 per $100,000 of assessed property value.

That is an increase of $3.44 per $100,000 from last year and reflects the board’s strategy to gradually increase the tax rate over the short term in order to minimize future increases that

will be required for long term debt costs for the North Island Hospitals Project.

“The CSRHD’s share of the projected capital cost of two new hospital facilities — known as the North Island Hospitals Project — based on a cost estimate of approximately $600 million, is approximately $240 million,” said Claire Moglove, CSRHD’s chair. “A gradual tax rate increase from 70 to 84 cents

per $1,000 of tax-able value was first initiated in 2009 in order to be proactive and to financially plan for the two new hospitals. At the beginning of 2014, the reserve balance is $80.3 million, and once expenditures on the NIHP have been made this year, the reserve balance will be approximately $17 million, which could substantially reduce our borrowing requirements and debt payments.”

In addition to planning for the new hospi-tals, the CSRHD has also allocated $581,000

towards new capital projects and equipment in the existing hospitals in the Comox Valley and Campbell River, and in other facilities supported by the regional hospital district. In addition, approximately $2.6 million is being carried forward for previous years’ projects not yet completed. A complete list of funding allocations is attached.

The CSRHD provides capital funding, cost shared with the provincial government on a 60/40 basis, with the hospital district portion being 40 percent. The facilities that the CSRHD funds are: Campbell River & District General Hospital, St. Joseph’s General Hospital, Cumberland Regional Hospital Laundry Society, Gold River Health Clinic, Sayward Primary Health Centre and the health centres on Cortes, and in Kyuquot, Tahsis and Zeballos.

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Campbell River city council reviewed a proposed design Tuesday that could link Shoppers Row to a 9.5 acre waterfront development beside Target and reduce the Island Highway from four to two lanes.

The proposal, conducted by PFS Studio, Public Architecture and Coriolis Consulting Corporation, calls for a mixture of multi-family residential and retail development, as well as public open space, a boardwalk and an indoor develop-ment that could be used for a library, senior’s centre or a relocated aquarium.

A downtown hotel was not part of their suggestion, saying it would be “optimistic to assume that the market could support a new hotel in the short term.”

The proposal came about after meetings with the general public late in 2013 about what to do with the city’s 3.5 acre waterfront site downtown. It is adjacent to a six acre site, made of two lots, owned by the Campbell River Indian Band. The design involved the total 9.5 acre site.

The southern parcels of the 9.5 site are zoned Public Assembly while the northern parcel is zoned commercial.

The proposal suggested mak-ing the transition area between Shoppers Row and the new site more pedestrian friendly. One of the ways it would do that is by reducing the number of lanes running behind Tyee Plaza from four to two and

allowing parking along that section.The proposal also said residen-

tial buildings should be kept to five stories to maximize marketability and minimize development risk.

The consult-ants said there were 18 main criteria the public input requested. 1. Continuous Waterfront Route 2. Connections to

Downtown 3. Shoppers Row Extended to the Waterfront 4. Breakwater Pier as a Public

Destination 5. Island Highway Transformed into “Main Street” 6. Retail Uses Animate Pedestrian

Arrival 7. South Side Becomes the Social Hub 8. Significant Public Park Space 9. Upland Space Supports the Marina 10. Marina Offers Some Public Access 11. Residential and Mixed Use Development 12. Buildings Stepped Back for Sun Access 13. Public Amenity Space 14. Public Views to the Water 15. Climate Moderated through Design 16. First Nations Identity 17. West Coast/Local Design Expression 18. Pedestrian Priority over Vehicles.

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Area D residents and property owners will be able to learn more about a proposed bound-ary extension and sewer service offer at an open house Thursday, Feb. 27 at Ocean Grove Elementary School.

The open house event will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. at the school, located at 3773 McLelan Road.

The open house will give the city’s consult-ant, Urban Systems, an opportunity to gather public feedback on the draft proposal to extend the boundary and offer sewer service in the

northernmost portion of Area D.The draft proposal is currently under review

by the Strathcona Regional District, and feed-back from the public and the regional district will be incorporated into a final proposal for city council review.

The city says the final proposal will be shared through more public information ses-sions and newsletters to ensure people are making an informed choice when they decide whether or not they want to join the City of Campbell River.

‘D’ day set for Feb. 27on boundary extension

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A group of navy and air force troops and veterans made a pit stop at Serious Coffee in Willow Point on Tuesday, on a mission that requires no weapons, just determination and perseverance.

These “Wounded Warriors” want to raise awareness, educate and provide mon-etary help for all those men and women in combat, retired, active, and their brothers and sisters in emergency services; fire, police, paramedics, for all those who suf-fer with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

“Wounded Warrior Run BC” (WWRBC) is a team of dedicated runners who are relay running the length of Vancouver Island, 600 km, for six consecutive days. It started on Sunday, Feb. 16 in Port Hardy and is finishing Friday, Feb. 21 in Esquimalt. Each athlete will run a total of 1 1/2 - 2 hours daily in a relay style, aver-aging 30-60 km each day.

They are running for the Wounded Warriors Canada, founded in 2006 as a non-profit organization that helps Canadian Forces members, full time and reservists, who have been wounded or injured in their service to Canada. Their primary focus is on mental health.

“This is the first year a run like this has ever been done,” said Allan Kobayashi, co-founder of the event. “There have been some short distances run in other fund rais-ers but nothing this distance.”

The military is not sponsoring this fund raiser.

“They were willing to say go ahead and

do it, and that is not a bad thing,” said Dan Bodden, co-founder. “The military can-not sponsor every fund raiser. And while this is in support of our people who suffer from post traumatic stress disorder, this was planned before the problems surfaced through the media with how the military was handling the PTSD issue. There is nothing political about what we are doing.”

Bodden, an endurance runner, and ex-navy diver, now works out of the Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria as a Search and Rescue Technician.

Kobayashi, a navy mar-ine engineer, has served for 18 years, including tours in Kosovo and Afghanistan. Struggling with PTSD, he and Bodden started talking and “there was a snowball effect. We came up with this idea. Everything happens for a rea-son,” he said. “Let’s do some-thing for someone else, so we donated our heart, lungs and feet for a cause we believe in,”

“We ran 40 to 50 kilometres in the first two days,” said Bodden. “And those are 15 hour days because we are stop-ping to talk to so many people on the road.”

“It was quite the experience from Port Hardy to here,” said Kobayashi. “There’s a lot of elk out there. I was marking the fence when mother nature called and there was this big elk looking at me and I am hoping I am not making him

mad.”The men welcome you to stop and talk

to them if you see them on the side of the road.

Their next stop is in Comox. You can learn about the team, their schedule and stops should you want to get out and sup-port them, and donate to the cause by going online at http://woundedwarriorrunbc.com.

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Photo by Sian ThomsonMembers of the Wounded Warriors from left are Steve Kobayashi, ex-navy diver, air traffic controller, Dan Bodden, ex-navy diver, Search and Rescue technician, Steve Deschamps, navy, Allan Kobayashi, marine engineer, navy, Jeremy Buckingham, ex-Royal Canadian Regiment, air force firefighter, George Beatteay, ex-navy diver, ex- airforce helicopter pilot, Search and Rescue techni-cian.

Wounded Warrior stops in Campbell River

By Sian Thomson


The reward had been doubled to $1,000 for the return of Annie, the nine-year old border collie who went missing on New Year’s Eve.

The Merville dog was visiting a Soderholm Road home with her owner, Katie White, when she was spooked by fireworks from a neighbouring house, and has now been missing for 50 days.

Despite numerous unconfirmed sightings, hundreds of posters, door-to-door flyer hand-outs, press and media coverage, psychic readings and widespread social media networking, there have been no solid leads as to the whereabouts of the beloved family pet.

“It has been an incredible journey of highs and lows since Annie dis-appeared,” said White, who inherited

the dog from her grandfather after his death. “We have been absolutely amazed at how many people all over Vancouver Island, and beyond, have stepped up to help us. We wish to extend a sincere and humble thank you to each and every person who has helped us. Through cash donations we have raised the reward for Annie’s safe return to $1,000.”

Calls are still coming in of possible sightings from Campbellton to Oyster River. White and her supporters are following all leads, but still waiting for the one that gets Annie home.

“As hard as it is to admit, it is a real possibility that somebody has her,” said White. White wants to ask any person reading this who might have Annie, or knows who has her, to please help them bring closure.

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As Sochi winds down, the Cyrillic images still bring back memories.

I had decided to take Ukrainian lessons while working in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. That first evening I walked into the class room at the Ukrainian Cultural Centre and was met with about 15 young faces between six and eight years old.

I thought I had arrived at the wrong room but instructor Stefan Kobrinsky said, “No you are in the correct room, but you are late. Sit and we’ll go through introductions again for you.” Also in attendance was Father Paul Maluga of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church who was quite curious why someone my age, (late 20s) with no Ukrainian blood, would want to learn Ukrainian.

And then Stefan spoke individ-ually to each child, basically say-ing “Hello, what is your name?” in Ukrainian. Each child responded.

He then came to me and, in Ukrainian, asked my name. But I had noticed a subtle difference in his address to me. I was puzzled and thought it was a trick. As it turned out, it wasn’t, the address to me was for an adult, not a child.

He asked me once again for my name and from somewhere in the room, a little voice said, “Kapoosta holova”. There were a lot of giggles and even Stefan and Father Maluga

fought back smiles.I had learned my first two words

in Ukrainian. Kapoosta holova means Cabbage Head.

From that first lesson I began learning to read and write Ukrainian. The Cyrillic alphabet is phonetic, but inflection and nuance is everything. I also learned of the de-Christianizing of Ukrainian by the occu-pying Soviet Union and of the rich heritage of the people.

I also learned that elders within the Canadian-Ukrainian community, like Stefan and Father Maluga, were worried that their language was dying. That is why they were offering Ukrainian classes.

I quickly learned that most of my friends my age basically knew ‘two words’ in the Ukrainian language. One was Yok sham-ie-yish. The sec-ond was Xristose roeshdiatcya.

Yok sham-ie-yish was basically a greeting you would say to a woman. But in most of my circles it was used unwittingly to say hello to anyone, give a toast or to say goodbye.

Xristose roeshdiatcya was what most thought was Merry Christmas in Ukrainian. Actually it means

‘Christ is risen’ and the proper response is slovettiahoe, which means ‘indeed he has.’

That language use was the type of thing that troubled Stefan and Father Maluga. Naturally I took my new found education and began correct-ing my friends of Ukrainian descent

as to what they were say-ing and how to say it.

Little did I know that my new-found language skills were grating on my slo-pitch teammates’ nerves, most of whom were of Ukrainian herit-age and most of whom had heard from their par-ents how nice it was that a non-Ukrainian would learn their language.

In the pub after a game I taught them how to order a beer in Ukrainian. They loved that and, for once, offered to teach me some Ukrainian too. Like what to say to an elder. They told me it was, “How are you honoured mother?” Or “How are you honoured father?”

The next day I was in the line-up at the Co-op and a short, elderly lady in front of me was having trouble reaching to the bottom of her shop-ping cart to get items out. I leaned over and helped her and she met with me with a wondrous smile.

It was the perfect time. Leaning over like that I returned her smile and said what I thought was, “How are you honoured mother?”

She raised her hands in the air and started screaming bloody mur-der. The store was in minor chaos before she calmed down.

A few days later the news even-tually reached Stefan and Father Maluga. Their pupil had apparently did something they could hardly believe was true.

They grilled me with stony faces. I told them that my friends had obviously set me up, that I thought I was saying, “How are you honoured mother?”

There seemed to be relief in their faces as I recounted my story. Their body language even relaxed. It was all explainable, after all.

And then Stefan leaned forward with his elbows and his knees, glanced once at Father Maluga and then back to me.

“Now, Neil, can you repeat what you said to the woman?”

Since no one had actually told me what it meant, I said it again. Father Maluga’s eyes widened and his face paled.

Stefan cupped his face in his hands and groaned. And I thought I heard him say what sounded like, “Kapoosta Holova.”

The problem with the proposed development of the 9.5 acre site beside Target is that it might be too good.

Some had hoped it would be a park, at least the 3.5 acre portion that belongs to the city and which is zoned public assembly.

But the consultants hired by the city to help come up with a concept for development of that downtown area produced a plan involving a mix of residential, retail and service development, along with inside and outside public areas and a boardwalk.

And they even suggested a building that could house a seniors centre, a library or a re-location of the downtown aquarium to that location.

The cornerstone of the plan would be to make it an extension and part of Shoppers Row and Tyee Plaza. To that extent the study suggests reducing the highway from Tyee Plaza to the new site from four to two lanes to help pedestrian movement and allowing on-street parking.

Nothing is set in stone of course but the plan to create retail space opportunities may be problematic for other retail areas in the city.

There could be the very real possibility of migration of retail from one area to the new one especially if the new design seems to come with a captive audience/cus-tomer base.

That’s not to say that it would happen, but it is to say it has happened in the past. If you were a small retailer and if the lease price was equitable, where would you like to be?

Proposal maybe too good

Poll question: Do you think a mix of residential, retail and service development is a good idea for the waterfront land beside Target?

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From our readers

I was helping get signatures on a peti-tion outside Superstore Sunday in support for New Horizons residents and staff, when a man brought his grand-daughter to sign it. He explained it to her carefully. Then they left. The weather became increasingly inclement and soon after, the man drove his vehicle up to the curb. The pretty girl got out and came up to me with a bag saying “we thought you looked cold”.

In the bag was a brand new toque, scarf and gloves.

I was so surprised and overwhelmed with your kindness I did not get your names but please know that what you did was awesome. I will think of your kindness every time I wear your gift. Thanks so much! Roses also to the man and woman who assisted me in picking up sheets of the petition that blew all over the ground. More roses also to all the people who signed the petition.

You are all the great people who make up our wonderful Campbell River.

Lois Jarvis

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WEDNESDAY JAN. 8

Playoffs – Game 1: Campbell River Storm Jr B Hockey: 7:30pm. Rod Brind’Amour Arena. Visitors are the Nanaimo Buccaneers.

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Kinsmen Club of Campbell River: 7:30pm. Elks Hall, 516 S. Dogwood St. (The first and third Wednesdays of each month.) See how you can help serve the community’s greatest needs by attending one our meetings. You must be a minimum age of 19 and have a desire to want better things for your community. For more info go to www.campbellriverkinsmen.com

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Campbell River Toastmasters: 7pm to 8:30pm. CR Community Centre, Rm 1. For more information contact Sarah 250-830-3839. [email protected]

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Taoist Tai Chi: Beginner class. 7:30pm to 9pm. Sportsplex. Register in class. For more information call 250-286-9768

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Sing For Pure Joy!: 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.. The Lions Den (across from Thrifty’s) 1441 Ironwood Rd. All voices welcome. Mary 250 285-3764.� � � � �

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 at 250-923-1653

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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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Research Your Family Tree: 1:30pm to 4pm. CR Genealogy library hours. Maritime Museum. Everyone welcome. 250-203-0585.

THURSDAY

Free Seminar: Planning for Life Changes presents

“Information you need when your marital status changes”. Maritime Heritage Centre. 7pm. rsvp call 250-287-2393 www.planningforlifechanges.ca Speakers – Notary-tax specialist-mortgage broker-lawyer-funeral director-realtor-downsizing expert-investment specialist.

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Campbell River Seniors’ Centre: Sportsplex Lunch: noon to 3pm. Bingo, 50/50 draw – for more information please call 250-914-4401

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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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Research Your Family Tree: 1:30pm to 4pm. CR Genealogy library hours. Maritime Museum. Everyone welcome. 250-203-0585.

FRIDAY

Playoffs – Game 3: Campbell River Storm Jr B Hockey: 7:30pm. Rod Brind’Amour Arena. Visitors are the Nanaimo Buccaneers.

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Campbell River Seniors’ Centre: Sportsplex Lunch: noon to 3pm. Mexican train, cards – CR Community Centre noon to 3pm. For more information please call 250-914-4401

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CR Fish and Wildlife Association indoor archery range: 6:30pm to 8pm. See Monday for more information.

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CR Legion Fun Night: 5:30pm. Karaoke, free Bingo. Also meat and paddle draw. 250-286-6831

SATURDAY

Campbell River Curling Club 50th Anniversary Open House: 11am – opening ceremonies;

2pm – cake cutting; 4pm – reception. For more information call 250-287-4200.

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CR Fish & Wildlife Association – Annual Awards and Wild Game Banquet: Thunderbird Hall. Doors open at 5:30pm; Dinner at 6:30pm; Awards at 8:45pm; Dance from 9pm to midnight. For more information call Wade at 250-923-5326

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Tsolum Celebration! Come celebrate the Fall’s bountiful pink salmon run with Tsolum River Restoration Society. Hear all the good news in the Tsolum Watershed! 5 pm: Annual General Meeting, 6:30 BBQ salmon dinner, 8 pm: dance to local band Flying Debris! Merville Hall, 1245 Fenwick Rd, off the Island Highway. Contact: Willa 250-337-8524

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Everything Kids Swap Meet: At CR Christian School Gym. 250 South Dogwood Street. 9am to 1pm. Need to sell some children’s things? Book a table! Table rentals are available, book yours today by stopping by the school office at CR Christian School, 250 South Dogwood Street. Table rentals are $20.00 each, payable at time of booking. Questions? Corina Brearley - [email protected], 250-850-2525

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BC Conservative Leadership Race: Candidate Dan Brooks speaks about the Party and the Province. Answers will be given to questions raised by the audience. Doors open by 3pm, speech begins at 3:30pm. Public welcome. Boardroom at the Museum. For more info call Bob at 250-504-0052 or visit danbrooksbc.ca

SUNDAY

Al-Anon: 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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Run Club: 7:30am. Dogwood and Hilchey. For more information contact [email protected]

MONDAY

Sing For Pure Joy!: 3pm to 4:30 p.m. Quadra Community Centre. All voices welcome. Mary 250 285-3764.

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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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Research Your Family Tree: 7pm to 9pm. CR Genealogy library hours. Maritime Museum. Everyone welcome. 250-203-0585.

TUESDAY

Research Your Family Tree: 10am to 3pm. CR Genealogy library hours. Maritime Museum. Everyone welcome. 250-203-0585.

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Pipes and Drums: Play or learn the pipes or drums at the Legion Hall on Tuesday @ 7:00 pm

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OPT (Options for Sexual Health) Drop in Clinic: 7pm to 9pm. At the Health Unit in the Tyee Plaza. Education & information on birth control and sexual health. Low cost birth control. All ages welcome. For more information contact 250 830-7603.

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Try Curling! Every Tuesday 3:30pm to 5pm is OPEN ICE at the Campbell River Curling Club, 260 Cedar Street, (on Dogwood next door to Steiner Bakery). Ernie Koizumi will be on hand to help you learn and get into the game. Everyone welcome and it is FREE! For more info, call Ernie 250.287.1706.

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Al-Anon: 7pm. Children’s Centre on Quadra Island. 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.

ONGOING & UPCOMING

February 27: Annual Bridge & Crib luncheon. 11:30am. CR United Church. Pinecrest & Birch. Come for lunch and enjoy an afternoon of Bridge or Crib. $10/person.

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Women’s Centre: Men and women, age 55+, are needed to be trained as senior peer counsellors. Weekly commitment of 1.5 hour is required, and bi-monthly meetings with the group and coordinator. This is a great opportunity to provide emotional support to seniors in need. For more information call Volunteer Campbell River at 250-287-8111.

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BC Schizophrenia Society: Be creative while helping elementary school children understand about mental illness and about compassion! Puppeteers are needed every Thursday from 12-2pm to rehearse and/or perform in an educational puppet play. No experience is necessary. For more information call Volunteer Campbell River at 250-287-8111.

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Canadian Cancer Society: Canvassers are needed to raise awareness about the programs and services of the Canadian Cancer Society and raise funds to support our mission through visiting houses door to door. The role represents a short-term commitment with flexible hours. For more information call Volunteer Campbell River at 250-287-8111.

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By Dave PatersonWith the year getting off to a rocky start,

I thought it might be appropriate to take a look at a few funds that have historically held up very well in periods of uncertainty. To find these good defensive funds, I looked for funds that have a low downside capture ratio. The downside capture ratio measures how much of a market drop a fund has experienced compared with its benchmark.

For example, if a fund has a downside capture ratio of 75 per cent, it means that if the market falls by 10 per cent, on aver-age, the fund would be down 7.5 per cent. A fund with a downside capture ratio of less than 100 per cent is likely to withstand any drop much better than the benchmark.

Conversely, if the downside capture ratio is more than 100 per cent, the fund has histor-ically performed worse than its benchmark in sell-off.

To identify these funds, I calculated the downside capture ratio for each of the funds in the universe of funds that I follow. I looked at both a three-year and five-year period and averaged the two, finally rank-ing the funds from lowest to highest. Only funds with at least a 36-month track record were considered, and I focused only on the broader core categories.

Here’s my list of the top equity funds based on downside capture ratio for the per-iod ending Dec. 31, 2013:

Fidelity Canadian Large Cap Fund (FID

231) – Manager Daniel Dupont manages this Canadian-focused equity fund with an eye on absolute risk, rather than benchmark relative risk. This has allowed for a very favorable downside capture ratio, while still offering decent returns in rising markets, making it an all-round great core hold-ing. It also earned a Fundata FundGrade “A” Grade for December and the Fundata FundGrade A+ Rating for 2013.

Franklin U.S. Rising Dividends Fund (TML 201) – With its emphasis on compan-ies with a demonstrated history of dividend growth, the U.S. equity offering has deliv-ered strong absolute returns, with modest downside protection. It could be a great core holding for most investors.

Mackenzie Ivy Foreign Equity Fund (MFC 081) – The Ivy brand is synonym-ous with capital preservation, and this fund exemplifies it better than any. The manage-ment team looks for well-managed, high-quality companies that offer stability and downside protection. An added bonus is that the upside participation has been strong of late, making it one of the better core global offerings available.

(Courtesy Fundata Canada Inc. © 2014. Dave Paterson, CFA, is the Director of Research, Investment Funds for D.A. Paterson & Associates Inc. This article is not intended as personalized advice. Investments mentioned are not guaranteed and carry risk of loss.)

Best equity funds for when the market drops

The Home Buyers’ Plan allows first-time homebuyers to borrow up to $25,000 from their RRSPs to purchase their own residence. The home that is purchased needs to be your principal residence — a rental property will not qualify.

First-time homebuyers are defined as persons who have not owned a home in any of the prior five years. You are not considered a first-time home buyer if you, your spouse or common-law partner, your former spouse or common-law partner, owned a home that you both occupied as your principal place of residence at any time during the prior five years.

If you qualify for the Home Buyers’ Plan, you must withdraw the funds from your RRSP within 30 days of com-pleting the purchase. You are required to repay the Home Buyers’ Plan withdrawal to your RRSP, without inter-est, in equal instalments over 15 years commencing in the second year after the year of the withdrawal. A repayment to the RRSP must be made in the year or within 60 days after the end of the particular year. Of course, you do not get an RRSP deduction for Home Buyers’ Plan repayments. You will be taxed on any required repayments you do not make or to the extent the repayment is less than the required repay-ment.

Interest on funds borrowed to make Home Buyers’ Plan repayments is not tax deduct-ible.

For spouses and com-mon-law partners planning to jointly purchase their first home, each person can with-draw up to $25,000 (for a total of $50,000) from their own RRSPs. Repayments

must likewise be made to their respective RRSPs. If there is a spousal RRSP, the RRSP funds are considered to belong to the spouse who is the annuitant of the RRSP, not to the spouse who is the contributor. For example, where a person has made a contribution to both her RRSP and to a spousal RRSP for which her spouse is the annuitant, that person can make a Home Buyer’s Plan withdrawal from her RRSP and her spouse can make a Home Buyers’ Plan withdrawal from the spousal RRSP, provided all the other conditions and requirements under the Home Buyers’ Plan are met.

You cannot deduct an RRSP contribution if you make the contribution to your RRSP or to a spousal RRSP, and within 90 days of the contribution, the funds are withdrawn under the Home Buyers’ Plan.

Special rules apply where amounts are withdrawn from an RRSP under the Home Buyers’ Plan to purchase a home but the purchase is not completed, and for repayment on death or emigration from Canada.

If you are planning to buy your first home and you have sufficient funds in your RRSPs, consider the Home Buyers’ Plan. As always, consult with your Chartered Accountant and your invest-ment advisor before doing so, because your RRSP is making an important investment, and while a Home Buyers’ Plan withdrawal will save you inter-est personally, it will negatively affect the investment growth in the RRSP. Be sure the Home Buyers’ Plan is right for you.

(This information provided by the Chartered Accountants of British Columbia.)

Using RRSPsto purchasea first home

You must wind up your RRSP by Dec. 31 of the year in which you turn 71. A straight withdrawal is usually not the best option because your entire RRSP balance will be taxed in the year. You should con-sider transferring the RRSP funds to a Registered Retirement Income Fund (RRIF), or an annuity, which will pay you a taxable income stream over time. There are significant differences between an RRIF and annuity. Consult with an investment advisor before making your decision.

Even though you cannot put money into your own RRSP after the year you turn 71, you can still con-tribute to a spousal RRSP until the end of the year your spouse turns 71. However, to do so, you will require unused RRSP deduction room, or current “earned income” to gener-ate contribution room. By the end of the year your spouse turns 71, he or she will also have to move the funds

from his or her RRSP.If you have “earned income” in

the year you turn 71, that would gen-erate RRSP contribution room for the year you turn 72. Unfortunately, your RRSP will have already been transferred or collapsed. In the absence of a spousal RRSP, you could consider making an ordinary RRSP contribution in December of the year you turn 71. You can then deduct this RRSP contribution in the year you turn 72. Of course, the contribution will be considered an over contribution for the month of December in the year you turn 71, but the one per cent penalty tax might be far outweighed by the tax savings from the RRSP deduction in the following year. Be sure to discuss this plan with your Chartered Accountant to see if it’s right for you.


When you’re 71Under the Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP),

you may withdraw up to $10,000 per year from your RRSP over a four-year period, as long as the total withdrawal does not exceed $20,000. The funds must be used to finance full-time training or post-secondary educa-tion in a qualifying education program for you, your spouse, or a common-law partner. A qualifying education program is one that is not less than three consecutive months in duration and requires students to spend at least 10 hours on course-related “work” per week, excluding study time. Note that having 10 hours of course-related “work” per week does not necessarily constitute full-time status.

The qualifying education program also needs to be taken at a designated educational institution, the same institutions that allow a taxpayer to be eligible to claim an education credit amount on their tax return. A desig-nated educational institution includes most universities, colleges, and educational institu-tions within Canada.

If you are attending school outside of Canada, then the institution will only qualify if it is a university and the course leads to a degree. A disabled student can qualify with part-time enrolment.

You cannot withdraw more than $20,000 each time you use the LLP. In order to use the LLP again, you need to fully repay any existing LLP withdrawals to your RRSP. Withdrawals are not allowed from locked-in RRSPs.

You will be required to repay the amount withdrawn to your RRSP, without interest, in equal payments over a 10-year period. Repayments start with the earlier of the sec-ond consecutive year in which you or your spouse are not enrolled in full-time studies and 60 days after the fifth year following the first LLP withdrawal.

Repayment must be made in the year or within 60 days of the end of the year. Of course, you do not get an RRSP deduction for LLP repayments.

Any amount not repaid as required will be added to the income of the planholder for that year. An excess repayment made in one year will reduce the minimum amount that must be repaid in a subsequent year.

Special rules will apply if RRSP funds are withdrawn under the LLP and the educa-tional program is not completed, if the RRSP annuitant becomes a non-resident of Canada or on the death of the annuitant.


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GREAT LOCATION • $184,800Beautiful upper level unit in Pacific Maples. This sunny corner unit features two bedrooms and two bathrooms and open concept living areas with 9 foot ceilings, a gas fireplace, in unit laundry and a deck overlooking the trees and well landscaped complex. 43–251 McPhedran MLS#357412

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WANT TO TRADE? • $349,000Seller will consider trades for this house, acreage and shop on 3.1 acres. House is 2 bedrooms and the shop is over 1500 square feet. Development would allow up to 31 units on the property. 775 Homewood Road #347982

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Six months and 48 games of hock-ey, it all boiled down to an overtime win by the Comox Valley Glacier Kings Saturday to lay claim to the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League North Division title.

The Glacier Kings topped the Nanaimo Buccaneers, 4-3, in OT Saturday in Courtenay to finish one point in front of the Campbell River Storm in the North Division standings.

The Storm did their part to make it an interesting down to the wire finish. They first defeated the South Division leading Victoria Cougars 5-2 in front of 711 fans Friday at Rod Brind’Amour Arena. Saturday in Parksville, the Storm battled back from a 2-0 deficit to double up the Oceanside Generals 4-2.

With the two wins the Storm fin-ished the VIJHL regular season with an impressive 30-14-4 record for 64 points. But thanks to a six game win-ning streak to end their regular season campaign, Comox finished at 31-14-3 for 65 points.

The second place Storm will now play the third place Buccaneers in a best of seven North semifinal. Game one is slated for tonight (Wednesday), 7:30 p.m., at Rod Brind’Amour Arena. Game two is in Nanaimo Thursday, followed by game three back in Campbell River Friday and

game four Sunday, in Nanaimo. The Glacier Kings will play the Saanich Braves who placed last in the South, but due to the Braves having six more points than the North’s fourth place Generals, Saanich gains the final playoff berth.

In Friday’s big win against Victoria, the two teams were dead-locked at 2-2 after the opening 20 minutes. The final two periods had the Storm do all the scoring with three unanswered goals thanks to the stellar netminding of Campbell River’s Jack Surgenor who turned aside all 22 shots he faced in the 40 minutes. In total the Storm outshot the Cougars 34-32.

Gage Colpron had a pair of Storm goals, Brendan deVries, Brayden Taekema and Zack Sanderson round-ed out the scoring. James Severs and deVries each had two assists, Trent Johnson, Braydon Horcoff and Josiah Friesen had one each.

Taekema had two of the four Storm goal against Oceanside to fin-ish the season with a team high 38 goals. Tyler Welsh and Sanderson rounded out the scoring. Assists went to deVries, Welsh, Colpron, Gavin Rauser, Curtis Toneff, Aaron Brewer and Alex Brewer.

With his assist, deVries won the VIJHL scoring title with 88 points on 32 goals and 56 assists. Peninsula’s Connor Logan was a distant runner-up with 75 points.

Back to back wins not enough for firstPlayoffs start tonight at home - Storm versus Nanaimo Buccaneers

Photo by Jim HockleyGAME WINNER: The Storm’s James Severs, left, celebrates Zack Sanderson’s second period winning goal against the Victoria Cougars Friday, at Rod Brind’Amour Arena.

By Ken Zaharia


It started way back in 1964 and the longest running Campbell River sporting event just keeps getting bet-ter with age.

The Campbell River Curling Club hosted the 50th anniversary of the Ralph Boyd Men’s Open, Feb. 6-9.

A full field of 32 teams took part and with a large waiting list of rinks trying to get into the popular event, club manager Susan Johnson did an incredible job putting the bonspiel together.

This spiel continues to succeed

with the help of major sponsor Tyee Chev as well as Thrifty Foods, Kal Tire, Sea J Charter’s, Lordco & Alpine. With the help of these incred-ible supportive sponsors the club was able to give away over $19,000 in prizes.

The Ralph Boyd Trophy went to the most sportsmanlike team and the winner this year was the Kevin May rink of Campbell River. May along with Blaire Bezaire, Travis Hartling and Rob Vlaj were extremely pleased and honoured to receive this trophy. The rink was a reunion of the club’s competitive junior program who are the future of the club.

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Photo by Wylie LeesonThe No. 1 Auto Body ‘B’ event was won by the Brad Zealand rink from Port Hardy. Team members include Wayne Steinhauer, Andrew Smith, Mark Hutchinson and Zealand.

Men’s Open spielmarks 50th year

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HockeyVancouver Island Junior Hockey League:

North DivisionTeam G W L T F A PComox 48 31 14 3 177 155 65 C.R. Storm 48 30 14 4 218 141 64Nanaimo 48 25 19 4 171 157 54 Oceanside 48 8 37 3 102 218 19

South DivisionVictoria 48 35 10 3 225 92 73Peninsula 48 30 13 5 207 153 65 Westshore 48 21 19 8 194 216 50Kerry Park 48 17 25 6 159 211 40 Saanich 48 11 34 3 112 227 25

GamesWestshore 5 Peninsula 3Victoria 11 Westshore 1Comox 4 Nanaimo 1Oceanside 3 Saanich 2Peninsula 5 Kerry Park 1Storm 5 Victoria 2Comox 4 Nanaimo 3 (OT)Kerry Park 5 Saanich 2Storm 4 Oceanside 2

League ScoringPlayer T G A PB.deVries CR 32 56 88 C.Logan PN 28 47 75 A.Milligan PN 46 27 73B.Taekema CR 38 35 73B.Lervold WS 35 38 73G.Zagrodney Vic 8 56 64 B.Roney Vic 31 30 61 D.Pernal CV 29 31 60G.Dunlop Nan 24 36 60 C.Petersen WS 18 41 59

Storm ScoringT.Johnson CR 10 34 44G.Colpron CR 22 21 43J.Severs CR 18 25 43 Alex Brewer CR 9 22 31B.Horcoff CR 5 22 27J.Costello CR 8 18 26Z.Sanderson CR 6 17 23J.Friesen CR 9 13 22G.Rauser CR 8 9 17C.Olson CR 2 15 17T.Smith CR 3 12 15M.Olson CR 7 4 11N.Hayes CR 1 10 11

J.Rauser CR 3 7 10 Aaron Brewer CR 5 4 9C.Toneff CR 2 7 9R.Christensen CR 1 4 5R.Grills CR 0 2 2E.Pugh CR 0 1 1

Campbell River Men’s Hockey League:Team G W L T PTimberwolves 21 20 0 1 41 Terror 22 18 3 1 37Barnes Bros. Avalanche 22 14 7 1 29Canucks 21 12 8 1 25Strategic Hurricanes 23 10 10 3 23 Quinsam Coal Senators 23 7 13 3 17 Freddie's Pub Stars 22 5 15 2 12 RBL Whalers 22 3 17 2 8 MVP Flyers 22 2 18 2 6

GamesTerror 6 Senators 1Hurricanes 5 Canucks 3

League ScoringPlayer T G A PB.Cockburn Ter 36 28 64J.Bachmeier TW 35 27 62C.MacLachlan TW 17 45 62K.Hagg TW 24 27 51R.Churnard AV 24 15 39S.Lee TW 14 22 36L.Feeney Ter 20 12 32 A.Benjestorf TW 11 19 30 E.Philp TW 12 16 28C.Clarkson SN 12 14 26

Pioneer Men’s Oldtimers Hockey League:Team G W L T P Replay Sports 21 19 1 1 39A-1 Radiators 21 14 6 1 29 Frame & Co. 23 13 7 3 29CR Glass 22 11 8 3 25 Quadra Old Growth 21 10 8 3 23 Royal Coachman 22 10 10 2 22 Thrashers 20 8 12 0 16Video Works 23 5 15 3 13 Action Source For Sports 24 4 15 5 13 Riptide Pub Ice Dogs 21 4 16 1 9

SoccerVancouver Island Division 3B Men's Soccer League:Team G W L T F A PVantreights 18 13 0 5 43 15 44

Cordova Bay 16 12 1 3 41 20 39Sooke 16 10 4 2 37 20 32Nanaimo 16 7 5 4 23 15 25Alberni 18 6 8 4 30 38 22 Peninsula 16 5 8 3 15 27 18PLSC Lakers 17 5 9 3 24 31 18Bays United 17 5 9 3 24 30 18 Gorge 16 1 11 4 16 41 7 CR Golden Wings 14 1 10 3 12 28 6

Vancouver Island Division 4B Men's Soccer League:Team G W L T F A PMainstream Canada 16 15 0 1 75 6 46Vic West 16 11 4 1 39 20 34 Zgoda Jr. 15 10 4 1 60 17 31Juan de Fuca 15 8 5 2 23 25 26PLSC Lakers 17 4 12 1 15 71 13Fernwood 16 4 12 0 20 35 12SFFC Originals 17 1 16 0 12 70 3

CR Mainstream Canada GamesMainstream Canada 1 Vic West 0

Mid Island Women’s Soccer League:Team G W L T POceanside 15 10 1 4 34Mainstream Outlaws 15 10 2 3 33 Kickers 16 10 4 2 32CVUSC Revolution 15 9 3 3 30Nanaimo 14 9 5 0 27Shooters 16 7 8 1 21 Port Alberni 15 5 9 1 16 Marine Harvest Bandits 14 4 9 1 13Wheatys 16 3 12 1 10 River City FC 16 1 15 0 3

VolleyballCampbell River Monday Night Adult Coed Volleyball League:

'A' DivisionTeam G W L SW SLKiss My Ace 3 3 0 6 1Dilligaf 3 2 1 5 3Net Results 3 2 1 4 3The Booyahs! 3 1 2 4 5Kids Wanna Block 3 1 2 3 4Serves You Right 3 0 3 0 6

'B' DivisionSnoops Dogs 3 3 0 6 1Ball So Hard 3 2 1 5 4 Bombers 3 2 1 5 4 Bump It Up 3 2 1 4 2 Safe Sets 3 0 3 2 6 We Like Big Bumps 3 0 3 1 6

8-BallCampbell River 8-Ball Association:

‘A’ DivisionP Team Pt1 Pier Street Bullys 23 2 Eagles Talons 183 Elks Elkoholics 154 Eagles Rockers 145 Eagles Oldtimers 13 6 Eagles Breakers 77 Eagles Navigators 37 Freddie's Tequila Shooters 3

‘B’ Division 1 Freddie's Leftovers 192 Quinsam Sticks & Stones 18 3 Pier Street Pocket Divas 17 4 Eagles Sitting Ducks 155 Quinsam Stick Ticklers 136 Elks-EZ United 12 7 Quinsam Q’s 11 8 JJ’s Exotic Shots 9 ERO’s - Bill Giesbrecht, Jim Paul 1

DartsMonday Night Darts League:

LadiesTeam G F AC.R. Legion 17 130 80 Curling Club #2 17 127 83 Elks #1 18 119 105 Curling Club #1 17 118 92 Elks #2 18 112 112 Quinsam #1 18 112 112 Eagles 18 95 141 Quinsam #2 17 88 122 Willows Pub 16 70 126

HighsHigh Scores - Shandi Harwood 171;

Donna Young 132; Colleen Soles, Donna Young 126; Colleen Soles 123; Shannon Wolfe, Michele Allen 118; Bonnie Fuhr 104; Bonnie Fuhr 103; Jose Bezaire 102 High Outs - Tracy Scaife 83

GamesElks #1 11 Willows 3Eagles 10 Quinsam #2 4CR Legion 8 Quinsam #1 6

MensQuadra Legion 17 138 66 Freddie's Pub #1 16 120 72Riptide Pub #2 17 107 97Elks #1 18 105 111 Eagles 18 103 113 Curling Club 16 102 90 Willows Pub 16 95 109 Elks #2 15 94 85Riptide Pub #1 17 75 129Freddie's Pub #2 17 68 135

HighsHigh Scores - Richard Campbell 133; Frank Inrig 127; Brian McCabe 126; Vic Prevost 120; Ken Minaker 110; Ken Minaker 106 High Outs - Dave Hill 106; Bob Wilson 103140’s - Mark Schultz 1180’s - Dave Hill 1

GamesWillows 9 Freddie’s #2 3Riptide #2 9 Eagles 3Elks #1 7 Elks #2 5

5-Pin BowlingThursday Golden Crystals Seniors League:P Team T1 Sea Lions 24 2 Starfish 23 3 Axolotl 16 4 Stingrays 15 5 Sand Dollars 14 6 Mermaids 12 7 Orcas 9 8 Octopi 7

Team HighsPoints Over Series Average - Axolotl +288Scratch Game - Starfish 890Scratch Series - Axolotl 2,499

Individual Highs

Scratch Series - Men - Tino Milan 693; Women - Olivia Milan 601Scratch Game - Men - Tino Milan 251; Women - Gail Shillito 227Pins Over Average Game - Men - Ed Miskey +85; Women - Karen Waugh +73Pins Over Average Series - Men - Tino Milan +111; Women - Anna Farnsworth +69

10-Pin BowlingMonday Nite Men’s 10 Pin League:P Team W T1 Leeson Lake 22 4712 Storey Creek Golfers 25 4643 CR Bowling Centre 16 454 4 Boston Pizza Brutes 23 439.55 Alley Cats 26 414.56 Clippers 6 333

Team HighsScratch Game - Leeson Lake 678Handicap Game - CR Bowling Centre 843Scratch Series - Clippers 1,985Handicap Series - Boston Pizza Brutes 2,439

Individual HighsScratch Game - Laurence Renaud, Dave Thgard 199Handicap Game - John Belanger 259Scratch Series - Laurence Renaud 534Handicap Series - John Belanger 673

Tuesday Mixed Lunch Bunch League:P Team Q T1 Quinsam Auto 235.5 5312 Steve Marshall Ford 210.5 456.53 Heavy Balls 205.5 420.54 Nesbitt Island Coffee 181 468.55 Lane Divas 177 413.56 Island Fever Travel 164 461.5 7 Leftys 163.5 4248 Odd Balls 144 371 9 Team 10 140 186 10 BowlMates 139 419.5

Team HighsGame - Heavey Balls 655Series - Quinsam Auto 1,858

Individual Highs Scratch Series - Men - Merv Belanko 532; Women - Norma Killin 463

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Handicap Series - Men - Ken Nagata 642; Women - Bev Ebert 664Scratch Game - Men - Merv Belanko 192; Women - Norma Killin 176Handicap Game - Men - Gordie Gustafson 232; Women - Bev Ebert 247

Tuesday Night Mixed League:*Quarter winnersP Team Q T1 The B.U.F.F.’S 57 190 2 King Pins* 62 183 3 Screaming Eagles* 38 1764 EZDUZIT 44 1695 U.K. Plus 38 1646 Buckin Awesome 41 1547 Ryan’s Pizzeria 38 1418 Team 8 10 10

Team HighsScratch Game - The B.U.F.F.’S 808Scratch Series - U.K. Plus 2,284Handicap Series - King Pins 3,117Handicap Game - The B.U.F.F.’S 1,082

Individual HighsScratch Series - Men - Robert Rodgers 577; Women - Marian Atkinson 569Handicap Series - Men - Robert Rodgers 679; Women - Marian Atkinson 695Scratch Game - Men - Ronnie Chickite 229; Women - Marian Atkinson 210Handicap Game - Men - Ronnie Chickite 274; Women - Marian Atkinson, Rhonda Lambert 250 Congratulations - Robert Rodgers bowled a clean series

Wednesday Night Ladies League:P Team Q T1 The Rockin Rollers 131 385.5 2 Az-Tec 114 327 3 Jonny’s Bar & Lounge 113.5 397.54 ATM Dolls With Balls 113 328.5 5 Pin Ups 111 344.5 6 Strike Outs 107.5 386 7 2nd Storie 100 370.58 Lucky Strikes 74 336.5

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Individual HighsScratch Series - Men - Hogie McCrae 587; Women - Helena Courville 505Handicap Series - Men - Hogie McCrae, Ray Smith 668; Women - Helena Courville 664Scratch Game - Men - Leonard Marshall 222; Women - Helena Courville 180Handicap Game - Men - Leonard Marshall 250; Women - Darileen Barker 250

Friday Night Mixed League:P Team Q T1 Whatever Works 28 404.5 2 Aspareiguess 23 423.53 Lucky 7’s 22 427.53 Alvin & The Chipmunks 22 4065 Bowlderdash 15 386.5 6 CR Business Centre 14 340.5 7 Az-Tec 11 399.5 8 C&C 9 380.5

Team HighsScratch Game - Alvin & The Chipmunks 701Scratch Series - Whatever Works 2,066Handicap Game - Alvin & The Chipmunks 896Handicap Series - Whatever Works 2,519

Individual HighsScratch Game - Men - Lindsey Tompkins 234; Women - Denise Kennedy 199Handicap Game - Men - Lindsey Tompkins 264; Women - Lorrie Murphy 262Scratch Series - Men - Hogie McCrae 614; Women - Denise Kennedy 506Handicap Series - Men - Hogie McCrae 695; Women - Lorrie Murphy 731

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The No. 1 Auto Body Midget Tyees came within a goal of vying for an Island title.

The Tyees hosted the Peninsula Eagles at Rod Brind’Amour Arena Saturday, in what was an Island Tier 2 Midget sudden death semifinal playoff game. The Tyees got off to a great start going up 2-0 before the mid-point of the first period, but that was all the scoring they could muster against a solid Eagles netminder, while Peninsula managed three goals of their own for a 3-2 win.

The Eagles will now play the other South qualifier, the Saanich Braves, who topped the Powell River Kings, 4-1, also on Saturday in the other Island semifinal. The Tyees had placed first in the North zone and the Eagles second in the South.

The Tyees got off to a quick start Saturday when Keaton Dion made it 1-0 just two minutes converting a pass from Dione Thompson into Campbell River’s first goal.

The Tyees second tally came on the power play, five minutes later, with Travis Goodwin putting a rebound off a Cole Rennie point shot past the Eagles netminder.

Despite being up 2-0, the Tyees could have been in even more control if it wasn’t for the Peninsula goalie with Campbell River outshoot-ing the Eagles 14-5, thanks to a six to one power play advantage in the period.

In the second period the Eagles got a break when a Tyees defenceman fell and a Peninsula player scooped up the loose puck for a break-away and then beating Tyees goalie Riley Mathieson to make it 2-1.

With four minutes to play in the second, the Eagles tied it up on the power play on a screened point shot which beat Mathieson low stick side.

With the game tied and the season on the line, both teams had several scoring chances, but it was the Eagles scoring the game winner mid-way through the final 20 minutes.

The Tyees then had a couple of power play opportunities but could not find the back of the Eagles net. The Tyees pulled their goalie for an extra skater, but could not get the puck past the Eagles’ goalie, who made several key saves dur-ing the period to steal the win for the visitors. The final shot total was 36-32 in favour of the Tyees.

The Tyees players would like to thank their team sponsor No, 1 Auto Body, the individual player sponsors and all the members of the commun-ity who supported their bottle drives and bagging days at the Real Canadian Superstore. A special thank you goes out to the Tyees coaches, who volunteered their time in support of the player’s development throughout the season.

Peninsula puts an end toMidget Tyees playoff run

Despite solid team defence and incredible goaltending, the much improved Rehn Enterprises Atom A Tyees dropped a pair of games in Victoria over the weekend.

The Tyees started on Saturday against the high-powered Juan de Fuca A Grizzlies with a 5-3 loss. Tyees line-mates Bryce Idiens and Evan Billard scored carbon copy goals by creating turnovers and using their speed to beat Juan de Fuca defenders. Wyatt Dumont and Billard assisted on a power play goal scored from Brett Ruehlen.

Josh Doherty was solid in net facing 52 shots in the loss. Diminutive left winger, Breydan Riecker, earned the hard hat while playing like a giant.

The Tyees visited the 7-1-0, first place Victoria Racquet Club Kings Sunday, and ended up with a 5-1 loss.

Riecker scored a highlight reel goal with a top shelf snap shot. Tyees goaltender Marcus Shankar received the hard hat making 49 saves, including several on high quality scoring chances.

“The hard work that the kids have

been putting in all season is beginning to show itself in our games,” said Tyees coach Craig Idiens.

See Tyees on page 16.

Atoms hard work showing results

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Tyees from page 15.“We’ve come a long way from losing 13-1, 10-1, 11-2, to

now 5-3 and 5-1 to the perennial powerhouses of the South Island. It’s nice to see the vast improvement in their play

and I’m really happy for the kids because they have taken their losses on the chin and have never quit on each other. Every week they show up to practice with smiles on their faces ready to work their tails off.”

The Kings will be in Campbell River for the Tyees’ final regular season game Sunday at 1:15 p.m.

Curling from page 13.The “A” event, sponsored by the

Coastal Community Credit Union, was won by Ron Schmidt of Comox Valley, who along with third Norm Cote, are also members of the Campbell River Curling Club. Joining the two were sec-ond Jeff Pilon and lead Darren Richards.

The “B” event, sponsored by No. 1 Auto Body, was won by the Brad Zealand rink of Port Hardy. Zealand who has supported this event for years with longtime team members Andrew Smith and Mark Hutchinson picked up local member Wayne Steinhauer. The final

against Bill Thomas came down to the last rock.

The “C” event, sponsored by Ironside Contracting, was won by Campbell River’s Tom Green. Gary Ramm played third, Dennis Marsh second and Ron Mecredy lead. This game they played against the Alx Stoyles rink of Campbell River. Stoyles and his team our the Club Junior Competitive Team who played well all weekend to get to a event final.

The “D” event, sponsored by Kal Tire, was won by the Feltham rink beat-ing out the Harris rink from the Comox Valley in the final.

It was only fitting this year’s theme was the 60’s honouring the original bon-spiel in 1964. The club was decorated fantastic with tie dye, vinyl and peace signs, creating great atmosphere for the Saturday night banquet catered by Comfort Zone Catering.

“I would like to thank the ice staff - Terry Kratzmann and Rob Burns - as well as our longtime bar staff of Margie Cudmore and Geri Edwards who all worked extremely hard along with countless volunteers who helped to make the weekend fantastic,” said Johnson.

Photo by Wylie LeesonThe Ironside Contracting C Event was won by Campbell River’s Tom Green. From left, Green, third Gary Ramm, second Dennis Marsh and lead Ron Mecredy.

Photo by Wylie LeesonThe Coastal Community Credit Union A Event was won by Ron Schmidt of Comox Valley, who along with third Norm Cote, are also members of the CR Curling Club. Joining them were second Jeff Pilon and lead Darren Richards.

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CANADIAN RYE BREAD454-680 g Loaf

2/$6

FARMER BENS

LARGEBROWN

EGGSDozen

$269


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