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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2012
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Director presses on with Quadra sewer proposal KRISTEN DOUGLAS CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
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The timer in the upper lefthand corner shows Campbell River curlers are 20 seconds away from breaking the previous Guinness Book of Records
River curlers chase record with a beer and bed BRIAN KIERAN CAMPBELL RIVER MIRROR
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xhausted marathon curler Trevor McClung said it best after 62 hours, 15 minutes and 25 seconds: “I’m going have a beer and then I’m going to go home and lie down for a very long time.”
Just after 10 p.m. Saturday, McClung and his nine Campbell River Curling Club compatriots secured a place in history after a marathon match which saw the curlers play 228 ends and rock their way into the Guinness Book of World Records. McClung, along with Cody Hall, Andrew Veldhuis, Paul Mansueto, Rhys Mansueto,
Ed Mullen, Mike Fowler, Paul Miller, Cliff Carr-Hilton and John LaPointe began their game Thursday at 8 a.m. with the goal of beating the standing record held by the Dumfries Curling Club in Scotland at 61 hours, 39 minutes and 33 seconds. “It was a blast,” McClung said. “We had a few hurdles to
get over. My sanity snapped at about 57 hours into the game. We all rose to the occasion. We were doing it for the community to raise money for charity and to raise awareness for the club.” For LaPointe, at 56 the “token senior,” it was just another day at the rink even though he Continued on A3
Strathcona Regional District director Jim Abram is forging ahead with a sewer system on Quadra Island that was shot down by residents in the spring. Abram said the project, which would extend sewer service to 53 properties in Quathiaski Cove (near the ferry terminal), needs to go ahead. “This has gone on for far too long,” Abram said at regional district Committee of the Whole meeting last week. “The expansion is the only thing that will save the sewer system.” The project was prompted by several requests from Quadra property owners who have been dealing with ongoing septic failure. However, only 30 per cent of affected properties voted in favour of the project via a public petition process in May which required at least 50 per cent approval to go ahead. At the time, the project was expected to cost each property owner an $18,400 one-time payment or a $1,400-$1,600 parcel tax for 20 years. However, the $975,200 project could be subsidized with Gas Tax Funds to lower the price tag for home owners. “Unlike the previous petition process, the use of Gas Tax Funds is being considered for any substantial extension of the sewer system,” said Russ Hotsenpiller, community services manager for Continued on A2
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