FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9, 2012
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Official newspaper of the Save-On-Foods Oceanside Generals
LEST WE FORGET
Hitchhiking Across the Atlantic shown in Deep Bay Nov. 14
Korean War veteran’s story and list of Nov. 11 events inside
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MURDER IN MEXICO
Body found tied to tree
‘It was an unbelievable shock’ NEIL HORNER
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A former Parksville resident has been killed in Mexico. Ron Lloyd MacKintosh was reported missing on Oct. 22 from his home in Melaque near Puerto Vallarta, sparking a search by police. That search ended Tuesday, when a municipal patrol found Mackintosh’s body tied to a tree in an undeveloped area near the coastal town of Barra de Navidad. Mackintosh, who had recently retired from his position at Koers and Associates Engineering in Parksville, was last seen dropping off his girlfriend in his black, 2008 Jeep Patriot at 5:15 p.m. and then left to go home — but he never arrived. His girlfriend reported him missing the next day. Mackintosh reportedly had his dog with him at the time of his disappearance. Both the dog and the vehicle have yet to be found. “It was an unbelievable shock,” said Tony Koers. “It was hard having him missing for a long time as well. We were living on false hope that things might turn out.” See WORKED, page A4
Funding approved QB fire hall construction can start in new year JOHN HARDING
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Construction of a new fire hall for Qualicum Beach will begin in 2013, provided no changes are made to a financial plan adopted as law Monday night by town council. The town’s official financial plan now includes borrowing of $1 million in 2013 and $3 million in 2014 for the new facility. The borrowing does not mean a tax increase for residents. Rather, it shifts money that was earmarked for other priorities like paving and intersection work to the payments for the cost of borrowing for the construction of the new fire hall. Historically, town staff and councillors have reviewed the budget for a few months and have made changes up until mid-spring of the following year. See IT’S THE START, page A4
SUBMITTED PHOTO BY LES MCLEAN
BEAUTIFULLY FRAMED BY FALL: Parksville’s Les McLean was at the Little Qualicum fish hatchery recently and came across this man walking his border collie framed by the birch and alder.
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