Parksville Qualicum Beach News, March 27, 2012

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NINETY YEARS OLD

WORLD WATER DAY

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THE UNUSUAL

Lights in the sky Four mysterious objects spotted in the sky in Parksville Saturday NEIL HORNER

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The first day of spring isn’t the only thing that has arrived in the mid-Island. A far more unusual visitor has also been reported.

Brian Vike, the driving force behind The Vike Factor UFO website in Houston, B.C. reported this week that a Parksville resident said he drove his vehicle underneath a triangularshaped UFO on Saturday.

Vike said a total of four mysterious objects were reportedly seen by two people between 9:30 p.m. and FILE PHOTO 10:10 p.m.

Brian Vike is after The witnesses, the an explanation for identity of whom Vike Saturday’s sightings. is keeping confidential, said they saw the unexplained phenomenon while driving from Courtenay to Victoria.

“Last night my friend was driving the two of us back home to Victoria, after taking a trip up to Courtney/Comox for the day,” the report said. “It was around 9:30 p.m. when we just finished passing the Parksville turn off, heading towards Nanaimo, when we both noticed a really big, bright light, ahead and off to the right and up about 500 to 600 feet or so.”

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ART AS A HEALER: Parksville artist and breast cancer survivor Carol Ann Fetherston has her work on display at the McMillan Arts Centre exhibit called Art for Healing. See page B6 for the story.

Brant Fest opens this week Festival to celebrate a little black goose kicks off March 29 BRENDA GOUGH

parts will be celebrated in a big way Thursday night for the Brant geese have been feasting on the beaches of Ocean- official kick off of the 2012 Brant Festival. The reception is side for a few weeks already and now being held at the Parksville Community Add your COMMENTS at its time for nature lovers to do some of and Conference Centre (PCCC) from 6 www.pqbnews.com their own feasting as some local chefs to 9 p.m. and will feature food stations present some tasty treats at the Brant by some top chefs, local food producFestival opening night on Thurs., March 29. The little black ers, displays, live music and a live and silent auction. geese that create a lot of excitement every spring in these See BRANT FEST, page A4 reporter@pqbnews.com

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THE PQB NEWS TEAM: Steven, Brenda, Auren and Neil Email: editor@pqbnews.com Phone: 250-248-4341

STARTING POINT In Friday’s paper:

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Andrew McLane’s story can inspire people to take action that gets results.

THE NEWS interviewed Andrew McLane and Beth Alden recently, to learn more about how McLane shed more than 200 pounds from his frame — and is working hard to keep it off.

In Friday’s feature story, McLane details his early struggles and how he eventually found success in losing weight — and saving his life.

Nailing down the win Andrea Dorst, a nail technician at Vintage Sol in Parksville, has been named one of six national finalists in her field recently. Dorst recently competed in a Canada-wide nail technician compettion.

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John van Dongen jumps to Conservatives Citing concerns with accountability in his government, Abbotsford South MLA John van Dongen has quit the B.C. Liberal Party to join the rival B.C. Conservatives. Van Dongen announced his decision Monday after question period in the legislature. — Black Press

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This year’s festival runs March 29 to April 10 with many activities lined up that range from the opening night kickoff to wildlife tours to an eagle release.

Organizers are putting the final touches on the party that celebrates the Pacific Black Brant and the itinerary for the evening will have something for everyone.

Carrie Powell-Davison, who is Parksville’s council liaison to Brant Festival, said many groups and organizations have come together for the festival this year and she is anticipating a great event.

“I am excited about the collaboration. There is so much that we can celebrate for this annual spectacle. Not many communities have what we have,” she stated.

Powell-Davidson is organizing the food and beverage aspect of the opening night party and said she thinks the brantini luge will be a big hit. The martini libation which will be poured through an ice carving of a brant is made with Grey Goose vodka, Sour Puss raspberry liqueur, cranberry juice and fresh lime juice garnished with frozen raspberries.

“We are hoping local bars will feature it during the festival.”

She said the food being prepared by some of the areas top chefs will be created with local ingredients.

John Lornie, head chef for The Old Dutch Inn will be preparing an appetizer that captures the spirit of the festival.

His ceviche will be made with Qualicum Bay scallops and B.C. shrimp.

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Local youth painted Brant geese at Rathtrevor Park’s Kids Nature Camp, as part of art displays on during the festival.

equal. Lornie said you need the freshest raw fish for a great ceviche which is typically made from fresh raw fish marinated in citrus juice and spiced with chilli peppers.

“It’s a really flavorful dish with a kick. I wanted to make something that people will remember,” he admitted.

He added that the dish will be on the new spring menu at the Qualicum Beach restaurant.

Other chefs preparing food for the evening include Tom King from the Bayside Bistro, George Dunning of the Galloping Gourmet Catering Company and Marieke Nijenhuis

from Coastal Cake Company.

Little Qualicum Cheesworks will be serving some of their award winning cheeses and there will be a cash bar.

Aside from the food and drink there will be local artisans displaying and selling their work.

One of the art displays will include hand painted wooden Brant geese created by young participants of the Kids Nature Camp at Rathtrevor Provincial Park over spring break.

Tickets for the event are $25 and are going fast. They can be purchased from the Parksville and Qualicum Beach Chambers of Commerce.

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“My first thought was, that it was just air traffic signal, lights on top of a transformer tower, but as we neared closer to it, one could see that it was not sitting on top of anything, but instead hovering in one place, and what looked like it was only a couple hundred feet above the top of the tree line.”

The witness said he could see very bright lights flashing red, white and sometimes green.

“After a few twists and turns on the road, we ended up driving right underneath it and watching it as we passed,” the witness said. “After we passed it, it quickly flew away and to the right, behind us.

“We were both amazed at what we just witnessed, and just as equally confused.”

The experience didn’t end there though. As the vehicle continued on its course, the witness said he noticed another flying object somewhat higher in the sky with similar erratic colours and flashing lights, travelling towards Victoria.

The two witnesses pulled over and got out of their truck to watch the object.

“As it sailed away, it went from being white and red light, to no light, to turning a very, very bright red light — almost a big ball of red light, it flew into the distant tree lines, and

out of view,” he said. “We then saw another flying at a lower altitude, then hovering in one place for a while, before flying past our sights.”

The shapes of the objects, the report continued, varied, with the first object — which was seen most closely — triangular while the flashing lights appeared to be on more circular objects.

Vike had no explanation for the sighting and requested that anyone who has seen something similar in the Parksville area to contact him at sighting@telus.net.

All personal information, he stressed, is kept strictly confidential.

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Feature EDUCATION

Learning to learn once again The B.C. government’s personalized learning initiative will allow local teachers to continue innovating in the classroom — helping students get the skills and experience they need when embarking on a career AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com

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chool District 69 (Qualicum) superintendent Jim Ansell is looking forward to the provincial government’s “personalized learning” initiative.

“It’s not a neat box, so it’s hard to explain,” he said, “but it’s already happening here.”

It’s a vague, open-ended initiative that Ansell admits is difficult to describe because the point is to step out of the boxes that define traditional education.

“For me this is a very exciting time, lots of good teachers will be able to do the innovative things they’re already doing.”

He said personalized learning This is about the is “about finding ministry putting the right solution their money where their for each student, mouth is. whether that’s JIM ANSELL more independent study or work experience.”

He gave the example of a local Grade 12 student who decided he was going to be an environmental engineer and found work with a related company but then ran out of work experience credits.

“I called up the ministry (of education) and said are we really going to stop this kid? They said ‘lets make it happen.’ That’s a huge change from a few years ago. This is about the ministry putting their money where their mouth is.”

He points to other examples of students who know, or think they

know what they want to do after high school, but currently don’t have many ways to explore it.

Another student who decided she was going to be a doctor hadn’t spent any time in a doctor’s office, which he said should be an obvious first step while still in high school.

“Why not get her to start working in there?” he mused, explaining the idea is to add opportunities for students without closing any doors.

In the modern world, where people will have many careers and everyone has a super computer in their pocket, “we can’t have teachers just standing at the front of the class trying to teach facts, we need to teach processes.”

Technology is a big part of the initiative and again they can’t set out a completed plan, because the technology is constantly changing — which they have to be able to respond to.

He gave the example of High Tech High in San Diego, which is actually a collection of Kindergarten to Grade 12 charter schools, partially funded by industry.

They do 60 per cent hands-on problem solving and 40 per cent traditional class work. In one case the students were concerned about pollution in San Diego Bay so they did a project, including regular biology and ended up patenting an invention to help clean it up.

Another example of how technology is changing education, he said, was a recent move by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

The university — regularly ranked among the top few in the world — announced it will put many of their courses online, free for anyone in the world to use.

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In B.C. the new learning initiative began a couple years ago with the government looking to get better results and industry, especially high tech companies, complaining high school graduates didn’t have the basic skills they were looking for.

“This was a case of the business and education movements coalescing,” Ansell said.

It is an attempt to deal with what the government sees as an increasing problem of students not meeting the standards industry sets and an increasing lack of engagement from students, which he admits is hard

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In addressing various issues “some districts were starting to bend the rules or ignore some out of necessity,” especially in places like the Gulf Islands which has unique challenges with children many small islands.

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Seniors seeking support Seniors struggle to navigate health-care system for support NANAIMO — Seniors and their family members are getting lost in the bureaucracy of the health-care system and having difficulty accessing the care and support they need.

They are struggling to get the information, said Doug Routley, Nanaimo-North Cowichan NDP MLA. “The problem is there is no central authority,” he said.

Routley was a panelist during an aging and seniors’ issues roundtable organized by the NDP March 21.

Other panelists included: Jean Crowder, Nanaimo-Cowichan NDP MP; Nanaimo MLA Leonard Krog; Kim Slater, vice-chairman of the Vancouver Island Association of Family Councils; Ruth Matson, coordinator of the senior peer counselling program for Nanaimo Family Life; and John Horn, City of Nanaimo social planner.

Joan Ryan, executive director of the Nanaimo Lifeline Program, said more communication and education is needed to help get health-care information to seniors.

“We struggle on ways to get the information to the people who most need the information,” she said, adding that one of the most difficult tasks is communicating with seniors living in isolation.

Matson said about 10 per cent of seniors in Nanaimo require long-term care and the other 90 per cent are strug-

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Panelists Jean Crowder, Nanaimo-Cowichan NDP MP, right, John Horn, City of Nanaimo social planner, centre, and Nanaimo NDP MLA Leonard Krog listen as audience members share their thoughts on the issues seniors face navigating the health-care system and services in their community.

gling to access services to age in their homes. She said more support is needed for outreach programs.

“The other 90 per cent can slip through the cracks as their issues exist below the threshold required to get support from many agencies,” she said.

“Many seniors merely cope with shrinking resources and diminishing services while doing their best to age gracefully in place.”

Other people suggested seniors need more affordable housing, improved transportation options, the driver-reexamination test needs to change, medications must be more affordable and the government needs to standardize care in long-term facilities.

Horn said municipalities need to engage community members in planning to create communities that serve seniors’ needs.

As the population continues to age, city layout will be more problematic, Horn said.

Barry Avis, Parksville-Qualicum NDP candidate, is hosting a public discussion on seniors’ care at McGirr Elementary School Thurs., March 29 from 7-9 p.m. Katrine Conroy, Opposition Critic for Seniors’ Care, will also attend.

The event will screen the documentary The Remaining Light.

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“The ministry doesn’t like districts to bend the rules — but they couldn’t argue with the success.”

So the ministry worked with the best experts in the field from parents and teachers to academics and has recently switched from the new concepts being “an invitation to do something different, to an expectation.”

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outcomes they need to cover.

“When students graduate they still have to have overall competency, but we’re shifting some of how they might get there,” he said giving the example “we have this funny thing where if you work together in the workforce it’s called collaboration, in school it’s called cheating.”

“Our system works brilliantly for a lot of kids — we’re not going to throw it out, blow it up and start again.”

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BE MAYOR FOR A DAY

City contest seeks young mayor to take over Local youth encouraged to write an essay on what they would do if they were the mayor of the City of Parksville AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com

Parksville is running its Mayor for a Day essay contest again after last year’s success.

Parksvillians in Grades 5 through 12 are invited to have their say in an essay of 500 words or less on what they would do if they were the mayor and how they would make Parksville the best city on the Island.

The winner will spend a day as honourary mayor, meet with city leaders, tour facilities like the renovated fire hall, work alongside mayor Chris Burger and attend the May 7 council meeting.

Ballenas Secondary Grade 10 student Liam Richardson won last year and reveled in his roll as honorary mayor.

“I love Canadian politics because it makes me very proud to say I live in a free democracy — a democracy in which all people regardless of race, politics or religion can be accepted as a Canadian,” the 15-year-old read from his winning essay during a council meeting last year.

“I was really impressed, it shows young people can be ac-

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Liam Richardson, left, was Parksville’s first mayor for a day in 2011. Here, he sits with then-acting-mayor Chris Burger at a council meeting.

tive in politics,” Burger said of Richardson, pointing out the students kept bringing up issues that council themselves often debate.

“We hope that this contest will encourage students to learn about Parksville and their local government,” he said.

The initiative recognizes both Local Government Awareness Week (May 20-26) and Youth Week BC (May 1-7), a provincial celebration of youth and a chance for the city to acknowledge the contributions made by young people, explained communications officer Debbie Tar-

diff. The winning essay will be chosen by council, become the property of the city and published on its website.

Due April 20, it is open to residents or students attending school in Parksville. Essays should be single spaced with 12 point font. Handwritten es-

says should be on ruled paper.

Include your name, age, grade, address and phone number.

Submit by e-mail at communications@parksville.ca, in person at 100 Jensen Avenue East or mail to City of Parksville, P.O. Box 1390, Parksville V9P 2H3.

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Butler recently left his job at the top planner at the Town of Qualicum Beach, entering into retirement, as many people often do in the mid-Island. He says he has been planning it for years and through a lot of succession planning over the last few years, has left the town in good hands under his replacement, planner Luke Sales.

Butler got his start in community and urban planning in Liverpool — his home town — more than 20 years ago.

After attending college, he spend six years as a planner in that large city — that had a planning department of around 200 people.

His girlfriend at the time convinced him to take a holiday to Vancouver Island, to where her parents had emigrated.

“I liked the place,” he recalled. “So we made some arrangements, got married and stayed in the country.”

Six months later, Butler found himself with a new job, in the City of Nanaimo’s planning department. While he was immersed in urban design in Liverpool, he said it was very specialized work. In Nanaimo, Butler got to branch out into a variety of areas. The job, he said, always got bigger

the smaller the community got.

Some 20 years ago, Butler saw an opportunity in Qualicum Beach, and took the job as the town’s lone planner. He got to put his skills to work in a community that has always been going through some degree of change.

“I thought Qualicum Beach was wonderful,” He said, noting that at the time, the downtown core was not all it could be — but there was plenty of potential.

“There was definitely an atmosphere in Qualicum Beach,” he explained. “Nanaimo back them was a bit bureaucratic. In Qualicum Beach, there were councillors who you could talk to all the time.”

When he came to the town all those years ago, there were 3,000 people living there and they were just getting into the nuts and bolts of a new community plan. He said there were plans in the past — but this was his first time being entirely responsible for it.

“Over the last 20 years, there has been a lot of growth — even in the last 10 years,” he said. “Some people don’t think it’s been enough, but it’s been there.”

Growth continues, as does the town’s need to plan for its future. Butler said Sales is more than capable of taking on the job — he he’s now looking forward to this next phase of his life.

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World Water Day was marked with an event organized jointly by the Oceanside Coalition for Strong Communities and Parksville/Qualicum KAIROS. World Water Day was designated by the United Nations in 1992 to raise awareness about the importance of preserving global water resources.

A small group turned out for a celebration of water at the Parksville Community Park waterfront walkway gazebo.

People took turns talking about our water and called it a sacred gift that connects all life.

During a water ritual, poems were read and a song was sung in praise of water.

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t’s simply amazing, the amount of bad driving habits that occur on a daily basis in the neighbourhood.

In the span on only a few days, there have been the usual number of fender-benders and what seems to be on the uptick is near misses, close calls and general driver grumpiness.

One driver’s experience alone sums it up. They almost T-boned a mini van that jumped out into traffic at the pedestrian-controlled green light at Paradise Mini-Golf. The driver of the van didn’t really see beyond the one vehicle that was turning onto their street — narrowly missing being hit by the other vehicle beside it in the other lane.

Then, only moments later, the same driver that almost hit the van was being tailgated by another driver in a long, construction-related lineup in Parksville.

Seems the tailgater had someplace to be — and fast. They didn’t even see the first driver’s backup lights when they threw it into reverse to try and get them to back off.

Now, that would be escalating the problem, so we cannot recommend that as a solution. But drivers need to remember a few rules before they get behind the wheel.

One, know where you are going and how long it’ll take you to get there. Leaving a trip to the last minute can lead to speeding, tailgating and stress no one on the road needs.

Check your emotions at the car door. If you’re angry and otherwise emotionally disturbed, stay out of the vehicle. We can all see you flipping out in there — and it isn’t pretty.

Put the cell phone and sandwich down. Try to resist these distractions. Think you can get away with it? Keep going, your luck is bound to run out. Too bad someone else will likely have to pay for your mistake as well.

Make eye contact with pedestrians and other drivers so they know what the heck you’re going to do. It’s polite and allows for people to connect once in a while — and not in the two-car-fender-bender way.

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Letters INTERESTING INDEED I am delighted Nestor Gayowsky, a selfidentified Conservative, is “interested in the facts” of the election fraud that occurred during our 2011 federal election.

I truly hope he and the numerous other true Conservatives and Reformers seriously concerned about our democracy recognize this as the stealth attack it is against our precious democracy for whom so many have suffered and died.

They need to not only communicate this to their party leaders but stand with those demanding a full, open, independent public inquiry with the power and resources to call anyone and examine anyone’s files.

I was one of the hundreds of Canadians to receive two calls. The first asked if I would donate to the Conservative party. The second was from a woman identifying herself as a Conservative misdirecting me to the location of my polling station.

I do not think for a moment local Conservatives were involved. I also do not know why, in this solid Conservative riding, I was called. Yet I was.

Someone involved with others who had lots of money, access to voter’s lists, and a high degree of organization called me; it was illegal; and I want to know who did it and why.

That Preston Manning downplays these illegal acts as staffers needing more training is yet more indication he has sold his integrity to the highest bidder.

That the Conservatives have done their

“The creek now has salmon.”

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best to deflect the seriousness of this assault on our democracy is yet another indication they care nothing for our floundering democracy.

That said, this inquiry needs to have the powers to look beyond political parties for who perpetrated this crime. We would not be the first nation to have interests who benefit from the policies of a ruling party interfere with free elections. We are naïve to think we are immune to such interference.

Perhaps these are the true “foreign radicals” and “ideologues” of which Minister Oliver spoke.

YVONNE ZAROWNY Qualicum Beach

HERE’S MY PICK I wish to nominate Alexandra Morton for the Queen Elizabeth 11 Diamond Jubilee Medal for her inexhaustible fight to support wild salmon and ensure that minimal damage to the environment is done by open pen salmon farming.

BOB TRISCHLER Parksville

THEY’LL THANK US The town purchased the old school bus property for $1.5 million and one of our newly elected council members, Dave Willie, does not think it was such a good idea and is of the opinion that whatever happens to the property, the important thing is the focus should be on recovering that money.

I would suggest that recovering the money should be the least of his concern, it should become part of what the town has to offer its citizens.

The library does not recover its cost, nor does a swimming pool, baseball diamonds, soccer fields, biking and hiking trails and numerous other things that form part of the community. We all pay for it by way of property taxes and we may not use all of the facilities that are available to us, but they are there and that what makes a community liveable and attractive.

I have no idea as what will become of the property but I would suggest that it be something that would complement the Old School House next door, and if that means we won’t recover the money so be it, but it will become part of the downtown community and future generations will thank us.

BARNEY FEENSTRA Qualicum Beach

TB LEADERSHIP NEED More people than ever are being treated for tuberculosis and for the first time in history, death by TB is on the decline. But incurable, all-drug resistance TB is spreading due to inadequate treatment.

A $2 billion underfunding of the largest TB treatment provider, the Global Fund, compounds this spread. It is in our own interest to take a leadership roll and convince the world to eliminate this shortfall.

NATHANIEL POOLE Victoria

VIEWS IN THE NEWS We asked: Do we do enough to help the homeless in this area?

SCOTT FRASER, MLA Alberni-Pacific Rim

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TEUNIS WESTBROEK Mayor, Town of Qualicum Beach

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LINDA MACGILLIVRAY Parksville

I have no idea if there are any in the area NICOLE TELFER Parksville

I don’t know. I’d like it to come from the people as much as possible. The city can do some things, but I think people need to be more involved.

INEZ SIMPSON Parksville

I don’t know. I don’t notice any. I just see it in the paper.

LORNE SMILEY Parksville

Town office: 250-752-6921 e-mail: mayor@ qualicumbeach.com

PARKSVILLE: RDN:

CHRIS BURGER Mayor, City of Parksville

I don’t know of any. If there are any, I hope they take advantage of the services. We are a very friendly place.

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JOE STANHOPE Chairman, Regional District of Nanaimo 250-390-4111 e-mail: corpsrv@ rdn.bc.ca

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ave you spotted any make a crack dealer blush. lately? They frequentBut New Yorkers are an inventive ly travel in packs of lot. There’s a place on Staten Island three or four, but just where you can buy your fix for only

By Arthur Black as often they’re solo. $2:95 a pack.

You seem them clustered around But this is New York, so there’s a the entrances of bars, restaurants, catch, natch. hospitals, office buildings and the You have to roll the cigarettes like. They’re easy to identify by their yourself. furtive gestures, hunched shoulThe helpful folks at Island ders and darting glances over their Smokes will assist you. There’s a shoulders. cigarette-stuffing machine on site CBC Radio icon Peter Gzowksi and mounds of pipe tobacco (it’s once interviewed some visiting Russians who taxed at a lower rate than cigarette tobacco). had encountered packs of these creatures You sit on a wooden stool alongside up to a dozbunched around the doorways of hospitals in en other hard-core smokers, insert an empty the far north. cigarette paper into a hole, press a button and “It is a great pity, the number of prostitutes in out the other end comes a rolled smoke. Takes your north,” one Russian lamented solemnly. about four seconds per unit.

Gzowski laughed. “Those aren’t prostitutes It’s a tiny, legalistic loophole that the pro— they’re smokers.” prietors of Island Smokes are exploiting and it Small wonder that Canada’s nicotine addicts probably won’t last forever. City lawyers have have been reduced to the behaviour of urban already slammed the owners with a cease-andcoyotes — there are fewer and fewer places they desist order; the tax gendarmes have dropped can indulge. by and informed them that they are in violation Smoking is forbidden at the zoo in Peterbor- of at least three city bylaws. ough, Ontario; at beaches in Vancouver, White Another radio icon, Garrison Keillor, once Rock, Arnprior and Orillia; next to building en- wrote a short story about The Last of the Smoktrances in all of Alberta, the Yukon, Nova Scotia ers, in which America’s final desperate, defiant and B.C. clutch of smokers were hunted down, captured As for smoking in restaurants, I’m not sure if and ‘rehabilitated’ by the minions of decency. It there’s any place in the country where you can was a Swiftian satirical piece of writing, deliberstill light up and order a meal at the same time. ately exaggerating the plight of smokers to the I’m not complaining, you understand. point of absurdity.

As a reformed nicomaniac, I’m just as selfOr maybe not. righteous and intolerant of public smoking as Yet another writer (and smoker) thought and the next person. I’m just saying that anybody wrote about the Filthy Vice. Kurt Vonnegut dewho still smokes has got it particularly tough in fined the habit of smoking cigarettes as “a sothis era of cancer-conscious, clean- air-zealous, cially acceptable form of suicide.” extreme tobacco hostility.

Vonnegut had a black sense of humour. He Not to mention having to fork over $10 for a died, still smoking unfiltered Pall Malls, at the small pack of gaspers. age of 84.

It’s more like fifteen bucks a pack if you buy But with a wicked smoker’s cough I’ll bet. your smokes in New York City. In an effort to — Arthur Black is a humour columnist and reduce still further the number of New York author. He lives on Saltspring Island. smokers, Gotham mayor Michael Bloomberg has jacked up tobacco taxes to levels that would

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The show is on April 21.

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To become an activated patient, people attend the orientation and go through an intake interview to ensure they are a participant rather than an adversary in improving the system.

People can get involved in areas they have experience in, like a cancer patient helping with cancer issues, or in a more general way.

Through the PVN, people have been involved in things like developing the Vancouver Island Health Authorityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vision and values statement, hiring a VIHA community developer, sitting on the Cowichan Division of Family Practice Attachment Working Group (linking community members with family doctors) and participat-

ing in a forum on improving the hospital discharged process. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Patients tell me the orientation is a really inspiring day for them, with a lot of information about how they can have a voice in health care,â&#x20AC;? said Kristine Reilkoff, Vancouver Island PVN health liaison in a news release. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once a patient completes this session, we can help connect them to focus groups, patient advisory committees, panel discussions, conferences and other engagements that have a direct effect on health care in our community and throughout the province.â&#x20AC;?

The March 31 orientation is tailored to mid-Island residents and transportation and accommodation costs may be covered for eligible participants.

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Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to include a variety of age groups as well as multi-generation portraits.

If this is something you have always wanted to do, please call us immediately. We will not charge a session fee for any of the participants, and portraits included in the exhibit will be available at special one-time only prices.

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RAISING THE BAR

VIHA offers jobs to nursing grads

The sun was out on the weekend, meaning families were enjoying the Parksville Community Park’s amenities, like the Lions playground.

City budget talks this week AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com

With the difficult realities of modern budgeting in mind, Parksville council is continuing its budget deliberations, with two more public meetings scheduled.

The city encourages residents to attend the meetings on March 28 and April 3 to learn about and have input into the city’s 2012 budget.

The first two meetings in February and early March included presentations from the various departments, which are now on the city’s website at www.parksville. ca in Financial Reports under the

Quicklinks on the right.

There is other valuable information, including the current draft of the budget and a useful graph of the budget service levels.

If you are unable to attend, emailed questions and comments are welcome at communications@ parksville.ca.

The meetings are scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 28 and Tuesday, April 3 in the Parksville Civic and Technology Centre Forum where council meetings are usually held at 100 Jensen Avenue East, Parksville.

VICTORIA — Nursing students and the patients they hope to serve got some good news from the Vancouver Island Health Authority.

“The need for skilled nurses will continue to grow in the coming years as our population ages and demands on our health care system increase,” said Lynn Stevenson, VIHA’s Chief Nurse and executive vice-president of people, organizational development and practice.

“To help meet that need, the Vancouver Island Health Authority is offering employ-

ment to all graduates of Vancouver Island registered nursing programs in 2012 and ‘13,” she said.

Graduating registered nurses from the University of Victoria, Vancouver Island University, North Island College, and Registered Psychiatric Nurses from Stenberg College will be offered temporary full-time positions in a wide range of locations and practice settings that require additional support.

“Their help will reinforce the work of our dedicated nursing staff and ensure we have experienced

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May 13 - 15 Acrylics & Collage Combine the adhesive, textured qualities of acrylics with the endless possibilities of collage in a workshop for all skill levels.

May 13 - 15 Travel Sketching with Ink and Watercolours Learn to create colourful, small-size artworks and illustrated travel journals that stimulate memories more richly than through snap shots.

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May 15 - 17 Blossom with Yoga Practice yoga postures, meditation, self-inquiry and breathing techniques – all aimed at cultivating a vibrant and balanced energy flow in the body and mind.

May 17 - 19 Contemplative Photography Use your camera as a tool to focus on the here-and-now through exploratory exercises developed to free us from shooting for the end result.

May 21 - 23 Travel Sketching with Ink and Watercolours Learn to create colourful, small-size artworks and illustrated travel journals that stimulate memories more richly than through snap shots.

May 22 - 24 Painting the Human Form Participants will go over mixing skin tones for modeling the body, the structure of the human form, perspective of the head and face, and emotional content of the painting. An undraped model will be used.

May 28 - 30 Fun and Free Watercolours Paint a simple landscape in watercolour.

Using washes and a splattering technique, you’ll learn the limitless creative possibilities of the medium.

May 28 - 30 Pastels - Exploration in Dry Painting Discover this luscious medium through a variety of application techniques on three different types of paper.

May 28 – 30 Learn to Knit - $199 (+$25 materials) Learn the basics with a foundation of techniques and pattern reading. You’ll create one simple item and begin a more complex project.

May 30 - June 1 Fun with Watercolours Using pouring and blending technique, you’ll build a foundation and background for a bird painting of your choice.

May 30 - June 1 Intermediate Knitting Learn some new techniques (like choosing and substituting yarns and finishing necklines and seaming) – and revisit some old ones - to produce professionally-finished garments.

June 3 - 5 Latin & Ballroom Dancing Take a spin through jive, swing, salsa, rumba and more in a workshop ideal for beginning and intermediate dancers.

June 3 - 5 Gypsy Spirit - Discover Gypsy Belly Dance Discover your “gypsy spirit” with Gypsy (Romani) style bellydance. You’ll quickly learn the basic moves to passionate music and lively rhythms.

June 5 - 7 Intermediate Bridge Learn the experts’ secrets to get the most out of a bridge hand. Locate missing honors, defeat more contracts, communicate with your partner and make even more of your own contracts.

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Live &Learn Workshops May 4 - 6 Photographers at Painter’s . . . at April Point - $329

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nurses in place to move into the roles of retiring nurses,” she said. “There are many benefits to bringing the enthusiasm and new learning of nursing graduates into our organization. “In addition to building the foundation for sustainable health care on Vancouver Island, mentoring relationships strengthen practice and create a positive work environment where nurses can provide the best care possible for patients.”

VIHA’s New Graduate Transition Program, in place since 2005, gives new nurses the opportunity

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Dine Out & Win Butlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at the Mansion, a reďŹ&#x201A;ection on the past with a modern twist...

Every other week, one winner will receive FOUR $10 Gift CertiďŹ cates to 4 different restaurants!

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he Crown Mansion, in the heart of Qualicum Beach, is a luxurious boutique hotel that offers a timeless elegance from the moment you drive up the circular driveway. The fully renovated hotel, which keeps to its original grace of 1912, once entertained celebrities and royalty.

Butlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurant is situated in the lobby of the original Mansion amongst handcrafted heritage ďŹ replaces and crystal chandeliers. The cuisine is a reďŹ&#x201A;ection of the elegance that surrounds the classic, stylish restaurant. Locally sourced and Chef prepared food are the focus with a complete menu of appetizers, entrees and desserts. Butlerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s has combined fabulous food with excellent service to create an amazing ambiance that will make your dining experience memorable.

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RULES: Attach a recent receipt from one of the participating restaurants on this page to your entry form and deliver it to The News at #4-154 Middleton Avenue, Parksville, BC V9P 2H2 within 10 days of publication. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll draw one lucky winner of four $10 Gift CertiďŹ cates every two weeks. Employees of The News are not eligible to win.

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CatSpan in need of food for cats PARKSVILLE — Feral cats in District 69 get hungry, just like everyone else, and Mary Linn is hoping the community will pitch in to feed them.

The director of CatSpan said her group is in desperate need of cat food to feed the over 200 feral cats in 20 local colonies. She said the Parksville Pharmasave has offered to act as a one-time drop off centre for donations for this first-ever food drive event.

Linn said she’s hoping for a strong response from cat lovers across the area.

“CatSpan neutered 146 feral cats last year, about 50 more than the year before,” Linn said, noting the group’s colonies cost $8,000 per year to feed. “This is why we urgently need the public’s help to supply some of the cat food we need, as we have had to stop neutering

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Feral cat colonies gradually die out if its members are spayed and neutered.

cats so we can continue to feed the cats we are currently looking after.”

She noted that feral cats seek food and shelter near humangenerated food sources, usually garbage, if nothing else is available.

Un-neutered, they breed prolifically.

“Removing them from the area they live in creates what is known as a vacuum effect, because what draws them to a particular place is food and shelter; unless the food source and

Parksville & District Musical Assoc. &

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shelter are completely eliminated new cats will move in.”

Killing these cats, or

moving them will not solve the problem, she stressed. Farms, for example, will always have a food source for cats.

Because CatSpan neuters, feeds, and monitors any new cats arriving at their established colonies, they are able to maintain the status quo in each colony. The colony will gradually die out, usually over a period of seven years.

Neutering and feeding cats is the humane

way to control feral colonies.

CatSpan is grateful to get dry and canned cat food. Just drop off your purchased cat food to the great folks at Pharmasave during the next week. Anyone preferring to send a tax deductible donation instead can send it to: CatSpan, Box 64 Nanoose Bay V9P 9J9 or for more information please call Mary Linn at 250-468-7904.

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COMING EVENTS

LOST AND FOUND

CALL FOR ENTRIES 10TH ANNUAL Kitty Coleman Woodland Art & Bloom Festival.

Fine Art and Quality Crafts Juried Show.

Presented in a spectacular outdoor setting May 19,20, 21 Applications for Artisans are available at woodlandgardens.ca or phone 250-338-6901

LOST, ORANGE Male cat, in the Smithers Rd. area. Tattooâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d, 4267M with paw print. If found pls. call 250-586-8864

H.W. Dorothy Selzler (nee Stanhope) February 12, 1924 March 19, 2012 We are saddened to announce the passing of Dorothy. She will be deeply missed by her family.

Dorothy is survived by her husband Lee Selzler, her daughter Virginia Horrocks (Delbert) and sons, John Booth (Charlene) and Peter Booth and brother Hugh Stanhope (Cynthia). She is also survived by her seven grandchildren: Nicole, Kimberly, Colin, Trevor, Roy, Taylor, Megan, and two great-grandchildren, Justin and Nathan.

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Lee of 3734 Dundonald Ave.,

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REWARD. Please call (250)248-7959.

BRADLEY CENTRE Members and guests Luncheon March 30th, 2012 @ 12:00 Noon

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DEATHS

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Zalm (nee Spijker), Nellie Sept. 8, 1932 - Mar. 9, 2012

Nellie passed peacefully at home after a short but courageous battle with cancer.

She was predeceased by her loving husband, John, and her two brothers, Jan and Hans.

She leaves behind sisters Bep (in Holland) and Reit (in Australia), children Tom (Ruth), Fred, Yvonne (Stephan) and grandchildren Caitlin (Dominic), Cassandra, Hayley, DJ, and Christopher.

Friends and acquaintances are invited to a reception in her honour on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at the Bradley Centre, 975 Shearme Rd., Parksville from 2 - 4 p.m.

In lieu of ďŹ&#x201A;owers, donations to the BC Cancer Society would be appreciated.

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Please Join Us During the Easter Season at

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Email resume to: hr@footprintssecurity.com ESTABLISHED PARKSVILLE law ďŹ rm seeks experienced family and civil litigation assistant. Salary commensurate with experience. Please send cover letter and resume to parksvillelaw@yahoo.com T-MAR INDUSTRIES located in Campbell River is hiring for the position of Journeyman Heavy Duty Mechanic. Position comes with a competitive beneďŹ t package and applicant must possess a valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license. Contact Tyson Lambert. Mail: 5791 Duncan Bay Road, Campbell River BC V9H 1N6 Fax: 250-286-9502 Email: tysonlambert@t-mar.com

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Visit our website at www.rdn.bc.ca for a complete job posting and job description.

EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITY at STANFORD PLACE CARE CAMPUS HOUSEKEEPING/LAUNDRY MANAGER This is a part-time management position that is responsible for hiring; supervising housekeeping, laundry, and first responder staff; purchasing; budget management and auditing service quality.

Must be able to oversee departmental operations in keeping with the high quality standards established at our Campus of Care.

Qualifications: Grade 12 education with a minimum of 5 years experience in a housekeeping/laundry supervisory role preferably in a long term care setting; membership in a related professional association; and knowledge of WHMIS training. Strong interpersonal, communication, problem solving and labour relations skills are mandatory.

Submit resume by March 30th to: Human Resources 250 Craig Street, Parksville, BC V9P 0A7

CARRIERS

Needed in your area.

Call The News at 248-4341 ext. 260

The Parksville/Qualicum Beach News is looking for a responsible person to deliver in your area!

Anyone who is interested in making some extra cash and getting a little exercise at the same time is asked to call The News circulation at 248-4341, ext. 260.

Routes are temporarily covered. We are looking for permanent carriers for these routes.

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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.

PAINTING 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.

A & M PAINTING. Interior & exterior. Free estimates. Call 250-248-3604.

O.K. THE HANDYMAN. Interior & exterior painting & plastering. Small or big jobs. 250947-5970

REPAIRS DEERING’S MOBILE Repair Service. I will come to you!

Small engine repairs: Lawn mowers, power saws, sharpening, brakes-bearings-lights & boat trailer maintenance.

Call Mark @ 250-228-2676

PETS PET CARE SERVICES CAT SITTING - NO CAGES. I will care for your much loved cat(s) in my home. They get their own room with a home setting. Min. 7-day or long term stay.

Limited space, book ahead! (250)740-5554

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE APPLIANCES OLDER Kenmore washer and dryer, both work fine. 250-5945995

WANTED DEAD OR ALIVE

$$ CASH PAID $$ for NEWER FRIDGES, STOVES, WASHERS, DRYERS etc.

BELLEVUE RECONDITIONED APPLIANCES Sales & Service.

MID ISLAND FIREWOOD (250) 228-4348 Fir, Yellow Cedar, Maple, Alder. Buy next seasons wood now & save. $150/cord. Nanaimo to Tofino. Dry wood avail.

SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest firewood producer offers firewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

GARAGE SALES PARKSVILLE LEGION Hall.

146 W. Hirst Ave. Garage and Bake Sale Mar 31 (9-2). Tables $10. Call Carol 250-2485060 for reservations. Canteen will be open for breakfast, lunch, snacks, tea & coffee.

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE CAN’T GET Up Your Stairs?

Acorn Stairlifts can help. Call Acorn Stairlifts now! Mention this ad and get 10% off your new Stairlift! Call 1-866-9815991.

ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES quit smoking or continue to smoke w/no harmful tars or chemicals. Intro pkg avail. now Call 250-951-9602 Low cost SAWMILLS FROM only $3997 - make money & save money with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. Free info & DVD: 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT. www.NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT

SOLID OAK Dining Suite: Table, buffet hutch & 8 chairs. ($7500 new) $1700; Lazy Boy burgundy leather sofa & loveseat($5000 new) $1200; Futon $75. Call 250-752-8188 STEEL BUILDINGS For all uses! Spring deals! Make an offer on sell-off models at factory and save thousands now!

Call for free brochure. 1-800668-5111 ext. 170.

STEEL OF a deal - building sale! 20x24 $4798. 25x30 $5998. 30x42 $8458. 32x58 $12,960.

40x60 $15,915.

47x80 $20,645. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

VENDING MACHINE FOR SALE ONLY $500 * Perfect working order * 9 selections (perfect for candy bars, chips, etc.) * Programmable * Comes with manual * Accepts quarters, nickels and dimes * 2 shelves for storage * Measures 65” high, 28” deep, 26” wide Call Kim, Mon-Fri, 8:30 am to 5pm (250) 746-4451 ext. 223

REAL ESTATE COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL FOR SALE or Lease on Vancouver Island’s Pacific Rim Hwy. Unique Commercial Property with good buildings.

Highway signage, and paved parking. C-4 zoning. Phone: 250-586-1372.

FULL WARRANTY. Large Showroom

FOR SALE BY OWNER

Parksville 250-248-8251

PARKSVILLE BLDG lot. 66 x 135 backs tree prk. 855 Temple $199,000. 604-575-8601

AUCTIONS

HOMES WANTED

Restaurant Auction Kelowna Sandwich Restaurant Newer quality equip. Apr 5th @ 6pm 243 Bernard Ave Kelowna. (250)545-3259, View photo at doddsauction.com

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FREE ITEMS FREE DROP OFF: Oil, batteries, scrap metal. We pay $Cash$ for unwanted Cars & Trucks. Call anytime. Norms Towing & Salvage (prev. of Bull Dog Auto) 250-757-8911 or 250-954-7543.

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REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

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RENTALS

TRANSPORTATION

HOUSES FOR SALE

APARTMENT/CONDO

MOBILE HOMES & PADS

HOMES FOR RENT

OFFICE/RETAIL

SHARED ACCOMMODATION

AUTO FINANCING

1bdrm +den, Schooner Cove, $800/mo. Underground parking, gas FP, N/S. near Marina.

Avail. immed 250-714-1886.

2 bedroom trailer for rent with attached shop. Located at 1365 Alberni Hwy, Parksville. $650 per month 250-954-9547

Retail / Professional Space for Lease

COOMBS- 1200sq ft, 3 bdrms, sunken family & dining room, wood stove, W/D, D/W, private patio, peaceful setting. 12 mins Qualicum Beach Parksville, $950. (250)951-9962.

PARKSVILLECLOSE to town. Semi basement furnished studio, shared bathroom & laundry. $550 includes utils. Call 250-468-2000.

ON THE BEACH, Qualicum, 1 bdrm, furnished. Avail. April 1, $1500 p/m all inclusive. Call 250-752-3813 for details.

N. QUALICUM, private half acre, avail April 1st, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 1100 sq ft, laundry, woodstove, lrg kitchen, recently reno’d, pet neg.

Refs req, $1200 mo, 250-248-7570 (day) 250-757-8716 (eves).

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL

COOMBS: 3 bdrm, private property, F/S, W/D, fenced yard, lrg deck, shed. N/S, no dogs. Apr. 1. $800/mo + util’s.

Ref’s req’d. 250-248-9579.

COTTAGES ERRINGTON 1-BDRM cabin very quiet. Hydro w/d, f/s incl. no dogs, $750. 250-954-0558.

DUPLEXES/4PLEXES COUNTRY SETTING North Qualicum. Lower Duplex, 2 bdrm, FS, References NS, No dogs. Avail. March 15th, $700/mo. 250-594-5950.

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PARKSVILLE: EXECUTIVE rancher 3 bdrm, 2 bath, double garage. F/S, W/D, F/P, Mountain view. N/S, N/P. Lots of extras. $1300. (250) 248-0066.

PARKSVILLE1800sq ft, semi de-tached, newly reno’d, 2 bdrms, 2 bath, lrg kitchen, hardwood floors, W/D, new appls. Private tree’d lot, gas F/P. Pets? N/S. $1100+ utils.

Refs req’d. (250)729-6477.

✶✶✶PRIME✶✶✶

commercial building for rent or lease in central downtown Parksville, 151 Harrison Ave. This 1,628sf building is ideal for retail, commercial or office use; featuring 33’ of street frontage, & 10’ and 12’ ceilings. Rental rate $12 per square foot plus $2 triple net, approximately $1,900 per month.

Please call 250.228 0512 or 250.954.1777.

in the village Qualicum Beach. from 544 sq.ft to 1427 sq.ft. phone 250 248 6504

Hillier 2 bdrm w/view, new carpet, very clean, 6 appls, lrg covered deck, N/S, Pets? Furnished? $750+ utils. Refs req’d.

250-752-0777.

QUALICUM, QUIET mobile home park, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, recently reno’d, F/P, enclosed porch, nice garden, $675 mo.

Call Robert 1-250-954-4018.

HOMES FOR RENT 1600 SQ ft rancher 2-3 bdrm 5 appl,lrg shop,walking dist to PV. Avail now $1250 /mo.+ util Ref. req. phone 250-954-1445 BACHELOR pad for rent located at 1400 Alberni Hwy, Parksville. Hydro, cable and wireless internet included $500 per month. 250-9549547 CHARTWELL ESTATES- 3 bdrm house on corner lot.

Treed, cosy setting.

New kitchen appliances. Available April 1. $950. Refs req’d. Call cell 250.240.2451.

DOWNTOWN PARKSVILLE 3 bdrm, 1200 sq ft covered deck, fenced yard w/firepit & fruit trees. $1100/mo. Ref’s required. No cats 250-248-9497 ERRINGTON, MODEST home, great water, lrg garage, no smoking, no pets, 1840 Lorna Lane, first and last months rent, $700 mo + utils, 250-248-6554.

FRENCH CREEK, 1 bdrm, newly reno’d, $950 p/m incld’s utils.n/s, n/p,Quiet, near bus.

Avail Apr. 1st, References Required Call 250-951-9146

PARKSVILLE: 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 5 appls, new W/D, all new paint, on 1 acre, shop space, carport & deck, Molliet St., avail immed or Apr. 1, $1150 + utils. 250-586-5360.

RV PADS COOMBS: RV site. Small adult park, $375 + hydro (year round), incls cable & storage.

Call (250)586-1372.

ERRINGTON OR Cooms, RV setup on pads, starting at $400 and RV pads starting at $375 or rent to own starting at $4000. Call 250-954-1355.

PARKSVILLE AREA- RV pad.

Wooded site. $425/mo, includes utils. Available now.

Call 250-927-5623.

SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING

PARKSVILLECLOSE to town. 3 bdrm upper floor of house. $1300 includes utilities.

Call 250-468-2000.

EMERALD ESTATES 1 bdrm, walk-in shower, hydro & housekeeping incl. Meal plan avail. $1100/mo Call 250-3902991

PARKSVILLE (DOWNTOWN) 3 bdrm bungalow, walking distance to school & shopping.

Avail Mar 1. NS/NP. $1175+ utils. References req’d. Call 250-954-2243.

EMERALD ESTATES in Parksville 55+ Independent Assisted Living. 2 bdrm, 2 bath, south facing patio, new carpets and paint. Quiet, bright and clean. Rent incld’s housekeeping. Dining program optional. Call Oceanside Property Management 250-951-3553.

QUALICUM BEACH- 2 bdrm close to beach in Qualicum, great location. N/S. Avail Apr. 1st. $1050 for long term. Call 250-757-8682, 250-752-9252.

HAWTHORNE PLACE 750 Memorial Ave. Qualicum Beach, BC 250-752-4217

QUALICUM BEACH: bungalow Avail Apr. 1, 2 bdrm, 1050 sq.ft. plus decks, 5 appls, N/S, 1 pet. Refs. Yr Lease. $1150+util. 250-240-8755.

QUALICUM BEACH large 2bdrm townhouse, 1200sqft 2bath, 3appls, lrg private deck & patio, sm pet ok. $850 + strata. Apr. 1. 250-752-4258.

QUALICUM BEACHwell kept, level entry on Eagle Crest Dr- 4 bdrms, 2.5 bath, 5 appls, dbl attached garage, N/S, pets neg, $1600+ utils, yearly lease. Refs req’d. Avail Now. Jenn, 778-424-4465.

Independent Retirement Living with Supportive Services “I have never been as happy as I have been these past three years living at Hawthorne Place” “Such a wonderful family atmosphere” “ A loving caring community”

WHISKEY CREEK- 1100sq ft, 3 bdrms, lower level of house, 4 appls. NP/NS, $750/mo + utils. Call 250-752-0501.

Two bedroom bright and spacious suites available now with a great service package and more...

All at affordable monthly rates, convenient in-town location

BUYING - RENTING- SELLING

Call Stacey Ryhorchuk today for a personal tour

HILLIERS, 2 bdrm home on acreage, F/S, W/D, N/S, pets neg. $800 mo. 250-752-2220.

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Auto Financing 1.800.910.6402

DreamCatcher Auto Loans “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

ERRINGTON- 1 bdrm large sunny suite. All utilities, cable & internet included. Nonsmokers only! $750/mo. Call (250)248-7050.

NICE 1 bdrm bsmt suite for rent, central Qualicum. March 31st., $825 per mo. incl all utilities, in ste. w/d, garage.

Call to view. 250-947-5592 QUALICUM, 1 bdrm, private entry, private deck, country settings. Inc. F/S, microwave.

Util. incl plus satellite TV. Suitable for quiet person. N/S. Avail Apr 1st. $675/mo. Ref. req. After 6pm - 250-752-4455 QUALICUM BEACH: gorgeous ground level, 2 bdrm suite, HUGE Master bedroom + w/i closet, brand new condition, fenced yard, garden area, walk to town, N/S, April 1, $945 + utils. 250-752-4842.

SUITES, UPPER PARKSVILLE, PRIVATE, 1 Bdrm suite: suits 1, $795 p/m. utils incl. W/D. 250-954-8326

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WANT A Vehicle but stressed about your credit? Christmas in March, $500 cash back. We fund your future not your past.

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

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

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SUITES, LOWER BOWSER- NEW 1 bdrm suite private entrance, includes heat/hydro/cable. NS/NP. Refs req’d. Avail Apr 1. $600. Call 250-757-9669 after 4pm.

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What is a power of attorney?

A power of attorney is a document Endu Power o ring that appoints another person, called an f Attorn ey “attorney,” to deal with your business and property and to make financial and legal decisions for you. A power of attorney can be general or specific depending on your needs.

BC has a new Power of Attorney Act A new Power of Attorney Act came into effect in BC on September 1, 2011. It brought in new changes relating to “enduring powers of attorney”. Powers of attorney signed before September 1, 2011 will generally still be valid but since the new Power of Attorney Act brought in changes, it’s a good idea to review your power(s) of attorney to ensure they are still valid and will do what you need them to do. Any powers of attorney signed on or after September 1, 2011 must follow all the new laws.

Your Attorney has certain duties they must follow Before a person agrees to act as your Attorney, that person should review and be aware of the duties and obligations that they will have as an Attorney. Your representative must consult with you, as much as is reasonable, to determine your wishes. Some of the other duties include: • to act honestly and in good faith • to exercise the care, diligence and skill of a reasonably prudent person • to act within the authority granted by the Power of Attorney • to keep prescribed records and produce the prescribed records for inspection and copying at the request of the adult.

For further information about Power of Attorney, Wills, Mortgages, Home Transfers & Land Transfers, contact Daryl McLane, Notary Public: 1-141 Memorial Ave., Parksville, BC Tel. (250) 248-5775 • Fax (250) 248-5770

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QUALICUM BEACH ROTARY DINNER

BRENDA GOUGH PHOTOS

Deanna Owen, Dawna Coombs and Sue Hiersemann (above) were among guests at the fourth fundraising dinner by the Rotary Club of Qualicum Beach Sunrise March 24 at the civic centre. Qualicum Beach councillor Dave Willie considers bidding on a telescope (below) and a filet mignon dinner was prepared by Giovanni, owner and chef of Giovanni’s Restorante.

Rotarians enjoy gala NEWS reporter Brenda Gough takes in the fourth annual Qualicum Beach Sunrise Rotary Club’s gala dinner

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hey gave birth to us; they fed, clothed, sheltered, protected and comforted us. Sometimes they put their lives on the line for us, even died for us. They loved us. They are our seniors, our elders, what used to be known as the old folks.

As the current saying reminds us, “What goes around, comes around”.

Now it is our turn to ensure love, care, and comfort for our seniors.

In today’s world it’s not always a simple matter of mom or/and dad or gram or aunt Lizzie moving in with the younger generation. The ‘youngers’ may both work long hours away from home, the house is small, their health is poor, the budget tight, or they simply may not have the skills or even the desire to house and care for their elders. Looking after their elders without empathy, sympathy, and love can lead to that ugly term, elder abuse.

This is where the state steps in … sometimes. But with a cumbersome entity like government, our seniors are still in need of our help.

The problem is that ‘they’ the public. (read government) have not I hope you will determine made it easy or even possi- By Nancy Whelan a time and place where you ble for us to help. But change may learn about and/or is in the wings. question current senior care A local NDP candidate, in B.C. Barry Avis, is helping to give Another very positive note us an opportunity to ask our on seniors’ care is that in just questions and air our conabout two weeks time, the cerns. This week there will B.C. Ombudsperson, Kim be three meetings with KaCarter will be in Parksville at trine Conroy, the opposition the invitation of the Oceanscritic for seniors’ care. ide Coalition of Strong ComOn Friday morning, March 30, from munities to discuss her report on seniors’ 10 to 11:30 a.m. at Parksville Quality Inn care.

Bayside, will be a special discussion circle Watch for the time and date of this between members of local care facilities’ presentation.

Family Council members and Conroy but Kim Carter has released two lengthy with no members of the press present. reports on her findings on seniors’ care This will be an opportunity for Ms.Conroy The Best of Care: Getting it Right for Seto hear from families about issues related niors in BC. to seniors’ residential care and governPart 1of this report came out in 2009 ment policies. and Part 2 has now been released and That afternoon from 2 to 4 p.m. at the was just recently tabled in the B.C. legisQualicum Beach (old) Community Hall, lature. Carter made an important point another meeting with Conroy —open to in stating, “We need to provide a renewed

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Encouraging too, is the result of Conroy’s push for a defined Seniors’ Act in B.C. In mid-February the government released its Action Plan to improve the lives of seniors, their families, and their caregivers.

Said Health Minister Mr. de Jong, “Now is the time to expand our efforts in ways that help seniors and their families navigate the system, easily access information about care options, and have a clear and simple way to have concerns addressed.”

Included in the Act is the establishment of the Office of the Seniors’ Advocate, to be launched in June of this year.

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Oceanside Minor Hockey Association president Greg Sabo is waiting to see what programs — or funding — 3ill be made available to local association to help combat concussion injuries in their sport.

Four hundred and 31 people completed the 2012 Comox Valley Half Marathon March 18, and no other woman was faster that day than Oceanside’s own Melissa Ross.

Ross, 28, finished the 21.1 km litmus test 17th overall, and was the first female to cross the finish line with a personal best time of 1:20.25. Besides the trophy, Ross was also awarded the yellow jersey for finishing first in an Island Race Series event, and she also earned the green pinny for having the fastest 100 meter sprint to the finish that day amongst women.

It was her sixth time running the race and first time she has won it.

“The conditions were perfect. It was a but cold, but there was no wind.”

An ‘out and back’ course with some challenging hills along the way, “it’s fairly tough, especially the first half,” she said, explaining “there’s a gradual uphill climb to start, so you have to be careful to pace it right so you don’t start out to fast and then burn out in the second half.”

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Honourable Bal Gosal, Minister of State (Sport), on behalf of The subject of concussions in hockey has been a hot topic the Minister of Health, “will help reduce the rate and severthis winter, and a press release from parliament hill back in ity of concussions and brain injuries and improve return-toplay decision-making for children and January pledged support through educaAdd your COMMENTS at youth playing team sports.” tion aimed to “help reduce the rate and www.pqbnews.com “We want our children to be active, severity of concussions and brain injuries healthy and have fun while participating and improve return-to-play decisionin team sports and physical activity.” making for children and youth playing team sports.”

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Oceanside’s ladies of soccer put the finishing strokes to their masterpiece of a season recently, going 3-0 on the pitches of Comox to claim the Mid Island Women’s Soccer League’s playoff title for the fourth straight year.

In action March 3-4 under less than ideal conditions with targets on their backs, the locals dug deep and found a way to win.

The conditions on Saturday said Oceanside United coach Dan Mahony “were monsoonlike. Very windy, and rain pelting down sideways.”

Oceanside opened the playdown with a 5-3 win over Port Alberni. Then, against the Outlaws from Campbell River, Sue Maltby buried a hard shot low far corner at the 31 minute mark of the first half and OU hung on for a 1-0 win.

Their final match was another nail-biter. Natasha Collins scored the winner in a 1-0 final off a penalty shot.

The tournament final against the MVPs — the only team to beat Oceanside this

year — said Mahony “was a barnburner — hard fought by both teams.”

In that game, Oceanside won the shootout with goals from Claire O’Conner and one each from the twins, Natasha and Rebecca Collins, and a clutch save by veteran keeper Pam Richer.

Including the three playoff games, this year’s ‘Ocean side’ was an offensive juggernaut, outscoring the opposition by an overall tally of 49-6.

The three wins puts Oceanside at 15-1-1 overall in Island action this year — they finished the regular season 12-11 for top spot in the 10-team league’s 2011/2012 season (their lone loss in week one and the tie a result of an owngoal late in the game) and are now unbeaten at 10-0 since December.

Richer finished the regular season riding a streak of eight straight shutouts and now has 11 to her credit. She has only been scored on in four games this year.

“A phenomenal record demonstrating excellent at-

tacking and defending as a team. I have really enjoyed the group this year as they are truly a team in every sense of the word. I am proud of each and every one of them for contributing to a great season,” said Mahony.

OU captain Christina Ciolfi confirmed the weather in Comox threatened to sink their season — but not quite.

“We had a great season this year for sure I don’t think the team has ever gelled so well.”

As for their fourth straight trip to provincial playdowns, Christina made no bones the team is intent on making some noise at the BC Cup. This will be the team’s fourth straight trip to the B.C.s under Mahony’s watch, and the second year of the new, unforgiving, single-elimination format played out over five weekends.

Oceanside United finds out April 3 where their first BC Cup game will be played.

It was a short-benched OU team that got knocked out in the first round of the provincials last year in a 2-1 loss.

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The win, she conceded, came at a good time, and was just reward for all the road work she put in over the winter as she ramps up for her racing season.

Ross runs five times a week for about 80 kms in all.

“I ran an easier course about five weeks ago (her first half marathon of the season in Vancouver along the seawall), and my time was a lot slower,” she said, adding “the half marathon is so long I was a bit worried (going into Comox) that

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But we also want our children to be safe,â&#x20AC;? said Minister Gosal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is estimated that as many as 90 per cent of severe brain injuries can be prevented. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s why we are investing in projects to help ensure the safety of our children and youth while being active.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great,â&#x20AC;? said Oceanside Minor Hockey President Greg Sabo, â&#x20AC;&#x153;I mean that announcementâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fantastic but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no speciďŹ c programs or funding that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come up with, so weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re waiting to see what programs will be available. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very happy that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re willing to support youth and teams ... Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m looking forward to hearing more speciďŹ cs on it.â&#x20AC;?

While the issue of concussions (and safety in general) continues to be the subject of much discussion, â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not something we keep tabs on numbers-wise,â&#x20AC;? said Sabo, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but I do know thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a few concussions (in OMHA) this year, and thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a speciďŹ c hockey Canada protocol that we follow in order to have a player return to play after an injury.

Much of that information, he said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;is only anecdotal, I only hear about it but if there is an injury; I generally get an email from our safety co-

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been just over ďŹ ve months since body checking was banned in all levels of recreational hockey. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do think concussions are down,â&#x20AC;? Sabo said, pointing out that when hitting was eliminated from House (Rec) hockey last year, Hock-

ey Canada also adopted a no-tolerance approach, wherein any head contact at all initiates a penalty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you touch a playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head in any way itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an automatic two minute penalty, and with head contact there is no discretion. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an automatic penalty.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think its a fantastic idea,â&#x20AC;? said Sabo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes the players aware they have to stay away from head contact, and because thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no discretion the player knows if he touches the head, he gets a penalty.â&#x20AC;?

The severity of the penalty depends on the severity of the infraction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m really happy with the new non-hitting in House rules,â&#x20AC;? said Sabo.

Asked his take on the general consensus Sabo said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;everybodyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really happy. I had a few complaints at the beginning; there were concerns being raised that the kids wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be ready for checking if they advance to Rep, but our response is they are all required to take two checking clinics prior to playing in a hockey game, so we feel thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adequate to get them ready.â&#x20AC;?

So far this year he said he knows of only instance this year where a local player was hurt. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was in Peewee rep ... it was minor, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even clear if he had a concussion, but he was off for a week ... we always exercise on the side of caution ... priority number one is the kids safety. Always,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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More funds needed in prevention Hockey parent JAMES CLARKE

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Contacted in Toronto and asked for some insight into the Active and Safe initiative, more specifically how it will effect minor hockey associations, Rebecca Nesdale-Tucker, executive director and CEO of ThinkFirst Canada, confirmed “that’s certainly our intent is to get it to the grass roots.

“It’s a 1.5 million dollar project over about a year and a half,” she said, explaining the funds are being shared

in partnership by the Coaching Association of Canada, Think First Canada, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport.

“Certainly we’re really grateful for these funds that are coming to us from the Public Health Agency of Canada.

More funds need to go to prevention in my view.

“We’re doing research to see what are the best practices, see what are some of the gaps in Canada. We want to look at what’s out there, what does the scien-

tific literature say, what do some key informants say, so that’s ongoing right now.”

Parents, coaches, trainers, medical practitioners — these are the people she said they are hoping to educate, and to that end she points to their website (www.thinkfirst.ca) as a great source of information.

Getting the information out there the these types of injuries are preventable, she said, is the key.

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The changes may not stop there, as there are also discussions underway about removing checking in Peewee Rep, the current entry level in this country into the competitive stream.

“What I’ve heard is that they’re found there’s a higher rate of concussions amongst the younger players,” said Sabo.

OMHA has about 400 registered players between the ages of five and 18 this season.

There are I’m always pushing to 13 volunteers make hockey more about on the local having fun. minor hockey GREG SABO executive, and Sabo makes the point, “since I’ve been on the executive the majority of the executive are there for the right reason; that the kids are having fun in a safe and supportive environment.”

Typically, he pointed out, injuries occur when the players are doing something they shouldn’t be.

THE NUMBERS GAME A quick crunch of the numbers reveals that there are around 350 minor hockey games played out at Oceanside Place each year, which equates into, well, a lot of kids on the ice.

“When you consider there are 12 to 20 kids on a team, times that by two and multiply it by 350 ... that’s a lot of opportunity for injury,” confirmed Sabo.

“My sense is it’s a very safe game. It’s a sport, and like any sport there’s the potential for injury, but the equipment is very good and the rules that are in place help make it safe.”

ON THE ICE and having a blast the day we were on the bench at Howie Meeker Arena was little Ethan Nordli.

“He loves to skate, he loves to play hockey,” Ethan’s dad Geoff confirmed as he fell down and get right back up, fell down and got right back up, again, and again, and again.

The father of three boys and a girl — his other three children already play I tell them it’s all about minor hockey, having fun.

GEOFF NORDIL and Ethan starts next year — Geoff played high level hockey back in the day, and said he’s all for the changes to the game.

“I tell them it’s all about having fun. I tell them I’d rather them play house hockey then Rep because the commitment is just too much.”

“I’m always pushing to make hockey more about having fun then pushing kids through to the higher levels,” agreed Sabo, who put it into perspective when pointed to a recent article he read that said a study started in Ontario in 1975 shows that of the 30,000 kids enrolled in minor hockey there, only 11 of them — or one in every 2,727 players — went on to play in the NHL. “Hockey’s a great game,” Greg surmised off the cuff. “It’s the camaraderie, that’s what I really like about it.

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Finding success with treatment Schilberg family continuing epilepsy walk to help raise awareness of — and seek support for — the condition AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com

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hings have improved dramatically for local epilepsy sufferer Liam Schilberg in the year since he and his family organized the first local awareness walk, but they still will continue to promote the issue.

“He’s doing so great, it’s really exciting,” said his mother Colette explaining recent medical success that has virtually eliminated the seizures.

They went to a specialist in Calgary three times where they did seemingly endless tests and worked with his medication and a no sugar diet to get miraculous results that appear to have eliminated the partial seizures he was getting many times a day and through the night for eight years.

Epilepsy affects about one in 100 Canadians, and though the family doesn’t know how many have it in Oceanside they have started to connect with other people suffering through things like the walk.

People can develop epilepsy at any age but it is most common in children and seniors, points out the B.C. Epilepsy Society.

Their website (www.bcepilepsy. com) has good information and tips including what you should do when someone has a seizure.

The key is to stay calm, protect them from injury by helping cushion them and removing nearby hazards, but do not restrain them.

The society stresses “never put anything in a person’s mouth during a seizure. Doing so may break teeth or block the airway.

A person cannot swallow their tongue during a seizure.”

Call an ambulance if a seizure lasts for more than five minutes,

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Local epilepsy sufferer Liam Schilberg invited people to join him and his family in the second annual awareness walk on April 1.

if the person has no known history of seizures or has other medical complications.

Schilberg, who is 14 and in Grade 8 through the Collaborative Education Alternative Pro-

gram, has frontal lobe epilepsy and was getting partial seizures meaning he was alert and conscience throughout.

Despite his success the family decided to repeat the walk to continue raising awareness since there are no other events in the area and March is Epilepsy Awareness Month.

The walk will be an easy stroll through Community Park in Qualicum Beach on Sunday, April 1 at 11 a.m. and people are encouraged to wear purple, the international colour for epilepsy.

There will be an information table at the entrance by the Civic Centre and they will accept donations for the society, but it is not a fundraiser they point out.

The Schilberg family invites people out for a fun walk to learn more, including reading facts posted throughout the forest.

For more information call Colette at 250-752-9674.

THINK YOU CAN DANCE?

Qualicum Beach dance contest draws in area talent BRENDA GOUGH

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An event aimed at bridging the gap between young and old in the community and to help mark the 70th birthday of the Town of Qualicum Beach has generated a lot of interest.

Round one of So You Think You Can Dance Qualicum saw many talented dancers from several Vancouver Island dance schools turn out for the auditions.

Organizers of the event said dancers performed routines in many different disciplines and the talent was top notch.

Dance judge Donna Wilkins who

was at the Qualicum Beach School of Dance March 23 to choose dancers who will move on to round two of the contest said she was looking for dancers who not only had good dance technique, but showmanship and personality as well.

“I am looking for all round talent… someone who is versatile in all styles,” she admitted.

The contest is open to youth between grades six to12 and the winner will receive a trip for two to Las Vegas, including flights, accommodation, workshops in their dance form and BRENDA GOUGH PHOTO tickets to see a Cirque du Soleil show. Olivia Fox, Holden Cole and April Davidson from the Stage West dance studio in Port Alberni See EVENT BENEFITS, page B2 stretching before going before the judge for So You Think You Can Dance Qualicum on Friday.

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Ten-year-old Jacie Frampton a dancer from the Qualicum Beach School of Dance gets some assistance from her mom Janna.

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Round two will take place on Saturday, April 21 and Wilkins said that is when the cream will rise to the top because dancers will have to dance a couple of different styles.

“The next round has choreography. That is when we will discover who is really versatile.”

The finals will occur on Sunday, May 20 at the Qualicum Beach Civ-

ic Centre. The finale will include a gala dinner and a night of dance performances that will include two group numbers, one hip hop, the other contemporary, professionally choreographed.

There will also be a group number done by the finalists.

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Art from the Attic BRENDA GOUGH

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When art work is exhibited at The Old School House Arts Centre in Qualicum Beach (TOSH) great care is taken to ensure the work is displayed professionally but when you have over 500 pieces to show you can’t be picky about presentation.

In all, 560 pieces of art came through the door on March 17 for the 7th Art from the Attic Sale and are now hanging in three galleries, a hallway and leaning everywhere.

If you love art fairs and you want a good bargain, this is the show for you and the markdowns have already started. Executive Director at TOSH Corrine James pulled out the red pen on Friday March 23 and bargain hunters can pick up some art work at rock bottom prices.

James said people are sure to find something special and unique from among the quality artwork being presented at the sale.

“There are paintings in oil, acrylic, watercolour and pastel depicting a variety of themes such as floral, landscape, abstract or repre-

Bob Drewbrook of Qualicum Beach peruses the wide array of art work on sale.

sentational along with prints and photos,” she said and added, “it is an ideal time to brighten your home with something new to hang on the wall.”

Prices start as low as $5.00 and range up over $1000.00 for high end art such as a beautiful Norman Rockwell print.

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QUA L I C U M BEACH — Witness history in the making as Beach Flicks presents Prom Night in Mississippi on Fri., March 30.

Many are familiar with the works of Academy Award winning actor Morgan Freeman, but unaware that in 1997 he offered to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School in Mississippi under one condition: the prom had to be racially integrated.

His offer was ignored but in 2008, Freeman offered again.

This time the school board accepted, and history was made with Charleston High School holding its first-ever integrated prom.

Canadian filmmaker Paul Saltzman follows students, teachers and parents in the lead-up to the big day.

This seemingly inconsequential rite of passage suddenly becomes profound as the weight of history falls on teenage shoulders.

Prom Night in Mississippi is being presented on Friday, March 30 at 7 p.m. at the Eaglecrest Golf Course.

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HEALING POWER OF ART

Using art to transform pain into freedom It is a watercolour of what I felt about myself at the time. It was brutal ... I was brutal.

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ome powerful artwork is on display at the McMillan Arts Centre (MAC) in Parksville and the artists who contributed to the exhibition hope their work will help anyone who may be struggling with pain.

The exhibition called Art for Healing runs until April 28 and includes an array of work from a variety of artists who have used the creative process of art as a healing force.

Art therapy is becoming increasingly important in fostering wellness. When something bad happens expression through art it is a way to process emotions and can be part of healing.

People who are suffering in one way or another have been turning to art to help them piece their lives back together for centuries.

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Parksville artist Carol Ann Fetherston is a breast cancer survivor. Her self portrait while she was undergoing chemotherapy is one of the many pieces on display at the MAC exhibit called Art for Healing.

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Forms may be picked up at your catchment area school and need to be signed first by the principal of the student’s catchment area school. All new student transfer forms will be numbered and consideration will be given on the basis of Policy 7015 criteria and the date of submission.

A student who has spent the previous school year in an approved cross-boundary placement at a District 69 school will be deemed to be a catchment area student for the duration of his/her attendance at the school. This status will be retained upon transition to the middle or secondary school which students from that school would normally attend based on district catchment areas.

As schools cannot accept cross-boundary students until confirmation of approval is received from the District office, it is important that parents register their child(ren) at their catchment area school and then await confirmation before registering at the requested cross-boundary school.

Wherever possible, requests will be approved. The District does however; reserve the right to rescind any approved cross-boundary transfers up to and including September 30. The decision to return a student to his/her catchment area school will be based on current legislation regarding class sizes and Board Policy 7015.

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Fetherston, who recently moved to Parksville from West Vancouver, was encouraged to submit her self portrait for the exhibition and she is hoping it will show that people are not alone in their challenges.

“I feel very self-conscious about it … being naked in public but at the same time I also realize that a lot of people have gone through cancer treatment and a lot of people don’t understand the feelings that go with it.”

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Fetherston recently went through a break up, and an art exercise in which she illustrated eight emotional states helped her understand some of the feelings she was going through. She said, for her, the finished pieces helped her make sense of her emotions.

Going through an illness can dramatically change your life and Fetherston said there are many fears, including death, but acknowledging the feelings is important.

She said she would like to do a series now on some of the feelings of the other experiences she went through during her cancer treatment.

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