August 14, 2012

Our Community in Review PART 5

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Community in Review ~ 2006 TOP STORIES s *ANUARY 0ROVINCIAL .EW $EMOCRATS SHUFFLED SOME PORTFOLIOS BUT !LBERNI 1UALICUM -,! 3COTT &RASER KEEPS HIS PO SITION AS ABORIGINAL AFFAIRS CRITIC s &EBRUARY s ! TRUCKLOAD OF HAY IGNITED AND BURNED ON (WY ! NEAR ,OWRY S 2OAD 4HE HIGHWAY WAS CLOSED FOR TWO HOURS AND TRAFFIC RE ROUTED AS FIRE CREWS AND A BACKHOE SPREAD THE HAY OUT TO GET AT THE FLAMES s -ARCH 4HE MANAGER OF THE FOOD CON CESSION IN THE #OMMUNITY 0ARK HAS COL LECTED SIGNATURES ON A PETITION THAT SEEKS TO MAINTAIN THE FOOD STOP IN ITS CUR RENT LOCATION 4HE MANAGER *OAN (ASSEL IS WORRIED THE CITY IS PLANNING A MOVE TO MOBILE VENDORS OR RELOCATING HER CONCES SION TO A SPOT CLOSER TO THE ARENA s !PRIL s /WNERS OF THE 1UALICUM "EACH 2ESORT (OTEL ˆ CONSIDERED AN EYE SORE BY SOME SINCE A FIRE OCCURRING OVER A YEAR AGO ˆ INTRODUCED PLANS FOR A HIGH END CONDOMINIUM AND TOURIST ACCOM MODATION FACILITY

Officers with the Oceanside RCMP detachment pause on July 24 to remember Constable Marc Bourdages, the second of two police officers killed in Saskatchewan in July. Police in Parksville held a memorial July 21 for Const. Robin Cameron. The two died July 16 after being shot following a domestic dispute.

City moves to curtail the sale of ďŹ reworks

s *UNE s ! #OLD 7AR ERA BOMB SHEL TER WAS UNEARTHED DURING A ROUTINE LAND CLEARING IN 1UALICUM "EACH 4HE SHELTER S REMOVAL AFTER ITS DISCOVERY AT "EACH 4ER RACE PROVED TO BE A DAUNTING TASK s *ULY s 4HE #ITY OF 0ARKSVILLE ACHIEVED &IVE "LOOM STATUS AND IS THE WINNER IN THE TO POPULATION CATEGO RY OF THE .ATIONAL #OMMUNITIES IN "LOOM s !UGUST s 4HE FORMERLY ROWDY 0ARKS VILLE "EACH &ESTIVAL CEMENTED ITS NEW REP UTATION AS A FAMILY ORIENTED EVENT h7E VE HAD A FEW ARRESTS FOR DRUNKENNESS BUT THAT WAS BASICALLY MOST OF THE TROUBLE v SAID /CEANSIDE 2#-0 S #ORPORAL 'ARY #OX s .OVEMBER s 0ARKSVILLE S FIRST 3ANTA #LAUS PARADE AND COMMUNITY LIGHT UP GOES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH s $ECEMBER 4HIS YEAR S 0ENNIES FOR 0RES ENTS CAMPAIGN AT THE NEWS BRINGS IN MORE THAN FOR CHARITY

Qualicum Beach resident Sylvia Gibb shows off part of the garden that won her top spot for best town home garden in the local Communities in Bloom competition. She said she started her garden from scratch.

)N *ULY 0ARKSVILLE CITY COUNCIL BEGAN DEBATE ABOUT WAYS TO CURTAIL THE SALE OF lREWORKS WITH IN CITY LIMITS -AYOR 3ANDY (ERLE SAID THE ISSUE AROSE DUR ING THE PREVIOUS YEAR S MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD THE MONTH AFTER (ALLOWEEN WHEN THE USE OF lREWORKS IS MOST PREVALENT h&ROM /CTOBER ONWARDS IT S NOTHING BUT YOUNG PEOPLE HANDLING lREWORKS v SHE SAID h) M CERTAINLY NOT OPPOSED TO THEIR CONTROLLED AND SAFE ENJOYMENT BUT WE WANT TO HAVE SOME CONTROLS ON HOW THEY RE OWNED AND USED v 4HE RESTRICTION WOULD PROHIBIT THE USE OR SALE OF lREWORKS WITHIN CITY LIMITS EXCEPT FOR ONE DAY PER YEAR ˆ (ALLOWEEN 4HE NEW BYLAW ALSO PROHIBITED ANYONE UN DER THE AGE OF FROM PURCHASING lREWORKS 4HE MOVE PLEASED 2#-0 LIAISON $ENNIS / 'ORMAN WHO NOTED HE HAS SEEN EXCESSES WITH HIS OWN EYES h,AST (ALLOWEEN ) SEIZED MYSELF A LARGE GAR BAGE CAN OF ILLEGAL lREWORKS v HE SAID

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Community in Review ~ 2007 Murder probe comes to area

TOP STORIES s *ANUARY 0ARKSVILLE MAYOR 3ANDRA (ERLE SAID THE SUCCESSION OF WINTER STORMS SPED UP SOME SECTIONS OF BEACH EROSION IN 0ARKSVILLE #OMMUNITY 0ARK 4HE WATERFRONT WALKWAY WAS RUINED s &EBRUARY !N ARMED ROBBER ATTACKED ONE OF THE CO OWNERS OF THE 0ARKSVILLE 0HARMASAVE AND LEFT WITHOUT ANY LOOT 4HE CO OWNER THREW SOMETHING AT THE INTRUDER AND WHEN THE MASKED ROBBER COULDN T TAKE OFF WITH ANY CASH HE mED s -ARCH "RENT (OOK WAS SELECTED AS THE #ITIZEN OF THE 9EAR FOR 0ARKSVILLE (E SAID HE COULDN T BELIEVE IT s !PRIL ! MALFUNCTIONING CLOCK RADIO WAS BLAMED FOR A BLAZE THAT LEFT A #OLUMBIA "EACH WOMAN AND HER THREE CHILDREN HOMELESS #AROL .EWMAN WAS NOT HOME WHEN THE lRE STARTED BUT A NEIGHBOUR SAW THE lRE AND WAS ABLE TO BRING IT UNDER CONTROL s -AY /FlCIALS WITH THE % . 2AILWAY SAID THEY HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO USE HERBICIDES TO DEAL WITH OUT OF CONTROL WEED GROWTH s *UNE !N EAGLE THAT DIED IN A FRONT YARD IN "OWSER WAS UNDERGOING A NECROPSY TO lND OUT IF IT WAS SHOT 4HE BIRD WAS FOUND ON A FRONT YARD WITH WHAT APPEARED TO BE BLOOD ON ITS BEAK

Although pot raids on Vancouver Island only netted one arrest in their nineday sweep this year, police said marijuana growers couldn’t rest easy. RCMP Corporal Greg Cox said more t han 19,000 pot plants were found on northern Vancouver Island.

Noise concerns Foot mystery continues expressed about flight paths !N INVESTIGATION INTO HOW AND WHY TWO RIGHT FEET WASHED UP ON TWO 'ULF ISLANDS WAS PUT INTO THE CORONER S HANDS IN 3EPTEMBER BUT 2OSE 3TANTON STRESSED IT WOULD BE DIFlCULT TO SAY WHOSE FEET THEY WERE OR WHY THEY WERE THERE !LTHOUGH SHE SAID SEA LIFE STARTS

s *ULY 6ANCOUVER )SLAND S 4HRIFTY &OODS WAS SOLD TO .OVA 3COTIA BASED 3OBEYS WHICH OWNS AND OPERATES SOME GROCERY STORES ACROSS #ANADA s !UGUST -,! 2ON #ANTELON SAID A PROPOSAL TO BUILD AN INTERPRETIVE CENTRE IN 2ATHTREVOR 0ROVINCIAL 0ARK WAS ALL BUT DEAD FOLLOWING AN OUTPOURING OF OPPOSITION TO THE MOVE s 3EPTEMBER 1UALICUM "EACH COUNCIL MULLED THE POSSIBLE REDUCTION IN THE SPEED LIMIT ON (IGHWAY ! THROUGH TOWN IN LIGHT OF THE TRAGIC DEATH OF TWO WOMEN ON THE HIGHWAY s /CTOBER 4HE (ERITAGE )NN SCALED BACK ITS DEVELOPMENT PLANS 4HE SCOPE OF THE PROECT WAS THE BIGGEST BONE OF CONTENTION IN THE 1UALICUM "EACH NEIGHBOURHOOD s .OVEMBER -,! 2ON #ANTELON CALLED THE CONSTRUCTION OF A STOP LIGHT AT ,EE 2OAD A PRIORITY FOR THE COMING YEAR 4HE INTERSECTION HAD GARNERED CONSIDERABLE NEIGHBOURHOOD COMPLAINTS

!N 2#-0 INVESTIGATION INTO A DOUBLE HOMICDE IN !LBERTA SHONE ITS SPOTLIGHT ON THE 0ARKSVILLE AREA IN 3EPTEMBER *ANE *OHNSON AND HER EIGHT YEAR OLD DAUGHTER #ATHRYN WERE FOUND DEAD IN THEIR HOME IN 4URNER 6ALLEY IN !LTHOUGH THE COLD CASE HAD NETTED NO ARRESTS !LBERTA POLICE DIDN T GIVE UP NOTING THAT A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE CASE HAD BEEN LIVING IN THE 0ARKSVILLE AREA FOR THE PAST YEARS "ESIDES PLASTERING POSTERS ACROSS /CEANSIDE POLICE POSTED A REWARD FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE

ACTING ON A BODY VERY QUICKLY ONCE IT IS IN THE WATER THE FEET WERE PROTECTED BY RUNNING SHOES MAKING IT DIFlCULT FOR CREATURES TO GAIN ACCESS -ORE THAN PEOPLE CROWDED INTO THE 1UATO THEM 4HE FOCUS WAS MADE ON lNDING LICUM "EACH #IVIC #ENTRE TO EXPRESS THEIR CONOUT WHERE THE SHOES WERE MADE CERNS ABOUT NOISE ORIGINATING AT THE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND LATER SOLD 4HE MEETING WAS CALLED BY 1UALICUM "EACH COUNCIL IN LIGHT OF AN INCREASINGLY ACRIMONIOUS DEBATE BETWEEN THOSE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE AND THOSE WHO STRONGLY SUPPORT BOTH THE AIRPORT AND THE TRAINING mIGHTS THAT ORIGINATE THERE 3OME RESIDENTS SAID TRAINING mIGHTS BUZZED AROUND THEIR HOUSES MAKING THEIR LIVES MISERABLE IN THE SUMMER WITH SOME CALLING FOR THE AIR CADET PROGRAM TO BE MOVED TO ANOTHER FACILITY (OWEVER 4RANSPORT #ANADA SPOKESPERSON *EFF 'RAHAM SAID RESIDENTS NEEDED TO CALL IN THEIR COMPLAINTS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT NOTING THAT GREAT SUCCESS HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IN DEALING WITH PROBLEMS AS LONG AS THEY GET THE INFORMATION IN A TIMELY MANNER

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Community in Review ~ 2008 TOP STORIES s *ANUARY 4HE NEW YEAR SAW AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM 0ARKSVILLE CITY COUNCIL THAT A PLAN TO SPREAD GRAVEL ON THE CITY S WORLD FAMOUS BEACH WOULD GO AHEAD IN AN EFFORT TO STOP EROSION OF THE FORESHORE s $EMOLITION WORK BEGAN ON THE TWO NEWER WINGS OF THE HISTORIC #OLLEGE )NN IN 1UALICUM "EACH s -ARCH -ARCH IS 0HIL 3T ,UKE S BIRTHDAY AND IN CELEBRATION OF &LYING 0HIL S BIRTHDAY -ARCH HAS BEEN DECLARED 3T ,UKE S DAY BY THE CITY s !PRIL ! STORM OF CONTROVERSY ERUPTED AT THE " # LEGISLATURE THIS MONTH AFTER THE NEWS PUBLISHED AN INTERVIEW WITH .ANAIMO 0ARKSVILLE -,! 2ON #ANTELON ABOUT lSH FARMING IN " # s -AY &RIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF MEN CONVICTED IN THE MANSLAUGHTER DEATH OF "RADLEY *OHNSTON SAID APPEALS WERE ALREADY UNDERWAY OF SENTENCES HANDED DOWN IN " # 3UPREME #OURT IN .ANAIMO 0AUL 2OSBOROUGH IS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON AND $ONALD #LARKE RECEIVED THREE YEARS AND TWO MONTHS IMPRISONMENT

Nanaimo-Parksville MLA Ron Cantelon visits a local seniors’ care facility, after local politicians and doctors task the province and health authority with finding more doctors and better health services for the Parksville-Quualicum Beach area.

Feet are washing up on B.C.’s shores 0!2+36),,% ˆ &EB ˆ 4HE MYSTERY OF THE MISSING FEET CONTINUED THIS MONTH WITH THE DISCOVERY OF A THIRD FOOT ˆ ANOTHER RIGHT ˆ ENCASED IN A RUNNING SHOE 4HIS ONE WASHED UP ON 6ALDEZ )SLAND

s *UNE ! LOCAL TASK FORCE HOPED THE 6ANCOUVER )SLAND (EALTH !UTHORITY WOULD ACT ON ITS RECOMMENDATIONS SEEKING MORE PHYSICIANS AND AROUND THE CLOCK URGENT CARE SERVICES s *ULY .ANOOSE "AY HIGH JUMPER -IKE -ASON WAS NAMED TO THE #ANADIAN TRACK AND lELD TEAM BOUND FOR THE "EIJING /LYMPICS s !UGUST -AYOR 3ANDY (ERLE STOOD BEHIND 0ARKSVILLE CITY COUNCIL S DECISION TO SPEND UP TO MILLION ON A lRE HALL UPGRADE s 3EPTEMBER .ANOOSE "AY S -ICHELLE 3TILWELL SET A NEW 0ARALYMPIC 'AMES RECORD ON HER WAY TO A GOLD MEDAL IN THE WOMEN S METRE 4 WHEELCHAIR RACE IN "EIJING s /CTOBER 3GT "RIAN (UNTER WILL OFlCIALLY BEGIN HIS DUTIES AS NEW STAFF SERGEANT FOR THE /CEANSIDE 2#-0 DETACHMENT ON /CT s .OVEMBER 7ATER NOW mOWS UNDER ˆ INSTEAD OF OVER ˆ A BOULDER AT THE %NGLISHMAN 2IVER &ALLS DRAMATICALLY CHANGING THE APPEARANCE OF THE NATURAL FEATURE

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Words on Wheels bus needs to be replaced

-AY ˆ $.! TESTS SHOWED TWO OF THE SEVERED FEET WASHED UP IN " # ARE FROM SAME MAN &IVE FEET FOUND WASHED UP ON "RITISH #OLUMBIA BEACHES WERE NOT SEVERED BUT RATHER FELL OFF DUE TO NATURAL DECOMPOSITION SAY POLICE )N A PRESS CONFERENCE #ONST !NNIE ,INTEAU STRESSED THAT WHILE FOUL PLAY HAD NOT BEEN RULED OUT THERE WAS NO FORENSIC EVIDENCE TO INDICATE THEY WERE DELIBERATELY SEVERED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY

Mayne’s the mayor

0!2+36),,% ˆ %D -AYNE IS THE NEW MAYOR OF THE #ITY OF 0ARKSVILLE 'ARNERING VOTES 4HE BUS WAS A PORTABLE EARLY -AYNE DEFEATED HIS NEAREST COMPETITOR FOR THE 0!2+36),,% ˆ 4HE HIGHLY POPLITERACY INITIATIVE RUN BY THE "UILDULAR 7ORDS /N 7HEELS BUS WAS REJOB +IM "URDEN CENTLY TAKEN OFF THE ROAD BECAUSE ING ,EARNING 4OGETHER COALITION OF )N 1UALICUM "EACH 4EUNIS 7ESTBROEK RETURNS AS MAYOR BY A LANDSLIDE OF ITS RUSTED CONDITION AND AGE COMMUNITY PARTNERS

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Community in Review ~ 2009 TOP STORIES s *ANUARY 4HE YEAR STARTED OFF WITH AN OUTBREAK OF THE .ORWALK VIRUS AT 0ARKSVILLE S !RROWSMITH ,ODGE SENIORS FACILITY 4HE OUTBREAK STARTED ON $EC AND HAD STILL TO BE LIFTED BY *AN CAUSING LIMITS TO BE IMPOSED ON HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD VISIT RELATIVES AT THE FACILITY 4HE BAN WAS LIFTED ON *AN s &EBRUARY ,OGGING ON AN ISLAND IN THE %NGLISHAM 2IVER SPARKED ANGER AMONG ENVIRONMENTALISTS 4HE AREA IS LOCATED A KILOMETER OR TWO OUTSIDE PROVINCIAL PARK BOUNDARIES ABOVE THE UPPER %NGLISHMAN 2IVER &ALLS AND THE HELICOPTER LOGGING SPARKED RENEWED QUESTIONS ABOUT LOGGING PRACTICES ON PRIVATE LAND s -ARCH ,AND CONSERVANCY GROUPS THE 2EGIONAL $ISTRICT OF .ANAIMO EVEN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURS TO -OORECROFT #AMP IN .ANOOSE "AY BEGAN PREPARING A MANAGEMENT ACQUISITION PROPOSAL IN WAKE OF THIS MONTH S #OMOX .ANAIMO 0RESBYTERY VOTE TO SELL THE TREASURED HECTARE WATERFRONT PROPERTY s !PRIL #ANVASSERS AIMING TO DEFEAT THE HARMONIZED SALES TAX GATHER MORE THAN SIGNATURES AND ARE WELL ON THEIR WAY TO VICTORY s -AY 3IGNIlCANT CHANGES WERE AFOOT FOR THE BUS SYSTEM IN 3CHOOL $ISTRICT DUE TO BUDGET RESTRAINTS AND A COMPLETE RE WORKING OF THE SYSTEM 7ITH THE ENFORCEMENT OF NEW WALK LIMITS AROUND OF THE STUDENTS WHO CURRENTLY TAKE THE BUS TO SCHOOL MAY SOON NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE TO DO SO

Oceanside residents got a big taste of Olympic fever when the Olympic torch relay passed through the area, making stops in Parksville, Qualicum Beach and Bowser. Local residents were honoured to carry the torch through the streets, surely one of the big highlights of the Games for many.

Police nab pair of serial robbers 0OLICE MADE TWO ARRESTS IN RELATION TO A STRING OF BANK ROBBERIES ON THE ,OWER -AINLAND AND 6ANCOUVER )SLAND ˆ INCLUDING ONE BANK ROBBERY IN 0ARKSVILLE 2#-0 OFFICERS ARRESTED A MAN AND A WOMAN IN -APLE 2IDGE !PRIL AFTER RECEIVING A TIP THE PAIR WERE IN THE AREA 4HE TWO ARE BELIEVED TO BE BEHIND ROBBERIES IN 6ICTORIA 0ARKSVILLE 0ORT !LBERNI /AK "AY 0ENTICTON #HILLIWACK AND -ISSION

s !UGUST 4HREE PEOPLE SUSPECTED OF ROBBING TWO DOWNTOWN 0ARKSVILLE BANKS 4HURSDAY WERE APPREHENDED IN THE #OMOX 6ALLEY BY POLICE LATER THAT AFTERNOON AFTER A HIGHWAY CHASE s 3EPTEMBER ! TREASURED ALPINE AREA GAINED PROTECTED STATUS &RIDAY AS A CROWD OF WELL WISHERS MOUNTAINEERS AND DIGNITARIES GATHERED NEAR THE SUMMIT OF -OUNT !RROWSMITH s $ECEMBER 0ARKSVILLE WILL BE GETTING AN UPDATED lRE HALL !FTER DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN COUNCIL STAFF AND FIRE CHIEF $OUG "ANKS THE CITY IS LOOKING TO SPEND UP TO MILLION TO EXPAND AND UPGRADE THE CURRENT FIRE HALL ON *ENSEN Avenue and Highway 4A.

Lights for Lee Rd? Paramedics in Parksville, Qualicum Beach and elsewhere hit the picket lines as an increasingly bitter dispute erupted about the terms and conditions of their employment

-,! 2ON #ANTELON CONTINUED HIS PUSH TO HAVE TRAFlC LIGHTS INSTALLED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ,EE 2OAD AND (IGHWAY ! (IS POSITION WAS NOT BOLSTERED BY A STUDY THAT SAID THAT WHILE TRAFlC CALMING MEASURES WERE NECESSARY TRAFlC LIGHTS WERE NOT

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Community in Review ~ 2010 TOP STORIES s *ANUARY ! 0ORT !LBERNI TEEN WAS KILLED AFTER WHAT SOME WITNESSES BELIEVED WAS A DEADLY GAME OF CHICKEN .ANAIMO 2#-0 #ONSTABLE 'ARY / "RIEN SAID YEAR OLD #YNTHIA "ERNIE 7ILLIAMS WAS STRUCK AND KILLED ON (IGHWAY ! NEAR .ANOOSE "AY 2˜ &EBRUARY ˜ 4HE /CEANSIDE #OMMUNITY !RTS #OUNCIL SUFFERED A SIGNIlCANT BLOW TO ITS CORE FUNDING THIS MONTH 4HE 0ARKSVILLE ARTS FACILITY WAS INFORMED BY THE "# !RTS #OUNCIL THAT ITS PRINCIPLE OPERATING GRANT FOR WOULD BE JUST WELL BELOW THE REQUESTED AMOUNT OF

s -ARCH 4HREE ADULT FEMALES WERE ARRESTED ON &RIDAY IN RELATION TO A BREAK IN AND THEFT OF DOGS FROM THE 30#! KENNELS THE PREVIOUS NIGHT s !PRIL -ORE THAN ANGRY RURAL RESIDENTS PACKED THE 2$. BOARD OFFICE TO MAKE THEIR FEELINGS KNOWN ABOUT EXTENDING THE BUILDING INSPECTION BYLAW s -AY .ANAIMO !LBERNI -0 *AMES ,UNNEY TAKES THE BRONZE IN " # FOR PARLIAMENTARY EXPENSES WITH WORTH OF OFFICE TRAVEL AND SUPPLY COSTS CHARGED IN s *UNE !FTER YEARS THE +RIS +RINGLE #RAFT &AIR IS MAKES A MOVE TO 0ARKSVILLE

!NGER ERUPTED AT A 2EGIONAL $ISTRICT OF .ANAIMO BOARD MEETING WHEN RESIDENTS OPPOSED TO A BUILDING INSPECTION BYLAW IN THE RURAL AREA SHOWED UP EN MASSE TO VOICE THEIR DISPLEASURE ABOUT THE MOVE

Gazebo and boardwalk open in Parksville 0ARKSVILLE #OMMUNITY 0ARK WAS THE SITE FOR CELEBRATION IN -AY AS CITY OFlCIALS OFlCIALLY OPENED THE LONG AWAITED NEW GAZEBO AND WALKWAY AT THE BEACHFRONT 4HE EVENT SAW LOCAL ATHLETE -ICHELLE 3TILLWELL AND 2#-0 STAFF SERGEANT "RIAN (UNTER LEAD A BICYCLE PARADE DOWN THE

BOARDWALK TO THE "EACH #LUB !S WELL CHILDREN WERE ENCOURAGED TO DECORATE THEIR BICYCLES TO TAKE PART IN A BIKE DECORATING CONTEST SPONSORED BY THE 0ARKSVILLE $OWNTOWN "USINESS !SSOCIATION !LTHOUGH THE GAZEBO ITSELF WAS LATER FOUND TO BE RELATIVELY UNSUITABLE FOR

s *ULY ! YEAR OLD BOY WAS STRUCK AND KILLED BY A TRAIN 4UESDAY NEAR 5NION "AY KILOMETRES NORTH OF 1UALICUM "EACH

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s !UGUST $ESPITE A NEW LAND USE ORDER BY THE PROVINCE STATING PROTECTION OF THE #OASTAL $OUGLAS FIR #$& ECOSYSTEM ON #ROWN LAND WILL INCREASE TO ALMOST PER CENT THIS WON T INCLUDE THE CONTROVERSIAL $, SITE IN .ANOOSE "AY s 3EPTEMBER ! MASSIVE SALMON RETURN TO " # AND )SLAND WATERS THIS FALL HAS MEANT A SUCCESSFUL lSHING SEASON AND A BIG YEAR FOR SALMON SALES AT &RENCH #REEK s /CTOBER 4HREE &ACILITIES REVIEW OPTIONS CALL FOR THE CLOSURE OF +WALIKUM 3ECONDARY 3CHOOL AS ENROLMENT CONTINUES TO DECLINE IN THE AREA 0ARENTS STUDENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY DECRY WHAT THEY CALL THE SUDDEN SURPRISE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT S FACILITIES REVIEW

HOLDING MUSIC CONCERTS AT THE BEACH THE BOARDWALK PROVED TO BE A BIG HIT WITH BOTH TOURISTS AND LOCAL RESIDENTS ALIKE 4HE BOARDWALK AND GAZEBO EVENT ALSO SAW THE OFlCIAL INTRODUCTION OF THE 4OUR DE 2OCK TEAM TO THE COMMUNITY

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7ORD OF MOUTH WAS BEING CREDITED WITH lLLING THE AISLES OF THE NEWLY EXPANDED 4HRIFTY &OODS OUTLET IN 0ARKSVILLE 4HERE WAS NO FORMAL ADVERTISING OR MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE GRAND OPENING OF THE MUCH LARGER GROCERY STORE AND IT CLEARLY WASN T NEEDED SAID MANAGER $OUG 2IEDERER h7E WEREN T SURE IF WE WOULD BE READY OR NOT SO WE DIDN T ADVERTISE IT v HE SAID NOTING THAT THE STORE WAS STILL ONLY ABOUT PER CENT COMPLETED 4HE EXPANSION SAW THE STORE GROW TO APPROXIMATELY SQUARE FEET AND CHANGED MUCH OF THE LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING INCLUDING WHERE PEOPLE ENTER AND EXIT )T ALSO INCLUDED A MUCH LARGER PHARMACY AREA AMONG OTHER IMPROVEMENTS

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Community in Review ~ 2011 Health centre coming soon

TOP STORIES s *ANUARY &ORMER 0ARKSVILLE MAYOR %D -AYNE IS RUNNING FOR LEADERSHIP OF THE " # ,IBERAL 0ARTY AND THEREFORE THE JOB OF PREMIER -AYNE RESIGNED AS MAYOR 4UESDAY AND HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE "EACH #LUB 2ESORT IN 0ARKSVILLE (E WITHDREW ON &EB 2 F) £! ¨9 .ANOOSE "AY S -OORECROFT #AMP HAS BEEN SECURED BY THE 2EGIONAL $ISTRICT OF .ANAIMO AND THE .ATURE 4RUST OF " # AND THE LAND WILL BE TURNED INTO A REGIONAL PARK 4HE ACRE OCEANFRONT PROPERTY WAS LISTED AT MILLION IN 3EPTEMBER BUT IT WAS SECURED FOR MILLION 2 ! 3^9 4HE 9OUNG !RTS -ARKET 9!- HAS BEEN CLOSED IN 0ARKSVILLE FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT WHERE YOUNG PEOPLE WERE FOUND TO BE DRUNK AND POSSIBLY ON DRUGS AT A DANCE 2 z ad9 0ROVINCIAL HEALTH OFlCER $R 0ERRY +ENDALL HAS ISSUED SEVERAL STATEMENTS STRESSING h"RITISH #OLUMBIANS DO NOT NEED TO WORRY ABOUT ANY HEALTH RISKS FROM RADIATION HERE AT HOME AS A RESULT OF THE NUCLEAR REACTOR RELEASES IN *APAN v

s -AY *AMES ,UNNEY RE ELECTED TO REPRESENT .ANAIMO !LBERNI IN /TTAWA FOR A FIFTH CONSECUTIVE TERM SAID HIS WIN IS VINDICATION FOR HIS PARTY NATIONALLY THE WAY HE HAS REPRESENTED THE RIDING AND THE GOOD WORK OF HIS STAFF

£d¨9 4HE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE PROVINCE WILL PONY UP MILLION TO UPGRADE THE % . RAIL LINE IS GOOD NEWS TO -0 *AMES ,UNNEY h4HIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR FOR SOME TIME v ,UNNEY SAID

Re-elected Nanaimo-Alberni MP James Lunney had his mom on hand for a victory party following his latest romp to Conservative victorty in the riding.

A look at days gone by 4HIS EDITION MARKS THE COMPLETION OF OUR WALK DOWN MEMORY LANE TO CELEBRATE THE TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PARKSVILLE QUALICUM BEACH NEWS 7E HOPE YOU ENJOYED PERUSING THESE PAGES EVEN HALF AS MUCH AS WE DID IN WRITING THEM !S CAME ABUNDANTLY CLEAR ONCE AGAIN AS WE LEAFED OUR WAY THROUGH PAST ISSUES THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER IS ESSENTIALLY WRITING HISTORY RIGHT AS IT HAPPENS )T S A BIG RESPONSIBILITY FOR US AND AN HONOUR AND PRIVILEGE THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY 4HIS HISTORY IS OF COURSE ALSO A

VALUABLE RESOURCE FOR OTHERS WHO WISH TO GET A HANDLE ON THE EVENTS OF DAYS GONE BY !S WE CONTINUE OPENING UP THE CHAPTER OF OUR NEXT YEARS IN THE COMMUNITY WE ARE MORE DETERMINED THAN EVER TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY INFORMED ABOUT WHO IS DOING WHAT WHERE THEY RE DOING IT WHEN THEY ARE DOING IT WHY THEY ARE DOING IT AND HOW THEY RE GOING ABOUT IT 7E HOPE YOU LL CONTINUE TO JOIN US TWICE A WEEK AS WE TAKE THIS JOURNEY INTO OUR SHARED COMMON FUTURE

2 £V£ 9 4HE -OUNT !RROWSMITH "IOSPHERE 2ESERVE HAS TWO YEARS TO GET ITS HOUSE IN ORDER BUT THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE GROUP ISN T SURE IT CAN 4HE RESERVE FAILED A PERIODIC REVIEW LAST YEAR STATING THAT IT DOES NOT MEET THE STATUTORY FRAMEWORK CRITERIA FOR BIOSPHERE RESERVES 2 p¥Fh)F 9 #HRIS "URGER IS THE NEW MAYOR OF THE #ITY OF 0ARKSVILLE (E GARNERED VOTES (IS NEAREST CHALLENGER 0AUL 2EITSMA ONLY RECEIVED VOTES 4EUNIS 7ESTBROEK ROMPED TO ANOTHER EASY VICTORY AT THE POLLS IN 1UALIUM "EACH IN THE MUNICIPAL VOTE DEFEATING CHALLENGER -IKE 7ANSINK BY ALMOST A TWO TO ONE MARGIN

The Garbage Busters club at Mt. Arrowsmith Elementary School in Qualicum Beach were delighted to be the recipients of a national award for their Walk of Thought program.

4HE FUNDING IS IN PLACE THE PLANS ARE READY AND THE SHOVELS ARE POISED TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION ON /CEANSIDE S LONG PROMISED HEALTH CENTRE AS SOON AS THEY GET THE FINAL SIGNATURE FROM THE -INISTRY OF (EALTH 6ANCOUVER )SLAND (EALTH !UTHORITY PRESIDENT AND #%/ (AROLD 7ALDNER IS CONFIDENT THAT WILL HAPPEN hVERY EARLY IN THE CALENDAR YEAR v 4HE NEWS DIDN T STOP THE ONGOING DISPUTE ABOUT THE HEALTH CENTRE WITH SOME RESIDENTS QUESTIONING ITS BUSINESS MODEL )T S THE REALITY OF THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS RIGHT NOW v SAID 4OM $AVIES OF THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP h4HE 6ANCOUVER )SLAND (EALTH !UTHORITY PROMOTION OF THIS HEALTH CENTRE IS A FRAUD v SAID *OHN /LSEN A MEMBER OF THE /CEANSIDE #OALITION FOR 3TRONGER #OMMUNITIES

School rescued? 4HE OVERFLOW AUDIENCE AT A 3CHOOL $ISTRICT 1UALICUM "OARD OF %DUCATION MEETING WAS UPSET WITH THE PASSING OF FIRST READING OF A REVISED "OARD 0OLICY ON SCHOOL CLOSURE CONSOLIDATION OR RECONFIGURATION FEARING THE BOARD WAS TRYING TO CLOSE +WALIKUM 3ECONDARY 3CHOOL WITHOUT PUBLIC CONSULTATION "OARD CHAIR %VE &LYNN SAID NEW AND REVISED POLICY STARTS WITH THE $ISTRICT 0OLICY #OMMITTEE WHICH INCLUDES TWO TRUSTEES SENIOR STAFF AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM PARENT AND UNION GROUPS h4HE REVIEW BEGAN IN .OVEMBER WITH MINOR CORRECTIONS SUGGESTED v SAID BOARD CHAIR %VE &LYNN ADDING IT HAD LAST BEEN REVISED IN AND HAD FALLEN OUT OF LINE WITH PROVINCIAL REGULATION AND A NEW -INISTERIAL /RDER IN 3HE SAID WITH SCHOOL CLOSURE BEING A HOT TOPIC SINCE THE POSSIBILITY AROSE LAST /CTOBER ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE SUGGESTED THERE SHOULD BE PUBLIC CONSULTATION INCLUDED IN THE POLICY h)N SEEING THE CONCERNS OF THE PUBLIC ) THINK IT SHOULD GO BACK TO THE COMMITTEE BEFORE FIRST READING v SAID 4RUSTEE )NEZ (UTCHISON TO A HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE 3HE SAID SHE ISN T IN FAVOUR OF THE TIME FRAME AND SAID THE REVISED SCHOOL CLOSURE POLICY hSOUNDS LIKE IT S ENABLING CLOSING SCHOOLS v 4HE ISSUE WAS PUT OVER UNTIL SPRING OF

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C8 30th www.pqbnews.com Anniversary Series

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 The Parksville Qualicum Beach News

Thank you all for your support during our first 30 years! Peter McCully

Auren Ruvinsky

Steve Heywood

Brad Everest

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Brittany Pearce

James Clark

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