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Family Day was also closing day for Mount Washington Alpine Resort. A notice on the resort’s website states: “It is with regret we announce that we are unable to continue with our current winter operations. The warm, wet weather that hit the whole West Coast of North America, and every other coastal resort during the week of Feb. 7 has finally got the best of us. “Effective as of Monday, Feb. 9 we will put our Winter 14/15 operations on hold until further notice. We have every belief and hope that we will reopen sometime soon. While we wait for more snow to arrive we will not be issuing any refunds for passes.” For those with a season’s pass or a 6ixpack, the notice has links that will provide more details. Don Sharpe, director of business operations and marketing at Mount Washington, said not to put away your winter gear yet. “We are still only halfway through winter - we normally stay open until the middle of April, so there’s still lots of time left for the snow to return,” he said. “It’s just that we are in waiting mode now, and it’s hard to wait. But one day of snow and we are back at it. All we need is 30-40 cm and we are going again and that can happen with one good snowfall. “We’re not finished yet. We just have to wait for the snow to come back.” For more information, visit www.mountwashington.ca or call 250-338-1386.
Encouraging updates on Baby Grant ... Page 3
Comox Marina Park food court? ... Page 4 Political boost for Maple Pool Defence Fund ... Page 7
Baby Grant continues to make progress at the B.C. Children’s Hospital.
Ken Hand (standing) and Steve Morey of the Monarch Lion Club are hard at work constructing a wheelchair ramp at the LeBlanc residence for Isaac LeBlanc. When the Lions Club heard that the project had been abandoned by a contractor they took over and completed it, with a lot of help from Central Builders-Home Hardware, who donated all the material, as well as free rental of all the tools needed for the job. PHOTO BY TERRY FARRELL
Terry Farrell When Isaac LeBlanc came home for Christmas, there was one unresolved issue. The side entrance to his home was not wheelchair accessible The front entrance had been completed some time ago, but the job to complete the side entrance ramp had been abandoned, leaving the LeBlancs in a bit of a bind. EXCHANGE PRIVILEGE 30 days/2500 km*
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Cue the Comox Valley Monarch Lions Club. When the Lions heard about the family’s need, they went to work immediately. “We checked to make sure all the building permits were OK, then got down to completing this project for Isaac and his mother,” said Monarch Lions Club spokesperson April Dyck.
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