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Jack Patten remembered for volunteer work Longtime St. John Ambulance officer, aide-de-camp, died from cancer Saturday
tion Trophies. Patten was involved with the Nanaimo St. John AmbuA longtime Nanaimo resi- lance Society chapter and dent, well-known in the com- served as Vancouver Island munity for his volunteerism, area commissioner for many has died. years before becoming a proJack Patten, a long-serv- vincial administrative officer ing member of the St. John last year. Ambulance Society, both at Patten helped raise $1.2 the local and promillion for the vincial levels, an St. John Ambuaide-de-camp for lance building the lieutenanton Labieux Road governor for the and became a past 23 years, a Commander of retired captain the Order of St. with the CanaJohn in 2009. dian Scottish Founder of the Regiment and Pacific Coast First World War Branch of the historian, died Western Front Saturday at age Association, 75 after a battle an organizawith esophageal tion dedicated cancer. to preserving “ T h e wh o l e interest in the JACK PATTEN community is F i r s t Wo r l d really going to War, Patten led miss him,” said friend Doug dozens of non-profit tours Slowski, a retired lieutenant- overseas to see the famous colonel in the Royal Cana- battlegrounds – he even took dian Air Force Reserve and a couple of former lieutenanta member of the St. John governors, who he met while Ambulance Society. “He was serving as aide-de-camp, a just an all-around, wonderful volunteer position for which community supporter and he was recently awarded a he loved people and he loved commendation from outgolife. The community has lost ing Lt.-Gov. Stephen Point. a great leader.” Slowski met Patten when Born in Southampton, Eng- he moved to Nanaimo in 1989. land, in 1937, Patten joined Their paths first crossed St. John Ambulance at age because Slowski was comseven. manding officer of the local He came to Canada in air cadets and Patten was 1956, and after returning to involved with army and navy England to marry his high cadets, as well as St. John school sweetheart, settled in Ambulance cadets. Nanaimo and started up Bas◆ See ‘COMMUNITY’ /4
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Leap frog Samantha Myhrer and her brother, Dylan, were two of the many kids who got outside to play in the brilliant, but crisp, sunshine Saturday afternoon at Oliver Woods playground. Sunny skies will become a memory as the weather forecast calls for a return to cloudy skies and showers.