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James Roberts missing since Feb. 4; RCMP, ASAR will still follow leads AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com

The family of missing 81-year-old James Roberts from Qualicum Bay is still searching. The official search was called off Sunday, Feb. 7, but family and friends are still searching and the RCMP and Arrowsmith Search and Rescue are actively following leads, said Robert’s daughter Corinne Redgate. “We’re in regular contact with them, I don’t want people to think they just walked away,” she said, with several cases of police responding quickly to check on leads. Roberts, who suffers with dementia, went missing around 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4 from his home near the Lighthouse Community Centre. The search effort peaked on Saturday with a record 62 search and rescue personnel from across the mid-Island combing the area with the help of a helicopter, dogs and horses. At the end of the week there were about 10 family and friends regularly involved, delivering posters across the region and checking areas. “There are preparation kits for earthquakes, but not for losing a loved one,” she said, admitting it is hard on the family, but they are “trying really hard to keep upbeat, it’s easy to get down,” she said, but that doesn’t help. “The outpouring from the community has been outstanding,” she said of all the volunteer help and donated services. The family urges people to remain vigilant, checking their own properties, more than once, and reporting any tips at all, no matter how small they seem, immediately to the RCMP. She said the best tip they’ve received, an older man on the side of the Alberni Highway, wasn’t very useful when they received it three days later. She pointed out that people should co-ordinate with the family or police before searching since there can be private property and safety issues. The best way to get involved is through the ‘Finding Jim Roberts’ Facebook page. Roberts is described as Caucasian, 6’2”, slender with short grey hair, last seen wearing blue jeans, a green jacket, brown and white hat and glasses. Anyone with information should call the Oceanside RCMP at 250-248-6111.

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CUPE 401 employees of the Vancouver Island Regional Library (VIRL) voted in favour of a Memorandum of Agreement for a five year collective agreement on Feb. 5. According to a VIRL news release it was settled with the assistance of a mediator on Jan. 14 and the VIRL’s 38 member board of trustees ratified the collective agreement at their Jan. 25 annual general meeting. VIRL staff have been without a contract since January 1, 2015. The new five-year agreement covers January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2019. The regional library system is the fifth-largest in B.C., employing over 400 people on Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, Haida Gwaii and Bella Coola, serving over 430,000 people. Visit their website at virl.bc.ca for information and online resources. — NEWS Staff/VIRL news release

School district wants public input on budget The public is invited as the School District 69 Board of Education hosts a preliminary meeting on the 2016-17 budget Thursday, Feb. 18. The meeting, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the Winchelsea Place Library in Parksville, will follow two meetings for district staff earlier in the day. The session will provide a review of the year to date for 201516 and provide a general overview for 2016-17 budget. “The initial meeting is to articulate where we are at this point, and to identify what we believe to be the challenges for the coming year,” said Rollie Koop, SD69 superintendent. The funding formula for next school year will be announced by the Ministry of Education in mid-March, after which a detailed budget will begin taking shape, said Koop. There will be additional opportunities for public input as the board deliberates the draft budget in April. — NEWS Staff

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There are 42 fewer union members in Parksville after employees of the Quality Bayside Resort voted to de-certify. The employees were members of the Unite Here Local 40 for as long as anyone can remember, but things soured recently. “How this came about . . . it’s always been a union-run hotel, but basically it came down to no shop stewards in place and there was a lot of slandering and bullying going on in the workplace,” said cook Jessie Mayrhofer of internal struggles between employees and the local shop stewards. “People were paying $40 a month for this

union and nobody was coming up and defending us,” he said, which led to the de-certification process. According to Unite Here Victoria Area Steward Teresa South, staff filed a petition to de-certify on Dec. 15 and voted on Dec. 23, but “challenges at the vote,” led to the box being sealed until Jan. 8 when the votes were counted and formally accepted. Asked what that means for the employees, South said: “They’re screwed, pretty much. It was a seriously dumb move on their part.” See OWNERS PLAN TO INVEST, page A8

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nation of all of them. “You can pretty much make it do anything you want,” said Eyre. “Working together and sharing skills like this can lead to community-based projects on a bigger scale, such as solar electric power and heat, wind turbines, electric vehicles, LED lighting, motors and generators.” Devices like the Raspberry Pi and Arduino unit are supported by open-source software, making them especially affordable, said

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PUBLIC BUDGET INFORMATION SESSIONS 2016/17 OPERATING BUDGET DEVELOPMENT The Board of Education of School District No. 69 (Qualicum) has scheduled two Public Budget Information Sessions as part of the process to develop the 2016/17 Preliminary Operating Budget. The sessions will be held on: Thursday, February 18th Winchelsea Place Library at 4:30 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. Each of these sessions will provide a review of the Year to Date for 2015/16, provide a general overview to 2016/17 including projections and general staffing levels, the budget meeting schedule, and provide an opportunity to discuss obligations and restraints. The 2016/17 Preliminary Operating Budget process will continue with the following Public Board Meetings: Tuesday, April 19 – Special Public Board Meeting - 7:00 pm Review of DRAFT 2016/17 Preliminary Operating Budget Tuesday, April 26 – Regular Board Meeting - 7:00 pm Adoption of 2016/17 Preliminary Operating Budget

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pulled over by the cops. If you blow over .08 where I live, you will be fined $500, your car I’ll just come right out and say it: I love bars. will be impounded for four weeks and your liI love the watering-hole camaraderie, the cence yanked for three months. You will also dim lights, the clinky glasses and the plinky be enrolled in a mandatory responsible driving music — the whole-refuge-from-home, far- course and the steering column on your car will from the-madding-crowd wombibe graced with an ignition interlock ness of the bar experience. I love it. system which will ensure that you Which is weird because I don’t can’t start your car if you’ve been drink. drinking. Oh, and those last two By Arthur Black Used to. I gave up drinking years items — the driving course and the ago after one too many miserable interlock thingamajig — will cost morning-afters involving a conyou a further two grand give or take versation punctuated with several a loonie. repetitions of “OH MY GOD I DID Not stupid enough to drink and WHAT?” drive? You’re still going to get dingI still go to bars though and have ed. It costs a bomb to spend the evea fine old time. Why not? Ordering ning throwing back shots at a bar. alcohol isn’t mandatory, the cofWaking up with a bloated head and fee pot’s always on and there’s a raft of non-be- a dehydrated wallet is just too, well, expensive. fuddling liquid refreshments to be had — cola, There is one other reason old-fashioned bars ginger ale, fake beer,or my fave: cranberry juice are on the endangered species list: cell phones. and soda with ice. Seems like only yesterday folks used to meet Stirred, not shaken. up at the pub to have a couple of beers, shoot Do I feel like a delicate orchid surrounded by the breeze, discuss the news, maybe make plans hearty two-fisted boozers? I do not. Here’s a tip to take in a movie or a hockey game. Actually, for anyone who cringes at the idea of sipping a physically getting together with friends was the sarsaparilla in a forest of shot glasses and beer point. Now those same folks get together onmugs: line. They also have ice floe-sized flat screens Nobody cares what you’re drinking. on their living room walls and Netflix on their They won’t even notice! browsers. And who needs to go downtown to As for the bartender, she’ll be delighted to meet in a bar when your best friends can send be asked to serve up something other than the you Instagrams of what they ate for dinner? usual rye-and-coke or Molson Lite. Brave New World — all of us hunched over Besides, your bartender can use all the busi- our pixilated campfires developing dowagers’ ness she can get. humps as we stare like zombies into the glow. Bars are in trouble these days. Statistics Can- Alone. Together. ada says bar revenues have declined a whopJeez. It’s enough to drive a guy to drink. ping 35 percent in the past 15 years. — Arthur Black lives on Saltspring Island. Why? Tougher drinking and driving laws His column appears weekly in The NEWS. for one thing. It is very expensive and inconHe can be reached by e-mail at venient to tie one on, try to drive home and be arblack43@shaw.ca

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eporter J.R. Rardon’s ongoing series about art and the way it is being sold has been revealing. Last Thursday’s second part of the threepart series explored the proliferation of art on display, and for sale, at local cafés and restau-

rants. From the Sandbar Café in Qualicum Bay to the Courtyard in Qualicum Beach to coffee shops in Parksville, art from local talent is on the walls and for sale. Aside from the annoying little info/price tags, the works add much to a business. It seems to be a win-win situation for the artists and business owners. Adding to those locations are other businesses like Qualicum Art Supply and, most prominently, The Old School House in Qualicum Beach and The MacMillan Arts Centre in Parksville, two important not-for-profit places that have a mandate to feature art, among other functions. It’s difficult to see where this leaves room for private galleries dedicated to one or a few local artists. As Rardon has explained in his series, the Internet has also played a role in the changes to the ways people view and purchase art. There really is no substitute for enjoying art with the naked eye, but if you have found an artist you like, it’s possible through the web to scan many of his/her works and perhaps purchase one, sort of sight unseen. The proliferation of the Internet in the sale of art raises many issues. The first that comes to mind is the protection of copyright. We can understand how an artist would be less than thrilled to see pictures of his/her art being shared all over the web without a penny going into his/her wallet. It brings back memories of the 1990s when Napster changed the music world. This file-sharing site allowed people to gather music from others without purchasing a CD. The recording companies — caught flat-footed and behind the curve when it came to the emerging power of the Internet — lost their collective minds. They sued, and won, but the battle was already lost, the Genie out of the bottle. While we would like to see private, job-creating galleries, perhaps that day is behind us in all but the largest of cities. Like people and businesses who sell any other product, those who create art and want to sell it have to adapt to new realities. This might not bode well for private galleries, but it’s difficult to find a television repair shop these days, too. It’s our hope the talented people of this region who create art will always have a place to display and sell their work, regardless of the location. — Editorial by John Harding

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AmAlgAmAtion Re: the possible changes to municipal boundaries in the future (The NEWS, Feb. 9). Oh my. Such an obvious political trial balloon by our wonderfully transparent municipal leaders. Would the local politicians please quit messing with things that are not broken? Are they perfect, no, but I would suggest, to the largest percentage they are working well for the majority. However, the alternate changes indicated in the article to those electoral boundaries are certainly worse, from a standpoint of dipping into our pockets — enough already. I know a number of our local politicians personally. Wonderful people as individuals, unfortunately as a collective they can’t agree on how to fix what they already have to deal with. Potentially looking to fund that ineptness with a tax grab from people who chose, I would suggest very willingly, to live in Area G, warts and all. We certainly did 20-plus years ago — it is very cost effective and sufficiently rural without being remote. While the story did not suggest there are politicians in Parksville and Qualicum Beach seeking to grab parts of Area G for their municipalities, those councils must learn to work together putting their own houses in order, showing effective and professional stewardship for their electorate as a whole, leaving personal agendas and special interest favours off the discussion table, before looking for a tax grab from their neighbours next door. Brian Cullingworth Parksville

trudeAu’s deficit So just who is Gerald Butts? I am guessing the majority of Canadians do not know that he is an old Justin Trudeau university buddy who is now the senior political adviser to our new prime minister and has had serious input into almost every policy Trudeau campaigned on in the recent election. Butts was the principal author of former Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty’s bankrupting green-energy policies. It was his

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idea for a “positive message” that helped McGuinty win in Ontario and Trudeau throughout his own campaign borrowed McGuinty’s victory speech, that voters had “rejected the politics of division.” I believe Butts is an anti-energy environmental activists who is OK with running deficits which is why Ontario continues to struggle to reduce it’s debts and has been downgraded by Moody’s to “negative.” What should be of concern to Canadians is that Trudeau campaigned on running “modest deficits” to finance infrastructure and social programs and what happened in Ontario could soon plague the entire country. Since 2005/06 Ontario’s net debt has almost doubled and is now close to 300 billion and the Ontario government has never made a secret of its desire to have the federal government bail them out. Trudeau has finally admitted his budget will exceed $10 billion in deficit. So much for his pre-election promise to Canadians. The National Bank just recently said the deficit could actually reach ninety billion by the end of Trudeau’s term. When you see the disaster in Ontario with the ballooning debt and crumbling of manufacturing because of the “green” energy policies pushed on the province by Gerald Butts Canadians have just cause to fear Justin Trudeau’s leadership.

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few human caused disasters that can possibly be corrected, so let’s do it. Maybe sometime in the future when introduced species have ruined our natural environment forever, man will stop interfering with nature. george olmstead Parksville

goose cull support My husband Gary and I own and operate Pacific Rainforest Adventure Tours and we very much support the goose cull. In doing some research, I found that in the early 1970s, the British Columbia Fish and Wildlife Branch and partnering organizations embarked on a program to introduce a non-native, hybrid subspecies that have led to at least 15,000 resident Canada Geese on the east coast of Vancouver Island. These geese do not migrate and they are destroying the native plant species in the estuaries of the Englishman and Little Qualicum rivers, which is also destroying the habitat for all the other species, including salmon. In contrast, we do not agree with a cull of the black tail Columbian deer on Vancouver Island as they are indigenous and the Ministry of Environment population trend statistics show that the deer population has drastically declined from 200,000 in the 1980s to approximately 55,000 today. ronda murdoCk Parksville

goose cull needed Re: the geese cull in Parksville. This story is never going to go away. What some people fail to realize is that in the nottoo-distant past geese were a relatively rare thing to see in these parts at least until man, once again in all his wisdom, interfered. Let’s introduce some geese for the hunters, wouldn’t that be nice, they thought. Well, these geese were not migratory and lo and behold now we have geese everywhere. I love geese, especially when I see them flying south for the winter. However, they are wreaking havoc on local wetlands, causing problems for local flora and fauna. Perhaps they would have eventually populated the area naturally, but at least they would leave for the winter. This is one of the

greAt grAd show What a great experience it was attending the Ballenas Class of 2016 Fashion Show on Feb. 10. The energy, excitement and enthusiasm of all the participants was contagious. Any fears of how the next generation will deal with the problems of our world have been totally erased after the display of the effort put forth by the students of the graduating class of 2016. Congratulations on such great teamwork in hosting such an enjoyable event. Cathryn Bolton Qualicum Beach See LETTERS, page A12

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As long as it doesn’t squeeze out cars, great. ELOI VAZ Parksville

It would be good, I’d use it to explore. JESSICA CARTWRIGHT Parksville

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99 Each

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12 Min. 475gr

Breyers

Family Classic Frozen Dessert

3 1.66lt

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2lt

¢ PLUS A

A&W

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Meat

Sunrise Farms

Boneless Sirloin End Pork Loin Chops 8.80 per kg

Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs

Locally Raised BC Poultry

13.20 per kg

Grain Fed Free Run

Per

Whole Pork Tenderloin

Canadian

Sunrise Farms

Canadian

Beef Simmering Short Ribs

11.00 per kg

Per

Whole Roasting Chicken

Extra Lean Ground Round Beef

13.20 per kg

1kg

7.69 per kg

Locally Raised BC Poultry Grain Fed Free Run

99 Per

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FAMILY FRIENDLY FAVOURITES

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Organic Coconut Oil or Quinoa

500ml or 681gr

Olivieri

500-800gr

350gr

High Liner

Fish & Chips 550-600gr

Gnocchi

Filled Pasta

High Liner

Everland

Organic Cocount Milk

400ml

3$ Everland

100% Pure Coconut Water

PLUS A

EES EF

LICABL PP

4$ for

2$ for

Saputo

Kraft

Saputo Lite

500gr

250gr

Bari Pizza Mozzarella Cheese, 454gr

Parmesan Cheese

Bari Ricotta

520ml

OFF

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for

Per

Mozzarellissima

Fish Sticks

Breaded Cod, 350gr

4 for

High Liner

Fish

500gr or 700gr

599

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Canadian AAA

T-Bone Grilling Steak

Canadian AA

Outside Round Oven Roast

13.20 per kg

22.02 per kg

99 Per

Olymel

Olympic Previously Frozen

Jane’s

375gr

450gr

6.59 per kg

800gr

Pork Dinner Sausages

Original Wieners

Bacon

for

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Danone

Activia Probiotic Yogurt

Pub Style Chicken

Per

12x100gr

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Carnation Breakfast Anytime or Essentials Drink

10x40gr or 6x237ml International Delight

Mjb

Coffee Whitener

Premium Coffee

473ml

Classic Roast Fine Grind, 1kg

Danone

Nescafe

Activia Probiotic Yogurt 650gr

2$ for

Dr. Oetker

Danone

Oikos Greek Yogurt

500gr or 4x100gr

Panebello Bakery Crust Pizza 420-450gr

2$ for

399

2$ for

Kicking Horse

Dr. Oetker

Organic Whole Bean Coffee

Casa Di Mama Pizza 395-410gr

454gr

399

Instant Coffee

Selected, 100-170gr

599 Nestle

Carnation Hot Chocolate Mix 225-500gr

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Kraft

Shredded Cheese

Miracle Whip or Mayo

340gr

336gr

Newman’s Own

All Natural Dressing

Medium Salsa 415ml

2$ for

1lt

Quaker

Dole

Kraft

Texana

Shake ‘n Bake Coating Mix

NEW!

100gr

1.36lt

for

Harvest Breakfast Fruit Squares

2kg

NEW!

2$ for

for

Quaker

Oats

Harvest Crunch Granola Cereal

709gr-1kg

2$ for

for

NEW!

Quaker

for

Harvest Granola Bars

Dare

2$ for

Primo

900gr

for

6 Big Rolls, 6’s

Scotties

Multi Facial Tissue 6x88-140’s

680ml

540ml

SpongeTowels

Econo Paper Towels

Thick & Zesty Pasta Sauce

796ml

4$ for

for

Dare

Breaktime Cookies

350gr

Purex

Kraft

Double Roll Bathroom Tissue

250gr

for

4$ for

Cheez Whiz

Philadelphia Cream Cheese

500gr

450gr

12’s

Kraft

Peanut Butter

Kraft

Singles Process Cheese Product

LICABL PP

SPREAD SOME HAPPY Primo

Primo

Tomatoes

Ultimate Cookies

PRIMO PRODUCTS AT PRIMO PRICES Beans or Chick Peas

LICABL PP

Dare

Original Wagon Wheels 630gr

175gr

3$ for

NEW!

470-600gr

300gr

Pasta

1.75lt

Selected, 130-196gr

Quaker

Rice

120gr

Primo

Beverage

EES EF

140-184gr

for

Chewy Granola Bars

LICABL PP

Five Alive or Nestea

100% Juice

EES EF

Stove Top Stuffing Mix

Dole

Fruit Cups or Squeezable Fruit Pouch

Quaker

Crispy Minis Chips

Oatmeal & Raisin, 210gr

2$ Kraft

2.63lt

4x107ml or 4x90gr

Soft Baked Oatmeal Cookies

for

350ml

for

Simply Orange Juice

450gr or 755gr

LICABL PP

Minute Maid

Muslix or Two Scoops Raisin Bran Cereal

Cereal

NEW QUAKER FAVOURITES!

Pickles

Kellogg’s

425gr

Start a new tradition with these

Vlasic

for

Selected, 312-425gr

Organic Tortilla Chips

12x340-355ml

Que Pasa

Sparklers or 100% Juice

Kettle Cooked Potato Chips

EES EF

Dole

Miss Vickie’s

for

EES EF

for

220gr

890ml

PLUS A

Cheestrings

Original, 1.81kg

PLUS A

for

Black Diamond

Soft Margarine

600-750gr

Black Diamond

Becel

354gr

PLUS A

Waffles

Hash Brown Potatoes or Patty

Fries or Wedges

750gr

170gr

907gr

Aunt Jemima

Cavendish

Cavendish Farms

Chunk or Flaked Light Skipjack Tuna in Water

Black Diamond

Cheddar Cheese

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PLUS A

A16

450gr

227-250gr

3$ for

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Kraft

Shredded Cheese

Miracle Whip or Mayo

340gr

336gr

Newman’s Own

All Natural Dressing

Medium Salsa 415ml

2$ for

1lt

Quaker

Dole

Kraft

Texana

Shake ‘n Bake Coating Mix

NEW!

100gr

1.36lt

for

Harvest Breakfast Fruit Squares

2kg

NEW!

2$ for

for

Quaker

Oats

Harvest Crunch Granola Cereal

709gr-1kg

2$ for

for

NEW!

Quaker

for

Harvest Granola Bars

Dare

2$ for

Primo

900gr

for

6 Big Rolls, 6’s

Scotties

Multi Facial Tissue 6x88-140’s

680ml

540ml

SpongeTowels

Econo Paper Towels

Thick & Zesty Pasta Sauce

796ml

4$ for

for

Dare

Breaktime Cookies

350gr

Purex

Kraft

Double Roll Bathroom Tissue

250gr

for

4$ for

Cheez Whiz

Philadelphia Cream Cheese

500gr

450gr

12’s

Kraft

Peanut Butter

Kraft

Singles Process Cheese Product

LICABL PP

SPREAD SOME HAPPY Primo

Primo

Tomatoes

Ultimate Cookies

PRIMO PRODUCTS AT PRIMO PRICES Beans or Chick Peas

LICABL PP

Dare

Original Wagon Wheels 630gr

175gr

3$ for

NEW!

470-600gr

300gr

Pasta

1.75lt

Selected, 130-196gr

Quaker

Rice

120gr

Primo

Beverage

EES EF

140-184gr

for

Chewy Granola Bars

LICABL PP

Five Alive or Nestea

100% Juice

EES EF

Stove Top Stuffing Mix

Dole

Fruit Cups or Squeezable Fruit Pouch

Quaker

Crispy Minis Chips

Oatmeal & Raisin, 210gr

2$ Kraft

2.63lt

4x107ml or 4x90gr

Soft Baked Oatmeal Cookies

for

350ml

for

Simply Orange Juice

450gr or 755gr

LICABL PP

Minute Maid

Muslix or Two Scoops Raisin Bran Cereal

Cereal

NEW QUAKER FAVOURITES!

Pickles

Kellogg’s

425gr

Start a new tradition with these

Vlasic

for

Selected, 312-425gr

Organic Tortilla Chips

12x340-355ml

Que Pasa

Sparklers or 100% Juice

Kettle Cooked Potato Chips

EES EF

Dole

Miss Vickie’s

for

EES EF

for

220gr

890ml

PLUS A

Cheestrings

Original, 1.81kg

PLUS A

for

Black Diamond

Soft Margarine

600-750gr

Black Diamond

Becel

354gr

PLUS A

Waffles

Hash Brown Potatoes or Patty

Fries or Wedges

750gr

170gr

907gr

Aunt Jemima

Cavendish

Cavendish Farms

Chunk or Flaked Light Skipjack Tuna in Water

Black Diamond

Cheddar Cheese

A17

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PLUS A

A16

450gr

227-250gr

3$ for

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Deli & Cheese Continental

Old Fashioned Ham

49 100 gr

2 Medium

Fried Rice Medium

Available at select stores only.

Large

Almond Chicken Chop Suey

Available at select stores only.

Double Cream Brie Cheese

Per 100gr

Sweet & Sour Pork 8 Piece

Deep Fried Prawns

Per

100 gr

French Aic

• Broccoli & Grape • Coleslaw Vinaigrette • Pasta Primavera

16 Piece Maki Platter

100 gr

Deli Salad

Cervelat or Hungarian Salami

Per

Medium

Schneiders

8 Piece Happy California Rolls

Tomato Basil Turkey Breast

Per

Sushi

Schneiders

Vienna

Roast Beef or New York Style Corned Beef

7 95 9 95 5 50

49 Per 100gr

Cold

BBQ Pork Back Ribs

29 Per 100gr

Seafood • Quality Foods

Frozen or Previously Frozen

Previously Frozen

Boneless Skinless Basa Fillets

Skinless Halibut Fillets

Jane’s

Breaded Fish Selected, 580-615gr

Jelly Beans

Per

100 gr

Per

100 gr

Sole Fillets

WEATHER PERMITTING

Quality Fresh

400gr

Fresh

Per

100 gr

Organically Yours

Family Favourites Oriental Mix

Sweet Treats Chocolate Buds or Macaroons

Per

100 gr

Organic Dried Cranberries

200gr

Fancy, 275gr

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Italian Buns

Old Fashioned Donuts

Selected

Alpine Bread

8 pack

for

6 pack

8”

McGavin’s or Dempster’s

Pie

• • • •

Bread

Selected, 500-570gr

Banana Cream Banana Split Chocolate Cream Keylime

6 pack

Cream Puffs

Pepperoni Cheese Sticks

Blueberry Muffins

A19

4$ for

Turtle Cheesecake

Silver Hills

Sprouted Whole Grain Bread

Selected, 430-615gr

for

Quality Foods • Taste for Life Want-Want

Trueblue or Trueblack

Superslim Brown Rice Crisps

Dorset Cereals

Cocktail

Dairyland

Muesli

1.36lt

Plus Trutaste Lactose Free Milk

540-620gr

2lt

100gr

PLUS A

for

Udi’s

LICABL PP

EES EF

for

264-286gr

Chapman’s

6x500ml or 5lt

Assorted Sizes

PLUS A

LICABL PP

Surf

EES EF

Happy Water

Naturally Alkaline Lithia Water

Gluten Free Pizza

Clorox

Arm & Hammer

2x Concentrated Liquid Detergent

3.57lt

650-946ml

Household

Bleach

Laundry Stain Remover

Island Breeze, 120’s

Shout

Fabric Softener Sheets

No Sugar Added Ice Cream or Novelties

2.03lt

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Fab February Favourites Mexican Grown

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Beefsteak Tomatoes

Broccoli Crowns

4.39 per kg

B.C. Grown “Extra Fancy”

Ambrosia Apples

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O I C

Per

Large Navel Oranges

Green or Red Cabbage 2.18 per kg

3.28 per kg

¢ Per

“Solo Variety” Papayas

California Grown “Andy Boy”

Romaine Hearts 3’s

Natural Organics

Per

Hawaiian Grown

3.73 per kg

O I C

B.C. Grown

Per

6”

B.C. Bouquet

3.28 per kg

Per

California Grown

Zucchini Squash

Spartan Apples

Mexican Grown

B.C. Grown “Extra Fancy”

Per

B.C. Grown “Fancy”

88 49 1

4.15 per kg

Eat Smart

Sweet Kale Salad 12oz

Azalea

99 1299

Washington Grown

Organic Yellow Onions 3lb bag

Mexican Grown “Hot House”

On the Vine Tomatoes 13.20 per kg

99 Per

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Bareroots: yoga, nutrition and bear education AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com

After 26 years, Crystal McMillan has a pretty good sense of her business. A lover of health, bears and a yoga teacher in the Iyengar tradition for more than 25 years, McMillan found a way to bring her loves together in her Bareroots Natural Health and Yoga Centre in French Creek. “My vision was to bring together my three loves, my commitment to nutrition, yoga and Bear Smart,” she said. Along with about 25 yoga classes a week with a number of instructors, McMillan encourages people to consider the importance of nutrition to their health. As a registered nutrition consultant, McMillan said she sees a general lack of understanding about nutrition and healthy eating in modern society. Along with selling numerous aids to healthy living, McMillan does private counselling, looking at people’s current health, medications and historical information and consulting “on the best way to bring the body back into balance.” “I look at overall health, not just symptoms, but the underlying causes,” she said. She can then give recommendations, which she said often start with things as simple as eating more whole foods.

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crystal McMillan of bareroots, ready to help with all your natural health needs.

“Proper diet is a huge part of health,” she said, adding she is also a big proponent of supplements and super foods. She said currently tumeric is “certainly the number one super food,” explaining the many powerful properties of the ginger-related curry spice, including being a powerful anti-inflammatory. She said she often talks about health tips, like tumeric or the latest natural

health advice, which she works to stay current on, during her yoga classes and is also happy to chat with customers who drop into the store. “People are taking their health into their own hands, trying to address the underlying causes more,” she said of what she sees as a positive swing towards natural health in recent years. “It’s a growing way of life, but it’s not

new, that’s where we came from, it goes back to Hippocrates, ‘let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food’.” While McMIllan encourages a natural health approach, she works closely with other health professionals and points out that some issues are best dealt with by pharmaceuticals or mainstream doctors. She also wants to bring that increasingly broad approach into her shop, making Bareroots a hub for health with more of the workshops and other medical consultants she already provides. And McMillan’s love of health and nature combined in a completely different way, leading her to found Bear Smart B.C. to consult and educate the public and government on bear conflicts. Still executive director, McMillan works with various provincial government departments, First Nations, municipalities, school groups and individuals to reduce bear-human conflicts. McMillan donates one percent of the sales from Bareroots to Bear Smart and has done things like write the bear hazard assessment for Qualicum Beach — as a local example — and serves on the provincial bear working group. For more information stop by 891 Island Highway West, check https://barerootsnaturalhealth.com/ or call 250-954-2273.

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Turbulent markets lead to emotional decisions

Many of you may have heard that “markets go up and down and to be patient and calm, the markets will come back up over the long term.” This is definitely easier said than done and remember the other factors that may be affecting your level of comfort. Markets are cyclical and some people consider declining markets such as we are experiencing to be buying opportunities and refer to some investments being ‘on sale’. This may be true, but, unless you have more cash to invest, you only see your funds declining and do not have the opportunity to add to your investment at a lower cost.

Turbulent markets can lead people to are withdrawing capital annually, you may have to make some admake emotional decisions justment to your investments that can cloud investment to last the rest of your life, decisions. Unless you are including any health issues making regular withdrawals and other unforeseen occurfrom declining investments, by carol Plaisier carefully consider your oprences. — For further informations. Fully guaranteed intion, Carol Plaisier, CFP®, vestments such as GICs may Investment Advisor with Holseem like a safe haven, but lisWealth, a division of Scotia in the last few years the inCapital Inc. & Insurance terest earned is less than inAdvisor with HollisWealth flation. If most or all of your Insurance Agency Ltd. can be investments are in GICs, reached at the HollisWealth and you are maintaining your lifestyle using the interest earned office in Parksville (250) 248-2399, or by only, your principal is maintained. If you email: carol.plaisier@holliswealth.com

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Helping people achieve their goals is how I define success! Time for a refreshing approach. Business savvy, approachable, respectful and easy to talk to. Located in downtown Parksville • 174 Morison Avenue West (250) 248-2399 • chris.mohr@Holliswealth.com Chris Mohr Investment Advisor

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tially appeal to residents beyond the western communities. “With our close proximity to Victoria General Hospital, we feel that a more diverse group of Quality Foods, which began in 1982 as Qual- people will have the opportunity to experience icum Foods in Qualicum Beach, expands their our unique brand of grocery retailing, and hopeaward-winning grocery shopping experience in fully continue to shop with us over time,” he said. the Greater Victoria region in just a few short “We will have all of the same features availweeks. able to shoppers that has made our Langford One of three founding partstore an award-winning shopWe are proud of the result ping destination. With the ners, Ken Schley, said through of nearly thirty four years additional mezzanine floor a news release he believes the of learning, innovating time is right for a move into which will be home to A Step and tweaking that has View Royal. Above, our signature store culminated in what we “We’re very excited to exwithin a store featuring the believe to be a flagship pand our unique brand of best in kitchen, home decor independent store in the grocery retailing to residents and giftware.” grocery industry of View Royal and the sur Thursday, Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. Ken Schley rounding communities,” said is the selected time for the offiSchley. “Eagle Creek Village is cial ribbon cutting and opening destined to be an active hub doors to the general public. A for the area, and we’re thrilled to be the grocery special sneak preview evening, on Wednesday, store for this vibrant multi-use development.” Feb. 24, has been set aside for seniors aged 65 The Island-owned grocery company opened plus and those with mobility issues to beat the its QF WestShore location in Langford, its first crowds and experience the store beforehand. foray into the Capital Regional District, in July “We are proud of the result of nearly thirty 2014. four years of learning, innovating and tweak“The western communities have welcomed ing that has culminated in what we believe to us with open arms, and we couldn’t be happier be a flagship independent store in the grocery with the relationships we have established in industry,” said Schley. “The powerful blend of the community so far,” said Schley. information we have accumulated from our Quality Foods has a well-established pres- customers’ feedback, applying new methods of ence on Vancouver Island with 10 stores north doing things — from technology to work flow of the Malahat, and another in Powell River. The — and being open to change, even when it’s difnew 45,000 square foot QF View Royal location ficult, has made us stronger as store operators positioned on Helmcken Road raises the store and as people over the years.” count to thirteen. Schley said that it may poten— NEWS Staff/Quality Foods news release

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ing it or camouflaging that fee within the general taxation structure,” de Jong said. “I disagree with that. I think you create the illusion that people aren’t paying a fee.” Premier Christy Clark has indicated that there will be relief for single parent families with income over $30,000 a year. — Black Press

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Students deliver a comedy of horrors Ballenas theatre stages Little Shop of Horrors J.R. RaRdon reporter@pqbnews.com

The Ballenas Secondary School Musical Theatre’s annual spring production has everything an audience could want in a musical: a lovestruck couple, singers and dancers, a psychotic dentist and power tools. Oh, and a man-eating plant. A cast of nearly 40 students will showcase the off-Broadway cult classic Little Shop of Horrors, a comedy horror rock musical, at the school’s Whalebone Theatre Feb. 24-26 and Feb. 29-March 2. “We did Grease last year, and this is sort of like the dark side of Grease,” said Doug Campbell, the school’s theatre teacher and director. “I love the songs in this show. The music has that sort of bebop, 1950s feel.” Campbell said the choice of Little Shop was actually made four years ago, when Justus Limpright, who plays the lead character, Seymour Krelborn, came into the Ballenas theatre program. “I did this show 10 years ago at a school I taught at previously, and I saw (Limpright) playing Seymour four years ago. To me, Justus just owns the part of Seymour.” Seymour is a nerdy, orphan employee

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seymour (Justus limpright) holds the body of his beloved audrey (emma deering) in front of the giant plant audrey ii during the climactic scene in the ballenas secondary school musical theatre production of little shop of horrors.

in the downtrodden, Skid Row flower shop of crusty Mr. Mushnik, a role shared by Brendan Arkwright and Marc Robert-

son Ricard. He is secretly in love with coworker Audrey (played by Juliana Cook and Emma Deering), but she, in turn,

is dating the abusive and sadistic dentist, Orin Scrivello (Katja Kiefer and Alex Balinski). When Seymour finds an exotic plant at a Chinese florist during a solar eclipse, he names it Audrey II and brings it to Mushnik’s shop, where it becomes a popular attraction and boosts traffic and sales to the struggling business. But the plant feeds only on human blood and flesh, and uses Seymour’s desire for Audrey, financial success and a stable family life to manipulate the conflicted young man into a series of choices with disastrous consequences. “It’s like a parable, a lighthearted satire on the evils of greed,” said Campbell. “It’s like the Faust (bargain with the devil) story. Seymour doesn’t deserve his fate, but he succumbs to greed and he pays the price.” The story is driven by its songs and characters, including a Greek chorus made up of Kyra Anderson, Lily Fanyeck, Mia Murray and Madison Poole. Ostensibly street urchins, they strut the stage in spangled dresses while alternately narrating the story and providing backup vocals. Other students appear in a substantial troupe of backup dancers or as backup singers, complete with the flowing robes of a gospel church choir. See large caSt, page A24

artist peggy burkosky

A well-travelled watercolourist Painter to demo work at The MAC Thursday, Feb. 18 J.R. RaRdon reporter@pqbnews.com

When Peggy Burkosky attended the exclusive Fabriano in Acquerello watercolourist conference in Italy last April, she was assailed by conversation in a veritable Babel of different tongues. But the art proved a universal language. “You would see all these artists working on the street

en plein air,” said Burkosky. “A lot of them either didn’t speak English or didn’t speak it well, so you’d try to use hand signs and gestures to communicate. Finally, they’d pull out a cell phone and say, ‘Facebook?’ They can say that.” Burkosky should find an easier time communicating Thursday, when she demonstrates her watercolour techniques and tools at the monthly meeting of the DeCosmos Fine Arts Society at the McMillan Arts Centre. She will be part of a group

including Brenden Wood of Vancouver’s Tenline Arts Supplies and Bonnie Luchtmeijer, who distributes the ink, brushes and paper featured in the demo through her Qualicum Art Supply. It will be part painting demo, part art supply showcase, featuring the new, Golden Qor watercolours, the old-style but newly released Kazan Gold brushes, and the very old-school Fabriano hand-made paper from the Italian city of the same name. “If you work in waterco-

lours, you want that good, hand-made paper,” said Burkosky. “When you get serious about your art, you look for the good stuff.” Burkosky’s work is serious enough that she was sought out to enter a piece in the International Watercolor Society’s conference in Fabriano, which is known as The City of Paper and which has a history of paper-making dating to the 12th century. The annual event drew 720 paintings, representing 39 countries.

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“The city was plugged full of artists,” said Burkosky, a member of IWS. “You could see them painting in the streets, in the museums, attending symposiums. It was fabulous, and a great networking opportunity with people who are international masters from the entire watercolour world.” Originally educated and employed in commercial design, Burkosky moved to Vancouver Island from Vancouver with her husband Bob Burkosky, a commercial fisherman, and turned her focus to fine art. The couple has pub-

lished a book, Cooking Fish and Brewing Tales, featuring his stories, recipes and Peggy’s watercolour seascapes. Originally published in 2012, the book had a second printing in 2015. She is a founding member of The Old School House Arts Centre, where she teaches a regular series of popular art courses. Burkosky specializes in watercolour, though she also works in acrylic and charcoal. Her subject matter varies from seascapes, landscape and cityscapes to portraits and florals. “I like to paint beautiful

things,” she said. “I’m not into the shock value. I like showing the beauty of our world.” A display of Burkosky’s work is on exhibit in the Gallery at Qualicum Art Supply, 206 First Ave. West in Qualicum Beach. Hours are 9 a.m.5 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturdays. For more on the artist, visit peggyburkosky.com. The DeCosmos Society meeting and demo will run from 1-3 p.m. at the McMillan Arts Centre. Guests may attend the demo for a $5 donation; be aware seating may be limited.

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“We’ve got almost 40 kids in the cast,” said Campbell. “The script didn’t call for that many, but I found roles for them.” At the centre of all the activity is Audrey II, a belligerent, trash-talking plant portrayed by a series of ever-larger prop plants Campbell was given by a professional theatre company in Victoria. In a technical rehearsal held last week, the students dove into their roles with relish. Limpright and Deering sold the parts of the starcrossed couple and carried the musical numbers with a remarkable degree of maturity. Arkwright and Kiefer had hilarious moments camping up the parts of Mushnik and Scrivello,

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respectively. And the sheer numbers in the cast boost the scale of the songs and large pieces to good effect. “The cartoony characters are fun for the kids,” Campbell said. “But the relationships are real, which lets the audience identify with them.” All tickets for the musical are $10, and are available only at the door on show nights. Campbell cautions that the Ballenas productions “have become quite popular the last few years” and that would-be audience members should be sure to arrive early to ensure seating. Little Shop of Horrors will play Feb. 24, 25, 26 and 29, and March 1-2, beginning at 7 p.m. each night.

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Jim at NRGH on Friday, February 5th, 2016.Â Jim loved his September 10, 1930 â€“ February 5, 2016 family dearly and is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, It is with deep sadness that we announce the passingand of Joyce; sons, Ron (Carol), Grant (Barb), Glenn (Marg) Jim at (Nathalie); NRGH on Friday, February Logan 5th, 2016.Â Jim loved his Greg grandchildren, (Kyrie), Graham, family dearly and isand survived by He his will loving of 62missed years, Devon, Genevieve, Janelle.Â alsowife be truly Joyce; sons, Ron (Barb), (Marg) and by his brother, Buck(Carol), (MamieGrant Anne), manyGlenn cherished friends Gregextended (Nathalie); grandchildren, (Kyrie), Graham, and family members. JimLogan was predeceased by his Devon, Genevieve, Janelle.Â He will Margaret also be truly missed parents, Ernest andand Mary and sisters, Smith and by his brother, Buck (Mamie Anne), many cherished friends Kathleen Workman. and extended family members. Jim was predeceased by his Jim enjoyed manyand active years the Masonic Lodge, Shriners, parents, Ernest Mary andwith sisters, Margaret Smith and and Eastern Star.Â He will always be remembered for his gentle nature, his love for gardening, and his Kathleen Workman. commitment to service based organizations. Â Jim enjoyed many active years with the Masonic Lodge, Shriners, and Eastern Star.Â The family extends a special thank yougentle to all nature, of the doctors hospital staff He will always be remembered for his his love and for gardening, andwho his cared for Jim to during hisbased illnessorganizations. Â commitment service Celebration will thank be held at 2:00 on Monday, TheAfamily extendsofaLife special youintoJimâ€™s all ofhonour the doctors andpm hospital staff who Feb.for 22,Jim 2016 at Yates Funeral Chapel, 1000 Allsbrook Road in Parksville. cared during his illness Flowers are gratefully declined by the family.Â honour Thoseatwishing Jimâ€™s A Celebration of Life will be held in Jimâ€™s 2:00 pmtoonhonour Monday, memory may do at so Yates by making a donation his name to theRoad BC &inYukon Eastern Feb. 22, 2016 Funeral Chapel,in1000 Allsbrook Parksville. Star Cancer Project, c/o Mrs Jean Pifer, Grand Secretary OES, 68 â€“ 9208 208th FlowersLangley, are gratefully declined the family.Â Those wishing to honour Jimâ€™s Street, BCÂ V1M 2M9 orby Nanaimo Regional District Hospital Foundation, memory may do so by making a donation in his name to the BC & Yukon Eastern 1200 Dufferin Crescent, Nanaimo, BCÂ V9S 2B7. Star Cancer Project, c/o Mrs Jean Pifer, Grand Secretary OES, 68 â€“ 9208 208th To sendBCÂ a condolence family please visit District www.yatesfuneral.ca Street, Langley, V1M 2M9toorthe Nanaimo Regional Hospital Foundation, YATES Nanaimo, FUNERALBCÂ SERVICE & CREMATORIUM 1200 Dufferin Crescent, V9S 2B7. (250-248-5859) in care of arrangements. To send a condolence to the family please visit www.yatesfuneral.ca YATES FUNERAL SERVICE & CREMATORIUM (250-248-5859) in care of arrangements.

Thomas Harvey Pidcock APRIL 9, 1919 - FEB 8, 2016 Thomas Harvey Pidcock Tom is survived by his loving wife of 70 years, Phyllis, his2016 son, Brian and APRILhis 9,brother, 1919 -Richard, FEB 8, daughters, Bonnie (Brian) Chappell Leslie, Tom is survived by his loving wife ofand 70 years, 7 grandchildren, andRichard, four great grandchildren. Phyllis, his brother, his son, Brian and

daughters, Bonnie (Brian) Chappell Leslie, Tom was born in CraigČľower 0anor,and 9ictoria 7 grandchildren, and fourin great grandchildren. and spent his early years Oyster River. He joined theborn RCAFininCraigČľower 1940 and served a wireTom was 0anor,as9ictoria less in Coastal Command, and operator/gunner spent his early years in Oyster River. Hein Iceland andRCAF the United While joined the in 1940Kingdom. and served as a postwireed Dundee, Scotland, he met and marriedinthe love of his life, Phyllis. lessinoperator/gunner in Coastal Command,

Iceland andreturn the United Kingdom. post- a Bachelor of Education at Upon their to Canada, TomWhile completed ed in and Dundee, and married the love of Washington. his life, Phyllis. UBC, later Scotland, a 0astershe of met Education through Western He taught in Port Alberni, before Tom entering school administration. He was aat Upon their return to Canada, completed a Bachelor of Education principal Alberni, Quesnel and Princethrough GeorgeWestern before retiring in 1984. UBC, andin later a 0asters of Education Washington. He

taught in Alberni, before was During hisPort teaching years, Tomentering coachedschool socceradministration. teams and wasHe very in-a principal Alberni, Quesnel Prince before retiring indancers 1984. volved asin a Boy Scout Leader.and Tom and George Phyllis were avid square and for his 58 teaching years, twirling all over the country, andwas in many During years,their Tomway coached soccer teams and very inparts of the world. They were faithful members of the Northern volved as a Boy Scout Leader. Tom and Phyllis were avid square Twistdancers ers, theyears, Sandtwirling Dollars.their way all over the country, and in many and and for 58

parts ofand theTom world. Theytowere faithful of the Northern TwistPhyllis retired Parksville inmembers 1990, where they built their ers, andhome. the Sand Dollars. dream They spent many happy years there before Tomâ€™s health required him to move The Gardens at Qualicum Beach, Phyllis and Tom retiredinto to Parksville in 1990, where they builtwhere their Phyllis later joined him. They celebrated their years 70th wedding anniversary there, dream home. They spent many happy there before Tomâ€™s health last August. required him to move into The Gardens at Qualicum Beach, where Phyllis later was joined him. and Theykind celebrated their 70th husband, wedding anniversary there, Tom a good man, a wonderful father, grandfalast August. ther and great grandfather. He had an unforgettable sense of humour and allawill miss him very dearly. The family is forever grateful for the Tomwe was good and kind man, a wonderful husband, father, grandfaexceptional care and attention that Tom received during his time in The ther and great grandfather. He had an unforgettable sense of humour Gardens. and we all will miss him very dearly. The family is forever grateful for the exceptional care and attention Tomat received during his time in The A service to remember Tom willthat be held St Columba Presbyterian Gardens.921 Wembley Street, Parksville, on Tuesday, Feb 16th at 2:00. A Church, reception in remember the church Tom hall will A service to will follow. be held at St Columba Presbyterian

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DEATHS JohnDEATHS Newton GUNDERSON

September 9, 1939 â€“ February 8, 2016

John passed GUNDERSON away peacefully in his John Newton

home on Monday, 8, 2016. He September 9, 1939February â€“ February 8, 2016 leaves to mourn his passing his beloved John passed away peacefully in his wife of 46 years, Linda; daughters, Cherhome on Monday, February 8, 2016. He yl (Richard) Gunderson-Kishi, Jennifer leaves to mourn his passing his beloved Gunderson; grandson, Trey Gunderwife of 46 years, Linda; daughters, Cherson-Kishi; sisters, Joyce, Jessie, Queeyl (Richard) Gunderson-Kishi, Jennifer nie, and Vera; many nieces, nephews, Gunderson; grandson, Trey Gunderextended family members and close son-Kishi; sisters, Joyce, Jessie, Queefriends. John was predeceased by his nie, and Vera; many nieces, nephews, parents, Mary and Nils Gunderson. extended family members and close John spent his was career in the logging infriends. John predeceased by his dustry working in the Port Hardy area for parents, Mary and Nils Gunderson. over 40 years. He was an avid golfer and could ofJohn spent his career in the logging inten be found at the Qualicum Memorial Golf Course. dustry working in the Port Hardy area for John enjoyed his many friends both on and off the over 40 years. He was an avid golfer and could ofcourse. A loving husband and father, his family alten be found at the Qualicum Memorial Golf Course. ways came first. His girls and his grandson were the John enjoyed his many friends both on and off the light of his life. He will be greatly missed. course. A loving husband and father, his family alThose wishing honour may dothe so ways came first.to His girls Johnâ€™s and hismemory grandson were by a donation namemissed. to Heart & Stroke lightmaking of his life. He will in behis greatly Foundation Donations Department, 1212 West Those wishing to honour Johnâ€™s memory may do so Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V2 or the Canadian by making a donation in his name to Heart & Stroke Cancer Society, Attention: Donor Services, 565 West Foundation Donations Department, 1212 West 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4J4. Broadway, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V2 or the Canadian To send a condolence the family please visit Cancer Society, Attention:toDonor Services, 565 West www.yatesfuneral.ca 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 4J4. YATES FUNERAL SERVICE CREMATORIUM To send a condolence to the&family please visit (250-248-5859) in care of arrangements. www.yatesfuneral.ca YATES FUNERAL SERVICE & CREMATORIUM (250-248-5859) in care of arrangements.

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DEATHS DEATHS MALCOLM MEAD-MILLER Sunrise: November 18th, 1935

Sunset: January 14th, 2016 MALCOLM MEAD-MILLER

Malcolm was born in his November parentsâ€™ Ucluelet home in the middle Sunrise: 18th, 1935 of the night. HeSunset: passedJanuary away in14th, his 2016 daughters Qualicum Beach home in the middle of the night after a short battle with Malcolm was born A in home his parentsâ€™ in owl the middle pancreatic cancer. loving Ucluelet man andhome a night to the of the night. He passed away in his daughters Qualicum very end. Beach home in the middle of the night after a short battle with He was predeceased by his parents Sheila pancreatic cancer. A home loving manKen and and a night owl Meadto the Miller, sisters Barbara (Alf) Beck and Molly (Ivan) Halvarson and very end. son-in-law Takashi Ikeda. He was predeceased by his parents Ken and Sheila MeadHe is survived by Sharon, hissisters wife ofBarbara 52 years. son Darren and daughter Miller, (Alf)Also Beck and Molly(Trudy), (Ivan) Halvarson and Melanie. Missing himson-in-law are grandchildren Kigen, Alexandra, Raegan, Andrew, Sarah, Takashi Ikeda. Jayden and former daughter-in-law Judith. Also survived by brother Michael MeadHe is survived Sharon,and hissister wife ofSheila 52 years. AlsoHambleton son Darrenof(Trudy), andBeach daughter Miller (Judy) ofby Ucluelet (Howie) Qualicum Melanie. Missing him are grandchildren Kigen, Alexandra, Raegan, Andrew, Sarah, Malcolm wasformer a successful businessman in the Tofino/Ucluelet area for many Meadyears. Jayden and daughter-in-law Judith. Also survived by brother Michael Sharon and Malcolm travelled extensively to the Middle East, the Far East, the South Miller (Judy) of Ucluelet and sister Sheila (Howie) Hambleton of Qualicum Beach Pacific and to Europe. They also spent many happy days at Melanie and Takashiâ€™s Malcolm a successful businessman in the Tofino/Ucluelet area for many years. home on was the Island of Hawaii. Sharon and Malcolm travelled extensively to the Middle East, the Far East, the South In the early 1990â€™s they moved sunnymany Bowser anddays settled into a quiet lifestyle. Pacific and to Europe. They alsotospent happy at Melanie and Takashiâ€™s Malcolm his workshop and loved to tinker. His patience in repairing mechanical home on had the Island of Hawaii. things is legend and he was very good at it. In the early 1990â€™s they moved to sunny Bowser and settled into a quiet lifestyle. He loved had going for lunchand andloved coffee picking up the paper and having a laugh Malcolm hisout workshop toand tinker. His patience in repairing mechanical at the Georgia Office. things is legendPark andPost he was very good at it. His humour andout kindness affected strangers, acquaintances and and loved onesaalike. He loved going for lunch and coffee and picking up the paper having laugh He willGeorgia be missed. By many. at the Park Post Office. Special thanks Doctor Marlene Der Wyde; the homecare nurses from the His humour andtokindness affected Van strangers, acquaintances and loved ones alike. Oceanside Medical Centre and the staff at the Oceanside Hospice Society for their He will be missed. By many. professionalism and their caring ways. Special thanks to Doctor Marlene Van Der Wyde; the homecare nurses from the A celebration of his life and will be Marquee at 478Society Village for Way, Oceanside Medical Centre theheld staff under at the the Oceanside Hospice their Qualicum Beach September 24th, 2016 at 2pm with light refreshments. professionalism and on their caring ways. A celebration of his life will be held under the Marquee at 478 Village Way, Qualicum Beach on September 24th, 2016 at 2pm with light refreshments.

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MARY (MANT) MORLEY

With sadness we announce the passing ofÂ Mary (Mant) Morley Feb. 10, 2016Â Mary was born March 5 1920. She was a long time resident of Qualicum Beach. Her parents arrived in Qualicum in the early 1900â€™s where they established a dairy farm. She married Earnest (Art) Arthur Morley of Coombs BC. They had five children, ten grandchildren and many great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband Art and two sonâ€™s Gilbert (Gib) and Phillip (Pip). She has three surviving daughters Mary-Lou Warren, Donna-Lee Gibbens and Cynthia Anne Donahue. Mary passed away peacefully at home with her daughters present. A memorial tea will be held on Thurs. Feb. 18 from 1 to 3pm at Christian Fellowship Centre, 825 Village Way Qualicum Beach. In lieu of flowers please make a donation to St. Stephenâ€™s United Church lunch program. 150 Village Way Qualicum Beach B.C. V9K 1L1

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The Family of Jutta Ibis is sad to announce her passing on January 26, 2016 in Nanaimo, BC.

Jutta was born in Klingenthal, Saxony, Germany on July 19, 1943. In the 1950s she and her family immigrated to Canada. Jutta moved to Prince George, BC, with her husband, Fred Ibis in the late 1960s. While in Prince George they raised their three children. After Fred retired in 1995, they moved down to Qualicum Beach and later Parksville, BC. She is predeceased by her daughter, Heidi Mae, her mother Margaret, her father Eric, and her husband Fred. She is survived by her younger brother Joachim, her three children, Carolyn, Philip (Christina), Monica, and grandson Aaron. She will be especially missed by her friend of 51 yrs, Emma Lechner. We would like like to thank Floor 5 and the Palliative Care staff at the Nanaimo General Hospital for taking good care of Jutta. Also a very special thanks goes out to Dale and Jill Dichrow for all the help that they provided us during this hard time. As per request, there will be no service. In lieu of flowers, it is requested that a donation be made to the Canadian Mental Health Association at cmha.ca

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The AA senior girls North Island tournament has come to a close with both local teams earning their way to the Island tournament this weekend. Hosted by Kwalikum Secondary School, the North Islands kicked off last Thursday with the Ballenas Whalers and Kwalikum Kondors looking to move onto the Island tournament, which starts this Thursday. Both the Whalers and Kondors played well throughout, as did the majority of teams, but it was the Whalers who continued their strong play this season to come out on top, while the Kondors finished third. That means both teams move onto the Island championship. “It was a good tournament,” Ballenas coach Bryan Spray said. “We could have lost both of our games, that’s how tight these teams are in this league. They never quit, even when they were down on the scoreboard, they never quit.” “Our defense was what kept us in our games we played and we managed to hold teams down just enough to get back in there and put them away. The girls handled themselves very well and showed a lot of heart not breaking when they were down.”

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Makayla Hoey goes hard to the hoop in AA North Island Tournament action. The Ballenas Whalers claimed first place in the tournament, with Hoey earning tournament MVP honours.

Earning a bye in the first round of the tournament, the Whalers took on the Wellington Wildcats (Nanaimo) with a spot in the finals on the line. The Wildcats took a lead on the Whalers, forcing them to come from behind to earn a shot at first place in the tour-

nament. The Whalers did just that, setting up a meeting with the Isfeld Ice (Comox). “The girls just battled all weekend,” Spray said. “They came to compete and they did that, they never gave up. Even with the score in the other team’s favour, they came out

and battled it out.” “It was satisfying to see them play the way they did, I’m very proud of them. All the games between the top four teams in this tournament were close, nobody had an easy game at all.” The Whalers were down 5651 in the fourth quarter to the

Ice, who were looking to deal the Whalers their first league loss of the season. It wasn’t in the cards on this day; however, as the Whalers charged back from behind to close out a first place win by a score of 62-59. Grade 11 Makayla Hoey once again led the charge for the Whalers on the offensive end, as she’s done much of the season. Hoey scored 12 of the Whalers 22 points in the fourth quarter, leading the team to victory on her way to earning North Island tournament MVP honours. “She’s an incredible player,” Spray said. “She’s worked very hard with the game of basketball and it shows. She’s a special athlete and I suspect she’ll be moving onto play basketball at the post-secondary level.” “She brings the level of play of her teammates to a different level and all the girls on our team work very hard together,” Spray said. “This is a team that’s very determined and they’ve got a lot of heart. I’m hoping to see that same level of compete at the Islands. Our goal is to not lose until we come across a team that’s better than us, it’ll happen at some point but we’re not going down without giving it a good battle.”

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The Save-On-Foods Oceanside Generals earned a split last week, beating the Nanaimo Buccaneers Thursday and losing to the Campbell River Storm Friday. That leaves the Generals — with two games remaining in the regular season — facing a wild card game against the Saanich Braves on the horizon to see which will make the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) playoffs. Following their 4-2 win over the Buccaneers, the Generals were on the road to take on the Storm, losing 7-3. “I thought we played great the first 20 minutes in Campbell River,” head coach Brad Knight said. “Shots were close in the

first, I thought the kids hung in there and skated well. We took four straight penalties in a row and Campbell River scored on each power play. That’s the definition of a team that’s in first place and they made us pay. We let it get away and lost our nerve a little bit, hopefully we’ll be able to correct that before we play against Saanich.” Sitting three points behind the Braves, the Generals still have an outside chance at moving into eighth place in the standings and could host the wild card playoff game if they finish ahead of the Braves. “We’re going to focus on getting ready for that game,” Knight said. “We know we’re going to face Saanich and the chances of playing in their rink are there,

which we’re fine with.” “We’ve beaten them on their ice and they’ve beaten us on ours. I think we’ll use the last couple of games to make sure everyone gets some ice time, evaluate our guys a little more and pick the best lineup we can put forward for the game against Saanich. We just need to play with confidence and play like we want to move onto the playoffs.” The majority of the Generals’ wins have come on the road this season, far surpassing the two wins combined over their last two seasons. “We play well on the road, we have all year, we’ve won in Saanich and I don’t see any reason why we can’t do it again,” Knight said. “It’s not a rink that we’re

uncomfortable playing in, we know we can skate and we’ve got the skill to beat them.” “Sure, we’re lacking the experience most of the teams in the league have but that’s fine with me. We’re going to be alright, these guys are learning every time they step on the ice and I think we’ll be just fine.” In the meantime, the Gens’ last two regular games take place this Friday and Saturday night. They are back on the road taking on the Peninsula Panthers on Friday (7:30 p.m.) and will close the regular season at home against the Victoria Cougars at 7:30 Saturday night. See photo, page A29

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3-160 Corfield Street, Parksville

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Suite 101-183 Fern Rd W, Qualicum Beach

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There’s a story behind every smile, Let us be part of yours... Now Accepting New Patients!

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Suite 101-183 Fern Rd W, KELSALL & Qualicum Beach, BC 250-752-7542 DENTAL CLINIC ASSOCIATES There’s a story behind every smile, Let us be a part of yours...

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U-PICK-UP OR DELIVERY AVAILABLE! Call Tom Gray 250-927-ROCK (7625) tomgray@spiderlakerock.ca Located 0ff Lakeview Rd., Adjacent to Spider Lake Provincial Park

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HOURS: Mon.-Fri. 7:30am-4pm Sat. by request

929 Church Road, Parksville

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250-248-3122