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A 34-year-old man was sent to hospital with a collapsed lung after what police are calling a targeted stabbing in Parksville at approximately 1.30 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6. According to Oceanside RCMP, the victim, who is known to police, was walking along Corfield Street towards downtown Parksville when he was allegedly approached by two males in their late 20s to early 30s. “This incident was not a random act,” said Oceanside RCMP Sgt. Eric Rochette. According to an RCMP press release, a confrontation ensued amongst the three men, resulting in the victim being punched in the face and stabbed in the back. The victim fled the scene and flagged down a passing driver, who gave him a ride to a nearby gas station. The victim then returned to his residence and reported the incident to police. The male was taken to hospital with a collapsed lung, but Mounties said they expect he will make a full recovery. Police say the victim offered few details of the incident for their investigation. RCMP would like to speak with the driver who reportedly picked up the victim.
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Poverty in paradise There are people in this community who are barely getting by. Some live in terror of the coming months because they don’t know how they are going to pay their rent, feed themselves or put gas in their vehicles. Reporter Lissa Alexander is diving into issues related to poverty in this area in a three-part series beginning Thursday, Feb. 13, in The NEWS.
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An Errington Fire Department volunteer hits the flames with spray from his hose on Sunday morning in a house donated to the department for training exercises. See more photos on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/PQBNews.
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Chief Troy Bater sent me into the burning building with George Klemm, a man with 40 years experience fighting fires and for that, I was grateful. They named a fire hall in Errington after the guy, so I figured I was in good hands. The Errington Volunteer Fire Department gained some valuable experience Sunday when they were able to burn, and extinguish, a house donated to them by a family who planned to demolish the structure.
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Bater decided to offer this reporter a chance to see what it’s like to fight a structure fire and to see how fire reacts and spreads. A number of volunteers had to take time away from their training to put me in gear and explain how it all worked. I retained some of it. Thankfully, Klemm was not only patient with this interloper, he was descriptive and got me up close and personal with flames and thick smoke. He explained everything in detail while keeping me in grabbing distance, regardless of whether we were standing
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William Dutton skated to a 14th place finish in the 500M long track speed skating final Monday morning at the Sochi Olympics in an event dominated by the Dutch. Dutton, a member of the family that owns Pheasant Glen Golf Resort in Qualicum Beach, gets another chance at an Olympic medal on Wednesday morning when he skates in the 1,000M event (TSN, 5:55 a.m.). On Monday, Dutton’s combined time for his two races was 70.448 seconds, only 1.136 seconds behind the gold-medal-winning combined time of 69.312 posted by Michael Mulder of The Netherlands. Jan Smeekens and Ronald Mulder, both from The Netherlands, won silver and bronze, respectively. Dutton’s father Craig has been sending The NEWS updates from Sochi, and he has nothing but good to say about the family’s experience so far. “The Russian people are absolutely in love with Canada and the Maple Leaf,” Craig Dutton wrote in an e-mail to The NEWS. “A Maple Leaf pin and a Canada coat are golden in Sochi. We are overwhelmed by Russian hospitality and good will from the residents of Adler. The venues are stunning. The boardwalk along the Black Sea is beautiful. Dolphins frolic just off the beach every morning. The public transport is clean, on-time and efficient. In short, the Sochi Olympic experience is as much fun as was the great fun Canada and Canadians had in 2010. Oh yes, most of the Russians tell us, with a big smile on their face, that their hockey team will beat ours. Go Canada.” — NEWS Staff
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He went over everything that could go wrong and how I should react. This was stuff I soaked in deeply — I mean, a guy should listen carefully to lifeand-death info, one would think. It was time to go inside and Klemm was my man. He led me through the structure, getting me to my knees and side when it was appropriate and giving me a front-row seat to how a fire is fought and how structures can be ventilated of smoke. It was fascinating stuff. And I was having no trouble with the breathing apparatus, which was a relief, both to me and Klemm. After roughly 15 minutes, it was time to exit the structure. The volunteers continued burning different sections of the structure for the rest of the day, but I thought it best to get out of their way. I learned some vital, inter-
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esting things from Knorr, before and after I went in with Klemm. First, this exercise was not something firefighters will see for real, in all likelihood. Knorr explained that because of oil-
based carpets and other structural changes, firefighters rarely if ever enter a burning building. Those days, glamourized by Hollywood pictures like Backdraft, are over, for common sense and safety reasons. Knorr said the message now is all about prevention and smoke detectors because if your house is on fire you’re going to have to get yourself out. Firefighters may try to save a house if they determine they can keep a blaze contained to one room, but they likely will stay outside to ensure the fire does not do damage to other structures in the area. Out thanks to the Chief Bater, Klemm, Knorr, Portman, Bergen and all the volunteer firefighters of Errington for providing this writer, and our readers, with an inside look at their important duties.
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A new volunteer organization is finding great success reuniting lost dogs and owners on Vancouver Island. FLED (Find lost and escaped dogs) was started by Jill Oakley in Victoria just over a year ago and — harnessing social media — spread quickly up Island where Errington’s Darcy Kydd got involved and is now the regional organizer. “It’s incredible how many people we reach in a short time,” Kydd, said touting their use of Facebook, instant messaging and online reporting, but she adds there is a lot of work on the ground by more than 150 active Island volunteers. “It all starts with the website, someone with a found animal fills in a report, or someone who lost a dog makes a report and we put it on Facebook.” From there thousands of people can see the posts or get various digital alerts. But while they may reach thousands online, it still takes active volunteers to put up posters and call local shelters, veterinarians, SPCAs and even taxi companies — anyone who may have seen a wandering pooch. When a dog is spotted someone has to physically get hold of the animal and help get it back to the owner. “Last night we got a report of a lost pug in
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SCHOOL CLOSURES
Public meetings part of 90-day consult First gathering is tomorrow at Springwood Middle School at 7 p.m. AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com
The school board is looking for input on their plan to address empty seats and budget shortfalls through school closures. A 90-day consultation period, required by the province and board policy 3040, has started and the Board of Education of School District 69 (Qualicum) is hosting the first public meeting tomorrow (Wednesday, Feb. 12) at Springwood Middle School, starting at 7 p.m. “The board is committed to being open to new information and that could lead to anything from fine tuning to big changes, everything’s open,” said secretary treasurer Erica Bailey. The next public meetings are Monday, Feb. 24 at Qualicum Middle School and Thursday, March 13 at Oceanside Middle School. Both meetings start at 7 p.m. On Jan. 28, the board passed a motion that they intend to act on the staff recommendations developed over two months of consultation, but not before April 29. The main recommendation is to reconfigure the school district to a Kindergarten to Grade 7 and Grade 8-12 model, eliminating middle schools, likely resulting in school closures. The recommendation includes
closing four elementary schools (Qualicum Beach, Parksville, Winchelsea and French Creek) to adjust for 2,000 empty student spaces and help with a projected $3.6 million deficit over the next five years. Board chair Lynnette Kershaw points out that the closures would only save half their shortfall and they are still looking for ideas to save money and generate revenue. She said that is one of the goals of this consultation process, which will delve into the data more specifically and she encourages people to review the work to date, available at www.sd69.bc.ca under the ‘Quick Links.’ “A lot of people still don’t know what’s going on,” Kershaw said, so there will be a lot of information at the coming meetings, where they will also be looking for specific and constructive ideas that might help. There are eight meetings scheduled with staff and the public in schools and other meetings will be added with stakeholder groups including unions, government officials, chambers of commerce and other interested parties. A special board meeting is scheduled for Tue., April 29 at 7 p.m. in the Parksville Civic and Technology Centre Forum to approve the facilities option in time also pass the 2014-15 preliminary budget. More information, including the staff report and public presentations, is available at www.sd69. bc.ca. There is also a dedicated e-mail for questions and input: Facilities2014@sd69.bc.ca.
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pointed out that he was fiercely Canadian to the point that he wears nothing but Stanfield’s The man known as Mr. Qualicum now has underwear. a book about his life and judging by the large The 86 year-old who has been a role model crowd on hand for the launch, Art Skipsey’s for leadership in the community said he treapublication could become a best seller in these sures the time he had growing up in the Alberparts. ni Valley and his years residing in Qualicum Skipsey’s book of memories, Beach. The history of this land as told to Lorne Tetarenko, is “My life has been so rich,” is short and rich and we called Mr. Qualicum and during he acknowledged. need to let people know a book launch Feb. 4 the longHe also encouraged his about it time Qualicum Beach resident audience to write their stoArt SKIPSEY shared some anecdotes about ries for future generations his rich and interesting life on before it’s too late. Vancouver Island. “The history of this land is The short walk down memory lane took short and rich and we need to let people know place at the monthly meeting of the Qualicum about it.” Beach Historical and Museum Society. The book, which includes photos, Skipsey’s Much to the delight of the large crowd gath- family history, outdoor experiences with the ered at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre for the Scouts, politics and his active retirement, has event, Skipsey’s nostalgic accounts included a been five years in the making and Skipsey glimpse into his past as a Scout Leader and, of thanked those who made it possible. course, his experiences as Mayor of the town. He gave a shout out to Janet Dunnett who tranCurrent Mayor Teunis Westbroek was emo- scribed all of the interview tapes and to Lorne tional as he thanked Skipsey for being a mentor Tetarenko who compiled and edited the book. to him when he decided to delve into Qualicum Proceeds from the sale of the book are going Beach politics and said: “I hope I haven’t disap- to the Vancouver Island Palaeontology Musepointed you.” um Society. The books are $15 and can be purWhile some tears were shed, there was also chased at the Qualicum Beach Museum, which plenty of laughter, especially when Skipsey is celebrating its 30th anniversary next month.
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The Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the finalists for its 2013 Community Awards to be presented at a special gala event to be held on Wednesday, February 19th at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre. Each year, the chamber honours individuals and businesses for their contribution to the community following a nomination period during which residents and visitors are encouraged to nominate those they consider deserving of recognition. The evening begins with a reception at 5:30 p.m., followed by with dinner at 6:30 p.m. The keynote speaker this year will be Jeff Gunther, a gifted entrepreneurial leader and strategist. His many business interests include restaurants, hotels, ski areas, sales and management training, professional practice management, retail franchising, international development, and general management consulting. He personally owns and develops a large portfolio of single and multi-family properties in Alberta. To reserve for dinner and the awards presentations call 250-752-0960. Cost is $37.50 per person. This a special year, because a few of those people being honoured were so supported by the community, that they were nominated in more than one area. The nominees for the 2013 Qualicum Beach Community Awards are (for more on each nominee, see the chamber’s full news release at www.pqbnews.com): Community Builder of the year • Qualicum Cat Rescue
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FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
Community awards, the Glassies, set for March 7 17 people and businesses nominated as finalists
On March 7, the Parksville & District Chamber of Commerce will honour the outstanding members of our community. All residents, employees and businesses of the Parksville district were eligible for nomination. The Community Awards, called the Glassies, are sponsored by The Parksville Qualicum Beach News, Thrifty Foods, Vancouver Island University and CHEK News. They honour individuals, associations and businesses that have made a significant contribution to the community in 2013. The gala awards ceremony sells out every year, and is held at the Parksville Community and Conference Centre. Tickets for the event are available at the Parksville & District Chamber of Commerce, 1275 East Island Highway. An independent nominations review panel was drawn from a cross-section of individuals representing the business, community and civic perspectives. The review panel selected as finalists those nominees that truly met the motivation for the awards: a business, association or person who demonstrated a great capacity for caring, applying original ideas, accepting challenges, and taking risks while balancing the social needs of the community in their efforts. Over the past several months, nomination forms were distributed throughout the district and the review panel had the difficult task of choosing the following finalists in each of these six categories:
Volunteer • Jim Brown • Charlotte Moore • Lynn Pearson outstanding Customer serViCe • Mark Chandler – Extreme Eatz Food Truck • Mica Verbrugge – Whiskey Creek Christmas Tree Farm and U-Cut • Karen Waugh – Shopper’s Drug Mart entrepreneur • Kelly Forrest & Alex Fras – Bee U Organics • Kira Sanchez – Health First Massage Therapy & Holistics • Beth Alden – Kickstart Fitness Business • Harris Oceanside Chevrolet Buick GMC • Island Radio • Kickstart Fitness Youth of the Year • Chance Grant • Delaney Gunn Citizen of the Year • Robin Campbell • Sheila Dale • Duane Round — Submitted by the Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce
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Get lessons on popular card game The Parksville Qualicum Duplicate Bridge Clubs is offering bridge lessons to people who play in clubs as well as those who play at home. There are a lot of bridge players who would like to improve their game by learning some new conventions and this is who the lessons will be aimed at. Lessons will be taught by two instructors: Janet Woolgar, who will teach the more basic convention
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and Al Stacey, who will teach a more advanced version. In each case, the assumption is that you know how to play bridge. Lessons will be offered on the first and third Tuesday of each month at the Qualicum Beach Legion from 10 a.m. to noon starting March 4. Lessons will cost $6. Contact Al Stacey at 250-594-8919 or e-mail Janet Woolgar at woolgarj@yahoo.com for more info. —Submitted by Al Stacey and Janet Woolgar
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VIU and City Partnership Supports Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve Vancouver Island University and the City of Parksville are working together to support and protect the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve designation. VIU and the City recently signed a memorandum of understanding intended to establish a foundation for regional cooperation in areas of mutual benefit and interest pertaining to the Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve (MABR). The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designated the MABR to ensure environmental, economic and social (including cultural and spiritual) sustainability. The City and VIU share similar interests and support the mandate and goals of the designation and will work together as caretakers of the MABR to enhance the regional benefits derived from such a designation.
City Budget Update The 2014 provisional budget was presented to Council in October. Because the development cost charges bylaw amendment was in the public consultation stage and scheduled for completion in December, the budget process was put on hold to include changes arising from the DCC consultation. The adjusted DCC plan was brought to Council on January 20 with final adoption anticipated in the spring. The City is now moving forward with the 2014 final budget which includes the 2014 provisional budget items, the new DCC amendments, 2014 assessment changes including new construction and unfinished projects from 2013 and other changes not already included in the 2014-2018 provisional financial plan. Presentation of this plan to Council and the public will take place in April. The Community Charter requires the plan be adopted by Council by May 15.
Did you know… There are 16 biospheres in Canada with two in British Columbia - Mount Arrowsmith and Clayoquot. Canadian biospheres receive financial support from Environment Canada and logistic support from the Canadian Commission for UNESCO Man and Biosphere Program [www.unesco.org/mab] and the Canadian Biosphere Reserve Association [www.cbra-acrb.ca].
The MABR covers about 800 square kilometres of land and an additional marine area of about 400 square kilometres. The reserve extends from the top of Mount Arrowsmith – at 1,817 metres, the highest mountain on southern Vancouver Island – to the bottom of the Strait of Georgia, at 300 metres in depth. The MABR includes five complete and substantial watersheds which drain from Mount Arrowsmith and Mount Moriarty into the Strait of Georgia, the Nanoose Peninsula and the Ballenas/Winchelsea Islands Archipelago. This vertical range from mountain peak to seabed makes the MABR unique among biosphere reserves in Canada.
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Subject to the provisions of the City’s Grant-in-Aid applications policy, the City may provide financial assistance to community groups and organizations for events that benefit our citizens and visitors. Community non-profit organizations in the arts, cultural, recreational or social services fields are eligible applicants. Deadline is 4 pm, February 28. Information on this program, the policy, application and instructions may be obtained at City Hall or from the website [Mayor and Council/Grant-in-Aid Applications].
The City’s annual water main flushing program will run from February 17 to March 28, 7 am to 3.30 pm, weekdays. Residents should expect some discolouration of water and intermittent drops in water pressure. During flushing, residents are encouraged to keep a fresh supply of drinking water and to check for discolouration of water before doing laundry. If water is discoloured, run an outside tap (after 3.30 pm) until the water runs clear.
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In December, the Englishman River Water Service engaged CH2M HILL Canada along with subconsultants to provide engineering services for the design of a new water intake, treatment plant and supply mains and the development of an innovative aquifer storage and recovery system to supplement existing water supply. As well, CH2M HILL is working with ERWS, City of Parksville and the Regional District of Nanaimo to develop project consultation to ensure the community is fully informed. Participating in a community working group, representatives from several organizations will provide advice to the project team on items of concern as well as options and issues to be addressed during the design process. ERWS is now engaging the public through PlaceSpeak, an online consultation platform (www.placespeak.com/ englishmanriver). An online survey will be available later this month and a public open house will be held in May. Residents are encouraged to sign on to PlaceSpeak and join the conversation.
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Large families with five or more immediate family members consisting of parents and dependent children less than eighteen years of age may qualify for modified water rates. Application deadline is February 28 at 4 pm. Information and application forms may be obtained from City Hall and from the City’s website [Residents/Utility Billing].
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The Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Foundation was formed in 1996 to establish a biosphere reserve comprising the watersheds of Vancouver Island’s Mount Arrowsmith and adjacent marine areas. In 2000, the MABR achieved recognition as a biosphere reserve with the assistance and consultation of local and senior governments, First Nations, businesses and other interested parties.
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Spring Wood Chipping Program The City’s annual wood chipping program is scheduled to run from March 24 through April 17. Collection details will be posted on the City’s website [Newsroom/Public Notices] and included in next month’s City news page. The dates crews will be in neighbourhoods will also be advertised in the PQB News. Please direct questions to 250 248-5412.
Things to know… Council meetings held in the Forum may be viewed live and archived from the City’s website (home page link). Questions should be directed to 250 954-3073 or communications@parksville.ca
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The public is encouraged to attend Council meetings held on the first and third Mondays of the month and is welcome to observe advisory committee meetings. Please refer to the City’s website for agendas, dates and times as well as Council meeting highlights and minutes.
How to Reach Council MAYOR Chris Burger .......................................................... 250 954-4661 COUNCILLORS Al Greir.............................................................250 248-1285 Marc Lefebvre .................................................250 248-2292 Peter Morrison .................................................250 240-4050 Bill Neufeld ......................................................250 954-2063 Sue Powell.......................................................250 951-1082 Carrie Powell-Davidson ...................................250 954-3758 citycouncil@parksville.ca City Hall, 100 Jensen Avenue East P O Box 1390, Parksville V9P 2H3 Facebook: facebook.com/cityparksville Twitter: twitter.com/city_parksville Pinterest: pinterest.com/cityparksville It’s Your City is published in the PQB News on the second Tuesday of the month with a copy on the City’s website. We are committed to improving communications with our residents and you can help by providing your comments and suggestions to 250 954-3073 or communications@parksville.ca.
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Tuesday, February 11, 2014 The Parksville Qualicum Beach News THE NEWS is published every Tuesday and Thursday by Black Press Ltd. #4 - 154 Middleton Ave. Parksville, B.C. V9P 2H2 250-248-4341
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or most of the 200-plus athletes on the Canadian Olympic team, there are usually no fancy flights, five-star hotels or media scrums after practice. For these dedicated, shining examples of clean living and old-fashioned Canadian hard work, typically there are no interview requests, agents, contracts or the glare of television cameras. These Sochi Olympics is their time to shine, their payoff for years of early morning workouts in freezing conditions in relative obscurity. Think of the bobsledder and cross-country skier. The speed skater and the athlete who does that scary skeleton thing. There is no Luge Night in Canada with its own theme song and TV audience of millions every Saturday night. So, when you want to diss the Olympics, when you want to yell about the colossal misuse of money or ridiculous Russian laws, try to think of that lonely cross-country skier, slogging day after day for years in the cold somewhere near Calgary or Williams Lake or Sherbrooke. This is their time to shine. Generally speaking, they are not looking for fat contracts or endorsement deals, although the latter can help them get through the next four years without as many cash calls to the parents. They are true to their sport, their country and themselves. More than any time in the past, Canadian athletes are getting better financial support from both government and corporations. We applaud that, and when we look at some of the places where our tax dollars land, supporting young people in healthy pursuits seems like one of the better ones. While they get the biggest headlines, our men’s hockey team really shouldn’t be the focus of these Olympics (we will be watching every minute of every game, no point fibbing). But it’s hockey, and that shifts the balance of logic in this country, fair enough. Today we are urging Canadians to support these lesser-known young athletes, during these Games and between Olympic years. If you can’t get past your strong anti-Olympics feelings, we ask you to consider this: Hate the game, not the player. — Editorial by John Harding
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Letters Let there be peace Let there be peace on Earth and let it begin with me. Seven years ago, a small group of people gathered at the corner of McMillan Street and Highway 19A. They held banners or signs asking for peace. Sunshine Goldsberry and Liberty started this group. Imagine since seven years, every Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. a dedicated group is still meeting with their signs for peace. They wave at people passing or driving by. I am touched by the faithfulness and dedication and a passionate yearning for peace of this group. The members of this group are speaking and embracing what many of us are thinking and hoping for — peace. Think it, feel it and live it. Thank you dear peace people for your steadfastness. JuLIAnA KrATz Qualicum Beach
pLease stop the seaweed harvest
I am writing in regard to the full-page article ‘Deep Bay’s seaweed harvest’ (The NEWS, Jan. 23, p. A5). Whilst this was a comprehensive article, it unfortunately did not mention anything about the detrimental health problems that can be caused by the carrageenen found in the seaweed. So what is this carrageenan all about? Well now, seaweed, red seaweed in particular, was found to have this natural compound, whilst left alone does not cause any harm. However, since the 1930s scientists and eminent medical professionals have been carrying out studies and became concerned when tests carried out on laboratory animals after they had ingested carageenan showed signs of gastrointestinal disease,
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intestinal lesions and ulcerative colitis-like disease and possible colon cancer. Animal studies have repeatedly shown that food-grade carrageenan causes gastrointestinal inflammation and higher rates of intestinal lesions, ulcerations and even malignant tumors. Carrageenan is used to stabilize processed foods such as ice cream, cream cheese, sauces, soups, whipping cream, chocolate milk, sour cream, cottage cheese, squeezable yogurt marketed to children etc. anything that needs to be thickened and stay that way. It is also in processed meats from the deli to hold the food together. My main concern is ice cream containing carrageenan and how much of it is consumed by children. Just think of it — every day hundreds of children eating hundreds and hundreds of bucketfuls of ice cream and lots of yogurt. I am very worried that the children of today will grow up suffering from very serious digestive tract problems and pose a huge burden on the health system. My other concern is for the environmental degradation of the beaches and shorelines here in Deep Bay/Bowser. Vehicles are not permitted on the beaches, yet tractors have been allowed to drive up and down harvesting the seaweed, destroying the ecology of the beaches where fish called sand lance lay their eggs. These eggs and the surviving individuals are part of the food chain. The fish feed the salmon, which feed us. If we lose these fish, we lose a whole lot more of our environment. I urge the Ministry of Agriculture to revoke the licences now in existence before any further damage is caused to the beaches and surrounding environment and implement a moratorium now.
Ian Lindsay
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thanks Joan Just a note to say thanks to Joan LeMoine for all the work that she has done, not only for the Parksville Beach Festival, but in all her many arenas of community participation. When a small group got together, breathed deeply and started the process of resuscitating the PBF after the riot of 1997, none were more determined, committed and fearless than Joan and her late husband Jim. With their indispensable help, the festival made it through its first tentative comeback year. Her presence and good humour made the effort seem just that much less like work. Joan is of that elite class of people that just always show up. Congratulations Joan and well done.
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Early one recent morning, I got suddenly ill and passed out. My husband phoned the ambulance, which arrived quickly at my home, checked me out and then drove me to the Nanaimo Hospital for further tests. By God’s grace everything was OK and they said this was caused due to severe reaction to change in my medication. I want to sincerely thank Vanessa and her colleague at EMS-Ambulance, Dr. Prop and his staff at Nanaimo Emergency Hospital for their patience, gentleness and care afforded to me during this stressful time for me and my husband. I also want to thank Dr. Martin and his staff at Fern Tree Clinic in Qualicum Beach for their continued help. Keep up the good work!
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I don’t see it as much in Parksville as other places on the Island.
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Send them in I see poverty more in Yes, I think there is a Nanaimo or lot of unemployment Vancouver than here. on the Island.
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KARLEE DAY Nanaimo
I think it is hidden here, but I work in Port Alberni and see it more there than in Parksville. MARYANN GRIVEL
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What it means to be a bureaucracy Government form is failing Canadians
Bureaucracy: where they shoot the bull, pass the buck and make seven copies of everything. For me, Toronto’s City Hall is one of the most stunning edifices in the world. Not because it’s beautiful — although it is — but because it so perfectly marries form and function. You’re familiar with the building? The hall itself, where politicians meet and policy is hammered out, looks like a hovering flying saucer, graceful and svelte. It is bracketed by two high-rise, silo-like towers full of offices. Years ago, some anonymous wag summarized it perfectly: “the pearl of democracy surrounded by the oyster shell of bureaucracy”. Ah, bureaucracy. What is it in human nature that compels us to grow this cancerous carapace of delay, resistance, complication and rigidity around our best intentions? Bureaucracy is not just
an infection exclusive to democracy. To- truly sinister thing about bureaucracy is, talitarian states are even worse. Think of it really is a cancer feeding on and evencommunist Russia. Think North Korea. tually destroying the host it supposedA friend of mine said she ly serves. The writer Robert can tell how hidebound an Conquest said, “the behavior institution is by making one of any bureaucratic instituphone call. tion can best be understood “If the person who an- By Arthur Black by assuming it is controlled swers the phone can’t help by a cabal of its enemies.” you, you know you’re dealThink Blackberry. Think ing with a bureaucracy,” she Goldman-Sachs. said. Or if you really want to So what about compacreep yourself out, think the nies that greet you with an much-vaunted U.S. Departoutright lie? ment of Homeland Security. I’m talking about phone The 9/11 attack by terinquiries that are greeted by a recording rorists was a supreme embarrassment that croons “your call is important to us.” to American security establishments. No. No, it’s not. If my call was im- They’d been caught flat-footed by a gang portant to you, you would provide gain- of fanatical amateurs armed only with ful employment to a human being who box-cutters. One of the main recommencould actually interact with me, rather dations following the attack: all emerthan a pre-programmed Hal-like robot. gency and rescue personnel needed to But that’s what bureaucracy does. The have one secure radio frequency merged
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into the Department of Homeland Security for ease of communication. Uh-huh. So a decade-plus later, how’s that working out? Well, after an outlay of $430 million to build and operate that frequency, an internal survey reveals that out of 479 workers surveyed only one knew how to find the frequency, while 72 per cent of the staff didn’t know it existed and 50 per cent of the department’s radios could not have accessed the frequency even if the employees knew where to look. The inspector-general of the Department of Homeland Security admitted that if anything, the U.S. might be more ill-equipped to deal with a terrorist attack than it was pre 9/11. Something to think about the next time a voice on your phone tells you “your call is important to us.” Arthur Black lives on Salt Spring Island. His column appears every Tuesday. E-mail: arblack43@shaw.ca
Volunteer needed to head aLs event this year Tamara Cunningham
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The ALS Society of B.C. is calling for a volunteer to step up and save one of its longest standing mid-island campaigns. The north central Island Walk
for ALS is in jeopardy this year with no coordinator to head up the annual event. The organization has been running its signature walk fundraiser for close to a decade to generate dollars for ALS research
and support those grappling with the incurable and fatal neuromuscular disease. Last year the event raised more than $30,000 for the cause, helping to connect more than 400 B.C. residents and 30 people in north central
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3oz Lobster Tails
Driscoll’s
3
Strawberries 1lb clamshell
99
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5
Rose Chocolate 120gr
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Prime Chicken Cordons
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Mr. M r No Noodles oodl
323gr
5000 Pillsbury
85gr
5000 Dempster’s
Home bakery White Baguette 283gr
3000 Robin Hood
Easy Blend Flour 450gr
5000
Yoplait
Yogurt
12-16x100gr
4
for
Petrelli
99
Extra Virgin or Organic Olive Oil
99
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Mrs. Cubbison’s
Petrelli
142gr
Extra Virgin or Non-Filtered, 500ml-1lt
Whole Grain Croutons
Selected, 500ml
3
99
¢
3$ for
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Yoplait
Source or Yopa Greek Yogurt 500gr or 4x100gr
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5
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4
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64-110gr
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DRAGON’S BLEND CEREAL 225gr
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Back Attached Chicken Legs
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450gr
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450gr
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Ice Cream Sundae 1lt
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Carnation Hot Chocolate Mix
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Kraft K raaaft ft
Cool Whip 225gr or 1lt
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Molson Excel Patels Entree 0.5% alchohol beer 265ml 6x355ml
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Grimm’s
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Schneiders Country Natural
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Olymel
Naturally Smoked Sausage 375gr
Family Pack, 8.80 per kg
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Mr. Noodles Noodle Cup 64gr Rogers
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Authentica Sauce
Cheese
5
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2$ for
3
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3
for
Clover Leaf
Solid White Albacore Tuna
2$ for
4$ for
Clover Leaf
Sockeye Salmon
2$ for
Broth
Selected, 900ml
5
540ml
8
3$ for
for
Kraft
Miracle Whip or Mayo
Old Dutch
99
GO
Restaurante Tortilla Chips, Salsa or Dip
Assorted Sizes
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Campbell’s
Hearty Noodles 55gr
for
Soft Drinks
3$ for
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3
5
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2$ for
Reese
Freindship Heart Chocolates
5
Giant Peanut Butter Heart
60gr
907gr
NEW
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Instant Oatmeal Cup 70-75gr
384-400gr
3
100% Juice
3
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Warm & Crunchy Granola
99
2
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3$
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SunRype
Smoothie, Juice or Coconut Water
SunRype
100% Juice
1.36lt
SunRype
100% Pure Juice
3.78lt
1.36lt
141gr
plus applicable fees
Soft Margarine
99
Quaker
Harvest Crunch Granola Cereal
The Big Bag Potato Chips
325-450gr
4
99
Becel
5
99
470-600gr
Old Dutch
Pizza
2
99
1kg
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Dr. Oetker
Selected, 3lt
Natural 100% Peanut Butter
500ml
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Adams
12x355ml
10
Ocean Spray
25¢ TO HEALTH CARE!
Pure Jam, Jelly or Marmalade
270gr
2$ Lindt Lindor
plus applicable fees
2$
2
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Smucker’s
Canada Dry
12x341ml
5
340-400gr
99
Minute Maid Juice or Nestea Iced Tea
5
99
Alpha-Bits, Sugar Crisp or Honeycomb Cereal
Shreddies Cereal
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Chunky Soup
Gardennay or Everyday Gourmet Soup
Post
540-550gr
2
12x355ml
Campbell’s
Campbell’s
2$ Post
108gr
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Coca-Cola or Sprite
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5
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540ml
Wild Red Pacific, 213gr
170gr
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796ml
3$
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200gr
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368-439gr
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Valentine Chocolate Hugs or Kisses
183gr
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Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal
99
Hershey
Turtles Heart
Primo
Tomatoes
900gr
3
99
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Pasta
Post
200gr
400gr
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Cheese
5
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2$ for
3
99
3
for
Clover Leaf
Solid White Albacore Tuna
2$ for
4$ for
Clover Leaf
Sockeye Salmon
2$ for
Broth
Selected, 900ml
5
540ml
8
3$ for
for
Kraft
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Old Dutch
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Assorted Sizes
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Hearty Noodles 55gr
for
Soft Drinks
3$ for
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3
5
99
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Reese
Freindship Heart Chocolates
5
Giant Peanut Butter Heart
60gr
907gr
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384-400gr
3
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3
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Warm & Crunchy Granola
99
2
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3.78lt
1.36lt
141gr
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Soft Margarine
99
Quaker
Harvest Crunch Granola Cereal
The Big Bag Potato Chips
325-450gr
4
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Becel
5
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470-600gr
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2
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1kg
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500ml
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Adams
12x355ml
10
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25¢ TO HEALTH CARE!
Pure Jam, Jelly or Marmalade
270gr
2$ Lindt Lindor
plus applicable fees
2$
2
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Smucker’s
Canada Dry
12x341ml
5
340-400gr
99
Minute Maid Juice or Nestea Iced Tea
5
99
Alpha-Bits, Sugar Crisp or Honeycomb Cereal
Shreddies Cereal
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Chunky Soup
Gardennay or Everyday Gourmet Soup
Post
540-550gr
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Campbell’s
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2$ Post
108gr
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Coca-Cola or Sprite
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5
8
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540ml
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170gr
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Beans or Chick Peas
796ml
3$
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368-439gr
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183gr
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Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal
99
Hershey
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Primo
Tomatoes
900gr
3
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Primo
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200gr
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Bonus Q-Points
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Lactantia Butter Stick 125gr
3000 Tropicana Pure Orange Juice 6X236ml
2000 Olympic Sour Cream 250ml
2000 Crest Extra Whitening Toothpaste 2x130ml
2500 Tampax Tampons 20’s
3500 Swiffer Wet Cloths, Refill, Duster Selected Varieties
5000 Pantene Shampoo or Conditioner 375ml
5000
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Cooked or Smoked Chicken Breast
5,000
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49
Maple Lodge
Each
San Daniele
Medium
Pastrami Mortadella Sausage
Deli Salad
per 100gr
CHEESE CENTRE
3
1
69 Dofino
Swiss Emmenthal Cheese
Smoked Havarti Cheese Castello
Blue Cheese
49
Grana Padano
per 100gr
1
Parmesan Cheese
2 2 2
49 per 100gr
49
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100 gr
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14/16oz
Atlantic Fully Cooked Lobster
Selected, 580-615gr
12
99
Fresh
Hand Peeled Shrimp
2
Continental
Black Forest or Old Fashioned Ham
99 per 100gr
Frozen or Previously Frozen
East Coast Colossal Scallops
Fresh
3
Ahi Tuna
99 per 100gr
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Roasted
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1
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Citrus Breeze, 25’s
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Pasta Sauce 700ml
99 Lysol
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Action Pacs
Facial Tissue or Tiger Towels
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Alexia
99
Royale 6’s
BULK
2$6
Selected, 907gr
Hot Cocoa Mix
HOUSEHOLD 12-24’s
2$6
99
Ridgways
Bathroom Tissue
Oroweat Bread
6 Pack
Selected 430-615gr
Rice
12’s
2
99
Lil Sprout 10 Pack Cookies
680gr
Lundberg
Organic Single Serve Coffee
Organically O rg i allly Grown G Tea
Royale
5
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In store baked
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4
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Quality Fresh
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Peru “Premium”
Red Globes Grapes 6.59 per kg
Washington Grown
Jumbo Red or White Onions 2.16 per kg
98
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Fresh Green Beans 4.39 per kg
Cello Wrapped California “Dole”
1
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29
Jumbo Ruby Grapefruit
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Energetic Quebecois band comes to QB Member of De Temps Antan to give a fiddle workshop before trio performs on Feb. 15 at St. Stephens LISSA ALEXANDER reporter@pqbnews.com
Share the love of music this Valentine’s Day in Qualicum Beach, as a traditional Quebecois band returns to the area. De Temps Antan takes historic Quebec music and injects its own enthusiastic groove. Éric Beaudry, André Brunet and Pierre-Luc Dupuis came together to form the group in 2003. They play fiddle, accordion, harmonica, guitar, bouzouki and a number of other instruments, including their feet. Dupuis told The News last time the group came to town that the upbeat music “reflects (their) Joie d vivre from Quebec.” Freshly back from touring Scotland and Ireland, De Temps Antan is performing at St. Stephens United Church Feb. 14. The group was very well received last time they played in Qualicum Beach a couple of years ago in the same location. The show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 available from the Vintage Candy Shop in Qualicum Beach. Seating is limited. In the afternoon before the show, Andre Brunet will be giving a fiddle (other melody instruments) workshop at Joyce Beaton’s home in Qualicum Beach. Tickets are still available for that event. Contact Beaton for more information at beatonqualicum@gmail.com. Following the trio’s Qualicum Beach performance, De Temps Antan will play at the Maple Sugar Festival in Nanaimo Feb. 15 and 16, before heading back to Quebec for some more performances. St. Stephen’s Church is located at 150 Village Way. For more on the group visit www.detempsantan.qc.ca.
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Quebecois band De Temps Antan is performing in Qualicum Beach Feb. 14.
Music, dinner, dancing and cake this Valentine’s Day LISSA ALEXANDER reporter@pqbbews.com
Feel warm and fuzzy this Valentine’s Day, whether that’s from the love in your life, or the jazz and chocolate you indulge in at the Old School House Arts Centre. A Valentines Cabaret at TOSH will feature award-winning Bermudan/francophone singer Michelle Richard with Ron Hadley on piano and Ross Macdonald on bass. The $20 admission price includes an evening of entertainment and a dessert buffet. The show runs from 7 to 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 14. Call 250-752-6133 or visit www.theoldschoolhouse.org for more information. Parksville pianist Sarah Wood, along with singer Joanna Finch, will be performing a selection of romantic and rockin’ songs in three languages at a house concert in Cumberland on Feb. 15. The show, JANE COOPcalled From Paris Nanaimo Conservatory of Music Presents
Solo Piano Recital
to Broadway and Motown to Hometown, is a collection of popular songs from the 1920s to the present. Tickets ate $12 in advance, $15 at the door, available at Village Muse Books in Cumberland and Bop City in Courtenay. For the concert location call 250-218-1689. A Cappella Plus is presenting its annual Valentines concert of love songs, called Love is in the Air, Saturday, Feb. 22. This will take place at the McMillan Arts Centre in Parksville at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, $10 for students, available from Mulberry Bush Bookstores and online at www.acappellaplus.ca. Just Us Dance Orchestra, now in its 20th year of performance, will perform at the Parksville Legion on Saturday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. Music will reflect the Big Band swing era and all types of dancers are welcome. Admission is $10 and open to all legion members,
featuring works by
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guests and potential members. A Valentine’s Dinner and Dance will take place at the Rocking Horse Pub in Nanoose Bay Feb. 14. There will be a three-course dinner and live classic rock music by duo Paul & Jess. There is no cover charge. For more information visit www.rockinghorsepub.ca or call 250468-1735. Spread some love with Singing Valentines from the Tidemen Barbershop Quartet. The group delivers sweets sounds of harmony in offices, work sites, schools and homes throughout Nanaimo and Parksville on Feb. 14. The quartet belongs to the Barbershop Harmony Society and its local chapter is The Tidesmen. To order a Singing Valentine visit www.tidesmen.com or email valentine@tidesmen.com.
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Show sells out in minutes LISSA ALEXANDER
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It’s official—The Night at the Palace is the fastest-selling event in town. The famous vaudeville show, celebrating its 10th anniversary in Errington this year, sold-out all three of its February shows in 13 minutes on Jan. 26. The event is filled with self-directed acts consisting of dance,
music performance, singing, comedy, belly dancing, a can-can show, burlesque and more, all set in the era between the 1880s and 1930s. The show is taking place Feb. 20, 21 and 22 (for those lucky ticket holders who managed to snag one). Event-goers are reminded by organizers that the front rows will be reserved for those in the best vaudeville-style costumes.
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New owners of Arts Cafe (formerly Stewart’s Cafe) in Parksville Ian Warren and Rachael Preston would like to showcase local artwork in their establishment.
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What happened to Stew? The question may lingering on the minds of residents passing by the old Stewarts Cafe on Harrison Ave, now renamed Arts Cafe by new owners Ian Warren and his wife Rachael Preston. The couple said they wanted to reinvent the place a bit, but didn’t want to go overboard with unnecessary costs. So they simply took the “Stew” off the sign and left it “arts” cafe. “It was too good not to take advantage of,” said Preston with a laugh. The name also went well with the couple’s vision of making the cafe a place to showcase local artwork. Another serendipitous occurrence took place when the couple were searching online for a stylish, yet affordable, banquette for the back of the cafe. They searched some sites and found exactly what they were looking for, for free. As long as they could go pick it up in Vancouver. The banquette came from the set of a TV series shot in Vancouver called Rogue. “This would have ended up in the dump,” said Warren of the chic, silver bench. And when they got the banquette back to the cafe it just happened to fit perfectly against the back wall. No cutting or adjustments were necessary.
Warren and Preston are not new to the restaurant industry. Most recently the couple ran a pub on Saturna Island for six years. Warren has been working in the restaurant industry for 25 years and has been in every possible position including general manager, chef, maintenance man, payroll clerk, bartender and server. He’s managed restaurants in London, Australia and Vancouver. Preston is an award-winning author and has published three novels, the first one in 2002. She has a master’s degree in English literature and also studied at Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver. Her books are available at the cafe. Warren has always had an interest in photography and his work currently hangs on the walls at the Arts Cafe. The couple said they are interested in having local artists bring in portfolios or small examples of their work, and they will designate a wall to local art. They would also like to host some artsy events in the future like author readings, spoken word events and other gatherings. The cafe is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday and serves breakfast and lunch. There are some old favourites like seafood chowder and some fresh new dishes like a wild sockeye salmon sandwich. Arts Cafe is located at 147 Harrison Avenue in Parksville.
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Annual four-day event brings local craft beer, cider and wine to Parksville residents JOHN HARDING
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The annual beer, wine and food extravaganza called Uncorked returns to a couple of high-profile Parksville resorts next week, and tickets are at a premium for these always-soldout events. The four-day festival kicks off Thursday, Feb. 20 with Parksville Untapped at The Beach Club. Beer lovers won’t want to miss this event, which will showcase B.C.’s best craft beers and ciders, coupled with local eats. A new resident of the area, this will be Ian Lane’s first Untapped event. He’s the director of food and beverage at The Beach Club. He says there will be 60 beers for people to choose from and 10 food vendors. He said late last week he is still looking to add a couple more beer and wine proprietors to the list. “I’m looking forward to a really great event,” said Lane. He said he likes working with
food and beverage staff at other local establishments, and he thinks that teamwork, and Uncorked, brings people from outside our region here to sample what’s to offer, even in the socalled off-season. “An event like this really helps reach out to those people,” said Lane. Wine takes over centre stage Friday, Feb. 21 at Tigh-Na-Mara with Swirl, where more than 50 B.C. wineries offer their best, paired with gourmet cuisine. Both resorts will host winemakers’ dinners on Saturday, Feb. 22, highlighting the talents of chefs Eric Edwards (Tigh-NaMara) and Rick Davidson (The Beach Club). The festival wraps up with an event called Bubbles and brunch on Sunday morning at Tigh-Na-Mara. “There’s going to be a bounty of different tastes for every palate, that’s for sure,” said Tigh-NaMara marketing manager Luba Plotnikoff.
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Effing Oysters general manager Rob Tryon, left, and The Beach Club Resort’s Debbie Malone get up close and personal with a rather large specimen last year at the Swirl event.
Tickets are still available but these events are traditionally sell-outs. The Beach Club will likely have 250-300 people for Untapped and Tigh-Na-Mara is expecting almost 500 people for Swirl. Plotnikoff said the festival is attracting more and more people from outside our region.
“It definitely is spreading farther than our own backyard, which is great,” she said. Different this year are the resorts’ commitment to charity. Variety Children’s Charity and the Rotary Club of Parksville will be “beneficiaries” of the events in 2014, the sixth year for the
Parksville Uncorked Wine and Food Festival, the fourth year for the beer-centred event. Tickets to Untapped (beer at The Beach Club) are $49 per person. For Swirl (wine at TighNa-Mara), they are $69. For tickets and more information, visit www.parksvilleuncorked.com.
Glassies recognize outstanding residents It is Glassies time and once again the Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce will be hosting the Community Awards Ceremony and overseeing the distribution of the highly coveted Glassies. We are fortunate to have living, working and plying their magic among us some very selfless individuals who have the gift of giving their best to whatever they do. Recognizing these individuals annually is an honor for the chamber as an organization and we look forward to this annual event. (See story on nominees, page A8.) Receiving the many nominations that have come in over the past month has given me some pleasant food for thought. The category with the most nominations was the “Customer Service” category.
How good it is to see that folks in the com- income, promote economic welfare, and munity think so highly of the service pro- are community minded with a sound repvided in Parksville. The “Volunteer of the utation of providing quality service. Year” nominations contained The “Youth of the Year” some very touching stories nominations over the years that talked about the high have highlighted some homelevel of giving of oneself that By Kim Burden grown talents that have gone exists in our community. on to do great things with their The new up and coming lives and this year is no excepbusinesses in the “Entrepretion. The “Citizen of the Year” neur” category talk to the funominations always tell us ture successes of the business stories about folks who have community and the “Busidevoted big pieces of their ness” category nominations lives to making Parksville that tell the stories of businesses place. that have consistently, over The place that we know time demonstrated that they possess an is so thankful for our volunteer spirit, our ability to create employment and generate business community that is proud to pro-
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vide good employment, the idea guys, the entrepreneurs who are ready to take that risk and work to make it work — the great service we get when we walk into a local business and the kids who will go on to make us all proud. I am proud of my community and Glassies night on March 7 at the Community Centre is where we honor those folks who set an example and make us all proud to live in this wonderful community. For this evening we can forget about the tiny blemishes, focus on the stars and honour some folks that go above and beyond to make Parksville that place. — Kim Burden is the executive director of the Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce. E-mail: kim@parksvillechamber.ca
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VICTORIA 2 BDRM CONDO 1380 sq ft. Quiet 55+ bldg near Hillside Mall & Jubilee Hospital. No-step entry. $195,000. Call Claire 1-250858-6775.
1478 SQ.FT. RANCHER. 6 yrs young. 3bdrm, 2.5bath. Dbl + attached garage, heat pump, 14x40 deck. Bowser/ Deep Bay area. 250-757-8757. 1800 sq ft Cottage Rancher on level, sunny 1/4 acre lot in Heart of Qualicum Beach. See www.cottagerancher.com for full details and contact info.
LADYSMITH: OCEAN view updated home on 6.5 acres. 3bdrm up, unfinished basement. Zoned R1. 5111 Brenton Page Road. $429,000. (250)245-8950
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RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO CENTRAL QUALICUM BEACH- in quiet civilized building, bachelor suite in excellent condition. Balcony, fully equipped bathroom & kitchen, parking. $645/mo. Please call Bill (250)752-6997. EMERALD ESTATES- 245 McVickers. Bright & sunny, spotless,2 bed/2 bath patio home in secure seniors independent living complex. Close to all amenities. Wkly hskpng incl’d and an optional evening dining program is available. Single occupancy $1250. Double $1300. Ph. (250) 248-2143 ERRINGTON- 1BED. Private entry suite. $500/mo plus util. References req’d. Call : 250-954-0191
MOILLIET MANOR 2 bdrm, storage room in suite, on bus route, clean, quiet, secure. heat/hot water included. $875/mo N/S, N/P. Call 250 248-9322 PARKSVILLE 2 bdrm apt. in quiet bldg. Hot water, parking, & storage incl. Ref’s req. Avail now. $825/mo. 250-248-5431. PARKSVILLETOTALLY renovated 2 bdrm apts with assorted floor plans. Free storage & parking, quiet bldg, heat/hot water included. Quiet tenants need only apply! Refs req’d. Available Feb 1. $800. Call 250-248-3350. QUALICUM- 1 bdrm apt w/ocean view, parking at the door. $650/mo inclds heat, lights, water. Available now. Call 250-752-3333. QUALICUM BEACHFRONT 1 bdrm, furnished suite, bright. Available until May. NS/NP. $725 inclds utils/internet. Call 250-757-8682, 250-752-9252.
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SUITES, LOWER ERRINGTON 1-YR-OLD unfurn. 950 sq.ft. private sunny Carriage House/Suite on 10 acres. 1 bdrm, quiet secluded bush setting, large deck, all appliances and garage incl. Hydro, Cable, Wi-Fi, Phone extra. NS/NP Available Now. Refs Req. $875/mo. Call: 250248-5381 FRENCH CREEK 1 bdrm, 1 bath. Avail Mar. 1. Nice neighbourhood, very clean, hydro, water & cable included. Laundry serv., avail. N/S, N/P. $825/mo. Call 250-927-1958 email chrisevans1@shaw.ca NORTH NANAIMO: 1bdrm private suite. New floors & paint. Shared laundry. Secure, covered parking. FREE cable. N/S, No Partiers. $800/mo. 250-756-9746. PARKSVILLE- NEW bright 1 bdrm, grnd floor. Inclds hydro, internet, laundry. Refs. Avail Mar 1. $675. 1-(250)999-3513.
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EAGLECREST batchelor suite rancher. Separate entry $650/mo. plus hydro. Contact Richard 250-248-7777
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OFFICE/RETAIL PARKSVILLE RETAIL space approx 685 sqft, 120 A Middleton. To view, (250)954-9940. SMALL DETACHED office is available, located in an Industrial Park. Ample parking & storage. $475. 250-716-6797.
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CARS 1988 CAMRY- excellent maintenance, records available, new tires and winter tires. Great gas mileage. Suitable for Student or great 2nd car. $2500. (250)586-4716. 1990 FIREFLY. 129,745 kms. 3 Cylinder, 5 speed. $1000. Call Cell: 604-894-1954 or 250-752-5076
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Grotto Spa director Paulina Alexander was at the Variety Show of Hearts Telethon in Vancouver Jan. 26. It is the third year in a row that Paulina has attended on behalf of Tigh-Na-Mara Resort. For many years the Parksville resort and its staff have supported the charity which helps children in BC facing health challenges. Paulina said the team at the resort and their guests help to support Variety in a number of ways in addition to Tigh-Na-Mara’s commitment of $5,000 cash annually and in-kind donations. One of Tigh-Na-Mara’s most popular events is just around the corner. Parksville Uncorked will include another spectacular line up of succulent culinary offerings and glamorous grape galas including Swirl on Feb. 21, the Road 13 Winemakers Dinner Feb. 22 and Bubbles and Brunch Feb. 23. The 12th annual Seedy Saturday at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre Feb. 1. attracted more than 2400 people and raised $11,000. Some of the proceeds will be donated to a wide range of community organizations that promote gardening including the Shoots with Roots program at Milner Gardens. The spring break day camp program at Milner for ages six to ten runs from March 24 to 28 and includes all kinds of nature based activities. Pre-register at education.milnergardens@shaw.ca . Larry Kapusta of the Parksville Bald Eagles Old Timers Hockey Club says they raised $1000 during Super Bowl Sunday at the Rod & Gun pub. He said they are one of a few clubs that do meat draws at the pub and they use the money to help needy families in the community including pee wee players who can’t afford to play hockey. The Rod & Gun donated three football jerseys Feb. 2 for the hockey club to raffle off. The Arbutus Toastmasters Club celebrated toastmaster month Feb. 3 with an event called So you think you can speak? Several people stood on a soapbox and spoke for three minutes on a topic. The local group meets every Monday at the Parksville Community Centre at 7 p.m. where members work on developing their speaking and leadership skills. Art Skipsey has plenty to celebrate When he turns 87 years old next month. The man known as Mr. Qualicum now has a book about his life. Art has been a role model for leadership the community and his book of memories as told to Lorne Tetarenko is called Mr. Qualicum. His book was launched February 4 at the monthly meeting of the Qualicum Beach Historical and Museum Society. Proceeds from the sale of the book are going to the Vancouver Island Palaeontology Museum Society. The book can be purchased at the Qualicum Beach Museum which is celebrating its 30th anniversary next month. Some new exhibits this year include the return of the community exhibit case. The exhibit which displayed items on loan from people in the area was shelved to make room for the Hermit exhibit. The Hermit display is moving to a new area so anyone who wants to loan their collections temporarily to the museum can call 250-752-5533.
This is the third year in a row Paulina Alexander director of the Grotto Spa has manned the phones at the Variety Show of Hearts Telethon in Vancouver. She also presented a cheque to Global TV host Steve Darling on Jan. 26 for $5000 on behalf of Tigh-NaMara Seaside Resort to the Children’s Charity.
The Allsop sisters love to garden. 10 year old Grace, nine year old Hannah and seven year old Emma visited the Milner Gardens Shoots with Roots table at Seedy Saturday Feb. 1 to carefully label their seed packets before selecting the specimens they will be planting in their Qualicum Beach garden.
Super Bowl Sunday at the Rod & Gun pub in Parksville was extra sweet for Seahawks fan Unto Vuorela (left). Not only did his team win the big game, he won a trip to Las Vegas. Rod & Gun manager Dan Brodeur (right) along with Larry Kapusta (middle) congratulated Vuorela at the party Feb. 2.
Taryn Scammell of Errington is a budding toastmaster well on her way to becoming a confident public speaker. She presented an inspiring talk on gratitude at the So You Think You Can Speak Soapbox session of the Arbutus Toastmasters Club at the Parksville Conference Centre Feb. 3.
Art Skipsey (right) the man known as Mr. Qualicum now has a book about his life. Several people were on hand for the launch of the publication Feb. 4 including Les Stewart (left). He praised Skipsey for being not only his favourite Scout leader but one of the best Scout masters ever.
Art instructor John Blackmore (left) has some talented students including Laurel Stanton (right) whose painting is part of a new exhibit at the McMillan Arts Centre in Parksville. Her fantasy landscape tiled Streamsicle Dreaming is one of many pieces of work created at a recent wet-on-wet workshop Blackmore teaches each month at the MAC.
Submissions are welcome. Telephone Brenda Gough at 250-248-1188 or email: bgough@pqbnews.com
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The Kwalikum Kondor senior boys basketball team clinched the league title with a 55–46 win over the John Barsby Bulldogs from Nanaimo. With the win, the Kondors earned a bye into the final day for the North Island tournament to see which of the top four teams from the North Division will head to the Island tournament. The North Islands are slated for Feb. 13–15 at Kwalikum Secondary School between Ladysmith, Cedar, Highlands, Woodlands, John Barsby and KSS. The Barsby Bulldogs also earned a bye with their second place finish in the league. Barsby jumped out to a fast lead against KSS last Tuesday as they took an 11–0 lead. KSS finally managed to get on the board with just under five minutes left to play in the first quarter and went on a 9–0 run to close the gap to 11–9 at the end
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Shane Gayton (with ball) looks to make a move during action between KSS and John Barsby. The Kondors won 55 - 46 to capture the league championship.
of the first quarter. The second and third quar-
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overs were the story of the game for both teams as KSS gave the ball away to Barsby, the Bulldogs taking advantage in the early parts of the second and third quarters. The Kondors stepped up their pressure and forced some turnovers from Barsby and managed to get enough points to close the gap at the end of each quarter. “We were struggling with our turnovers, so it was hard. I knew coming into the fourth quarter I needed to get my game going. I’m a leader on this team and I needed to start acting like it more,” said Grade 11 Ryan Becker. The Kondors came out on fire in the fourth frame, led by Becker who scored the first seven points to give KSS the lead 42–37. From that point on the Kondors never looked back and kept the pedal to the floor, causing turnovers and forcing some Barsby players to lose their cool and mental focus. See KSS Senior, page A31
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It was another chapter in the battle between Kwalikum and Ballenas secondary schools with the junior boys taking to the hardwood at BSS. The BSS Whalers came out looking strong early on as big Steve Martin made his presence felt down low in the paint. KSS big man Connor Haywood wasn’t to be ignored either as he was in the paint, gobbling up rebounds and challenging shots as they came. Ballenas grabbed a 10–7
lead after the first quarter and then blew it wide open in the second, taking a commanding 26–14 lead into halftime. The Kondors fought back in the third, coming to within a few points but Ballenas managed to fend off the attack and regain control of the game, eventually taking it 46-29. Point guards Aaron Paetkau of BSS and Daniel Roder of KSS went back and forth, taking turns scoring in the third quarter. But with Roder in foul trouble early on in the fourth quarter, the Whal-
ers took advantage and had a big fourth quarter to close out the game. Brendan Harstad of Ballenas scored 16 points on the night while Steve Martin and Paetkau pitched in with 12 each. Roder, who collected 14 points, led the Kondors on the score sheet and Rab Hunter pitched in with nine. Both teams were headed to the district tournament at John Barsby Secondary in Nanaimo last weekend after the long weekend press deadline, looking to advance to the North Island tournament Feb. 13–15.
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Do you know of a minor hockey team who deserves to attend the 2014 Tim Hortons NHL Heritage Classic, Sunday, March 2 in Vancouver? Anyone can enter on behalf of their favourite BC minor hockey team.
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The Pee Wee Oceanside Kings team brought home their second gold medal of the season at a tournament in Gold River.
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Oceanside Kings have won two gold and a silver T yson Taylor
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The Oceanside Kings, a peewee house league hockey team, brought home gold after facing teams from Nanaimo, Comox, Gold River and a Bantam girls team.
The local boys’ teamwork and effort paid off, as they went undefeated in all five of their games in the Gold River Peewee Hockey Tournament. The Kings have won two gold medals and one silver medal from the three tournaments they have travelled to this season.
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Indoor lawn bowling continues at the Qualicum Beach Lawn Club with their most recent tournament January 25 & 26. There were 12 mixed teams of three in the two-day event.
Players from Parksville, Qualicum Beach and Nanaimo were all in the mix. First place went to Brenda Cohen (QB), Kate Wilson (Nanaimo) and Bob Hayward (QB). Also finishing in the money at the tournament was the second place team of
George Machin, Pat Reid and Susanna Comadina. Third place went to Mick Banks, Dawn Rigg and Audry Isbell. Rounding out the money earning teams was the fourth place finishers Carol Chapman, Marian Lee and Keith Yates.
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Ryan Becker finished the game with 16 points, 11 of which came in the fourth quarter. Grade 12 Shane Gayton continued his hot shooting from the outside, hitting four three– pointers for the sixth game in a row and finishing with 15 points. “We’re excited with the way we finished the season. I haven’t seen a senior boys team
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finish the way this team has and I don’t think there would have been many people who would have picked this team to do it,” said head coach Butch Gayton. “Despite having a horrible start in the first half, the boys battled back. Same thing in the second half, we were down early but managed to battle back. They’ve found that extra gear in their game which is great to see.”
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