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Lucas Philp of Freshwater Fisheries Society BC watches as rainbow trout tumble into Echo Lake during a stocking operation Wednesday.
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ven and Ulrike Schure were hoping to see the sights and catch some fish when they embarked on an RV holiday on Vancouver Island with their daughter, Lea.
What they ended up with was an interactive tourism experience. When the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC brought 625 catchable sized rainbow trout to release into Echo Lake Wednesday afternoon, Sven was pressed into service releasing the gate atop the tanker truck as hatchery techni-
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cian Lucas Philp waded out to waist depth to hold the hose from which the fish poured into the water. “The water near the shore is 23 degrees, and anything above 21 is fatal to the fish,” said Philp. “I have to take them farther out to release them, and I can’t be in two places
at once.” So after inviting the Schure family atop his truck to have a look at the fish in the tank, Philp waded out into the lake and gave Sven the signal to open the hatch. “We came for fishing, swimming, to look at nice places,” Ulrike said
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The Strathcona Regional District is performing well financially and out shining the rest of its class when compared to other regional districts of similar size. Brad Piercy of MNP accountants said an audit revealed that the Strathcona Regional District has less debt and a better ratio of assets to liabilities than eight comparable regional districts, including the Comox Valley Regional District, Regional District of East Kootenay and the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District. “You have the best rating of assets to liabilities. This year you’re at the top, last year you were in the middle,” Piercy told the regional district board of directors at its May 13 meeting. “So you’re better than last year and at the top of the pack this year.” The Strathcona Regional District’s assets to liabilities is at 4.32 while the median is 2.02. Piercy told directors that the Strathcona Regional District also had the best ratio of financial assets to liabilities at 2.17 and that it has “the least amount of debt of the peer group.” Dawn Christenson, the regional district’s financial services manager, said the regional district’s long-term debt sits at $784,000, which is down $49,000 from $833,000, despite the regional district taking on new debt Continued on Pg. 5
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