Comox Valley Record, July 13, 2012

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Food bank has cutoff for moving Scott Stanfield Record Staff

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Some will be celebrating medals at the Canadian Transplant Games. All will be celebrating the miracle that has allowed them to be there to compete. From July 16-22, Calgary is hosting the Canadian Transplant Association’s sixth annual national championships, and two-time heart transplant recipient Robbie Thompson of Courtenay will be competing in swimming, cycling and perhaps badminton.

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COURTENAY’S TYRONE LARSON demonstrates his creation, GlowMods, which are small glow sticks that sit in the outer rim of a return top (yo-yo), making a glowing circle while spinning. PHOTO BY RENÉE ANDOR

Yo-yos good return on investment Renée Andor Record Staff

A 27-year-old Courtenay man’s idea to make return tops brighter is now being sold around the world. Tyrone Larson created GlowMods, which make return tops

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— commonly known by the name brand Yo-yo — glow as they spin, and give off a circle of light to spectators. “This outer rim here, I decided to pop a glow stick in it,” Larson said as he demonstrated on his return top, adding he first tried the idea at a competition

in December. “So I popped a couple glow sticks… and threw it and everyone was just like — next thing I knew 150 people gathered around.” Caribou Lodge return top company owner Chris Mikulin, who was there at the time, ... see YO-YO ■ A2

The Comox Valley Food Bank has received notice from its landlord, Habitat for Humanity, to vacate its space at 13th Street in Courtenay by Aug. 31. The notice was not unexpected. The food bank has for some time been searching for its seventh location since opening 28 years ago. It operated for 21 years out of a site at Piercy Avenue. JEFF HAMPTON “We’ve got a couple of ideas happening right now, but I can’t really elaborate on them,” CVFB president Jeff Hampton said this week. “If I do get the go-ahead I’m going to keep it quiet for a while longer because when we were going into Cousins Avenue area, when the cat was out of the bag that we were going in, all hell broke loose. We’d like to be a little quieter this time.” Last year, the food bank had hoped to move to Cousins Avenue in Tin Town but the site was inadequately zoned. Off-street parking was an issue. A plea from Habitat explaining the need for both organizations to expand appeared in local newspapers. It garnered two replies. “It was done on a Habitat slant as opposed to the food bank,” Hampton said. “They’re trying to do their build on Piercy Avenue and they want more space. They want to expand their ReStore.” Ideally, the food bank needs about 2,000 square feet in a semipermanent location. The building at 1755B 13th St. is about 1,700 square feet. Statistics indicate the Comox Valley Food Bank’s clientele represents about 18 per cent of the local population. reporter@comoxvalleyrecord.com

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