TUESDAY OCTOBER 29, 2013
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NATIONAL RECOGNITION
Blooming QB award Town one of only two B.C. communities to win Saturday JOHN HARDING
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The Town of Qualicum Beach picked up the Home Hardware Outstanding Achievement Award for Community Involvement at the Communities in Bloom Award ceremonies held in Ottawa on Saturday. Coun. Mary Brouilette and Parks Foreman Toni Botelho were in the nation’s capital to accept the award on behalf of the town. “This award is another big win for our whole community and I wish to take this opportunity to thank town staff, the members of this year’s Community in Bloom committee, the participating businesses and all of the residents who dedicate their time to making Qualicum Beach such a thriving community,” said Brouilette. Communities in Bloom is a Canadian nonprofit organization which says it is committed to fostering civic pride, environmental responsibility and beautification through community involvement and the challenge of a national program, with focus on the enhancement of green spaces in communities. “Within the context of climate change and environmental concerns, (participating communities) can all be proud of their efforts, which provide real and meaningful environmental solutions that benefit all of society,” said Communities in Bloom national chair Bob Lewis. Brouilette said she brought home much more than the award from her trip to Ottawa. “The national Communities in Bloom award ceremony and symposium instills a great sense of Canadian pride: communities large and small from across the country come together to share their successes and challenges with one another,” said Brouilette. See TOWN A FINALIST, page A7
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CHILD HAVEN FUNDRAISER: A large crowd attended the Child Haven International Fundraiser event Friday night at the Parksville Community Centre. The event was a benefit to support children’s homes in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Tibet. People enjoyed an Indian marketplace, vegetarian dinner, silent auction and entertainment, including a traditional Thiruvathira dance performed by young dancers (above).
MUSEUM CONFERENCE IN PARKSVILLE
Honouring the important past AUREN RUVINSKY
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Over 200 museum professionals from across the province were in Parksville last week for the B.C. Museum Association’s 57th annual conference. “Our young people are very fortunate that they can go see regalia in your museum,” said Snaw-naw-as (Nanoose) Chief David Bob, speaking of the importance of history to a lunch audience Thursday at Tigh-Na-Mara. “Our history is handed down through the people — we don’t have a building to keep it in,” he said, explaining that his grandfather burnt all of their regalia when settlers start-
ed coming to the area and told his family they would have to learn to live together. Bob said that didn’t work so well, speaking of times when their sacred items like masks were taken without permission to be put on display, He sounded optimistic that issue has now been rectified. This is the first time the Parksville Museum and Archives has hosted the conference and society president Buddy Williams was proud to point to their co-operation with the First Nations and the City of Parksville in developing a professionally run facility. See PHOTO, page A8
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