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INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL FOR PARKSVILLE
Starting the conversation Privately-operated school could take over Parksville Elementary CANDACE WU news@pqbnews.com
An effort to bring an international school program to Parksville is gaining momentum. Representatives from the International Sustainability Education Foundation — one of two Vancouver-based private companies leading the project — spent last week in Parksville meeting with School District 69 officials, including superintendent Rollie Koop. The other private partner is Wetegrity Investment Group, which has provided $100,000 in start-up funding and has earmarked $1.5 million to come. SD 69 will contribute a site lease and staff time. According to a news release issued by the school district, what has been deemed “The Parksville International Academy” will offer shortduration, English-language programs for school-age students and academic English-language programs for adults. Additionally, partners are looking to start a cross-country program seeing international students travel between Canadian universities in an effort to promote Canadian post-secondary schools. See MORE INFO COMING, page A9
Help for hospice JOHN HARDING editor@pqbnews.com
Miriam Sivan Bar says she was lost six months ago when her son died. The Bowser resident said the services of the Oceanside Hospice Society got her through a difficult time. “I was lost, discouraged, disconnected and lonely and I was stumbling in the dark,” Sivan Bar said during a news conference Thursday announcing a $40,000 grant to the society from the provincial government. “The moment I entered the hospice (Valhalla House in Qualicum Beach), I was welcomed with warm hearts. It was really a lifesaver for me, solid ground to hold on to during a very difficult time in my life.” See PALLIATIVE CARE, page A9
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BUBBLES ON THE BEACH: Much to the delight of children near the shoreline, Jason Partridge of Victoria was creating huge soap bubbles on a warm, sunny Sunday afternoon in Qualicum Beach.
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Canada Day fun throughout the region
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Along with the region’s big Canada Day festivities in Parksville (see details in the story we published last week, now on www.pqbnews. com), there are celebrations in various communities for people who want to stick closer to home. BOWSER Centred at the Bowser Legion, the national birthday will be celebrated in that part of Oceanside from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festivities include all the traditional family activities with live musical entertainment, a Ladies Auxiliary barbecue, kids’ activities including face painting, cotton candy, hay rides by tractor, a fishing game and other games from noon to 2 p.m. For the third year they will also have the quickly growing classic car show and shine which had about 75 vehicles last year and they are expecting at least that many this year. The Arrowsmith Pipe Band will play around 1:30 p.m. along with O Canada and the formal cupcake “cutting” a bit later. MEADOWOOD Later in the day the Corcan-Meadowood Resident’s Association is hosting a party in Meadowood Community Park, across from the fire hall. The party starts at 6 p.m. with karaoke, kids activities like a bouncy castle, balloon animals, scavenger hunt, prizes and more. There will be plenty of food available with a concession, barbecue, vendor tables and bake sale along with beer, wine and cider available. Bring your lawn chairs and/or blankets to make yourself comfortable for the evening with the fireworks closing things out just after dark. QUALICUM BEACH In town, people will assemble in the parking lot beside The Old School House for Qualicum Beach’s Canada Day parade at 11:30 a.m. for the march down Memorial Avenue to the Legion at 180 Veterans Way. The ceremony officially kicks off there at noon followed by free entertainment until 4 p.m. by Bent Rhym, Sharon Lafferty’s Clog Dancers, Rendezvous Quartet and The New Qualicum Beach Legion Pipe Band. There will be hamburgers, hot dogs and refreshments available with a cake cutting and speeches at 2:15 p.m.
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LEGION WEEK: The Arrowsmith Pipe and Drums Band kicked off Legion Week with a performance Sunday afternoon at the Bowser Legion. Contact your local branch to find our what events are happening this week at Legions in Bowser, Qualicum Beach and Parksville.
QUALICUM CHAMBER CHAIR PAUL WALKEY, 59, DIED SATURDAY
A sudden and shocking loss Service set for Saturday at St. Stephen’s United Church
Since moving to Qualicum Beach, Paul became a volunteer in the community. Paul was Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce known for helping out just about everywhere, chairman Paul Walkey died on Saturday at his from playing piano at the local churches and home. He was 59 years old. senior homes, joining the local Rotary Club, Chamber CEO Evelyn Clark said in a release to becoming the Chairman of the Chamber of Sunday she was reporting the news Commerce. Paul took great pride in “with great sadness.” being nominated as one of Qualicum Beach’s top three volunteers of Walkey grew up in Toronto and the year 2014. attended the University of Guelph. “The Board and staff of the ChamClark said Paul’s true passion was ber of Commerce and the communifuneral service. He started working at Furtney’s Funeral Home in ty of Qualicum Beach are saddened Toronto when he was only 16 and to hear of the sudden passing of throughout his varied career has Paul Walkey, our Chair person,” said always gravitated back to caring for Oura Giakoumakis, the vice-chair of grieving families. the chamber. “Paul was an amazing To Paul’s delight in 2009 he, along man, working hard in the commuPAUL WALKEY with his wife, Bev, moved permanity, and making his place in Quanently to Vancouver Island where, licum Beach. Our deepest sympathy since first visiting back in the 1980, he had al- for Paul’s wife, Bev and all of their family. Our ways wished to retire, according to Clark. thoughts are with them at this time.” After working for another funeral home for The service for Paul Walkey will take place 18 months, Paul and Bev decided to open the on Saturday, June 28 at Saint Stephen’s United Qualicum Beach Funeral Centre and on August Church in Qualicum Beach at 2 p.m. 1, 2010 they opened their doors to serve the — NEWS Staff/Qualicum Beach families of their new community. Chamber of Commerce
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row, now has a category for married women, the Mrs. B.C. Pageant. All previous rules that may disFour Vancouver Island women criminate against women in pag— including one from Parksville eants have also been lifted, said — are among 50 hopefuls from organizers. Unlike other pageants, across the province competing there is not a long list of rules that for the Miss, Mrs. and make many women inMiss Teen B.C. crowns eligible. For example, on June 30 in Fort Langthere is not a maximum ley. The pageant will be age limit to participate, broadcast on Shaw Telenor are there height and vision later this fall. weight requirements. Megan Knocke of Also, among the conParksville will join Victestants are ladies who toria residents Amanare single parents. The da Harding, Kyndra charity of the Miss B.C. MEGAN KNOCKE Tucker and Sarah Wong Pageant is the Cops to form the Island confor Cancer Tour of the tingent. Canadian Cancer Society. Since According to a news release from 2007, the Miss B.C. Pageant has pageant organizers, the Miss B.C., raised more than $200,000 for the Teen B.C. and Mrs. B.C. Pageant Cops for Cancer Tour. The public prides itself in its uniqueness in is invited to vote for their favourite the pageant world. The program is contestant for the People’s Choice a development program for young award at www.missbc.ca. women and, for the fourth year in a — NEWS Staff/Miss B.C. Program
Silent auction Saturday Access Oceanside Association’s Second Annual Fundraiser and Silent Auction taking place Friday, June 27 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Quality Inn Bayside Resort in Parksville. An association news release said there will be loads of fantastic auction items, including overnight stays in B.C., Alberta and some Whale Watching excusions. The program includes emcee John Jennings, Gerry Price on AWS and Volunteerism, Suzan and John Jennings speaking on “Paralyzed Without Warning” and special guest speaker, Parksville-Qualicum MLA Michelle Stilwell, the parliamentary secretary for both healthy living and seniors. Access Oceanside Association is a non-profit organization that raises awareness to promote accessibility for all to live, work and play in a barrier-free environment. For more info, e-mail: Suzanjennings@shaw.ca. — Submitted by Access Oceanside Association
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MIND, BODY, SPIRIT: There were palm readings, tarot card readings, mini iridology sessions, massages and pulsed electro magnetic frequency treatments along with makeup, art, music, hula hoops and more at the first annual Mind Body Spirit Expo at the Quality Inn Bayside on Saturday. Above, Amanda Nagy was helping out at the PEMF Canada table where people were getting pulsed electro magnetic frequency treatments. The treatments are said to create accelerated healing and regeneration in any cell. Here she poses with a couple of other little helpers.
PARKSVILLE CITY HALL NEWS
City’s operations come to light officially in annual report Parksville’s city council will formally receive the city’s 2013 Annual Report at its July 7 meeting. The annual report looks back at 2013 with highlights of accomplishments, reports from Mayor Chris Burger and Chief Administrative Officer Fred Manson, as well as financial statements and an auditor’s report. In accordance with the Community Charter, municipalities prepare an annual report which provides a progress report on the performance of the city relative to established objectives. The
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WAGES, EXPENSES FOR MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES AND POLITICIANS
Report on salaries released The regional district has 57 employees who make +$75K JOHN HARDING editor@pqbnews.com
Regional District of Nanaimo CAO Paul Thorkelsson is the highest paid employee of the three local governments that work for the people of Parksville Qualicum Beach. Thorkelsson earned $208,388.13 in 2013 and was also paid $9,931.45 in expenses, according to financial statements local governments are mandated to release to the public. The regional district had 32 (exempt, ie. nonunion) employees make more than $75,000 last year. Twenty of those made more than $100,000. Twenty-five regional district employees who are members of the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) also made more than $75,000 in 2013. The regional district paid $22.3 million in earning to its employees last year. On the politicians’ side of the ledger, board chair Joe Stanhope was paid $41,127.86 in 2013, which includes the exempt allowance of $13,709.29. Stanhope was also paid for $12,842.43 in expenses. The regional district spent a total of $300,000 on remuneration for its 17 directors, plus $64,000 in expenses. The City of Parksville spent just over $5 million paying its employees in 2013. Topping that list was CAO Fred Manson, who’s remuneration (including taxable benefits) was $164,746.50. Manson also had $9,153.71 in expenses. The City of Parksville had 17 employees make more than $75,000 in 2013, including eight who
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The grant announced last week by Parksville MLA Michelle Stilwell — she is also the parliamentary secretary for both healthy living and seniors — will support the society in its efforts to hire a community resource navigator — a first of its kind for Vancouver Island — who will help patients and their families access end-oflife care and services. The provincial government said the grant will also support the society in the creation of a community information package on end-of-life care to serve as a resource for those that need great access to these services patients and their families. “We owe it to all British Columbians to provide the support and care they need as close to their communities as possible,” said Stilwell. The MLA said the government is committed to doubling the amount of palliative care beds in the province by 2020. An Island Health official said during the news conference the Oceanside region will have four palliative care beds — there’s currently one — by 2016. Officially established in 1990, the Oceanside Hospice Society’s programs are run by three part-time staff and more than 60 volunteers. They provide outreach services to patients and families in their homes and in other care centers such as the palliative unit at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital. Their approach to palliative care includes counselling and support groups, equipment loans, referral services and information, self-care, companioning and caregiver respite as well as palliative vigil services. Volunteers are trained to provincial standards and offer a wide range of services to help patients maintain a quality of life in their last days, and support families. The society provides pro-
grams and services to residents of Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Nanoose, Deep Bay, Bowser, Qualicum Bay, Errington, Coombs, Hilliers and Whiskey Creek. “Oceanside Hospice Society has been working to connect with and provide support to palliative patients, their family members and care givers sooner, once they receive a diagnosis of a life limiting illness,” said Lynn Wood, executive director of the Oceanside Hospice Society. “By providing support and information during this most difficult time, we believe that greater peace of mind will result and fewer crisis will occur. We are thrilled that the government sees this as an opportunity to invest in the well-being of our Oceanside community residents.” Elected officials from Parksville, Qualicum Beach and the Regional District of Nanaimo were on hand for the announcement Thursday. “I am always kind of surprised how many services are available for people going through the grieving process, but not everryone knows about them,” said Qualicum Beach Mayor Teunis Westbroek, who added the announcement Thursday was important for the community. “Having a navigator to help people‚ because you are kind of in shock, having someone come along and help people get through the process, I think that’s key.” Westbroek also commented on the plan to have four palliative care beds by 2016 in Oceanside, the region with the most elderly population in the country. “I was hoping we would get them this year,” he said. “But I know from being in government you can’t always get what you want. But we will see how we can accelerate that.”
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Koop said the partners want to “establish Parksville Qualicum Beach as a place for international conversation about sustainability and practice.” He said partners discussed last week creating an outdoor recreation program for international students similar to the existing ROAMS program. “We’re a sell,” said Koop, of the outdoor activities Parksville Qualicum Beach has to offer. He said there has been dialog about tapping into local golf courses and places like Horne
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f your default position is we already spend too much money on the salaries of municipal politicians, you won’t enjoy the following train of thought. Municipalities must file what’s called a Statement of Financial Information with the province by June 30 each year. Those documents include information about the salaries and expenses of both staff and politicians. In 2013, Parksville Mayor Chris Burger was paid $33,573.73 plus $4,902.88 for expenses. Qualicum Beach Mayor Teunis Westbroek received $22,983 in pay, plus $11,491 in expenses. Westbroek was also reimbursed for $11,797 in expenses, which pushed his grand total to $46,271. Make no mistake, being mayor of either community is a full-time job and from what we’ve witnessed, both of these mayors work full-time hours while basically being paid part-time wages. We understand some people would not agree $37,000 or $47,000 is a part-time wage. Fair enough, but when you consider these mayors are essentially in charge of a number of staff who make more than $100,000/year, something seems out of whack. Also consider what’s asked of these mayors and the heat they receive every day from members of the public and a prying, competitive media. While we aren’t privy to how their personal lives work, we do know Burger has both a young family and a business, a busy country store also known as Sasquatch Central in Meadowood. We also don’t know yet if he intends to run again in November, but it would not be shocking to see him bow out to better serve his family and business, especially considering the next term is for four years. There are at least a couple of legitimate ways to view compensation for the mayors of these communities (we don’t believe there needs to be any increased compensation for councillors). One suggests the job should not be something one pursues for money, that it’s basically some kind of public service position. The other suggests better candidates, ones with experience running multi-million-dollar business — essentially what these municipalities are — would come out of the woodwork if the job paid a reasonable, CEO-type salary. We don’t believe there is an appetite in Parksville Qualicum Beach to pay something like $75,000/year for full-time mayors. If that’s true, we best lower our expectations in relation to both the candidates who would be attracted and the amount of work we expect these people to perform. — Editorial by John Harding
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Letters THE TEACHERS ARE NOT TO BLAME I am a mother, grandmother, and a nurse. I have recently walked the picket lines with teachers in Nanaimo and Qualicum Beach. I believe to understand the issues in any situation you need to talk with the front-line workers which I did, the teachers and an EA friend of mine. It is well documented that even in the poorest countries, an education is revered and gives hope for a future. B.C. has the highest percentage of child poverty in Canada along with the second lowest funding per child for education. Why is this allowed in this province? Teachers have provided, out of their own pocket, school supplies, sports gear, the list goes on. I saw teachers cry, they would rather be teaching than this job action. Last Wednesday, six males drove by the QBMS teachers with their middle fingers up at the teachers. One guy driving a convertible threw his arm up with the finger on display just laying on his horn. Did he care about the horrified looks on the faces of the children in the car in front of him? You can disagree with respect. I noticed that every car with parents and children on board waved and honked. Tuesday, an elderly man drove past us at QBMS and yelled “I don’t support you, I support the bloody kids.” Nice respectful term for children. An elderly woman at the beach said “Look at the trouble the teachers have caused parents.” Teachers didn’t cause this and they have children too, now they have no income. Maybe the armchair critics should question how the government doesn’t have to abide by a Supreme Court ruling. Put the blame where it belongs. It really does take a village to raise a child. THERESE DYKSTRA Nanaimo
THIS STRIKE IS NOT ABOUT CLASS SIZE
It’s about money, benefits and taxes, let’s call it for what it is. This B.C. teachers debate regarding class sizes is a very old item, used each time at bargaining. It goes back 45 years. You the students are held hostage by
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your own teachers. Just think — weeks off during Christmas, weeks off during Easter, two-plus months off during summer, days off for professional training and more. I worked for 40 years in hospitality and had to work long hours, many days without days off. I chose that career and accepted it. I dealt with many ignorant customers, I accepted it. I dealt with demanding bosses, I accepted it. So lets call it for what it is: smaller classes, means more new schools. Who will pay? I have no more money to pay in taxes. Jim Iker, the new president of the teachers’ union? Of course he must make a mark. Whatever additional money in pay teachers receive, other services will be reduced to cover the expense and that will effect me, and I cannot afford it, so what is the solution for my concerns? Refuse to pay taxes? Demand an increase in pension? Perhaps teachers could give up some days off or weeks off or be less militant and be more realistic to what they already have and be concern of the effect that their demands will have on the rest of us. JEANPAUL BRASCA Parksville
FOOD TRUCKS IN COMMUNITY PARK!?
Food trucks in Parksville’s Community Park? Are you kidding me? Most of the one’s I’ve seen need to spiff up their appearance. I believe that keeping the concession stand and fixing it up definitely would be a longer and much more attractive option. I’ve lived in other places and I will cite one in particular in Vancouver which has a nice bank of washrooms, change rooms and a concession stand that sells the best gourmet hamburgers and hot dogs and a few items for those that require a “better diet.” A great, scooped ice cream cone wouldn’t hurt either. Maybe some poutine, milkshakes and other great items — that could keep the concession stand open in Community Park all year long and would be appreciated, rather than a flank of food trucks. What is wrong with having a great concession stand where you line up for, smell the goodies cooking, tease each other in the line-up, wet bathing suits and happy smiles on kids faces?
You will lose the ambiance of individual trucks and no sense of community. Please re-consider. Why don’t you ask the people who live here, what they think, for once, rather than have Mayor Chris Burger and Coun. Carrie Powell-Davidson (who has made herself the so-called food spokesperson) decide what we need? Can’t we just be proud of having this spectacular beach and festivals and hang onto a concession stand that everyone that visits or lives here can talk about long after they have gone, and pass it on to others wishing to visit us? I can see a roof over a patio for sitting under the rain on those days looking over the ocean and drinking a coffee, hot chocolate. Try that out of a food truck.
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PROUD OF YOU GRADS From all of your teachers (I am a teacher at Ballenas Secondary School), I just want to say congratulations to all the graduates. We have walked with you for the last four years through every class you have taken, we have been there for your struggles, we have been there for your triumphs, and we are sad that we will not be there when you take your final walk across the stage this week. It is one of our favourite moments as teachers to see you cross that stage and complete the job we started with you four years ago, so I want to let you know from all of your teachers that we are proud of you and if we cannot be there with you on graduation day to applaud and high five we are there in spirit and our thoughts are very much with you. We taught you that sometimes you have to sacrifice to achieve your goals and nothing worth gaining ever came easily and this year we are leading by example for a cause we believe is worth fighting for. I apologize if you believe it comes at the expense of your graduation day, but urge you to remember that in our absence we are standing up for you and all who follow in your foot-steps. We want you to graduate into a society that cares more about kids and your future, and that is worth fighting for. DOUG CAMPBELL Qualicum Beach See MORE LETTERS, page A12
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I was shocked to see that ‘hot spots’ have been set up in provincial parks and at beaches. My husband and I took guests to visit Little Qualicum Provincial Park. The Wi-Fi was so intense throughout the entire park that we were dizzy. I got a headache and I felt ill for the remainder of the day. There were no birds and there was no bird song. If one checks the provincial Ministry of the Environment’s website, their published goals are: • Pollution prevention; • Continuous improvement in air, land and water quality; • And fully engaged partners. What a dichotomy this is. This ministry proclaims all of these “improvements” and “preventions.” Wi-Fi is, plain and simple, radiation. Did any “environmentally conscious” leaders do any testing to see what long-term affects this constant radiation would have on the fish, the plant life, the birds, and the animals? How about the affects on the many tourists and locals who come through on a regular basis? How does this radiation affect small children? I wonder who, from their office, would be willing to take a stand and to state that because Wi-Fi is “invisible” that it is safe? Radiation has never been safe. The health and welfare of everything in na-
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LEGION VANDALISM This is directed to the youngsters, I presume, who “tagged” the Bowser Legion Branch 211 and our tennis court buildings, on Friday, June 13, viciously attacked our memorial trees with a knife and left your empty beer cans and hockey sticks on the property. Just so you know, we are all very upset with what you have done. You may not be aware of who we are and what we do, so I will enlighten you. Yes, we are a private club, but anyone can join if they are Canadian Citizens and are of legal drinking age. Most of us are seniors and retired, but not all by a long shot. Our primary function is to provide support and financial aid to the veterans, their dependents, the sick or disabled, and others in need in the community. We are a small group of dedicated members whose sole purpose is to raise funds so we can give back to our community. We are not allowed to keep any of the money we raise and thus we support also, the fire departments, the schools, the cadets corps, various charities in the local area and we give scholarships and bursaries to eligible students. This totals approximately $25,000 yearly that we raise and give back. What you have done is clearly an act of defiance and full of disrespect toward the Legion, its members and those who fought and died for your freedoms in life. Now another job for the work party, all seniors, to remove your idea of art. I trust you will eventually grow up to realise the idiocy of your current behavior and how you have distressed many who are helping you and your community. Oh, and by the way, you and your family are welcome to come to the Canada Celebrations at the Legion, on Tuesday, July 1 from 11 a.m. till about 5 p.m. and see first hand what we do. MARY ROBERTSON, MEMBER, LEGION BRANCH 211 Bowser
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Shriners Pancake Breakfast, parking lot of Coastal Community Credit Union, 140 Alberni Highway Parade begins. Travels from Shelly Road (east Parksville) along the Island Highway, up Craig Street to the Parksville Civic & Technology Centre Noon Official Canada Day Ceremonies in the Community Park 12:30pm to dusk Continuous musical entertainment on stage in the Community Park highlighted by headliners Bend Sinister at 8:30 pm At dusk Thrifty Foods Fireworks Spectacular
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The festivities in Qualicum Beach will begin with a parade getting underway at 11:45am from the parking lot adjacent to the Old Schoolhouse at Fern and Memorial continuing to the Legion grounds at Veterans Way where the ceremonies start at Noon. Festivities will commence with an address by Mayor Teunis Westbroek, singing of the national anthem and the cutting of a beautiful cake provided by Quality Foods at 2:15pm. There will be face-painting, games, food and fun throughout the afternoon with musical entertainment.
The Bowser festivities run from 11am to 5pm, and will include the traditional activities plus a show & shine car show. Games for young and old, tractor rides, music, face painting and cotton candy. Entertainment from the Arrowsmith Pipe Band at 1:30pm with the singing of O Canada and a few others songs, with the formal cake cutting at 3pm. The Ladies Auxiliary will run a barbecue with entertainment.
As we celebrate the 147th birthday of this great country with fireworks, fun, and revelry, we recognize how proud and fortunate we are to be Canadians. We hope you and your loved ones enjoy a safe day of patriotic celebration!
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COLUMN
Dropping the A-word
PHOTO SUBMITTED BY FAYE SMITH
Parksville resident Donna Lanyon is placing her yellow fish on her un-watered lawn.
Yellow fish lawns
Donna Lanyon of Parksville and some of her friends have chosen to not water their lawns this summer. The yellow fish they display tells others that they are conserving water for salmon habitat in the Englishman River. Lanyon and others want to help minimize the effect of the low summer flows that decrease fish habitat and cause water temperatures to rise. Residents use much more water in the summer when the river can least afford it. “Here on the east coast of Vancouver Island, we live in a Mediterranean climate zone where we always experience a period of drought in summer,”
said project coordinator Faye Smith in a news release. “Because of that, grasses are used to going dormant, so keeping lawns bright green should not look natural.” The Mid Vancouver Island Habitat Enhancement Society (MVIHES) has been running the Salmon Friendly Lawn program for several years and has handed out hundreds of the yellow fish ornaments. To receive a yellow fish you must pledge to not use pesticides or water your lawn from the tap. To pledge and get a yellow fish, call Smith at 250-752-9297 or e-mail info@ mvihes.bc.ca. — Submitted by MVIHES
Awesome. From Shakespeare’s time the word has perfectly adequate hot dog. meant exactly what it said: something that inspires The hyper-inflating trajectory of the word aweawe. some reminds me of the early twentieth century A sky full of towering thunderheads stitched with Deutschmark. One day the German currency was jagged bolts of lightning — that would be awesome. A hardy and stable, worth the equivalent of a modern forest fire at its furious worst — definitely awe- Canadian loony, give or take. The next day a wheelsome. So too, a military barrage, a waterfall, a field of barrow full of thousand-Deutschmark banknotes golden wheat winnowed by the wind. wouldn’t buy you a bratwurst. And awesome needn’t be enormous. The transfor‘Awesome’ is undergoing the linguistic equivamation of a caterpillar into a Monarch butterfly is de- lent. There is a book in your local bookstore called cidedly awesome, as is the exoskeleton The Book of Awesome. You’ll find it sitting of a cricket or the machinations of a honcheek by jowl, by another book entitled ey bee. The guts of a humble wristwatch The Book of Even More Awesome. are awesome to behold; and ‘awesome’ Call me prophetic, but I foresee fufits a Bach prelude like an ivory-hilted By Arthur Black ture best sellers with names like The Even stiletto in a doeskin sheath. Awesomer Book of Awesome, and Son of A grand word, awesome, and it has Book of Awesome Take Two, the Sequel. served us well. But somewhere along It’s not just books. There is an Awethe way word mutated, morphed and some Foundation in San Francisco. In bloated into semantic meaninglessness. Massachusetts there is an Institute of This morning in a coffee shop I Higher Awesome Studies. How long besaid “I’ll have a medium coffee, black, fore someone brings out the Awesome please.” “Awesome,” the barista said. potato peeler, Awesome detergent, or No. No, that’s not awesome. As cups of coffee go, it Awesome chewing gum? turned out to be not half bad, but ‘okay’ is several light I think it would be refreshing to sequester the word years from ‘awesome’. ‘awesome’ for a spell. Give it a time out, a sabbatical, Over the past little while I’ve been informed by, or a little shore leave. We’ve got lots of bench strength overheard people affirming that: they’ve purchased to take up the slack — we could always buy a ‘splenan awesome T-shirt, watched an awesome com- did’ T shirt, watch a ‘hilarious’ commercial, eat a ‘demercial, eaten an awesome hamburger and met an licious’ hamburger and meet a ‘mesmerizing’ real awesome real estate agent. I’d like to believe that all estate agent. The A-word could be resting in rehab, these experiences were as jaw-droppingly life-alter- regaining its former lustre and glory. ing as the adjective ‘awesome’ implies. But somehow Now that would be truly awesome. I doubt it. — This column appears every Tuesday in The Exuberance is an admirable quality, but it’s a seaNEWS. E-mail: arblack43@shaw.ca. soning, not a staple food. Too much relish can ruin a
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In celebration of this summer’s Quality Foods Canadian Open Sand Sculpting ‘Musical’ sand sculpting theme, the Parksville Beach Festival will be hosting a fun and exciting event called Parksville Idol. The event will include a People’s Choice online voting format to determine the semi-finalists in each age division to perform live on August 9, as well as a finals round where the top 2 in each category will perform just prior to the fireworks on August 9.
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Parlour Minis Sandwiches
5000 Pillsbury
Toaster Strudel 326gr
5000 Gong De Lin
Veggie Samosa
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30
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99 per lb
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Cracker Barrel Cheddar Cheese 907gr
Christie
Barbecue Sauce
9
Birthday Cake or Ice Cream Creation Cookies
425ml
99
Hellmann’s
Mayonnaise
2$ for
HP
Heinz
Sauce
3
for
4
4
99
Mezzetta
Napa Valley Bistro Olives
3
Selected
2$
99
for
Matt & Steve’s Extreme Beans or Foster’s Asparagus 500ml
for
Super or L’il Lolly
18x75ml or 28x50ml
for
Sport Lolly Frozen Hydration 8x75ml
400gr
3$
Chapman’s
5
2
99
2
99
for
Clamato Juice
200gr
5
2
2
2$
Chapman’s
Super Bar, Cone or Sandwich
for
Pepsi, 7-Up or Mountain Dew 12x355ml
113-142gr
1.89lt
for
5
Stoned Wheat Thins
600gr
175-454gr
99
2$ for
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3$
5 2
Gatorade
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10
Plus Applicable Fees
Tropicana Lemonade or Pure Leaf Real Brewed Tea Iced Tea
Cocktail
Perrier
2
4
99
2
2
99
99
99
Carbonated Natural Spring Water
Crackers
Crackers
Plus Applicable Fees
1.75lt
2$
Dole
Plus Applicable Fees
Nestle
Pure Life Water
100% Juice or Sparklers 12x340-355ml
24x500ml
3
99
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3
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SCHOOL’S OUT & SUMMER’S HERE!
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210gr
175gr
General Mills
Rice Works
Bits & Bites
Cheezies
710ml
Assorted Sizes
4
Ocean Spray
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500-750ml
Christie
5
3
Snack Better
Slim Can, 10x250ml
99
3
99
99
Plus Applicable Fees
Sahale Snacks
1lt
99
Selected, 1.75lt
6x330ml
99
Plus Applicable Fees
100% Juice
Sparkling Fruit Beverage
1.89lt
Pickled Beets
2
Ritz Crackers
Premium Pickles
Tropicana
San Pellegrino
Mott’s
Bick’s
99
5
Christie
Bick’s
5
99
4
2$
Rosenborg Danish Cheese 125gr
5
Assorted Sizes
Castello
Selected, 1lt
Chapman’s
Jet-Puffed Marshmallows
for
Pickles
SCHOOL’S OUT & SUMMER’S HERE! Kraft
2$
Bick’s
for
9
99
2$
Restaurante Tortilla Chips or Salsa
225gr
5
5
LONG WEEKEND ENTERTAINING
340gr
336gr
99
475ml
99
Shredded Cheese
Cheestrings
Cheddar or Mozza Style Slices
Dressing
4
2$
Black Diamond
Black Diamond
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Old Dutch
Classic Dip
Share Pack Potato Chips
99
Black Diamond
2 99 2
for
270gr
99
500gr
5
5$
Nalley
Old Dutch
3x375ml
3
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12x355ml
275-300gr
157ml
2$
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400ml
890ml
5
Dealcoholized Beer
Peanuts Resealable Bag
Sundae Frozen Dessert Cup
280gr
O’Doul’s
Planters
Nestle
Bugles
Gourmet Rice Crisps
Original Flavour, 213gr
156gr
5
5$ for
3$ for
5
2$ for
4
2$ for
4
3$ for
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Kraft
Cracker Barrel Cheddar Cheese 907gr
Christie
Barbecue Sauce
9
Birthday Cake or Ice Cream Creation Cookies
425ml
99
Hellmann’s
Mayonnaise
2$ for
HP
Heinz
Sauce
3
for
4
4
99
Mezzetta
Napa Valley Bistro Olives
3
Selected
2$
99
for
Matt & Steve’s Extreme Beans or Foster’s Asparagus 500ml
for
Super or L’il Lolly
18x75ml or 28x50ml
for
Sport Lolly Frozen Hydration 8x75ml
400gr
3$
Chapman’s
5
2
99
2
99
for
Clamato Juice
200gr
5
2
2
2$
Chapman’s
Super Bar, Cone or Sandwich
for
Pepsi, 7-Up or Mountain Dew 12x355ml
113-142gr
1.89lt
for
5
Stoned Wheat Thins
600gr
175-454gr
99
2$ for
Plus Applicable Fees
3$
5 2
Gatorade
Perform Thirst Quencher
for
10
Plus Applicable Fees
Tropicana Lemonade or Pure Leaf Real Brewed Tea Iced Tea
Cocktail
Perrier
2
4
99
2
2
99
99
99
Carbonated Natural Spring Water
Crackers
Crackers
Plus Applicable Fees
1.75lt
2$
Dole
Plus Applicable Fees
Nestle
Pure Life Water
100% Juice or Sparklers 12x340-355ml
24x500ml
3
99
99 Plus Applicable Fees
Plus Applicable Fees
Plus Applicable Fees
3
99 Plus Applicable Fees
SCHOOL’S OUT & SUMMER’S HERE!
Hawkins
Christie
210gr
175gr
General Mills
Rice Works
Bits & Bites
Cheezies
710ml
Assorted Sizes
4
Ocean Spray
Plus Applicable Fees
500-750ml
Christie
5
3
Snack Better
Slim Can, 10x250ml
99
3
99
99
Plus Applicable Fees
Sahale Snacks
1lt
99
Selected, 1.75lt
6x330ml
99
Plus Applicable Fees
100% Juice
Sparkling Fruit Beverage
1.89lt
Pickled Beets
2
Ritz Crackers
Premium Pickles
Tropicana
San Pellegrino
Mott’s
Bick’s
99
5
Christie
Bick’s
5
99
4
2$
Rosenborg Danish Cheese 125gr
5
Assorted Sizes
Castello
Selected, 1lt
Chapman’s
Jet-Puffed Marshmallows
for
Pickles
SCHOOL’S OUT & SUMMER’S HERE! Kraft
2$
Bick’s
for
9
99
2$
Restaurante Tortilla Chips or Salsa
225gr
5
5
LONG WEEKEND ENTERTAINING
340gr
336gr
99
475ml
99
Shredded Cheese
Cheestrings
Cheddar or Mozza Style Slices
Dressing
4
2$
Black Diamond
Black Diamond
Kraft
Old Dutch
Classic Dip
Share Pack Potato Chips
99
Black Diamond
2 99 2
for
270gr
99
500gr
5
5$
Nalley
Old Dutch
3x375ml
3
for
12x355ml
275-300gr
157ml
2$
NEW
Picnic Pack
400ml
890ml
5
Dealcoholized Beer
Peanuts Resealable Bag
Sundae Frozen Dessert Cup
280gr
O’Doul’s
Planters
Nestle
Bugles
Gourmet Rice Crisps
Original Flavour, 213gr
156gr
5
5$ for
3$ for
5
2$ for
4
2$ for
4
3$ for
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LET’S CELEBRATE Freybe
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Authentic Smoked Beef Bottom Round
1
Bonus Q-Points
BBQ Chicken Dinner w/24 Mojos & Medium Salad
Q
2
99 per 100gr
Summer or Ham with Garlic Sausage
1
bonus
Small
Made Fresh Instore
Seven Layer Dip
7
49 per 100gr
CHEESE CENTRE
per 100gr
2$
99
for
CHINESE FOOD
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Available at Select Stores
Dinner for Two
Apple Turnovers 383gr
32 Off
3000
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Kraft
Cheese Stick
2500
69
Deli Salad
Min. 600gr
Pillsbury
Selected, 200gr
1
99
per 100gr
Grimm’s
10,000 points
Freybe Smoked Bavarian or Continental Irish Smoked Ham
Turkey Breast
Pacific Rock Cheddar Cheese
Spring Roll
149
Lactantia
Butter Sticks 4x113gr
SEAFOOD CENTRE
3000 Firestarter Cubes 330gr
7500 Cutrite Wax Paper 75ft
3000 Touch
Round Toothpicks 250’s
Beneful Dog Food Tub 283gr
1000
2
49
Reynolds
Purina
Whole Head Off Sockeye Salmon
Ling Cod Fillets
Zip
3000
Fresh
Fresh
Fresh
Steelhead Fillets
2
Frozen or Previously Frozen
per 100gr
4
per 100gr
Previously Frozen
Digby Scallops Large 10/20 Size
49
1
99
per 100gr
Machine Peeled Shrimp
69 per 100gr
1
49
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2
Sourdough Bread
White or 60% Whole Wheat Bread
12 pack
Selected
2
Mini Danish
Bonus Q-Points
4
99
2
99
99 6 pack
Chocolate Eclairs
9
99
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4
9
5
for
3
for
Chapman’s
No Sugar Added Ice Cream or Treats
99
Liquid Laundry Detergent
3
6
for
Taste Nirvana
3
Soya Nuts 300gr
1
Quality Fresh
Sweet Treats Chocolate Buds or Macaroons 400gr
Real Coconut Water or Coco Aloe 280ml
Plus Applicable Fees
2$ for
3
2
99
Quality Fresh
Sweet Treats Soft Jubes 900gr
Cleaner or Remover
3.57lt
99
5
2$
Selected, 887-946ml
3
99
per 100gr
99
Clorox or Tilex
Bleach
2.95lt
6
¢
Quality Fresh
Gluten Free Fruit & Nut Bar
99
Clorox
Purex
for
99
40gr
2$ Assorted Sizes
2$
Mix
Kind
Let’s Do
12’s, 36gr
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Linda Thorburn organizes both the Lighthouse Bluegrass Festival, happening June 26 through 29, and the Coombs Bluegrass Festival, which won Reader’s Choice award as the favourite event attended with an RV by RVwest Magazine last year.
Thorburn is one of the organizers. She has also been a big part of the Coombs Bluegrass Festival (celebrating 36 years this year) taking place July 31 through August 3. Both are presented by the Mid Island Bluegrass Society. LISSA ALEXANDER Music at bluegrass festivals is played spontareporter@pqbnews.com neously and acoustically, Thorburn said, as opA bluegrass festival is more than just engag- posed to following notes on paper. The music is ing music according to Linda Thorburn. played with the spirit and stories of the people The banjo-player has been performing. The music is sweet and playing the music and at“Songs are about life: heros, pleasant and soon you tending bluegrass festivals lost love, tragic romance, and drift off to sleep, and you for around 35 years. She said stories of bravery, much like wake up the same way she has heard a statistic that folk music but there are less LINDA THORBURN around 97 per cent of the genballads and the music is usually eral population don’t know faster,” she said. what bluegrass music is, and First class musicians are she’s keen for people to find traveling to perform at Lightout and enjoy it as much as she does. house Bluegrass this month, including Lone“Bluegrass music eludes a happy feeling, some Meadow from Ohio, Lonesome Otis from which is why it is so much fun to play and sing,” San Diego and North Country from Washingshe said. ton. Bluegrass music invites the listener to bring There is weekend camping at both festiout their instrument and play along, Thorburn vals where much of the signature “parking lot said, and allows people to harken back to happy pickin’ takes place in people’s sites. Thorburn memories of singing favourite campfire tunes. said musicians have been known to play all Bluegrass Festivals are often known for their night and this friendly atmosphere is where warm, friendly atmospheres, where strangers music is learned and passed on through gengreet each other and parents feel safe letting erations. the Best in their children run free and For dance. “The music is sweet and pleasant and soon Quality, Service C The fourth annual Lighthouse Bluegrass Fesyou drift off to sleep, and you wake up the same & Products... tival takes place June 26 through 29 at the Light- way.” Blossoms Parksville Framing Gallery Tail Wagger Automotive house Community Centre inArrowsmith Qualicum Bay and Pick up up from J Pick from July 4 / 2013 from July 4See / 2013 THERE Pick up from July 4 / 2013 ISupHARMONY, pagePick A25
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When a 17-year-old Charlotte Madison first drove through the desert in the South Western United States she felt a special bond with the place. “I felt as though this was home,” said the 83-year-old Nanoose Bay artist. “There’s always been a very deep attraction and attachment.” Madison grew up in Vancouver and when her own children were little she
studied oil painting. After putting them to bed at 8 p.m. she would paint until four in the morning. She painted with oils for many years, on numerous trips South, awakening her children in the middle of the night to the pleasant surprise of a road trip. It was the mess and the crumbs and the feathers that stuck to her work that made her switch to acrylic many years ago, she said. She and her daughter, Nanoose Bay artist Nana Cook, returned to the Ameri-
can Southwest every year for 20 years up until 2008 to paint.Dress Butforshe’s decided it Les Pickher up from July 4 / 2013 for oils so is time to rekindle passion Madison is selling all her acrylic Southwestern pieces in a sale called On the Deck in Nanoose Bay June 28 and 29. This unique sale will allow people to come to her home and choose their piece, which will be on her deck between 11 Animal Hospital a.m. and 4:30 Qualicum p.m. They will then put Pick up from July 4 / 2013 their cash or cheque into a piggy bank bound for the Nile Creek Enhancement
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Brian Middleton believes that painting virtually on iPads is going to revolutionize the way art is made around the world. “Imagine being able to go to an art store and buy every colour of red and blue and yellow that you can image, that you have an unlimited budget to buy all of those paints... well, I get that immediately,” he said. “I get paints that don’t dry out — I can paint in the dark because I don’t need a light source in the room to mix my colours and the most important thing to me is the process. Because for the first time in art history, an artist is able to observe their own process.” Middleton is exhibiting his iPad Paintings at the Old School House Arts Centre in Qualicum Beach from June 25 through July 13, with an opening reception on June 25 at 7 p.m. Middleton is originally from Ontario and has lived in B.C. for a decade. In his twenties he was studying French in Southern France to complete a degree in teaching, when he fell in love with the paintings in European art galleries. That inspired him to start drawing and when he returned to Canada he spent a year putting together a portfolio to apply to the Ontario College of Art. At the age of 24 he was accepted and he has now been painting for 40 years. Throughout the years Middleton has painted geometric abstract art, landscapes and botanical pieces, among other subjects. He taught art and French in Guelph, Ontario for 25 years while continuing to exhibit his work successfully. But about 18 months ago everything changed and he stopped painting with brushes. A friend was visiting from Ontario and brought along an iPad. “She had a drawing program and she said ‘you might have fun with this’ — well she didn’t even get it back, at the end of the week she said I needed to have an iPad or a Tablet.” Middleton said it was the infinite palate that drew him in, and he soon discovered that he was pretty good at drawing designs on the screen with his finger.
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Brian Middleton is exhibiting his iPad Paintings at the Old School House Arts Centre from June 25 to July 13.
“An app is really an application of skills that you know already, so I had 40 years of skills built up,” he said. Whereas Middleton used to paint in his well-lit studio, he can now paint anywhere at anytime with his iPad. He coined the term virtual impressionism for his work and he has also been collaborating with professionals at the new Digital Media Studio in Qualicum Beach. They have introduced him to new tools being used in other fields that can be usual for visual artists, he said. In November last year some of Middleton’s iPad work was published in a book in New York called International Contemporary Artists Volume 7. Each of Middleton’s iPad Paintings featured at TOSH have taken about five hours to edit and were then printed on paper backed by metal which collects the light, he said. The print is then fused between two sheets of plexiglass and they hang freely on the
wall without any frame. In this way the surface of the print is reflecting the process itself, Middleton said, imitating the iPad or Tablet screen. Middleton has exported videos of his painting process and these will be playing on a large screen throughout the exhibition at TOSH. iPad painting is gaining ground around the world, Middleton said, and as he continues to improve his technique, new technology and tools also become available. Although what he has created so far is quite different than what people are used to, he has more innovative ideas. “People are going to go ‘What is that?’ and that’s the step I’m taking now, but the next step may be something even more revolutionary,” he said. To view some of Middleton’s work and read more about him, visit www. brianmiddletonart.ca.
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The two Lefty’s Fresh Food restaurants in Parksville and Qualicum Beach are all about the customers, or guests as they like to call them. “If you’re going to invite someone over for food you’d better treat them right,” said Joan Smith-Hodgson, the last of the three founders. The Qualicum Beach location, which Joan runs, is marking 17 years and the Parksville restaurant her husband Robert runs, was started a couple years later. Looking for a business, the trio found an existing restaurant in Qualicum Beach and brought in their love of fresh food and the friendly atmosphere. “It’s like the Cheers thing, a place where everybody knows your name, or at least we try,” Smith-Hodgson said. Almost as famous in the local area as the restaurant itself is the story of their name. As explained on their website: “The three friends went to see the accountant to crunch the numbers. One remarked that the accountant, taking notes, was left-handed as she was. The other two, in a moment of surprise, realized that they too were lefties. They realized that here a synchronous moment in space-time was unfolding: here among the world’s ocean of right-handers was a sea of lefties!” Aside from the three of them and their accountant, the coincidences continued, with seemingly everyone involved turning out to be a lefty, including the bank manager, real estate agent and bagel supplier. They figured the left-handed writing was on the wall and have never looked back, establishing their “left coast” restaurant. In the tourist-driven economy of the region, Smith-Hodgson said about two thirds of their business in the summer are tourists, but the year-round regulars are equally important, keeping them go-
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location continues to increase sales eving the rest of the year. ery year. She adds that sat“I’d love to see Quaisfied locals are also I’d love to see Qualicum licum Beach more proscrucial for the word of Beach more prosperous, perous — we need some mouth that brings the we need some growth to growth to replace the tourists in. replace the older older demographic,” she While Smith-Hodgdemographic said, adding she’d love to son said they have felt JOAN SMITH-HODGSON see a better demographstagnation in the Qualiic spread, with more cum Beach economy in the last five years, she said the tourists young families that stick around while just keep coming, while the Parksville many of their good older customers head
south in the winter. “Competition is good in the restaurant business,” she said. “The more restaurants around the better. It keeps people here and gives them options rather than going into Nanaimo or wherever.” Planning many more years of success, Smith-Hodgson said they are proud of the business they have built, their great customers and the things like their focus on recycling and re-using, which have cut their garbage down 90 per cent.
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Few people alive today have as long an association with Fraser Valley College as Doug Hamilton. Hamilton, a retired agrologist who turns 90 on July 3, lives in an assisted care facility in Nanaimo but was a Parksville resident for about 20 years. He was the first chair of the Fraser Valley College board, or coun-
cil as it was called then, in 1974. But even before that, he played an integral role in the creation of a college in the Valley. For his dedication to education and leadership in the early days of Fraser Valley College, Hamilton received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of the Fraser Valley at its afternoon Convocation ceremony on June 13. As UFV celebrates its 40th anniversary and sends more than 2,100 new graduates out in the world this year, it can be difficult to imagine a time when the Fraser Valley didn’t have a public
university, or even a college. But until April 1974, that was the case. People who wanted to get a post-secondary education had to move away. Groups of concerned citizens worked together on several occasions throughout the 1960s and ’70s to lobby for a college, but early efforts were unsuccessful. “We held meetings all over the Fraser Valley, explaining the concept of a community college and looking for community support,” Doug recalls. “I also travelled to Ottawa to see the MP to sell him on the concept.
We visited colleges in Prince George and Nanaimo and BCIT to look at the different models of education out there. Many of us strongly believed that local kids shouldn’t have to leave home for their first or second year of university, and that they should have the opportunity to ease into post-secondary slowly while living at home.” Almost 40 years later, Hamilton is amazed at the growth that has occurred at the little instant college in the Fraser Valley that he helped to found. Some of his children and grandchildren have been students, and his
granddaughter Samantha Hamilton received her Bachelor of Science degree at the same ceremony at was honoured. In addition to a lengthy career in the agricultural sector and his volunteer time with the Fraser Valley College Council and Abbotsford School Board, Hamilton volunteered in Parksville during his retirement. He is also a veteran of the Second World War, having served in the Canadian Navy from 1941–45. He has family roots in the Fraser Valley dating back to the 1920s. — Submitted by UFV
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Olympian visits The Gardens in QB The Gardens in Qualicum Beach is inviting the public to meet and greet Canadian Olympian Brianne Jenner, a member of the 2014 gold-medal winning women’s hockey team. Jenner is the granddaughter of the The Gardens resident Betty Jenner and the late Fred Jenner. Jenner will be in the main lounge at The Gardens in Qualicum Beach at 1:30 p.m. this Wednesday, June 25 (650 Berwick Road North). — Submitted by The Gardens
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The fourth annual River Run for the Mid Vancouver Island Habitat Enhancement Society on June 8 was a big success, MVIHES says in a news release. The non-profit organization says it hosts The River Run to help raise core funding and introduce families and runners to the Englishman River watershed. The Regional District of Nanaimo — a major sponsor — offers the regional park for runners to enjoy the trails. This year a 10k component was added to the usual 5k walk-run over varying terrain including gravel, hills, groomed trails and some wil-
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The 18th annual Quality Foods Qualicum Beach Triathlon enjoyed sunny skies and a great showing from its athletes over the weekend. Taking place at the Ravensong Aquatic Center and around Qualicum Beach, the triathlon filled up with close to 600 competitors ranging in age from four to 70 plus years old. The four to seven age group, called the tiny– tri’s, had the largest group with 89 little triathletes taking part. “It was another great event. The weather was great for everyone and there were lots of smiles all day,” coordinator David Kazakoff said. “We had a great turnout for triathletes, volunteers and people cheering on the triathletes as well, so it was a great day all around.” The top male finisher, and first overall was Reagan Lovig, from Nanaimo, with a time of 57:08. Top female went to Lucy Smith, classified as an elite athlete, from Sydney, B.C., at 57:37. Jason Hare, from Parksville, was the first local with a time of 57:38. Top local female went to Deborah Poland, from Qualicum Beach, with a time of 1:04:33. In the male eight to nine age category, Willem Whitehead was the first local to finish the
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Olivier Leduc leaps across the finish line and Jessie McGarrigle (218) and Cameo Maurer (348) look to finish strong during the bike portion of the Qualicum Beach Triathlon Sunday.
race. The top local female in the category was Sydney Easthom, who also finished first overall in the category. Bradley Roonyez was the top
local finisher in the 10–11 male, good for third overall. Other top local finishers were Abigail Hare (15–17 female, first in category), Luke Bromley (15–17
male, third), Stacey Neilson (35–39 female, first), Jane Waite (45–49 female), Rob Williamson (45–49 male), Deb Poland (50–54 female), Peter Poland
(50–54 male), Sandi Reed (65– 69 female), Glen Rogers (65–69 male), Sherri Plummer (70+ female) and Jerry Reed (70+ male). “We had lots of great feedback from everyone, which is always nice,” Kazakoff said. “Of course, we wouldn’t be able to put on an event like this every year without the help of Quality Foods, as well as the Town of Qualicum Beach and all of our other sponsors and volunteers that come out to help us.” This marked the first year that the Harry McLaughlin Memorial Award was given out as well. The award exemplifies sportsmanship and the willingness to go above and beyond with anything to do with the triathlon. Bev Philip, from Qualicum Beach, was named the first recipient of the award for her contributions over the last decade. Each year, Philip encourages students from her class at QBES to sign up and has had students in the event each of the last 10 years. “She’s really been someone who’s used the triathlon as a way to send a positive message to her students,” Kazakoff said. “She encourages them to take part in something that’s challenging and she’s been doing it for the last decade, which is pretty special.”
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Noah Elliott is headed to the B.C. Summer Games and will be looking to finish on the podium in both the discus and javelin throw events. Elliott, 15 from Coombs, is a member of the Oceanside Track and Field
Club. Just finishing up his Grade 10 year at Ballenas Secondary School, Elliott is looking forward to taking part in the Summer Games close to home. “It’s going to be fun,” Elliott said. “I’ll have lots of family and friends out to watch so hopefully I can perform well for them all.”
Elliott will be looking to improve on his personal best scores at the B.C. Summer Games and has been ranked near the top three all year in his two disciplines. Elliott has a throw of 39.41 meters in the discus and 37.47 meters in the javelin.
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“Discus is my stronger of the two events but I’m looking to finish well in both,” Elliott said. “I’ve been training three days a week with the Oceanside Track and Field Club with coach Cathy and I’ve been up in Comox throwing the javelin, so I’ll be ready to go.
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Parksville team wins two of four in double headers T YSON TAYLOR sports@pqbnews.com
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STRIKE ZONE: Congratulations to the Oceanside Blue Jays who defeated the Oceanside Sluggers 12-9 in a hard-fought, closelycontested match to win the 2014 pee wee championship.
Practice paid off for the Parksville Royals this weekend, as they won two out of four games at Inouye–Wallace Field. Saturday saw the Royals host the Abbotsford Cardinals in a double header. Keller Anderson was on the hill for the start in game one and pitched a solid game, going the distance and allowing only one run. The Royals weren’t able to put any runs on the board to help the pitching effort though as they dropped game one 1–0. The Royals had chances to drive home runners but they left six on base and had four errors. Game two saw the Royals fall behind by two in the first two innings but then the bats came alive in the bottom of the third. Lenn Nakatsuka was hit by a pitch and then driven home by Nanoose Bay’s Justin Dieleman, his second of four hits in the game. Dieleman would come around to score for the Royals as they tied things up in the bottom of the third. Dieleman was at it again, drilling another double and coming around to score, thanks to an Andrew Evernden single and the Royals never looked back from there, scoring three more runs in the bottom of the fifth for a 5–2 lead. The Royals would tack on three more runs in the bottom of the sixth and won 8 – 3. “Dieleman had a heck of a
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Len Nakatsuka looks to put the ball in play during action against the White Rock Tritons on Sunday.
game two against the Cardinals, he hit the ball real well,” assistant coach Bruce Biro said. “We were able to capitalize on our hitting in game two, unlike our first game, and really took it to them. Our pitching was great in both games, Keller in game one and Colton Tuka in game two. They did a good job and luckily we were able to help them out in game two.” Sunday saw the Royals playing host to the White Rock Tritons and they picked right up where they left off. Owen Kelly started on the bump for the Royals and pitched seven solid innings, striking out six and giving up three runs, two earned, as the Royals cruised to a 8–3 win in
game one. The Royals spread the hitting out, putting eight hits up on the board to go along with their eight runs. Nanoose Bay’s Josh Anderson went two for two at the plate, driving in one run while Evernden had two RBI’s, Dieleman had one and Errington’s Liam Ballance had an RBI as well. Game two wasn’t so kind as the Royals lost 9–6 to the Tritons. “We should have had three wins this weekend, for sure, but there’s no looking back,” Biro said. “We are happy with the effort and how the boys battled out there this weekend. They improved greatly over the games last weekend so you have to be happy with that.”
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160 Corfield Street Thrifty Foods Centre Parksville
250-248-6124
Uniworld Cruise & Air Savings from $2,000 to $4500.00CAD Per couple on select 2014 European boutique river cruise itineraries and departure dates. Choose Venice and the Gems of Northern Italy; Splendours of Northern Italy, Venice, Florence & Rome; Bordeaux, Vineyards & Chateaux; Imperial Capitals of Europe; Portugal, Spain and the Douro River Valley; or one of the most popular European Jewels.
Please call for available dates. Only available online @
Judy M. Constable, CTC
Moira L’Huillier, CTC Marie Phillips
Parksville at Corfield Plaza 954-3886 Qualicum at the lights 752-7530
PARKSVILLE DOLPHIN TRAVEL 2008, INC.
160 Corfield Street CORFIELD PLAZA
248-6124
www.cwtvacations.ca/parksville
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Tuesday, June 24, 2014 The Parksville Qualicum Beach News
Customer
Locally owned & operated
Appreciation Day
ONE
Saturday DAY th ONLY! June 28
25%
OFF
First 60 Purchasers Receive One Free Bag of Sea Soil Original (One per customer)
EVERYTHING s e d In Store or Nursery u l c n I
All HANGING BASKETS ~ Shrubs ~ Trees
Bedding Plants ~ Perennials ~ Fertilizers Gifts ~ Hardware & All Other Products
*Exempt: Soils, Bark Mulch, Peat, Manure, Seeds & Sale Items
THESE TWO ITEMS WITH EVEN LARGER DISCOUNTS!
SUPER SPECIALLarge 1 gal., Reg. $10.99
6
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KEN-DOR
A FULL SEMI LOAD Already Reduced at
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50 % OFF 25
GARDEN CENTRE
% OFF
the marked price
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250-594-1117 • Open 7 Days a Week 9-5
VILLAGE WAY
MANT RD.
FARM
QUALICUM RD.
‘ROSY GLOW’ BARBERRY
Pottery, Pottery, Pottery
MEMORIAL AVE.
ONE WEEK SALE
FERN RD.
GARDEN RD. E.
RUPERT RD. E. To Airport