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November 7, 2013 Vol. 28 • No. 90 ••• $1.25 inc. G.S.T.
Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir are keeping African American roots music alive. page B1
A victory by the Comox Valley Millennium has advanced the team to the U13 girls Island Invitational Cup. page B13
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Activity award for our Valley Erin Haluschak Record Staff
Comox Valley residents know they have a playground full of recreation options at their doorstep, and now the rest of the country will see just how much we get out and play. The Valley was selected as one of four winning communities across Canada as part of CBC’s Get Out and Play contest, and will be a featured My Town location as part of Sports Day in Canada, a national celebration of sport, community building and active living on Nov. 30. “When you look around and see what amazing facilities we have in our community for year-round recreation, it is obvious that there is a collective vision towards a fit, active community,” explained Jennifer Cox, Active Comox Valley co-ordinator, who applied to have the community featured in the CBC contest. “Comox Recreation is an awardwinning facility. Courtenay Rec just underwent an amazing expansion of the Lewis Centre. Our sports centre is always bustling with activity and as the CBC saw when they were here filming, the aquatic centre regularly hosts Aquasize classes of up to 50 exercisers.” The three other communities chosen to be featured are Yellowknife, Bridgewater, N.S., and Montreal. Cox said she initially heard of the contest — which sees each winning community receive a grant of $2,500 from ParticipACTION — through the manager of
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MAGICAL MASQUERADE MOMENT Comox Valley Art Gallery curator Anh Le (left) and MC Gayle Bates pause for a brief moment Saturday. The occasion was CVAG’s annual masquerade ball fundraiser at the Native Sons Hall. The event raised an estimated $8,000 for the gallery. PHOTO BY RON POGUE
Fitzgerald bike lanes receive green light Scott Stanfield Record Staff
Courtenay council voted Monday to proceed with constructing bike lanes on both sides of Fitzgerald Avenue from Eighth to 21st streets. The project, worth about $35,000, needs to be completed by Dec. 4 to secure funds from the
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provincial Cycling Infrastructure Partnership Program. The design is intended to balance the needs of all users of the Fitzgerald corridor. At a recent public information session, 58 per cent of comments said the design is a great first step towards fewer shared lanes and a greater number of dedicated bike lanes. A quarter of the
comments said to ‘just do it’ while nine per cent said not to. Eight per cent of comments were from Fitzgerald residents concerned about potential impacts of subsequent phases of the project. “I think it’s important the City move forward with this,” Coun. Doug Hillian said. “I think this is an easy first
step to see what we can do,” Coun. Bill Anglin said. “It’s about having options for people.” Coun. Starr Winchester and Mayor Larry Jangula opposed the motion. Winchester, who has struggled with the proposal, has heard negative comments about bike lanes being used by skateboarders, as ... see MAYOR ■ A2
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