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Two declare for Area F election Former newspaper editor Richard de Candole this week announced his intention to run for the Regional District of Nanaimo in Area F this week. At the same time, former NDP candidate Leanne Salter said she also plans to vie for the same seat. The two are competing to replace outgoing
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Nile Creek is in the pink There was a time many years ago when Nile Creek was known locally as Pink Creek, because of the huge abundance of pink salmon spawning there every fall. While it hasn’t yet bounced back to those remarkable levels, the hard work done by the Nile Creek Enhancement Society has managed to bring a stunning reversal of the waterway’s fortunes, to the point where fisher folk are again vying for the best stop at the creek mouth. Brenda Gough takes a look at the progress and talks with project head Ken Kirkby.
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From the links a follow-up on local golfer Stephen Watson, who was back east competing on the national stage with Team BC. Raised in Qualicum Beach and a longtime resident of Nanoose Bay, Watson earned his spot on the three-man team by taking top honours in the Master-40s division at the BC Mid-Amateur at Storey Creek Golf Club in Campbell River in June. In the mix against a strong field of golfers from all over B.C., Watson, 45, finished third overall with a 4-under-par 212 and took home
the hardware for winning the Master-40s division. That finish earned Watson a spot on Team BC — along with Victoria’s Cory Renfrew, 25, who captured the BC Mid-Am Men’s title, and Brent Wilson of Gorge Vale Golf Club who finished one stroke back in second. Because of this, Watson is now bound for the Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championships at the 6,878 yard, par 72 Coppinwood Golf Club in Uxbridge, Ontario. Watch THE NEWS for the skinny on how he does.
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Major Rolf Guenther with post office employee Becky Skipsey putting another donation into the Christmas Kettle. BRENDA GOUGH PHOTO
Food drive bonanza Posties roll up their sleeves to help hungry By BRENDA GOUGH NEWS REPORTER The Salvation Army received a lot of food this weekend when employees of the Parksville Post Office filled their trucks with groceries they collected in the community on Saturday, Oct. 1. Major Rolf Guenther, the community services co-ordinator for the Salvation Army said once again the community came through for those who need it and the donations were greatly appreciated. “When we are in
need people pitch in,” Guenther said. “This region is very generous and helpful. It is marvellous.” Leah LaVallee, who runs the food bank for the Salvation Army said they needed pasta, pasta sauce, canned fish and peanut butter and they got bags of it on Saturday. Those are the items the food bank buys on a monthly basis and she said this recent campaign will help replenish their empty shelves. Guenther said they also got started with their Christmas Kettle Campaign and they received some hefty cash donations for that program as well. He said the Salva-
tion Army handed out 722 food hampers at Christmas time last year and he expects the demand for them will be just as huge this year, if not even larger. Parksville postal employee Roxanne Adams, who organized this year’s Post Office food drive, said they had about 25 volunteers and their families help out and she was pleased with how much food was collected. As of 11:30 a.m. Saturday there was well over 2,000 pounds of food. People who missed out on the food drive can still drop off food at the Parksville post office.
HILLIERS — Richard de Candole intends to be a candidate in the Nov. 19 election to choose a Regional District of Nanaimo director for Area F. De Candole is a Hilliers resident whose family ties to the area go back to 1965 when his parents retired to a farm on Slaney Road. He and his wife Wendy and their two children moved to the farm in 1992 and continue to live on part of it. For most of his working life he was employed as a newspaper journalist. For a 10-year period up to 2003 he was the owner-editor of the Qualicum Totem monthly newspaper. As a reporter he covered council meetings in several B.C. and Alberta communities
RICHARD DE CANDOLE ... wants to represent regional Area F and has a good understanding of municipal government. Since 2001 he has been a School District 69 bus driver. He has been involved in a number of community organizations including Parksville-Qualicum 4-H, the Coombs Fair, ACES Communications Committee, Fire & Ice, Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce, Nanaimo Corrections Facility prison ministry and St. Mark’s Anglican Church. He said he is run-
ning because he feels the wishes of voters in Area F have not been fully considered before decisions have been made. He said there needs to be greater vigilance in protecting the rights of property owners. He wants to be an RDN director who helps individuals, businesses and community groups achieve their goals, a director who encourages initiatives for a stronger and more viable community. De Candole is calling for small government, holding the line on taxes, advocating for businesses that attract young families, being pro-active in protecting the area’s elementary schools, advocating for farm incentives and the 100-mile diet, ensure that zoning and health ministry infractions are addressed and support for fire departments.
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Mayor hopeful declares Third person throws name in Parksville ring By AUREN RUVINSKY NEWS REPORTER A third candidate has declared his intention to run for mayor of Parksville.
Antonio Farinha has been in the midIsland area since 1965 and moved to Parksville from Port Alberni in 1984. In announcing his candidacy on Monday, he said he finds the “Parksville political climate hypocritical and stagnant,” and said he’s entering the
race to get his three main issues on the table. His number one issue is the ongoing destruction of the waterfront from development and things like the storm protection rip-rap or gravel placed along the east end of the beach.
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In the pink After years of hard work by dedicated volunteers, recovery shows what can be done By BRENDA GOUGH NEWS REPORTER Tales of salmon so abundant in B.C. rivers that you could walk across their backs are long over, but thanks to the decades long efforts by the Nile Creek Enhancement Society (NCES) the river in the community of Qualicum Bay is once again running with pink salmon and cutthroat trout. The restoration of Nile Creek is the Society’s flagship project and for proof that the
creek is almost in a pristine state, all one has to do is have a look at the stream Currently it is teeming with spawning salmon and people are in hip waders fly fishing at the mouth of the creek. “I’ve seen it happen. Thngs were dead, the fish were gone, but there’s been a change,” recounts Carolyn Graeme, owner of Shady Shores Beach Resort in Bowser. “I tell people you can now fish from your doorstep because
you literally can. You can strap on your hip waders, walk out in to the ocean and start fly fishing. The fish are back,” she said. It wasn’t a freak act of nature or magic that has seen Nile Creek start to approach the kind of productivity it once enjoyed. It was hard work by NCES volunteers and president Ken Kirkby said after 20 years of restoration work they feel pretty good about the outcome. “We knew that to be successful we’d have to work from mountain to ocean to restore the habitat. We have proven it can be done and it is repeatable and hope-
Ken Kirkby shows off a pink salmon that has spawned in Nile Creek. The local waterway has seen a turnaround in recent years. Below, fishermen cast their lines at the mouth. BRENDA GOUGH PHOTOS fully this can serve as a model for other projects,” he said. Kirkby said 20 years ago it was a dead river but they have brought it back to a full living system. “The pink salmon were virtually gone. There wasn’t a single one.” He said they began by putting incubators in the river and it was working quite well. But no sooner had they got things back on track again when
they had a major setback with construction of the Inland Island Highway. “In 1997 silt and debris from a sand slide, caused by construction of the new Inland Highway smothered the existing fry,” he recalled. “The river, which was just back in business again, was smothered by a vast tonnage of silt and debris. It suffocated everything in the river and all the eggs. We decided that it would take too many years for nature to flush that material out into the sea and that the only alternative was to build a river adjacent to the river called a side channel.” He said a 700 metre side channel was built with a donation from the Steelhead Society and a settlement with the Department of Highways. “Over the years we put in hatcheries and infrastructure to
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Nile Creek a success story This is where they get their brood stock. “We are not taking from our own fish yet. We want to get as many fish in the river as possible and over time in the future we will take the eggs ourselves from our own source.” The fertilized eggs will reside at the Quinsam River Hatchery until they are ready to be transported, at which time a million and a half plus eggs in trays will be delivered to the Nile Creek Hatchery. “In about a month we will pick eggs on a daily basis because the dead eggs will get fungus and that fungus spreads quickly and will kill everything if you let it,” he said. “So every day we have people who come with tweezers and pick the dead ones out and count every single dead thing so that we know what the survival rate is.” He said over last number of years their survival rate has been
around 98 per cent. Over the winter about 40 people on a rotating basis will hand-feed the fish during daylight hours. “It has to be by hand because these salmon are so tiny that normal feeders for larger fish don’t work. We have to feed them dust, but on a damp day the dust clogs up. We have a willing contingent of people lined up to feed the fish,” he admitted. Kirkby said when the fish died 20 years ago, everything went away but now the future is looking bright for everyone in the community. “When our pinks come home, the B&Bs are full, the pub does business, restaurants are full and people are making a better living. Now VIU is going to do an economic study of the value of Nile Creek to the community. It is a happy story in a sorry world.” news@pqbnews.com
Grant to push age friendliness By NEIL HORNER NEWS REPORTER Ron Cantelon isn’t wasting any time in his new job as minister of state for seniors. The ParksvilleQualicum MLA said this week the province has announced the creation of a special, $650,000 fund to help communities become more age-friendly. The money, he said, will be jointly admin-
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Wansink releases platform for mayoral race By NEIL HORNER NEWS REPORTER Qualicum Beach mayoral candidate Mike Wansink this week rolled out the campaign platform he plans to run by in the November municipal election. The seven-plank platform focuses on what Wansink sees as both a short and long-term vision to rejuvenate Qualicum Beach. “First, I would like to reduce or freeze taxes,” he said. “Next, I want to be able to ensure the sustainability of all four sectors, social, economic, cultural and environmental. I want to explore new ways of finding employment, particularly for the young people here. At the same time I want to make sure we can try to rejuvenate the community. Then there’s the health centre and the healthiness of the community. Then there’s water and the need to make sure we have a sustainable water supply in the area. Finally, there’s new leadership.” It’s perhaps on the issue of water where Wansink sees his clearest break with the current direction of council under incumbent mayor Teunis Westbroek’s leadership. “I attended a UBCM lecture a number of years ago with regard to predictions of rainfall in next 30 to 50 years, and it was actually quite shocking,” he said. “Climate science was predicting future rainfalls of about 50 per cent. This
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MIKE WANSINK ... Seven points to electoral platform for November vote will obviously affect our aquifers, our current sources of water because we are bound by groundwater.” Wansink said Qualicum Beach doesn’t have much of a water problem now, but regionally, water is an issue. “We have tons of water in the winter and most of it runs into the sea,” he said. “The watershed management plan is coming forward at the RDN and we want to be an active part of that. There’s a contradiction, though, between being part of that and thinking we are not going to tap into the Englishman River sources.” For the town to reduce its contribution to the Arrowsmith Water System, he said, is to wager that the climate scientists are wrong. The demographic makeup of Qualicum Beach is also an important aspect of Wansink’s platform. A senior himself, Wansink said he sees a strong need to move away from the everincreasing age of the population and attract younger residents to the community. “There is a large
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nologies coming here. You have to actually package ourselves, go face to face with the people who make decisions, go to trade shows and sell Qualicum Beach.” With lower housing prices, shorter commutes and beautiful nature, Wansink said Qualicum Beach has a great deal to offer the younger families that such enterprises would employ. In time, he said, this could lead to the rejuvenation of the business
sector and the town as a whole. One word that might be used to describe his campaign is collaboration. “There has been a tendency to create silos of interest, whether they are environmental, economic or cultural,” he said. “With the right, collaborative leadership, positive, forward thinking, inclusive leadership, I would like to break down those silos and work together.”
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LEANNE SALTER ... Former NDP hopeful switches gears to region working on a number of other projects such as a women’s transitional house and a dental clinic in Port Alberni. She’s running for the seat being vacated by Lou Biggemann because, “I was asked to run by several
there has to be more community engagement with those people on regional district issues. Another key issue for her is all the locked gates at forest access points. “That’s provincial forest and there are a lot of people who like to ride horses or take their pets out there but they can’t because offshore logging companies.” Salter added there is a need to develop a “real urgent health centre.” This would be a few years off, she admitted, but said she believes the only way for the community to get what it needs when
people and given that Lou’s stepping down it seemed appropriate.” She said a big issue facing the large diverse area is water, which is being damaged by poorly planned development and things like logging helicopters landing in waterways. An organic farmer, Salter is not against development, she said, “but when you allow over-development there’s more strain on the system.” “There’s a lot of independent people in Errington, Whiskey Creek and Coombs, and they live out there to be independent,” she said, indicating
there are no government funds available, is through a grass roots effort. “If we want to address the issues affecting the community we must do it ourselves,” she concluded. Two others have declared their candidacy for the seat, 34-year-old Skye Donald and Richard de Candole. The deadline to file papers is October 14. The first advance poll is November 9, with the election on Nov. 19. If you are planning to run for any office in the coming election contact THE NEWS at editor@ pqbnews.com or 250248-2545, ext. 215.
Walk across Canada looking for support PARKSVILLE — Friends of Parksville’s Forward House are hoping to walk to the Maritimes by Thanksgiving. Luckily, according to their pedometers, they are currently heading into Quebec on their 7,314 km virtual journey from the Island to St. John’s, Newfoundland. People are wearing pedom-
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tor Carol Richardson who updated the walkers progress. As of Sept. 23, “despite the heat, tornadoes, hurricanes and holiday traffic,” she said, the 17 participants had walked over 4,700 km in eight weeks led by Ida Colyn and Patrick Delorie who together have logged well over 700 km. “We don’t know how far
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he electoral contests in Parksville, Qualicum Beach and the regional district are starting to really heat up as more and more candidates put both their names and their platforms forward. However, before we get too wrapped up in the excitement of electoral fever, let’s take a moment or two now, while we are still able to remain calm and give a great big fat vote of thanks to everyone who takes any part in the municipal election process. First, hats off to all the outgoing municipal representatives who have made the decision, for whatever reason, to bow out after serving their time. It’s a We know, or at least have a pretty good idea, of thankless just how hard these people have worked. Whether task, most you love them or think of them as little more than a useless waste of skin, there’s no denying often that, while many of us were kicking back and watching television or working on some sort of hobby, these men and women were putting on their coats and heading out the door to take part in some meeting or other. It’s a thankless task, most often, so we want to make sure, right now, that these dedicated public servants get at least one thank-you before they head off into private life again. Thank you so much. Thank you also to the current crop of eager candidates who are putting their private lives somewhat on hold in order to serve their community. Whether they end up being front runners, also rans or just the electoral comedy relief, all of these people deserve our thanks and appreciation. Well done, all. — editorial by Neil Horner
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the need for area tion and transfer to hospital if needed. residents to travel to Nanaimo, Comox No appointment will be needed. or Port Alberni for non-emergent Primary care services. services, delivered By by health care pracSeventy-five perSheila cent of patients who titioners including Cruikshank visit an emergency family physicians, Rudi Van department who nurse practitioners den Broek do not need to be and associated staff admitted to hospital who will focus on will be able to have their health preventing disease, treating illness, managing chronic condicare needs met at the Oceanside Health Centre. tions and providing referrals will be accessible 6 days a week. Recently there have been some questions regarding the Specialists will be invited to Nanaimo Regional Hospital offer clinics at the Oceanside Health Centre thus reducing the District’s potential 40 per cent funding of this project. need for patients to travel to a hospital for some specialist apVIHA is very much looking forward to this potential partpointments. The Centre will also have an nership with the NRHD. Capital projects in healthcare are traonsite lab, medical imaging (xditionally cost-shared between ray and ultrasound) and a retail pharmacy where prescriptions the Province/Health Authorities and Regional Hospital Districts can be filled right on site. The Centre will decrease in a partnership that supports
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significant lease savings, allowing these funds to be redirected to patient care. The Oceanside Health Centre will bring together new and existing services under one roof to create a single access point for care for Oceanside residents. It will take a holistic approach to wellness and illness, with health care providers working as a team to provide services from birth to end of life. As the design elements are finalized and the project nears the start of construction, more and more information will become available. A website has been set up, and we encourage everyone who has an interest in this exciting project to read more at: http:// www.viha.ca/about_viha/building_for_health/oceanside.htm. Sheila Cruikshank and Rudi Van den Broek work with the Vancouver Island Health Authority
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LETTERS There’s a bigger issue at stake here This letter is regarding a socalled deal between Island Timberlands and the CPR trail and adjoining lands and environmental concerns. I wish to note that very little feedback has appeared online , nor in the papers except for a little blurb about Island Timberlands not proceeding with their original plans. Nor have the papers carried anything in the editorials. I’m beginning to believe on more than one occasion that this local media doesn’t have its heart truly embedded in the entire stories surrounding everyone’s viewpoints and needs and facts when it comes to our waters and environments. I am heartbroken that this deal may be only temporary until a future management-economic stakeholder decides to tap these trees for profit. I am heartbroken that the crux of the matter has not been addressed and resolved with Island Timberland’s commitments to raise their bar of environmental restructuring and retentions of trees, rivulets and water basins, identified and reported wildlife hotspots. Just a kilometre away or so from this CPR trail is number 83-9, which I assure you has a greater wildlife value than our contested area. This remnant of a nursery and Rosseau-ridge also needs looking at and protections. In all likelihood too, Island Timberlands will adjust their cuts to further increase harvests from here, and along the remainder of Arrowsmith Flanks and move in towards and around and onto Labour Day Lake.
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here have been suggestions that the spending in municipalities is out of control. Nowhere is it more evident than in Qaulicum Beach. Yesterday, a truck and trailer load of large concrete pipe was on site to remedy perceived by the Town engineer to fix a problem that does not exist, the rain that accumulates between the tracks and Village Way. During the Community Plan review it was reported that one person had expressed a need for a trail to the beach. It just happened that the Town had an engineering study done by consultants to widen the road and install massive storm drains to the ocean. Residents close to Memorial gathered 400 signatures in opposition but were ignored by council. My concern was twofold. The removal of the trees would expose the parking at the back of the apartment building, and any privacy they enjoyed but also require a massive, expensive retaining wall. The other concern was that the first OCP contained a zero runoff policy (that rainwater should be allowed to drain into the aquifer on site). The first review of the OCP after the engineer was on staff was changed to read that there was a zero runoff policy if it did not interfere with the drainage system. It looks as if the engineer does not understand the concept of zero runoff or is obsessed with building drains. Most areas of Qualicum Beach sit on pure white sand and all that is required is something to slow the runoff such as coarse rock. I called the mayor and drove him to Memorial and showed him how by extending the shoulder six feet to the west the same results could be achieved at saving of $1 million-plus. Two weeks later he and I did the same trip with the engineer. Because of the poor response, I went to the next council meeting and addressed council. I went to the following council meeting to see their response and was told during one conversation that the project was put on hold for one year. Next, I was told that a reply would be given in August. At the August meeting they awarded the contract. This lack of constraint on spending fixing things that are not broken is why our tax rate is double the rate compared to my relatives that live in Vancouver. Maybe a provincial auditor is what is needed.
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Making the case for irony in Canada Irony is the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite. Conservatives have been talking about fighting crime for years, but Harper’s government has been actively obstructing any inquiry into allegations that his cabinet colleague Tony Clement, president of the Treasure Board, may have misappropriated $50 million. It would be ironic if a Conservative politician was the first one to be tried, convicted and sentenced under the new provisions in the ‘Safe Streets and Communities Act,’ otherwise known as the Omnibus Crime Bill.
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Respect needed Despite promises to stop putting animals in the free classified section, I see that you are putting free puppies in the free section of the Aug. 19 issue of THE NEWS. Animals have no place in your paper under free or any other section except Pets. Animals are living creatures and deserve to get more respect from us.
Renee Kraft Qualicum Beach
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Many thanks to the folks at Island Ropes and Josh’s Family Garage for helping me repair a piece of fitness equipment. Both people took time out of their busy days to help.
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Thank you to all the curlers and Rita who volunteered at the Parksville Curling Club preparing and serving meals during the recent 4 Foot Curling Camp. A big thank you to Lois and Dennis Kaye at Pizza Connection for their assistance.
Sheila Dale Qualicum Beach
A very special bouquet to the woman who found my amythyst heart pendant on the front nine of Pheasant Glen on Wednesday and turned it in to the Pro Shop.
Lorraine Thom Qualicum Beach Heartfelt thanks to the anonymous person(s) who added their bouquet to my own, to my husband’s memorial bench at the Qualicum Beach waterfront in acknowledgement of our 60th Wedding Anniversary on September 29th.
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LETTERS WHO not a meter fan I have been concerned about the smart meters and following the stories in the paper including today’s story (Sept. 23) quoting BC Hydro saying there are no plans to install smart meters in our area until March 2012. Well mine arrived today. This is despite my contacting BC Hydro by website and by phone to tell them they could access my property to check my meter but not to install a smart meter. I was told I’d receive a letter to postpone my installation, but instead they left me a meter. It seems BC Hydro has responded to our local government’s potential banning of smart meters by rushing the installation. For those who have yet to receive their meter, get your letters into BC Hydro and put your refusal in writing. There are people looking into a class
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Thanks for proving point I feel compelled to respond to Mr. Kellerman’s response to my letter to the editor (THE NEWS, Sept. 20). Mr. Kellerman missed my point by a country mile. I was critical of council’s interfering in an area where it has no expertise, authority or responsibility and given its anti development stance,
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suggested, with some irony that was part of the problem. Mr. Kellerman seems to think that only those who have worked hard for decades need apply for residence in this town. Well, for his information, I have worked hard for decades, can afford to, and am living happily in Qualicum Beach as a retiree. I do thank him for one thing, however. His I’ve got mine and screw you attitude is exactly what I meant by the NIMBYism
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Doug Taylor Qualicum Beach
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New BC Hydro meters being installed in the Parksville area are digital meters, not the controversial smart meters, according to the company. While the debate over so-called smart, or wireless metres continues to heat up, BC Hydro spokesperson Ted Olynyk said there are none in the Parksville-Qualicum Beach area and they will not be installed here until after March 2012. During a debate for the NDP nomination for ParksvilleQualicum, candidate
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After Olynyk’s statement, THE NEWS received a number of phone calls and emails from Parksville residents who said that was not true, and that they already have a smart meter installed on their home.
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Nanaimo-Alberni MP James Lunney stood in the House of Commons last week to make a pitch for Canada’s continued strong support for the state of Israel. “Colleagues, this past summer
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threat to the Jewish people is still with us today ... it is clear in the determination of those sworn to destroy the collective Jew — the Jewish state.” Lunney said the world needs a strong Israel and Israel
needs secure borders and neighbours that recognize the state and choose the path of peace. “There are those who advocate dividing Jerusalem, separating the old city, historic Jerusalem from the
Jewish state, leaving a state without a soul,” he said. “The recent Basel Declaration highlights the San Remo commitment of 1920, the Mandate for Palestine approved by the League of Nations in 1922; solemn com-
mitments that gave the legal foundation for the modern state of Israel, including Jerusalem.” Lunney urged all nations to treat the issue carefully, noting the stakes are high. — NEWS staff
BOOK BONANZA Wembley Mall saw a spike of activity this weekend as the local SPCA shelter held their annual book sale, drawing in no shortage of book browsers and readers with a sharp eye for a bargain. The annual event is one of the largest fundraisers for the Parksville and District SPCA and, as in past years, was well supported by the community.
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Breast challenge met Breastfeeding Challenge event draws new mothers and their supporters from around the area By BRENDA GOUGH NEWS REPORTER
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he quiet environment at the Parksville Library was interrupted for a short time Saturday morning, but it was all for a great cause. Almost 50 moms, babies, kids and some support staff were on hand for an event to celebrate world breastfeeding week in Canada. Nourishing the Mind was the theme of this year’s tenth annual Breast Feeding Challenge. An international event with the goal of setting the record for the most babies breastfeeding at one time, the challenge — in Parksville at least, proved not to be a particularly easy one to meet. After half an hour
of story time with Librarian Barbara Kerfoot, the little ones were calm, but in some cases a little too calm, as some of the infants were fast asleep. Others indicated they wanted more stories. In all, 17 mothers nursed their babies at the Parksville Library during the event. Among the group were Jody Tkach, with her four-monthold daughter Olive and Michelle Peach, with her two-monthold son Kylan. The two mothers are both public health nurses from the Parksville Health Unit who are currently off work on maternity leave. Tkach admitted she struggled with breastfeeding her first child and had to give up after only two-and-
a-half months, but she said that with her second baby she found nursing to be much easier. She said as a public health nurse and a mother, she knows that breastfeeding is different with each child and that is why she encourages all mothers to keep trying, even if at first it proves to be fairly difficult. Parksville Public Health Nurse Gail Downey was on hand for the 11 a.m. “latch
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By BRENDA GOUGH NEWS REPORTER Qualicum Beach’s Acoustic Cafe, with music, poetry, story telling and song is heading into its fourth year and organizers are excited about the performances that will take place. Host Joyce Beaton said the feature performances range from folk to jazz to spoken word — to anything that folks might find to be entertaining. They are excited about this year’s lineup which includes musicians from Saltspring Island, Victoria, Gabriola Island and Washington State. Fans of the gig can also look forward to Nanaimo spoken word performers the Wordchikz who are booked for next month. Held on the first Friday of the month the Qualicum Acoustic Cafe has been so successful, tickets will now be sold ahead of time, rather than at the door. “As we sold out every show last year and were turning folks away, we started to sell tickets in advance. Tickets go on sale at
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his openness to eclectic musical influences. Doors at Rotary House open at 7 p.m. with the open stage starting at 7:30 pm. After a short intermission the feature act begins at 9 p.m. and wraps up around 10 p.m. Performers looking to showcase their talent on the open stage are strongly encouraged to contact organizers in advance. Tickets are $5 and can be bought at the Qualicum Vintage Candy Store on Second Avenue.
The seventh annual Harvest of Music presented by The Old School House Arts Centre has wrapped up another successful season. The musical feast in Qualicum Beach included some free concerts by the Horns of Plenty clarinet trio of Shawn Earle, Kate Frobeen and Liam Hockley. Folks who were out and about in Qualicum Beach over the weekend got to hear them perform 20 minute sets of Mozart’s Divertimenti. The trio was at the entrance to the library on Friday as well as the TD Bank. On Saturday and Sunday, customers
at A Step Above at Qualicum Foods were treated to the enchanting music as they shopped and dined. Hockley was performing in familiar territory over the weekend. The Qualicum Beach native who is as at home in the jazz world as he is in the classical studied with Canadian jazz great Phil Dwyer and is a regular performer at The Old School House Arts Centre’s Tuesday Jazz Club, among other venues. For five seasons he was Principal Reed for the Bard to Broadway Summer Stock Theatre Group Orchestra, playing all varieties of clarinets and saxophones, and the slide whistle. SEE
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Lyndia Terre (left) shows Miki Wrigley (right) one of Terre’s new multi-media photographs done at Moorecroft for The Nature Trust. Terre, at the Lydia Terre Gallery is having a party on Oct. 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. to raise money for the Nature Trust of B.C. The gallery is located at 1811 Northwest Bay Road.
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Music event called a major success Hockley began studying the clarinet at age nine, and studied with Earl Thomas (formerly of the New York Wind Quintet, Dallas Symphony and Lexington Philharmonic) for eight years.
He formed an awardwinning inter-school jazz combo in high school and was the 2009 recipient of a major scholarship from the Bill Dwyer Memorial Scholarship Fund.
Now in his final year of a Bachelor of Music program, majoring in clarinet performance, at the University of Victoria Hockley studies with Patricia Kostek and performs with the
UVic Orchestra, Wind Symphony and Sonic Lab. He also plays in chamber groups of all sizes and instrumentation, performing everything from wind trios by Mozart to the Stravinsky Octet.
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t’s hard to believe another summer in Oceanside has come and gone, and Thanksgiving is only weeks away. Could it really be the start of the holiday season already? We get a bit more of a respite than our American counterparts, having Thanksgiving earlier, with a grace period before the impending yuletide festivities. Christmas ... really? We’ve only just got the kids back to school, and undoubtedly most have not even thought of what mask they will don
Voice of Business By Peter Morrison for this year’s Halloween festivities, or what manifestation of Denim & Diamonds is going to wow the party goers at the 27th Annual Fantasy Auction on Oct. 22. Never mind what they will get for that hard to buy for person on their list.
With a bit of forethought though, you could give your favorite local retailer the heads up, with plenty of time to bring in that special something, should you not be able to find it locally. Just sayin’. Parksville is set to be the premier destination for all things festive, thanks to the Christmas Committee headed by Carrie Powell Davidson, so I challenge you to keep your local retailers in mind when you start to head out to find that special something. I will certainly be
GOTTA SPLIT Beach Hut owner John Tryon serves the last ice cream cone of the season as the popular Qualicum Beach waterfront eatery closed its doors for the winter.
shopping in town as much as possible, and encourage you to do the same. Here’s a quick message for the retailers, as we start to see the rain and wind of our west coast winter bear down upon us: your customers are going to want to park as close to your shop as possible, so ensure you and your staff make the extra effort to park further away, and allow access to as many customers as possible.
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Peter Morrison is 1st Vice-President of the Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce
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eet George, he is 59, married to Fiona, and will be retiring at 60 and has no retirement plan. This situation is more common than you may think. Many Canadians work towards retirement on a daily basis without a retirement plan. Maybe their plan is to simply cross their fingers and hope for the best. Back to George. George started to think about establishing a retirement plan late in his career but rather late than never. These are the steps that we followed to build George’s retirement plan. The first thing we did was ask George
and Fiona what they would like their retirement to look like. We wanted to know how much they would like to travel, what their hobbies would be and how much income they generally would need for dayto-day needs and for all the fun things they plan to do in retirement. We reviewed George and Fiona’s balance sheet showing all assets and liabilities, thus giving us a snap shot of their current net worth. We asked George and Fiona to provide us with a budget to determine monthly income needs. This assists us greatly in determin-
ing whether or not income needs to be withdrawn from investments to supplement pension income and CPP. We asked George and Fiona to provide us with an income statement which reflected income from all sources during retirement. We reviewed George’s pension plan statement and looked at all the options available to him and his spouse based on their current circumstances. We estimated how much tax George and Fiona would pay in retirement taking into account the pension income splitting rules. We looked at
Where it Counts By Stuart Kirk George’s latest notice of assessment from CRA to find out what his RSP contribution room is to determine if a RSP contribution made sense in his final year of work. We had to decide if it would be better to make a RSP contribution or a spousal RSP contribution; again taxes came into play here. We built an income
projection to age 90 reflecting significant changes that happen along the way, for example, old age security (OAS) being claimed at 65 and RSP’s that have to be partially withdrawn from age 71. We made sure that George and Fiona have up-to-date wills, enduring power of attorneys and representation agreements. We invested all non-registered and registered investments into a portfolio reflecting George and Fiona’s risk tolerance. In their case we placed 20 per cent into GICs, 60 per cent into bonds and 20 per cent into dividend paying stocks.
The idea behind the strategy was to generate income with as little risk as possible. We consolidated all of their debt into a home equity line of credit (HELOC); this reduced their interest payment and will allow them to pay down the debt quicker. We recommended that they defer their property taxes as they are not trying to leave a large estate to anyone. We completed a risk analysis for George and Fiona determining whether or not any life insurance was needed. Once we had all this information together we will finally
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Former Qualicum Beach mayor Art Skipsey lives up to the name, Mr. Qualicum. By NEIL HORNER NEWS REPORTER hen he retired from his position on the board of the local museum recently, Art Skipsey’s farewell cake had a two-word inscription: Mr. Qualicum. That’s not surprising, when you consider everything he has been involved with over many, many years in Qualicum Beach. Art Skipsey was a member of Qualicum Beach town council for 15 years, and served for 12 years as mayor. During this time, many of the facilities that have come to be known as integral to the community were initiated, worked on and completed. The list is long, but some of these include the purchase of the Memorial Golf Course, the saving and restoration of what came to be The Old School House Arts Centre and the adoption of the town’s first ever official community plan. Skipsey also initiated the formation of the Parksville-Qualicum Foundation, serving as its first president. When Skipsey served as mayor of
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the community, he also created the first chain of office, although that was done only after Skipsey received a very high-profile nudge. During a visit with Vancouver Island mayors by Prince Philip, Skipsey still didn’t have a chain of office, something that didn’t escape the royal’s notice. “I see you only wear your chain of office for special occasions,” Prince Philip reportedly quipped. Shortly thereafter, the current chain of office was created. His mayoral activities are well remembered by many Qualicum Beach residents, but Skipsey made an impression on people prior to that and continued to make his mark even after leaving political life. Skipsey, who grew up in Port Alberni and who worked at the Skipsey Sash and Door Company, became a well-loved shop teacher and was a driving force behind the growth of the Boy Scout movement in Port Alberni. Taking possession of a heritage vessel, the Swan, Skipsey used it as a barge to move his scouts to camping adventures on Sproat Lake. The Swan was eventually declared
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CHARLES VERNE 1954 - 2011 Charles Michael Verne, 57, of Whiskey Creek, BC, lost his courageous battle with cancer suddenly on September 26, 2011, at Nanaimo General Hospital, surrounded by family and friends. He was born to the Late Charles and Gloria Verne on June 26, 1954, in Victoria BC. He was the oldest of 2 siblings; attended Victoria High School and completed Camosun College as an Electronic Tech. Charlie resided in Whiskey Creek for 30 years, as an electronic technician and CEO of his business WCET Technologies. He had a love for Classic Rock, Gardening, Computers, Making Wine, and spending time with his friends and family. Charlie will be forever remembered by his two children: Liam Verne and Laura Banick (Tyler) and two grandchildren Madison and Ethan, his sister Christine and his many nieces & nephews, and special friend Sharon Sheaves. The memorial Service was held at Yates Funeral Home in Parksville, BC on Monday, October 3rd at 3PM.
CHARLET JEAN JOHNSON (BIGGS) November 19, 1946 - September 13, 2011 Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s with great sadness, Diana and Jason Johnson, and their families, announce the passing of their mom, Charlet. She died peacefully at home surrounded by family and friends, after a courageous battle with breast cancer. Charlet was a loving and devoted grandma to Ben, Kai and Anya. She was a caring, loyal friend to many. She loved the outdoors, hiking and walking, and she loved to travel. Our mom was a beautiful, digniďŹ ed and graceful woman throughout her entire life. A celebration of Charletâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life was held on Saturday the 17th. We would like to thank, from the bottom of our hearts, momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s close friends and family that made her journey that much easier. Thanks also to Oceanside Hospice and V.I.H.A homecare nurses, for taking care of our mom. In lieu of ďŹ&#x201A;owers please donate to Oceanside Hospice. Special thanks also, to her doctor, Penny Bartlett and her Oncologist, Dr. Andrew Atwell.
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Three years have come and gone,m But the pain is still like yesterday. Every hour of every day, you are forever in our hearts, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell you how much your are loved and missed. Always in our hearts. PS: You are going to be a grandmother! Love Alan, Brandon, Spencer, Mom, Dad & Brian. DEATHS
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David passed away quietly in his Parksville,BC home. Just recently relocated from Chester, NS to be closer to his son Ian Jamieson and daugter Susan Ogeirman and his grandchildren Sam,Ben and Kyle. He is also survived by his brothers Bruce, Brian, and Stuart and adopted siblings Dave,Nancy and Roy. His voice will be missed in choirs from coast to coast. Memorial services will be held at the Chester United Baptist Church, Chester,NS on October 15, 2011 at 11am. Donations may be made to the Canadian Diabetes Association.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS Re: The estate of Marion Amy Allison, also known as Marion Allison, Deceased, formerly of 201 Cypress Street, Parksville, B.C. Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Marion Amy Allison, also known as Marion Allison, Deceased, are hereby notiďŹ ed under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to Richard Milton Crossley, the Executor of the Estate, c/o Rodway & Perry, at #1 699 Beach Road, Qualicum Beach, B.C. V9K 1S4 on or before November 21st, 2011 after which date the Executor will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice. Richard Milton Crossley, Executor.
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McCauley, Isabelle ( Ethel Emma ) nee Honey Peacefully, at Stanford Place, Parksville BC, on the 26th of September in her 88th year, after a short courageous battle with cancer. Predeceased by Dear Husband James McCauley 1988, and Sister Jean Spring; Isabelle will be sadly missed and is survived by her Sister Mid Nielsen and Brother Tom Honey(Karen), Daughters Helen McCauley, Liz Lane(Larry), Judy McCauley, Rene Langen(Peter), and Son Jim McCauley (Sandy). She was dearly loved by her 10 Grand children, and many Great Grandchildren and Nieces and Nephews. She had many Family and Friends in Ontario, and over the last few years many close Friends in the Qualicum Beach area Prior to retiring, she worked for many years as the Secretary Treasurer for McLean and Foster Construction Co. in St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ontario. Isabelle and Jim hosted many Family reunions at their cottage in Red Bay, and spent their winters with many Friends in Sebring Florida. She was a major supporter & volunteer of the Ladies Auxiliary and Royal Canadian Legion, following her service overseas with the RCAF during WWII. She was also a Life Member of the Elks Royal Purple. She was an active member in the Oceanside Community and could often be found at Ravensong Pool, Seniors Centre and Theatre Productions. Isabelle would visit Branch 76 RCL daily at 4 pm for Happy Hour to meet her Comrades. Isabelle was known as the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dancing Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x153; to her family. Her passion was cruising and she achieved her goal of traveling to every continent and ocean. Special thanks and gratitude go out to the wonderful Staff at Stanford Place, in particular the whole Fairview team who cared for Isabelle. She enjoyed them and appreciated them so much. A Celebration of Life was held at the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 76 Qualicum Beach on Saturday Oct 1st, 2011, followed by a Luncheon and Refreshments put on by the Ladies Auxiliary. The family wish to thank members of the Ladies Auxiliary and RCL Br 76 for their support during this difďŹ cult time.
Anyone wishing to make a donation in her memory, please address to the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 76 Qualicum Beach, Poppy Fund. Condolences may be forwarded to condolences@qbfuneralcentre.com Qualicum Beach Funeral Centre â&#x20AC;˘ 250-594-0305 â&#x20AC;˘ www.qbfuneralcentre.com
NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS RE: THE ESTATE OF ANNA HIRSCH Deceased, who died on JANUARY 29, 2011 formerly of PARKSVILLE,B.C. Creditors and others having claims against the estate of ANNA HIRSCH, are hereby notiďŹ ed under Section 38 of the Trustee Act that the particulars of their claims should be sent to the Executors, Patricia Anne Perkins and Donna Lee Ferguson, c/o SOLOWAY & COMPANY Barristers and Solicitors 145 E. Hirst Ave., PO Box 1867, Parksville, BC V9P 2H6 on or before October 21st., 2011 after which date, the Executors will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executors then have notice. SOLOWAY & COMPANY Barristers and Solicitors
NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE ESTATE OF RAYMOND BERTRAM ALFRED OLAN also known as RAYMOND BERTRUM OLAN, also known as RAYMOND OLAN, DECEASED LATE OF PARKSVILLE, BC WHO DIED JULY 6TH, 2010.
Creditors and all others having claims against the Estate of RAYMOND BERTRAM ALFRED OLAN, also known as RAYMOND BERTRUM OLAN, also known as RAYMOND OLAN are hereby notiďŹ ed pursuant to s. 38 of the Trustee Act, that particulars of their claims and any security held by them, should be sent to the Administer of the said Estate, c/o the Solicitor for the Estate at the address set out below, on or before the 30th day of November,2011, after which date the Administrator will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Administrator then has notice. THOMAS & COMPANY Barristers, Solicitors & Notaries Public #6 - 162 W. Harrison Ave, PO Box 1779, Parksville, BC, V9P 2H6 File No.: 10760
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Up to $ 3000 monthly We are looking for caregivers to provide a home environment for youth in need of withdrawal management and stabilization related to substance use. Situated in the Nanaimo, Ladysmith, or Parksville areas, caregivers will provide non-medical care and support to youth between the ages of 12 -19 years in a private, safe, alcohol and drug free home. A reliable vehicle, criminal record check, references, and participation in a care home study are required. If you are interested, have good people skills, a calm approach, and enjoy working with youth, please contact the Transitions Care Home Coordinator 250754-2773 ext 222 or visit www.narsf.org - employment tab. EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS
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FARRAH’S Friends Playcare F/T & P/T for 2 yrs+ Call Erin at 250-248-6112.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES BE YOUR Own boss with Great Canadian Dollar Store. New franchise opportunities in your area. Call 1-877-3880123 ext. 229 or visit our website: www.dollarstores.com today. HOME BASED BUSINESS. We need serious and motivated people for expanding health & wellness industry. High speed internet and phone essential. Free online training. www.project4wellness.com STOP PAYING Your Cell Phone Bill And Start Paying Yourself! Discover our SECRET at: www.Phone WealthFreedom.com or call 24/7: (559) 546-1046
CHILDCARE ECE NEEDED. We are looking for a loving & enthusiastic Early Childhood Educator to join our busy team. Full time position to start Dec. 5th. Wage based on experience. Email resume to: littlestar@shaw.ca or drop off in person to Little Star Children’s Centre, 600 Beach Rd., Qualicum Beach.
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MEDICAL OFFICE Trainees needed! Hospitals & Dr.’s need medical office & medical admin staff. No experience? Need training? Career training & job placement available. 1888-748-4126.
HELP WANTED Alberta earthmoving company requires a journeyman heavy duty mechanic. You will work in a modern shop and also have mechanics truck for field work. The job is at Edson, Alberta. We require that you have experience on Cat crawlers and or Deere excavators. Call Lloyd at (780)723-5051.
Bodyworks Fitness for women will be starting classes soon. Now accepting resumes for instructors 162 Morison Ave., Parksville 250-248-3346 Holbrook Dyson Logging Ltd Has vacancies in the following jobs: 1)Heavy Duty Mechanic. 2)Driller Blaster Details can be seen at http://hdlogging.com/ Fax resume to 250-287-9259 HUGHSON TRUCKING INC. is looking for Class 1 Super-B flatdeck drivers. Safety and Performance Bonuses, benefits package, drug & alcohol policy. 2 years experience preferred. We will provide transportation to Southern Alberta. Call 1-800-647-7995 ext 228 or fax resume to 403-6472763 North-Island Auto Dealership is accepting resumes for the position of Sales Manager/Business Manager Please send resume including management qualifications to: The Mirror, #104 250 Dogwood St. Campbell River, V9W 5C1 ATTENTION: Box #155 or email to angelah@campbellrivermirror.com and type Box #155 in the subject line.
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SERVICE ADVISOR. We have an immediate opening for the position of Service Advisor. Applicant should be mechanically inclined, computer literate and familiar with all types of automotive vehicle repairs. Apply in person or writing to: Browns Chrysler Ltd., 10447-104 Ave., Westlock, AB, T7P 2E4. Phone 1-780349-5566. Fax 1-780-3496493. Email: service@brownschrysler.com Attention: Dale Marshall. We are still hiring - Dozer & excavator operators required by a busy Alberta oilfield construction company. We require operators that are experienced and preference will be given to operators that have constructed oilfield roads and drilling locations. You will be provided with motels and restaurant meals. Competitive wages, bonus and transportation daily to and from job sites. Our work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Call 780-723-5051.
HOTEL, RESTAURANT, FOOD SERVERS / BARTENDERS needed. Must have “Serving it Right”, a positive attitude and must be able to work night shifts & weekends. Apply to: The French Creek Marine Pub, #1-1025 Lee Rd, Parksville.
INCOME OPPORTUNITY GET PAID Daily! Now accepting: Simple P/T & F/T online computer related work. No experience is needed. No fees or charges to participate. Start today, www.BCWOC.com
TRADES, TECHNICAL EXPANDING DODGE Dealership requires Journeyman automotive technicians. Thriving vibrant community. Wages $38.00 & up. Excellent benefits, relocation bonus. Fax resume 306-463-6808 email: jason@energydodge.com Kindersley, Sask.
PERSONAL SERVICES ART/MUSIC/DANCING ORGAN & KEYBOARD LESSONS: In your own home - on your own instrument! Call Keith Clarke, 250-743-9669
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FINANCIAL SERVICES NEED CASH TODAY? ✓ Do you Own a Car? ✓ Borrow up to $20000.00 ✓ No Credit Checks! ✓ Cash same day, local office www.REALCARCASH.com 250-244-1560 1.877.304.7344 SMALL BUSINESS grants start or grow your small business. Free to apply. Qualify for up to 100K. www.leadershipgrants.ca
HOME CARE SUPPORT ANGELS HOME CARE CERTIFIED, INSURED MARCIA 250.594.7777 EARN $1200./monthly. Free accommodation w/privacy in a Qualicum condo grd level, w/priv garden for assisting a senior gentleman with housekeeping, shopping. Has common AMD (eyesight decline). Plan winter holidays,passport needed; Cuba? USA? Curious? Call (250)752-3327.
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BOOKKEEPING SERVICES for small business, reasonable rates, ref avail - get organized, call 250 752 3833 today.
CLEANING SERVICES QUEEN BEE CLEANING Residential & industrial cleaning service. Please call from 3-7pm. 250-951-4819
COMPUTER SERVICES BUYDENS COMPUTER Services.Parksville, Qualicum & areas. Kevin @ 250-240-7372
CONTRACTORS J & S DESIGNS Yard and fence design, General yard maintenance, Painting, Reno’s, Finishing Work, House Washing by hand,Rubbish removal,and all aspects of snow removal including salting Seniors Discounts! Free Estimates! Call John and/or Sandy 250-586-3373 / 250-228-0147
DRYWALL FOR ALL your drywall and painting needs, reno’s and repairs. Textured ceilings, spray paint. Call a pro, no job too small. Phil 250-954-1859.
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WES-COAST YARDBIRDS Lawns, gardens, yard cleanup, large dump. Pressure washing, Irrigation. Tree Pruning, Topping, Removal. Please call 250-752-9444.
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IF YOU own a home or real estate, Alpine Credits can lend you money: it’s that simple. Your credit/age/income is not an issue. 1-800-587-2161.
LOCAL MAN with truck for hire. Qualicum Bay to Fanny Bay. Call Gary (250)757-9182 or leave message.
M O N E Y P R OV I D E R . C O M . $500 Loan and +. No Credit Refused. Fast, Easy, 100% Secure. 1-877-776-1660.
OCEANSIDE HOUSE and home for repairs, maintenance and pressure washing. Pete, (250)927-2641.
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SMALL JOB Specialist. Experienced Contractor. At home or business. Small jobs a Specialty. Reasonable rates. Professional workmanship. Refs. Dave: 250-954-7877.
FREE DROP OFF: Oil, batteries, scrap metal. We pay $Cash$ for unwanted Cars & Trucks. Call anytime. Norm & Sons Towing, Salvage & Recycling. 250-757-8911 or 250954-7543
SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawmills.com/ 400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.
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PARKSVILLE APT- 2 bdrm, D/W, free laundry, 2 car spaces, $825. Available now or Oct 1. Call 250-927-0287. QUALICUM BEACH: Downtown, 1000sf, 2bdrm, 1 bath, lrg living room & deck, $1000. Avail. Oct. 1st, 1 year lease, NS/NP. 2 refs. 250-240-0549, 250-752-3241, 250-752-7904.
FANTASTIC 4 bdrm, 3 bath, pet friendly home on Parksville Acreage. Fenced back yard, RV prkg, carport, deck, greenhouse, and gazebo. Short walk to ocean, schools & shopping, yet nestled in a park like setting. Stainless appls. Long-term tenants. $1600 mo + utils (only 70% of hydro), pets neg. Horses on property/part board potential. 40x20 Shop also available. Occupancy immed. Call 250-937-9379.
QUALICUM BEACH, newly refurbished & fully furn’d 3 bdrm, 2 bath, ocean view property. Jan/2012. $1600 mo + utils. Call Dagmar at 1-403229-9753 or 1-403-618-9756.
ALL TYPES of hauling. Small loads, garden waste, construction debris & junk. Ron 250757-2094 or 250-228-1320
HOME IMPROVEMENTS TODD THE BUILDER. Renos, plumbing. Commercial offices; Custom homes. 250-752-1121
MOVING & STORAGE 2 BURLEY MEN MOVING. $85/hr for 2 men (no before or after travel time charges on local moves. Please call Scott or Joshua, (250)951-0010.
FRIENDLY FRANK OAK WITH glass coffee table and 2 matching end tables, $85. Call 250-752-2543. WINE MAKING equipment. Everything needed for making wine, incl. Filter & Corker. $60 takes all! Call 250-954-3738
FUEL/FIREWOOD SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest firewood producer offers firewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords, fast delivery. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com or 1877-902-WOOD.
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A STROKE ABOVE Painting. Commercial & Residential. Interior/Exterior. WCB, liability insurance. All jobs warranted. See what we can do! Dave 250-248-0335, 250-240-2310.
CHESTERFIELD (7’LONG) and love seat (62”Long), off white & soft beige, Canadian made, in great shape, $375 obo. Call 250-248-0291.
POIRIER PAINTING, Residential/Commercial. Fully insured, Guaranteed Workmanship, Free Estimates. Call Dan 250-240-3528. WCB insured.
MOVING SALE black leather sectional, new brown leather la-z-boy recliner, dressers, patio furn., bar stools, book shelves, lots more. All in new cond. Offers 250-468-2052
IN-N-OUT Recycling. #1 cash buyer for unwanted vehicles. Free towing 250-937-7691
SPECIAL needs single bed for sale. Fully adjustable with body massage technology. Serta Romeo mattress that is designed for adjustable beds. This bed is in excellent condition with no marks or stains. $500 or best offer. (250)954-2375
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QUALICUM BAY Lighthouse Community Centre. 240 Lions way, Qualicum Bay, B.C. Date: Oct. 9th., 8am to 12 noon. Pancake Breakfast and Flea Market. Tables $8.00. Ph: 250-757-8481 or 250-7579938. Rain or shine!
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PETS EQUESTRIAN TOWN OF QUALICUM, various horses for free lease. Just pay board fees of $350 p/mo. Have your own horse without risk or investment! Board includes use of facility with indoor & outdoor arenas plus round pen! 250-752-3458.
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BELLEVUE RECONDITIONED APPLIANCES Sales & Service. FULL WARRANTY. Large Showroom
1040 BELLEVUE ROAD Parksville 250-248-8251
MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE BUILDING SALE... Final clearance. “Rock bottom prices”. 25x40x12 $7350. 30x60x15 $12,700. 35x70x16 $15,990. 40x80x16 $20,990. 47x100x18 $25,800. 60x140 x20 $50,600. End walls included, doors optional. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422.
MISCELLANEOUS WANTED GUNS WANTED: I want to buy your guns. Call (250)4687533.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ELECTONE ORGAN 1 octave pedals $700. 250-752-2137
REAL ESTATE ACREAGE 82.8 ACRES, 300’ lakefront, S Cariboo. Beautiful, pastoral, private, rural setting. Borders crown land. Adjacent 80+ acre parcel available. www.bchomesforsale.com/ view/lonebutte/ann/
APARTMENT/CONDOS QUALICUM BEACH, Apt. for sale in Hawthorne Place, 750 Memorial Ave. 1 bdrm, 24 hr on site management. Contact Val or Pete @ 250-248-8366
COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL 1250 sq.ft. commercial service bldg for rent. Office and reception area + shop. New modern industrial site. $1250 per mo. Lease available. Call 250-248-3850
FOR SALE BY OWNER OCEANFRONT Fanny Bay BC, immaculate rancher in excellent condition inside and out, .48 acre property. Open concept living area, perfect for entertaining. Remodeled kitchen with hardwood and heated tile floors, 2 bdrms, 2 full bths. New price $615,000 (will look at all reasonable offers) 1305 sq.ft. (250)861-3218.
HOUSES FOR SALE
DEMO SALE- 12 Kitchen Cupboards, white w/oak trim, great condition. $1500, obo. (250)752-1237. DO-IT-YOURSELF Steel buildings priced to clear Make an offer! Ask about free delivery, most areas! Call for quick quote and free brochure. 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170. GLASS TOP Ruttan table w/ 4 matching swivel chairs, $160, 3 matching dressers, $20 ea. 3 wheel Electric pacer plus Scooter, $350. 250-752-2543.
FREE ITEMS 21 partially full camping size propane bottles. 250-240-4901
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RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO AVAIL IMMED. Parksville 1bdrm patio home 50+ senior’s complex. $1050/mo incl. light housekeeping. Optional dining program avail. Long term tenancy preferred. 250-752-1583. COOMBS: 2 bdrm, bright loft apartment, 4 appls, W/D, utils incl, avail now, N/S, N/P, $950 mo + dam dep, 250-937-9945 2- BDRM Apt, Hilliers area. N/S, small pet neg, laundry, deck. Avail Nov. 1st. Ref’s. $750 mo + utils, discount for long term. Call 250-752-3032. OCEAN SANDS RESORT on Rathtrevor Beach. Fully furnished 2 bdrm condos includes utilities, cable, phone and internet. Available Now. $1100/mo. (250) 954-0662 . ONE BEDROOM Bachelor suite. Separate entry, w/d, f/s. Electric incl. Upper Lantzville. $650 p/mo. Call 250-716-6797 PARKSVILLE: 2 bdrm, newly reno’d apt, Avail. immed. Heat, hot water included. $800/mo. Call (250)248-3350. PARKSVILLE – BRIGHT & spacious 2 bdrm. D/W, W/D option. Near schools, beach. dwntwn, bus route. $825. Oct 15 & Nov 1. 250-248-8592.
CAN’T GET up your stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help! No obligation consultation. Comprehensive warranty. Can be installed in less than 1 hour. Call now 1-866-981-6591. CAN’T GET Up Your Stairs? Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad & get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-981-599.
RECREATIONAL PROPERTY RARE OPPORTUNITY: waterfront property on beautiful Jim Lake, .83-acre with 360 sq ft insulated cabin, located near Green Lake/Watch Lake (70 Mile House). Rare privacy, only three lots on the lake, good fishing for rainbows to 10 lbs, nice swimming, surrounded by crown land. Great trails for hiking, ATV and snowmobile. Seasonal 10-km back road access in 4x4 or pick-up. FSBO. $230,000. 250-3950599. (Please see bchomesforsale.com/70mile/frank.)
THIS HOME HAS IT ALL! This 16 year old custom built 3600 sqft, 3 storey home features 4 bdrms, 4 baths, fabulous kitchen, roomy living room, natural gas fireplace, master bdrm with 4 pce ensuite. Great rec room (31x14) in finished basement. Completely finished 40x57 deluxe shop with separate bath. Property is 2.26 gorgeous, well kept acres. Visit www.albernihomes4u.ca for more information on this “one of a kind” property. Asking $629,000 RE/MAX Mid Island Realty Port Alberni, B.C. John Stilinovic 250-724-4725 Toll Free 1-877-723-5660
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COTTAGES 2 bedroom, furnished, beach front cottage, downtown Parksville, Available until June 1/2012. Suit quiet people. $850 utilities included. N/S N/ P. References required. 250- 248-3171.
COTTAGE, LIKE new 2 bdrm, f/s, n/s, n/p. Propane f/p. $850 Also avail. 10 x 20 storage unit After 6pm 250-752-4773
MOBILE HOMES & PADS HILLIERS- 2 BDRM Mobile. NS/NP. Refs req’d. $750+ utils Avail Now. (250)468-2742. WHISKEY CREEK- completely renovated inside/out mobile, 2 bdrm wood stove on shared acreage, long term. No dogs. $800 Available now. Call (250)954-1355.
MODULAR HOMES RENT OR Rent to Own RV’s in Coombs or Errington. Starting at $400. RV pads, $375 includes wi-fi & cable. (250)954-1355.
HOMES FOR RENT BOWSER 1BDRM Cabin $750 + utils. Avail now. Pet on approval. N/S, (250)228-4145. DASHWOOD. 800sq.ft. + storage. 3-bdrm, 1 bath, covered deck, lrg lot, quiet area. Water & garbage incl. N/S. Pets upon approval. Ref’s req’d. Avail Oct. 1st. $950./mo. (250)951-2906. DEEP BAY (Kopina Estates), immaculate rancher, 2 bdrm + den, 1.5 bath, 5 appls, forced air furnace (elec), F/P insert, fenced yard, N/S, pet neg, single attached garage, $1200 + utils, Oct. 1, 250-757-9937. DOWNTOWN PARKSVILLE, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 5 appl’s, close t beach and shopping, n/s, $1100 mo, avail. Oct. 1. Call 250-757-9696. ERRINGTON FARM- barn w/ executive house - $2500./mo Available Oct. 250 248-1717. QUALICUM BAY- Cozy, 2 bdrm, 1500sq ft home. Hardwood & tile floors, nice garden, lrg deck, W/D, F/S. NS/NP. Avail now. $1000+ utils. 250757-9698, 250-240-6202.
NANOOSE: FAM. home, reno’d, 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath, 10mins to Nanaimo. Pets ok, on bus route. $1569. 250-947-5629.
SANDPIPER ESTATES1200sq ft split level, 3 bdrms, 1.5 baths, patio, fenced yard, N/S, small pet under 30lbs ok. Avail now $1200+ utils, 1-604574-1631 or 1-604-307-1631. WATERFRONT COLUMBIA beach area. Fabulous view 3 bdrm, 2-1/2 bath, 6 appls, dbl garage. Lease avail. $1500. 250-334-3126, 250-218-3162.
OCEANFRONT Beachcomber Nanoose- 2 bdrm, 3 bath, furn’d or unfurn’d, plus optional 1 bdrm cottage avail to same tenant, fabulous views, walk on beach, 5 appls, wood F/P, laminate flrs. Kayak, fish, golf. $1500 mo. Please call 250468-1608.
WHISKEY CREEK 2 bdrm quiet country home, private well, pond, shop, avail now, $1200 mo. 250-754-4403.
PARKSVILLE- 2 BDRM, sm garage, W/D, F/S, D/W, sm dog ok, no cat, N/S. Avail Now. $1000. 250-248-8338.
WHISKEY CREEK. 4-Bdrm fenced yard, nice deck, on 1/2 acre, $1200 mo + utils, N/S, N/P, Oct. 1, 1-250-753-7834.
PARKSVILLE: 2-BDRM loft home, large yard, 5 appl’s, long term lease option. New paint, great home. $1000 + utils. Call (250)248-6629. PARKSVILLE 3 bdrm, 1 1/2 baths, lrg family rm,2 f/p,close to downtown N/P, N/S, + util. 250-468-5451 QUALICUM: 2 bdrm, 2 bath rancher. Close to town centre. Furnished. Bright, open, clean. $1200/mo. Short or long term lease. Perfect for snowbirds. Excellent references only, please. No pets. 250.752.1184 QUALICUM BAY: Main floor of house. Gorgeous Ocean Views, 15 mins from Qualicum Beach village, fully furn’d, stainless appls, hrdwd flrs, open plan, 3 bdrms, 2 bath. Utils, cable, internet incl’d, avail Nov.1, $1300 mo. Call (250)757-8587. QUALICUM BEACH2 bdrms+ den, 2 bath, attached garage, walking distance to beach, downtown, Heritage Forest, no yrd work or maintenance. $1200+ utils. NS/NP. (250)738-1021. QUALICUM BEACH: Bright 2 bdrm rancher, vaulted ceilings, 1 blk off beach/trails, detached shop, priv backyard, refs, avail now, $1150. 250-752-4778. QUALICUM BEACH Bright 3 Bdrm duplex. Walk to all schools, shops & pool. 1 bath, back deck, garage, private fully fenced yard, pets negotiable. N/S. W/D hook-up. Avail Oct 15. $950. Call (250)752-7404, 250-951-1290.
WHISKEY CREEK- 3 bdrm, 1 bath, lrg yard. N/S, N/P. Damage deposit & refs. $1000./mo. Avail Nov. 1. 250-752-4556.
RV PADS PARKSVILLE AREA- RV pad. Wooded site. $425/mo, includes utils. Available now. 250-228-4097.
SEASONAL ACCOMMODATION NANOOSE WATERFRONT Home- furnished, 6 appls, hot tub, F/P, NP/NS. Now to April 30th, 2012. $1400.+ oil & hydro. Phone, cable, internet incld. Refs req’d. Call 604985-2420 or 604-626-5626.
SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING EMERALD ESTATES- (Parksville). 55+ independent living, 1 bdrm spacious, bright condo. Patio, new carpet. Homemaker & laundry included. Meals optional. NS/NP. $1075/mo + utils. Call 250-248-9249.
SHARED ACCOMMODATION PARKSVILLE, CLOSE to town. Semi basement furnished studio, shared bathroom & laundry, $550 incls utils. Call 250-468-2000.
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SUITES, LOWER ERRINGTON- BRIGHT comfortable 1 bdrm, F/S, W/D, all utils incl, Non-smokers only! $725 mo. Avail Oct. 1. (250)248-7050 before 8pm. QUALICUM BEACH furn 1bdrm, 2bath, priv ent, W/D, linens, wireless, cable, utils incl, NS/NP, avail mid Oct-May 31, 2012. $750, 250-752-0084
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The Town of Qualicum Beach intends to provide assistance to Environment Canada by issuing a Licence of Occupation to use Town-owned land at the Qualicum Beach Airport, 1000 Ravensbourne Lane, for the purpose of continuing the installation, operation and maintenance of the Federal Surface Weather Network Station. The Licence of Occupation permits occupying an approximate 10 m2 for equipment plus 1 m2 for a 10 m wind sensor tower, and a cable route area, for a licence fee for the term of $1.00, including Ground Maintenance, which is less than its market value, during a 5-year term, ending December 31, 2016, with the option to renew the Licence for a further five-year term. The Town also receives the public benefit of access to community weather data. Trudy Coates Corporate Administrator Town of Qualicum Beach
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Weekly exercise classes Wed. mornings, 11:30 a.m. Eagles Hall. 250-947-9246
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Meetings 2nd Thurs. at the QB Legion at 2pm
OCEANSIDE COALITION FOR STRONG COMMUNITIES Thursdays, 5 p.m. Trillium Lodge. 250-248-6592
BOWSER AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM 3:30-4:30 p.m. at Wildwood Community Church.
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BOSTON PIZZA FAMILY DAY Every Friday. Buy $5 kids Card anytime, 100% goes to charity & receive 5 FREE Kid’s Meals.
Q.B. CARPET BOWLERS CLUB Every Fri. at 12:45 pm Qualicum Beach Civic Centre
Q.B. WALKING CLUB Meets Fridays, 8:30am. 250-752-6007
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Meets at library,1st Fri. monthly at 1:15pm 250-468-9796
Meets 2pm 2nd Thurs. of each month St. Stephen’s church, QB 250-248-2976
THE SONGBIRDS Mixed voice choir 10:15 am-noon Qualicum Beach Senior’s Centre 250-752-7063 BRADLEY CENTRE, 10-11:15am Low impact aerobic at your pace. 250-248-3161
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Meets Sept. 6, 7-9 p.m., Parksville Community Centre, Red Cedars room. 250-248-61771
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ROCK & GEM CLUB
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Singing Mondays 7-9 p.m. 250-757-8977
Every third Wed./month at Q.B. Legion, 7 p.m
FITNESS 50 AND OVER
Springwood Courts, 6:30-7:30pm 250248-7359
LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY CENTRE
Meets Wed., and Fri., Schooner Cove. 8:30am 250-468-1880
4th Wed. of month at 2 p.m. 250-248-2670
Meets 1st Tues. monthly at the Cancer Society Office, 172 W. 2nd Ave., Qualicum at 7p.m. 250-954-3977
Mondays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints 591 Arbutus Rd., Qualicum Beach. 250-752-2233
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AIR CAN. PIONAIRS COFFEE KLATCH Meeting at 11:30 am for lunch at Nanoose Place on the second Wednesday of month
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Antiques, collectible and art market. Third Saturday of every month. 587 Beach Road
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Meets 2nd Thurs. of month at Little Qualicum Hall, Centre Rd, QB at 1:30pm 250-752-1542
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Local makes Team BC with father’s help By JAMES CLARKE PQ NEWS SPORTS
From the links a follow-up on local golfer Stephen Watson who was back east competing on the national stage with Team BC. Raised in Qualicum Beach and a longtime resident of Nanoose Bay, Watson earned his spot on the three-man team by taking top honours in the Master-40s division at the BC Mid-Amateur at Storey Creek Golf Club in Campbell River in June. In the mix against a strong field of golfers from all over B.C., Watson, 45, finished third overall with a 4-under-par 212 and took home the hardware for winning the Master-40s division. That finish earned Watson a spot on Team BC — along with Victoria’s Cory Renfrew, 25, who captured the BC Mid-Am Men’s title, and Brent Wilson of Gorge Vale Golf Club who finished one stroke back in second — bound for the Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championships at the 6,878 yard, par 72 Coppinwood Golf Club in Uxbridge, Ontario. Played out Sept. 5-9, the tournament also included the Master Men’s and Interprovincial Team Championships featuring teams from every province. The Mid-Amateur portion of the tournament is for players 25 and older, and the Mid-Masters division is for players 40-plus. As an accomplished junior golfer back in the day this wasn’t the first time Watson’s represented his province in competition, but it’s been a while, and to that he made the point prior to shipping off for the tournament that, “as an old guy, it feels good.” A 20 year man with BC Hydro, he
attended the University of Nevada Reno on a golf scholarship where he played for the NCAA Div. 1 Wolf Pack back in the 1980s. “It’s the first time I’ve played in the Canadian Mid-Amateur, and it was a good experience,” said Watson, who, though easy going by nature, definitely plays to win. “Controlling my emotions and nerves was challenging,” he said when The News caught up with him recently, adding that as a result, “I played a little tight — not the normal free-flowing swing, and a conservative strategy around the golf course.” The added pressure he said, “was not just playing for myself, but the BC Team.” Watson fired rounds of 74-76-75 and 71 for an eight over par four round total of 296 to finish eight over par and 22nd overall out of a field of 155 players in the Mid-Am, and earn eight in the Mid-Masters. Team BC finished two shots back of the winners from Ontario for second, and Saskatchewan and Quebec tied for third — 11 shots back. The home-grown Watson only plays a handful of tournaments per year, and he said being ‘tournament tough’ makes a big difference at this level. “One of the guys I played with enters 26 tournaments per year,” he pointed out, adding all things considered he thought he “played fairly well on a very difficult golf course.” The course and facilities, said Stephen, “were fantastic,” pointing out Coppinwood, near Markham, is ranked the 15th best course in Canada. “Very fast greens and undulated greens, with fescue grass off the fairways. That stuff was often five feet
Father and son Stephen Watson and his caddy, dad John, pause for a pic in Ontario during the Canadian Men’s Mid-Amateur Championships. PHOTO SUBMITTED tall; you hit it there you don’t look for it. The course rating was 74 from the tees we played. The cool and windy weather made it all the more challenging.” Making his tournament debut all the more memorable was the father and son reunion. “My wife and son stayed home, so my dad (John) suggested he would come out to Ontario and caddie for me. He’s in his 70s and managed to pack the bag all four days. He made it, but there was one steep hill on the 17th hole that nearly got him each day,” said Watson, adding while his dad (and mom Dorothy) still live in the same house he was raised in near QB Memorial Golf Course, “didn’t really caddie
for me in my younger days so it was like warping back 30 years (to his days playing competing as a Jr.). A little father-son time on the road. I’ll look forward to that with my son.” Asked his take on the tournament, John Watson, who is nudging 74, said he “had a great time back there with him ... I saw some great golf. “A long time,” he answered when asked how long its been since he did a road trip with his son. “I’ve never been to one of those tournaments with him before ... the BC Team did very well. He was, he said, “very proud of the boy — always have been. His golf is something else in my mind.”
Oceanside soccer team ties with nine subs By JAMES CLARKE PQ NEWS SPORTS
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Oceanside’s ladies of soccer were in tough at Qualicum Beach Rec Fields Sunday as they battled a seasoned Nanaimo United side to a 1-1 draw. “They’re a very athletic team — very fast,” coach Dan Mahony said, and confirmed the big reason they were able to secure the point was the play of veteran keeper Pam
Richer who made four spectacular saves in the first half. With seven new players, this is a much different Oceanside team than the one that won the Islands and made it to the B.C.s the last two years, as evident on Sunday. “Nanaimo definitely carried the play — they’ve been together a long time and it shows,” said Mahony, adding, “our game was disjointed for us being we had nine subs, with seven of them new to the
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Pam Richer, shutting the door on another Nanaimo striker, backstopped Oceanside United to a 1-1 tie in MIWSL action Sunday. JAMES CLARKE PHOTO
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team this year. We didn’t have the rhythm, but this is part of the growing pains of a squad this large with this many new players.” Pam, he agreed, “played great. She made some unbelievable saves in the first half to keep us in the game.” Striker Sandy Morrison opened the scoring 32 minutes in when she was sent in alone off a pass from centre midfielder Christina Ciolfi.
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By JAMES CLARKE PQ NEWS SPORTS
Want to be part of the rise of Roller Derby in Port Alberni? From Alberni Valley Roller Girls So-
ciety skater/president Diandra Jurkic-Walls comes word the newly formed team is looking for skating and non-skating referees and officials to join them for the upcoming
season. To that end the Roller Girls will be holding a training session for referees and non-skating officials today (Tuesday, Oct. 4) from 7-8:30 p.m. at the
T he Parksville Panters Hockey Club
wishes to extend its thanks to the many volunteers who made the 2011 Classic Hockey Tournament a huge success. Our community benefits from hosting hundreds of participants who come to stay in the Parksville and Qualicum Beach area. Also, without the support of our local businesses, we would find it difficult to host this event. Many thanks to the following who lent their support. Coast Realty Karen Kenyon Wembley Mall Merchants Arrowsmith Golf Course Coast Community Credit Union Dairy Queen Shoppers Drug Mart Coombs Old Country Market AGS Business Systems Ian Lindsay ReMax Realty Dan Jack - Realtor Tim Hortons Parksville Chrysler Smitty’s Family Restaurant Brigadoon Golf Course Parksville Pharmasave
Old Dutch Inn Qualicum Beach Kirk Enterprises Mid Island Siviculture Stock Xchangers French Creek House Pub Oceanside Clothing Company Morningstar Golf Course Pacific Shores Resort Central Builders Supply Paradise Sea-Shell Resort McDonalds Parksville Pacific Western Brewing Quality Resort Bayside Macklin Joe Cunningham Ford Harris Oceanside GM JAJ Martin
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Alberni Elementary Field House. Admission is a toonie, and the session will feature famed Derby referee, Book ‘Er, and Nonskating Official, Plenty Official, from the Comox Valley. Potential referees are asked to bring skates and a helmets, “all other volunteers just bring your awesome selves.” No stranger to the action-packed game on wheels that is in the midst of a resurgence, with new teams popping up all over the world, Diandra, 29, co-founded the Rated PG Roller Girls in Prince George back in 2008. Roller Derby as we know it today dates back to the mid-1930s. A non-profit group numbering some 25 female skaters, AVRGS was officially formed last May, and the community support, “has
Roller derby skaters leap over fallen competitors in this photo from the Library of Congress, New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, taken March 10, 1950. been fantastic.” The team is made up of women aged 2050(ish), which makes them one of the older teams in B.C., but don’t count the Roller Girls out said Diandra, “we’re all pretty gung-ho — we’ve been practicing hard since May.” Beyond the skaters, she said it takes about three volunteers per skater to make an event happen. “It’s a huge event, so we’re always looking for volunteers, and we’re also always look-
ing for new skaters, so there’s lots of ways to participate. “It’s one of the fastest growing sports in the world,” Diandra said with vim, adding, “it’s family oriented, affordable, and the most fun you’ll ever have watching a sport. It’s amazing.” In this, their inaugural season, the Roller Girls will be going up against teams like Cumberland’s Brick House Betties, Comox Valley’s Rink Minx and Dodge City Rollers, Nanaimo’s
Harbour City Rollers and the Nanaimo Nemesis, and the Eves Of Destruction from Victoria. Salt Spring Island has The Committed, Powell River the Pow! Town Roller Derby, and there are two other teams on the Sunshine Coast — the Sea To Sky Sirens out of Squamish and the Whistler WolfPack. B.C. actually lists 27 teams in all. All the teams are members of the Canadian Women’s Flat Track Derby Association (est. 2009). For more call 250-720-4895 or email avrollerderbygirls@ gmail.com GAME ON — The Roller Girls make their home debut Dec. 10 at Glenwood Centre in Port Alberni. The action gets underway around 7 p.m.
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Nanaimo caught up with Oceanside
Nanaimo continued to press and finally beat Richer, kind of, with about three minutes left in the game. “It was a direct free kick that rebounded off (Pam) and deflected in off one of our players for an own goal,” said Mahony.
Sunday marked Oceanside’s third game of the season and puts them at 1-1-1 in the Mid Island Women’s Soccer League (MIWSL). OU lost their league opener 1-0 to the Campbell River MVP (who scored with a minute and a half left off a corner kick), then shelled the
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Whalers in action over weekend By JAMES CLARKE PQ NEWS SPORTS The West Van Highlanders may have been favoured to win, but they had their hands full on Saturday against the hometown Whalers. The JVs kicked things off in the opening game of the BC High School Football double header — both exhibition games — and battled their AAA opponents down the final whistle in a 27-20 loss. The Highlanders took a 14-0 lead into the halftime break, but the boys in blue bounced back with a quick touchdown to start the third quarter, then traded TDs down the stretch. In this, the first of two physical contests between two good programs — Ballenas is AA — the young Whalers showed no quit as they scored to make it 27-20 with about a minute-and-ahalf left in the game. They made good on the ensuing on-side kick, then drove the ball down to the five yard line only to have the clock run out. Ballenas quarterback Josh Bouchard was 18-for-23 for 188 yards in the air and two TDs. Thomas Franks piled up 106 yards on 13 carries, and Scott Childs had a season-high 12 receptions for 208 yards and a TD. Combined net offence (pass and rush) for Ballenas on the day was a season-high 380 yards. Defensively, Adam Droog led the charge with six tackles and two assists, and AJ Messner and Rory Knapton pitched in with tackles apiece. “I don’t think we started out like we hoped, but we regrouped and played
The Whalers defence is proving to be formidable this season. Zach Seseljia lays out to slow down a Highlander ball carrier during Saturday’s BC High School Varsity Football matchup at BSS. JAMES CLARKE PHOTO
much better in the second half, so I’m proud of the guys for bouncing back the way they did,” said first year head coach Mike Di Giacomo. IN VARSITY ACTION, Ballenas’ blue chip QB Liam O’Brien threw for 278 yards and two touchdowns and the Whalers hammered the Highlanders 34-8, showing again they deserve the No. 4 provincial ranking heading into their regular season opener against the No. 1 ranked John Barsby Bulldogs. The senior Whalers were losing the battle for field position in the first quarrier and had to take a safety, and trailed 2-0 after the first quarter “We were driving the ball pretty good, we just kept shooting ourselves in the foot in the first hall with turnovers (two),” co-head coach Jeremy Conn said. O’Brien found his acrobatic deep threat, Dallas Towle, in the back of the end zone late in the second quarter for
the Whalers’ first major of the day, and the blue and white never looked back. O’Brien also hooked up with Dustin Rodriguez for a major, and called his own number from one yard out as the Whalers out scored the Highlanders 27-6 in the second half. Grade 11 running back Tysen Hunt rushed for 139 yards and one TD, and Josh Bishop ran for 51 and a major. Justin Holland was the top receiver on the day with 118 yards. The Whalers’ defence was especially physical Saturday, as evident by the Highlanders’ bench which at one point in the second quarter had four of their players sidelined with injuries, including their starting quarterback. Matt Vandervelde led the Whalers D with six tackles and a fumble recovery. Zach Seseljia had five tackles and a fumble recovery, and defensive lineman Marc Yacoboski was wreaking havoc in the backfield “We’re really hap-
py with the offence — we were able to find our running game,” said Conn, adding, “we played really good defence, and our special teams really picked it up. We do some different things on special teams, and the kids are stating to get it.” Ballenas went 3-1 in preseason action (with three of those games against AAA opponents), and are looking forward to the start of the real season. “It feels pretty good,” Conn said of the top-five provincial ranking, the highest ranking for the local squad for
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The Kondors were in fine form for their league opener last Thursday, as they blasted the John Barsby Bulldogs 6-nil in senior boys soccer action. Played out at Kwalikum Secondary School, the Kondors came out flying and carved out a tasty win. German exchange student Oliver Zaph opened the scoring 10 minutes in and Ben Robson, Matt Shapka and Connal Spencer would also strike for KSS to make it 4-zip at the break. Spencer and Tyrell Biel bulged the twine in the second half to round out the scoring. “We looked very good,” longtime KSS coach Butch Gayton confirmed after, adding, “lots of ball control and some probing diagonal passes — it was nice to see them executing things we work on in practice.” Bad news for the other four sides in the six-team AA Sr. Boys Mid-Island league is that this year’s Kwalikum side looks to be big and fast with plenty of firepower. The Kondors were a lot stronger on the ball then the Bulldogs. “We definitely had possession of the ball for most of the game, and they never really challenged us — I thought we were quite solid in the back,” said Gayton. In keeping with the flow of the play, the Kondors also out-shot the Bulldogs by the bushel, and had it not been for some big diving saves by Barsby’s small but athletic keeper, the score would heave been a lot more lopsided. “For sure,” said Gayton, adding, “we definitely had a big edge in shots on goal. Their kid turned in a great effort.”
Kwalikum striker Owen Mathison and the rest of the Kondors were flying last week in their BC High School AA Sr. Boys season opener against John Barsby. JAMES CLARKE PHOTO
THE JR. KONDORS in the meantime were ramping up for their season at a tournament in Campbell River on the weekend where they went 2-1 with wins over Mark Isfeld and Highlands, and a loss to Carihi to finish second in the six-team tourney. “We actually played very well, but that Carihi team was playing their 13th game, we were playing our second,” said Gayton, who is pulling double duty coaching Kwalikum soccer this year. Against Carihi, the Kondors had duelled the Tyees to a 1-1 tie with 15 minutes left in the game only to lose 3-1. GAME ON The Jr. boys open league play at KSS today (Tuesday) at 4 p.m., when they take on the perennial powerhouse Dover Bay Dolphins. The Sr. Kondors travel to Shawnigan Lake on Thursday to take on the Stags, who are coming off a big win over a tough Saltspring side.
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