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After more than a few high-pro le livestock attacks, regional dis-trict director Julian Fell wants the RDN to consider changing Coombs/Errington’s current animal control bylaw in an e ort to address “dogs at large.”

Fell, the area’s representative, produced a notice of motion at Tues-day’s regular RDN meeting, asking sta to prepare a report proposing changes that will bring the community’s animal control bylaw up to similar standards as neighbouring regions. RDN planner Geo Gar-butt said “animal control regulations in area F (Coombs/Errington) do not allow for the capture of dogs at large, an incident has to happen” before dogs are apprehended. Garbutt said each electoral area has dif-ferent animal control bylaws based on history, which is why Coombs/Errington does not have the same bylaws as other areas in the regional district.

An 81-year-old Bowser woman was airlifted to Vancouver hospital Tuesday night with serious injuries after a car accident that shut down Island Highway for ve hours Tuesday afternoon, according to police.

RCMP Cpl. Mike Elston said the woman had leg and internal inju-ries. She was transferred to Vancouver from Nanaimo General Hospi-tal after surgery.

RCMP say they were called to the scene near the 4400 block of High-way 19A in Dashwood at approximately 4 p.m. where they found a two-vehicle collision. e driver of the other vehicle, and her son who was a passenger, did not sustain injuries. Police say the cause of the crash is still under investigation. e highway was closed in both directions until approximately 9 p.m. for clean up and investigation.

Witnesses are asked to contact Cst. Je Pleat of Central Vancouver Island Tra c Services at 250-249-6111.

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School District 69 is lagging behind provin-cial averages in six-year completion rates — the number of students who graduate within six years of first enrolling in Grade 8, said superin-tendent Rollie Koop at Tuesday’s school board meeting. These numbers were presented his annual Report on Achievement for 2014/15.

“We know we have issues,” Koop said. “We’re starting to try to unpack that further.”

According to the report, the provincial aver-age was 84.2 per cent in 2013/14, while the Dis-trict dropped to 69 per cent that same year.

In particular, Koop said the issue might be solved by focusing on why some students drop out between grades 8-10.

“I think what’s been impacting our rate is not having the clearest understanding of where kids were going at the those levels,” he said,

adding that the district hopes to find ways to draw those students back.

Koops said the numbers are also negatively affected by students who transfer out of the dis-trict anytime between Grade 8 and graduation, as well as by late grade submissions by post-secondary partners for dual-credit courses.

Looking to the Grade 12 level, Koop said the District “right on the mark” with provincial av-erages when looking at eligible grade 12 grad rates and first time grade 12 grad rates.

Aside from graduation, the report also looks at reading and literacy; assessment, evalua-tion and reporting; student learning services; aboriginal education and early learning. The report lists the actions taken by the District in each of these focus areas, as well as their key challenges and successes.

“We have considerable strengths in the area of reading and writing in our district,” said Koop.

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SEEKING SYRUP: Rose McCulley of J&R Farm in Nanaimo lectured a crowd of about 25 people on how to tap big leaf maples for syrup at Parksville’s Buckerfields on Saturday. “It is an amazing thing to make your own maple syrup,” she said. “It’s a lot of work, a lot of fun and so good.”

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Campsite fees are going up between $2 and $5 at provincial parks around B.C. this spring.

After March 15, a night under the stars at Rathtrevor Provincial Park in Parksville, for example, goes from $30 to $35 per night, while many more remote campsites will see a smaller increase in fees.

Fees at 40 provincial campgrounds in the Kootenay-Okanagan, Northern, South Coast and West Coast regions are increasing at least $3 a night, and 141 of B.C.’s 204 provincial campgrounds will see a $2 increase. The Ministry of Environment says this is the first province-wide increase in fees since 2010. Rates for backcountry camping and use of sani-stations remain at $5, and fees for mooring buoys, picnic shelters and group camping are unchanged. Parking fees for day-use lots, a failed experiment from 10 years ago, are not being reintroduced.

The ministry says the varied rate increases take into account local demand and economic conditions as well as private camping avail-ability. Sought-after locations such as Cultus Lake and Shuswap Lake charge $35 a night for a site with up to four adults, while nearby pri-vate campgrounds charge higher rates. — NEWS Staff/Black Press

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Patio units come downtownDevelopers of the Oceana project on about six acres next to Parksville Community and Conference Centresay they will have 18-20 of the 62 units planned for the site completed by the end of the calendar year

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Work has started on a de-velopment many years in the making at a high-profile downtown Parksville location.

MacLean Homes is mov-ing dirt on its Jensen Avenue six-acre property beside the Parksville Community and Conference Centre. The West Vancouver-based developer plans to build 18-20 so-called patio homes on the site by the end of the year.

“We will have homes avail-able for the fall,” Dave Web-ster, spokeman for MacLean Homes, said Tuesday.

The full build-out calls for 62 units. The project is called Oceana. The units will be grouped in three or four to a building, which means up to 20 buildings could grace the site.

“We will be building to the market,” MacLean Homes spokesperson Dave Webster said Tuesday. “As they are re-quired, we will build them. I don’t think we could build 62 units in Parksville right now

and sell them in a timely fash-ion.”

Webster said the homes will sell for less than $400,000 and he pointed to what he said were the advantages of having multiple buildings.

“That way you get a lot more yard, a lot more corner units and a lot more windows,” he said.

Webster said the homes get their ‘patio’ moniker from the way they are laid out. There are a variety of floor plans, but

all will have the living room, kitchen and master bedroom on the ground floor.

“It’s described as main-floor living.”

City of Parksville director of community planning Blaine Russell further explained the concept.

“Patio homes are ground-floor oriented,” said Russell. “They are not row houses. And certainly people with mobility challenges are happy not to have stairs.”

About two years ago, MacLean Homes came before city council for a renewal of its development permit for the site. Many years before that, the property owners had been looking at a bigger project, but shifted to this plan after the 2008 recession.

Council originally ap-proved a development permit in December of 2010. It was renewed in January of 2013 and was set to expire again just before the excavators started moving on the site. MacLean Homes also has a building permit for its current work on the site and the whole of their plan complies with any and all zoning requirements.

Coun. Al Greir voted against renewing the com-pany’s development permit two years ago. He said Tues-day he is still not happy with MacLean Homes’ plan for the site and he noted how close the company came to having its development permit expire.

“They were on the last day of their development permit so they decided to dig some

holes I guess,” said Greir. “Get-ting started is not just a matter of digging holes . . . but they made a big enough move so they didn’t have to renew their development permit.”

Greir concedes what MacLean is doing on the site is within the zoning guidelines, but he said he envisioned something different at such a high-profile spot.

“You want to have more density downtown,” said Greir. “That’s where there should be condos. That would have been ideal.”

According to its website, MacLean Homes’ current projects include a 77-unit condo project in Maple Ridge. It lists the $15 million, 12-sto-rey Regatta Point project over-looking English Bay and town

home developments in Kelow-na, Richmond and Langley among its past projects.

“Since 1980, MacLean Homes has built a solid rep-utation of delivering qual-ity-crafted, single-family, multi-family high-rise and commercial developments,” MacLean Homes states on its website. “We are a private-ly held, integrated develop-ment, management and con-struction company. MacLean Homes and its predecessor company have developed over 1,600 residential housing units throughout Western Canada valued at over $195 million.”

The company said it expects to have a sod-turning ceremo-ny at the Oceana development in Parksville in the next couple of weeks.

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Soup kitchen-like activity centre brings socialization to the community CANDACE [email protected]

The Soupy Cafe — a hybrid between a soup kitchen and social hub — opened in Bowser last month.

And so far it’s been a huge success with at-tendance doubling by the week, according to Sheena McCorquodale, president of the Light-house Community Centre.

McCorquodale explains the idea is to have a community drop-in lunch and activity pro-gram run on a no-minimum donation basis.

“That means you can come and contribute 25 cents or 25 dollars,” she said. “It will be a success if you see somebody there playing a board game and you can’t tell if that person is there for free soup or to play a board game.”

McCorquodale says the weekly drop-in style program operates every Wednesday from noon until 2 p.m. at the Lighthouse Community Cen-tre where volunteers dole out bowls of piping

hot soup or chili, with a bun. Alongside food, she says the program’s pur-

pose is to encourage community socialization. People are welcome to bring their own board

games, but there are also games provided in-cluding a ping pong table, puzzles and chess.

While it’s only been running for five weeks, McCorquodale said it’s been “well received” by the community.

“One of my favourite vignettes so far has been watching these two elderly gentlemen teach two younger boys how to play chess,” she said. “It’s just nice to be able to get out, socialize

and have a cup of coffee.”McCorquodale said the

Soupy Cafe also offers courses — such as a writer’s workshop and aerobic classes. She’s hop-ing more volunteers will step forward to host free classes and already has knitting, computer technology and bark weaving classes in mind.

Donations to the Soupy Cafe will go towards expenses associated with running the cafe, in-cluding the food related costs, the basic hall costs of heating, light and running the kitchen equipment. Any additional funds will go to the local food bank. For more information contact Sheena McCorquodale at 250-757-9991.

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play a board gameSHEENA MCCORQUODALE


Members of the public are encouraged and invited to attend Regional District of Nanaimo meetings which are held regularly in Board Chambers located at 6300 Hammond Bay Rd., Nanaimo, as follows: Board: 7:00 pm, 4th Tuesday of the month (delayed one week in September, and held earlier in December)Committee of the Whole: 7:00 pm, 2nd Tuesday of the month (except August and December)Electoral Area Planning Committee (EAPC): 6:30 pm, 2nd Tuesday of the month (except August and December)The meeting schedule is available on the RDN website www.rdn.bc.ca and on the Public Notice Board at the Regional District of Nanaimo Administration office. As the following schedule is subject to change, please refer to the website and Public Notice Board for the meeting schedule throughout the year.

January 13 EAPC/Committee of the WholeJanuary 27 Board MeetingFebruary 10 EAPC/Committee of the WholeFebruary 24 Board MeetingMarch 10 EAPC/Committee of the WholeMarch 24 Board MeetingApril 14 EAPC/Committee of the WholeApril 28 Board MeetingMay 12 EAPC/Committee of the WholeMay 26 Board MeetingJune 9 EAPC/Committee of the WholeJune 23 Board MeetingJuly 14 EAPC/Committee of the WholeJuly 28 Board MeetingAugust 25 Board MeetingSeptember 8 EAPC/Committee of the WholeSeptember 29 Board MeetingOctober 13 EAPC/Committee of the WholeOctober 27 Board MeetingNovember 10 EAPC/Committee of the WholeNovember 24 Board MeetingDecember 8 Board Meeting

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Soup kitchen-like activity centre brings socialization to the community CANDACE [email protected]

The Soupy Cafe — a hybrid between a soup kitchen and social hub — opened in Bowser last month.

And so far it’s been a huge success with at-tendance doubling by the week, according to Sheena McCorquodale, president of the Light-house Community Centre.

McCorquodale explains the idea is to have a community drop-in lunch and activity pro-gram run on a no-minimum donation basis.

“That means you can come and contribute 25 cents or 25 dollars,” she said. “It will be a success if you see somebody there playing a board game and you can’t tell if that person is there for free soup or to play a board game.”

McCorquodale says the weekly drop-in style program operates every Wednesday from noon until 2 p.m. at the Lighthouse Community Cen-tre where volunteers dole out bowls of piping

hot soup or chili, with a bun. Alongside food, she says the program’s pur-

pose is to encourage community socialization. People are welcome to bring their own board

games, but there are also games provided in-cluding a ping pong table, puzzles and chess.

While it’s only been running for five weeks, McCorquodale said it’s been “well received” by the community.

“One of my favourite vignettes so far has been watching these two elderly gentlemen teach two younger boys how to play chess,” she said. “It’s just nice to be able to get out, socialize

and have a cup of coffee.”McCorquodale said the

Soupy Cafe also offers courses — such as a writer’s workshop and aerobic classes. She’s hop-ing more volunteers will step forward to host free classes and already has knitting, computer technology and bark weaving classes in mind.

Donations to the Soupy Cafe will go towards expenses associated with running the cafe, in-cluding the food related costs, the basic hall costs of heating, light and running the kitchen equipment. Any additional funds will go to the local food bank. For more information contact Sheena McCorquodale at 250-757-9991.

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A couple of men play a friendly game of chess Wednesday at the Soupy Cafe in Bowser, one of the community’s newest venues for socialization and a bowl of piping hot soup by donation.

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School District 69 will showcase four alter-native learning programs for elementary stu-dents at an information evening for parents and guardians tonight.

“It’s about offering flexible learning oppor-tunities,” said assistant superintendent Gillian Wilson

Two of the programs on the agenda for the information night are still in the proposal stage and thus not yet available in the district.

You can learn more about the programs at the information session tonight, Thursday, Jan. 29 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Winchelsea Place.

For any other information, please contact School District 69 (Qualiucm) at 250-248-4241.

Meanwhile, teachers union and parents’ group ask for more opportunities to talk about school reconfigurationsJESSICA [email protected]

School District 69 has confirmed its commit-ment to implement a renewable energy project for False Bay School on Lasqueti Island.

The school board voted Tuesday to sign a memorandum of understanding for the project between the District, Islands Trust and the pro-vincial government.

“Being a district that has been really reliant on use of diesel and traditional power genera-tion sources on the Island, it has been a huge cost to us,” said Superintendent Rollie Koop.

According to the memorandum, the project aims to take energy- and water-saving mea-sures at the school, as well as look at, and hope-fully implement, alternative heating systems that could reduce cost and the dependence on propane. Koop said the district has already started the process by installing new generators and improved battery systems and burners this year. Dino Stiglich, general manager of opera-tions for the district, said the district will next install solar panels and new wiring.

The memorandum also states that the dis-trict is to develop educational programs in re-newable energy and sustainability.

According to new interim secretary-trea-surer Phil Turin, the project was first drafted in 2011 and is now being fast-tracked as funding

has become available.Stiglich said the province would be commit-

ting around $170,000. In addition to the $20,000 it has already

spent, Koop expects the district to supply ap-proximately $50,000 more to the project. He also added that a recent cost analysis suggested the recovery time of that investment would be “very short.”

“I’m really excited about this project,” said trustee Elaine Young. “I think sustainability is where the future is, and green energy is where the future is.”

In other news from the school board meting Tuesday night:

• Debbie Morran of the Mount Arrowsmith Teachers’ Association and Kelly Wray of the District Parents Advisory Council both sug-gested the district increase opportunities for teachers, students and parents to give feedback regarding the recent school reconfigurations.

“We’re talking about successes, but we also recognize the challenges and in recognizing those challenges, we can move forward suc-cessfully,” said Morran.

“It certainly has not been lost by this board at all,” said chair Eve Flynn, who added that she could foresee spring as an ideal time for pub-lic consultation and a complete review of the changes.

• Assistant superintendent Gillian Wilson said the district hopes to have a draft of the 2015/16 school calendar available for public consultation by the spring vacation period. This year, March 13 is the last day of school before spring break.


Portable buildings were being moved off of the former Parksville Elementary School site by truck last weekend. According to District 69 Superintendent Rollie Koop, the portables have been sold to a number of companies and organizations throughout the region. He said all of the portables will be removed from the school site by March or April.

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Seedy Saturday – Civic Centre

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The Town began a comprehensive waterfront master plan that will provide a long-term strategy of climate adaptation for the waterfront. Extensive public consultation will begin after the rst phase of planning – the coastal engineering analysis – is substantially complete. Planning aspects will address not only foreshore protection but will also look at recreation, culture, aesthetic and economic development opportunities. The second phase is expected to start in the spring of 2015.

In July of 2014 construction began on a new Fire Hall that will use 73% less energy than a Fire Hall built to current building code. A number of green building features are also incorporated into the design, such as use of on-site timber, on-site stormwater management and water conservation. It is being built to post disaster standards and can function as an emergency operations centre. The Fire Hall is expected to be complete later this summer. To view the photo gallery and videos of the project visit www.woodsgift.zenfolio.com.

The Qualicum-Parksville A ordable Housing Society began construction on a 34 unit multi-residential a ordable housing project next to downtown Qualicum Beach. The new Qualicum Park Village units will provide more options for low-to-moderate income residents of Qualicum Beach. The Town contributed $170,000 in cash, $250,000 towards matching funds and waived all fees and charges for the project. To learn more or make a donation visit www.qualicuma ordablehousing.com. To view the photo gallery and videos of the project visit www.woodsgift.zenfolio.com.

During its 100th anniversary year the Old Train Station was transformed into a co-working space for the central and the north island’s digital work force to collaborate, connect and grow technology from idea to market. It is also a place to entrepreneurs and mobile professionals to “hot-desk” from and to meet with clients. This initiative is in keeping with the Town’s Youth, Family Retention and Attraction Strategy, and Cultural Plan.

On November 15, 2014, electors of the Town of Qualicum Beach voted for one Mayor, four Councillors, two school trustees and a public opinion question. The following were elected for a four-year term, Mayor Teunis Westbroek, Councillors Anne Skipsey, Barry Avis, Neil Horner and Bill Luchtmeijer. 3,090 electors voted against an increase to the size of Council from four Councillors to six Councillors effective 2018, while 1,304 voted in favour of an increase. Total voter turnout was approximately 60%, an increase of 5% from the last election in 2011.

Building Permits91 building permits were issued, totalling over $25 million, an increase from $11 million in 2013. 40 building permits were issued for single-family dwellings, 48 for multi-residential and 3 for secondary suites.

Qualicum Beach Water & SewerTotal water production for 2014 was 1.58 million cubic meters compared with 1.42 million cubic meters in 2013, but water consumption is highly variable year to year depend-ing on the weather and particularly the summer drought conditions. Conversely, total sewer ow dropped from 1.29 million cubic meters in 2013 to 1.16 million cubic meters in 2014 and this can be attributed to ongoing work to improve system integrity and the elimination of unnecessary in ltration and in ow of groundwater and storm water.

Qualicum Beach FireThe Qualicum Beach Fire Department responded to 211 emergency in-cidents in 2014 compared to 217 in 2013. The members averaged 200 training hours and attended 220 training sessions. During Fire Prevention Week, the department provided public education sessions to students in Kindergarten to Grade 5, a n d i n co n j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e O ce a n s i d e RCMP provided a presentation on “Youths and Explosives” to Grade 7 students.

Oceanside RCMPThere was net decrease in activity in 2014 compared to 2013. More de-tailed information will be presented at the February 2nd Council meeting.

Oceanside Emergency OperationsA missing person, ooding and landslides kept the Oceanside Emergency Operations volunteers in demand last year. In 2014, 1 Emer-gency Operations Centre was opened in the Regional District of Nanaimo, and 1 Reception Centre in Qualicum Beach, assisting residents and their pets with emergency evacuation, transportation and accommodation needs.

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Following recommendations to provide a range of housing options from the Town’s Youth and Family Retention and Attraction Strategy, areview of the Secondary Suites Policy wasconducted and resulted in changes to the Town’s bylaws and policies. Property owners are permitted garden suites on non-ALR parcels over 1000m2, to increase the size of carriage houses and gardens suites, to eliminate owner-occupancy requirements and to eliminatedevelopment cost charges for secondary suites within the Village Neighbourhood. For moreinformation call the Town Hall 250.752.6921

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Fell has long expressed frustration over the issue, last week calling the problem “a headache.”

He claims the problem stems from provincial legislation — but is hopeful that amending the current bylaw may give some flexibility to livestock own-ers in the area victimized by maraud-ing dogs.

Last week, an Errington resident’s alpaca was attacked and killed, she suspects, by dogs in the area, leading her to call for more stringent regula-tions regarding dogs at large.

Other highlights from Tuesday’s regular RDN meeting:

• Nanoose Bay resident Penny Spen-ce, who lives “a couple hundred yards” from a controversial well on Parker Road, made a passionate plea claim-ing neighbouring residents “were not, and still are not, in agreement with the taking and selling of water from our aquifer.”

The issue came up late last year and then-director George Holme directed staff to work with residents on a well monitoring program. Maz-Can Invest-ments purchased a lot to drill a well

that would serve a development slated to have 16-20 homes and approximate-ly 150 additional water connections. Some residents have expressed con-cern that their water supply may dwin-dle as a result.

Nanoose Bay director Bob Rogers asked staff to prepare a brief report for directors “so they don’t think this Parker Road thing is unattended … I’ve had discussions with residents, and as far as I know, they are being kept quite well aware” about the situation.

Spence delivered a statement from West Coast Environmental Law to di-rectors suggesting there may be dis-crepancies in the Maz-Can and RDN agreement. RDN staff said they will be looking into the legal document.

• The board approved the use of $15,000 from the Community Works Fund for the installation of a speed reader board as a highway infrastruc-ture project for Deep/Bowser.

“I’m pleased about the support I got from staff on this,” said Veenhof. “We’re going forward and it’s great.”

The project comes as a result of community engagement in 2014,

where “traffic calming measures” were identified as part of the Bowser Village Centre Plan. Veenhof said the RDN will work with the Ministry of Transporta-tion and Infrastructure.

“We buy it, MOTI will manage it,” he said. “We’ve had dialog with MOTI that we may move it (the speed reader board) periodically.” The project is slat-ed to proceed early this year.

• Director Howard Houle, who represents Gabriola Island, brought forward a notice of motion for staff to spend $10,000 per year, for three years, acknowledging the three First Nations who fall into the regional dis-trict boundaries: Qualicum First Na-tion, Snaw-Naw-As First Nation and Snuneymuxw First Nation. Houle said acknowledgement could be in the form of artwork from each First Nation.

• Regional district chair Joe Stan-hope announced RDN chief admin-istrative officer Paul Thorkelsson was honoured with a certificate in local government executive management recognizing Thorkelsson’s academic qualifications and work experience in the local government field.

Passionate plea regarding wellCONTINUED FROM PAGE A1

The Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the Parks-ville and District Business Awards of Excellence at Tigh-Na-Mara Resort on March 12 and have put out the call for nominations.

A business or person does not need to be a member of the chamber to be nominated. All residents, employees and businesses of Parksville and Dis-trict (Parksville, Nanoose Bay, French Creek, Errington, Coombs, Bowser

and Deep Bay) are eligible for nomina-tion. The deadline for nominations is 3 p.m, Feb. 11. Nomination forms with detailed criteria are available on the chamber website (parksvillechamber.com) and at the chamber office and lo-cal businesses. Nominations are being accepted for the following categories:

• Business Excellence Award (over 15 employees).

• Business Excellence Award (under 15 employees).

• Outstanding Customer Service Award.

• Entrepreneur of the Year AwardThe chamber says the awards night

is not only a chance to celebrate the successes of the finalists, but a great opportunity to meet, greet and net-work with the many contributors of our community. Tickets may be reserved by calling the chamber office at 250-248-3613.

— NEWS Staff/Chamber of Commerce

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ICF lost cause

It borders on taxation without representation.

It’s also another indicator the Island Corridor Foundation has fallen o the rails and has be-come an expensive irrelevancy in communities north of Nanaimo.

e ICF owns the former rail corridor up and down Vancouver Island. e Regional District of Nanaimo is one the ICF’s owners, for lack of a better term. e ICF is trying to x the line so it can re-start passenger rail service. To that end, it issued a cash call to its owners.

e RDN kicked in just under $1 million of taxpay-er money. is despite votes against the expenditure from representatives of Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Errington, Coombs, Whiskey Creek, Bowser, Deep Bay and environs.

Nanaimo Mayor Bill McKay is now the RDN’s rep on the ICF board. Naturally and logically, he supports the ICF and re-start of the rail service, seeing as he has a fancy train station in his city and the possibility of jobs in a maintenance facility.

So, he will continue to pledge the RDN’s support for this ICF folly, and to heck with what the reps of roughly 30,000 taxpayers say north of his city.

However, days into their happy little ICF board rela-tionship, McKay and CEO Graham Bruce are providing mixed messages. Bruce says the railway can be put in working order with $20 million. McKay doesn’t believe that’s possible and calls the $20 million a “foundation,” which to us means more cash calls are on the way.

Meanwhile, the ICF seems to be focused on things other than the railway. When it last hit our news pages, the ICF was suing Coombs/Errington RDN rep Julian Fell.

e relationship between the people north of Nanai-mo and the RDN is fractured. e appointment of McK-ay to the ICF is yet another indication the RDN doesn’t give a hoot about the people of Bowser or Qualicum Beach or Parksville, except when it’s time to collect their money. Dog attacks, potholes, ooding — the RDN real-ly isn’t interested in xing the things that matter in Err-ington or Coombs or Martindale Road.

As for the ICF, a local politician we spoke with this week said it best:

“It’s a lost cause.”— Editorial by John Harding

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ICF lost cause

It borders on taxation without representation.

It’s also another indicator the Island Corridor Foundation has fallen o the rails and has be-come an expensive irrelevancy in communities north of Nanaimo.

e ICF owns the former rail corridor up and down Vancouver Island. e Regional District of Nanaimo is one the ICF’s owners, for lack of a better term. e ICF is trying to x the line so it can re-start passenger rail service. To that end, it issued a cash call to its owners.

e RDN kicked in just under $1 million of taxpay-er money. is despite votes against the expenditure from representatives of Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Errington, Coombs, Whiskey Creek, Bowser, Deep Bay and environs.

Nanaimo Mayor Bill McKay is now the RDN’s rep on the ICF board. Naturally and logically, he supports the ICF and re-start of the rail service, seeing as he has a fancy train station in his city and the possibility of jobs in a maintenance facility.

So, he will continue to pledge the RDN’s support for this ICF folly, and to heck with what the reps of roughly 30,000 taxpayers say north of his city.

However, days into their happy little ICF board rela-tionship, McKay and CEO Graham Bruce are providing mixed messages. Bruce says the railway can be put in working order with $20 million. McKay doesn’t believe that’s possible and calls the $20 million a “foundation,” which to us means more cash calls are on the way.

Meanwhile, the ICF seems to be focused on things other than the railway. When it last hit our news pages, the ICF was suing Coombs/Errington RDN rep Julian Fell.

e relationship between the people north of Nanai-mo and the RDN is fractured. e appointment of McK-ay to the ICF is yet another indication the RDN doesn’t give a hoot about the people of Bowser or Qualicum Beach or Parksville, except when it’s time to collect their money. Dog attacks, potholes, ooding — the RDN real-ly isn’t interested in xing the things that matter in Err-ington or Coombs or Martindale Road.

As for the ICF, a local politician we spoke with this week said it best:

“It’s a lost cause.”— Editorial by John Harding

commentary

The Parksville Qualicum Beach News is a member of the British Columbia Press Council, a self-regulatory body govern-ing the province’s newspaper industry. The council considers complaints from the public about the conduct of member newspapers. Directors oversee the me-diation of complaints, with input from both the newspaper and the complaint holder. If talking with the editor or pub-lisher does not resolve your complaint about coverage or story treatment, you may contact the B.C. Press Council. Your written concern, with documentation, should be sent to: B.C. Press Council, P.O. Box 1356, Ladysmith BC V9G 1A9.For information, phone 888-687-2213 or go to www.bcpresscouncil.org.

THE PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS (THE NEWS) is published every Tuesday and Thursday by Black Press. THE NEWS is distributed to more than 15,500 households in District 69. THE NEWS is 100 per cent B.C. owned and operated.THE PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS

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CLASSIFIEDS: Pauline Stead

OFFICEPauline Stead

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CANADA’S COSTS OF WAR ARE MOUNTING

The number of Canadian military forces killed in Afghanistan is the largest for any single military mission since the Korean War.

Nearly $100 billion has been spent on this operation alone. Now the war drums are beating louder as fear of “jihadists” is spread across the globe.

Over the past 13 years we’ve been fed a nev-er-ending list of enemies to fear and destroy. Peo-ple and organizations that we’d barely heard of before the Global War on Terror was spawned by 9/11: Osama, the Taliban, AlQueda, Hussein, Ghadafi, ISIS, ISIL, etc. and on a broader scale, “terrorists” and now “jihadists.”

The recent killings in France have prompted calls for more “security” around the world, including Canada. Also growing are the number of people who are connect-ing the dots and remembering that the en-tire “Global War on Terror” (which includes Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and more) began on 9/11.

The increasing Canadian costs, including lives lost and disabled are because of 9/11. The rampant Islamaphobia that didn’t exist before 9/11 is the result of what we’ve cho-sen to believe. “They hate our freedoms” and “Let’s roll” were popular slogans.

The grand total to date of the GWOT is conservatively estimated at 350,000 dead, with 220,000 of those innocent civilians. The cost is estimated to be around $4.5 trillion. And it’s far from over.

Remember those “9/11 conspiracy theo-

rists” awhile back? Most of them have quiet-ly given up after being repeatedly ridiculed. Now there’s new groups of people who be-lieve that the collapse of three buildings on 9/11 was controlled demolition.

They’re not who you’d expect. Thousands of them are senior military, law enforce-ment and government officials as well as

professional engineers and architects. They’re calling for an immediate inde-pendent investigation and many of them are certain that explosives, not planes, are the only explanation for those buildings to fall.

Spend some time on ae911truth.org and patriotsquestion911.com and ask your-selves, as you would if you were a member of the jury “is there reasonable doubt about the official 9/11 story?”

Also ask are Canadian losses due to 9/11 justifiable? Who has profited from the Glob-al War on Terror? Should we continue down this dark, destructive road based on what we now believe?

JOHN SEELANDNanoose Bay

TAKE PRECAUTIONS WITH DEMENTIA

I read John Harding’s recent news story regarding the stabbing of a care aide in a Craig Bay home.

It is so frightening to think that in today’s world that things like that happen. I have my own experience with dementia victims.

I used to work as a hairdresser in care facilities and was grabbed many times by these people. They are so strong and don’t

let go, I had to have nurses help me pry their hands off my arms.

So, if you go to people’s homes, it is a must have, a cell phone, for your own pro-tection and have numbers on speed dial.

KAREN JORGENSENLantzville

IT ISN’T ALWAYS THE DRIVER’S FAULT

I am writing today, after wanting to add to this subject for a long while.

The NEWS recently published a letter to the editor complaining about drivers and people in the crosswalks in the Qualicum area. Well, I am going to give my viewpoint from a driver’s perspective.

I drive through town (and other areas) pretty much every day. And I couldn’t tell you how many times I have had to hit my brakes because of someone approaching (and I mean still being five-10 feet from curb, not in) the crosswalk, not stopping at all to “look” both ways, before entering the crosswalk.

Time and time again, I have learned to keep my eyes peeled because pedestrians do not even bother to stop before entering the crosswalk.

I have even witnessed them not even looking up to see if cars are coming. It is up to the pedestrian to stop and make sure it is “safe” before crossing the road.

So I appeal to all pedestrians out there: stop and look before entering the crosswalk. Don’t always expect drivers to stop on a dime for you. It isn’t always the driver’s fault.

LISA HEWERQualicum Beach

LettersQUOTABLE:

“People have snowdrops blooming, buds are swelling, the hummingbirds are around, it’s like spring.”

LOUISE KELSEY, see story page A23

VIEWS IN THE NEWSWe asked: What are your plans for the Family Day long weekend (Feb.7-9)?

No plans yet,

probably just hang

out with family.

JULIE THOMPSON

Coombs

Hanging out with my

family.

JEN WARBURTON

Errington

Going to see

grandma and

grandpa.

WYATT WARBURTON

Errington

Skiing at Sun Peaks

with the family.

KAREN PIERCE

Lantzville

ALMANAC

Rules to write byAll LETTERS TO THE EDITOR must be signed and include your full name, home town and contact phone num-ber. Those without these requirements will not be published. Letters must be 300 words or less and are subject to editing. The NEWS retains the right not to publish submissions.

Send them inMail: Box 1180, Parksville, B.C. V9P 2H2Fax: 250-248-4655E-mail: [email protected] Online: www.pqbnews.com

SCOTT FRASER,MLA,

Alberni-Pacific Rim

1-866-870-4190 e-mail: scott.fraser.mla@

leg.bc.ca

Government ContactsPROVINCIAL:

MICHELLE STILWELL,MLA,ParksvilleQualicum250-248-2625e-mail michelle.stilwell.mla@

leg.bc.ca

TEUNIS WESTBROEKMayor,

Town of Qualicum Beach

250-752-6921e-mail: [email protected]

JAMES LUNNEY,MP, Nanaimo-Alberni

1-866-390-7550e-mail: nanaimo@ jameslunneymp.ca

FEDERAL: QUALICUM:

MARCLEFEBVRE,Mayor,

City of Parksville

250-954-4661e-mail: mayor@

parksville.ca

JOE STANHOPEChairman,

Regional District of Nanaimo

250-390-4111e-mail: corpsrv@

rdn.bc.ca

PARKSVILLE: RDN:

Now the war drums are beating louder as fear of

“jihadists” is spread across the globe.

JOHN SEELAND

See LETTERS, page A13


lettersSEEDY SATURDAY

The explosive growth in the annual Seedy Saturday event coming to Qualicum Beach Feb. 7 will once more provide a forum for intensive organic gardeners and others in Oceanside.

The sale of vegetable seeds is far out-pacing the sale of flower seeds throughout B.C. The sale of organics is growing exponentially. Many have discovered that growing it at home is the only 100 per cent reliable way of getting genuine or-ganics, as ‘Big Agro’ increasingly makes incur-sions into the sales of organics.

But there is a more crucial benefit to organic gardening that barely reaches our conscious-ness: the rebuilding of our precious soil, which is in such a critical state of overload and depletion.

Today, it takes 0.2 hectares of farmland to feed one person. Yet by 2050, the remaining farmland will be down to 0.1 hectare per person.

Recent advances in carbon dating and other scientific techniques have allowed us to unrav-el the mystery of the relatively sudden collapse of civilizations caused by the erosion/depletion of farm soil — from Greeks to Romans and the Myans, Easter Islanders and many more.

Bad soil husbandry in these civilizations con-demned their people to an inferior food supply then a gradual decline in food availability be-cause they preferred quick profits to a proper job of soil husbandry, such as:

• returning organic matter to the soil thereby enhancing soil structure and ability to hold wa-ter and nutrients;

• ploughing soil lightly along the land con-tours to prevent erosion instead of ploughing deeply up and down in straight rows.

The increased crop yields of the post Second World War so-called “green revolution” — with its synthetic fertilizers and toxic bug sprays — have long since leveled off and are beginning to decline. There is little doubt genetically modi-fied food seeds will lead only to a colossal dis-appointment.

The agricultural history of mankind dictates that we return to smaller mixed farms and the hard working market gardeners who sell their fresh nutritious fruits and vegetables at the Qualicum Beach Farmers’ Market each Saturday morning.

STAN GAUTHIERParksville

MARIJUANA BENEFITSRe: ‘Police, mayor say new pot dispensary in

Parksville is illegal,’ (The NEWS, Jan. 22).As a member of the Phoenix Pain Manage-

ment Society, I want to let the people of Parks-ville, Quallicum Beach and Nanaimo in on the benefits of being a society member.

I am a medical marijuana patient and have been using medical marijuana products for my illnesses for the past year. My medical condi-tions have improved over 300 per cent.

I have gone from having a pain-filled body and a foggy vegetable mind to being a new ‘alive’ human again. I am now improving my life and becoming a contributing member of my com-munity again after more than 10 years.

I came to this miracle medicine right before Health Canada was changing the Medical Mari-juana Purposes Regulations (MMPR).

Health Canada was no longer selling from their supply, no longer issuing new patient grow licenses, no longer issuing designated growers licenses, no longer issuing approved medical marijuana user ID cards, and the new approved growers were not producing yet, so they had

no product to sell. Where was I to go? I was a 54-year-old woman with no connections to ac-cess my needed medicine.

When a dispensary opened in Nanaimo I was extremely pleased. Being a person who is living on disability benefits and hasn’t been able to work full time for the past 10 years, trips to Victo-ria cut into the grocery budget. So does the cost of my medical marijuana.

I won’t and don’t want to ‘have to’ buy my medicine from a ‘for-profit’ company when the marijuana plant is a free ‘gift’ from Mother Earth.

I hope this letter helps explain the importance of having these dispensaries. I am committed to helping the Phoenix Pain Management Society provide these products and services to the com-munities of Vancouver Island.

Please come out, become a member and help us keep your health care choices, your choices, and make this Society a valuable, effective and efficient option.

TERESA WHITAKERNanaimo

MANAGING SEAWEEDAn article and letter recently published in

The NEWS have inferred that the work that my co-authors and I undertook in preparing Sea-weed Harvesting on the East Coast of Vancouver Island, B.C.: A Biological Review is just a review, implying there is little substance to our conclu-sions and recommendations.

Your readers should know that good resource management science starts with this type of re-view, whereby experiences from elsewhere are examined and forecasting is made of the possi-ble impacts of this activity here. This is what we have done in our investigation.

The reason we felt we had to do this work was because the seaweed harvesting agency (pro-vincial Ministry of Agriculture) had not done so before issuing licenses, and therefore had no scientific basis for setting harvesting conditions for this industry. This is not the way we should be managing an extractive industry, particularly one located in an area where ecological impacts could be considerable.

There have been many comments made on this new industry, some of them seeming-ly without the benefit of ecological knowledge and thereby risking a broader public misunder-standing of key issues.

Regarding the scientific credibility of our re-port, my co-authors are leading experts in beach ecology and forage fish ecology — key issues in understanding the impacts from this extractive industry.

Our examination of the experience else-where, the high values of our local beaches and the significant potential impacts suggested that we should proceed cautiously with this new in-dustry, and we have therefore recommended a moratorium be placed on this industry until a better understanding has been reached on eco-logical impacts.

This work has yet to be done, and the current investigation being undertaken by VIU (high-lighted in the Jan. 15 edition of The NEWS), while addressing some important issues, will not fulfill all the requirements of a formal impact assess-ment.

We repeat our suggestion of a moratorium until we can understand the full nature of im-pacts and are therefore in a position to make informed, science-based decisions on this in-dustry.

ROSS PETERSONNanoose Bay

WHAT’S ON THIS WEEKTo submit your activities; e-mail: [email protected], fax:250-248-4655 or drop by: #4-154 Middleton Ave

Featured Events for the WeekTHU. JAN 29TAMING THE DRAGON1:30-2:30pm, $7/class* (punch cards available) *no charge for caregivers. Fluid Fitness Studio, #7-1176 Franklins Gull, PV. Group exercise class designed for those with Parkinson’s Disease. Safe, social, nurtur-ing environment. 250-927-4595, runfl [email protected]

COOMBS OLD TIME FIDDLERS’ DANCE7:30pm., Rotary House, 211 Fern at Beach, QBeach, $2.50 p.p, includes snacks. Great music, dance styles, all welcome. 250-586-3743. [email protected]

PARKSVILLE TAI CHI9:30-11:30am, begin-ner class at St. Edmund’s Church. $20/monthly/$50/3 month. 954 1002.

IMPROVE HEALTH8:45-10am, Jaya Studio, 420 Trio Lane, QBeach. Free trial class - then $10. Small, private, yoga studio. Kathy Murphy, 250-594-0285, [email protected], www.kathleenyoga777.ca

THU. JAN 29OPEN GOSPEL MUSIC7-9:30pm, Nanoose E Free Church. (Across from the new Fire hall/Nanoose Bay) 250-468-9233.

FRI. JAN 30FOLK NIGHT‘STRING THEORY’6:30/doors, 7pm/performance, Alan Jossul. 133 McMillan, Parksville. $15 & $12/OCAC members.TECH WORKSHOPS9:30-10:30am, Family Place, 494 Bay Ave., Parksville. FREE. A look at your Android Phone/Tablet. DROP IN LAB HOURS, Tues. & Thurs: 9am-12pm. Fri: 10:30-12pm (after the workshop). 250-947-8258, [email protected], www.blt.sd69.bc.ca, Facebook.com/tlc.blt

MUSIC TRIVIA7pm start! Shady Rest Pub. 3109 W. Island Hwy, Qualicum Beach. Show us what you’ve got, win prizes!TENNIS AT SPRINGWOOD PARKDrop-in 1-4pm, EVERYDAY OF THE WEEK until April 1, 2015. arrowsmithtennis.ca. 250-248-7280

SAT. JAN 31HARRY MANX CONCERT8pm, 1390 Errington Rd/Errington Hall. Blues, folk, Hindustani by Saltspring’s internationally renowned guitar & mohan veena specialist. $25/see website. 250-248-5106, [email protected], http://www.erringtonhall.bc.ca/events.htm, www.harrymanx.com

VISLAND SYMPHONY presents Friendship: Ian & Beethoven. 7:30pm, Port Theatre. Tickets: 250-754-8550. www.porttheatre.com Pre-Concert Talk.

ROBBIE BURNS DINNERBranch #49 Legion, Mt Arrowsmith, 146 W. Hirst Ave. Parksville. Cash Bar/5:30pm, Entertain./6pm. Highland Dancers. Tradi-tional Scottish Dinner/7pm. Mt. Arrowsmith Pipes & Drums. Tickets/$27.50/Branch, 250-248-6842.

FARM TO TABLEPOP UP DINNER6pm/doors, French Press Café, QBeach. 19+/$50. 4 courses, BRING YOUR OWN WINE. No Corkage Fee. To raise awareness on the importance of eating locally. A unique gastronomic expe-rience using food grown & obtained respectfully. Radius Food Co., 250-947-5762, [email protected]. Tickets at French Press Cafe .

SMART RECOVERY10-11:30am, meeting/SOS, 245 W. Hirst Ave., PV. Info & assistance re-Alcohol & Drug Use Disorder. Ray, 250-714-9703 or [email protected]

SAT. JAN 31GOLF ARROWSMITHMen’s Club plays every Sat. morning. Visitors welcome. John Cash, 250-752-1771.

QB FARMERS MARKET8:30am-12pm, Veterans Way. The best in fresh, local produce & local crafts. Mimi@1-844-843-7236. [email protected]

CIDER SCHOLARSHIPS6-9pm, Sea Cider, 2487 Mt. St. Michael Rd, Saanichton, $100. Jaime Morrison, 250-893-5751, [email protected]. Raising $ for Pearson College hopefuls. Cider, gourmet appetizers, entertainment & silent auc-tion. www.ciderforscholar-ships.wordpress.com

LIVE MUSIC7-11pm, Shady Rest Pub. SUMMER & THE SINNERS! A hard-hitting blues band! 3109 W. Is. Hwy, QBeach. 250 752-9111.

SUN. FEB 1UVIC ALUMNI WEEKFeb. 1-7, various venues. All-ages. Events to celebrate the economic, social & cultural impact of UVic grads. [email protected], www.uvic.ca/alumni/impact/home/alumni-week/index.php

COOMBS OLD TIME FIDDLERS’ AFTERNOON DANCE2:30pm., Rotary House, 211 Fern at Beach/QBeach, $2.50 p.p, includes snacks. Great music, all ages welcome. 250-586-3743. [email protected]

THU. FEB 5OS BREAST CANCER SUPPORT7-9pm, The Gardens, 650 Berwick North, QBeach. Free, family & friends welcome. 250-752-8066 or [email protected].

COMEDY NIGHT7pm/doors, 8pm/show, 240 Dogwood St, Parksville, Quality Resort Bayside. Tickets/$20 on sale NOW! 19+ event. Arbutus Events, 250-937-0999. [email protected]

PARKSVILLE NEWCOMERS’ CLUB7:30pm, meeting, Parksville Comm. Ctre, 132 Jensen St.. Guest Speaker, Jane Bond, EMS Ambulance Services. www.parksville-newcomers.net

WED. FEB 4“GET RHYTHM”7-10pm, Parksville Legion. Dance to Country, Old Rock & Roll, Pop & Blues. Every Wed, for members & potential members welcome. Sharon Franzen, [email protected]

CHRONIC PAIN SELF MANAGEMENT1-3:30pm, To Feb 11, Pharmasave, #1-281 E. Is. Hwy., PV. Adults with chronic pain. 6 session, interactive workshop covering strategies & tools to help manage your pain. 1 866 902 3767. http://www.selfmanagementbc.ca

MID ISLANDWALKING CLUB9:30am/1hr walk/Wed. 1&2hr walks/alternate Sat/Sun. Looking for new members. Ann. $10. [email protected].

SUN. FEB 12015 SUPER BOWL PARTY/SHOOT OUT1pm - 9pm, Eaglecrest Golf Club. Pre game $100,000 hole in one. Patio BBQ “tail-gate” party. Reserve 250-752-6311. $10. [email protected]

SUPER BOWL PARTY Kick-off time 3:30pm, Parksville Legion, 146 Hirst Ave. W. Prizes & snacks. 250-248- 6842.

1ST QUALICUM WOODS RES. ASSOC AGM2pm, Christian Fellowship Ctre, 825 Village Way. Bring sug-gestions & your neighbours. Carol & Fred Dowe, 752-2104, [email protected]

MON. FEB 2INCREASE YOUR ENERGY10am, Feb 2 & 3, 141 Memorial Ave, (2nd fl oor), Parksville. FREE Vibrational Healing Info Session. Permelia Parham, 250-240-2656.

TUE. FEB 3OS PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT7pm, The Gardens, 650 Berwick N, QB. Affected, family & friends. 250-752-7489, [email protected]

PV & DISTRICT ROCK & GEM CLUB7-9 pm meeting, Arrowsmith Hall, 1014 Ford Rd, Coombs. All welcome. 248-6177.

PV ALZHEIMER’S & DEMENTIA1:30-3pm, Caregivers Support Group, Stanford Place, 250 Craig St, PV. Jane Hope 1-800-462-2833.

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lettersSEEDY SATURDAY

The explosive growth in the annual Seedy Saturday event coming to Qualicum Beach Feb. 7 will once more provide a forum for intensive organic gardeners and others in Oceanside.

The sale of vegetable seeds is far out-pacing the sale of flower seeds throughout B.C. The sale of organics is growing exponentially. Many have discovered that growing it at home is the only 100 per cent reliable way of getting genuine or-ganics, as ‘Big Agro’ increasingly makes incur-sions into the sales of organics.

But there is a more crucial benefit to organic gardening that barely reaches our conscious-ness: the rebuilding of our precious soil, which is in such a critical state of overload and depletion.

Today, it takes 0.2 hectares of farmland to feed one person. Yet by 2050, the remaining farmland will be down to 0.1 hectare per person.

Recent advances in carbon dating and other scientific techniques have allowed us to unrav-el the mystery of the relatively sudden collapse of civilizations caused by the erosion/depletion of farm soil — from Greeks to Romans and the Myans, Easter Islanders and many more.

Bad soil husbandry in these civilizations con-demned their people to an inferior food supply then a gradual decline in food availability be-cause they preferred quick profits to a proper job of soil husbandry, such as:

• returning organic matter to the soil thereby enhancing soil structure and ability to hold wa-ter and nutrients;

• ploughing soil lightly along the land con-tours to prevent erosion instead of ploughing deeply up and down in straight rows.

The increased crop yields of the post Second World War so-called “green revolution” — with its synthetic fertilizers and toxic bug sprays — have long since leveled off and are beginning to decline. There is little doubt genetically modi-fied food seeds will lead only to a colossal dis-appointment.

The agricultural history of mankind dictates that we return to smaller mixed farms and the hard working market gardeners who sell their fresh nutritious fruits and vegetables at the Qualicum Beach Farmers’ Market each Saturday morning.

STAN GAUTHIERParksville

MARIJUANA BENEFITSRe: ‘Police, mayor say new pot dispensary in

Parksville is illegal,’ (The NEWS, Jan. 22).As a member of the Phoenix Pain Manage-

ment Society, I want to let the people of Parks-ville, Quallicum Beach and Nanaimo in on the benefits of being a society member.

I am a medical marijuana patient and have been using medical marijuana products for my illnesses for the past year. My medical condi-tions have improved over 300 per cent.

I have gone from having a pain-filled body and a foggy vegetable mind to being a new ‘alive’ human again. I am now improving my life and becoming a contributing member of my com-munity again after more than 10 years.

I came to this miracle medicine right before Health Canada was changing the Medical Mari-juana Purposes Regulations (MMPR).

Health Canada was no longer selling from their supply, no longer issuing new patient grow licenses, no longer issuing designated growers licenses, no longer issuing approved medical marijuana user ID cards, and the new approved growers were not producing yet, so they had

no product to sell. Where was I to go? I was a 54-year-old woman with no connections to ac-cess my needed medicine.

When a dispensary opened in Nanaimo I was extremely pleased. Being a person who is living on disability benefits and hasn’t been able to work full time for the past 10 years, trips to Victo-ria cut into the grocery budget. So does the cost of my medical marijuana.

I won’t and don’t want to ‘have to’ buy my medicine from a ‘for-profit’ company when the marijuana plant is a free ‘gift’ from Mother Earth.

I hope this letter helps explain the importance of having these dispensaries. I am committed to helping the Phoenix Pain Management Society provide these products and services to the com-munities of Vancouver Island.

Please come out, become a member and help us keep your health care choices, your choices, and make this Society a valuable, effective and efficient option.

TERESA WHITAKERNanaimo

MANAGING SEAWEEDAn article and letter recently published in

The NEWS have inferred that the work that my co-authors and I undertook in preparing Sea-weed Harvesting on the East Coast of Vancouver Island, B.C.: A Biological Review is just a review, implying there is little substance to our conclu-sions and recommendations.

Your readers should know that good resource management science starts with this type of re-view, whereby experiences from elsewhere are examined and forecasting is made of the possi-ble impacts of this activity here. This is what we have done in our investigation.

The reason we felt we had to do this work was because the seaweed harvesting agency (pro-vincial Ministry of Agriculture) had not done so before issuing licenses, and therefore had no scientific basis for setting harvesting conditions for this industry. This is not the way we should be managing an extractive industry, particularly one located in an area where ecological impacts could be considerable.

There have been many comments made on this new industry, some of them seeming-ly without the benefit of ecological knowledge and thereby risking a broader public misunder-standing of key issues.

Regarding the scientific credibility of our re-port, my co-authors are leading experts in beach ecology and forage fish ecology — key issues in understanding the impacts from this extractive industry.

Our examination of the experience else-where, the high values of our local beaches and the significant potential impacts suggested that we should proceed cautiously with this new in-dustry, and we have therefore recommended a moratorium be placed on this industry until a better understanding has been reached on eco-logical impacts.

This work has yet to be done, and the current investigation being undertaken by VIU (high-lighted in the Jan. 15 edition of The NEWS), while addressing some important issues, will not fulfill all the requirements of a formal impact assess-ment.

We repeat our suggestion of a moratorium until we can understand the full nature of im-pacts and are therefore in a position to make informed, science-based decisions on this in-dustry.

ROSS PETERSONNanoose Bay

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FAITH COLUMN

Answeringbig questions

Can you feel it? The subtle (and sometime not so subtle) pull towards cynicism and de-spair. Because we are so media-conscious, in-undated with every bad story imaginable, it is easy to be drawn into an overwhelming sense of hopelessness.

We try to keep an optimistic outlook, but stark reality unnerves us. So we immerse our-selves in projects, activities and pursuits — or movies, alcohol and lottery tickets — hoping for some breakthrough or lifting of the pressure.

We’re still left, though, with the gnawing in the pit of our stomach. The dis-ease in our souls. Is there more than this? Is there a future? Is there hope?

This isn’t a concern unique to this age. For millenia people have attempted to find mean-ing in the stuff of this life, all the while know-ing that the “big questions” can’t be answered with that stuff. The big ques-tions can only be ad-dressed with faith.

Consider the lyrics of the 1960’s Impressions single popularized by Bob Dylan:

“People get ready, there’s a train a-coming. You don’t need no baggage, you just get on board. All you need is faith to hear the diesels humming. Don’t need no ticket, you just thank the Lord.”

The train of life. The train of the future. The train of eternity is coming. And the only way to get on board is by faith. The God of all hope continues to reach out to us, longing to bring us peace, security and meaning. But it takes the step of faith to believe in Him. It takes letting go of the false security of the stuff of this life to receive His offer of hope.

Jesus said: “Do not let your heart be trou-bled; believe in God, believe also in Me,” and “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” When all our attempts to numb reality or establish meaning and purpose fall short, it’s time to take a step of faith.

There is freedom from despair. There is a hope and a future. It’s found in relationship with Jesus. There’s a train a-coming... just get on board.

Brian Robertson is a pastor at the Christian Fellowship Centre. E-mail: [email protected].

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COLUMN

That’s what ‘they’ say

If any people on earth are annoying, it’s self-appointed experts. Academics call those people polymaths. Normal people call them know-it-alls.

No matter what the topic, there’s al-ways someone who thinks they know more about it than you do. And what’s the source of their wisdom? It’s the experts commonly known as ‘they.’

I must admit that I’m not much of an expert on most things. But I do love the Beatles. I often in-clude a few of their songs when I play the piano at care homes and the results can be interesting. One time a lady walked up to me after a performance and told me that she only listened to classical mu-sic. However, she did admit to ap-preciating the Beatles. Then she added: “After all, they say that all the Beatles were classically trained and that explains their phenome-nal success.”

I, of course, pointed out that not one of them had ever had a music lesson. She stared at me for a minute and then repeated how wonderful it was that they were classically trained. I guess no notion is harder to dislodge than a fact that ‘they’ say is true.

Unfortunately, people who really should know better also get things wrong. Take teach-ers for instance. One of my grade school teach-ers warned us never to crack our knuckles. “They say it causes arthritis!” he would warn us knowingly. But he was wrong. The truth is that it causes swelling and a weakened grip, but not arthritis. One of my other teachers told us with great fanfare that the only object on earth you could see from space is the Great Wall of China. As it turns out, astronauts proved that myth to be false too. But people still believe it. Because that’s what ‘they’ say.

Mom had her share of ‘they’ moments. Dad called them old wives tales but we’ll deal with him in a minute. I remember when we were lit-tle, Mom would make us wear hats. “More than 80 per cent of your heat loss in the winter goes

out through your head,” she’d warn us. “That’s what they say.” As it turns out, it’s only about 10 per cent and not much of a factor at all.

Mom also used to stop us from going outside with wet hair. “They say going out with a wet head will give you the flu.” Actually, only virus-es and bacteria give you the flu. Wet hair is just wet hair.

Mark Twain once said: “First, get your facts straight. Then you can distort them any way you please.”

And that brings me to my Dad. One time at a party, dad was en-gaged in a conversation with a stranger. They talked a bit about everything until the conversation turned to medicine. Dad began to go on at length about every medical truism he’d ever heard — most of them wrong. Mom was frantically trying to signal him from the other side of the room, but Dad was in his glory as he explained the intrica-

cies of medicine to his new acquaintance.“What do you do?” the man asked.“I’m a photographer,” Dad replied. “And

what do you do?” Dad asked politely. “I’m a doctor,” the man retorted. Mom rolled her eyes and headed for the safety of the chip dip. Dad remained uncharacteristically silent for the rest of the evening.

Speaking of medicine, one of the worst myths around is the five-second rule. They say if you drop your food on the floor you can still eat it as long as you pick it up within five sec-onds. The truth is, no matter how spotlessly clean your floors are, they are virtual cesspools of dangerous bacteria including E. coli and sal-monella. And bacteria don’t play by Marquis of Queensbury rules. That’s why I never eat any-thing that’s been on the floor. Because every-body knows, “when in doubt, throw it out!”

At least that’s what they say.Ray Smit is the author of The Trouble With

Tapioca now available at Amazon.com. His columns appear every other Thursday. E-mail:

[email protected]

PQ RAYVIEWBy Ray Smit

Local man faces Dragons Feb. 18Parksville’s Oyster Whisperer will appear on

national TV next month.Michale Thurber has been selected to ap-

pear on The Dragon’s Den on CBC-TV at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18.

“I started the Bar Anchor Tee Oyster Ranch Ltd. 18 years ago, with the goal of saving the Olympia oyster (Ostrea lurida). This has ex-panded into major environmental concerns

that includes ocean acidification, which the Ranch has studied and has a solution that will become public soon once in operation.”

The Olympia oyster is a native species and much smaller — Thurber believes more mar-ketable — than the Japanese oysters currently being produced here. Thurber made a pitch to the Dragons for funding last year and his seg-ment airs Feb. 18. — NEWS Staff

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Hustwick helped create LionsJensen Avenue seniors’ housing complex named after the former multi-term mayorAUREN [email protected]

Former Parksville mayor and founding member of the Parksville Lions Club, Allen Hustwick, died last week in Toronto at the age of 79.

“He was very involved in the community and the bank,” said current Parksville Lion Jim Hoff-man. “He was one of our bigger fundraisers, very active in all of our efforts and in the club’s future.”

Hoffman said when he joined as a young member Hustwick, a charter member, was al-

ready one of the respected elders.Hustwick was a village alderman from 1975

to 1981 and two term mayor from 1981-87. He also served as vice-chair of the Regional Dis-trict of Nanaimo and started a family trend, with his son Dean also serving on Parksville council from 1990-93.

“My father helped to form the Parksville Lions Club in the late 1960s or early 1970s. This organization and its many activities were my parent’s passions for many, many years, helping to build the community and allowing them to develop many life-long friends,” Dean said.

In 2012 the Lions Housing Society honoured Allen and his family, naming the new seniors rental housing complex on Jensen Ave. “Hus-twick Place,” and the family was able to attend the opening ceremony.

Hustwick managed the Parksville CIBC for many years and was a senior account manager at the head office in Nanaimo, which he retired from around 1990, Dean said.

Dean said as mayor, “my father focused on building the profile and economic base of the community. A few of his councils’ key achieve-ments included transforming the municipality’s financial management practices, development of the Parksville Industrial Park, successfully lobbying the provincial government for funds to reconstruct and widen the Island Highway through Parksville, successfully lobbying to host the Western Premier’s Conference, in-corporating Parksville as a city and improving transparency at city hall by allowing cameras in the council chamber.”

On behalf of the family Dean thanked “all of my father’s friends and supporters over the years, as they gave him great joy as well as many wonderful memories.”

Allen’s wife Sadie had died before him and he left behind sons Richard and Dean, grand-son William, sister Muriel Slopak and sister-in-law Julie.

A funeral was held Jan. 27 in Toronto where Allen returned after retirement to be closer to family.

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Allen Hustwick, centre, was honoured in 2012 with the naming of Hustwick Place in Parksville. Hustwick is pictured above at the official opening with then-MLA Ron Cantelon, left, MP James Lunney, second from left, the Lions Club’s Jim Hoffman and Hustwick’s son Dean, right.

Parksville’s city council is inviting residents to attend the public budget deliberation meet-ing scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 4 at 6 p.m.

“Public input is an important part of the fi-nancial planning process and council would like your comments and suggestions,” said a news release from the city.

The Feb. 4 meeting will be held in the Forum at the Parksville Civic and Technology Centre, 100 Jensen Avenue East. Council will discuss the draft 2015-2019 municipal budget and fi-nancial plan.

There are other ways to give council your in-put:

• Watch the meeting live online through the City’s webstreaming. Go to www.parksville.ca/cms.asp?wpID=445.

• Email comments and questions to [email protected] or on Facebook http://facebook.com/cityparksville or tweet us http://twitter.com/cityparksville (@cityparksville)

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The concept features a hydrogen fuel-cell powertrain linked to a 36 kWh lithium-ion battery pack that Hyund-ai boasts will provide a range of 600 kilometres. By the way, British Columbians will soon be able to lease a Hyundai Tucson Fuel Cell, with a similar power-train and a reported range of 425 kms.

Subaru VIZIV2The Subaru concept crossover utility hybrid shown is a four-door version of a previously revealed two-door. Get this: Subaru says its “athletic, rugged shape of the sides seem designed in the image of a muscular NHL defenceman, and the fenders flare in a sturdy style.” Ahem.Looks like it came out of the Nissan/Infiniti design studios, and that’s not a criticism.

Toyota FT1Toyota was all about the roar of the engines in Montre-al, which certainly pleased the gathered Quebec auto journos, who to a man/woman always appear to be race crazy to me (Given the market reality in Quebec, that doesn’t appear to be reflected in car buyer choices). Nevertheless, most would surely enjoy the sleek lines of the Toyota FT-1, designed to be at home on the track and a heck of a ticket magnet on the highway. Up next is the Toronto Show, which takes the name The Canadian International Auto Show. Bite your lip, Morgan. The Calgary show follows, then the new-look, re-imagined Vancouver International Auto Show debuts March 24-29.

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The grant will allow the Gardens’ mu-sic therapist Stephanie Martyn to provide an extra four hours of music therapy a week in 2015, bringing the weekly total hours to six. In addition, she said she will purchase some new equipment — a new bell chime set — to supplement the guitar and rhythm instruments she already uses with her patients.

At the moment, Martyn said she works with approximately 20 individuals at the Gardens, but Boers said the staff hopes all 96 of the Gardens’ complex care residents will get to work with Martyn at some point in the year thanks to this grant.

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From left, Julie Chambers, Stephanie Martyn, Melanie Young and Lyndsay Boers of The Gardens at Qualicum Beach display the $10,000 grant they received from Music Heals for their music therapy program. The grant will allow for four more hours of music therapy a week for long-term care residents.

“The great thing about photography is that nobody takes the same pictures” JESSICA [email protected]

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In her exhibit Outdoor Images for an Indoor World, Hurtubise will explore the natural side of Vancouver Island. “My husband and I really enjoy travelling the Island,” she said, calling the area her “passion.” The full-time photographer, who owned the Roxy Wall-Hanger gallery in Parksville from 2010-2012, said she

ventures out every day to capture the images of wild-life, beaches, parks and more.

“I’m so attracted to nature. It changes daily,” she said. And while she’ll keep the “natural look” in most of her photographs, Hurtubise also said that she didn’t hesitate to digitally manipulate a handful of images. “There’s always a few I want to play with,” she said.

Wang, who came to Canada from China in 2012 to study film and videography at UVic, also altered some of his photographs in post-production. In his series My World, he will present his own style of semi-abstract landscapes, saying he manipulates the images in order to create “a different world.”

Wang will have a total of three series in his part of the show at the MAC. In What are they thinking, he returns to nature and attempts to capture emotions and personal stories in wildlife.

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The Qualicum Beach Seniors and the Parksville Seniors both regularly donate money to local causes on their own, but this year they’ve decided to join forces for the first time. The two groups have planned an antique fashion show and tea to help raise funds for the Vancouver Island Compassion Dog Society.

“This is all brand new and ex-citing,” said Judy Southern, pres-ident of QB Seniors. “I thought it was about time we did this.”

Aileen Fabris, president of Parksville Se-niors, said the idea sparked after see-ing a vintage fash-ion show put on by Port Alberni’s Centennial Bells group. “We looked at each other and thought, ‘What a good idea,’” she said.

So, Southern said they turned to “local fashion show expert” Merlyn Patten to provide the show. Patten has collected vintage fashions for more than 30 years and regularly uses the clothes to put on shows to help charities and non-profits. She also doesn’t charge a fee for her services and all of her models are volunteers.

When it came to choosing which charity to sponsor, both Southern and Fabris said the Van-couver Island Compassion Dog Society was a clear decision.

“Our government is not doing so much for our servicemen right now,” said Fabris.

According to VICD president and founder Barb Ashmead, the society matches dogs with veter-ans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder in an effort to pro-mote mental health and well-be-

ing. The program also works with people in active service and first responders who are at risk for the disorder. Ashmead said the dogs offer emotional support for their human partners as they learn to cope with things “we consider simple, but they consider hard,” such as grocery shopping, going to dinner or being in other crowd-ed and noisy spaces.

“That program is really quite something,” said Southern. “It’s a big deal getting back into a more normal way of life.”

Ashmead said it costs approx-imately $10,000 for each partici-pant as the VICD provides the an-imals, leashes, dog food and fuel to twice weekly training classes for the human-canine pair. “The veteran pays nothing,” she said.

There are approx-imately 12 teams in the program right now. Ash-mead said all of the money used by the VICD is raised by the so-ciety, and she

was “thrilled” when she learned the seniors’ centres were holding a fundraiser.

“For us, it means more people are understanding what we’re do-ing, and that is important,” said Ashmead.

The fashion show and tea will be on Sunday Feb. 15. at 2 p.m. at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre. Tea, coffee and refreshments are included in the price of your tick-et. Also, you can get into the spirit of the event by wearing a hat for your chance to win a door prize.

Tickets are $20 and can be pur-chased in Parksville at Bosley’s Pet Store, Cranky Dog Music and the Parksville Seniors’ Drop-in Centre, and in Qualicum Beach at Fresh N Fabulous Flowers and the Qualicum Beach Seniors Activity Centre. You can also call the se-niors’ centres at 250-248-3200 or 250-752-0420 for more info.

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“I try to stay with the wildlife for a long time,” he said, explaining he waits to capture “their moment” and thus tell as story.

His final series, The Absence of Colour, has a more human aspect. This a photographic doc-umentary depicts his visit to northern China, an area rarely seen by tourists, in 2012. While the images are all black and white, the name of this exhibit speaks more about Wang’s feelings about the experience. “I think their lives are struggled. I can’t (see) any colour,” he said.

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According to a news release, his series Re-flection features monochrome paintings that address our relationship to the world, while another series explores the idea of living in a world where creationism and evolution could co-exist peacefully, “where water drops on sand could take their shape and not be absorbed.”

There will be an opening reception on Feb. 7 from 1-3:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to drop in and enjoy complimentary treats and beverages.

There were folks lining up at the Errington Hall on Jan. 25 at 10 a.m. — that’s three hours early— to buy tickets for the upcom-ing Night at the Palace show! Everyone got their tickets, but there are still plenty more to be sold due to the fact there is an extra night of vaudeville this year.

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As mentioned above, the Gardens’ $10,000 grant comes from Music Heals, a charitable organization that raises money and awareness for music therapy programs. Since its launch in 2012, Brandt said the charity has donated a quarter of a million dollars to programs in com-munities across Canada.

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According to the Music Heals website, mu-sic therapy is also used in children’s hospitals, palliative care, AIDS & HIV programs, bereave-ment support groups and rehabilitation cen-tres, as well as with at-risk youth.

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MYERS, THOMAS ARTHUR WESTONLate on the evening of January 21st, Tom quietly passed away in his 95th year, at his home of 22 years, in Qualicum Beach, BC. Evelyn, his loving wife of 52 years, was by his side.Tom was born in Vancouver on June 18, 1920. Shortly after he moved to New Westminster where he spent his formative years.Predeceased by his daughter, Pat and brother Cecil, Tom is survived by sons Greg (Anna) Port Moody, BC., Dan (Susan) Bowser, BC., daughters Shirley Thorpe, and Carol Kicey, Armstrong, BC.He will also be missed by grandchildren, Devon and Kirsten Cox (Stephen), and many other grand and great grandchildren.For many years, Tom served as a reservist with the Westminster Regiment and latterly was an active

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G. Wayne LangtonMarch 21, 1935 – January 21, 2015

It is with much sadness that we announce the pass-ing of Wayne Langton on January 21, 2015 at the age of 79. He will be greatly missed by his wife, Lynn; son, Bradley; brother, Bruce; and many close rela-tives and friends across Canada, in the UK and Eu-rope. He, in turn, greatly missed his sister Sandra who passed away in 1999 and his mother who died in 2007. Wayne’s main interests during his lifetime involved music and Roman history, and he had a special place in his heart for all animals. For most of his career he was in sales, most notably as Western Regional Manager for RCA – Records Division, and later as president of his own national greeting card and post-er distribution business. He was a devoted son of a father who went off to war and was killed in Italy when Wayne was 8 years old. He visited the Canadian War cemetery in Ortona, Italy on numerous occasions, participated in Remem-brance Day ceremonies there, and spoke to students at the Canadian high school near Ortona about the effects of war and growing up without a father. He met some wonderful people who had connections to the war, became good friends with many of them, and truly felt that Italy was his second home. Wayne was a character who was passionate about his ideals and sometimes outlandish ideas, with a sense of humour and a creative approach to life. He could have a crusty exterior but was a softy at heart, always having a cookie for his animal friends and a candy for the rest of us.

We would like to thank the home care staff of Sue’s Seniors Care, the Primary Care and Urgent Care teams at the Oceanside Health Centre, and the staff at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital for taking such good care of Wayne. A private

service will be held with family. In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to the Nanaimo & District Hospital Foundation, 102 – 1801 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, BC, V9S 1H1 or to your favourite animal rescue organization.

Thomas William CoxDecember 20, 1932 – January 12, 2015

It is with sadness that the fam-ily of Thomas William Cox an-nounce his passing on January 12, 2015 at the age of 82.He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Eileen; sons, Sean and Paul; and grandchildren, Chris-topher, Felicity, William, and Jacob. Our beloved father and grand-father was an amazing man in numerous ways. He was a creative, thoughtful, loving, and intuitive man to his family and beyond. An avid outdoorsman, Thomas William was also an accomplished painter and writer. Before retiring to Vancouver Island, he worked for Ontario Hydro as a First Class Nuclear Operator.

A funeral service was held at the Catholic Church of the Ascension in Parksville, BC on

Friday, January 16, 2015.



JOHNSTON, Grant Ernest1940 – 2015

Passed away peacefully at home, January 16, 2015. He is survived by his wife Anne; mother Ada John-ston; brother Delbert Johnston; daughters Lyn Bailey & Dawna Sommerville; grandson Brandon Johnston Bailey; honorary grand-daughter Erin Yung; dog Rusty.Grant was born in Saskatchewan, moving to Vancou-ver Island at an early age. He attended school and raised his family in Parksville, BC, where he lived the vast majority of his life. He had a long and productive career as a Fish Culturalist with the Biological Sta-tion, based out of Rosewall Creek Hatchery.Grant was a hard-working, gentle soul who loved life. Above all, he was a man who was utterly devoted to his family. He led a very active life, and he enjoyed going for coffee with his “buddies”. His interests in-cluded cars, fishing, baseball and hockey, faithfully supporting the Vancouver Canucks. Grant loved a challenge and always pushed himself to learn new things, from becoming a very talented, self-taught, builder and carpenter, to having a keen interest in new technologies. He was a kind and generous man, and his kindness and generosity extended to his love of dogs, in particular his dog, Rusty, who he rescued.

Grant did not want a service, nor would Grant expect anyone to make a charitable donation in his name. To honor Grant, do something kind for your

family; do something kind for an animal in need.

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HUSTWICK, ALLEN Passed away on Friday, January 23, 2015 at the age of 79. Beloved hus-band of the late Sadie. Loving father of Richard and Dean. Loving grand-father of William. Dear brother of Muriel Slopak and predeceased by his brother Kenneth Hust-wick and survived by his sister-in-law Julie Hust-wick. Allen will also be remembered by his niec-es Chris (Wayne), Pat (Rob) and Barb. Allen and his wife Sadie dedi-cated many years of their lives serving the people of Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Nanaimo and Chemainus. Allen was a bank manager for CIBC, Alderman and then May-or of Parksville for a total of six terms and Vice-Chair of the Regional District of Nanaimo. While both Allen and Sa-die were involved in many community groups, their real passion was the Parksville Lions Club, which Allen helped to es-tablish more than 40 years ago. Allen loved Vancouver Island and al-ways missed his many friends after moving to Ontario.A Funeral Service was held on Tuesday, Janu-ary 27, 2015 at 11am at R.S. Kane Funeral Home, Toronto. Inter-ment to follow at York Cemetery.

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COMING EVENTS

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Lloyd John Magnussen(1936-2015)

It is with great sadness the family announces the passing of Lloyd, on Monday, January 19, 2015 at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital at the age of 78.Loving husband of 18 years to Hazel; predeceased by his first wife Lena; father to Linda and Lorn; grandfather to Derek; great-grandfather to Katerina and Jessica; and a brother to Erling and Richard. Lloyd will also be missed by his nieces, nephews and extended family as well as his many close friends.

A Memorial Service will be held in Lloyd’s honour at 2:00 pm on Thursday, January 29th at the Yates Funeral Chapel, 1000 Allsbrook Road

in Parksville with a reception to follow. A private family interment was held on a previous date at St. Anne & St. Edmund Cemetery in Parksville.

HARRIS, ERNEST (ERNIE)June 26, 1922 – January 22, 2015

It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Ernie Harris who leaves behind his wife Dorothy; children Doug (Maggie) of Qualicum, Gerry (Calanthie) Courtenay, two grandchildren and six great grandchildren.Ernie was a long time legion member, veteran of WWII (Navy) and saw action in the North Atlantic. He resided in Parksville since 1943.A reception will be held on Friday, January 30th,

1:00pm at Branch 49 Legion, Parksville.

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NOTICE IS hereby given to Geoffrey Malcolm That household goods stored at Oceanside Storage Inc. locat-ed at 1270 Alberni Hwy. Parksville will be disposed on Feb. 12, 2015 unless the out-standing account is settled prior to this date.

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Make it back-to-back league titles for the Ballenas Second-ary School Whalers senior girls basketball team, who wrapped up the league title with a victory over the Mark Isfeld Ice (Cour-tenay) last week.

The Whalers girls, who have now gone unbeaten in 14 straight league games dating back to the start of the 2013-2014 season, will go into the North Island playoffs as the number one seed for the sec-ond year in a row as well.

It was senior night this past Tuesday, as the Whalers played host to the Barsby Bulldogs (Nanaimo) after clinching their league title last week.

The Whalers were in control from the opening tip, cruising to a 69-31 victory.

“It’s quite a feat, being able to go unbeaten in league play two seasons in a row,” head coach Daryl Britz said.

“These girls play well togeth-er and seeing the way they’ve

come along in both seasons has been a great thing to watch.”

The Whalers were close to making the provincials last

season but lost out in a heart breaker to Britannia (Vancou-

ver) in a game that would have seen them make the tourna-ment.

The Whalers did get a mea-sure of revenge, as they were able to beat that same Britan-nia team earlier this year in a tournament on the mainland, a game the team had circled on their calendar from the start of the season.

Things are a little different this time around for the Whal-ers as they’ll be looking to con-tinue sending a message to the rest of the teams on Vancouver Island, something they’ve been doing all season.

“We’ve been strong all sea-son,” Britz said. “We’ve played some tough teams on the Is-land and we’ve beaten a few of them.”

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Winless on the road this season, the Save-On-Foods Oceanside Generals will look to end that trend with back-to-back road games, starting tonight in Nanaimo against the Buccaneers.

It’s been 41 games and with just seven to go, the Gens are hoping to end their season–long winless skid. In their eight meetings this season, the Gens have managed one win and one tie, with two games left.

“If we can keep up our consistent play, we’ll be right there,” head coach Rob Gaudreault said.

“We need to try and limit our trips to the penalty box and just build off the way we’ve been playing since the Christmas break. It’s been tough for us but we feel like we’re right there and we’re ready to break through.”

With the season winding down, the Generals are looking at a potential match at the end to draw into the VIJHL play-offs. Before that, with the way this team has been playing, anything can happen.

“We’ve been keeping up with most teams we play against,” Gaudreault said. “It’s just a matter of our discipline being where it needs to be and our guys playing for a full 60 minutes. Things have been

going pretty well as of late, we haven’t been taking too many penalties and it’s helped us keep our minds in the game a lot more.”

The second of three games for the Gens this week will take place on Friday night, when they travel to Victoria to take on the Peninsula Panthers.

In their three meetings this season, the Generals have won one game, with their second loss to the Panthers coming 12 days earlier when they had a 3-2 lead with five minutes to play in the third pe-riod and wound up losing 4-3.

“I love it when we’ve got a busy week,” forward Jordan Bautista said.

“It keeps you distracted and doesn’t really leave a lot of time in between to worry about things that might have gone wrong. You can build on things you did right and have a chance to correct those things that you didn’t do right the next day, so it’s nice to have three games in a row like this.”

Saturday night the Gens are back home to host the Saanich Braves for their last match of the season.

The Generals have one win in three tries so far against the Braves this sea-son and will look to end the season se-ries with another victory. Puck drops at 7 p.m. at Oceanside Place.

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The Ballenas Whalers senior girls will be the number one ranked team heading in to the North Island championships, which they host (Feb.12-14) after clinching their second straight league title.

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“We had one game against Lambrick Park that we lost, but it could have gone either way really,” Britz continued. “If you can stay out of foul trouble and execute early on, there’s no telling what could happen in a game.”

Led by Grade 12s Chelsey Hoey, Sophie Palmer and Emily Robertson, the Whalers have a good group up front, but it’s the rest of the team that’s really come in to their own as the season has progressed.

“Our bench has been strong this year,” Britz said.

“We’ve had a chance to see what they can do at a few tournaments and in some of these league games too. It’s nice to know that they can step out on the floor and execute when it’s their time to do so. They really compliment the way that our team plays.”

Ballenas will play host to the North Island championships starting Thursday, February 12 and running through Saturday, February 14.

From there, if all goes according to plan, the Ballenas Whalers girls will be back in the Is-land tournament and will look to get past that final hurdle to qualify for the provincials.

“That’s the goal, to make it there,” Britz said. “We were close last season and we know

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Qualicum Beach team looking good, heading toward North IslandsKondors rout Raiders 74-37KWALIKUM SPORTS


The Kwalikum Kondors notched an-other victory on their way to the North Islands as they beat the Highlands Raiders (Comox) 74–37 on Tuesday night.

Grade 11 Lucas Sposato led the charge for the Kondors, pouring in a game high 16 points on the night. Grade 12 Jesse Goring contributed 12 points to the cause for the Kondors in a game that saw them jump out to an early 19-4 lead after the first quarter.

“I thought we came out and execut-ed real well,” head coach Butch Gayton said. “We watched some game film from our game against Ballenas, which the boys weren’t too happy about after watching it. But after seeing what we saw, we were able to make adjustments in practice to what needed fixing and executed it well tonight.”

From there, the Kondors put it on cruise control, leading 41-15 at the half. The third quarter was a bit of a wake up call for the Kondors, who might have thought the game was in hand. The Raiders outscored the Kondors 17-8 in the third quarter, cutting the lead to 17 points but the Kondors closed the door after that. The Kondors would go on to score 25 points in the final frame, hold-ing the Raiders to just five points.

“We were able to get some playing time for our Grade 11s in this one,” Gayton said. “It was valuable learning for them to deal with having the other

team go on a run and trying to main-tain that lead we built up. They held in there and turned it around, which was great to see.”

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Last week’s B.C. Supreme Court decision in favour of the B.C. Teacher’s Federation could have a local impact, but local officials say it is too early to know what that will be.

B.C. Supreme Court Justice Susan Griffin ruled that provincial legislation interfering with teachers’ bargaining rights was unconsti-tutional and a breach of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and ordered the province to pay $2 million in damages.

In April 2013, the court found the legislation had de-leted bargaining terms and prohibited bargaining on a wide range of working con-ditions, including class size and composition and sup-port for special needs students.

In her decision, Griffin wrote: “The free-dom of workers to associate has long been recognized internationally and in Canada as an important aspect of a fair and democrat-ic society. Collective action by workers helps protect individuals from unfairness in one of the most fundamental aspect of their lives, their employment.”

“Good things come to those who wait,” said Debbie Morran, president of the local Mount Arrowsmith Teacher’s Association. “And we have waited 12 years for this.”

Morran highlighted the changes that came under the collective agreements that Griffin ruled, “have been restored retroactively and can also be the subject of future bargaining.”

“What this means, we now have a gener-ation of B.C. students who have been short-changed by this government,” Morran said,

listing off the local effects.“We currently have seven Kindergarten

classes that are over our collective agreement limit, we have 20 classes, by figures in this dis-trict, in grades one, two and three that are over the limit.”

She said the current agreements also pose safety concerns in lab and shop classes and have meant students who need help “have been in overly complex classes and received less than one on one time with teachers than children who graduated prior to 2002.”

School District 69 board chair Lynnette Kershaw said it is still very early in the pro-cess and they haven’t had a chance to review what the ruling might mean locally, especially in light of the financial difficulties they are al-

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“In an already stew of variables this is one more ingredient in the mix and how this fla-vours things is yet to be seen,” Kershaw said.

Though the judge said it was highly specu-lative, the government has said the ruling could cost up to $500 million retroactively, and up to $275 million a year going forward.

The decision says “it will be in the interests of the BCTF and the (employer) to negotiate an overall resolution to these claims through bargaining.”

“We want our class sizes restored, we need our specialist teachers re-hired, we want to give our children the education they de-serve,” Morran said, summing up the union’s position.

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RDN chief administrative officer Paul Thorkelsson said the government body is undertaking its first ever survey speaking to the satisfaction of rural residents.

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Foreman also said the 14-year-old offender will be forwarded to Crown counsel for possi-ble charges, due to the teen’s prior involvement with the RCMP.

“Under the Youth Criminal Justice Act we try and exercise every available option before using the court,” Foreman said about the Re-storative Justice process. “The idea is for youth going through the process to realize what they have done wrong.”

Restorative Justice involves the offender, the victim and police, who collectively address the crime and come up with some type of resolution.

“We’re lucky to have the program here,” said Foreman, adding that it has a successful track record.

Pacific Brimm owner Teresa Patterson said she is thankful for her recently-installed sur-veillance cameras, as well as the power of the internet and the concern of the community.

“The video went viral on Facebook,” said Pat-

terson, who noted that the week following the vandalism she had youth, community members and organizations contacting her with various tips.

“All of the leads I received pointed to the same two suspects,” she said.

Despite being left to clean up broken glass and cigarette butts, Patterson remains compas-sionate to the young individuals.

“I’m a mother first and foremost,” she said. “I sympathize with those who don’t have a home life that is strong and involved, but we live in a community that is willing to support youth and I am hoping they (the youth who allegedly per-formed these acts of vandalism) will see that.”

Patterson said she has “a soft spot for youth” and will work alongside RCMP in the Restor-ative Justice program.

The outdoor gate to Pacific Brimm’s back-yard patio now has a sign reading: “Smile, you’re on camera.”

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It was a ‘personal best’ for ORCA runner Melissa Ross at the recent Cobble Hill 10 km race.

In the second race of this year’s Island Se-ries, Ross won her division (women’s 30-34) in just 37 minutes for the Oceanside Running Club Associaition (ORCA).

Ross said she was “Very pleased with my time, for this early in the season.”

Also among the medals were Terry Riggins (men 65-69) who took second place on the podium with a quick 43 min-utes and 45 seconds.

Jill Davies took the winner’s medal in her division (women 70-74).

ORCA runner Shayne Stokes (women 40-44) — returning to racing after a long term in-jury that has kept him from running for a num-ber of years — was also on the podium with a ribbon and a noteworthy time of 40 minutes and 46 seconds.

The next race in the series is the Cedar 12 km, next Sunday, February 8.

Anyone interested in racing, running for fit-ness or for fun, can contact www.orcarunning.ca for more information.

Several medals and a personal best for Parksville Qualicum Beach

Oceanside runners’ quick start

ORCA RUNNERS

In the second race of this year’s Island Series, Ross

won her division (women’s 30-34) in just 37 minutes

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HEADING TO PROVINCIALS: The Parksville’s Ballenas Secondary junior girls and Qualicum Beach’s Kwalikum Secondary junior boys curl-ing teams are heading to Creston Feb. 18-22 to take on the other zone champions for the provincial championship. Read more in The NEWS next Tuesday.


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110 Meridian Way, Parksville$269,000

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Side entry, townhome in Morningstar. Six skylights and large windows. Patio overlooks pond and greenspace..

$299,000

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Sweeping views, custom built waterfront home. Over 3000 sqft. plus detached workshop. open plan living, lots of ex space..

$799,000

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Tips to avoid the need for a rescue missionMICHAEL ADDISCOTTNEWS Contributor

Winter this year on Vancouver Island has been more about gumboots than snow boots. While this has not been great for fans of snowshoeing, skiing or snowboard-ing, it has allowed much more recreational use of the area’s trails.

While milder weather and good condi-tions underfoot have made the going eas-ier, it has also encouraged more people to venture forth. Judging from the number of calls that Arrowsmith Search and Rescue has had already this year, there’s a distinct possibility that fair weather walkers are being caught short by earlier sunsets than they would normally encounter during the course of their activities, and people are being encouraged by mild weather to lengthen their walks into less familiar ter-rain.

With this in mind, I’m going to focus some attention on how even casual visi-tors to our woods should prepare. It may seem like overkill but, in the same way as we would put on a seat belt even though we don’t intend to crash our car, prepar-ing for what might happen can save your life if things don’t go to plan. ere are up-sides to getting into the habit of appropri-ate planning and preparation too. As with most aspects of life, feeling prepared and con dent in our abilities makes an activ-ity more relaxing and enjoyable. Working to improve orientation, even on familiar trails, puts many of the pieces in place to allow the exploration of new areas in a less stressful and more rewarding way. Once aware of how and when to focus on rele-vant information, the mind becomes free to drink in the beauty of the area through which you’re passing.

So, what should be considered before heading o the pavement? e rst step should be to check a weather forecast and time of sunset. It’s amazing how often people get ‘caught out by the weather’ or claim ‘it got dark earlier than we expect-ed’. While neither of these avoidable con-sequences is necessarily a major problem in its own right, the combination of both, or the addition of another factor, can turn the simplest walk into a long and traumatic event. As unpleasant as the thought is, it’s an unfortunate reality that when things go

wrong, it’s too late to wish you’d been bet-ter prepared. e further from towns and people, the more important it is to have a contingency and to minimize exposure to adversity.

Even trails within the boundaries of Parksville and Qualicum Beach have re-quired Arrowsmith Search and Rescue to nd and evacuate dog walkers and rec-reational walkers. In most of those cases, simply setting out with a ashlight and whistle would either have negated the need for a search or, at very least, allowed the ordeal of those in di culty to end sooner. On moving further a eld (by which I mean even well used trails around our provincial parks or wilderness trails near towns and main roads) clothing, equipment, naviga-tion and communication become far more important. Under ideal circumstances, it would be unusual for rescuers to nd, reach and evacuate injured or stranded subjects within two hours. Given that most people won’t call for help (assuming cell coverage is available) until they’ve been in di culty for some time, this can be long enough for

fear, cold and darkness to have fully taken hold. Bear in mind that, if carrying some basic survival necessities, you will also be in a position to help someone else should you nd them in di culty.

On the basis that you’ve made sure that you have enough time to complete your walk and have dressed for the weather, the next thing is to write out 2 copies of a brief route plan with estimated time of return. One should be left with a friend or family member who you’ll check in with on re-turn, and the other should be left on the dash of your vehicle. Should you not have cellphone reception, or should your bat-tery die, you will have the con dence to stay put and know that help will be on the way.

is means that, rather than continuing on, trying to nd your way out of di cul-ty, you can use available light to hunker down and get what you need in place to minimize discomfort until help arrives. In priority, with small adjustments based on time of year and weather, the requirements are headlamp and whistle (both essential),

First Aid, shelter (survival blankets and cord), warmth (dry clothes, heat packs and restarting tools), water and food. To avoid problems, a map of the area and a com-pass are more than useful. Flagging tape or blazing your route by marking trees (both sides) makes retracing much easier should you get into di culty. Technology can give the con dence to get into trouble. In many cases, GPS coordinates from cellphones have been so inaccurate that they have im-peded searches by sending rescuers to the wrong area. In an area laced with rivers, clearcuts and dead end logging roads, this can add hours to a search. Even dedicated wilderness GPS units are only of so much use. I often joke that they will let you know exactly where you’re lost. Actually using them to redeem your situation is much eas-ier if you can use them with a map, which will allow you to plan your next move. Try-ing to do this on a tiny GPS screen is usually an exercise in futility. Adding to the chal-lenge is the rapid change to road networks resulting from logging. e vast majority of logging roads, even some very substantial ones, don’t show up on GPS software. Con-versely, many roads that no longer exist will remain on the electronic maps. If you own a GPS, gradually building up a data-base of outings and sharing them amongst friends is the safest way to assure that your intended route actually exists.

If in doubt, always have a safe Plan B for your day and don’t be afraid to bail out ear-ly if you’re unsure.

is is a truly beautiful part of the world, where the trails o er free, accessible rec-reation, almost right on our doorsteps. As an outdoors enthusiast I’m keen to en-courage others to share in the rewards and, hopefully, add more voices to the call for responsible use of our natural resources. ese positive experiences are, in part, en-joyable because of the feeling of being away from it all and that very fact demonstrates a need for those venturing o the pavement to take some additional responsibility for their own safety.

Trail features and advice on preparing for the outdoors are available on Outsider

Adventures’ Facebook page andwww.outsideradventures.com

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY MICHAEL ADDISCOTT

NEWS Contributor Michale Addiscott, above left, says practising survival skills with basic equipment adds fun to a day out.

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