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Nearly a week after he and his wife Leah held a big Canada Day celebration in recognition of his Order of Canada, and iconic Oceansider Howie Meeker still got choked up talking about it. “We put out about 150 invitations, but we had over 250 people turn out,” Leah Meeker said of the catered function held on their property. “The way it started was that we decided we would invite all the people I haven’t seen in 25, 30, 40 years, and from there (the list) just kept growing,” Howie chuckled.
“And so many of them showed up ... we were just thrilled,” said Leah. “We had such a good time ... it was so wonderful to see all those happy faces.” “So many people,” Howie marvelled when asked about the long line of adoring public, “some people must have stood there an hour and a half just to say hello.” “We just wanted to be able to welcome everyone to say hello and give them a hug. It was just wonderful to reconnect,” Leah said of the well over two hours they stood at the end of the re-
Qualicum Beach Mayor Teunis Westbroek was one of the many Howie and Leah Meeker well-wishers queueing up on July 1. JAMES CLARKE PHOTO ceiving line. “We were so,” Howie said when asked if they were bushed by the end of the day, adding “we were on such a roll though, having so much fun it didn’t matter (about
standing so long). “To see all those people, it puts ‘ya on a high, like you’re smoking something,” he laughed, then made the point, “it was nice to see so many people talkin’ and laughin’
and eatin’ and drinkin’ and sharing memories. “The world is full of neat people,” Howie said, “and we had a lot of really neat people here on Canada Day. It was great.”
Eaglecrest Ladies Open marks its silver anniversary July 15 QUALICUM BEACH — From the desk of Elizabeth Marsland a reminder one of the Island’s longest running ladies golf tournaments is celebrating its silver
anniversary July 15. “When the first Ladies Open Golf Tournament at Eaglecrest Golf Club (or Golf and Country Club, as it was called at the time) was played in
1987, the course had only nine holes, and much of the presentday Eaglecrest subdivision was barely beyond the planning stage,” said Marsland. “Even so, the event
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in its early years routinely attracted as many as 120 players, and seems to have been a “must do” for keen women golfers on the Island and Lower Mainland. This year’s Eaglecrest 25th Anniversary Ladies Amateur tournament sees a much-revitalized Ladies Club looking
forward to an event with 70 entrants and counting. The tournament takes place on Friday, July 15. For details, contact Diane Johnston at 250752-5210. There may still be space for late entrants. — Submitted
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