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COMOX VALLEY RECORD Your community. Your newspaper. www.comoxvalleyrecord.com
CLOSE CALLS
Several mishaps in Comox Valley in past few days. ■ 5
OLYMPIAN HEIGHTS
Martin Reader has updated his already impressive resume to include the word “Olympian.” The 28-year-old Comox athlete has enjoyed his share of success on the sand, but none bigger or better than what he achieved Saturday at the Canadian Beach Volleyball Trials at Ashbridges Bay in Toronto when he capped a 14-year quest to represent Canada at the Olympic Games.
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Wedding ‘unreal’ for Emily Renée Andor Record Staff
Although she’s now tired, Emily Wood “absolutely” enjoyed her dying wish of a beautiful wedding day, according to her new husband Shawn Wood. “It was a little overwhelming (for Emily),” Shawn said of the wedding last week. But, “there was just times when we looked at each other and it’s almost as if everything else just disappeared and it was just kind of us for a minute there — and especially when we were doing our vows and stuff, it was like no one else was there at all, and it was just unreal for her. “And she said she was crying all day but it was because she was so happy.” Emily, 24, was diagnosed with Stage 4 aggressive large-cell lymphoma in January and underwent various chemotherapy treatments since then. A couple of weeks ago doctors gave her just three to 12 months left to live. Twenty-eight-year-old Shawn — her boyfriend of nine years and fiancée for five of those — was beside her when she got the news, and when he asked her what she wanted the most in the world, her answer was to be his wife. The couple didn’t have extra cash for a wedding due to healthrelated costs, but wanted to marry as soon as possible, so Shawn reached out to the community. Within days, offers of goods, services and cash came rolling in from businesses and individuals. And Shawn set up an indiegogo account online with a goal of $5,000 by the end of July 11, which quickly sailed past that mark. As of Tuesday morning, these donations totalled just under $12,000. And a bridal boutique in ... see BRIDE’S ■ 2
HEADLINER EMMYLOU HARRIS greeting the audience enthusiastically for her set Saturday at the 2012 Vancouver Island MusicFest. PHOTO BY ERIN HALUSCHAK
Musicians heart of annual festival Scott Stanfield Record Staff
At the Woodland Stage tucked behind the main thoroughfare at the Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds, Laurence Juber shared some of his acoustic guitar magic with a few hundred appreciative fans Saturday at Vancouver Island MusicFest.
like — what they know — and mix in my own stuff,” said Juber, a Los Angeles resident who was scheduled to perform on the same stage last year but needed to cancel due to a family tragedy. Juber became acquainted with MusicFest artistic director/ executive producer Doug Cox ... see FESTIVAL ■ 3
The Grammy Award-winner and former member of Paul McCartney and Wings included in his set renditions of the Pink Panther and Live and Let Die, along with Beatles’ tunes I am the Walrus and While My Guitar Gently Weeps. He closed with the Jimi Hendrix classic Little Wing. “Gotta’ give them what they
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