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Pepper spray used in lotto booth attack

BY CHRIS BUSHTHE NEWS BULLETIN

A lottery booth clerk in Nanaimo is recovering from being pepper sprayed.

The incident happened shortly before 10 a.m., Tuesday, when a man walked up to the B.C. Lotto booth in Nanaimo North Town Centre, jumped the counter and pepper sprayed the clerk while attempting to reach into the till.

It is the second pepper-spray attack against a lottery booth clerk in Nanaimo in less than a month.

Const. Gary O’Brien, Nanaimo RCMP spokesman, said wit-nesses told police the woman was sprayed for about 15 seconds before the man fled through the mall and out the east entrance.

“He got nothing,” O’Brien said. “He jumped back over the coun-ter and booked it. He was chased by two people, one being a mall worker.”

The worker gave up after the assailant sprayed him.

The lottery booth clerk, Lise Villeneuve, 47, was treated by paramedics and taken home

by the lottery booth franchise owner.

A third man affected by the spraying during the chase was tended to by paramedics, who also checked at least six elderly people who inhaled pepper spray as the suspect ran through the mall.

Several businesses around the lottery booth and the suspect’s flight route were closed until the air was cleared.

A police dog was unable to establish a track on the suspect because of the heavy foot traffic in the mall and the widely dis-persed pepper spray.

“The suspect was seen coming in the mall with big, thick black sunglasses on and then what alerted people’s suspicions is that he was pulling his hoodie up at the same time,” O’Brien said.

The suspect is Caucasian, in his mid-20s, approximately six-foot-two and wearing a dark gray hoodie, dark pants, black bandana or balaclava, and black sunglasses.

Police are reviewing video security tapes from several stores in the mall for clues.

O’Brien said Mounties are looking at similarities between this attack and an attempted robbery of a lottery booth at Country Club Centre Oct. 3.

ISIMILAR INCIDENT occurred one month ago at Country Club.

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A paramedic treats Lise Villeneuve after she was attacked with pepper spray during a robbery attempt of the B.C. Lotto booth at Nanaimo North Town Centre Tuesday. It was the second such attack in Nanaimo in less than one month.

BY CHRIS HAMLYNTHE NEWS BULLETIN

If candidates in Nanaimo’s municipal election want a job on city council, they’re going to have to audition for it.

The Coalition for a Demo-cratic Nanaimo is hosting an all-candidates meeting at Beban Park Social Centre Nov. 10, but instead of the usual format, candidates will be in four discussion groups and given a scenario based on voter issues submitted to http://democraticnanaimo.blogspot.com.

They will then have the opportunity to debate the topic, come to some consensus, pass a motion and interact with other candidates – just as if they were a sitting council.

Karen Hovestad, a coalition spokeswoman, said the idea for something different from a typical all-candidates meeting came up as the issues surrounding the Nov. 19 election appear to be polarizing people.

“It’s a new way at looking at candidates,” she said. “It doesn’t matter how bright and shiny their answers are on their campaign material. They’re on stage for a job interview.”

The meeting, moderated by CBC Radio host Mark Forsythe, runs from 5:30-8:30 p.m.

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BY JENN McGARRIGLETHE NEWS BULLETIN

Nanaimo students will receive report cards this fall, but how much information will be included on these docu-ments is yet to be determined.

Since September, teachers have refused administrative duties such as report cards or playground supervision.

The B.C. Public School Employers’ Association is seeking a Labour Relations Board ruling that would require teachers to prepare and distribute report cards.

The application also included a request that the B.C. Teach-ers’ Federation reimburse school districts 15 per cent of teachers’ gross salary and ben-efits per month for work that teachers are not performing as part of the strike.

Deborah Stewart, associa-tion spokeswoman, said the BCTF has until Nov. 14 to pro-vide the LRB with a submis-sion on the application, then the employers’ association has until Nov. 18 to respond to that submission.

The board will then decide whether the matter requires a hearing, she added.

Dave Hutchinson, super-intendent of schools, said the district was informed by the Education Ministry that school administrators will be expected to issue report cards even if the only infor-mation on them is attendance as required under the School Act.

In some cases, if the labour board does not rule in the employers’ favour, the report cards will be nearly blank, but student progress informa-tion will be available on those students taught by principals or vice-principals, he said. Parents will receive a letter explaining the situation.

Report cards are typically distributed around the end of November.

Justin Green, NanaimoDistrict Teachers’ Associa-tion first vice-president, saidthe union expects teachers tocommunicate how studentsare doing with parents – justnot in the form of a formalreport card – and he finds itodd districts are being told toissue report cards even if theycontain no information aboutstudent progress.

As for the application toreimburse districts 15 percent for work not done due tojob action, Green said commu-nicating with parents in alter-native ways to the administra-tor-organized parent-teachernights and report cards ismore time consuming.

“I’m not sure you could findany teacher out there work-ing less during the strike,” hesaid.

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No settlement within sight

A negotiated settlement with teachers – collective agreements expired last June and the two parties have been at the bargain-ing table on and off since March – is still a long way off, said Deborah Stewart, BCPSEA spokes-woman.

Discussions between the employers and the teachers’ union have cen-tred around what issues can be bargained at local tables and what should be provincially bargained matters since the start of school, she said, and the two parties still have to discuss $2.1 billion worth of BCTF proposals.

Justin Green of the NDTA said the parties have not yet reached agreement on any issue.

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BY TOBY GORMANTHE NEWS BULLETIN

The South Fork Water Treatment Plant can advance to the design stage after a clear winner emerged to provide the most critical com-ponent – the membrane filtration system.

City staff sifted through three responses to its request for proposals for a membrane system, set-tling on GE Water and Process Technologies, which proposed a total capital cost, excluding HST, of $7.89 million.

Pall Canada and Sie-mens Industry had pro-posal costs of $10.4 mil-lion and $10.8 million, respectively.

Bill Sims, manager of water resources for the City of Nanaimo, said GE’s product floated to the top in most of the evaluation criteria.

“GE came out ahead in most of the criteria as well as having the lowest capital cost,” said Sims. “Each supplier has a different way of using membrane filters because they have different con-figurations. The plant ends up getting designed around how the

membrane works.”City staff travelled to

several other Canadian cities that employ simi-lar processes. While the three companies that responded to Nanaimo’s RFP are the key man-ufacturers in North America, Sims said many municipalities they visited used the GE system.

Securing a membrane filtration contract is a critical step in continuing with the design phase of the water treatment facil-ity, which is mandated by Vancou-ver Island Health Authority to

ensure clean drinking water for Nanaimo residents well into the future by meeting the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality.

The $65-million facility is expected to be completed in the spring of 2015.

Sims said the city was familiar with GE’s product, as it worked with the company two years ago during pilot testing. GE will now be required to give one final dem-onstration beginning next month before the contract is finalized.

Once that is established, the design process, commissioned to Associated Engineering, can move ahead.

The membranes are expected to last 10 years and come with a two-year workmanship guarantee.

The city is expected to receive $17.8 million through the federal Building Canada Fund. About $22 million will be borrowed.

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◆ From /1A 26-year-old Nanaimo man was

arrested on suspicion of commit-ting that crime, but charges against him were dropped when he could not be positively identified by wit-nesses.

“That file is still active,” O’Brien said.

He said police are not worried this might have been a copy cat crime, but characterized the attack as bra-zen and that police are not certain if the suspect actually attempted to take anything from the booth.

Pepper spray was used in Nanaimo robberies before, but

prior to these two incidents police have not seen it used in a mall or to fend off bystanders who tried to intervene.

Pepper spray irritates eyes, the respiratory system and skin, caus-ing coughing, tearing and a severe burning sensation. Its effects last about 45 minutes. After-effects can include headaches.

“You have to get fresh air and have it flushed out with a saline solution – that’s all you can do,” O’Brien said. “A lot of [police offi-cers] say they’d rather be hit with a Taser than with pepper spray.”

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Canine costumeOcean Baker, 3, and her mother Paula Baker, right, watch the pet parade in Diana Krall Plaza Saturday afternoon. The parade was part of several fun activi-ties during a trick or treat event hosted by the Downtown Nanaimo Business Improvement Association.

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www.bclocalnews.comBudget, buildings dominate discussion

BY JENN MCGARRIGLETHE NEWS BULLETIN

Funding challenges and school facilities dominated the discussion at the all-candidates meeting for school trustee hopefuls Tuesday evening.

All 13 candidates vying for nine positions on the school board and about 50 spectators showed up to the event, sponsored by the Greater Nanaimo Chamber of Commerce at the Port of Nanaimo Centre.

The evening started with two-minute introductions, then each candidate answered one question selected from a pile provided by attendees. The evening wrapped up 45 minutes early with two-minute closing remarks from each candidate.

Many of the candidates expressed concerns about the district’s financial situation and cuts to areas like special needs supports.

Incumbent Dot Neary said the district’s single biggest challenge is continued underfunding from the

provincial government.She said current trustees

and district staff are working on a strategic plan for the district that will assist trustees in making sound budget decisions and stressed the importance of moving from vision to action.

Noah Routley criticized the current board for finding money for two new human resources positions, but not for extra resources for special needs students – a recent audit resulted in the province pulling $600,000 in special needs funding.

“Special needs students in our community have really fallen through the cracks,” he said. “We need to push back against these constant funding cuts.”

Incumbent Sharon Welch said the best way to advocate for more funding is to show the province that the district is doing the best it can with what it gets.

She said she believes millions of dollars are being wasted in the district.

“We need to get our house in order,” said Welch. “What we’re doing right now isn’t good enough.”

Bill Bard criticized the board’s decision three years ago not to go ahead with a

provincially approved plan to close Nanaimo District and Woodlands secondary schools and build a brand new school at Woodlands, adding that nothing new for Nanaimo has been approved by the province since and there was no mention of Nanaimo in the province’s new school funding announcement earlier this week.

“The state of our facilities is horrible,” he said. “We have buildings that

are in desperate need of renovation, upgrading and replacement. The old plan is gone and we’ve got to really start from scratch.”

While it is nice to have new paint, the most important thing is the learning going on in classrooms, said incumbent David Murchie, who voted against closing the two secondary schools.

He said the latest seismic audit determined schools are safer than government officials initially thought they were.

Preparing students for future jobs in the community was also discussed.

Kim Howland said the district needs to find new ways of doing things because the current education system is not preparing students for jobs in the 21st century.

Incumbent Jamie Brennan said school shops need upgrading so that students can start the training they need to get the jobs expected to materialize in Nanaimo from federal ship building contracts.

Another all-candidates meeting was held after deadline Wednesday at John Barsby Secondary School.

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A bid to delay devel-opment of a low-barrier facility on Uplands Drive was rejected by Nanaimo council Monday.

Council voted down a motion put forward by Coun. Bill Bestwick to put a freeze on the controversial devel-opment and submit a review for other site options.

In a seven-minute prepared address, Bestwick said he is not opposed to sup-

portive housing, but is opposed to the process that ultimately chose the Uplands site to house up to 35 people.

“My opposition is with regard to the process – the lack of public consultation, the size of the opera-tion and the composi-tion, or tenants as pro-posed,” said Bestwick, adding he is not sim-ply using the issue to “pander for votes” for the upcoming munici-pal election.

Bestwick said he sup-ported similar hous-ing facilities on 10th

and Wesley streets, as well as at Bowen and Meredith roads, but has been opposed to the Uplands site since last year because it was not in the original agreement.

“I want to correct those members of the community who have the notion that I am opposed to supportive housing in the City of Nanaimo. That notion is simply not true or accurate,” said Best-wick.

Council voted against Bestwick’s motion 8-1.

Coun. Jim Kipp, who seconded Best-wick’s motion to open up debate, said soci-ety’s most vulnerable shouldn’t be punished by not building sup-portive housing at the site because city hall has “at times, issues communicating with residents.”

“I totally don’t want to confuse the issue of homelessness with what Coun. Bestwick is really getting at – that we are pathetic sometimes in our com-munication ... let’s not confuse the issue of homelessness and a strategy that is on the table,” said Kipp.

Kipp added that coun-cil has listened to the public by delaying the construction of a sup-portive housing facility on Bowen Road, after that site was strongly contested by hospital-area residents.

“We have to re-envi-sion our community now and it starts with taking care of our most vulnerable,” said Kipp.

Fo r t h e s e c o n d s t r a i g h t c o u n c i l meeting, several del-egations both for and against the Uplands project addressed council.

Coun. Bill Holdom said he disagreed entirely that the pub-lic did not have oppor-tunity to discuss sup-portive housing.

When a memoran-dum of understanding was signed with the province in 2008 for the Housing First strat-egy and prior to that in 2004, when former mayor Gary Korpan first attracted provin-cial funding to build housing for Nanaimo’s homeless, Holdom said the city’s residents appeared to be onside with the strategy.

“It’s not that there weren’t opportunities

for people to talk aboutthe issue. It’s inter-esting to me though,that as soon as a siteis announced, that’swhen we hear from thepublic, especially thepublic surroundingthat particular site. Ithink we have providedall kinds of opportuni-ties for consultation,”said Holdom.

He said he votedagainst the motionbecause “I’m not asconvinced there havebeen great flaws inthe procedure or pro-cess.”

Using a rare per-sonal privilege requestthrough Mayor JohnRuttan, Holdom alsoasked for an apologyfrom Bestwick forcomments he madetwo weeks ago at aninformation sessionorganized by the Con-cerned Citizens ofNanaimo, a group thathas challenged cityhall on the Uplandssupportive housingproject.

At the session, Best-wick said publicly hethought his colleagueson council were act-ing “dishonest at best,deceitful at worst”on the Housing Firststrategy and that coun-cil and staff were act-ing “without commonsense.”

Bestwick said he didnot intend to offendhis colleagues with hisrecent remarks.

“The intention wasnot to offend anybody.It was my thoughts andmy thoughts alone. Itwas not directed at anyindividual or individu-als. It was no directattack and no offenceshould be taken. I doapologize,” he said.

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City celebrating best street award

The city’s planning depart-ment is using World Town Planning Day to celebrate Canada’s greatest street – Nanaimo’s Commercial Street.

In the inaugural Great Places in Canada contest, organized by the Canadian Institute of Planners, Commercial Street was named the greatest street in the country for historic character and its ability to rejuvenate itself despite pressures from urban sprawl over entries from across Canada.

To celebrate, on Tuesday (Nov. 8) from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the lobby of the Nanaimo Museum, city staff will be on hand to discuss Nanaimo’s planning strategy and provide free heritage tours at noon, 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m.

Nanaimo bars and coffee will also be available, and visitors can cast votes for their favourite Nanaimo build-ing and historical photos.

Library’s budget balanced for 2012

The Vancouver Island Regional Library has a bal-anced operating budget of more than $18 million for 2012.

This year, the province provided $1.27 million – $79,294 more than last year – which included grants for B.C. One Card and Literacy Equity that were expected to be eliminated after 2010.

Municipal and rural levies will contribute $16.5 million, which includes increases to cover expenditures due to provincial minimum wage and pension rate adjustments, and expenditures for future new or expanded facilities.

The remainder of budgeted revenues come from overdue and other fees, and invest-ment income.

Budget expenditures include $2.23 million for pur-chase of library materials, up three per cent over last year.

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With copper trading at more than $3 a pound, thefts of phone wire have become a daily occurrence in B.C., and the B.C. gov-ernment is tightening rules for scrap metal sales in an effort to stop it.

Police say it’s not just power and phone lines being targeted now. Alumi-num ladders, billboards, grave markers, street signs and even manhole covers are being stolen. Construc-tion sites are targeted for plumbing and wiring.

A bill before the B.C. leg-islature will require metal sellers to register for a “customer code” that must be recorded along with the description of any metal sold.

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lar to that taken with B.C.pawn shops, where opera-tors must have transactionrecords to show police.

Public Safety Minis-ter Shirley Bond said thephone and electric gridsare vulnerable, as well as911 service, and she wantsthe federal government toconsider new penalties fortheft from critical infra-structure.

“Good security andsurveillance equipmentdoesn’t always stop thethieves from coming backagain and again, especiallywhen your metals are nec-essarily in remote loca-tions, or distributed alonghundreds of kilometres ofroads,” Bond said. “Eventhough many scrupulousrecyclers consistently turnaway shady characters,somebody keeps buying,and that has to stop.”

Telus executive DaveCunningham said 2011 hasbeen a particularly badyear, with 325 wire theftsso far.

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Lighting up on any city-owned trail, plaza, park, beach, playground or rec-reation facility could now cost smokers $150.

Council unanimously passed an amendment to the city’s parks bylaw Monday, expanding cur-rent no-smoking zones to all recreational proper-ties managed by the city.

In June, city staf f launched a public input process to determine residents’ appetites for a smoking ban with the support of the Parks, Rec-reation and Culture Com-mission.

More than 75 per cent of 608 survey responses indicated strong support for a ban.

The intent of the bylaw is to promote healthier lifestyles in Nanaimo and increase the quality of the environment where people gather for recre-ation, said Mayor John Ruttan.

“We understand it is

going to take some time for the public to get used to this new bylaw,” he said. “City staff will be installing and updating signage within our parks over the next few months to help get the word out there.”

There will be designated areas for smokers at facil-ities like the Beban Park Social Centre, Nanaimo Ice Centre and Nanaimo Aquatic Centre.

Along with added signage, the city will undertake an initial pub-lic awareness phase to inform residents of the change. Ultimately, bylaw

officers will issue ticketsfor non-compliance.

Municipalities in B.C.have worked to createsmoke-free areas sincethe 1980s, beginning withworkplace bans.

Banning smoking atrecreational facilitieswas already implementedby cities such as Vancou-ver, White Rock, Whistler,Richmond and Kelowna.

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It has been more than four months since the Stanley Cup riots erupted in downtown Vancouver, an event that not only destroyed vehicles, storefronts and other private property, but left an entire city’s reputation tarnished.

It was, by any measure, the province’s largest single crime spree.

Because of that, Vancouver’s popula-tion felt violated and demanded justice. A decision was made to pursue those responsible.

In the ensuing weeks and months, Vancouver Police Department’s 50-mem-ber Integrated Riot Investigation Team has pored over video, still photos and social media to bring those responsible before the courts.

Millions of dollars and countless man hours are being spent, and earlier this week it was announced that 60 people were identified and a total of 163 charg-es were laid.

More are coming.Many of the charges include mischief,

jumping on vehicles, break-and-enter, assault, and participating in a riot.

Over the last few months the cry for justice has not calmed. Society wants to see those responsible brought before the courts and punished for their actions on the night of June 15, and, over time, we will get just that.

But at what cost? Break and enters happen every day in

Vancouver. Indeed, much worse crimes take place like murder, drinking and driv-ing causing death, and robberies with weapons.

Should we not be pursuing those crimi-nals with equal persistence? Should soci-ety not be outraged by those actions?

Those of us who were not part of the riot on June 15 were all victims, but the resources and money spent to pursue these people who, for the most part, committed minor crimes, should be kept in perspective.

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‘He stops short of what I’ll call the Full Tinfoil.’

The smart meter installation van arrived on my street last week, as B.C. Hydro’s smart grid project heads toward the halfway mark.

This system will not only detect outages, electricity loss and theft, it enables a voluntary time-of-use system where users can get a dis-count by shifting consumption to low-peak times. You could even set up wind or solar gen-eration that the meter would record and sub-tract from your bill.

But apparently no one wants to talk about that. Black Press papers con-tinue to run letters with exaggerated or false claims that stoke base-less fear of radio waves.

Where is this coming from? I’m grateful to the anonymous smart-meter foe who started sending me updates from “Citizens for Safe Technology,” a loose collection of U.S. and Canadian activists that claims to include doctors, lawyers and other professionals.

Not much is professional about the Canadian content on their website.

A video starts with a juvenile union parody showing execu-tives plotting to sell B.C. Hydro to General Electric. Then it moves to an apparently serious inter-view with Bill Vander Zalm, who expands on his earlier conspiracy theory about the harmonized sales tax being part of a European Union plot for world domination.

Vander Zalm asserts that smart meters and appliances create such a powerful surveillance network, “they’ll even know what you’re cooking.”

There are those who claim smart meters can tell what channel your TV is on, but this is the first I’ve heard about them detecting wheth-er you’re having eggs or oatmeal

for breakfast. And who might “they” be?

“The big picture is, of course, that we’re moving to globaliza-tion,” Vander Zalm intones. “Eventually we’ll be governed out of Brussels, Belgium or someplace like that. And this all ties into that. They can moni-tor what’s happening anywhere in the world. It’s Big Brother. We’ll be

totally controlled.”He stops short of what I’ll call

the Full Tinfoil, a belief that these radio waves control minds directly.

Wildlife artist Robert Bateman also makes an ass of himself in a brief video, where he describes hiring someone to come in and detect “hot” wiring in his Salt Spring Island mansion. (A sur-prising number of self-appointed smart meter experts sell measur-ing and “shielding” services.)

A reader sent me a local news-paper commentary by Nelson-Creston MLA Michelle Mungall, basically a vague summary of NDP talking points about smart meters

being too expensive and a possible health threat.

This is interesting, because the City of Nelson owns its own power utility, which started installing wireless meters in 2004. They fin-ished last year, with no protest.

I asked Mungall why. She was on the city council that chose a dif-ferent model, a “drive-by” meter. They broadcast readings every 15 seconds and still need meter read-ers, who no longer have get out of their trucks.

B.C. Hydro’s meters signal only three or four times a day, but one of the often-repeated false claims about them is that they secretly transmit much more often with some sort of damaging energy pulses. And yet these granola-loving West Kootenay folks cheer-fully endure a 24/7 bombardment of what are essentially brief cell-phone signals.

Mungall said Nelson council specifically rejected a smart grid system, “because of the cost.” Somehow retaining meter readers saves the city money.

She noted that rural parts of her constituency are serviced by B.C. Hydro, and some people are very concerned.

I’ll bet they are. Not just in West Kootenay, but a few other remote areas known for production of B.C.’s No. 1 cash crop.

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participation, Saturday Beat, Oct. 29.

My Saturdays are usually tame stuff, but the Saturday Beat marvellously roused me from my slumber, primed my brain to think and provoked a letter.

The choice of pills in The Matrix as carnal knowledge or antidote to reality is true cin-ema vision.

Hollywood rarely asks us to think about the picture. I don’t recall it having an actual plot to fall back on, but culture is as much fruit for zombies as it is food for the soul.

But who decides who the sleepers are?

I have dived into the rabbit hole to spear the truth about climate change and the envi-ronment, and found that there is progress, but mostly there’s confusion.

Example: Why do people still hark back to the Kyoto Protocol of 1997? It was a poor agreement that would have shaved six years off the results of doing nothing: business as usual, 2094, same as full imple-mentation of Kyoto, year 2100.

Two-thirds of the American cost of implementing Kyoto could provide clean water and sanitation to everyone on the planet who doesn’t have it (figures are 2001 estimates, not from corporate shills).

Am I a zombie for thinking it

better to extend life expectancy in the developing world than to sign an agreement that would impact the media more than reality?

Why is Al Gore an icon of the environment? Because he made a movie. And it’s very impres-sive.

But wait. Wasn’t this guy vice-president of the United States for eight years? Odd no one refers to his accomplish-ments while in office.

Am I popping blue pills by the industrial unit for thinking that being vice-president might have been a good time to do something?

Physician, heal thyself.Michael Dance

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To the Editor,Re: Art shares environmental

message, Oct. 27.It is difficult to believe how

much garbage goes into the ocean. And as humans, we are the one to blame. We need to cut back waste and clean up our oceans.

I’m sure Emily Rigney would be delighted to not find enough material to work with on the shore.

Jacqueline StoddardEnvironment California

Vancouver airport’s plan suits ferry link

To the Editor,I noticed that Vancouver

International Airport is plan-ning a new runway that will be built on a causeway extending into the ocean, west of the air-port.

This presents an ideal opportu-nity for a new ferry connection directly to YVR from Nanaimo.

A passenger only ferry from Nanaimo to YVR would provide a faster, cheaper and more con-venient link to both YVR and downtown Vancouver than any of the existing routes.

Ultimately, a connection from the terminal that should be built on the east side of Gabriola (or Valdes) would likely provide the most cost effective way to move passengers to Vancouver but, in the meantime, the new YVR facility presents an opportunity that should be explored.

Fred McCreathNanaimo

Downtown association operating in secrecy

To the Editor,The Downtown Nanaimo

Business Improvement Association has decided, from its glass-tinted ivory tower far above us, to withhold the voting results of this year’s election of our board of directors.

A higher up from the associa-tion has said that not disclosing the vote tally is for the purpose of not exposing those who ran and lost from undue humiliation.

What is going on here?If, for example, the City of

Nanaimo refused municipal election results from being released to the populace after an election, wouldn’t we all scratch our heads in disbelief ? The rab-ble doesn’t need to know?

This improvement associaton is again sliding into undemo-cratic ways just like its prede-cessor, the Downtown Nanaimo

Partnership Society, and needs to willingly operate in a fair manner or be disbanded.

The extra tax I pay as a land-owner in the downtown to sup-port this group does not slip eas-ily out of my wallet to pay for these shenanigans.

Nanaimo council could save us all money in these tough eco-nomic times by withdrawing its support for this group.

Wouldn’t the few events this improvement association is tasked to carry out during the year be handled more efficiently by hiring an events organizer? One person. Not four salaried lay-abouts.

It would save us all about $400,000 and end the constant trouble the DNBIA seems to get itself into.

G.A. OliverNanaimo

Government cost B.C. well-paid union jobs

To the Editor,Re: Ship shape, Oct. 22.A contract the B.C. Liberals

had control over, the building of the B.C. ferries, was awarded to a German company because there wasn’t, according to them, enough skilled labour in B.C.’s shipbuilding industry.

Now the federal government has awarded the building of military ships to these same unskilled workers.

Think of all those high paying union jobs.

Dean PillingNanaimo

To the Editor,Re: School plan decision was

unanimous choice, Letters, Oct. 25.

In my humble opinion, the Nanaimo school district facilities renewal plan that was passed by the 2006-2008 board of trustees was not a “financially and educationally unsound plan” as the letter writer states.

This was a plan that would have, if its approved project agreements were not turned down by a 6-3 vote on Jan. 14, 2009, by the current board, provided some optimism and renewal in the school district both financially and – more importantly – edu-cationally.

Apparently, the let-ter writer’s definition of “unanimous” excluded counting the votes of trustees Brennan, Dale and Neary, who voted in favour of the plan’s project agreements.

The most significant aspect of the plan (other than the poten-tial $87 million in construction work that would have occurred in our community) was the pos-itive impact of ongoing annual savings in operational funding for the school district’s educa-tional programs for students.

Obviously, when you move from an organization serving well over 17,000 students in 1999-2000 to an organization serving about 14,000 students now, the amount of space (i.e. schools) required for this ser-vice would drop significantly.

I think the “devil in this detail” (to use the letter writer’s term) would be the 3,000 fewer students needing service. To use a medical anal-ogy, why would you run two half-empty, old hospitals in the community if you could cre-ate one new, improved hospital serving the same number of citizens in a modern, more effective, less costly to main-tain facility – and use the annual operational savings to provide even better service to citizens?

There exists the sad irony of the current board of trust-ees turning down the district renewal plan’s significant annual operational savings as they started their term, then having them regularly stat-ing in the past few years that

“there is not enough money”. If this was not so sad, it

would be laughable. It is interesting, too, that the

report our management team of the day brought forward as an attempt to support the school district and improve the quality of service to stu-dents for years to come was approved at every level of the Ministry of Education, yet Ms. Humpherville tells us she knows that it was “seriously flawed” in its details and that it continues to be supported by people “repeating tired and dis-credited myths”.

Would not the Ministry of Education ‘catch on’ to the flaws in this plan in their multiple analyses and

numerous levels of decision-making before agreeing to expend significant funds from the provincial treasury?

The letter goes on to say “we have the current board to thank” for the situation in which we now live. While we may disagree on everything else on this topic, I must agree here with the writer, (other than trustees Brennan, Dale, and Neary – who were outvoted 6-3) for this sad state of the district as it struggles to meet the needs of every student it serves.

This is highlighted even more today as the B.C. Ministry of Education announces $353 million in funding for new schools across the province – nothing for Nanaimo students.

This plan is “done” thanks to the decision of this board of trustees and I do not see it coming back to life. This is unfortunate for all students being served in Ladysmith and Nanaimo, and for the profes-sionals who work so hard each and every day to support these students without the additional funds this plan would have pro-vided each year.

Although I have no hope of this plan coming back to life, I have not forgotten the magni-tude of this funding decision and will very much keep this in mind on Nov. 19 when I exercise my democratic right and cast my vote for nine school trust-ees.

J. PhippsNanaimo

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Planet suffering due to human garbage

BY RON HEUSENI used to believe

Canadians gave generously to inter-national humanitar-ian aid, but not any longer.

Canada has never come close to meet-ing the commitments it made in either the 1970 UN Assembly Resolution or the 2000 UN Millennium Declaration to give 0.7 per cent of our Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to for-eign aid.

The Canadian Centre for Philanthropy, Understanding Donors report pro-vided some insight with respect to over-all Canadian charity.

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25 per cent who give 82 per cent of total dollar donations. The profile of that 25 per cent is that of a wealthier, more educated person fre-quently affiliated to a religious organiza-tion.

Who gets how much of the total value of donations? Religious organizations eat up 49 per cent, health 20 per cent, social services 10 per cent, and anchoring the bottom two positions was international aid at three per cent and environmental causes at two per cent.

The 1996 Bryden Report was the first to alert government to the big business nature of Canadian

charities. Current Revenue

Canada statistics claim Canada has 86,000 registered charities employ-ing two million Canadians. Add incorporated non-profits and that number swells to

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ing $106 billion in economic activity, representing seven per cent of our total GDP.

Governments provide half of the funding organiza-tions receive and Canadians annually claim up to $8.5 bil-lion as taxable dona-tions.

Sixty-five per cent of Canadian charities operate in communities with a mandate to spend donations locally.

Those staggering domestic statistics stand in stark con-trast to Canada’s annual foreign aid budget of 0.28 per cent of GDP ($3.9 billion), which has earned us the sad distinction of being

29th out of 38 coun-tries surveyed by the World Bank when studying foreign aid effectiveness.

In 2002, Toronto Star reporter Kevin Donovan revealed that one in six Canadian charities spent more money running their orga-nization and fund-raising than on actu-al charitable work.

Without ques-tion, many of our charities do won-derful work here in Canada, but we have to understand that while charities fund domestic employ-ment, administra-tion, infrastructure and service, one human life expires overseas in unimagi-nable torment every three seconds.

Over the last 20 years, as our domes-tic charity industry grew, 270 million people died due to extreme poverty.

Somewhere we lost the ability to see that by spending almost all our charitable money in Canada, we tacitly acquiesced to the deaths of millions of human beings as the price

of Canadian self-interest.

How did we become so self-absorbed that we could numb our-selves to that reality?

Every year Canadians find money to spend more than $14 bil-lion on gambling and charitable gaming, yet we consistently fail to honour our minimal United Nations foreign aid promises to feed starving people.

Possibly some of you made the same naive presumptions I did about our foreign aid contributions.

Today every dol-lar of my donation money bypasses Canada completely through direct overseas transac-tions to the United Nations World Food Program.

As the largest, mosteffective humanitar-ian organization on Earth, with one of the lowest adminis-trative costs (seven per cent), I take some comfort in knowing 93 per cent of my money goes directly to helping the world’s most des-perate people.

◆Retired Nanaimo

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Joe Bratkowski wants Lantzville to have a responsible fiscal plan that protects current residents and future generations.

Bratkowski, 58, said it’s a challenging finan-cial time for residents, and council needs a better balanced budget and less government to keep costs low.

“We do a good job but I think we can do better,” said Bratkowski. “We spend too much and need to do with less government.”

He also wants core services in the district, including water and sewers, roads and fire pro-tection, reviewed and improved.

Government needs to listen and learn

from residents while taking a leadership role in the community, said Bratkowski. He said leaders need to be inclusive, conciliatory and forward thinking about finding solutions.

He would also like to create plans for Lantzville’s waterfront, the foothills area and the village centre to protect marine resources and ecological and recreational values.

Bratkowski has lived in Lantzville for more than 30 years and is a past member of the Lantzville Fire Department, a member of the Vancouver Island Regional Library Board and has a long history of volunteering for events in the community including the annu-al breakfast with Santa at Costin Hall and Minetown Days celebrations.

FOR MORE INFO:Joe Bratkowski@joebratkowski on Twitter250-390-2767 [email protected]

www.nanaimobulletin.com CIVIC ELECTION Thursday, November 3, 2011 Nanaimo News Bulletin 11

JOHN DUNN

Ensuring Lantzville remains a semi-rural sustainable community with affordable taxes for residents are important issues for John Dunn.

Dunn said debt reduction and restraint should be the goal of any councillor.

“Fiscal responsibility comes from living

within one’s means and holds true for the home and the community as a whole,” he said

in a press release. “Common sense and an open mind will guide me if elected to council and I will work for all residents on all issue with equal vigor for the best outcome for all.”

As a volunteer on the Parks and Recreation Commission and with the Nanoose Streamkeepers Society, Dunn said he wants Lantzville to remain as green

as possible. He wants to

continue working on the trail system for residents to enjoy and hopes to encourage residents to participate in village core beautification initiatives on roadsides and in public spaces.

He said by engaging residents in stewardship projects it will give them a sense of ownership

while creating an inviting atmosphere for residents and visitors.

Dunn wants to create an inclusive community where all residents have and equal voice.

“Only through real community involvement can we make the choices thatbenefit all,” he said.

FOR MORE INFO:John [email protected]

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BRIAN DEMPSEY

Brian Dempsey is seeking election for his third term on Lantzville council and wants to contin-ue to build on bring amenities and ser-vices to residents.

Dempsey, 65, has a long history of being involved in Lantzville politics. He served for 12 years on

the Lantzville Improvement District as a trustee before incorporation.

“I’ve got the experi-

ence and I’ve shown I’m dedicated,” he said. “I enjoy what I’m doing. It’s some-thing I can do for my community.”

Key issues for Dempsey in this elec-tion include water, seniors housing and building the neces-sary infrastructure to bring services such as a sewer sys-tem to residents.

He said the com-munity needs seniors housing and other

forms of afford-able housing for residents, but devel-opment hinges on water.

He said acquiring sources of water is essential not only for current residents, but for future devel-opment.

Lantzville council has been negotiat-ing with the City of Nanaimo to purchase water to open up more opportunities for the community,

and Dempsey said buying water would be the only real true solution for Lantzville.

He has received calls from residents concerned about the quality and quan-tity of water in their wells and he wants to connect people to those services.

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to involve the commu-nity in district deci-sions by consulting residents and forming community-based committees and com-munity projects.

“The foundation of a community is enhanc-ing the connections of people within the com-munity,” he said.

A social worker, Gail said he’d like to reduce barriers for community involve-ment in local govern-ment.

Three important election issues for the 30-year-old are water, revitalizing the downtown core and providing services and housing for seniors and families.

Issues addressing downtown revitaliza-tion include a plan to guide development and attract a tax base to the area, cre-ate more sidewalks and gathering spaces in the community and develop access through trails.

Gail would like to see an assessment of current water sources

in the district and cre-ate a plan for storm water and grey-water projects.

He also wants to pursue environmen-tal grants and create incentive-based con-servation programs for residents.

To create more hous-ing, he would legalize secondary suites for residents residing in them who are 65 years and older. He would also encourage water retrofits in the suites.

Gail also wants more bus shelters so chil-dren and seniors don’t have to stand in the rain.

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Michael Geselbracht

Creating a sustain-able and revitalized community while ensuring a well-rounded age demo-graphic are impor-tant issues Lantzville candidate Michael Geselbracht hopes to address if elected Nov. 19.

Geselbracht, 27, wants to use the upcoming Official Community Plan review to include a 100-year vision for Lantzville to ensure it goes beyond the inter-ests of current resi-dents and addresses the needs of future generations.

His platform includes: improv-ing water resource management such as more grey-water systems before pursuing external sources; encourag-ing a well-rounded age demographic in the community by encouraging the con-struction of seniors’ housing and the creation of employ-ment opportunities for young adults; revising and creat-ing bylaws to pro-mote agriculture in rural and suburban areas; and improv-ing communication mechanisms between

council members and residents through community forums.

Geselbracht said he’s running for council because he wants to increase his political involvement in Lantzville after working on commu-nity development and activism projects on the Island.

“It’s just a way to be involved in part of the positive change in the community,” he said.

Geselbracht propos-es Lantzville pursue a healthy, vibrant and resilient community by using a framework of inclusive commu-nity engagements.

He said the econ-omy must also be relocalized by explor-ing options for local food production and energy sources.

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Warren Griffey

Warren Griffey says he’s seeking re-elec-tion to serve the con-stituents of Lantzville because he cares about the direction the com-munity is heading.

On council since incorporation, Griffey wants to continue to serve to bring impor-tant services to the community such as water and improvements to the tax base through develop-ment. He says he wants to help shape the community identity.

Griffey, who works in retail investigations and is a security director, said there is still work to be done in the community, but it must be done carefully.

He said he represents experi-ence, commitment and possesses

rational thinking and good judgment to help accomplish those goals.

“I believe the constituents have faith in the process of what is a democ-racy and they place in me the ability to have their voices heard,” he said. “I listen, I consider

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Denise Haime wants the opportunity to continue working for Lantzville residents to keep taxes low and build on community projects already underway.

Haime, 51, has served as a Lantzville councillor for the past six years. She’s a chartered accountant and says she has the skills to ensure and carry out the effective management of the

district. She wants to see the

continued construction of the E&N Trail systemthat creates recreational opportunities and alternative means of travel for residents.

As chairwoman of Lantzville’s parks and recreation commission, she helped spearhead the parks and trails plan.

Water is a key issue facing Lantzville and is crucial for the future sustainability of the community, said Haime.

Council is negotiating with the City of Nanaimo on a water deal and Haime said completing it would allow council to implement the goals outlined in the Official Community Plan including creating seniors housing and revitalizing downtown Lantzville.

She said her experience, dedication and knowledge will provide the continuity required by council to meet the goals of the community.

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Jennifer Millbank

Water and development are big campaign issues for Jennifer Millbank.

The 35-year-old said the current council is negotiating a water deal with the City of Nanaimo and Regional District of Nanaimo,

but the public is in the dark about the details.

She said it’s important for the public to know the long-term development implications of a deal, and promises more transparency on the issue if elected.

She said more consultation is needed

with the public on other important issues as well.

While Millbank is seeking election for her first term as a councillor, she’s not new to politics.

In university she cut her teeth in political processes as a page in Ralph Klein’s Alberta government and the experience let her take an inside look at the everyday decisions needed in politics.

She’ll also bring her analytical and communication skills to the table. Millbank has been a litigation lawyer since 2002 and works for Ramsay Lampman Rhodes. She says her background has given her the skills to bring people together.

Millbank believes Lantzville has an all-star candidate lineup to choose from in this election.

“This is finally the community’s opportunity to come out and have a say in what is going on,” she said.

FOR MORE INFO:Jennifer [email protected]

Andrew Mostad

Andrew Mostad promises fiscal responsibility, community revitalization and community involvement in the urban agriculture issue if elected to council.

The 23-year-old B.C. Institute of Technology graduate has a bachelor in business management and administration with a focus on finance and strategy and is the spokesman for the Friends of Urban Agriculture.

He said a committee needs to be created on urban agriculture, but without a constrictive time frame so the issue can be explored fully.

“This is a great opportunity to build our community and create a more unique community feel through urban agriculture,” said Mostad. “To build a healthier community that is more self-sufficient

and more capable of handling development issues.”

He said urban agriculture is also an important component of revitalizing Lantzville and ensuring it retains a semi-rural

atmosphere.Mostad said he

wants to bring more transparency and accountability to council. He promises fiscal responsibility and district administration costs should be examined as well as costs of the water deal being negotiated with the City of Nanaimo.

Mostad would also like to see an independent community committee formed overseeing council wage increases instead of council controlling it.

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Doug ParkhurstDoug Parkhurst

believes in bringing a balanced researched view to council decisions and creating a flourishing community that embraces all members of the community.

“The community needs balance. It needs people not running on a single issue and a knowledgeable, steady hand,” said Parkhurst.

The 49-year-old chartered accountant wants Lantzville to retain its semi-rural character and he’s dedicated to transparency and fiscal responsibility, ensuring budgets are increasing no more than the rate of inflation.

He wants to ensure amenities such as sewer, recreational opportunities and the expansion of trail systems are available for residents.

He’s served on council since incorporation in 2003 and prior to that was a member of Lantzville’s improvement district.

For Lantzville to develop, the district needs to secure another source of water besides wells.

Parkhurst said

negotiations are taking place with the Regional District of Nanaimo and City of Nanaimo to connect into those region’s water systems.

“Nothing can develop until there is water,” he said.

Seniors’ housing and affordable housing for young families is needed in the community, said Parkhurst.

He believes in seeking out the public’s opinion and trying to develop a balance approach to government that considers all stakeholders, not just special interest groups.

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Graham SavageGraham Savage says water supply is

an important issue that will determine Lantzville’s future.

Savage, 68, said important issues such as creating seniors’ housing in the downtown core, accomplishing Official Community Plan goals and supporting urban gardening are tied to the availability of water.

If elected Savage wants a review of exist-ing groundwater source, which also exam-ines other options to increase water capacity. He said revitalization is dependent on secur-

ing water.“Lantzville is pret-

ty much dormant in terms of develop-ment because of lack of water,” said Savage.

He says develop-ment is needed but must be kept in check to preserve the semi-rural style of the district.

He also wants a scientific study on the effects of urban gar-dening on water safety and more recreational activities available to Lantzville residents that will solidify a more cohesive community.

He said Minetown Days is the only commu-nity-wide event and more needs to be done to ensure Lantzville isn’t viewed as a bedroom community.

Savage worked for 30 years as a government consultant advising on land development, municipal engineering, public works projects and planning. He spent 25 years with the City of Nanaimo as a manager of development.

FOR MORE INFO:Graham [email protected]

Jamie Wallace

Jamie Wallace says one of the most critical issues facing Lantzville is the lack of public consultation on important matters that affect the community.

If elected Wallace, 48, wants more transparency on issues and more interaction between council members and residents.

“We should be looking for feedback from residents of Lantzville regarding what they think and want,” said Wallace.

Key issues for Wallace this election are food security and sustainability, village core planning and water conservation.

Wallace said he’s concerned with the transparency of the current council’s negotiations regarding water with the City

of Nanaimo. He wants more measures in place to conserve current water sources, such as low-flow toilets and shower head installations, building codes requiring grey water use and more. He said he’s worried that Lantzville may be forced to develop to recoup revenue used

in the water deal.The village core

also needs to be strengthened to ensure it’s an invitingarea for residents, he said.

He said it could be an inviting area with a cohesive look that may make an ideal location for a farmers’ market. Wallace would also

like to see the formation of a Food Advisory Committee to discuss ways to encourage localfood production.

FOR MORE INFO:Jamie [email protected]

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Alex Cuba studied jazz in school, grew up in a musical envi-ronment and estab-

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Wherefore art thou Romeo?

Vancouver Island University theatre students Meegin Sul-livan and Jon Greenway perform in the title roles of the school’s production of Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare’s classic play about forbidden love opens Thursday (Nov. 3) and contin-ues Nov. 4-5, 9-10 and 12 at 8 p.m.; Nov. 8 at 4 p.m.; and Nov. 7, 9-10 at noon at Malaspina Theatre. Tickets $12; $10/stu-dents and seniors. Please call 250-740-6100.

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“Plastic has no individual-ity but pottery is individual and each piece of a set is an individual,” said long-time Nanaimo Pottery Co-op member Virginia Dunseith. “Each is made with loving care. Handmade things have aesthetic value. Buying a form of art enriches your life. It brings a bit of the potter who made it and you know you are buying something unique and special.”

Dunseith has been a potter since high school, going on to teach at Cedar and Woodlands secondary schools until retire-ment in 1998.

“Pottery is individual – you could display a selection of bowls and you would be able to tell the maker,” Dunseith said. “My pottery is thin and

light and my personality is such that I pay attention to detail and I love colour. You will see every colour under the sun going on in my pot-tery and I particularly love the painterly effect.”

Dunseith mixes her own glazes and all her pieces are suitable for daily use. She makes between 12 and 20 mugs per session – throwing one day, trimming and applying handles the next – allowing the pieces to dry under plastic for two weeks.

She then bisque fires them, glazes and re-fires the mugs.

Another two to three hours is spent sanding rough bottoms and edges.

She said compared to pottery mass produced for department stores, handmade pottery is reasonably priced.

“A handmade mug is han-dled 17 different times and when you take into account the cost of the clay, glazes, electricity, tools and the years of skill – a $16 mug is a great purchase,” Dunseith said. “Pottery brings a history, a connection into one’s life. I have a collection of mugs fromfellow potters and each brings a fond memory or a fine exam-ple of beauty.”

The pottery co-op’s winter sale is set for Friday (Nov. 4), noon to 8 p.m.; Saturday (Nov. 5), 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sun-day (Nov. 6), 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Beban Park. Admission is free.

For more information, please visit www.nanaimopot-tery.com.

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Nanaimo Pottery Co-op member Virginia Dun-seith selects pieces for the group’s annual showand sale at Beban Park this weekend. Nine-teen local potters are involved in the event.

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His family, based in Smithers, B.C., helps him stay positive, healthy and continually pushing forward amid the business of music.

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High noteMusic teachers Karen Whith-ers-Jansen, left, and Cindy Speelman perform for their students and the rest of the city for the Nanaimo Concert Band’s annual fall show. A few nautical tunes will add to the band’s usual repertoire of classical pieces and big band music. The concert is set for Sunday (Nov. 6), 2:30 p.m., at the Port Theatre. Tickets $15. Please call 250-754-8550 or visit www.porttheatre.com.

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EveryBodySings, a community singing circle, celebrates its 10th year.

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Doell and Whitelaw believe that singing is for everyone, fun and stress-free. Every-one can sing, some just haven’t found their voices yet. By providing a supportive and fun learning environment, EveryBodyS-ings aims to give people confidence in their voices.

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THE DANIEL PROJECT documentary examin-ing ancient prophecies screened at Nanoose Library hall Friday (Nov. 4) at 7 p.m.

BODY GRAS bodypaint-ing event at Old City Station Pub Saturday (Nov. 5) at 9 p.m. Tick-ets $15 at House of Indigo and Island Vet-erinary Hospital. Call 250-713-1865.

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REMEMBERING with Nanaimo Youth Choir and Vancouver Orpheus Men’s Chorus at St. Andrew’s United Church Friday (Nov. 4) at 8 p.m. Tickets $18 at Nanaimo Conserva-tory of Music, Tom Lee Music or the church. Call 250-753-1924.

DOUG THRING and Marty Howe play Acme Food Co. Friday (Nov. 4), 7-10 p.m.

EVERYBODY LEFT Dope Soda and We Are Trag-edy play the Cambie Friday (Nov. 4).

IF YOU’RE IRISH with Tidesmen Chorus at the Port Theatre Saturday (Nov. 5) at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets $20-25; $10/students. Call 250-754-8550.

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RODEO DRIVE with Dave Marco play Diners Rendezvous Saturday (Nov. 5). Tickets $15/advance; $20/door. Call 250-740-1133.

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MUSIC AT MIDDAY music composed by Orlando Gibbons with readings from King James Bible Wednes-day (Nov. 9) at 12:15 p.m. at St. Paul’s Anglican Church. By donation.

HOWIE JAMES BAND plays Lantzville Legion Nov. 11, 3-8 p.m.

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Raiders thinking positive

BY GREG SAKAKITHE NEWS BULLETIN

This time next year, Ranji Atwall will be a V.I. Raiders alumnus and expects to be watching proudly from the beer garden as his old junior football team takes the field once again versus the Saska-toon Hilltops.

“I guarantee you it will be the same two teams in the Canadian Bowl on this field,”

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ers this year in the Canadian Junior Football League play-offs, but as Nanaimo clears out its lockers on the 2011 season, it does so with an eye to 2012.

Just minutes after the post-game handshakes following Saturday’s 38-28 loss to the Toppers, the Raiders were ready to talk about next year.

“This is such a young team, we have so much talent returning and so many incredible players returning,” said Matthew “Snoop” Blokker, Raiders coach. “These guys have a different

work ethic than I’ve ever seen before and a different team spirit. We’re going to build on it.”

Atwall pointed out that many starters will return on both sides of the ball, and said the huge contributions from rookies also bode well.

“This team’s going to be good for a long time,” he said.

The graduates will leave a void, notably linebackers Atwall and Andrew Oake, defensive linemen Nick Woz-nesensky and Teddy Ash, tailback Jordan Botel, receiver Andrew Smith and offensive lineman Steve Pennell.

“It’s going to be really hard not seeing those faces and hearing those voices in the

locker room,” Blokker said. “But they’ll be Raiders for life.”

And they’ll have a lot of posi-tive memories of 2011.

“It’s always funner to end it out on a win, but it didn’t hap-pen…” said Botel. “It was fun, to get to spend time with these guys, it’s always a good time.”


The Nanaimo Clippersmade it five straight wins,and this one vaulted themto the top of the standings.

The city’s B.C. HockeyLeague club (8 -4 -0 -3)claimed a share of firstplace in the Coastal Con-ference with a 7-3 win downthe Malahat on Tuesdayagainst the Victoria Griz-zlies.

Nanaimo’s latest winwasn’t a perfect game, butit ended up being a con-vincing one. After givingup two goals in the firstseven minutes and surviv-ing a wild first period thatended 3-3, the Clippers tookcontrol.

“I kind of thought who-ever would settle in and gettheir heads in it the quick-est would end up winningthe hockey game and that’skind of how it played out,”said Mike Vandekamp,Clippers coach. “We dida good job of refocusing alittle bit towards the end ofthe first period.”

Kyle Kramer continuedhis torrid scoring pace withtwo goals and two assists,Trevor Fitzgerald also hadtwo goals and David Iacono,Brendan Taylor and ColtonDahlen were credited withthe others. Andrew Gla-diuk, Brett Hartskampand Mason Blacklock hadtwo assists each and BillyFaust made 21 saves for hisfifth straight win.

Vandekamp said theteam’s confidence is at ahigh right now.

First-placed Clippers win in blowout

ITEAM EXPECTING rematch with Hilltops in 2012 title game.

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V.I. Raiders defensive back Skylor Letcher knocks the ball away from a Saskatoon Hilltops receiver during Saturday’s Canadian Junior Football League semifinal playoff game at Caledonia Park.

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Nanaimo District Islanders player Jacob Cheng, right, tackles a Howe SoundSounders ball carrier Friday in Tier 2 varsity action at NDSS field.

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T wo u n d e f e a t e d football teams traded blows on the high school gridiron last week, and when the final whistles sounded, it was the Nanaimo

District Islanders at the top of the heap.

NDSS (4-0) came back to defeat Howe Sound 21-12 Friday in Tier 2 varsity action at Nanaimo District Sec-ondary School field.

Leading up to Fri-day’s contest, no team had scored a single point on ND, but the Sounders put an end

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From there, the Isles settled down, answering back with touchdown run from Cory Guizzetti and a touchdown catch from Dustin Wall to gain a 15-12 halftime lead.

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“It’s definitely an eye-opening g ame for our team,” Cheng said. “Our team really needed it in order to see what real competi-tion is and now we’re ready to go against anybody.”

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The game was the last one at the school for all the Bulldogs’ gradu-ating players, since playoffs are expected to be on the turf at Merle Logan Field. So the ’Dawgs appre-ciated one last chance to splash around in their favourite Harewood mud puddle.

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Volleyball Mariners are No. 1

Vancouver Island University’s women’s volleyball team, off to an impressive start, is considered the team to beat this year.

The Mariners (6-0) are tied for first in the Pacific Western Athletic Association, but the Canadian Colleges’ Athletic Association played tiebreaker and ranked the M’s No. 1 in the country this week.

Alberta’s Mount Royal Cougars, defending national champions, are ranked No. 2.

VIU had a relatively easy time staying undefeated in confer-ence play this past weekend, defeating the Douglas Royals Friday and Saturday at the Vancouver

Island University gym by scores of 25-7, 25-12, 25-23 the first night, then 25-7, 25-12, 25-18 the following afternoon.

En route to winning their six matches this fall, the M’s have dropped only one set.

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GAME ON … Both VIU’s women’s and men’s teams are on the road this weekend to face the Fraser Valley Cascades. The Mariners will be back home Nov. 18-19 versus the Capilano Blues.


VIU Mariners volleyball player Kaitie Whiteley rises above the net to make a kill in a Pacific Western Athletic Association match against the Douglas Royals on Friday night at the Vancouver Island University gym.

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Park, who bowls out of Splitsville Entertainment, was one of only four bowlers to make up the Cana-dian contingent at the games in Guadalajara, Mexico this month.

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took a rubber match, which Park won with a score of 210. In Sun-day’s final, Park was defeated by American Liz Johnson who rolledgames of 232 and 235.

In other Pan Am Games news, Nanaimo wakeboarder Aaron Rathy was stripped of his sil-ver medal after testing positivefor methylhexaneamine. Rathyreleased a statement saying the stimulant was found in an over-the-counter health supplement that hedidn’t know was illegal.

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“To take the best team in the country for 57 minutes, I thought we did a great job and gave ourself a chance to win and we just didn’t pull it out,” said Blokker.

The team will add “a couple pieces here and there” this off-season, he said, and set about trying to figure out how to beat the Hill-tops in 2012, when B.C. takes its turn hosting the Canadian Bowl.

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“We’ve built a lot stron-ger understanding of what we’re capable of doing as a team here in the last cou-ple of weeks,” said Mike Vandekamp.

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Out of 165 girls cir-cling the trails at Island cross-coun-

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The 15-year-old Nanaimo District Secondary School stu-dent earned the title of Vancouver Island’s fastest teen, barely, reaching the finish line half a second ahead of Nanaimo Christian School’s Marita DeSchiffart.

“It didn’t really cross my mind that she was so close behind me,” Bassett said. “I was sort of in the zone and I knew I could win it with 100 [metres] or so left.”

But she must have heard footsteps, right?

“I did, but I didn’t think about it. Just ‘run faster’ is what was going through my head.”

‘Run faster’ is often what’s going through her head. To have the drive to finish first in a field of 165 runners, it takes a competitive mindset and Bassett has that, said her

coach at NDSS, Dave Matte. He recalls her being “devastated” last year after a silver-medal finish in the 800 metres at track and field provincials.

Some of that com-petitive spirit is in the Bassett genes. Miryam is third-youngest of nine siblings, several of them runners. She said when her family

really started to get into the sport, she was only six years old, one year too young for sanctioned competi-tion.

“So I always wanted to do it because they were doing it and I wasn’t allowed to,” she said. “It’s always been something that I’ve always wanted to do, but my mom and my dad, they’re always really happy that I am doing it and they like to encourage me and push me to do better.”

It’s pushed her to an Island championship – and NDSS to its first cross-country crown since 1984 – and now both the star runner and her team will be contenders at provin-cials Saturday (Nov. 5) in Kelowna.

Bassett will be run-ning an unfamiliar course, but she excels on all types of cross-country terrain.

“Miryam just flies up the hills, she just takes off,” said Matte. “So she’s got some good strength to really kick it, and she’s got good endurance, too.”

Bassett has the con-fidence and the train-ing, she said, to win big races. She’s run in enough of them to recognize when she’s really feeling it.

“It all depends on the race day,” she said.

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Miryam Bassett of Nanaimo District Secondary School is Island champion in cross-country running and will be in the mix at provincials Saturday (Nov. 5).

Nanaimo girl leads the packMiryam Bassett Island’s fastest in cross-country

Dover cross-country builds traditionDover Bay’s cross-country team

has put in a lot of kilometres to earn its nameplate on the Island championship trophy.

Bob Saunders, the team’s coach, said his team’s achievement last week was the result of years of work. The school developed a tradi-tion of podium finishes at Islands and provincials, and finally broke through this year, snapping Oak

Bay’s streak of nine straight Island titles.

Now Dover, led by Thomas and Peter Oxland, Garrett Dunlop, Nic Ascui and Trent Arnott, goes into provincials Saturday (Nov. 5) in Kelowna at full speed.

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◆ Nov. 4 - B.C. Hockey League. Nanaimo Clippers vs. Alberni Valley Bulldogs. Frank Crane Arena, 7 p.m.

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Coastal Conference GP W L T OTL Pts GF GANanaimo 15 8 4 0 3 19 62 49Powell River 15 9 5 1 0 19 48 34Surrey 14 8 4 0 2 18 43 41Victoria 17 9 8 0 0 18 72 70Cowichan 14 8 5 1 0 17 55 44Alberni Valley 13 7 5 1 0 15 52 41Coquitlam 13 5 6 1 1 12 43 51Langley 15 5 10 0 0 10 30 55

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AA Western Conference W L T Pts F AJohn Barsby 3 0 0 6 116 34Ballenas 2 1 0 4 82 74Handsworth 2 2 0 4 51 80South Delta 1 2 0 2 67 59Windsor 0 3 0 0 20 89

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E&N Trail opens in Lantzville

Central Vancouver Island’s trail system is a little bit longer follow-ing the completion of Lantzville’s E&N Trail.

The 1.6 kilometre route runs from Aulds Road to Ware Road. The official opening takes place Saturday (Nov. 5) at 10 a.m. at the Aulds Road end.

The District of Lantzville received a $400,000 Towns for Tomorrow grant to fund the project and is con-sidering applying for a provincial recreational grant to complete the next phase of the trail from Ware Road to Superior Road.

Canadian Tire donated a bicycle for a draw prize at the grand opening.

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Over the past year, nearly one hectare of forest land along Dickinson Road – from the Nanaimo Hornets Rugby Club to the foot-ball fields – have been thinned out to improve the ecosystem.

Students from Dover Bay Secondary School’s Ecoclub lent a hand

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Service recognitionRetired colonel Gene Scheidl of the Army Cadet League of Canada, left, presents cadet master warrant officer Riley McEachern, second from left, cadet warrant officer Lauren Mitchell and cadet master warrant officer Caleb McIntyre with service medals and clasps for participation with 2422 the Canadian Scottish Regiment Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps.

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Providing services for youth and fami-lies in Nanaimo is the premise behind a community meeting hosted by the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Vancouver Island.

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TONS OF SWEETPEAS to Lakeside Gardens for once again hosting the Nanaimo branch Kidney Foundation of Canada’s bake sale this fall. Thank you for the space, tea and coffee. Thanks also to everyone who helped support the foundation.

A HUGE BOUQUET OF SWEETPEAS to Bill, Braden and Gerry for the wonderful leading spot at the Kidney Foundation’s fundraising walk in Nanaimo this fall. Thanks for the bagpipes, Sidney the Kidney mascot and the water carrier. From all the participants in the Gift of Life walk and paddle.

A SHOULD-HAVE-BEEN-WATCHING-INSTEAD-OF-TALKING BOUQUET OF THANKS to two ladies and one gentleman who took the time to make sure I was OK after I fell on Front Street. I did not get your names, but wanted to say your help was much appreciated.

A BOUQUET OF BLACK ROSES to the ladies at the haunted house in Beban Park for helping my brother get through this year’s production. He was scared and wanted to leave, but you stayed with him and made sure his experience was a success. We’ll be back next year. Matt and Shamu.

BOUQUETS OF PUPPY KISSES AND WAGGING TAILS to the staff at Central Island Veterinary Emergency Hospital. Your kindness during our emergency with our best friend was greatly appreciated. We are lucky to have this place in town. Hope you will be here for years, as you fill a huge void for all pet owners.

A REFRESHING BOUQUET OF ROSES to Leith at Kelly’s Kitchen Cafè. The bacon cheesburger was above expectation. Glad you’re back. You and your staff are great. Keep up the good work.

A GREAT BIG FALL BOUQUET to everyone who helped and showed concern in locating Bob after his 23-hour runaway adventure from an unexpected encounter with a horse on Smith’s Trail. A happy ending – thanks to all.

A BOUQUET OF HUGS AND KISSES to my daughters Jennifer and Kimberly and my husband Rohn for my surprise retirement party. Thank you family, friends and co-workers for making my day so special.

A BOUQUET OF STINGING NETTLES to some north end residents. Let them have their way on the low barrier housing project, but increase their taxes to cover the financial loss to the city. We are all taxpayers who own our homes. Some are less fortunate and can use help.

A LARGE PUMPKIN OF COMMON SENSE to the lady overheard at McNab’s Corn Maze wanting her money back because the maze was muddy. Perhaps this is because it had rained two days previous to the visit. Please stay in the city where it’s mud free.

A BEEF to a coffee shop. I went in for breakfast recently with my husband and mortgage broker. I had my reusable cup in hand and was loudly yelled at by the manager that no outside drinks were allowed in

the shop. Everyone in the shop turned to look at us and the poor girl taking our order was beet red with embarrassment. Needless to say, we left and will never go back. Our mortgage broker will never take her clients there again.

A BIG BEEF to grocery stores that double stack their products on shelves that are too high for customers to reach. You should not have to locate staff to assist you in obtaining what you want to purchase. If the store wants your business, the product should be accessible. I was hurt trying to reach a double-stacked item. No assistance was offered when I reported to staff that cans had fallen on my face. Shop at your own risk.

A BAD PUNCH LINE to a radio station. Your jokes stink and they’ve killed the genuinely spontaneous and funny banter that used to happen between the morning show hosts. I’ve suffered through them every morning for months, but I can’t take it anymore. Moving on down the dial. I’ll tune back in when you start reading jokes that are actually funny.

A BEEF to my neighbour in the Departure Bay area. If you want to make monkey sounds in your backyard, I would suggest moving to a farm. Normal people live in the city.

A BEEF to the Nanaimo Aquatic Centre. As a parent, I’m excited when my kids want to do something active instead of being sucked in by electronics. We go for a swim at the pool to find a movie playing on a huge screen. I didn’t pay for a movie and certainly didn’t appreciate my kids being distracted by one. Shame on you.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE to our city councillors for abusing their power – 24 per cent for wage parity? If the job is too hard for your current wage, you need to step aside. I am sure that you are all replaceable.

AN EXPLOSIVE BEEF about the fireworks ban enforcement in Nanaimo. It seems loud explosions and the rockets’ red glare are not enough to get the attention of the RCMP. Only if they get a complaint with an exact address do they take any action and even then they just tell the offenders to stop.

A HUGE PILE OF BIRD-PECKED GARBAGE BAGS to the worker who continues to put our empty can in the middle of our driveway. We have to stop, get out, move the can, then get back in the vehicle to park. None of our other neighbours get this special treatment. We have even asked you nicely not to do this. Please be considerate and put it back on the grass.

A BEEF to the B.C. Liberal Party. Seniors and low income families planning to buy an inexpensive electric chopper for $9.99 get an enviro charge of $2.25 added on. But wait – there is more. On top of that you are charged HST on both $9.99 and $2.25 for $1.47 more. Cost: $13.71.

AN ANIMAL CONTROL BEEF. Dog owners around Mansfield Park have turned the park into an off-leash dog park even though a sign on every entrance reads ‘no dogs allowed on playfield’. The city does nothing. There is an off-leash dog park only three blocks away.

A MAPLE LEAF BEEF to some city businesses and to the city itself for not replacing the flags – Canadian, B.C. and other flags – thatare flapping about in a tattered, torn and faded state.

A FRIENDLY TRAFFIC BEEF REMINDER to people who drive with a disabled parking sign on the rear view mirror. I was told when I received my sign that it is illegal to drive with it on the mirror, as it can block your view. I see a lot of people driving around with it up. Apparently, you can receive a $100 fine. Please take the signs down while driving and keep our roads safe.

A BIG BEEF to irresponsible pet owners. Sure you use the green bags for the poo, but then you dispose of them in bushes or on other people’s properties. Grow up, take your crap home and phone your regional district to find out how to dispose of it.

A HUGE BEEF to a mechanic shop for not doing the work you charged me for. There are many good, honest shops in Nanaimo and I had thought this shop was among them.

A BEEF to the city’s parks department. This year’s Halloween display at Beban Park looks cheap and boring. This was once a labour of love for all the children to enjoy. This year’s effort is simply not good enough.

Submit your Beef or BouquetBeefs & Bouquets is a free forum to give thanks or express views on issues and events. The News Bulletin reserves the right to edit or refuse submissions. Length is limited to 40 words and two submissions per person per week. A winner will be selected at random to receive a floral bouquet from Turley’s Florist and Potting Shed. Mail or deliver to the News Bulletin, 777B Poplar St., Nanaimo, V9S 2H7 or e-mail to [email protected]. Fax to 250-753-0788.

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Jeanne Halsall

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2011Jeanne passed away peacefully at Dufferin Place in Nanaimo on October 27, 2011. She was predeceased by her husband, Stanley Halsall, and missing her dearly, are her four loving children: Jack (Wendy), Marie (Ray), Suzanne and Michelle (Brook); six grandchildren: Tom (Cori), Joan (Mike), Sharlene (Paul), Pamela (Ricardino), Justin and Brianna; and eight great grandchildren: Robert, Aaron, Matthew, Rebecca, Sara, Kelsey, Aaron and Jonah.

She was born in Frasertown, Alberta, and moved to Vancouver Island, with her husband and two eldest children in 1947, making Lantzville her hometown until 2010, then moved to Lakeside Gardens, Nanaimo.

Jeanne was described as having “joie de vie” (a zest for life), and was characterized as a humble and caring person, with a great sense of humor. She had great determination and will and this was very evident until her fi nal days. Over the years, Jeanne became an avid bowler, line dancer and was noted by many, for her daily walking along the roads in Lantzville. She loved her family very much and was extremely proud of everyone. She will remain in the hearts of all her family, as we remember her with love and pride.

A special thank you to all the staff at Dufferin Place for the wonderful care they gave our mother.

Jeanne’s life was celebrated on Tuesday, November 1st, at 11:00 a.m. at the Ecumenical Center, 6234 Spartan Road, Nanaimo. In lieu of fl owers, donations in Jeanne’s memory may be made to the charity of your choice.

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A residennt of Nanaimo for many years, involvedanyy years, involvyears, involvears, iin Commmunity, P.T.A. and church work, C.G.I.T.chuhurch work, C.G.I.T.rch work, C.G.I T.h work, C.Gand Chrisstian Women’s ClCluub. Worked in ladiesb ieed s Work d in lad sclothing ffor 20 years.

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Alwine Ostermann August 21, 1929 ~ October 22, 2011

Alwine passed away peacefully in Nanaimo, BC after a short illness. She lives on in the memories of family and friends.“I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one. I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I’d like to leave an echo, whispering down the ways of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny days.I’d like the tears of those who grieve to dry before the sun of happy memories that I leave when life is done.”

PANKRATZ, PeterOctober 15, 1937 - October 29, 2011

Peter passed away at home from cancer at the age of 74. He is now at peace with the Savior he loved. Peter was bornin Ukraine and immigrated to Canada in 1948 with his mother and two siblings. He spent his youth in Arnold, BC and went to MEI High School where he met his wife, Mary. Peter and Mary both attended Columbia Bible College, called MBBIthen. Peter and Mary were married on August 15, 1964 in Aldergrove, BC and they moved to Nanaimo in the summer of 1965. Peter graduated from UBC with his elementaryteaching certi cate in 1966 and later with his professionalteaching degree in 1969. He worked for the local school boardas an elementary school teacher for 29 years until he retired in 1994. He worked at Departure Bay Elementary, PrincessRoyal Elementary and Dufferin Crescent Elementary. Peter was an active member of Departure Bay Baptist Church for 46years and was involved as a deacon, Sunday School teacher and, after his retirement, with the maintenance on the churchproperty. He could be seen at the church most days with hisred truck, working and doing whatever needed to be done, all for the glory of God.

Peter is survived by his wife, Mary, of 47 years, childrenLynne, Brian (Lana) and Lori (Karl), grandchildren Alexan-der, Kaitlyn, Hudson, Jenna, Elizabeth and Mikaila. He isalso survived by his brother John (Laura) and his sister Helen (John).

A memorial service will be held at Departure Bay Baptist Church on November 5, 2011 at 1 PM. 3510 Departure Bay Road, Nanaimo.

In lieu of owers, donations in memory of Peter may be made to World Vision Canada.

MAYOVSKY, Renate E.September 19, 1936 ~ October 28, 2011Born in Germany in 1936, Renate immigrated to Canada in 1960. She is predeceased by her husband, Harold John in 1992. Renate is survived by her sons: Gary and Grant (Samantha); and her grandson, Carter James. She also leaves behind her sister, Ellen Dorman and family; as well as many special and dear friends.

A Celebration of Life service for Renate will take place on Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 1:00 pm, in Sands Funeral Chapel, 1 Newcastle Avenue, Nanaimo, BC. Flowers gratefully declined. For those so desiring, donations may be made, in Renate’s memory, to the Canadian Cancer Association.

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Ronald A. McDonaldFeb. 22,1956 -Oct. 21, 2011

Ron passed away peacefully at his home on Oct. 21/2011. Prede-ceased by his father Donald and survived by his mother Irene, com-mon law wife, Angela, daughters Andrea (Matt), Theresa (Randy), son Nick, granddaughter Taya. Angela’s children Bryce (Melanie), Alicia (Dustin), Sarah, and grandson Colin. Sister Shirley (Dave), Donna (John), Karen (Charlie), brothers Bob (Brenda), and Gary, along with many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. He will be greatly missed by all. A celebration of life is being planned for the spring.

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SUSHI CHEF, and Sushi help-er at Tomo Sushi, experience required. Apply with resume to: 1808 Bowen Rd.

MEDICAL/DENTAL

EXPERIENCED C.D.A. re-quired. Mondays thru Thurs-days, for busy patient-cen-tered practice. Must be well organized and possess a team-oriented attitude. Submit resumes in person to 4555 Uplands Drive, Nanaimo.

TRADES, TECHNICAL

EXPERIENCED Machinist needed for a busy shop in Penticton. Must be able to weld and line bore in ad-dition to machining. Contact us at: (250)492-2412 or [email protected]

RV TECH - certifi ed, profes-sional & have Gas Ticket. Fax resumes & ref to CountrySide RV at (250)746-1604, email to [email protected], phone (250)746-1699


WORK ANTEDWW

ONSITE SECURITY or care-taker. Have own small trailer. Bondable, refs. available. Pre-fer Nanaimo/Ladysmith. 250-734-2915 leave message.

PERSONAL SERVICES

ART/MUSIC/DANCING

ORGAN & KEYBOARD LESSONS

In your own home on your own instrument

KEITH CLARKE 1-250-743-9669

FINANCIAL SERVICES

$10 MILLION AVAILABLE for Land Purchase/Development and Joint Ventures. Management Consulting and Business Plan services. Call 1-866-402-6464.


LOST SOMETHING?Call 310.3535

HELP WANTED

PERSONAL SERVICES

FINANCIAL SERVICES

GET BACK ON TRACK! Bad credit? Bills? Unemployed? Need Money? We Lend! If you own your own home - you qualify. Pioneer Acceptance Corp. Member BBB. 1-877-987-1420.

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LEGAL SERVICES

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since 1989. Confi dential, Fast, & Affordable. Our A+BBB Rating

assures EMPLOYMENT &TRAVEL FREEDOM.

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES

CLEANING SERVICES

20/20 Home Detail Cleaning Services:

Since 1990 Gutter cleaning system.Interior/Exterior frames &

windows. for Results call us fi rst for

EstimatesCall Glynn 760-2020

cell: 729-6924

DUTCH TOUCH Cleaning. Construction, move-outs, resi-dential. Bonded, reliable, eco-friendly products. Call Nel 250-591-1619 or 250-802-2140.

KAT’S CLEANING Service. Professional Housekeeping. Environmental, allergy friendly products. 250-753-7379


HELP WANTED

PEONIES SALE! Beautiful, scented peonies in your gar-den, or as a gift! Fall planting is best. Wholesale or retail, Dudinks Gardens. 740-0302

QUALITY YARD CARE Clean-up, lawn & garden maintenance, hedge trimming. Free Estimates. Licenced. (250)616-4286, (250)751-1517

TREE PRUNING HEDGE/SHRUBMAINTENANCE Call the qualifi ed

specialist...certifi edArborist & Garden

Designer Ivan 250-758-0371


CLEANING SERVICES

MR. SPARKLE CLEANING SERVICES

“Since 1992”Roof Demossing,

Vinyl Siding, Gutter &Window Cleaning www.mrsparkle.net

Call Jonathan 250-714-6739

THERE ARE a lot of people out there that say they are housecleaners, but may not do the type of cleaning you like your house to look like when they’re done. I usually take over from those cleaners when the homeowners have had enough and want to have their home cleaned properly. Give me a call at 250-618-7992. You’ll be glad you did!

CLOCK/WATCH/JEWELLERY REPAIRS

CLOCK & WATCH REPAIRS 3rd generation watch maker. Antique & grandfather clock specialist. (250)618-2962.

COMPUTER SERVICES

COMPUTER PRO $25 service call for home or offi ce. MobileCertifi ed Technician. Senior’s Discounts. 250-802-1187.

U-NEED-A-NERD Friendly on-site professional computer, website and design services. Jason is BACK! 250-585-8160 or visit: jasonseale.com

EAVESTROUGH

BRAD’S HOME Detailing. Cleaning vinyl siding by brush. De-mossing roofs. Gutter cleaning/repairs. Windows. Power Washing. Insured. Free estimates. Brad 250-619-0999

ELECTRICAL

1A ELECTRICIAN, licenced, bonded, Small Jobs Specialist, panel upgrades and renos. All work guaranteed since 1989. Rob at 250-732-PLUG (7584).

GARDENING


GARDENING

ROB’S YARD Work. Reliable,honest. No job too small. Lawnmaintenance, hedging, powerwashing, gutters, haul away,snow removal. Insured. Freeestimates. (250)729-5411

HANDYPERSONS

MY HANDYMAN! Home, Ma-rine, general repairs, carpen-try. Fair, reliable, responsible.Insured. Ref’s. Cowichan toNanaimo. Norm 250-714-6654

OLD FASHIONED HANDY-MAN Drywall, tile, plumbing,electrical, carpentry, painting.Quality work. No HST. Rea-sonable prices. 250-616-9095.

HAULING AND SALVAGE

GARY FORTIN’S HAULING.One call does it all. Clean-upand disposal. (250) 618-1413.

JUNK TO THE DUMP. JobsBig or small, I haul it all! I recy-cle & donate any useableitems to local charities. CallSean, 250-741-1159.

HOME IMPROVEMENTSACORN HOME SERVICESHome improvements. Repairs.Doors/windows. Custom madearbors, decks, sunrooms, awn-ings, fences & lots more! Gar-ry, 250-591-7474.www.acornhomeservices.ca

AGILE HOME REPAIR &Improvement. Fully insured,interior/exterior repairs andupgrades. Ian 250-714-8800.

ALL TRADES- Home up-dates? Hardwood, Tile, Lami-nate, Kitchen & Bath Renos.All exterior Roofi ng, Siding,Decks & Fencing. Referencesavailable. 250-722-0131.

BLUE OX Home Services. Ex-pert Handyman & RenovationServices: plumbing, electrical,carpentry, drywall, tiling, paint-ing, lawn & garden. Refsavail. Insured. 250-713-4409.

BRYAN GRIFFIN CON-STRUCTION experienced innew home construction, homerenos, doors & windows , vinylsiding & soffi ts and more.Free estimates. 250-390-2601.

EXP. CARPENTER/Handy-man: Renos, Framing, Con-crete formed, placed & fi n-ished Sheds, decks & fencing.No job too small. Great rates &References. Derrick 816-8646

Garage SalesGarage Sales

GARAGE SALES

DEPARTURE BAY: Fri, Nov 4th & Sat, Nov 5th, 9am-4pm. Outdoor Christmas fi gures, lights, window silhouettes, de-cor & much more. 2800 Bi-scayne Bay

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS Fund Raiser: Saturday, Nov 5, 8 am - 2 pm. 5257 Hammond Bay Rd. Quality new & used power tools & hand tools, lad-ders, work benches, shelving, drill, router & ratchet bit sets, clamps, boxes of screws, nails, nuts & bolts, cedar/hard-wood planks, & countless oth-er hardware. Cash only.

GARAGE SALES

Moving Sale: Sat & Sun, Nov 5 & 6, 9am-4pm. Doll collec-tion, Barbie clothes, X-mas, household & craft items, furni-ture, etc. 712 Hamilton Ave.

NORTHFIELD. Multi-family Saturday Nov. 5, 8am-noon. Household items, tools, books, craft stuff, lots of misc. 2320 McCullough Rd, off Northfi eld.

NORTH NANAIMO- 5545 Turner Rd, Sat, Nov 5, 9am-2pm. Christmas Garage Sale! 56 year collection of trains, trees & ornaments.

CONNECTING JOB SEEKERS AND EMPLOYERS

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

HOME RENOVATIONS: Carpentry, kitchens & baths; plumbing, ceramic tile. Free Estimates (250)756-2096.

RENOVATE NOW! Expanding or renovating your home/bath-room/kitchen/basement? Roof-ing & fi nish carpentry also available. No job too small. Free estimates. Guaranteed/ Insured Richard 250-729-7809

IRRIGATION/SPRINKLER SYSTEMS

IRRIGATION DOCTOR Now Winterizing! (250)616-3451

& MOVING STORAGE

2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on lo-cal moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)753-6633.

PAINTING

A-ONE PAINTING and Wall-papering. Serving Nanaimo for 28 years . Senior Discount. Free estimates. 250-741-0451

PLUMBING

RETIRED PLUMBER Jour-neyman. Repairs & renova-tions. (250)390-1982

RUBBISH REMOVAL

DYNAMITE DEAN’S Rubbish Removal. Prompt, professional service. “No Messing Around!” 250-616-0625, 250-754-6664.

FREE QUOTES, Large Truck: Rubbish Removal, yard waste etc. Same day service, starting $35.- $65/load + disposal fees. Moving, deliv-eries. Jason, 250-668-6851.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FREE ITEMS

SINGLE PANE windows in aluminum frame, assorted siz-es. Call (250)390-1833.

FRIENDLY FRANK

123 EIGHT Track tapes with player. Perfect for collectors. $55 obo. Pierre 250-390-9016.

1 LITER Benjamin Moore, new, (funky orange) child’s rm, teenager? $12. 250-758-1051.

3 SETS of icicles lights, all working, $10. Black TV stand, $60. (250)753-4130.

ARTIFICIAL XMAS Tree, 7’ like new. Lights and xmas balls incld. $50. 250-758-6577

BLACK & DECKER hedge trimmer, 16”, $35. Industrial aluminum pole, adjustable to 16’, for painting & washing, $45. 250-758-3410.

COMPUTER - all accessories, $25. Size 18-22 ladies clothes, $25 obo. Call (250)758-7686.

KELVINATOR Electric range, coil element, clean. Good cond. $99. (250)751-5257.

QUEEN SIZED box spring & mattress, $99. (250)754-5710.

SAMSUNG 20” colour TV w/remote & manual, like new, $25. (250)390-9226.

SINGER FREE arm sewing machine, extra foots & instruc-tion book, $85. 250-390-6661

SUNBEAM QUEEN heated mattress pad. Dual controls, like new, $65. 250-619-3794

TV STAND, Future shop, new, tinted glass & metal. Up to 60” TV, $75. (250)758-9447.

WHITE CHEST drawers $10 7 drawer desk $10 Hoop shower frame $20 2 teak coffee tables $10ea 250-758-8651

WINE MAKING kit. Complete with carboys, hoses, etc. $85. 250-753-3728.

BUYING - RENTING- SELLINGCall 310.3535

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

FUEL/FIREWOOD

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest fi re-wood producer offers fi rewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords, fast delivery. Help restore your for-est, Burndrywood.com or 1-877-902-WOOD.

FURNITURE

MOVING SALE: Coffee Table & end table, $145; swivel mi-cro fi bre chair & foot stool, $125; sml dining table & 4 padded chairs, $150; Yamaha keyboard & stand, $220. Mis-cellaneous other items. Isabel (250)729-3645 or 616-3964

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

CAN’T GET Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad & get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-981-5990.

REAL ESTATE

APARTMENT/CONDOS

MOVING must sell $172,000. Move-in ready 2 bedroom con-do. Parking, storage, balcony, new appliances, washer,dry-er,shelving. 250 754-2552 [email protected]

HOMES WANTED

WE BUY HOUSESDamaged House?

Pretty House? Moving? Divorcing? Estate Sale?

We will Buy your HouseQuick Cash & Private.Mortgage Too High and

House won’t sell?Can’t make payments?

We will Lease Your House,Make your Payments

and Buy it Later!

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MORTGAGES

Mortgage Help! Beat bank rates for purchases and refi -nances, immediate debt con-solidation, foreclosure relief, and equity loans. Free, fast, friendly, private consultations.

Call 1888-685-6181www.mountaincitymortgage.ca

OTHER AREAS

ARIZONA BUILDING Lots! 50% OFF! 15, AAA+ View Lots. $0 Down! Starting $99/mo! Guaranteed Financ-ing! Near Tucson’s Int’l Airportwww.sunsiteslandrush.comCall 1-800-659-9957 Mention Code 7.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

CENTRAL NANAIMO, Top fl oor Studio Apt for Nov 1. Quiet, spotless, good bldg. $595 mo includes Heat/Hydro.Call Mark/Don 250-753-8633.

COUNTRY GARDENS, Cen-tral: 2bdrm, ground Lvl in 55+ complex. $825 inclds heat, covered prkg, in suite W/D. Close to bus & shopping. To view Graham 250-714-8297.

DOWNTOWN, 2 bdrm Apt, balcony, secure prkg, quiet bldg, W/D, close to shopping and bus, NP/NS, no parties, refs, 1 yr lease, $850 + utils, avail Nov. 2. 250-756-0516

DOWNTOWN NANAIMO. 1-bdrm. On-site laundry, parking NS/NP. $550. 250-754-1547.

GORGEOUS DOWNTOWN Condo. Character building. 2bdrm, 5 appliances, WIFI, N/P, N/S $900. 250-754-2207

HOSPITAL AREA- 2 bdrm apartment, W/D. Manager on site. $800. (250)716-3305.

HOSPITAL AREA$700 & up 1 Bdrm,

Nov. 1st. Quiet, facing forest, HT & H/W incl’d.

Extra large balcony. New lino, carpet, paint.

Free early move in. Security cameras.

Small pet ok.250-753-6656.

NANAIMO DOWNTOWN 3 bdrm,1.5 bath, on-site laundry. NS/NP. $900. 250-754-1547.

RENTALS

APARTMENT/CONDO

HOSPITAL AREAReno’d 1 & 2 bdrm

suites. New balconies, paint etc. Quiet bldg.

Prof. on-site mngt. Park-ing incld. Avail Dec1st.

1 bdrm from $625. 2 bdrm from $775.

Call 250-754-2936

NANAIMO- TOTALLY reno’d 3 bdrms. Avail immed. Nice, clean, W/D. NS/NP. 1 yr lease req’d. (250)797-2411.

TOWNSITE- ADULT bldg, 2 bdrms, 2 balconies, clean & fresh. NS/NP. Available now. $750. 1/2 month free rent with lease. (250)758-4871

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES

(DEPARTURE BAY) 4 bdrms, 2 bath, 1800sq ft, sxs, 5 appls. RV parking, pets ok. $1299. Now. 1-250-598-6034.

NANAIMO (DIVER Lake) upper 2bdrm duplex, 1000sqft, W/D, D/W, near bus, lrg yrd. Avail. Dec. 1st, $1000 + utils. NS/NP. Call 250-751-1809.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR RENT

Rental PropertiesAvailable

All sizes. All pricesVisit our website

www.islandrent.comor call 753-8200

#100-319 Selby Street

HOMES FOR RENT

3 bdrm 1.5 bath. Close to schools, shopping and bus. NS, References required. $1400/mth (250)729.0610

Cedar 4bdrm exec, 2500 sqft, acreage, dble gar. Lease for $2,250 RR. 250-729-0074

HAMMOND BAY- 1 bdrm sxs duplex, private, clean, F/S, W/D, quiet area. NS,NP. Avail immed. $595. 250-758-4871.

NANAIMO- (near VIU) 3 bdrm upper w/1 bdrm lower suite. F/P, 7 appls, security system, fenced yrd, deck, new bath & recent upgrades. $1575/whole house. 778-686-8526.

NANAIMO- Downtown charac-ter bright 1 bdrm, ocean view, W/D,fenced yrd/prking. ns/np. $760+utils. 250-753-9365.

2BR UPPER house, on Sabis-ton St, on bus route, fenced yard, $850. (604)848-5719.

OFFICE/RETAIL

OLD CITY Quarter: Character, 300 sqft, street frontage, court yard. $775. (250)754-5174.

ROOMS FOR RENT

CENTRAL NANAIMO: furn. $450. Chris 250-740-5332 [email protected]

N.NANAIMO. N/S. Lrg clean, reno’d, private. Fridge, micro, laundry. $400. (250)390-2212.

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

OCEAN VIEW- bright, quiet, 1 bdrm, 4 piece bath, NS/NP. Utils incld w/internet & cable, W/D. Professional female. $475/mo. 250-751-2454.

UNIVERSITY VILLAGE, un-furn’d room, shared kitchen & bath, lndry & utils incl’d with wi-fi , senior preferred, avail immed, $425, 250-753-4036.

SUITES, LOWER

1 BDRM + den, full bath, priv ent/patio + W/D, newer home, Diver Lake, N/S, N/P, quiet, $850 mo incls utils & internet. Avail Nov. 1. 250-585-5270.

N. NANAIMO. 1 bdrm bsmnt suite. Private level entry, near Woodgrove Mall. Cable/hydro incld. Lrg kitchen, living room & bdrm. Insuite W/D + storage. NS/NP. Avail. immed. $850. (250)390-2467.

BRECHIN 3BDRM, close to shop/bus/ferries. Ocean views. Lrg deck, family area. N/P. $995/mo. (250)753-6681CEDAR AREA: 2bdrm, 1bath, 1000sq.ft. On bus route. $750/mo. (250)722-2783

CINNABAR 2-BDRM, private entry, hydro, W/D incld. N/S, no partiers. $950. Avail now. 250-741-1049, 250-667-0886.COUNTRY CLUB. Long Lake/ Mall 2 blks. Heritge house - 2 suites: One new 1 bdrm loft, 700 sq.ft., sunken tub, breakfast bar, $795. One small 1 bdrm ground level, pri-vate patio, $695. Non-smokingAlso have one room $525. See Kjiji ads. 250-668-2291.NANAIMO LAKES. Large Bach loft NS/NP. VIU - 15min drive $750. incl. 250-753-9365NORTH NANAIMO- 2 bdrm upper, lrg lot, deck, 5 appls, great location. $995 split hy-dro. N/S. Call (250)618-9370.

TOWNHOUSES2 & 3 B/R TOWNHOUSE. Newly Reno’d. Close to shop-ping in nice area. Incl heat & h/w. 1/2 mth free rent. $975/M & $1145/M. (250) 619-9244.

WANTED TO RENTRUTHERFORD AREA or North. 1 bdrm Apt on the top fl oor, prefer a corner unit. 2 bdrm with 2 baths, W/D, dish-washer on top fl oor. Long term Call 250 754-8350.

TRANSPORTATION

CARS TOP DOLLAR Paid! Want To Buy Junk Cars & Trucks for cash. 1-250-954-7843.

SCRAP CAR REMOVALSCRAP BATTERIES Wanted We buy scrap batteries from cars, trucks & heavy equip. $4.00 & up each. Free pick-up anywhere in BC, Minimum 10. Toll Free 1.877.334.2288.

VTRUCKS & ANSCASH BUYER of junk cars and trucks. Over the phone price quotes. 1-250-954-7843.

RENTALS

SUITES, LOWER

DEPARTURE BAY- lrg, bright, lower level walkout 1 bdrm, lrg kitchen, living room, bath, priv covered patio, fenced yrd, shared laundry, private en-trance. Cable, utils, bus route. N/S, small pet? Available Now $800. Call (250)751-8698.

FULLY FURNISHED 2 bdrm, ground fl oor suite. $1000./mo + utils. Departure Bay area. (250)729-7075.

LOVELY, lrg 2-bdrm ste, N. Nanai-mo. Private patio . Off road parking. Dec.1st. $900/m. shared laundry, all utilities included. (250)758-5368.

NANAIMO- (close to VIU, Schools) 2 bdrm suite. NS/NP. $775 incls util (250)754-3769.

NANAIMO (near VIU) 1 bdrm grnd level, priv. entr. $700. (250)591-8339, (250)751-4791

N. NANAIMO 1bdrm, beautiful bsmnt suite. N/S, N/P. Private entry, prkng, utils incl. No lndry. $700/M + DD. Avail immed. Ref. req.250-758-4963

N. NANAIMO- 2 bdrm. Close to Woodgrove Mall. NS/NP. Refs req. $900. utils/cable/hy-dro included. 250-390-4692.

N. NANAIMO- furn’d lower suite, cable, laundry. NS/NP. Sep entrance. $750. Call 250-390-9113 or 250-246-8115.

N. NANAIMO: New 2-bdrm suite, own laundry. N/P. $900 utils incld. Avail Dec. 1. Call 250-732-3522, 250-585-4689.

N. NANAIMO- (Norasea Rd) 1 bdrm, separate entrance, close to shops, $750. utils incld. NS/NP. 250-713-0861.

NORTH NANAIMO: 1 bdrm ground level, modern new home with separate ent., pri-vate backyard, quiet beautiful location, incld’s heat, hydro, shared laundry, NS/NP. Cable extra. Ref’s req’d, avail. Dec. 1st, $750/mo. (250)667-1551.

SOUTH Nanaimo Bsmt Suite, Includes W/D, F/S, WiFi, cable. N/S, N/P, $700/m + part hydro Please call after 5 P.M. Avail. immediately 753-8284

SUITES, UPPER


Saturday◆ BASTION CITY Wan-

derers Volkssport Club’s six or 10 km Nanaimo walk. Regis-tration at 9:45 a.m., back gravel parking lot at Westwood Lake. Walk starts at 10 a.m. For more information, call 250-756-9796.

◆ KNIGHTS OF COLUM-BUS hosts a fundraiser featuring quality new and used power tools, hand tools, ladders and other construc-tion items. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 5257 Ham-mond Bay Rd. Cash only.

◆ SATURDAY NIGHT Dance Society hosts its November dance from 8 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at Departure Bay Activity Centre, 1415 Wingrove St. Tickets at Petro-Cananda (Coun-try Club Centre) or the Smoke Shop, 38b Commercial St. or by calling 250-585-4154.

◆ UNITY CENTRE of Nanaimo hostsa meta-physical holistic fair at 2325 East Wellington Rd. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Energy heal-ing, massage, Reiki, tarot, craniosacral treatments, clairvoyant energy/chakra read-ings. 250-753-7857, 250-753-5971 or www.unitynanaimo.org.

Monday◆ HUB CITY Stamp

Club meets 7 p.m. at Brechin United Church, 1998 Estavan Rd. All collectors welcome. 250-245-8186 for information.

Tuesday◆ BCGREA HOSTS a

potluck lunch at noon at Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 595 Townsite Rd. Regular monthly meet-ing follows. 250-722-3742.

◆ NANAIMO POTTERY Co-op meets 7:30 p.m. in the meeting room cross from the pot-tery studio, lower level Bowen Park Recreation Centre. New members welcome. For more information, www.nanaimopottery.com.

◆ NANAIMO NEWCOM-ERS’ Club, a social group for women new to Nanaimo, meets 7 p.m., St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Hall, 4235 Departure Bay Rd. 250-585-2031 for information.

Ongoing

◆ CRESCENT CHAPTER No. 10, Order of the Eastern Star meets 7:30 p.m. on the sec-ond and fourth Thurs-

day of each month at Morpeth Hall, 620 Morpeth Ave.

◆ ORDER OF the Eastern Star Nanaimo chapter No. 43 meets at 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Ashlar Masonic building at 101 Commercial St.

◆ WOODGROVE TOAST-MASTERS Wednes-days 7:15-8:30 a.m. Improve communica-tion and leadership skills at 5070 Uplands Dr. at Turner Road. Call 250-741-4264.

◆ NANAIMO BUDDHIST Group meets Satur-days 10-11:30 a.m. 587 Seventh St., Nanaimo. 250-756-2127 or e-mail [email protected].

◆ SONS OF Norway Lodge meets first Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m., Bowen Park Activity Room 1. 250-756-2406.

◆ MOODY BLUES Group for men with depression runs from 6-8 p.m. at Mens Resource Centre, 418D Fitzwilliam St. For further information, call 250-716-1551.

◆ MID VANCOUVER Island Marine Model-ers meet every Sunday at the north dock of Inn on Long Lake from 9-10 a.m. with radio controlled sail and power boats. 250-754-4338 for details.

◆ HARBOUR CITY Senior Quilters meet Tuesdays from noon to 3 p.m. at Bowen Park. No experience necessary, all supplies provided. Please call Lucy at 250-756-9149 for information.

◆ THURSDAY NIGHT crib-bage at Royal Cana-dian Legion Branch 256 on East Wellington Road. Starts at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome.

◆ TROUBLE HEARING? Canadian Hard of Hear-ing - Nanaimo meets third Monday of each month at Christ Com-munity Church, corner of Bowen and North-field roads, at 1:30 p.m. For details phone 250-591-6206.

◆ NANAIMO WIDOWS Support Group meets Wednesdays at 1 p.m. in the Cavalier Room of the Howard Johnson’s Hotel. All widows wel-come. 250-716-2032 for details.

◆ NO-AUDITION FUN singing on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Details at [email protected] or 250-729-6135.

◆ NANAIMO STROKE Recovery Group meets every Friday at Bowen Park Social Centre at 10:45 a.m. Bring a bag lunch. Contact 250-753-5328.

◆ WEAVING OUR VOICES Haven Society support group – for women who have expe-rienced abuse – meets Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. Please call Cindy at 250-756-2452, ext. 228 for information or to book child care.

◆ NANAIMO GREEN Patrol is accepting individuals or groups to adopt local streets to keep them clean. Contact 250-751-2397 or visit www.nanaimo-greenpatrol.com.

◆ STRESSED, WORRIED, depressed, angry? Island Counselling offers a small, confi-dential group Wednes-days from 2-3 p.m. or 7-9 p.m. By donation. 250-754-9988.

◆ VANISLE FIDDLERS is a weekly gathering that welcomes fiddlers and all acoustic musicians. Learn traditional music in a fun, multi-age group. Every Thursday at Scout Hut. Groups run at 3 p.m., 4 p.m., 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. 250-591-3913.

◆ NANAIMO MEN’S Cen-tre hosts Dads Make a Difference program Thursdays from 6-8 p.m. at the Princess Royal Family Centre at 260 Irwin St. 250-716-1551.

◆ PRINCESS PATRICIA veterans interested in creating a PPCLI Association Chapter in Nanaimo are invited to call 250-754-4897 or 250-754-3703. Once established, funds will be raised to help injured Afghan war veterans who have returned to Canada.

◆ PARADISE ISLE Seniors at 201 Albert St. hosts a light lunch, pool tables, crib tour-nament, arts groups and other activities from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to Friday. Group is looking for new members. 250-754-9566.

[email protected]


Christmas Shopping in a UniqueChristmas Shopping in a UniqueSetting for One-of-a-KindSetting for One-of-a-Kind

Gifts by BC Artisans!Gifts by BC Artisans!

22nd AnnualNanaimo Professional

CRAFT FAIRBeban Park Centre2300 Bowen Road

$4.00 AdmissionIncludes Repeat Admission

FAIR INFO 250-390-3995 or www.nanaimoprofessionalcraftfair.com

Do your Christmas Shopping early at the Nanaimo Fair!You will fi nd a wonderful selection of “one of a kind” expertly hand-crafted items by some of B.C.’s fi nest artisans. From fudge to candy, from coffees to spices and soups, infant wear to hand painted silks, jewelry, something for best pet friend and so much more! There is bound to be a special gift to match loved ones on your list.

We welcome Sandy’s Ukrainian Kitchen this year with a fi ne assortment of refreshments and goodies for your enjoyment, so come sit awhile and take in the sights and sounds, tastes and touches of the Nanaimo Professional Craft Fair.

GRAND DOOR PRIZENintendo Wii Family

Fun & Fitness System• Hourly Door Prizes •

• Refreshments Available •

Friday, Nov. 4 - 12 noon - 8 pm • Saturday, Nov. 5 - 10 am - 5 pmSunday, Nov. 6 - 10 am - 4 pm

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22nd Annual Nanaimo Professional Craft Fair

GRAND DOOR PRIZE Nintendo Wii Family Fun &

Fitness System

November 4-6, 2011 Friday 12-8, Saturday 10-5, Sunday 10-4

• Hourly Door Prizes • Lunch & Refreshments Available

Beban Park Centre 2300 Bowen Rd. Nanaimo

$4 Admission includes return AdmittanceChildren under 12 accompanied by an adult - FREE

Present this ad for $1.00 OFF one AdmissionPresent this ad for $1.00 OFF one AdmissionInfo: 250-390-3995 or lindaknecht @shaw.ca

250-380-2546 email: [email protected]

Brent Campbell Jewelry

Hand Carved Native DesignedSilver and/or Gold Jewelry

Also Jewelry by Nancy DawsonCome see me at Booth #27.

COME SEE USAT BOOTH #54

Originals & Prints Priced to Sell

Onsite all 3 Days

Originals & Prints

Watercolour Paintingsby

Carol Schulz

McCrindle Table Decor

• Table Cloths• Place Mats• Runners• Napkins

Bring your table sizes, dish and room colour

to Booth #13

JAMM-EEZPajamas for children as

well as baby items.Come see us at

Booth #25(250) 723-4819

Visit us atbooth #36 to

taste our products.

[email protected]

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Nanaimo Professional Craft Fair Vender’s List 20111. Marcy’s Creations - Stuffed toys & purses2. Henigman Enterprise - Sheepskin & fl eece

Slippers3. Crofton by the Sea Weaving Studio - Hand

woven items4. Dragonfl y Signature Designs - Jewelry5. Klondike Apothecary - Ointments, lotions, oils &

teas6. Terrifi c Creations - Sewn cotton household items7. Kaarina’s Custom Knits - Hand knitting & felting 8. Silver & Stones - Semi-precious Jewelry9. Island Sweets - Bouquets from chocolate &

candies10. Joyce Sandilands & Robert Whittle - Authors &

Self Publishing 11. Golden Maples Farm - Gourmet jam, jellies,

chutney, syrup 12. Metal Mermaid Welding - Welded Art from

recycled metal13. McCrindle Table Décor - Table coverings &

napkins14. Graham Walker - Children’s music CD’s &

rhythm items15. Snug Bug Clothing - Baby items & nursing

accessories16. Indian Summer Leather Design - Soft leather

purses & bags17. Free Spirit Botanicals - Olive Oil soaps & body

products18. The Mushroom’s Door - Fabric Art Dolls & hand

painted bags19. Bloomfi eld Flats Custom Cedar Furniture20. Steve Williamson Photography - Wild Life

Photography21. I’ve Been Craving… - Gourmet Antipasto22. Creedation Wear - Children’s Specialty Clothing 23. The Turning Point /Enchanted Acres - Wood

work – turned & more24. Catherine Symington - Pasta & Artisan Italian

Breads25. Jamm-eez - PJ’s for children as well as baby

items26. Bernadette McCormack - Paintings-limited

edition prints27. Brent Campbell Jewelry - Native Design Silver &

Gold Jewelry28. Top Drawer Designs - Jewelry & watches29. Beaver House Fudge Company Inc. - Organic

Cream & Butter Fudge30. Daksha’s Gourmet Spices - East Indian Spices,

Cookbooks

31. Soulprint Designs - Hand painted children’s furniture, magnets etc

32. Jane Perala Designs - Hand made Bead Jewelry

33. Linda Currey - Sewn Christmas Decorations34. Gloria & Marco Art Designs - Original Oil

Paintings-whimsical folk art35. All the Time in the World - Pendant & earrings

from cross cut Arbutus36. Cranberry Mama - Cranberry Preserves37. V. Eva Designs - Hand painted Silk, hand made

Hats & accessories38. Sandy’s Old-Fashioned Bathworks - Cold

process Goat-Milk Soap39. J&K Ceramics and Jewellery - Jewellery &

hand-made Ceramic Art40. The Metropolitan Chef - Seasoning Rubs 41. Island Highlander Co. - Scottish Shortbread &

other treats42. Wild Harvest Native Teas - Therapeutic Native

Herbal Teas43. Mitchells Soup Co - Soup, Pilaf, Salad &

Dessert mixes 44. Silver Lynx - Jewellery45. Salt Spring Wooden Toys - Toys made from

recycled/reclaimed wood46. Misty Ridge Coffee Roasting Co - Custom

Roasted Coffee Beans47. Rhythms Artglass - Blown Glass Art48. Recycle & Resused - Aroma Therapy Towers &

More49. D’dance Glass - Blown Glass Art50. I Be Jammin - Jam, Jelly, Chutney51. Ceramic Art by Franziska - Ceramic Jewellery,

Buttons & Christmas Ornaments52. Taylore Made Designs - Clothing made from

Recycled Clothing 53. Suds n’ Soaks - Body Products54. Carol Schulz - Water colour Paintings55. Dog Cookies by Iris Corp. - Gourmet Dog & Cat

Treats56. A Crafty Couple - Intarsia Woodwork & Knitted,

Sewn toys & Sweaters57. Ragged Art - Recycled Copper Art Jewellery58. Trial by Fire - Stoneware Pottery59. Connie’s Country Christmas - Christmas Tree

Decorations, wall hangings, Socks60.& 61. 4GetMeKnotz - Painted wooden Wreaths,

Wall Hangings, Ornaments62. Dogsbody - Pet Care Products

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