August 07, 2012

Our Community in Review PART 4

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012 The Parksville Qualicum Beach News

Community in Review ~ 2000 Smoking ban angers restaurants

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s *ANUARY $ESPITE RUMOURS REPORTS AND A SENSE OF MILLENNIAL PANIC THERE WERE NO MAJOR TECHNOLOGICAL GLITCHES REPORTED AS THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR CAME AND WENT

s &EBRUARY 4HE DEATH OF A POPULAR 0ARKSVILLE HOCKEY PLAYER WAS RULED ACCIDENTAL *EFF .ABSETH

DIED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A VEHICLE WHILE CYCLING ON (IGHWAY

s -ARCH 4HE "ANK OF -ONTREAL IN 1UALICUM "EACH WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT 4HE LONE MALE LOCKED THE STAFF IN THE BANK VAULT 4HERE WERE NO CUSTOMERS IN THE BANK AT THE TIME s !PRIL )T SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA AT THE TIME BUT THE 4OWN OF 1UALICUM "EACH OPTED TO REMOVE A SET OF RUMBLE STRIPS THAT HAD BEEN INSTALLED ON 6ILLAGE 7AY s -AY 4HE OLD 3UNSET )NN ON -EMORIAL !VE IN 1UALICUM "EACH GOT A NEW LEASE ON LIFE AFTER IT WAS RENAMED THE 1UALICUM "EACH 2ESORT AND UNDERWENT EXTENSIVE RENOVATIONS

Erik Goetzinger (right) was killed when a homemade explosive device went off prematurely. The local BMX track was renamed in his honour and flags in the area flew at half mast.

Reprieve for Brown land

s *UNE 2ENOVATIONS TO THE OUTFALL AT "EACH #REEK IN 1UALICUM "EACH WERE COMPLETED IN *UNE 4HE IMPROVEMENTS WERE SEEN AS NECES$EBATE OVER THE ACQUISITION SARY AFTER COHO AND OTHER SALMON SPECIES DISAPPEARED FROM THE CREEK DUE TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE lNAL ACRE PORTION OF THE "ROWN 0ROPERTY IN 1UALICUM s *ULY !N %RRINGTON CHIROPRACTOR DECLARED "EACH WAS HOT AND HEAVY WITH A HIS INTENTION TO RUN FOR POLITICS *AMES ,UNNEY PUBLIC MEETING BRINGING OUT SAID HE PLANNED TO RUN AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE RESIDENTS ALL EAGER TO SHARE THEIR #ANADIAN !LLIANCE ,UNNEY WON THE CONTEST VIEWS 4HE ACQUISITION WHICH WAS EXs !UGUST ! MOTHER WAS SLAIN AND HER SON PECTED TO COST TAXPAYERS ABOUT WAS IN CUSTODY AFTER A KILLING AT A HOME ON PER YEAR ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES

!LDOUS 2OAD IN 1UALICUM "EACH 0ATRICK SPARKED BITTER DEBATE IN THE COM,AWRENCE ,YNN

WAS ARRESTED FOR THE MUNITY WITH OPPONENTS ARGUING THE TOWN DIDN T HAVE THE MONEY KILLING OF HIS YEAR OLD MOTHER )RIS TO MAKE THE PURCHASE AND PROPOs 3EPTEMBER 4HE !RROWSMITH $AM NENTS CALLING FOR THE TOWN TO lND OPENED IN 3EPTEMBER THE MONEY SOMEHOW 4HE BATTLE TOOK A DECISIVE TURN s /CTOBER 4HE NEWLY EXPANDED IN !PRIL WHEN THE 1UALICUM "EACH /CEANSIDE 2#-0 DETACHMENT OPENED #HAMBER OF #OMMERCE THREW ITS WEIGHT BEHIND THE PROPOSAL s .OVEMBER 4ENSIONS ROSE ON THE "IG !LTHOUGH THE DEADLINE FOR THE 1UALICUM 2IVER AS SPORTS ANGLERS ANGERED PURCHASED PASSED THE TOWN WAS MEMBERS OF THE 1UALICUM &IRST .ATION ABLE TO GET AN EXTENSION ON FOR THE WITH SLURS AND INTIMIDATION PROJECT WITH MAYOR 4EUNIS 7ESTBROEK CALLING FOR A REFERENDUM ON s $ECEMBER *IM 3TOREY WAS NAMED THE ISSUE #ITIZEN OF THE 9EAR IN 1UALICUM "EACH !T LEAST ONE COUNCIL MEMBER

REMAINED ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THE DEAL HOWEVER 3COTT 2ODWAY REMAINED STEADFAST IN HIS VIEW THAT TAXPAYERS MONEY SHOULD NOT BE USED TO MAKE THE PURCHASE 4HE REFERENDUM WAS SET FOR *UNE )N *UNE THE REFERENDUM FAILED

BY A TO PER CENT MARGIN 5NDAUNTED PARK SUPPORTERS CONTINUED FUNDRAISING EFFORTS THROUGH SPECIAL EVENTS 3OCIETY PRESIDENT *ACK 7ILSON NOTED THE GROUP HAD JUST OVER A MONTH TO RAISE

4HAT EFFORT GOT A BOOST WHEN FORMER .EWFOUNDLAND PREMIER "RIAN 0ECKFORD JUMPED ABOARD AND PUT HIS SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL 7ITH ONLY lVE DAYS TO GO "ROWN 0ROPERTY 0RESERVATION 3OCIETY VOLUNTEERS HELD A CONCERT AND AUCTION IN A DESPERATE BID TO GO OVER THE TOP (OWEVER IN 3EPTEMBER THE SOCIETY RECEIVED AN EXTENSION UNTIL -ARCH OF TO RAISE THE REMAINING NEEDED

4HE KICKOFF TO THE NEW MILLENNIUM HAD RESTAURANT OWNERS AND BARKEEPS FUMING OVER A NEW SMOKING BAN IMPOSED BY THE 7ORKERS #OMPENSATION "OARD h) VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS FOR YEARS AND ) VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS SAID "OB ,LOYD

OWNER OF THE &RONTIERSMAN 0UB IN #OOMBS h9ESTERDAY WAS OUR WORST DAY IN YEARS AND ) VE ALREADY HAD TO LAY OFF ONE EMPLOYE AND THE BAN HAS ONLY BEEN IN EFFECT FOR lVE DAYS v (IS CONCERN WAS ECHOED BY #ROWN AND !NCHOR 0UB OWNER !RLENE -ARTIN h4HEY VE GOT TO CHANGE THIS LAW OR A LOT OF PLACES ARE GOING TO GO UNDER v SHE SAID h) M GOING TO HAVE TO START LAYING PEOPLE OFF IF SOMETHING ISN T DONE SOON v 2OCKING (ORSE 0UB OWNER $ENNIS 0AQUETTE PUT HIS FEELINGS SUCCINCTLY h)F WE CAN SEND A MAN TO THE MOON WE CAN VENTILATE A PUB v HE SAID ! COURT CHALLENGE OF THE NEW LAW BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY WAS LAUNCHED IN -ARCH 4HIS CHALLENGE PROVED UNSUCCESSFUL AND RESTAURANTS PUBS AND THE PEOPLE WHO USE THEM WERE FORCED TO LIVE WITH THE NEW LAW

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Community in Review ~ 2001

A horrible case of abuse

TOP STORIES s *ANUARY 1UALICUM "EACH CHAMBER MEMBERS WILLINGLY WENT TO THE DOGS AS THEY HANDED THE "USINESS OF THE 9EAR AWARD TO 1UALICUM 0ET &OODS AND 'ROOMING s &EBRUARY 4HE ,ITTLE 1UALICUM 7ATERWORKS FOUND ITSELF IN ITS SECOND BOIL WATER ADVISORY IN THREE WEEKS AFTER TESTS REVEALED HIGH LEVELS OF COLIFORM IN THE SYSTEM s -ARCH #OMPUTERS SHOOK HANGING PLANTS SWAYED AND KEYS JINGLED AS /CEANSIDE EXPERIENCED SHOCKWAVES FROM A MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN 7ASHINGTON 3TATE s !PRIL !BOUT PEOPLE ATTENDED THE OFlCIAL DEDICATION OF THE -OUNT !RROWSMITH "IOSPHERE 2ESERVE s -AY -ORE THAN DOG OWNERS SHOWED UP AT A PUBLIC MEETING IN 1UALICUM "EACH TO DEMAND AN OFF LEASH DOG PARK BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE COMMUNITY s *UNE 4HE #ITY OF 0ARKSVILLE COMPLETED THE lRST OF THE LAND SALES NEEDED TO PAY FOR THE NEW #IVIC AND 4ECHNOLOGY #ENTRE s !UGUST !BOUT PEOPLE TURNED OUT FOR AN ANIMATED THREE HOUR LONG MEETING ABOUT THE 2$. S PROPOSED ZONING AND SUBDIVISION BYLAW FOR !REA & 4HE MAJORITY WHO SPOKE WERE VERY MUCH AGAINST IT s 3EPTEMBER !N /CEANSIDE RESIDENT .ADINE 0ERKINS WHO mEW INTO .EW 9ORK #ITY AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE THE CITY WAS ATTACKED

BY TERRORISTS WAS REPORTED TO BE ALIVE AND WELL IN 3EPTEMBER s /CTOBER 4HE HEAD OF THE LOCAL 30#!

CALLED THE CASE OF "ROOK THE DOG ONE OF THE WORST CASES OF ANIMAL ABUSE SHE HAD EVER SEEN 4HE MONGREL DOG WAS FOUND ABANDONED AND ALMOST DEAD SUFFERING FROM BROKEN ANKLES A BROKEN LEG AND A LARGE TUMOR s .OVEMBER /CEANSIDE TEACHERS ON .OV JOINED THEIR COUNTERPARTS ACROSS THE PROVINCE IN GIVING HOUR STRIKE NOTICE s $ECEMBER 4HE 1UALICUM "EACH #HAMBER OF #OMMERCE NAMED $R (UGH &LETCHER AS ITS #ITIZEN OF THE 9EAR

Always willingto make a splash for a good cause, the News chili team took a Men in Black theme for their costumes in 2001.

Trouble in the Grove 0LANS TO INSTALL A SPACE PARKING LOT IN "# 0ARKS LAND NEXT TO #ATHEDRAL 'ROVE ENRAGED ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN /CEANSIDE IN *ULY 4HE OUTCRY ABOUT THE PLAN WAS SO LONG AND LOUD THAT IT CAUGHT THE EYE OF REPORTS AT THE 'LOBE AND -AIL AND OTHER MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS !NNETTE 4ANNER THE 7ESTERN #ANADA 7ILDERNESS #OMMITTEE S MID )SLAND CHAIR SAID SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A DELAY IN THE PROCESS " # 0ARKS SPOKESPERSON ,ARRY "OUDREAU SAID THE PARKING LOT WAS NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY NOTING THAT MORE THAN PEOPLE VISIT THE PARK EACH YEAR MAKING THE EXISTING PARKING SITUATION EXTREMELY DANGEROUS !LTHOUGH THE LAND CHOSEN FOR

THE PARKING LOT WAS SECOND GROWTH FOREST ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS SAID THEY FEARED ITS CLEARANCE WOULD EXPOSE THE lRST GROWTH FOREST TO HIGH WINDS AND RESULTING PROBLEMS WITH BLOW DOWN !S WELL AN IMPORTANT MIGRATION ROUTE FOR 6ANCOUVER )SLAND ELK WAS CONSIDERED TO BE AT RISK 4ANNER SUGGESTED THAT A NEARBY LOGGING ROAD BE USED FOR THE PARKING LOT 4HE ISSUE CONTINUED TO HEAT UP WITH ENVIRONMENTALIST 0HIL #ARSON WARNING THAT IF IT WENT AHEAD hTHERE WOULD BE TROUBLE v -,! 'ILLIAN 4RUMPER WADED INTO THE DEBATE NOTING SHE HAD BEEN CALLED TO #ATHEDRAL 'ROVE ON TWO OCCASIONS IN HER CAPACITY AS A CORONER

! REMARKABLE CASE OF ANIMAL ABUSE HAD /CEANSIDE RESIDENTS OUTRAGED 4HE DOG .ICKY WAS DISCOVERED IN A DITCH OF THE )NLAND )SLAND (IGHWAY BELOW !LLSBROOK 2OAD ON /CT .ICKY A COCKAPOO WAS BADLY DEHYDRATED AND STARVING WITH BROKEN ANKLES A BROKEN TAIL AND A LARGE MAMMARY TUMOR AMONGST ITS MANY INJURIES +RIS 2IGGINS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE 0ARKSVILLE 30#!

CALLED IT THE WORST CASE OF ANIMAL ABUSE SHE HAD EVER SEEN 0UBLIC RESPONSE WAS OVERWHELMING WITH THE PHONE RINGING OFF THE HOOK AT THE SHELTER AND PEOPLE DROPPING BY WITH OFFERINGS OF MONEY TO HELP PAY FOR THE DOG S RECOVERY /NE COUPLE EVEN OFFERED THEIR CAR FOR SALE TO PAY FOR THE DOG S VET BILLS 4HE DOG WAS LATER ADOPTED OUT AND RECOVERED NICELY h7E KNEW SHE WAS GETTING BETTER WHEN SHE TRIED TO CHASE A SHELTER CAT v 2IGGINS SAID

This seal was not so cute

3EALS MAY LOOK CUTE BUT AREA RESIDENTS GOT A VERY REAL LESSON ON THE FACT THAT THEY ARE LARGE MAMMALIAN PREDATORS WITH BIG TEETH AFTER SEALS ATTACKED TWO SWIMMERS AND A KAYAKER OFF 4EXADA )SLAND 3IXTEEN YEAR OLD 4YRONE #RITCHLEY WAS SWIMMING ABOUT FEET OFFSHORE BY 3HELTER 0OINT WHEN A SEAL CLAMPED ONTO HIS FOOT AND TRIED TO PULL HIM UNDER AND STARTED

SHAKING HIM !LTHOUGH HE MANAGED TO RIP HIS LEG FREE THE SEAL CLAMPED ON AGAIN &OR A SECOND TIME HE WAS ABLE TO BREAK FREE BEFORE SWIMMING AS FAST AS HE COULD TO THE SAFETY OF THE SHORE 4WO DAYS LATER A KAYAKING COUPLE WERE ATTACKED WHEN A SEAL JUMPED Nikki the dog was in rough shape by the time OUT OF THE WATER BIT A WOMAN S ARM she was rescued, but she ended up making a full AND CAPSIZED THE BOAT recovery.

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Tuesday, August 7, 2012 The Parksville Qualicum Beach News

Community in Review ~ 2002

TOP STORIES s *ANUARY 4HE YEAR GOT OFF TO A POOR START WHEN VANDALS CAUSED IN DAMAGE TO THE FOUNTAIN IN 'LASSFORD 3QUARE IN 1UALICUM "EACH s &EBRUARY "ARBARA "URNS THE ELECTED CHIEF OF THE 1UALICUM &IRST .ATION CALLED THE "# ,IBERALS MAIL IN REFERENDUM POLITE RAC ISM s -ARCH *OHN (ARVEY 0ETERS WAS SENTENCED TO lVE YEARS IN PRISON IN 3EPTEMBER FOR THE KILLING OF HIS FATHER *OHN &RANK 0ETERS IN IN .ANOOSE "AY s !PRIL #ANDACE -ORGAN WAS HIRED BY 3CHOOL $ISTRICT 1UALICUM TO REPLACE THE RETIRING SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS 4OM 7ATSON s -AY 1UALITY &OODS OWNERS .OEL (AY WARD +EN 3CHLEY AND *OHN "RIUOLO CEL EBRATED THE CHAIN S TH ANNIVERSARY s *UNE .ANOOSE "AY HIGH JUMPER -I CHAEL -ASON BROKE A YEAR OLD RECORD AT THE " # 4RACK AND &IELD #HAMPION SHIP WITH A METRE JUMP s *ULY /CEANSIDE RESIDENTS GAVE A NAR ROW YES VOTE TO THE MULTIPLEX PROPOSAL TO REPLACE THE AGING $ISTRICT !RENA 2ESIDENTS VOTED IN FAVOUR AND

AGAINST THE PROPOSAL s !UGUST ,OCAL lSHERMEN DElED A $E PARTMENT OF &ISHERIES AND /CEANS CLOSURE OF THE SOCKEYE lSHERY SPARKING A BOAT PRO TEST lSHERY IN *OHNSTONE 3TRAIT s 3EPTEMBER /CEANSIDE MEMBERS PAUSED ON 3EPT TO REMEMBER THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEADLY TERRORIST ATTACKS IN THE 5NITED 3TATES #LOSE TO PEOPLE JOINED HANDS TO PRAY AND SING s .OVEMBER ! MUNICIPAL ELECTION SAW 2ANDY ,ONGMUIR ELECTED AS MAYOR OF 0ARKS VILLE BEATING OUT RIVAL *IM "ANKS BY AN OVER TWO TO ONE MARGIN 3ANDY (ERLE TOPPED THE COUNCILLOR POLLS FOLLOWED BY #AROLINE 7ATERS

#HRIS "URGER AND -ARK ,EFEBVRE )N 1UALICUM "EACH 4EUNIS 7ESTBROEK WAS ACCLAIMED TO THE MAYOR S CHAIR WHILE !NTON +RUYT TOPPED THE POLLS WITH NEWCOMER *ACK 7ILSON COMING SECOND AHEAD OF "ARRY !VIS AND 3COTT 4ANNER

Firefighters battle a fire at Qualicum Foods in Qualicum Beach. Their efforts were unable to save the building, which burned to the ground. It was later replaced with the current structure.

Qualicum Foods burns to the ground )T WAS SEEN AS THE END OF AN ERA ˆ BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE START OF ANOTHER ONE ˆ WHEN THE 1UALITY &OODS STORE IN 1UALICUM "EACH BURNED TO THE GROUND IN .OVEMBER 7HEN lRElGHTERS RESPONDED TO A CALL JUST BEFORE P M ON THE FATEFUL NIGHT THEY FOUND SMOKE POURING FROM THE ROOF 1UALICUM "EACH lRElGHT ERS WERE SOON JOINED BY COLLEAGUES FROM $ASHWOOD 0ARKSVILLE %RRINGTON

AND #OOMBS BUT WITHIN AN HOUR THE BUIDLING WAS FULLY INVOLVED WITH THE STORE AND ALL ITS INVENTORY GOING UP IN mAMES h!LL ) CAN SAY IS THANK 'OD WE WERE CLOSED v SAID DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND FOUNDING PARTNER +EN 3CHLEY 4HE STORE HAD BEEN LOCKED UP FOR 2EMEMBRANCE $AY ! JANITOR WHO HAD BEEN CLEANING THE BUILDING CALLED IN THE lRE 3CHLEY AND CO FOUNDER *OHN "RIUOLO

WERE IN 0ALM 3PRINGS ON VACATION WHEN THEY RECEIVED NEWS OF THE lRE AND AL THOUGH THEY lRST THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD JOKE THEY SOON BOOKED mIGHTS BACK HOME %VEN WHILE THE RESULTING MESS WAS STILL BEING CLEANED UP THE STORE S OWN ERS VOWED TO KEEP THE EMPLOYEES WORKING SETTING UP A SHUTTLE AND DELIV ERY SERVICE AND A TEMPORARY STORE LOCA TION

Mirror, mirror on the wall Change room mirror proves problematic at KSS 3MOKED GLASS ONE WAY MIR RORS IN THE BOYS AND GIRLS CHANG ING ROOMS AT +WALIKUM 3ECONDARY 3CHOOL BECAME AN ISSUE IN 3EP TEMBER AFTER POLICE RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS TIP COMPLAINING ABOUT THEM /N THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIN DOWS WAS THE OFlCES FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHERS AND IT WAS POS SIBLE ˆ OR AT ONE TIME USED TO BE POSSIBLE ˆ FOR ANYONE IN THE OF lCES TO OBSERVE THE CANGE ROOMS 4HE STUDENTS WHO WERE BUSY DRESSING OR SHOWERING MEANWHILE

WOULD ONLY SEE A REmECTION OF THEMSELVES 4HE SMOKED GLASS PORTALS HAD

BEEN IN PLACE SINCE +33 WAS CON STRUCTED BUT WERE COVERED UP BY CONSTRUCTION PAPER 2ENOVATIONS AT THE SCHOOL HAD BARED THEM AGAIN SPARKING THE COMPLAINT 3CHOOL PRINCIPAL $ARRYL #RAIG HAD PLYWOOD SCREWED OVER THE WINDOWS AS SOON AS HE BECAME AWARE OF THE COMPLAINT AND NOTED THAT HE HAD BEEN ENTIRELY UNAWARE OF THEIR EXISTENCE "OTH STAFF MEMBERS AND STU DENTS AT THE SCHOOL STRESSED THAT

TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE THE WINDOWS HAD ALWAYS BEEN KEPT COVERED UP PRIOR TO THE RENOVATIONS BEING UN Councillor Jack Wilson was front and centre in the DERTAKEN drive to preserve the Brown property.

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Community in Review ~ 2003

Remains cause anger at Deep Bay Marina

TOP STORIES s *ANUARY .ANAIMO 0ARKSVILLE -,! *U DITH 2EID CAME TO THE DEFENCE OF ,IBERAL LEADER 'ORDON #AMPBELL AFTER HE WAS AR RESTED IN -AUI FOR IMPAIRED DRIVING 3HE SAID HE HAD OWNED UP TO THE OFFENCE AND SO WAS STILL THE RIGHT PERSON TO LEAD " # s &EBRUARY 4HE #ITY OF 0ARKSVILLE ASKED FOR AN APOLOGY AND REMEDIATION FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALMOST FOUR MONTHS AFTER THEY FELLED A STAND OF TREES AT 7INCHELSEA %LEMEN TARY SCHOOL WITHOUT A PERMIT CAUSING AN OUT CRY FROM NEIGHBOURS s -ARCH !FTER EIGHT MONTHS OF BOILING THEIR WATER 7HISKEY #REEK RESIDENTS WERE lNALLY ABLE TO POUR A GLASS OF WATER STRAIGHT FROM THE TAP AFTER 6)(! LIFTED THEIR BOIL WATER ADVISORY s !PRIL The News MANAGED TO PULL ONE OVER ON SOME AREA RESIDENTS IN THE !PRIL EDITION WHEN THE PAPER CLAIMED THAT A 7AL -ART WAS ABOUT TO COME TO 1UALICUM "EACH AND THAT THE FOUNTAIN AT CITY HALL WAS FILLED WITH FISH s -AY ! WARM WIND FLOATED INTO /C ANSIDE AS THE 2$. PONDERED #HINOOK #ENTRE AS THE NAME FOR THE NEW MULTIPLEX ARENA UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT 7EMBLEY -ALL 4HE IDEA WAS DITCHED IN FAVOUR OF /CEANSIDE 0LACE s *ULY 1UALICUM "EACH GOT SOME GOOD NEWS WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A MIL LION GRANT TO HELP PAY FOR THE RING ROAD s !UGUST 2ESCUERS TURNED INTO VICTIMS WHILE TRYING TO GET AN INJURED MAN .IGEL -O HAN WHO HAD FALLEN ABOUT FEET DOWN AN EMBANKMENT ACROSS FROM THE $ASHWOOD lRE HALL /NE lRElGHTER WAS HIT BY A FALLING BRANCH DURING THE RESCUE (IS HELMET mEW OFF AND STRUCK A NEARBY PARAMEDIC IN THE HEAD s 3EPTEMBER #0!# #ARE -ANAGEMENT OFFERED PLANS TO DEMOLISH THE OLD 1UALI CUM "EACH -IDDLE 3CHOOL AND REPLACE IT WITH A BED SENIORS CARE AND CONDO BUILDING TO REPLACE !RRANGLEN ,ODGE s /CTOBER 4HE NEW MILLION /CEANSIDE 0LACE ARENA OPENED WITH A GALA EVENT IN /C TOBER WITH CELEBRITIES (OWIE -EEKER AND 6IC TOR +RAATZ JOINING A CROWD OF MORE THAN

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First nation calls for answers after loads of dirt moved 4HE ELECTED CHIEF COUNCILLOR OF THE 1UALICUM &IRST .ATION WAS LOOKING FOR ANSWERS AFTER CREWS WIDENING A BOAT TURN AROUND AT THE $EEP "AY -ARINA UNCOVERED A &IRST .ATIONS -IDDEN 4HE SITE WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN AT LEAST lVE 0ENTLATCH BURIAL SITES SOME OF WHICH WERE ESTI Fifth time was the charm for Brian, a bald eagle at the Wildlife Recovery Centre in Errington. The bird was fitted with its fifth prosthetic beak in MATED TO BE ROUGHLY YEARS OLD 4HE AREA WAS REGISTERED AS AN ARCHEOLOGICALLY January. The bird’s beak had been partly blown off by a shotgun blast.

SENSITIVE SITE BUT PROPER STEPS INCLUDING CON TACTING THE PROVINCES ARCHEOLOGICAL BRANCH AND COMPLETING A SITE STUDY WERE DONE PRIOR TO WORK BEGINNING (OWEVER ALLEGATIONS SURFACED THAT SEVERAL TRUCKLOADS OF EARTH WERE REMOVED FROM THE SITE AND DUMPED AFTER THE REMAINS WERE DISCOVERED

4HE GIANT TREES IN #ATHEDRAL DON 1UANZ WERE UNABLE TO LEAVING OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF HUMAN REMAINS 'ROVE MAY BE BEAUTIFUL BUT THEY DODGE THE MASSIVE TREE AND WERE BEING DISTURBED AND TREATED WITHOUT PROPER RE SPECT CAN ALSO BE DEADLY AS WAS SHOWN IN DECLARED DEAD AT THE SCENE 0ARK MANAGER 'REG &ITZSIM $ECEMBER WHEN TWO !LBERTA RESI DENTS WERE KILLED WHEN A TREE FELL MONS NOTED THERE HAD SOME WIND AND HEAVY SNOW IN THE PARK BUT ON THEIR PARKED VEHICLE 4HE METRE $OUGLAS lR CAME COULD NOT SAY IF THESE CONTRIBUTED DOWN FROM METRES INSIDE THE TO THE TRAGIC EVENT 4REES ARE ASSESSED FOR THEIR STA PARK HITTING THE RED 0ONTIAC 3UN BILITY TWICE A YEAR AT #ATHEDRAL lRE JUST BEFORE A M 3OMETIMES PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO PUT ASIDE THEIR *O !NN 'ODWIN AND "RAN 'ROVE OWN SAFETY IN FAVOUR OF BRAVELY DOING THE RIGHT THING 4HAT WAS CERTAINLY THE CASE THIS YEAR WHEN A LOCAL MAN RISKED EVERYTHING WHEN A WHARF CAUGHT lRE AT A COMMUNITY FAR FROM HOME 4HE %RRINGTON MAN WAS HAILED AS A HERO AFTER HE SAVED SEVERAL BOATS FROM lRE AT 1UATSINO A Local MLA Judith Reid not said to be involved NORTH )SLAND COMMUNITY 4HE WHOLE PROVINCE WAS ROCKED TION COMPANY "# 2AIL 3HAUN 4INNEY PUT HIS LIFE IN JEOPARDY AS HE 3EARCH WARRANTS WERE USED TO UNTIED BOATS MOORED AT THE BURNING WHARF AND WHEN 6ICTORIA POLICE AND THE 2#-0 RAIDED THE OFlCE OF 4RANSPORTATION SEARCH THE OFlCES OF THE .ANAIMO PUSHED THEM TO SAFETY "Y THE TIME HE WAS DONE

-INISTER *UDITH 2EID S ASSISTANT 0ARKSVILLE -,! AS POLICE LOOKED HE FOUND HIMSELF TRAPPED BY THE mAMES BUT INTO ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN MANAGED TO SWIM TO SAFETY "OB 6IRK IN $ECEMBER 2ESIDENTS WATCHED IN FASCINA THE SALE TION AS UNIFORMED POLICE OFlCERS 0OLICE STRESSED THAT 2EID WAS NOT WERE lLMED HAULING OUT BOXES OF A PART OF THE INVESTIGATION &ORMER 0ARKSVILLE 1UALICUM -,! ,EONARD lLES FROM THE LEGISLATURE 4HE INVESTIGATION LED TO THE AR 4HE lLES WERE TO BE USED IN A REST OF NINE PEOPLE IN 6ICTORIA 6AN +ROG PONDERED A RUN AT THE LEADERSHIP OF THE .$0 AFTER LEADER *OY -AC0HAIL ANNOUNCED SHE SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE COUVER AND 4ORONTO 7HAT WOULD COME TO BE KNOWN WOULDN T BE RUNNING AGAIN +ROG LATER JUMPED CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE INTO THE RACE LOSING HIS BID TO #AROLE *AMES SALE OF THE PROVINCIAL TRANSPORTA AS THE "# 2AIL SCANDAL HAD BEGUN

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30th Anniversary Series

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 The Parksville Qualicum Beach News

Community in Review ~ 2004 Trouble at the bottom of the sea

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s *ANUARY -,! *UDITH 2EID FINALLY SPOKE IN RELATION TO THE RAID ON HER ASSISTANT S OFFICE AT THE " # LEGISLATURE BUT OFFERED LITTLE INFORMATION 2EID S 0ARKSVILLE OFFICE WAS NOT SEARCHED s &EBRUARY &ORMER MAYOR OF 4OFINO 3COTT &RASER WINS THE .$0 NOMINATION IN THREE BALLOTS TO TAKE ON .ANAIMO !LBERNI INCUMBENT $R *AMES ,UNNEY IN THE ELECTION ,UNNEY WOULD LATER GO ON TO WIN

Nanoose Bay seabed a burning issue for many people

s -ARCH +WALIKUM 3ECONDEARY 3CHOOL WAS EVACUATED AFTER A NOXIOUS SUBSTANCE WAS RELEASED 4WO TEACHERS STUDENTS AND AN 2#-0 OFFICER WERE OVERWHELMED

BY THE FUMES s !PRIL 3CHOOOL $ISTRICT 1UALICUM HAD A MILLION DEFICIT TO DEAL WITH IN ITS BUDGET FOR THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR 4HAT S UP FROM LAST YEAR S MILLION FIGURE s -AY 1UALICUM "EACH COUNCIL WAS TRYING TO GET ITS SIGNIFICANT TREE PROTECTION BYLAW TO TAKE ROOT 4HE BYLAW WOULD LEND PROTECTION TO TREES DEEMED SIGNIFICANT TO THE COMMUNITY EVEN IF THEY STOOD ON PRI VATE PROPERTY s *UNE 4HE FIRST PHASE OF THE 1UALICUM "EACH RING ROAD PROJECT IS HELD UP BY AN ENVIRONEMENTAL REVIEW 4HE REVIEW WAS LOOKING INTO THE ROAD S IMPACT ON A SMALL WETLAND

Thousands of people thronged into Qualicum beach’s uptown core in 2004 for the annual Fire and Ice festival.

On guard for the Grove ! GROUP OF ENVIRONMENTAL AC TIVISTS TOOK TO THE TREES THIS YEAR

BUILDING PLATFORMS FEET IN THE AIR TO PREVENT ANY LOGGING OF OLD GROWTH TREES THAT WERE SLATED TO BE CUT IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A PARKING LOT AT THE POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTION 4HE GROUP MADE ITS lRST ASCENT IN &EBRUARY AND REMAINED THERE IN SHIFTS DEFYING AUTHORITIES TO COME

AND GET THEM DOWN !N INJUNCTION WAS SOUGHT BY THE PROVINCE TO BRING THE PROTESTERS OUT OF THE TREES BUT THAT REQUEST WAS DENIED BY A 3UPREME #OURT JUSTICE WHO RULED THE PROTESTERS HAD A RIGHT TO BE THERE 0ARKSVILLE -,! 'ILLIAN 4RUMPER WAS NO FAN OF THE RULING CALLING IT hA PAIN v

s *ULY 7HEN THE NUMBER OF SUSPICIOUS BUSH FIRES IN THE SAME AREA RISES TO NINE

THE LOCAL 2#-0 PUT OUT A CALL FOR INFORMA TION TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC s !UGUST 4HE REMAINS OF ANCESTORS OF THE 1UALICUM &IRST .ATION ARE REBURIED AT *UDGE S 2OW IN 1UALICUM "EACH BRING ING THE ISSUE TO A CLOSE s 3EPTEMBER 0ARENTS BEGAN PROTEST ING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT S NEW BUS FEE BY RETURNING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP WAIVERS TO EXEMPT THEMSELVES REGARDLESS OF INCOME s /CTOBER 7ORK TO EXPAND !RROWSMITH ,ODGE BEGINS 0LANS ARE FOR A MILLION EXPANSION TO THE SENIORS FACILITY ADDING SPACE AND CREATING OVER NEW BEDS

Jack Smith, AKA Sneaky Pete from Denman Island stares down Bull-Derek, a brahma bull at the Coombs Bull-a-rama in June.

4HE MILIARY BASE IN .ANOOSE "AY WAS TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT ITS IMPACT ON THE 3TRAIT OF 'EOR GIEA IN *UNE BUT A LOCAL ENVIRONMENTAL WATCH DOG WANTED MORE DONE 4HE 3OCIETY 0ROMOTING %NVIRONMENTAL #ON SERVATION 30%# FEARED THE REVIEW COULD BE BI ASED BECAUSE %NVIRONMENTAL 3ERVICES 'ROUP IS A DIVISION OF THE 2OYAL -ILITARY #OLLEGE IN /N TARIO h4HIS IS WHY WE RE CALLING IT A WHITEWASH v SAID 30%# DIRECTOR .ORM !BBEY h)T S VERY MUCH AN IN HOUSE THING v 4HAT S NOT HOW BASE STAFF SAW IT HOWEVER h4HEY ARE AN AUTONOMOUS GROUP THAT DOES A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS v SAID 4ERRY "ERKLEY A RANGE ENGINEER AND UNIT ENVIRONMEN TAL OFlCER 4HE $EPARTMENT OF &ISHERIES AND /CEANS AP PROVED THE USE OF %3' FOR THE REVIEW #&-%42 "ASE #OMMANDER "ARRY 3PARKES SAID THE GROUP DOESN T TAKE ITS MARCHING ORDERS FROM ANYONE

Rugby team makes history 3HORT BENCHED BUT BIG ON HEART THE "ALLENAS SENIOR BOYS RUGBY TEAM MADE HISTORY WHEN THEY BECAME THE lRST HIGH SCHOOL SIDE FROM 0ARKS VILLE TO APPEAR IN THE PROVINCIAL lNALS 4HE 7HALERS lNISHED THE REGULAR SEASON SIT TING SECOND IN .ORTH )SLAND LEAGUE PLAY BEHIND "RENTWOOD #OLLEGE 4HE TEAM BEAT ,ADYSMITH IN THE .ORTH )SLAND PLAYOFFS AND THEN OUSTED 2EYNOLDS TO AD VANCE TO THE PROVINCIALS 4HEY lNISHED TH OUT OF TEAMS COMPET ING IN THE TOURNAMENT ˆ WHICH IS EXACTLY WHERE THEY STOOD WHEN THEY WENT INTO IT 4HE TEAM WAS SHORT HANDED AT THE TOURNEY

Congratulations to our downtown business neighbour Parksville-Qualicum Beach News on 30 years of publishing excellence and community service. Thank you for your ongoing support of Parksville Downtown. —The Board, Staff and the more than 240 members of the Parksville Downtown Business Association

30th Anniversary Series

The Parksville Qualicum Beach News Tuesday, August 7, 2012

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Man trapped by a fallen tree

TOP STORIES s *ANUARY 3CHOOL $ISTRICT STAFF ANNOUNCED THAT SOME SEISMIC UPGRADES FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS LIKE 0ARKSVILLE %LEMENTARY WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN WHILE CLASSES ARE IN SESSION ˆ HOPEFULLY WITH LITTLE UPSET

&OR MANY THE WASHROOOM IS A PLACE OF REFUGE BUT FOR 2OGER -URRAY IT WAS MORE SO THAN USUAL THIS SUMMER -URRAY A RESIDENT OF 3EATTLE 7A WAS ENJOYING HIS LAST DAY CAMPING AT THE 1UALICUM lRST .ATION CAMPGROUND AT THE "IG 1UALICUM 2IVER WHEN A STRONG GUST OF WIND GAVE HIM A STORY TO TELL HIS FRIENDS BACK HOME (E WAS USING THE WASHROOM FACILITIES AT ABOUT P M WHEN THE WIND BLEW A TREE OVER ONTO SOME ELECTRICAL POWER LINES WHICH CRASHED TO THE GROUND ALONG WITH THE TREE TRAPPING -URRAY INSIDE THE WASHROOM h) HEARD A HORRENDOUS NOISE v HE SAID ) THOUGHT IT WAS AN EXPLOSION ) TRIED THE DOOR BUT ) COULDN T GET OUT v -URRAY WAS LATER RESCUED BY HYDRO CREWS

s !PRIL &ATHER *OSEPH +OBOS REFLECTS ON THE PASSING OF 0OPE *OHN 0AUL )) WHO HE MET WHEN THE 0OPE CONSECRATED A NEW CHURCH IN +RAKOW WHERE +OBOS WAS A DEACON s -AY !S PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS ROLL IN THE )SLAND AS A WHOLE LOOKS LIKE AN .$0 STRONGHOLD ˆ INCLUDING NEW -,!

FOR !LBERNI 1UALICUM 3COTT &RASER WHO KNOCKS OUT INCUMBENT ,IBERAL 'ILLIAN 4RUMPER /NE EXCEPTION IS ,IBERAL CANDIDATE 2ON #ANTELON TAKING THE .ANAIMO 0ARKSVILLE SEAT s *UNE s ! VISITOR FROM THE 5NITED 3TATES WAS TRAPPED IN THE WASHROOM OF A LOCAL CAMPGROUND AFTER HIGH WINDS KNOCKED A TREE ONTO IT 2OGER -URRAY STAYED PUT WHILE EMERGENCY CREWS TURNED OFF THE POWER AND CLEARED THE DEBRIS s *ULY THE NEWS LAUNCHED ITS FISH STO-

RIES CONTEST THIS MONTH 4HE CONTEST ASKED RESIDENTS TO GIVE THEIR BEST TALE THAT INVOLVED A FISH "EFORE THE CONTEST CLOSED AT THE END OF THE SUMMER OVER RESIDENTS HAD ENTERED THE WRITING COMPETITION

Meth task force Own a piece of cola history to battle drug

Malcolm Gray helped make sure no rubber ducks were left behind in the Big Qualicum River during the annual duck race fundraiser on Canada Day for the Bowser branch of the Royal Canadian Legion.

4HERE WAS A LOT OF HISTORY IN THE OLD #OLA $INER IN 1UALICUM "AY AND IN *ULY EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO BUY IT 4HE ICONIC DINER WENT UP FOR SALE IN A PARTY ATMOSPHERE AS OWN-

ER $ETLEF &RIEDE SOLD OFF HIS MANY S ITEMS 4HE FAMILY BOUGHT THE DINER IN AND WERE GRANTED OFlCIAL MUSEUM STATUS BY #OCA #OLA #O h)T S TIME FOR A CHANGE v HE SAID

s !UGUST s &OUR PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND ANOTHER FOUR SERIOUSLY INJURED WHEN A MINIVAN ENTERS THE INLAND )SLAND (IGHWAY GOING THE WRONG WAY AND HITS A VAN CARRYING EIGHT MEMBERS OF A #AMPBELL 2IVER FAMILY HEADING NORTH NEAR 0ARKSVILLE

Gas hits a dollar

s 3EPTEMBER /RGANIZERS OF THE ANNUAL "EACH &ESTIVAL IN 0ARKSVILLE ESTIMATE THE ALMOST PEOPLE WHO CAME FOR THE SAND SCULPTING COMPETITION MUSIC CONCERTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES GENERATED CLOSE TO MILLION TO SUPPORT THE LOCAL ECONOMY s .OVEMBER )NCUMBENT MAYOR 4EUNIS 7ESTBROEK RETAINS HIS SEAT ON 1UALICUM "EACH COUNCIL IN THE .OV MUNICIPAL ELECTION )N 0ARKSVILLE 3ANDRA (ERLE IS ELECTED NEW MAYOR

)N AN EFFORT TO PREVENT MAJOR PROBLEMS FROM DEVELOPING FROM THE NEWEST DRUG SCOURGE MAKING THE ROUNDS LOCAL ACTIVISTS SET UP WHAT THEY CALLED THE /CEANSIDE #OMMUNITY #RYSTAL -ETH 4ASK &ORCE 4HE GROUP SAID CHAIR +EVIN 7ILSON WANTED TO PROMOTE THE IDEA THAT IT IS POSSIBLE TO GET OFF THE HARMFUL DRUG AND THE SOONER THAT IS DONE

THE BETTER 4HEY ALSO LOBBIED TO HAVE SOME OF THE INGREDIENTS USED TO MAKE THE DRUG CONTROLLED IN LOCAL STORES

News editor Steven Heywood lands a whopper in the form of assistant editor Neil Horner as they promote the paper’s fish story contest.

-OTORISTS IN THE COMMUNITY WERE CRYING THE BLUES THIS YEAR WHEN GAS PRICES TOOK A BIG JUMP IN *ULY !LTHOUGH FUEL PRICES HAD BEEN HOVERING IN THE HIGH CENT RANGE THEY JUMPED FROM CENTS TO SPIKED TO PER LITRE CAUSING SOME TO QUESTION HOW THIS WOULD IMPACT ON THE LOCAL TOURIST SEASON /CEANSIDE 4OURISM !SSOCIATION PRESIDENT 4ONY 6ARELLA SAID THE HIGHER GAS PRICES MIGHT KEEP PEOPLE CLOSER TO HOME THIS YEAR PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THEY CAME IN CONJUNCTION WITH A JUMP IN FARE PRICES ON "# &ERRIES

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30th Anniversary Series

Tuesday, August 7, 2012 The Parksville Qualicum Beach News

THE NEWS’ history entwined with Quality Foods

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hirty years after starting up, the Parksville Qualicum Beach News is still the midIsland’s happening community newspaper — a trend that we started way back in 1982 with the help of some very supportive advertisers and individuals.

Three decades ago, the paper was created to fill the void when the Parksville Progress stopped publication. It all started as the Parksville Advertiser in 1982, began by Roy Linder, with the backing up of-and-coming businessmen, Ken Schley, John Briuolo and Noel Hayward.

They are the trio behind Qualicum — and now Quality — Foods in Qualicum Beach. Their commitment to being the anchor advertiser in the fledgeling newspaper helped spur on the decision to start the publication.

“They commanded a big following and brought a big readership to the paper,” said Linder in THE NEWS’ 10th anniversary edition in 1992. “And they still do today.”

How right he was — and still is some 30 years later.

THE NEWS, now owned by

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Twenty years ago, the staff of the Parksville Qualicum Beach News posed for this 10th anniversary photo.

Today, The News is still celebrating successes both in the local community and among its newsprint peers.

Black Press, grew, and so did Qualicum Foods — and in a very big way.

Today, that company owns multiple grocery stores on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast. They have won countless

awards for both their service and technological innovation.

Quality Foods, as the larger company is now known, celebrated its 30th anniversary a little earlier this year, but their history here is inexorably tied to

that of THE NEWS. Once called the News-Advertiser, over the first 10 years of publishing, the Advertiser was dropped and the community paper has been known as THE NEWS ever since. It was named

the province’s top paper in its category for the first time in 1986, and would win that same award again and again (most recently in 2010). This year, THE NEWS was graded second-best in B.C. and won a blue ribbon in the annual national community newspapers competition.

This commitment to excellence translates into a community newspaper that tries its best to serve its readers and help improve the community in which it operates.

This level of service to the community as a whole is more than echoed by our anchor advertiser (as well as many others who support this paper through advertising).

Quality Foods, it must be noted, has been a huge booster of the area over the years, and its owners have been frontand-centre in many events and causes since they opened their doors 30 years ago.

The future for THE NEWS looks bright, with continued support from the community as a whole — and carrying with it a commitment to bring its readers the stories from the area that keep them informed and entertained.

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