FRIDAY OCTOBER 5, 2012
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LIFESAVERS AWARDED
HALL OF FAMER ON UNIQUE TOUR
Two members of Oceanside detachment honoured
Country music star Michelle Wright comes to Qualicum Beach Oct. 15
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QUALICUM BEACH TOWN COUNCIL
No decision yet on QB fire hall One resident suggests eliminating tax-exempt status for community organizations will help JOHN HARDING editor@pqbnews.com
Tough decisions remain for Qualicum Beach town council as it tries to decide how to spend $1.8 million for capital projects in 2013. Staff put forward its priorities and a couple of residents gave their input at council’s regular meeting Monday night. It’s part of a financial-plan-approval process that has included some heated debate at a recent committee of the whole, and some pointed comments from a couple of residents Monday night. The process may end this fall with the adoption of the financial plan and 2013 budget. Or perhaps not until until Spring 2013. It may mean a new fire hall for Qualicum Beach, extensive Memorial Avenue improvements, a new boat ramp and more. Or none of the above. Clearly it’s a moving target, and resident Deborah McKinley urged council to take aim outside the box by cancelling the tax-exempt status 23 separate organizations in town, like churches, museums, golf clubs, service clubs, TOSH and others. See EVERY WEED, page A5
Broken pipe will cost RD $600 G
Fishing gear damaged diffuser off French Creek NEIL HORNER news@pqbnews.com
The Regional District of Nanaimo has no plans to redesign their sewage diffuser in French Creek to allow fishing nets to slide over it, despite a tab of over $600,000 to fix the current unit, which was damaged after becoming tangled in a fisherman’s gear. The outfall is a 599mm high-density polyethylene pipe which stretches approximately two kilometres offshore from the French Creek Pollution Control Centre. At the end of the pipe is a 78-metre long steel diffuser. This diffuser was damaged some time prior to a video inspection done in 2007. See MINISTRY, page A6
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MO MONTH AHEAD: Morgan Ray, owner of Mo’s Minis Bakery in Qualicum Beach, shows off one of her mo-staches. The chocolate candy mustaches have been created for Movember, raising money for prostate cancer research. A dollar from each chocolate Mo sold will be donated to fundraising efforts, and the bakery has launched a Canada-wide fundraising campaign, selling the ‘staches by the case. For more information, call 250-752-6405.
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