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New hospital up and running

The new Comox Valley Hospital opened Oct. 1 and the transition from St. Joseph’s Hospital in Comox has been smooth. 2

Marigold pharmacist hearing set

A discipline hearing for suspended Courtenay pharmacist Isidore ‘Rudy’ Sanchez will start later this month at the College of Pharmacists of BC in Vancouver.

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A record amount of marine debris was collected from the shores of Baynes Sound in this year’s annual beach cleanup.

An estimated five tons of litter, plastic, and other marine debris was gathered over seven days, according to organizers.

The debris came from many sources, including recreational boats, fishing boats, and shellfishing tenures. The amount of debris likely equaled 60–70 cubic metres.

“In the past, it was always between three to four or more tons,” said Liz Johnston, who co-ordinated the cleanup.

“It’s hard to imagine the size of the pile.”

The annual cleanup of Baynes Sound falls under the umbrella of the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup — a nationwide event sponsored by the Vancouver Aquarium that seeks to remove litter from Canada’s beaches. The week-long event took place

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Reselling items at farmers’ markets might be an issue is some Canadian communities, but not in the Comox Valley, according to the local farmers’ markets association. 4

■ ARTS Hagen coming home

Comox Valley native Sarah Hagen will perform in the Comox Valley for only the second time in almost two years, when she stages three performances in Cumberland later on this month.

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■ SPORTS A pile of the debris collected on Denman Island. Photo supplied by ADIMS. Sept. 23–30, with more than 120 volunteers taking part.

This year, for the first time, the Association for Denman Island Marine Stewards (ADIMS) collaborated with the BC Shellfish Growers’ Association (BCSGA) and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) for the

initiative. ADIMS has organized an annual cleanup on Denman Island for more than a decade.

The BCSGA and the DFO cleaned up the beaches of Royston, Union Bay, Fanny Bay and Deep Bay, while ADIMS focused on Denman Island.

Soccer scholarship planning Johnston claims the amount of debris collected has been increasing over the years and that the majority of it originates from the commercial shellfishing industry, which is centralized off the shores of Baynes Sound and Lambert Channel.

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Comox Valley Hospital opening ‘extremely successful’ Erin Haluschak Record staff

Calling it “extremely successful,” patients, staff and health professionals transferred Sunday from St. Joseph’s General Hospital to the new North Island Hospital Comox Valley for its soft opening.

Dermot Kelly, Island Heath executive director for Geography 1 (Comox Valley - Strathcona-North Island), credits a collaborative effort between a variety of partnerships for the six-hour-long move.

“We had 125 volunteers (between) both sites. We started at 7 a.m. and completed (the transfer) around 1 p.m. There is an incredible partnership between St. Joe’s and Island Health; it was a great experience for patients.”

To mark the final patient moved from the old hospital to the new, Kelly said a bagpiper was on hand to play Amazing Grace.

In total, 94 patients made the move, and Kelly said 126 beds were made available at the new facility, with the capability of having 153 total beds at the hospital - the majority of which are private rooms.

“This gives patients their own space, their own washrooms and a more comfortable patient experience.”

There is now menu ❝ service for patients. They

can punch in on an iPad, and the menu goes straight to the kitchen, which can be customized to their dietary needs.

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The new North Island Hospital Comox Valley.

The new campus also boasts an increase in operating rooms.

There were three ORs at St. Joe’s with a fourth reserved for ophthalmology; at the new facili-

ty there are six plus an additional room for minor surgery.

“One of the goals was to increase surgical access across the North Island,” said Kelly.

Another new feature of the Comox Valley Hospital is a fixed magnetic resonance imaging machine. In the past, patients in the Comox Valley were served by a

mobile MRI unit. Now, the goal is to process around 60 MRIs per week, once the facility is fully operational.

With a goal to increase patient experience, access and safety, Kelly explained the food services model has changed.

“There is now menu service for patients. They can punch in on an iPad, and the menu goes straight to the kitchen, which can be customized to their dietary needs. It’s a great program and it’s new on the Island.”

Kelly confirmed the project — with a budget of $334 million for the Comox Valley site and $272 for the Campbell River Hospital — came in “on time, on scope and on budget.” Kelly credited chief project officer Tom Sparrow for his work, in addition to the collaborative efforts of a variety of stakeholders.

“This is a true testament to how much the community cares about the delivery of health care services in the area.”

Garbage: A plastic-to-fuel company took much of the debris to its plant in Vancouver to be recycled Continued from Page A1 “We’re trying to let the world know what the problem is — that we’ve become the epicentre for this kind of industrial pollution,” she said, adding that ocean pollution causes risks to animals and the environment. “We picked up over 800 or 900 baskets just on our beaches.

“The pictures tell the story.”

BCSGA executive director Darlene Winterburn acknowledged that some of the debris comes from the shellfishing industry, but stressed that garbage of all kinds was found along the beaches.

“We had areas where there were huge concentrations of fast food packaging, bottles, cans and that sort of thing. In other areas, we had less of that but we had a lot of leisure boat and industry boat

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debris,” she said.

Those who took part in the cleanup agree it’s indicative of a societal problem regarding ocean pollution.

“We must try to keep plastics out of our marine environment and do what we can, regardless of the politics of it,” said John-

ston. “It’s just the right thing to do.”

Winterburn says that everyone has a role and responsibility to clean up debris and ensure it doesn’t find its way into the water in the first place.

“From my perspective, we still live in a plastic society,” said Winterburn. “The unfortunate reality is that until all of us stop using it in our lives, it’s going to [continue].”

Additional help in the cleanup this year came from the non-profit organization Ocean Legacy Foundation. Johnston says Ocean Legacy took much of the plastic debris back to its plant in Vancouver to be recycled and reused by various industrial sources.

Ocean Legacy uses a plastic-to-fuel technology that converts plastics and Styrofoam into

More than 120 volunteers took part in the cleanup. Photo supplied by ADIMS. diesel fuel. The technology emits only carbon dioxide and water as by-products.

According to Johnston, as

much as 90 per cent of the debris collected will be recycled or reused.

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Hearing set for suspended Courtenay pharmacist Scott Stanfield Record staff

A discipline hearing for suspended Courtenay pharmacist Isidore ‘Rudy’ Sanchez will start later this month at the College of Pharmacists of BC in Vancouver.

The dates are Oct. 16-18 and Nov. 6-10. Hearings are open to the public.

Sanchez, who managed Marigold Compounding Natural Pharmacy in downtown Courtenay, has been under suspension since 2014 due to concerns

about public safety and health.

According to the college, unsterile and unclean facilities were used to manufacture a variety of prescription drugs and over-the-counter health products without authority to do so.

In addition, human placenta intended for encapsulation was accepted and prepared with little regard for safety protocols when handling human tissue — despite the lack of a proper facility or approval to provide it.

The college also says patients were counselled on alternative

drug therapies and products “well outside the scope of pharmacy practice and without notification to the original prescriber.”

A group dubbed Save Marigold Society formed to support the pharmacy.

A rally in October 2014 drew a large crowd of Sanchez supporters at the Courtenay Courthouse lawn.

Sanchez had served a previous year-and-a-half suspension for similar infractions after Marigold Pharmacy was shut down in 2010.

Marigold Pharmacy owner Rudy Sanchez holds a sign at a 2014 rally in support of him and his pharmacy. File photo.

COUNCIL BRIEFS: CV Arts tops list of grant-in-aid payments

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Courtenay city council used a ranking system to approve grant-in-aid payments to 14 organizations, up to a cumulative maximum of $84,000 for 2018. The money comes from gaming funds.

The recipients include Comox Valley Arts ($13,000); Habitat for Humanity ($10,000); the Comox Bay Care Society CareA-Van ($8,600); Comox Valley Recovery Centre ($7,100); YANA ($7,000); Coalition to End Homelessness ($5,900); CV Folk Society, MusicFest ($5,500); LUSH Valley Food Action Society ($5,100); CV Land Trust ($4,800); Project Watershed ($4,500); CV Transition Society ($4,200); Multicultural & Immigrant Support Society ($3,500); Comox Valley Nature, wetlands restoration projects ($2,900); the Indigenous Women’s Sharing Society ($1,900).

Coun. Doug Hillian feels a yes/no format would be easier than the ranking system, which he said was “not our finest hour” in terms of processes.

Reluctantly, Hillian voted against some of the requests from organizations he admires because the City had already supported the groups in some manner.

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An artist’s rendering of the Lake Trail multi-family community, planned for Lake Trail Road.

“I think we should come up with a different process for this,” Hillian said at the Oct. 2 meeting.

unites people from a variety of sectors to positively influence health and well-being in communities.

“It’s a broad collaboration,” said Megan Tomlinson, a member of the local CHN planning committee.

The group asked council for support in terms of leadership — not money — and to be a network member.

Hillian, noting the existence of a social planning committee, questioned why the network is needed. Committee member Betty Tate said the purpose is to unite committees, as opposed to replacing the social planning committee with a CHN. A Health Network Forum has been planned for Nov. 16 at the Native Sons Hall.

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Habitat home zoning

Council adopted a zoning amendment bylaw that allows Habitat for Humanity to construct a 10-unit home at 1330 Lake Trail Rd. Habitat’s mission is to give deserving families a ‘hand up,’ as opposed to a handout. The organization does not provide homes free of charge. As a down payment, future homeowners invest 500 hours of ‘sweat equity’ by volunteering at the ReStore and at build sites.

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Reselling of wholesale produce not an issue at CV Farmers’ Market Scott Stanfield Record staff

Reselling items at farmers’ markets might be an issue in some Canadian communities, but not in the Comox Valley, according to the Comox Valley Farmers Markets association.

In the summer, CBC reporters visited 11 markets in Ontario and discovered some consumers were paying premium prices for re-sold wholesale produce.

“Our internal processes have allowed us to quickly identify potential reselling and deal with it immediately,” said CVFM association executive director Vickey Brown, who sits on the

board of the BC Association of Farmers’ Markets. “Often, markets allow people to bring B.C. product that is not available in the area to boost sales and product variety. We do not, because we are committed to growing farmers locally and encouraging them to increase their product offerings.”

However, Brown notes that each market has its own set of rules and regulations — or not, as the case may be. She also notes that an increasing number of new markets run by a variety of organizations, or in some cases volunteers, might not have the capacity to monitor dodgy dealings.

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The Saturday market in Courtenay is at the Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds Oct. 14, then switches to the Native Sons Hall Oct. 21.

École Puntledge Park hosts Salmon Day Festival SELLING HER PLATFORM

BC Liberal leadership candidate Dianne Watts addressed a crowd Wednesday at the High Tide Pub in Courtenay. Watts, a former mayor of Surrey, kicked off a province-wide tour on Vancouver Island. Her opponents for Party leader include former Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan, former finance minister Mike de Jong, former advanced education minister Andrew Wilkinson, former education minister Mike Bernier, Vancouver-Langara MLA Michael Lee and Terrace businesswoman Lucy Sager. The Liberals will select their new leader at the Party convention in February.

All ages are welcome at École Puntledge Park School on Thursday, Oct. 12 from 2:30–4:30 p.m. for the second annual Salmon Day Festival.

This celebration of ‘all things salmon’ follows the success of last year’s format, combin-

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Free activities include an Aboriginal welcome, musical acts by kids, smoked salmon (and bannock), and traditional storytelling inside a giant, inflat-

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The Morrison Creek Stream Keepers will conduct spawning tours. Pinks have arrived in high numbers in the creek, one of the most active spawning streams in the Valley, which crosses the school’s property only steps from the front door.

To learn more about this remarkable annual migration into the Headwaters and how the creek channels are maintained, sign up for the walking tours at the Stream Keepers table. Wear decent footwear.

Don’t miss Tracy Kobus’ mural on the front of the school, depicting Coho heading upstream in a setting of maples and douglas fir, along with ravens, tree frogs and the Morrison Creek lamprey — as well as salmon-themed student displays inside as part of the school’s open house.

Note that Salmon Day activities are rain-or-shine. Parking is recommended in the neighbourhood.

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Thousands in household goods stolen from Mount Washington condo Erin Haluschak Record staff

In the two years that Anuschka Steigemann has rented out her furnished Mount Washington condo, she has never had a problem with tenants at her vacation rental.

That changed in September, when Steigemann said there was a lapse in communication with a couple who recently rented her unit for three months.

“They were a family that reached out and really needed somewhere to rent. I wanted to help them out and give them a hand,” she explained, of the response to a Craigslist posting.

Two weeks into their stay, which began Sept.1, Steigemann received word the couple was looking to break its lease agreement, informing Steigemann there were other renters interested in taking over the lease.

Steigemann agreed it was possible to do so, as long as the tenants were able to pass along the contact information of the people who were going to sublet.

“I messaged them every day and I didn’t hear anything.

I got this really bad feeling. I asked my building manager to check on my unit; I thought maybe they just skipped out.”

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“They were seen this really bad with a big U-Haul, feeling I asked my which was strange. building manager The condo was fully to check on my furnished and they unit; I thought did not bring any maybe they just furniture.” skipped out Comox Valley ANUSCHKA STEIGEMANN RCMP Const. Rob Gardner confirmed police are actively investigating a theft that occurred at the Blueberry Hills con- not show up. dos on Mount Wash“I felt so defeated,” ington. she said and added He added they are while she did have reaching out to any- insurance on the one who saw people condo, it does not moving contents into cover the damages.

“It didn’t seem like a moving truck between the hours of it was worth it at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. the time, but I have on Sept. 25. definitely learned my Steigemann said she lesson.” is pursuing legal acOn Tuesday, Steigetion against the cou- mann received word ple in small claims some of her items court for $17,000 and were located in a was hoping to serve dumpster in Port Althe tenants Tuesday berni. She was able to at the courthouse in recover a bed frame Nanaimo, where one and a small whiteof the renters was due board. Police were to appear in court on made aware of the an unrelated matter, discovery, she noted.

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No individual or business is absolutely perfect and things can sometimes go awry. Mistakes happen and the best thing you can do is take to heart the old adage of learning from them. The ideal thing a businessperson can do when customers have issues with their service is to take the complaints seriously.

Complaints should be looked upon as valuable input that can help your business identify problems with products, services or employees. Most importantly, they afford you the opportunity to fix any issues that affect your brand. If you don’t deal with them to the satisfaction of your customer, the result can be very costly.

Customer relations guru Ruby Newell-Legner — who has extensive experience both in Canada and the U.S. — says that a typical business hears from just four per cent of its dissatisfied customers.

That means that 96 per cent of them don’t bother contacting the business, even though they’re unhappy with something.

The downside of this is that 91 per cent of customers who had a bad customer experience won’t willingly do business with that company again. On the positive side, however, resolving a complaint

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in the customer’s favour means 70 per cent of them will do business with you again. Not exactly a perfect outcome, but it simply proves you can’t appease everyone.

In dealing with customer complaints, the first order of business is to find out why they’ve got a problem. This sounds obvious, but there may be more to the issue than you think.

This will require you to do some soul searching and ask yourself a few basic questions.

The following are just for starters. For example, what was it that you provided when you started up your business that encouraged customers to buy from you? Was it your price?

Was it quality products or service? Was it your ability

to deal with people on a more personal level? Was it the little extras or that added value which made you their choice? Was it the fact you were more involved with the community?

The next set of questions again only scratch the surface, but will hopefully help you pinpoint the problems.

Have you become too expensive? Is there something you used to provide or offer your customers that you’ve stopped doing? Are you living up to your advertising and promotional promises?

Are your staff (if you have them) properly trained in providing the personal service that helped build your reputation?

A fundamental part of winning back customers who complained is pro-

viding exceptional service that includes dealing with any complaint in a timely manner, resolving the issue to the customer’s satisfaction and engaging afterward with your customer to ensure you’ve got it right.

An analysis by Gallup has found that fully engaged customers are more loyal and profitable than average customers. When you engage positively with your customers, you bring them closer to your business, your organization and your brand which in the end can make everyone happy.

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Comox Valley to host job fair next Friday Looking for work? Wanting to meet local employers? Wondering about employment opportunities in the Comox Valley? Set a reminder in your calendar to attend the Employment Expo Job Fair 2017 on Friday, Oct. 20 at the Florence Filberg Centre, Courtenay, upstairs hall, from noon until 4 p.m.

Come prepared to connect with employers from the health, hospitality, human services, construction, finance, seafood and many other industries. This annual event is hosted by The Job Shop, Work BC Employment Services Centre.

Planning to attend the Expo but not sure how to prepare? Here are a few tips: • Research the employers you would like to speak to.

• Tailor your resume.

• Plan your introduction and questions.

• Better yet, stop into The Job Shop/ Work BC to use the resources in our

self-serve centre or speak to a Career Advisor to explore personalized job search assistance.

On the day of the job fair, dress as though you already work there! Approach each employer with a smile, a handshake, patience, and enthusiasm.

Circulate and visit multiple employers — you may be surprised at the variety of positions at an organization.

After a chat, ask for a business card, so that you can follow up with a letter or email.

The Job Shop/Work BC centre can help with all of your job search needs.

Call 250-334-3119 for information or visit the website www.thejobshop.ca .

The Employment Program of British Columbia is funded by the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia.

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Telethon basket filled to the brim with goodies Telethon time is upon us again.

On Sunday, Nov. 5, the 42nd Annual Children’s Telethon will take place at the Sid Williams Theatre from noon to 8 p.m.

All proceeds support local children and their families. One of the highlights each year at the telethon is the drawing for the winner of the Deluxe Raffle Basket.

The basket contains a lot of items, over $3,000 worth of goods and services, that come in all shapes and sizes.

This year’s basket includes gift certificates for local dining, spa and salon treatments, and great

shopping throughout the Valley.

There is a handmade quilt, some children’s toys, handcrafted art cards, an antique crate and of course, a beautiful basket. These are just a few of the items and it is winner take all.

For more than 10 years, Deb Etherington has wrapped the Comox Valley Child Development Association Deluxe Raffle Basket as a contribution to the Annual Children’s Telethon.

With the support of her previous employer, Quality Foods, and now with the support of her employer, 5th Street Florist, Deb has worked her wrapping magic.

This is no easy feat. Thanks to Deb, all of these items are tied up with one beautiful bow.

Tickets are just $2 each or three for $5.

Also to be raffled off is a trip for two to anywhere WestJet flies.

Tickets for this prize are just $10 each – a small price to pay for a dream vacation.

Tickets for both raffles are on sale at the Child Development Association, and at various locations throughout the community. And of course, you can come down to the theatre on Nov. 5 April Statz (CVCDA) and Deb Etherington (5th St. Florist) with the newly wrapped Deluxe Raffle Basket. and buy them there.

Guest speaker discusses mason bees at tonight’s North Island Rhodo Society meeting As anyone wringing his hands over a disappointing apple crop will tell you—growing fruit is more than just digging a hole and planting a tree. Along with fertilizing, mulching and pruning, the orchardist has a long list of friends and foes to deal with, the friendliest of which is the hard-working bee.

It may sound simple (bee flits from flower to flower picking up pollen and fertilizing the fruit in the process) but the whole subject of bees has become highly complex in re-

cent years with climate change bringing pests, mysterious diseases and extinctions.

Al Morton, the North Island Rhododendron Society (NIRS) speaker Oct. 10 has part of the answer for the beleaguered orchardist: put out the welcome mat for native mason bees. Mason bees are found all over the world but the local variety can be encouraged to settle among a garden’s flowers by providing nesting boxes situated in the right places. Unlike honey bees, mason bees stick

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close to home and the average female will visit up to 60,000 flowers in its short lifetime.

In his talk, Morton will cover the native bee’s life cycle, talk

about the importance of pollination, give the hows, whens and wheres of starting the bee colony, and provide direction for building nesting boxes

and caring for them.

He points out that the bees got their unusual name because they use mud and other masonry products in the construction of their

nests. Morton is a retired teacher who now lives in Comox and has spent many years as a “bee farmer.”

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A public hearing is being held to consider the following: Comox Zoning Amendment Bylaw 1868, to rezone the 12 properties on Highridge Drive, shown shaded on the map, from Single/Two-Family to Single-Family/ Secondary Suite.

Details

In general terms, the purpose of Comox Zoning Amendment Bylaw 1868 is to amend Comox Zoning Bylaw 1850, to rezone properties at 1501, 1502, 1515, 1516, 1519, 1520, 1521, 1522, 1525, 1526, 1531 and 1532 Highridge Drive from R2.1 to R1.1.

The permitted uses under the R1.1 zone for the subject properties would be: single-family dwellings, secondary suites, home occupations, bed & breakfast accommodations, accessory structures and uses.

More Information Copies of the proposed bylaw, as well as existing relevant reports and documents, will be available for inspection at Town Hall, 1809 Beaufort Avenue, Comox between the hours of 8:30am – 4:30pm Monday through Friday (except Statutory Holidays) commencing on October 5, 2017 until 4:00pm on the public hearing date.

At the Public Hearing

We’re listening — Please submit your comments Written Submission Send by mail, fax or e-mail, as long as the submission: 1. Is received before 4:00pm on the public hearing date; 2. Is addressed to Mayor and Council; 3. Identifies the bylaw under consideration in the subject line, and; 4. Includes the name and address of the person making the submission.

Each such person is solely responsible to ensure that their submission is received on time. The Town will not issue any acknowledgement of receipt of such submissions.

All persons who believe that their interest in property is affected by a proposed bylaw will be afforded an opportunity to be heard in person, by their representatives or by written submission on all matters contained in the proposed bylaw.

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oliticians, all politicians, including those at the local level, must be accountable to the public.

But that doesn’t mean constituents should have the right to harass and intimidate them beyond all reason.

Most of the harassment is, unsurprisingly, taking place online. While some local politicians have reported face to face interactions that were inappropriate or even scary (we’ve heard of local politicians having their families threatened), these are few and far between compared to the vitriol people feel entitled to spew online.

We know a little something about that as a newspaper, as well. Our work is public and usually we love to hear from people who are reading it.

But with the advent of social media, the tone and the scale of comments people can direct towards their target has changed. Many feel secure behind a screen, anonymized, even if their name is there on Facebook or Twitter.

They will say things through the Internet that they would never dream of saying to someone’s face, and they will feel justified in saying them over and over and over — and over — again.

It’s all too easy for little bullying mobs to form of the loudest (figuratively speaking) and most extreme.

To be the target of such a campaign can be demoralizing and depressing, even for those who know full well to ignore the digital flood.

When it comes to our local politicians, it’s important to recognize that they aren’t like celebrities or national politicians. They don’t have assistants to comb through and trash the terrible.

It’s concerning that the prospect of having to deal with this kind of thing is turning good people away from running for public office.

It’s easy to see why someone would decide it’s just not worth the hassle.

So before you hit send on that message or post in the next thread, perhaps consider whether you would say what you’ve typed if the setting was a public debate, or you were sitting down for coffee with your elected representative.

Civility is a good thing.

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■ Tom Fletcher POLITICS

Interim B.C. Liberal leader Rich Coleman used his speech at the recent Union of B.C. Municipalities convention to challenge mayors and councillors on the issue of supportive housing for people with addictions and mental illness.

Face down angry local voters trying to protect their neighbourhoods from needle-strewn disorder and crime, approve new housing sites wherever you can, and get ready to be tossed from office next November when you do it, Coleman told the assembled local politicians in Vancouver.

That’s what former Kamloops mayor Peter Milobar did. He set up simultaneous public hearings for five supportive housing sites on the same evening, so the angry opponents would come at council in smaller groups. Now he’s a B.C. Liberal MLA, and his successor has to face city voters.

To an extent, I agree with them. The “Not In My Back Yard” mentality prevents many solutions that would help the broader community. And Coleman made housing and supporting homeless people a personal crusade for the past decade.

Coleman built the government’s real

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estate arm, B.C. Housing, into a huge machine, taking over the notorious “single room occupancy” hotels in East Vancouver at staggering cost and rehabilitating the corrupt Portland Hotel Society to run them.

He rolled that approach out to other B.C. communities, taking over aging motels and opening “low barrier” shelters.

The new NDP government has picked up where he left off, promising to build and operate 2,000 modular housing units with round-the-clock staff support, at a cost of $291 million over two years.

The problem is that this approach is reaching for bigger and bigger BandAids for the welfare state’s growing wounds. The first combined Metro Vancouver-Fraser Valley homeless count came out last week. Overall homelessness is up 40 per cent since 2011, and you don’t hear politicians promising to eliminate it any more.

We’re getting past the soothing social worker talk about the “opioid crisis” too. Interviews with weary paramedics are revealing the reality on the street, where they find themselves racing to revive the same people multiple times in the same day.

In some cases these “victims” wake up angry that the over-stretched emergency crew has ruined their drug trip, after a hard day of hustling and stealing to get the stuff. Some are seeking out fentanyl, because they see it as a better buzz for their buck.

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There is a growing segment of system users, who have decided working is for chumps, and welfare and criminal activity are a better way to keep their own personal party going.

On the front lines of the police and health care system, they’ve got a clearer idea of who the real victims are. People with genuine wounds and illnesses struggle for help from a system run by politicians who are convinced that all of this self-destructive behaviour is a disease, and an ever-expanding nanny state is the only cure.

News media need to clue in too.

I’ve written before about professional tent-city stage manager Ivan Drury, who has set up squats across Metro Vancouver and descended on Maple Ridge to press his outrageous demands during the B.C. election.

There’s a similar tent city queen in Victoria, and a guy in Abbotsford who has been portrayed as a hero for making a bridge out of stolen shopping carts, and setting up a network of camps so people could carry out their theft and drug dealing in relative safety.

The first thing politicians should learn is that the angry people trying to protect their communities are not the problem.

Tom Fletcher is B.C. legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Email: tfletcher@blackpress.ca Twitter: @tomfletcherbc

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Dear editor, In response to the Viewpoint article by Tom Fletcher on Thursday, Sept. 28 entitled Politicians loot public treasury I strongly disagree with Mr. Fletcher’s position. Would he rather continue the practice of having very wealthy individuals and corporations spending vast sums of money to elect politicians who are indebted to their agendas?

For years here in B.C. Christy Clark and the Liberals have “sold away” our province and its resources to the highest bidders.

Thanks to the greedy Liberals our housing industry has been taken over by wealthy investors to the point that basic housing has become unaffordable to many British Columbians. Even our precious water resource has been given away to large corporations like Nestle for next to nothing!

Personally, as a B.C. taxpayer, I

would gladly pay $2.50 to help fund political candidates and parties accountable to the people who elect them, not to wealthy donors.

We need only to look at what has happened in the U.S. with vast sums of money spent by radical right wing billionaires to elect politicians who advance their views (i.e. denial of climate change to enhance their own fossil fuel profits, passing laws to restrict voting rights, trying to save money by denying people’s rights to receive affordable health care, etc.)

The U.S. needs to end allowing big money to control their local and federal governments and I applaud the NDP government for putting a stop to the practice of having big money direct our province.

Eleanor Peters, Courtenay

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Empathy for Fanny Bay senior Dear editor, One feels for Mr. Kisiloski (Senior feels he has been unfairly treated by assessment office, Letters, Sept. 26), who seems to have been badly treated by the Government Assessment Office.

However, his penultimate sentence is troubling: “I received an e-mail from the Courtenay office lawyer saying if I went to the media I could be

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If a citizen lays open to the public his perception of bad treatment by, say, an arm of government – be he in the right or no – can such a threat even be legal?

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Email submissions to BandB@comoxvalleyrecord.com BOUQUET TO THE driver of the #5 bus at approximately 7:30 a.m. It was my son’s first day of high school (Wednesday, Sept.

6) and first time taking public transit.

We had looked up the bus routes, but as with any 14 year old taking the bus by himself for the first time, there was some hesitation. You sensed this in him and actually gave him a better route that would drop him off right in front of his school and without the need to walk.

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LET ME SET the scene for you. It is a family oriented neighbourhood and you are at a public park, with a playground. There are doggy bags available there and specific containers to put dog waste in. And yet, you are a dog owner that does not pick up your dog’s waste at this park.

If this scene applies to you; please, for everyone’s sake, pick clean up after your dog or take your dog into the deep deep woods for a walk.

way that makes a lasting difference.

The Comox Valley is extremely fortunate to have a facility like Glacier View with its cadre by caring nurturing professionals and volunteers.

HUGE BOUQUET of flowers to the dedicated staff at Glacier View Lodge.

My mom Betty left us last Friday night.

In the time our family spent with mom in the Lodge, we saw nothing but respect and honour given to all the residents and we admired the positive energy the staff projected despite the many challenges residents face regularly. We thank you for the support and profound acts of kindness that aren’t in any job description, but performed nonetheless because the staff care deeply about others in a

A BUSLOAD of bouquets to our local bus drivers. This service is more than just a transit system.

I am visually challenged, and ride the bus almost every day, and almost every day, I feel grateful.

There’s the driver who honks when he passes my grandson’s house, and the driver who came to my own townhouse, on her own time, to give me an important item I had left on her bus.

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I WAS FORTUNATE to win the recent “2017 Shopping Spree” sponsored by the Comox Valley Record. I would like to extend a big thank you to publisher Keith Currie for bringing this contest over from the Comox Valley Echo and also to Black Press Media for sponsoring the event. I am grateful to all of the participating businesses.

It was so much fun driving around in a limo with my family, Keith, and reporter Erin Haluschak to all of the stores on my shopping list. No longer can I say that I never win anything!

I have changed my tune. Jean Gunderson.

INTERESTING THAT VIHA is considering fining Comox Valley taxpayers for not quickly treating drinking water with a $110 million project which was created

by VIHA wanting perfection. Where is the science on the hazards of glacial silt in the best source of drinking water in the province - Comox Lake? Golly, now we have well meaning,

misinformed people wanting to treat salt water and drink our bath water. We only use 1% of the lake!

The big issue is BC Hydro who use 84% of the water and drain the lake during droughts. They need to pay for most of the deep water intake - as they are in Campbell River.

SAILING IN A schooner full of roses to the beautiful ladies of Pearl Cove Salon! Thank you so much for making my 96-year old mother’s visit a main event!

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DUE TO A DUMB mistake, I wound up at the Gold River Clinic.

The doctor then sent me to the Campbell River Hospital, where the ambulance crew wound up their 18-hour shift. From there I went to the Comox hospital. The whole time, I felt that I was the only patient in the hospital due to all the attention that I got. A lot of people criticize institutional food, but it was the best I have ever had in a hospital. Many thanks for all the help.

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There are eight dedicated single use tennis courts and no pickleball courts.

Presently, if I want to play pickleball I have to go to a temporary facility at a time that volunteers have set up temporary nets while the tennis players have eight courts available any time. It irks me that I have to go to a facility at a few given times a week and sometimes they are so busy that players have to be turned away, and when they drive home they pass eight vacant tennis courts. Come on Comox, let the pickleball players have the use of two of the eight courts.

Dedicating two of the six tennis courts at Anderton Park to

pickleball will allow many more people to enjoy public facilities.

BTW there will be over 12,000 pickleball games played in the Comox Valley this year.

BOUQUETS OF glorious roses to Holly at Pharmasave in Comox. You and your beautiful models put on a fabulous fashion show at St John the Divine last Saturday. It was wonderful to see the fashions and be entertained as well. Thank you so much for a job well done!

A LARGE, DEEP bucket of bull exhaust to the idiots who made the Inland Island Highway into a washboard road in the name of progress.

I suppose the tax payers footed the bill too.

SO SAD THAT 59 people died in Las Vegas from a crazed gunman with eight rifles. Only in the wild west USA you might say, but not so smug, folks in the Comox Valley who have drug outlets in their neighborhood and 1,400 deaths from Fentanyl in B.C. in 2017 and still no big time arrests.

Interesting discussion with two ladies on the Comox Wharf, concerned about property crimes on Comox Avenue condos, but unphased at having drug outlets in every neighborhood!

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who made our mom and dad’s 75th anniversary celebration so memorable. Special thanks to Cheri, Mark and Leah for all your hard work.

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GIVEN THAT THIS is ‘Pastor Appreciation Month’ the members of The Salvation Army’s Comox Valley Community Church would like to take this opportunity to send the biggest possible bouquet of gratitude to Kevin and Michelle Elsasser. As pastors both to us and to the many in our community that do not have a church home, their radiant example of compassion, caring, and nurturing is an ongoing inspiration.

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members who have volunteered tirelessly on Abbeyfield’s behalf to make it such a gem for our community. We are very grateful for all the help mother has received from the VIHA care people over the past three years; you enabled her to stay in her home at Abbeyfield.

Thank you to all those in the community who have worked so hard with me to try to find a new home for mother. Bouquets to the staff at C.V. Seniors Village who have helped with mother’s transition into her new home – you have all been so kind and supportive.

TO THE ‘skunk cabbage’ writer who would like drivers in his/her building to drive them into town. I personally do not volunteer for this for liability reasons. If I have you in my car and I have an accident and you are injured, guess who’s ‘on the hook?’

ME!! So much for my kindness. Also, I’ve noticed that in the past, when I have done this, it doesn’t take long before driving people around ‘becomes my job,’ ie, where were you when I needed to: go to the doctor, grocery shopping, the drugstore etc, etc, etc. ?? No thanks! And no, I am not a taxi service.

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Dunn Right Towing and Craig at Fountain Tire on Sept.28 for their help, patience, towing and advice on my car, which saved me money and a whole lot of stress! From the ‘ diesel/gas mistake’ lady.

The McLoughlin Gardens Society offers a bouquet with sincere thanks to Volunteer Comox Valley for their help in identifying a treasurer for our newly-formed board. Their help was generous and very accommodating - another excellent Comox Valley organization, and one which helps others to be involved.

FACE DOWN in a pile of manure for the cowboy on Dogwood Street in Comox for the offensive front licence plate that reads, ‘I

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This party came in the middle of us moving from our home of some 40 plus years. So much confusion for us and

I have been so busy unpacking and sorting things out that I have not had time to personally say thank you to those who were so kind to me. So if you were one of those a Big Thank You. I WOULD LIKE to send a huge bouquet of gratefulness to two stellar real estate agents at Royal LePage — Ray and Ron. We moved two months ago and they went above and beyond. They didn’t just provide us with furniture but also delivered and moved it all into our new home. Thank you both and we will be forever grateful for your generosity and kindness. I would recommend your services to anyone.

THIS BEEF is for the person who let their shopping cart roll down at Canadian Tire and smash into my car. You know who you are!

If your are a decent human being, you would come forward

and pay for the damage you caused. This happened Monday morning around 11:30.

HARDY DRYWALL

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4

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 A13 Offers in effect October 9 - October 15, 2017

99

watch for

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per lb

october 13

WESTERN CANADIAN - AAA - AGED 21 DAYS

English

Tickler Aged Cheddar Cheese

Bean Crisps

Thin & Crispy Popped Bean Crisps 170gr

2

49

2

Per

100 gr

99

California

Sweet Scarlet Extra Large Grapes 4.39 per kg

Popcorners

Thin & Crunchy Popped Corn Crisps 142gr

1

99 Per

LB

5

2$ for

British Columbia Orchard Run

Spartan Apples 2.18 per kg

G.H. Cretors

Popped Corn 184-227gr

99

¢

2

Per

LB

99

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5

99

Black Angus

Top Sirloin Grilling Steak AAA · Aged 21 Days

Family pack, 13.21 per kg

Meat

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3

99

Black Angus

Stewing Beef Family pack, 8.80 per kg

Per lb

WESTERN CANADIAN - AAA - AGED 21 DAYS

4

Per

LB

5

WESTERN CANADIAN - AAA - AGED 21 DAYS

Center Cut Single or Double Loin Pork Loin Chops Family pack, 6.59 per kg

NOW

2

99 Per

LB

6

2$ for

Schneiders Country Naturals Burgers or Maple Leaf Prime Burgers 680gr

Redeem Q-Points INSTANTLY at the till upstairs!

99 Per lb

WESTERN CANADIAN - AAA - AGED 21 DAYS

400gr

11.00 per kg

AAA · Aged 21 Days 13.21 per kg

Meat Pies

99

Blade Pot Roast or Simmering Steak

Per lb

Schneiders

Pork Whole Tenderloin

Black Angus

7

77

Schneiders

Country Naturals Chicken Strips, Nuggets or Wings 750gr

Simply Poultry

Turkey Breast Fillets 2kg

200,000 Q-Points

777

14

99

$20 gift card

Now customers can redeem Q-Points upstairs at a step above to receive a gift card for a step above INSTANTLY at the till!

Sara Lee

Pound Cake or Cheesecake

304-538gr

Sara Lee

Creme Pie 555-652gr

Sara's

Old Fashioned Ice Cream Cake

1.4lt

3

99

4

99

9

99

Farkay

Noodles

397gr

Coconut Milk

for

400ml

Patak's Original

Cooking Sauce

400ml

10

5$

Thai Kitchen

3

99

Uncle Tom's

Extra Long Grain Rice

2kg

Taj Mahal

Vegetarian Meal 285gr

2

99

for

Patak's Original

Chutney or Curry Paste 250-284ml

10

5$

3

99

Kikkoman

Panko

227gr

Golden Dragon

Sauce

455ml

5

3$ for

4

2$ for

5

2$ for

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Meat & Seafood

Fresh

Pork Back Ribs Avg. 700gr

Seafood

Frozen or Previously Frozen

Machine Peeled Shrimp 250/350 size

2

10

$

49 Per

100 gr

Fresh

Halibut Steaks

Sunrise Farms

Family pack, 7.69 per kg

3

49

Buy this specially priced bag of groceries and place it in the Food Bank box at your favourite QF location.

Astro

12x100gr

Astro

Yogourt

Grain Fed Free Run

Grain Fed Free Run

3

49

Per

100 gr

Salmon Village Frozen or Previously Frozen

Sockeye Salmon Fillets

ONLY

19

99

Sunrise Farms

Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts

Per

Family pack, avg. 700gr

LB

2

49 Per

100 gr

1

49

Snapper Fillets

Trick or Treat bags with your purchase!

4 for

5

Old Dutch

Potato Chips

255gr

Wonder

English Muffins

6's

10

5$ for

Mccain

Hashbrowns Fried Potatoes

900gr

10

5$ for

Kik Drinkable Yogourt 200ml

5

5$ for

Island Gold

Free Run Eggs

Large brown, 12's

399

Maple Leaf

Bacon

65-375gr

499

Simply

Beverage

1.75lt

Old Dutch

Restaurante Tortilla Chips 230-384gr

10

4$ for

6

2$ for

LICABL PP

EES EF

Astro

Per

100 gr

• Reusable • Recyclable • Compostable

99

2$

10

$

Fresh

PLUS A

650-750gr

Locally Raised BC Poultry

Bone In Chicken Thighs

Buy a Bag Today!

Yogourt

Locally Raised BC Poultry

399

Old Dutch

Arriba Tortilla Chips 245gr

6

2$ for

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Milk & Cookies F R E E

Purchase One

A $399 Value

9

Cheddar Cheese 907gr

6

99

Kraft

Cheez Whiz Cheese Spread

Happy Planet

Smoothie

900ml

Kraft

450gr

Snackit Dips

10

Cracker Barrel

Shreds

320gr

6

99

Cookies

5

3

Soup

500-650ml

Ocean's

Chunk or Flaked Light Tuna Selected, 170gr

5

4$ for

Earth's Own

Almond Fresh Beverage

1.89lt

Hellmann's

Mayonnaise

890ml

2

99

Imperial

Margarine

1.36kg

5

99

Adams

Natural 100% Peanut Butter

1kg

Seasoning

24-39gr

1

$

Old El Paso

Crunchy Shells

125-133gr

5

3$

for

Old El Paso

Thick & Chunky Salsa 650ml

2

99

Old El Paso

Dinner Kit

250-510gr

Triple Fruits Spread 500ml

560gr

2

99

Kellogg's

Mini-Wheats Cereal

405-510gr

Bake Life Sweeter

3

99

9

99

Rogers

Natural Granulated White Sugar

10kg

3

99

2$ for

E.D. Smith

Eggo Waffles

Betty Crocker

Cake or Brownie Mix

432-461gr

5

3$

for

Sun-Maid

Natural California Raisins

750gr

Rogers

Oats

750gr-1.1kg

2

99

4

99

7

Dr. Oetker

Giuseppe Pizzeria Thin Crust Pizza 482-501gr

4

99

Pepsi or 7-Up

12-15x355ml

All Purpose Flour

10kg

3

99 Frosting

Rogers

Five Grain Granola

700-750gr

3

Robin Hood

Betty Crocker

340-450gr

9

99

5

3$

for

3

99

5

2$

Leclerc

Cookies

for

240-300gr

3

99

Nestle

Carnation Hot Chocolate Mix

225-500gr

Salt Spring

Organic Whole Bean Coffee

400gr

2

99

Kellogg's

Corn Flakes Cereal 680gr

Nature Valley

Granola Bars

Selected, 160-230gr

Selected, 425-670gr

10

1

99

Dole

Fruit Pouch

382ml

10

5$

Cadbury

Chocolate Bar for 85-100gr

3

99

Kellogg's

Cereal

5$

for

9

99

Dairyland

1% Chocolate Milk 750ml

99

¢

LICABL PP

EES EF

Old El Paso

3

99

Kellogg's

Selected, 12 pack

PLUS A

2x61gr

4$ for

3

99

99

Happy Planet

WOW

Ocean's

Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread

LICABL PP

3$ for

2

English Bay

99

Kraft

227gr

Singles Process Cheese Product

Receive One

EES EF

PLUS A

900gr

Milk Jug 4lt

99

Cracker Barrel

Dairyland

99

Dr. Oetker

Giuseppe Pizzeria Rising Crust Pizza 830-900gr

4

99

O'Tasty

Fully Cooked Dumplings

567gr

3

99

Bassili's Best

Lasagna

907gr

3

99

Cheemo

Perogies 815-907gr

10

5$ for

Tastie

Vegetable Spring Roll 204gr

5

3$ for

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017 A17

Milk & Cookies F R E E

Purchase One

A $399 Value

9

Cheddar Cheese 907gr

6

99

Kraft

Cheez Whiz Cheese Spread

Happy Planet

Smoothie

900ml

Kraft

450gr

Snackit Dips

10

Cracker Barrel

Shreds

320gr

6

99

Cookies

5

3

Soup

500-650ml

Ocean's

Chunk or Flaked Light Tuna Selected, 170gr

5

4$ for

Earth's Own

Almond Fresh Beverage

1.89lt

Hellmann's

Mayonnaise

890ml

2

99

Imperial

Margarine

1.36kg

5

99

Adams

Natural 100% Peanut Butter

1kg

Seasoning

24-39gr

1

$

Old El Paso

Crunchy Shells

125-133gr

5

3$

for

Old El Paso

Thick & Chunky Salsa 650ml

2

99

Old El Paso

Dinner Kit

250-510gr

Triple Fruits Spread 500ml

560gr

2

99

Kellogg's

Mini-Wheats Cereal

405-510gr

Bake Life Sweeter

3

99

9

99

Rogers

Natural Granulated White Sugar

10kg

3

99

2$ for

E.D. Smith

Eggo Waffles

Betty Crocker

Cake or Brownie Mix

432-461gr

5

3$

for

Sun-Maid

Natural California Raisins

750gr

Rogers

Oats

750gr-1.1kg

2

99

4

99

7

Dr. Oetker

Giuseppe Pizzeria Thin Crust Pizza 482-501gr

4

99

Pepsi or 7-Up

12-15x355ml

All Purpose Flour

10kg

3

99 Frosting

Rogers

Five Grain Granola

700-750gr

3

Robin Hood

Betty Crocker

340-450gr

9

99

5

3$

for

3

99

5

2$

Leclerc

Cookies

for

240-300gr

3

99

Nestle

Carnation Hot Chocolate Mix

225-500gr

Salt Spring

Organic Whole Bean Coffee

400gr

2

99

Kellogg's

Corn Flakes Cereal 680gr

Nature Valley

Granola Bars

Selected, 160-230gr

Selected, 425-670gr

10

1

99

Dole

Fruit Pouch

382ml

10

5$

Cadbury

Chocolate Bar for 85-100gr

3

99

Kellogg's

Cereal

5$

for

9

99

Dairyland

1% Chocolate Milk 750ml

99

¢

LICABL PP

EES EF

Old El Paso

3

99

Kellogg's

Selected, 12 pack

PLUS A

2x61gr

4$ for

3

99

99

Happy Planet

WOW

Ocean's

Philadelphia Cream Cheese Spread

LICABL PP

3$ for

2

English Bay

99

Kraft

227gr

Singles Process Cheese Product

Receive One

EES EF

PLUS A

900gr

Milk Jug 4lt

99

Cracker Barrel

Dairyland

99

Dr. Oetker

Giuseppe Pizzeria Rising Crust Pizza 830-900gr

4

99

O'Tasty

Fully Cooked Dumplings

567gr

3

99

Bassili's Best

Lasagna

907gr

3

99

Cheemo

Perogies 815-907gr

10

5$ for

Tastie

Vegetable Spring Roll 204gr

5

3$ for

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Deli

1

Grimm's

Classic Oven Roast or Maple Ham

Arbutus Ridge

Homous, Spinach or Tzatziki Dip

8

2$ for

99 per 100gr

2

Freybe

Authentic Smoked Beef Bottom round

Armstrong

Shredded Parmesan Cheese Family pack, Min. 280gr

8

$

Red Potato with

49

Dijon, Macaroni or Sweet Bean Salad

Fresh Food Made Easy

Sunrise

Smoked or Roast Turkey Breast

per 100gr

99

¢

1

99

Crispy Chicken Bites

per 100gr

per 100gr

1

49 per 100gr

Cold

Medium

Dry Garlic Wings Medium

Fried Rice Medium

....... .......

Chicken with Black Bean Sauce

.......

Egg Roll

.......

1195 695 1050 199

Meat or Vegetarian Lasagna

1

49 per 100gr

Fresh Instore Made

Stuffed Baked Potato

for

Prepared on premise daily, choose from Chinese favourites such as chow mein, fried rice, sweet & sour pork, chop suey and much more!

Whether you decide to dine in with us or take home, we offer fresh & tasty food that’s guaranteed to please!

Smokehouse

6

BBQ Pork Back Ribs

99

2 racks

HOT • FRESH • FAST

Perk Avenue

Large Breakfast Meal

Scrambled eggs, 2 pancakes & 2 slices of bacon or 2 breakfast we offer Chinese foodslice at select Quality Foods locations sausages or 1 ham

Trophy

Pine Nuts

5

99 per 100gr

Mixed Dried Fruits

400gr

25

$

*These items are available at select stores only

Bulk

Trophy

5

2$

4

99

Trophy

Milk Chocolate Peanuts

450gr

3

99

Trophy

Neon Worms

350gr

2

99

es only

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Bakery

2

99

Calabrese Buns 6 pack

Cheese & Onion Buns 6 pack

2

Mini Danish 6 pack

3

99

Dark Bran Muffins 6 pack

Earth Balance

Traditional Spread 368-425gr

Silver Hills

Organic Sprouted Power Bread 680gr

Pine Sol

Multi-Surface Cleaner

1.41lt

399 7

2$ for

3

Cake Donuts 8 pack

Cake Centre

Two Layer

Lemon, Raspberry or Strawberry Truffle Cake

Pepperidge Farm

198gr

Kind

Healthy Grains Granola Bars

175gr

Windex

Cleaner or Wipes

765-950ml or 28's

Alpine Bread

99

Organic Goldfish Snack Crackers

99

3

69

9

99

Cream Puffs or Original Cakerie Cake Slice

299 7

2$ for

3

Uncle Lee's Tea

100's

Ethical Bean

Fair Trade Organic Pods or Bean Coffee

132gr or 340gr

99

Household

Spongetowel

Paper Towels

6's

for

for

D'Italiano

Bread or Buns

600-675gr or 4-8's

5

2$

Taste for Life

Legends of China Green Tea

3

69

5

2$

Oroweat

Bread

680gr

5

2$ for

5

2$ for

399 7

99

Billy Bee

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375gr

5

99 Double Roll Bathroom Tissue Purex

12's

4

99

5

99

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Mexico

Fresh Hass Avocadoes

Offers in effect October 9 to October 15, 2017

We reserve the right to limit quanities. Photos for presentation purposes only

5

3$ for

British Columbia

Snap Top Carrots 2lb bag

3

2$ for

Fresh Express

Mann's California/Mexico

Romaine Hearts 3's

Salad Kits

Selected, 131-320gr

3

99

Bard Valley

Natural Delights Medjool Dates 454gr

3

99

7

99

Washington No. 1

Anjou or Bosc Pears 3.28 per kg

British Columbia Hot House

Extra Large Beefsteak Tomatoes 3.73 per kg

Washington

Organic Baby Peeled Carrots 1lb bag

1

49

Red, Orange or Yellow Bell Peppers

per lb

1

69 per lb

3.28 per kg

5

California/Mexico

Organic Bunched Green or

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Country Harvest Bouquet

14

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British Columbia

Red, White or Yellow Nugget Potatoes

Floral and fall decorative ...

Qualicum Foods - 705 Memorial Port Alberni - 2943 10th Ave. Nanoose Bay - 2443 Collins Cr.

per lb

6.59 per kg

2$ for

299

British Columbia Hot House

Oriental Lily & Gerbera Bouquet

9

99

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THIS WEEK’S

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PHOTO BY MCKINNON PHOTOGRAPHY

Sarah Hagen is returning to the Valley to perform at Studio Live.

Hagen returns to the Valley for hometown performance Mark Allan Special to the Record

Coming off two summers of combining humour with classical music across Canada, Sarah Hagen will perform in the Comox Valley for only the second time in almost two years.

Presenting a show called Perk Up, Pianist, Hagen evolved the act at fringe festivals.

“It’s such a great place to work out material, to figure out what makes people laugh and what doesn’t,” Hagen says in an interview from Charlottetown, PEI. “If I think about the first edition of it, the audition in Toronto … and what it looks like now, it’s hardly the same thing almost.”

Changing her act so drastically was a challenge, admits the Comox Valley native.

“It’s scary,” she admits with her trademark sincere, unrestrained laughter, “when an audience doesn’t laugh after you’ve just told your best joke.”

Hagen is learning to trust her writing and her instincts.

“The best part about that is that now it’s going to venues like the Fanny Bay Community Hall in May,” the irrepressible Hagen chuckled.

And, of course, Studio Live

in Cumberland for a total of three performances Oct. 24 and 25.

Hagen admits she’s been missing Mattina Musica, her series of intimate classical recitals that began in her living room and eventually moved to the Sid Williams Theatre as their popularity grew.

“Studio Live seemed like a space where I could create something in the middle. It’s bigger than my living room, yet it’s still so small. It seats only 70 people.

“I think it’s cozy. The piano is beautiful.”

Encouraging people to bring their own mugs, Hagen expects the crowd to partake of tea and cookies in true Mattina Musica style.

The daughter of the late Stan Hagen, a Comox Valley MLA, and newspaper columnist Judy Hagen, Sarah says she’s looking forward to coming home.

“I’ve been really missing people. I’ve been missing the ambiance of Mattina Musica and house concerts, and so I just decided I’m going to do it.”

Due to Hagen’s local popularity and the size of the venue, she’s doing morning, afternoon and evening performances.

Playing in such a small venue creates a different vibe than in a concert hall.

“I think it makes it feel a little more casual, and that changes the playing. The playing becomes more intimate; the introductions for the pieces are more like chatter than formal introductions.

“There’s something about being closer to the instruments, hearing it better,” she adds.

Beyond Studio Live, Hagen resumes touring her comedy show in the new year.

I’ve taken some time away from playing. I felt like I needed to take some time away and rest. I feel like I’m ready to go back on the road in the same intense way.”

The BC Touring Council’s 2015 Touring Artist of the Year earned that honour for playing well, and for doing it in a demanding tour schedule.

As Studio Live audiences will learn, Hagen has a fresh perspective and is ready to go.

“I’ve stepped away from the piano, stepped away from performing … It’s like coming to a whole new instrument for me. It’s exciting. It’s like a Renaissance.”

Growing up in the Comox Valley, she will see many

longtime friends at Studio Live. If you’re not acquainted with this talented, likable musician/comedian, she has performed in concert halls and has been heard on broadcasts throughout North America and Europe.

A recording artist and eager collaborator, Hagen initially built her reputation as a firstprize winner in the 2013 Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition, which led to a solo recital at New York City’s Carnegie Hall in May 2013.

Her debut solo album, Glass House Dancing, was nominated for Classical Recording of the Year at the 2009 Western Canadian Music Awards. *** Sarah Hagen performs at Studio Live in Cumberland on Oct. 24 at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 25 at 10:30 a.m. and Oct. 25 at 2 p.m.

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Threshold Choir chapter launching in the Valley The Comox Valley Threshold Choir has launched as an official chapter of an international network.

However, singers have been practising the repertoire for nearly a year. Threshold Choirs practice gentle songs that comfort those who are seriously ill, dying, grieving, or in transition. In groups of three, they sing quiet, harmonious melodies such as lullabies and chants. This “song bath” is soothing and comforting and can have a powerful physiological effect on the body, heart and mind.

Threshold singing is not a performance: It is an act of presence.

Jill, one of the local leaders, loves this refrain: “We are all just walking each other home.”

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and have no religious affiliation.

If interested in inviting a group of these singers to support you, a family member, or a friend, contact Jane

Fox (janefoxincomox@gmail.com) or Jane Sigurdson (250792-5993).

Threshold Choirs practice gentle songs that comfort those who are seriously ill, dying, grieving, or in transition.

Photo courtesy of Faith Echtermeyer Threshold Choir is one Canadian chapter in a network founded in California in 2000.

The a cappella (voices only) choir purpose is “to sing for and with those at the thresholds of life.”

CVTC formed last fall under the direc-

tion of Wendy Nixon Stothert and Kazimea Sokil but now has member leadership. After the official launch, the local choir will be listed on the Threshold Choir International website, with its own link: thresholdchoir.org/

comoxvalley The mission statement of the CVTC is: With a calm, focused presence and gentle voices we use song to make kindness and compassion audible to those near end of life.

We sing at bedside, vigils and memorials.

Our aim is to gently enter into someone’s life, to share our music and hearts, and then to softly take our leave.

We seek to create moments of grace in difficult times for clients, families and caregivers alike. We honour all spiritual paths

Find your natural potential at book launch You’re invited to join Courtenay author David F. Buckland for the launch of a new book, Our Natural Potential: Beyond Personal Development, The Stages of Enlightenment.

There will be a short talk and book signing at the Courtenay Library, Oct. 11, at 6 p.m.

We are in a time of unprecedented numbers of people having profound shifts in their sense of self and the

world. Like Eckhart Tolle before them, many have no background to support this or are unfolding in unexpected ways. Also, a growing number of scientists have begun to explore this field but lack a robust model.

What’s missing is a broader understanding of the underlying process, a vision of our potential, and the major variations in experience. Our Natural Potential tackles the issue by proposing a framework of seven

stages of enlightenment based on ancient descriptions. These are brought into modern language and tested against the experience of many people going through these transformations. This includes residents of

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Groove to jazz Thursday night at the Avalanche Following last week’s amazing show

by Comox Valley musicians, the Thursday night jazz season at the Avalanche Bar continues this Thursday at 7:30 p.m. when Victoria’s Gord Clements Quintet will treat us to a show featuring great 1950s jazz compositions.

The quintet has been together since March of 2015 and has played, in addition to many other projects, two sold-out shows at Hermann’s Jazz Club that re-created and celebrated the historical instrumental recordings produced by Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker in 1952 and 1953. The chemistry between these two legendary musicians became iconic of the evolution of jazz from bebop to the birth of cool. The songs are primarily originals by Mulligan, as are all the

player Gordon Cle- acoustic bass, and ments, guitarist Rob drums.

Cheramy and bassist This special event Joey Smith, as well as is unquestionably a the youthful presence singular opportunity of trumpeters Olivier to hear music which Clements and drum- made history. mer Dave Emery, Admission is $10 both of whom hold for members and $12 jazz degrees from for non-members.

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arrangements.

Mulligan was a significant arranger, working with Claude Thornhill, Miles Davis, Stan Kenton, and others.

His piano-less quartet of the early 1950s with trumpeter Chet

Baker is still regarded as one of the best cool jazz groups.

Mulligan was also a skilled pianist and played several other reed instruments.

Several of his compositions, such as Walkin’ Shoes and

Five Brothers, have become jazz standards.

For Thursday’s tribute, Gord has added guitar to the baritone sax, trumpet, bass and drums combination that these recordings featured.

The arrangements are

exactly reproduced but the improvisations are from the band.

The exciting chemistry comes from the father and son team on baritone sax and trumpet, 30 years of collaboration between multi-reed

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Soccer academy hosts scholarship planning session The Riptide soccer program is pleased to welcome Erin McNulty and Stuart Neely, who will discuss the scholarship planning process with players and parents, Saturday, Oct. 14 at North Island College.

McNulty is a former Canadian women’s national team player who grew up in Winnipeg. She earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree on full scholarships while attending American universities.

She has also played professional soccer Stuart Neely in Canada and in Europe.

Neely has coached in Youth World Cup qualifying events, and many international tours while working with the Canada Soccer Association (CSA).

During that time, he also served as a coach educator at all levels of instruction from child to senior (A licence). In recent years while working with the Vancou-

ver Whitecaps and Toronto FC of the MLS, he spent a great amount of time developing youth footballers and programs to suit their needs. Coaching within the MLS, USL, PDL, CIS and overseas structures, Neely has learned a great deal and is excited to share his ideas and vision on the game from a coaching education perspective.

He holds a master of physical education, bachelor of adult education, and is a Level 5 Chartered Professional Coach.

The event is being made available for all Riptide players and parents.

“We ask Riptide players who will be attending the Starfire Showcase in November with the 2003 girls, 2002 girls and 20002001 girls be sure to attend,” a news release states.

McNulty and Neely will speak at 6:30 p.m. at the Stan Hagen Theatre.

Erin McNulty, pictured at a training session this year at Valley View, will discuss scholarship planning in a Saturday presentation at NIC. File photo

Steady Rigsby leads team Scott Stanfield Record staff

Courtenay’s Abigail Rigsby, a sophomore at Oklahoma Christian University, shot back-to-back 74s to lead the Lady Eagles golf team to a fifthplace team finish at the UCO RCB Classic in Edmond, Okla.

A news release says Rigsby’s putter “kept her afloat in the opening round” Monday with three birdies en route to a threeover-par round of 74 at The Golf Club of Edmond.

She duplicated the feat in the second round Tuesday, placing eighth overall with a two-day total of 148.

The leader shot 139.

“I was disappointed in my play as an individual but I had two solid putting rounds which was a nice confidence boost,” Rigsby said by email. “As a team we showed a lot of potential for what’s to come in the spring.

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“My sophomore year has been going well so far,” she added.

“I know what to expect this year and I’m excited for what’s to come.”

The Lady Eagles combined for a total of 307 the first round and 304 in the second.

Their 611 total was just one back of fourth-

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The host Central Oklahoma won the tournament with a team total of 585.

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The lower portion of the running leg from the Strathcona Parkway will switch to an off-road trail. File photo.

Trail building for the big race ‘Safety first’ has been the highest priority for the Royal LePage Snow to Surf for the 36 years of the unique multi-sport relay.

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Careful grooming of the 70-plus kilometre relay route comes under scrutiny this time each year with an eye to participant well-being.

This fall, race organizers will move to shift the lower portion of the running leg from the Strathcona Parkway to a complete off-road trail.

Race boss Brian Shaw, along with some experienced help, is flagging a new route through TimberWest holdings. He requires some eager hands to clear brush and move rocks before the snow falls. Trail-building expertise would be invaluable.

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CDFGPA hosts gun show The Courtenay and District Fish & Game Protective Association is hosting a Fall Gun Show Sunday, Oct. 15 at the main hall from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.

This is a buy, sell and trade show with an assortment of nearly new to antique items.

It will feature sporting, hunting and other associated equipment, and some historical firearms.

The event provides an opportunity to find a starting firearm for a novice hunter. An increasing number of young people, and women, are expressing interest in shooting sports. This could be the opportunity to find an economical

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The Courtenay and District Fish & Game Protective Association Fall Gun Show is Oct. 15. firearm.

Admission is $5 for men 19 and older, but women and youth get in free. Breakfast and lunch will be available.

Several shows are held throughout the year on Vancouver

Island including the Spring and Fall Gun Show at Courtenay and District Fish & Game.

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Ladies at the Comox Golf Club played the closing tournament of the season Sept. 24.

Sue Leakey won first low gross with 84 and Nancy Riva was second low gross with 85.

Pat Schmidt won first low net with 69 and Linda Diamond was second low net with 70.

Buttnor wins powerlifting silver Scott Stanfield Record staff

Competing at the Invictus Games was something Jackie Buttnor will never forget.

A resident of Morpeth, Ontario, Buttnor was born in Comox and later posted to her birthplace after joining the military. She won a silver medal in powerlifting at last month’s competition in Toronto.

“The whole Invictus Games experience was many things,” said Buttnor, who also competed in wheelchair basketball. “Amazing, empowering, life-affirming and awe-inspiring.”

After joining the Canadian Armed Forces in 1990, Buttnor trained as a medical assistant. During an exercise at CFB Wainwright Alberta, she was one of two medics who witnessed and responded to a C130 Hercules air crash. Her last posting was at CFB Comox in 1997.

“Life since my release in

Comox-born Jackie Buttnor won a silver medal in powerlifting at last month’s Invictus Games. ’04 has been a long struggle to find a way to make a difference and contribute something worthwhile,” Buttnor said. “But, being on this team, with these people, has re-ignited a fire that I am now determined to

maintain.”

Comox Valley residents Tracy Howlett-Cooney, Dale Robillard, Harry Reddin, Stephane Roy and Mimi Poulin also competed in Toronto. Howlett-Cooney was a flag-bearer.

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Project Watershed completes work at Simms Park Local residents who use Simms Millennium Park will notice some significant changes since Project Watershed completed salmon habitat improvement work in the park this summer.

During August, the Project Watershed team completed the construction phase of the project, which has been many years in the planning.

The endeavour included the removal of an old culvert connecting the Courtenay River through the park into an inner pond area.

The culvert was replaced with a larger fish-friendly culvert installed at a lower elevation so that fish would have more access during a variety of tide cycles.

The old culvert flowed around 18 per cent of the time during an average tide cycle. Now the area will be inundated by the tide and river flows, and hence accessible by fish, almost 80 per cent of the time.

In addition, another large culvert was installed at the end of the inner pond that connects through to the Courtenay Slough.

This installation of the two culverts created a true flow through channel and has completely changed the hydrology of the area, resulting in improved circulation and flushing which has led to better water quality.

This change in hydrology

The new culvert was installed this summer.

should also help to keep out invasive bull frogs, which were found in the area at the start of the project.

The Simms channel is one of only three areas of off-channel habitat along the Courtenay River where young fish can rear.

As part of the enhancement, two

new deep pools have been created, and large woody debris and rock place to ensure fish refuge and cover during low tides and river flows. A side benefit of the project is that it may allow adult salmon that are returning to spawn an opportunity to escape predation by seals along this

section of the river.

“Already adult pink and coho salmon as well as a school of trout have been observed moving through the culverts and using the Simms channel,” said Jennifer Sutherst.

“The project was completed on time and on budget by the

Project Watershed team,” stated technical director Dan Bowen.

“In addition to our team there were many others that helped us achieve a successful outcome.

Volunteers from the community helped salvage fish from the area before the start of construction, and were also on hand to keep the public out of the active work zone during construction and explain the project objectives to those interested.

“The K’ómoks First Nation Guardian Watchman and their summer students helped with site preparation and the City of Courtenay Parks staff provided tremendous professional support throughout the project.

“Of course the project could not have been brought to fruition without the financial support of the Fish and Wildlife Compensation Program, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation.”

As part of the project some alder trees had to be removed and the area re-contoured to allow equipment access to the site; these trees will be replaced with native conifers.

Other native trees, plants and shrubs will be planted at the site this fall.

To volunteer for the planting effort, connect with Project Watershed at www.projectwatershed.ca

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JOSHUA ALAN HUNTER

July 18, 1984 – September 26, 2017 It is with great sorrow to announce the passing of Joshua Alan Hunter.

He is survived by his loving family, friends and his beloved dog Sage.

A Celebration of Life will be on October 14, 2017 at the Florence Filberg Center at 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay, BC from 12-4 pm.

In Lieu of flowers donations may be made for Sage.

You will forever be in our hearts.

Anna Lund (nee Brown)

February 4, 1926 – September 30, 2017 Our dear mom passed away very peacefully in the evening of September 30, 2017 at Cumberland Lodge, Cumberland, B.C. Her youngest daughter Lee Ann was with her, holding her hand. Mom was 91 years old, and still smiling that last day. Mom lost Ernie, her husband of 54 years in 2006. Mom has one remaining brother John Brown, but lost Abie, Agnes, Kay, and Lillian. Mom left behind her five children, Joanne (Tim), John, Judy, David (Mia), and Lee Ann (Mike). She would always say “I have the best kids in the world”. Also, grandchildren, Jordan, Jesse, Deigh-Anna, Sarah, Laura, Jared, Julianna and Elijah, and great grandchildren Roark, Shaye, James, Brianna, Lucy, and Jase. She also leaves many nieces and nephews.

Mom was born in Russia, but emigrated to Canada with her parents and siblings when she was 3. They settled in Dundurn, Saskatchewan and she lived there through her high school years. She wanted to become an RCMP officer, but that wasn’t a possibility then. She went on to become a Registered Nurse and was extremely proud of her profession. She wore her Regina Grey Nuns gold pin and white nurses cap with enormous pride. Mom married our dad Ernie in Saskatoon and started her family.

She “thoroughly” enjoyed her vegetable garden and baked and cooked and canned – everything was homemade and everything was delicious! We remember fondly, when we were young, Mom and her siblings sitting around the kitchen table drinking endless pots of coffee and talking and laughing in Low German.

We moved to Victoria in 1967 and mom resumed her nursing career at the Royal Jubilee Veterans’ Hospital. Mom was involved as a camp nurse, Sunday school teacher, youth counsellor at Emmanuel Baptist Church for many years and was fondly called “Frizzie” or “Blondie”. Mom volunteered with Meals on Wheels and the Victoria Schizophrenic Society and various political campaigns. Mom loved listening to Pavarotti in the evenings.

In her senior years, her and Dad moved to French Creek, then finally to Courtenay, B.C. They went to Hawaii several times – loving the warm water, music, palm trees and ever since going there, Mom loved to do the hula for us, and wore leis often!!

They also loved camping in their 5th wheel, lots of walks, gardening, watching hockey and visiting all their kids and grandkids. In her final years Mom lived at Cumberland Lodge. We would like to thank all the wonderful caring staff at Cumberland Lodge for taking such good care of our mom. We are very grateful for all your kindness and making mom’s final years so peaceful and happy for her.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation to an Alzheimer organization, or a charity of your choice.

Viewing and visitation will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 11th from 1:00-1:30 pm at Comox Valley Funeral Home, Cremation and Reception Centre, 1101 Ryan Road.

Funeral service at 1:30 pm with interment to follow at Courtenay Civic Cemetery.

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I’ll Be Waiting for You Although your heart may be broken, There’s no need to weep for me.

I’m in a wonderful place now, Where I’m happy and so carefree.

I had to go, but I’ve left behind Good memories to comfort you.

Concentrate on the best times we had, And try not to feel so blue.

For one day we’ll be together again, To laugh and sing and play.

You’ll be so glad to see me again, It will seem I was gone just one day.

So try to lift up your heads now, And dare to set grief aside, Because I’ll be waiting here for you, To welcome you to the other side.

Mabel Marguerite RODGMAN

(nee McConaghy)

Mabel entered peacefully into rest after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease on Friday, September 29, 2017 at Miramichi Lodge in Pembroke, Ontario.

She was born October 4, 1923 in Fredericton, New Brunswick and was a proud Canadian Maritimer. Mabel was the beloved wife of the late Frederick Charles Rodgman (1983) also predeceased by her daughter Susan Howes (2013) and grandson Andrew Rodgman (2011).

She leaves behind her sister Dorothy (William) Jarvis, and her sons Stephen (Holly) and Graeme (Sylvie). Loved grandmother of Catherine (Timothy Wade) Howes, Johanna (Steven) Tremblay, Stephen Rodgman, Christopher Rodgman, and Mark (Tania Kabantsov) Rodgman; loved greatgrandmother of Elijah, Emma, and Noah. She will also be missed by her many friends and extended family including former son-in-law Trevor Howes, and former daughter-in-law, Susan Rodgman.

Always impeccably dressed, Mabel lived a full and happy life. She was an avid Bridge player and could not be beat at Scrabble, despite many valiant attempts by her children. She was always singing or humming a tune. Even into the years of her declining health, Mabel continued to sing the songs of her youth including her favourites “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary” and “My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean”. Mabel was an active member of her community, serving on the Royal Victoria Hospital Auxiliary for over two decades, including 2 years as President. She was also an active member of Central United Church for over 40 years until she was unable to attend services due to her ailing health. Mabel had a love of travel and spent much of her retired life seeing the world including trips to Portugal, England, Israel, China, Egypt, and her ancestral home of Scotland. As a military wife, she had the opportunity to live in multiple cities throughout Canada and the US including Greenwood NS, Comox BC, and Jacksonville, FL. Most notably, she had a great love and dedication to her family. She was an influential presence in her grandchildren’s lives, especially as young children. Despite sometimes long distances, she visited as often as possible.

Special thanks to the wonderful staff at Grove Park Home, Maple unit (Barrie, Ontario) for the friendship and many years of caring for Mabel. Friends and family are welcome to attend an interment ceremony at 1pm on May 5, 2018 at Midhurst Union Cemetery in Barrie, Ontario.

Cremation has taken place.

Memorial donations to the Alzheimer’s Society of Canada in memory of Mabel would be sincerely appreciated. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the Malcolm, Deavitt & Binhammer Funeral Home, Pembroke. On line condolences and memorial donations can be made at www.mdbfuneralhome.com

Leona Anne RIEDLINGER (née Cherrington)

It is with deep sadness that the family of Leona Riedlinger announces her passing on Tuesday, October 3, 2017 in the Comox Valley Hospital at the age of 73 years.

Leona will be lovingly remembered by her husband of 53 years, Lloyd; son Derrick and his children Sorne and Kennedy; daughter Roxanne (Roger) Bordeleau and their children Christopher and Adrien; daughter-in-law Susie Riedlinger; father Donald Cherrington; sister Donna (Rod) Block; brother Rick (Pricilla) Cherrington; sister-inlaw Beatrice Cherrington as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles and friends.

Leona was predeceased by her father George Hugh Cherrington, mother Blanche Cherrington and brother George Thomas Cherrington. Leona was born in Edmonton, AB and was raised on a farm at Moon Lake, AB. Her husband Lloyd was in the armed forces and they had been stationed in Edmonton, Germany, Cold Lake, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and the last posting was in the Comox, BC. Leona will be remembered for the “#5” hard look, her infectious laughter and a smile that would light up a room.

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A Celebration of Leona’s life will be held on Friday, October 20, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 160 (1825 Comox Ave, Comox, BC). Interment of Leona’s urn will be at a later date at the Brightwood Cemetery in Alberta.

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School District 72 is seeking applications for the following positions:

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The Merville Grand Mothers’ Fabulous Fabric Sale is happening again on Saturday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at St. George’s Church Hall at Sixth and Fitzgerald in Courtenay.

Come at 10 a.m. sharp for the best selection of fine fabrics, quilting, yarn, sewing equipment and supplies.

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Salute to the Comox fire department JERRY SNOOK

JIM LARIVIERE

RICK SHELTON

LIEUTENANT

ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF

ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF

Years of Service: 30

Years of Service: 36

Years of Service: 34

Occupation: 19 WIng Firefighter

Occupation: Comox Fire Rescue

Occupation: Comox Fire Rescue

Family: Rhonda, Glenn, Ryan

Family: Pam, Amanda, Adam

Family: Deb, Tasha, Aaron, Renée

Courtenay 250.338.1401 Crown Isle 250.338.5656 Comox 250.339.4847

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COLE LOGAN

BILL WINDRAM

PETE KENDALL

LIEUTENANT

CAPTAIN

FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 15

Years of Service: 36

Years of Service: 16

Occupation: Coastal Transportation & Storage

Occupation: Retired

Occupation: BC Hydro Firefighter

Family: Kathy, Lisa, Erica, Kelly Gillian, Rob & Adam

Family: Ashley, Landon

Family: Cathy, Kye, Collin, Sarah

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Union Street GRILL & GROTTO

477 5th Street, Courtenay 250-897-0081 unionstreetgrill.ca

DAVE DAVIES

RON BARROW

Years of Service: 33 Occupation: Dept. Fisheries & Oceans Family: Jeri-Lynn, Morgan, Sarah

Years of Service: 15 Occupation: Sar-Tech 442 Squadron Family: Destinee, Blayne, Jayden

LIEUTENANT

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ROB STEVENS

CHRIS GYTENBEECK

LIEUTENANT

CAPTAIN

LIEUTENANT

Years of Service: 22

Years of Service: 23

Years of Service: 12

Occupation: Engineering Technologist

Occupation: Comox Fire Rescue

Occupation: Houle Electric Ltd.

Family: Laura, Carmen, Danielle

Family: Judy, Curtis, Josiah, Kyla, Megean

Family: Dominique, Jessie, Sam

Northern Fire & Safety Equipment

2145 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay

250.338.0101

(Division of Northern Ropes & Industrial Supplies)

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259 Puntledge Rd., Courtenay

250-334-3707 Fax: 250-334-3721 2860 North Is. Hwy., Campbell River 250-286-1027

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KELLY RUSK LIEUTENANT

Years of Service: 18 Occupation: Investors Group Family: Robbie

2801 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay

COREY BROOKS

BRITTANY JONES

CAPTAIN

LIEUTENANT

Years of Service: 22

Years of Service: 5

Occupation: Comox Fire Rescue

Occupation: BCAS

Family: Kathy, Allison, Josh

Family: David, Ronalee

4847 North Island Highway, Courtenay

courtenayfishandgame.org

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TERRY DEAN

COLIN HANES

JASON EVERITT

CAPTAIN

FIREFIGHTER

LIEUTENANT

Years of Service: 23

Years of Service: 5

Years of Service: 10

Occupation: BC Ferries

Occupation: Realtor

Family: Shirley, Cameron, Nichol, Amanda, Lauren

Family: Alicia, Zoe, Keira

Occupation: Guillevin International Territory Manager Family: Heather, Emma, Mirren

2145 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay

250-334-2425

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PASCAL LAFRENIERE

ELSAH GILROY

HARRY REDDIN

CAPTAIN

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 8

Years of Service: 5

Years of Service: 4

Occupation: Town of Comox Recreation

Occupation:

Occupation: Resource Management Student VIU

Family: Kim Campbell, Ken Gilroy

Family: Nicole

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Family: Wanda, Carson, Cole 261 Fifth Street, Downtown Courtenay

J•E•W•E•L•L•E•R•S

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JAYDEN BARROW

FIREFIGHTER

ANDREW VANDENDRLESSCHE

Years of Service: 4

FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 4

Occupation:

Years of Service: 3

Occupation: Mechanic

Family: Jessica

Occupation: CV Dodge

Family: Ron, Destinee

BRETT CLARKE

See dealer for details.

See dealer for details.

FIREFIGHTER

Family: Gord, Kim 31

Union Street Grill

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Comox Valley Record

www.comoxvalleyrecord.com

Tuesday, October 10, 2017 B3

Salute to the Comox fire department MATT MEREDITH

BRENT CRAVEN

JARED LEBLANC

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 4

Years of Service: 2

Years of Service: 2.5

Occupation: Thread Theory Designs

Occupation: Craven Studios

Occupation: HD Mechanic

Family: Kim

Family: Joe, Lisa

Family: Morgan

Dog: Gordie 4847 North Island Highway, Courtenay

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RICHARD QUINN

SAM PRIDMORE

DILLAN COTE

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 2

Years of Service: 2.5

Years of Service: 1 month

Occupation: Medical Technologist

Occupation: World Traveller

Occupation: Carptener

Family: Heather

Family: Sandy, Gail

Family: Laurie, Paul

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FRANK ASSU

KENT GILROY

Years of Service: 1.5 Occupation: Border Services Officer, Canadian Border Services Agency Family: Cathy

Years of Service: 1.5 Occupation: Apprentice Electrician, J. Waters Electrical Family: Kim, Ken

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

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362-B 10th street Courtenay 250-338-5511 www.unitedfloors.ca

KALLEN LOVETT FIREFIGHTER Years of Service: 1.5 Occupation: Automotive Service Technician, Toyota Family: Danielle

250-338-5811

CAMERON MCCOLL

AL MCMURDO

RAMON RAMIREZ

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 1.5

Years of Service: 22

Years of Service: 1.5

Occupation: Heavy Duty Equipment Operator

Occupation: Sales, United Floors

Occupation: Commerical Banker

Family: Tracey, Justine, Jamie, Robbie

Family: Amy, Helena, Sebastian

Family: Barb, Alan Courtenay 250.338.1401 Crown Isle 250.338.5656 Comox 250.339.4847

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JEREMY BROWN

JESSE BERNARD

JOHN WATKINS

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

RECRUIT

Years of Service: 11

Years of Service: 3

Years of Service: 1

Occupation: 19 Wing Firefighter

Occupation: 19 Wing Firefighter

Family: Amy

Family: Jason, LIsa, Brody, Charli

Occupation: Lab Manager, Marine Harvest Canada

Bryce Hansen

250-339-2988 720 Knight Rd. Comox

Direct

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COMOX FIRE RESCUE OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY OCTOBER 14TH, 10 A.M. UNTIL 4 P.M.

The members of Comox Fire Rescue would like to invite members of the public to attend their annual Fire Prevention Week Open House. This Open House is scheduled for Saturday October 14th from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

This event marks the end of Fire Prevention Week in Canada This is a great opportunity for citizens to come into the fire station and meet their local firefighters. Firefighters will be on hand to hand out important fire safety information and conduct tours of fire vehicles and equipment.

Chief Schreiner states: “Fire Prevention Week is an important time of year for us in the fire service. It is the focal point of our year round fire safety programs.

Through our many program we endeavor to reach as many of our citizens as we can. We know though our experience that Fire Prevention really does pay huge dividends in our community. One of the most important fire safety tips we can pass on is to ensure that you and your family are protected by a working smoke alarm. Working smoke alarms really do save lives.”

Our address is 1870 Noel Avenue, Comox across from the Comox Recreation Centre.

B4 Tuesday, October 10, 2017

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www.comoxvalleyrecord.com

Salute to the Comox fire department GREG FALCK

PETER MCKENZIE

PETER LASZLO

RECRUIT

RECRUIT

RECRUIT

Years of Service: 1 Occupation: Retired Family: Dr. Rachel McKenzie, James, Kirsty, Molly

Years of Service: 1 Occupation: Operator, El Norte Adventures Ltd. Family: Karen

Years of Service: 1 Occupation: Deputy Sherrif Family: Darlene, Makayla, Jenna, Kylie

Bryce Hansen

Courtenay 250.338.1401 Crown Isle 250.338.5656 Comox 250.339.4847

Direct

STEFAN SCOTT

JACOB GUNSTON

RECRUIT

CHRIS PULLMAN

RECRUIT

Years of Service: 1 Occupation: Carpenter, Lawmar Construction Family: Sarah, Kai, Toby, Evie

250-702-6493

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Years of Service: 1

Years of Service: 5

Occupation: Student

Occupation: DND FIrefighter

Family: Lena

Family: Brenda, Dave

www.woofys.ca Courtenay: 2400 Cliffe Ave #12-795 Ryan Road.Comox: Comox Mall 250-338-0455. 250-338-0424. 250-339-2272

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JOSH BROOKS

FIREFIGHTER\FIRST RESPONDER

CAM CLARK

FIREFIGHTER\FIRST RESPONDER

FIREFIGHTER Years of Service: 1.5

Years of Service: 1 Occupation: Auto Service Technician Family: Nadine, Darragh, Debbie, Page

Occupation: Wildland Firefighter

Family: Corey, Kathy 250.338.0101

2145 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay

canadiantire.ca

250-334-2425

2801 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay

brianmclean.ca

QUICK FACTS ON CO

CANDLE FACTS

WHAT IS IT: A COLOURLESS, ODOURLESS AND TASTELESS GAS. For more information on how to protect you and your framily from CO visit: www.fiprecan.ca

Years of Service: 8

Occupation: Student

The misuse of candles is one of the major causes of home fires, especially during the winter and Christmas holidays. Candles provide great warmth and ambiance to any home. It is easy to forget that such a calming artifact is an open flame that can reach 1,400 °C. Most candle fires begin in the bedroom – with a mattress or bedding cited as the first item to ignite – except during the holidays, when more people use candles precariously too close to decorations.

Furniture and combustible accessories are also cited as the first items in the home to catch fire from a lit candle.

STATISTICS REVEAL THAT THE MOST COMMON CAUSES OF THESE FIRES ARE: Leaving candles unattended.

Falling asleep while a candle is lit.

Using candles for light.

Candles located too close to burnable objects.

Candles knocked over by children, pets or sudden drafts.

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017 B5

Salute to the Courtenay fire department DON BARDONNEX FIRE CHIEF

Years of Service: 9 Occupation: Fire Chief Family: Sue, Christine, Brian, Tarin, Meg, Jill, Mark

KURT MACDONALD

DENNIS HENDERSON DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF: TRAINING

DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF Years of Service: 26

Years of Service: 37 Occupation: Deputy Fire Chief Family: Charlene, Marci, Ashley, Sarah, Hannah, Logan

Occupation: Deputy Fire Chief Family: Lisa, Bradon, Jonathan

261 Fifth Street, Downtown Courtenay

250-334-4523 J•E•W•E•L•L•E•R•S

Ph 250-334-4154 • 5726 Coral Rd., Courtenay www.batesbeach.bc.ca

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MATT FOSTER

GREG LAMB

JONATHAN WELSH

CAPTAIN

CAPTAIN

CAPTAIN

Years of Service: 14

Years of Service: 14

Years of Service: 12

Occupation: Retail Store Manager

Occupation: Fire Inspector

Occupation: Fire Inspector

Family: Mikhaila, Ember, Arden

Family: Andrea, Brock

Family: Joella, Micah, Cohen Courtenay 250.338.1401 Crown Isle 250.338.5656 Comox 250.339.4847

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TONY HRYKO

CARY KERR

LANCE PETTY

CAPTAIN

LIEUTENANT

LIEUTENANT

Years of Service: 2

Years of Service: 14

Years of Service: 13

Occupation: Electircian

Occupation: EVT/Fire Inspector

Family: Leah, Ken, Tyler

Family: Dianna, Madelyn, Ryland

Occupation: Owner, Temprite Climate Solutions Family: Tara, Kai Cohen

Bryce Hansen

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Direct

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DEREK HENDERSON

KEN MANNING

DEB MCLACHLAN

LIEUTENANT

LIEUTENANT

DRIVER

Years of Service: 8

Years of Service: 6

Years of Service: 15

Occupation: Project Estimator

Occupation: Retired

Occupation: Mt. Washington/ London Drugs

Family: John, Mike JR EDGETT EXCAVATING 1754 Ryan Road East Comox, BC

40 years in the Comox Valley

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JEFF DONOVAN DRIVER Years of Service: 12 Occupation: Self Employed Family: Deanna, Marika, Mikayla, Miranda, Manoah

WILLI SCHNOOR

KAREN CAMPBELL DRIVER

FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 10 Occupation: Gardener, CIty of Courtenay Family: Crystal, Alexandra, Hugh, Tenzin, Arie

Years of Service: 8 Occupation: Truck Driver

261 Fifth Street, Downtown Courtenay

250-334-4523

J•E•W•E•L•L•E•R•S

All Size Fashions Group

250-338-5811

438 5th Street, Courtenay 250-334-0840

KEANAN EGELAND

KEN HRYKO

KEVIN APPLEYARD

FIREFIGHTER

DRIVER

DRIVER

Years of Service: 8

Years of Service: 6

Years of Service: 6

Occupation: Refrigeration Tech

Occupation: Power Line Apprentice

Occupation: Produce Technician

Family: Jen, Lino

Family: Silvie, Austin, Isaac

Family: Tamara, Logan, Avelyn

Northern Fire & Safety Equipment

JR EDGETT EXCAVATING 1754 Ryan Road East Comox, BC

40 years in the Comox Valley

250-339-6100

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www.jredgettexcavating.ca

(Division of Northern Ropes & Industrial Supplies)

259 Puntledge Rd., Courtenay Dealer #30993 Dealer #30993

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250-334-3707 Fax: 250-334-3721 2860 North Is. Hwy., Campbell River 250-286-1027

DANNY WYATT

MARGARET HAMILTON

DRIVER

DRIVER

DRIVER

Years of Service: 6

Years of Service: 6

Years of Service: 6

Occupation: Industrial Firefighter

Occupation: RBC Banking

Occupation: Mother

Family: Kate

See dealer for details.

See dealer for details.

REBECCA PALYCHUK

Family: Josh, Emma, Eva

Northern Fire & Safety Equipment (Division of Northern Ropes & Industrial Supplies)

259 Puntledge Rd., Courtenay

250-334-3707 Fax: 250-334-3721 2860 North Is. Hwy., Campbell River 250-286-1027

Ronna-Rae Leonard, MLA 437 5th Street, Courtenay Ronna-Rae.Leonard.MLA@leg.bc.ca 250-703-2410

MODERN MORTGAGE GROUP

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JERRY RIPPIN

KYLE LAMB

ANDY QUINN

FIREFIGHTER

DRIVER

DRIVER

Years of Service: 5

Years of Service: 5

Years of Service: 4

Occupation: Ownder: Jerry’s Auto Works Ltd.

Occupation: Refrigeration Tech

Occupation: Farmer/Rancher

Family: Kelsey

Family: Christal, Mac, Amanda

Family: Nadine, Madison

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Ronna-Rae Leonard, MLA 437 5th Street, Courtenay Ronna-Rae.Leonard.MLA@leg.bc.ca 250-703-2410

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B6 Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Comox Valley Record

www.comoxvalleyrecord.com

Salute to the Courtenay fire department ANTHONY GRAY

STEVE MCNAMEE

BILL RUEHL

DRIVER

FIREFIGHTER

DRIVER

Years of Service: 4

Years of Service: 4

Years of Service: 3

Occupation: Sales

Occupation: Asstistant Store Manager

Occupation: Helicopter Pilot

Family: AJ, Ella

Family: Gen, Madeline, Conner

Bryce Hansen

Direct

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CHRIS MURDOCK

BRADON MACDONALD

MARK SIMONSON

DRIVER

DRIVER

DRIVER

Years of Service: 3

Years of Service: 3

Years of Service: 3

Occupation: Automobile Mechanic

Occupation: Sheet Metal Apprentice

Occupation: Professional Driver Family: Sue

Family: Lena, Jamin, Grady

Union Street Grill

4847 North Island Highway, Courtenay

250-338-5451 Union Street

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ANTHONY MCCAFFREY

JENNIFER WALLER

MATT REXIN

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

DRIVER

Years of Service: 3

Years of Service: 3

Years of Service: 2

Occupation: Construction Contractor

Occupation: Teacher

Occupation: 19 WIng Comox Firefighter

Family: Jason, Cameron, Jeremy

Family: Laura, Annie

Family: Angela

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TODD MADSEN

IAN ROBERSTON

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FIREFIGHTER

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Years of Service: 2

Years of Service: 1

Years of Service: 1

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Occupation: Paramedic

Occupation: Red Seal Chef

Family: Kelsey, Makenna

Family: Hailey

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J•E•W•E•L•L•E•R•S

STEPHANIE MCLEOD

KEVIN BOSSOM

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 1

Years of Service: 1

Years of Service: 1

Occupation: Operations Manger

Occupation: Student

Occupation: Forestry Firefighter

Family: Laura, Isaac

Family: Jordan, Robert Phee

JAKE THOROLD

Ph 250-334-4154 • 5726 Coral Rd., Courtenay www.batesbeach.bc.ca

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Ronna-Rae Leonard, MLA 437 5th Street, Courtenay Ronna-Rae.Leonard.MLA@leg.bc.ca 250-703-2410

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MIKE MANNING

TANNER WILSON

RYAN HAMILTON

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 1

Years of Service: 1

Years of Service: 1.

Occupation: Butcher’s Block

Occupation: Automobile Sales Manager Family: Shanda, Cohen

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2801 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay

438 5th Street, Courtenay 250-334-0840

WILL VANT ERVE

DANIEL FILLATREAULT

YEMI AKINTUNDE

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 10 months

Years of Service:6 months

Years of Service: 1 yr 5 mos.

Occupation: WIng Comox Firefighter

Occupation: Airforce Communications

Occupation: Aircraft Maintenance

Family: Alyssa

Family: Kirstin

Bryce Hansen

250-338-5811

362-B 10th street Courtenay 250-338-5511 www.unitedfloors.ca

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Salute to the Courtenay fire department BYRON FREITER

Cooking Safety Tips

FIREFIGHTER Years of Service: 3 months Occupation: 19 WIng Comox Firefighter

Cooking fires are the number one cause of home fires and home injuries.

If you have a small grease fire and decide to fight the fire...

If you have any doubt about fighting a small fire...

• On the stovetop, smother the flames by sliding a lid over the pan and turning off the burner

• Just get out! When youleave, close the door behind you to help contain the fire.

• For an oven fire, turn off the heat and keep the door closed.

• Call 9-1-1 or the local emergency number from outside the home.

YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ARE FAST ASLEEP WHEN THE SMOKE ALARM SOUNDS:

Do you know what to do?

Consider this scenario: Its 2 o’clock in the morning. You and your family are fast asleep when you awaken to the smoke alarm sounding and the smell of smoke. What do you do? If you and your family don’t have a plan in place, it could jeopardize your safety, or even prove deadly.

In a typical home fire, you may have as little as one to two minutes to escape safely from the time the smoke alarm sounds. That’s why home escape planning is so critical in a fire situation. It ensures that everyone in the household knows how to use that small window of time wisely.

“Developing and practicing a home escape plan is like building muscle memory,” said Jim Lariviere, Chairman of the Comox Valley Fire Chiefs Association. “That pre-planning is what everyone will draw upon to snap into action and escape as quickly as possible in the event of a fire.”

This year’s Fire Prevention Week theme, “Every Second Counts: Plan 2 Ways Out!” works to better educate the public about the critical importance of developing a home escape plan and practicing it. Your Comox Valley Fire Departments are working in coordination with the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), the official sponsor of the Fire Prevention Week for more than 90 years, to reinforce those potentially life-saving messages. Fire Prevention Week is October 8-14, 2017.

“Home escape planning is one of the most basic but fundamental elements of home fire safety, and can truly make the difference between life and death in a fire situation,” said Lorraine Carli, NFPA’s vice president of Outreach and Advocacy.

In support of Fire Prevention Week, Jim Lariviere encourages all Comox Valley households to develop a plan together

and practice it. A home escape plan includes working smoke alarms on every level of the home, in every bedroom, and near all sleeping areas.

It also includes two ways out of every room, usually a door and a window, with a clear path to an outside meeting place (like a tree, light pole, or mailbox) that’s a safe distance from the home.

NFPA and your Comox Valley Fire Departments offer these additional tips and recommendations for developing and practicing a home escape plan: • Draw a map of your home with all members of your household, marking two exits from each room and a path to the outside from each exit.

• Practice your home fire drill twice a year. Conduct one at night and one during the day with everyone in your home, and practice using different ways out.

• Teach children how to escape on their own in case you can’t help them.

• Make sure the number of your home is clearly marked and easy for the fire department to find.

• Close doors behind you as you leave — this may slow the spread of smoke, heat, and fire.

• Once you get outside, stay outside.

Never go back inside a burning building.

For more information about Fire Prevention Week activities in your community contact your local Fire Department.

To learn more about this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Every Second Counts: Plan 2 Ways Out!” and home escape planning, visit firepreventionweek.org.

Salute to the Cumberland fire department MIKE WILLIAMSON

CRAIG WINDLEY

GLEN RODGER

FIRE CHIEF

ASSISTANT CHIEF

ASSISTANT CHIEF

Years of Service: 41

Years of Service: 25

Years of Service:

Occupation: Fire Chief

Occupation: Deputy Chief

Occupation: HD Mechanic

Expemplary Service Medal

Distinguished Service Medal

Distinguished Service Medal

Northern Fire & Safety Equipment

2145 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay

(Division of Northern Ropes & Industrial Supplies)

250-334-2425

259 Puntledge Rd., Courtenay

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MIKE BOSSOM

GRIEG DRY

MIK LUND

CAPTAIN

CAPTAIN

CAPTAIN

Years of Service: 26

Years of Service: 10

Years of Service: 7

Occupation: Engineer

Occupation: Mechanic

Occupation: Costco Meat Cutter

Distinguished Service Medal

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KENT FOURNEAU

BLAIR GRINDE

CAPTAIN

LIEUTENANT

LIEUTENANT

Years of Service: 6

Years of Service: 10

Years of Service: 10

Occupation: LPN

Occupation: Kinesiology

Occupation: Chef

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KEVIN WALLACE

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250-334-2425

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Salute to the Cumberland fire department LEN BANKS

HONORARY CAPTAIN Years of Service: 47 Occupation: Logging Machine Oporator Expemplary Service Medal Distinguished Service Medal

MODERN MORTGAGE GROUP

PETER AITKEN

SEAN RODGER

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 29

Years of Service: 19

Occupation: Sales

Occupation: LPN

Expemplary Service Medal Distinguished Service Medal 4847 North Island Highway, Courtenay

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BRENT HOFMANN

ANGELINA BANKS

JESSE FRENCH

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 21

Years of Service: 13

Years of Service: 10

Occupation: Cable Technician

Occupation: Sales

Occupation: Safety Officer

201-1530 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay 250-897-3550 Cell 250-465-2072 www.courtenaymortgagebroker.ca

261 Fifth Street, Downtown Courtenay

J•E•W•E•L•L•E•R•S

250-334-4523

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MARK DUECK

JORDON ALLEN

COEL PALMER

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 7

Years of Service: 6

Years of Service: 6

Occupation: Airplane Technician

Occupation: Mechanic

Occupation: Construction Carpenter

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ARCHIE PATEMAN

JAMES CLARKE

KYLE COFIELD

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 6

Years of Service: 5

Years of Service: 5

Occupation: Forestry Worker

Occupation: Mt. Washington Staff

Occupation: Construction

Union Street Grill Union Street

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GRILL & GROTTO

477 5th Street, Courtenay 250-897-0081 unionstreetgrill.ca

2145 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay

250-334-2425

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JASON SMITH

STEVE ELLIS

QUINN LUND

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

PROBATION FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 3

Years of Service: 3

Years of Service: 2

Occupation: Electrician

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4335 Macualay Road Black Creek

362-B 10th street Courtenay 250-338-5511 www.unitedfloors.ca

JOHN LEVIGNE

MIKE LACOURSE

SARAH CAMERON

PROBATION FIREFIGHTER

PROBATION FIREFIGHTER

PROBATION FIREFIGHTER

Bryce Hansen

Ronna-Rae Leonard, MLA 437 5th Street, Courtenay Ronna-Rae.Leonard.MLA@leg.bc.ca 250-703-2410

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JAMES ABRAMS

ROCKLENE LONGPRE

CHRIS BROWN

PROBATION FIREFIGHTER

PROBATION FIREFIGHTER

PROBATION FIREFIGHTER

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MODERN MORTGAGE GROUP

TYSON DE RYCKE PROBATION FIREFIGHTER

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Salute to the Oyster River fire department BRUCE GREEN

FIRE CHIEF/FIRST RESPONDER Years of Service: 29 Occupation: Fire Chief Family: Dawn, Christina, Sabrina, Mikayla, Samantha, Jessica, Haley, Erin

CHRIS MURRAY

RON SCHULZ

DEPUTY CHIEF

CAPTAIN/FIRST RESPONDER

Years of Service: 18 Occupation: Deputy Chief

Years of Service: 15

Family: Janine, Keely, Sophie, Christian

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Occupation: Truck Driver Family: Mary Ellen, Katie

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KARL NEUFELD CAPTAIN/FIRST RESPONDER

Years of Service: 7 Occupation: Building Inspector Family: Dena, Melissa, Shauna, Thomas, Brent 201-1530 Cliffe Avenue, Courtenay 250-897-3550 Cell 250-465-2072 www.courtenaymortgagebroker.ca

JIM DOBERSTEIN

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LIEUTENANT

Courtenay 250.338.1401 Crown Isle 250.338.5656 Comox 250.339.4847

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WILL BAUM LIEUTENANT

Years of Service: 28 Occupation: Dairy Farmer Family: Sarah Ann, Sabrina, Ethan, Cody, Zachary

Years of Service: 5 Occupation: Owner: Smitty’s Comox Family: Brooke, Diesel, Jessica

2145 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay

261 Fifth Street,

250-334-2425

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250-334-4523

J•E•W•E•L•L•E•R•S

MARTYN THOMAS

JANET MARRIOT

LIEUTENANT/ FIRST RESPONDER

JAKE NICKEL

LIEUTENANT/ FIRST RESPONDER

Years of Service: 8 Occupation: Helicopter Mechanic

Years of Service: 8

Years of Service: 35 Occupation: Retired Family: Carole, Jake Jr., Cathy, Sarah Ann

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ROSS SQUIRE FIREFIGHTER

Years of Service: 26 Occupation: Philanthropist Family: Carol, Collin, Christopher Courtenay 250.338.1401 Crown Isle 250.338.5656 Comox 250.339.4847

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KEVIN COWIE

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER Years of Service: 8 Occupation: Self Employed Family: Julie

362-B 10th street Courtenay 250-338-5511 www.unitedfloors.ca

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

Ronna-Rae Leonard, MLA 437 5th Street, Courtenay Ronna-Rae.Leonard.MLA@leg.bc.ca 250-703-2410

Ph 250-334-4154 • 5726 Coral Rd., Courtenay www.batesbeach.bc.ca

LEN APEDALLE

LEE GINGRICH

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

Years of Service: 20 Occupation: Forester

Years of Service: 15

Family: Maja, Melissa, Shauna, Thomas, Brent

250-338-5811

Family: Grace, Jesslyn, Jenna, Caitlin

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LYNN FEDORICK

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER Years of Service: 6 Occupation: Owner: Go Dog Go! Dog Training and Go Dog Go! All Star Trick Dogs

250-792-3515 www.bcdogtrainer.com

4335 Macualay Road Black Creek

TYLER GIBBONS

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER Years of Service: 6 Occupation: Plant Operator Family: Jacquelyn, Lexus

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DAVE CARMICHAEL

NICK HUXHAM

JIM FLOHR

Years of Service: 5 Occupation: Semi-Retired

Years of Service: 5

Years of Service: 4 Occupation: Salmon Point Restaurant

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

Family: Coleen

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

Family: Edith

Northern Fire & Safety Equipment (Division of Northern Ropes & Industrial Supplies)

259 Puntledge Rd., Courtenay

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JULIA BLAKE

BRIAN HIEBERT

JOELENA PIKET

Years of Service: 3

Years of Service: 3 Occupation: Business Owner

Years of Service: 3 Occupation: Preschool Teacher EGCE

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER Family: Peter Goebel, Marley, Oliver, Jack

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

Family: Terry

477 6th Street, Courtenay 250-334-3116 | www.edibleisland.ca

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

MODERN MORTGAGE GROUP

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AMANDA VOELTZ

JEFF CARING

CHRIS CHAMBERS

Years of Service: 3 Occupation: Sales

Years of Service: 3 Occupation: Marine Mechanic

Family: David, Bella, Grace

Family: Brittany

Years of Service: 3 Occupation: Owner: Passage Marine

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

Family: Meagan

Northern Fire & Safety Equipment

Bryce Hansen

Direct

250-702-6493

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(Division of Northern Ropes & Industrial Supplies)

259 Puntledge Rd., Courtenay

250-338-5811

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Salute to the Oyster River fire department HEIDI FUERSTE

CHRIS HOUNSELL

JASON GAGNE

Years of Service: 2 Occupation: Self Employed

Years of Service: 2 Occupation: Self Employed

Years of Service: 2 Occupation: HD Mechanic

Family: Chris

Family: Heidi

Family: Paula, Soren

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

JR EDGETT EXCAVATING

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J•E•W•E•L•L•E•R•S

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

250-334-4523

1754 Ryan Road East Comox, BC

40 years in the Comox Valley

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NEIL MCCREDIE

ROGER HOROBETZ

NICOLE EMERY

Years of Service: 2 Occupation: Milwright Apprentice

Years of Service: 2 Occupation: Canadian Tire Courtenay

Years of Service: 2 Occupation: Registered Vet Tech

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

Family: Barb

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

Family: Ian, Nathan, Nolan

Bryce Hansen

2145 Cliffe Ave., Courtenay

250-334-2425

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IAN EMERY

TIM O’MALLEY

KIM EMSLEY-LEIK

FIREFIGHTER/ FIRST RESPONDER

FIREFIGHTER\FIRST RESPONDER

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Years of Service: 2 Occupation: Forester

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FIRE EXTINGUISHERS THE ABCD’S OF PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHERS For more information on using and maintaing portable fire exstinguishers visit: www.fiprecan.ca

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO USE YOUR PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER? The first thing to remember is that a portable fire extinguisher should only be used on a small fire or incipient fire — one in the initial stages — and only if the room isn’t filled with smoke. If you’re sure you aren’t in any danger, follow these steps to use your extinguisher: 1.

Remove the extinguisher from its mounting and heft it in your hands to make sure it’s full.

Check that the needle is in the green zone of the pressure gauge.

2.

Position yourself between the fire and an exit (or with your back to the wind if the fire is outside), and approach to within two or three metres of the fire.

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3.

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Remove the safety pin by turning it and breaking the seal, as necessary.

4.

Take hold of the nozzle and aim it at the base of the flames, pressing the lever down as far as it will go. Sweep the nozzle from side to side, always at the base of the flames, being sure to cover the entire width of the fire.

5.

Stop only when the flames are extinguished or the fire extinguisher is empty. If the fire doesn’t go out or if the room is filling with smoke, evacuate the premises immediately.

Call 911 and wait for the firefighters to arrive.

If the fire seems to have gone out, call the fire department anyway; the fire could have spread into the walls.

After the fire, be sure to replace your fire extinguisher or have it filled, even if it isn’t empty.

Place it near an exit where it is visible and easy to get to.

Salute to the Ships Point fire department

LEFT TO RIGHT: REAR - Kevin Gardave, Dave Henderson, Art Davis, Carole Anthony, Bill Trussler, Andrew Locke, Dave Newman KNEELING - Frank Lines, Kathy Henderson, Terry Hoffart, Gene Bolduc, Frank Green, Brenda Heykin, Monica Gabelsberger MISSING - Ken Brown, Bill French, Ken Hayes, Brian Latta, Doug Mole, Bruce Prested, Dave Shepherd, Bob Timbers, Brenda Timbers, Jim Wahl, Ingrid Welch

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Salute to the union bay fire department MARK JACKSON

IAN HAM

KEVIN MACGREGOR

Years of Service: 38

Years of Service: 21

Years of Service: 22

FIRE CHIEF

DEPUTY CHIEF

CAPTAIN

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DARCY RAINEY

ROBERT JEFFERY

PETER WHARRAM

Years of Service: 12

Years of Service: 18

Years of Service: 18

CAPTAIN

FIREFIGHTER

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NICK WEBB

JOOST BUIJS

SUSAN HARGRAVES

Years of Service: 14

Years of Service: 12

Years of Service: 11

FIREFIGHTER

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CHELSEA WAITE

RIKK BUIJS

ROB HOLLANDS

Years of Service: 9

Years of Service: 8

Years of Service: 7

FIREFIGHTER

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LISA MEADOWS

TRAVIS MEPHAM

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Years of Service: 6

Years of Service: 5

Years of Service: 4

FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER

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J•E•W•E•L•L•E•R•S

JOE CONWAY

CHRISTIAN PREUSS

Years of Service: 4

Years of Service: 3

FIREFIGHTER

259 Puntledge Rd., Courtenay

250-334-3707 Fax: 250-334-3721 2860 North Is. Hwy., Campbell River 250-286-1027

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FIRE ESCAPE PLAN

FIREFIGHTER

78 PERCENT OF DEATHS FROM FIRE OCCUR IN THE HOME For more information on how to develop an escape plan, visit: www.fiprecan.ca

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Thank You to all our Local Fire Fighters for their commitment to our community!

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Salute to the denman Island fire department

Salute to the hornby Island fire department FRONT ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: Paula Courteau, Bailey Towson, Sol Goldhar.

MIDDLE ROW: Doug Chinnery, Rob Zielinski, Giff La Rose, Gary Manzer, Dave Hanna.

BACK ROW: Gregg Kendrick.

Missing: Ian Emberton, John Heinegg, Albini Lapierre, Sasha LeBaron, Duncan MacCaskill, Iain Palmer, Quana Parker, Scott Towson, Faroe DesRoches, Ted Goodden, Len Olsen, Don Peterson

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Keep space heaters well-ventilated and at least three feet away from flammable materials. Unplug space heaters when not in use.

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Salute to the 19 wing comox GARRETT SYKES FIRE CHIEF

19 WING Comox

SHARON LANGLOIS TRAINING OFFICER

19 WING Comox

DAVE HILLIER PLATOON CHIEF

19 WING Comox

JAMES CARTWRIGHT DEPUTY PLATOON CHIEF

19 WING Comox

GRANT RUSSELL CREW CHIEF

19 WING Comox

RUSSELL BODE FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

RICHARD EDMONDS FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

MIKE EARLE FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

RYAN LYNCH

DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF

19 WING Comox

JERRY SNOOK UNIT SUPPLY

19 WING Comox

CHUCK WIGGER PLATOON CHIEF

19 WING Comox

ANDREA LANDRY CREW CHIEF

19 WING Comox

ERIC GRAVEL FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

SCOTT BOYD FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

MIKE CUSSON FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

DANIEL GARAGAN FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

REG MACDONALD

CHIEF FIRE INSPECTOR

19 WING Comox

JEREMY BUCKINGHAM PLATOON CHIEF

19 WING Comox

MARK LEWIS

DEPUTY PLATOON CHIEF

19 WING Comox

BRENDAN HOWE CREW CHIEF

19 WING Comox

STEVE BEIRNES FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

TOM BRAIDWOOD FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

CONRAD RIDEOUT FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

JASEET GREWAL FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

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Salute to the 19 wing comox MASON HIGHMORE FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

JESSICA WILSON FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

CHRIS PULLMAN FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

SAM YOON

FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

JOSPEH KERWIN FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

MARC DRESCHER FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

JEREMEY BROWN FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

BYRON FREITER FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

DUSTY KENNEDY FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

VIJAY NAIR FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

WILLAM VANT ERVE FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

TJ BEAUSOLEIL FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

STEVE CHOI FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

BRENNEN SMITH FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

ALANA LITZ FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

CHADWICK VANEYK FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

JONATHAN LAFLEUR FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

SPENCER PEARSON FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

MATT REXIN FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

COLIN MACLEAN FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

CALEUB HOUSE FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

ADAM RAVENSTEIN FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

ALEX BOLDUC FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

CODY BUDD FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

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Tuesday, October 10, 2017 B15

Salute to the 19 wing comox JESSE BERNARD

KRISTOFER FAUCON

FIREFIGHTER

JIM SHARPE

FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox

COMMISSIONAIRES

19 WING Comox

19 WING Comox

NOT PICTURED DAVE EADES

ERIC GUERIN

COMMISSIONAIRES

COMMISSIONAIRES

19 WING Comox

SAFETY TIPS FOR THE HOME

• Use appropriate cooking appliances and keep them clean.

• Keep a pot cover nearby to “put a lid on it” in the event of a fire.

KITCHEN: • Avoid loose long sleeves when cooking.

• Check kettles and toasters for damaged electrical cords and thermostats.

• Use appliances that have an automatic shut-off.

• Keep a timer handy to remind you when the oven and burners should be switched off.

• If you take medication that causes drowsiness, do not use cooking appliances.

• Use a temperature-controlled electric skillet or deep-fryer for frying.

AVR RODIN

SGT BOUGIE

AVR RICKARD

FIREFIGHTER

19 WING Comox • Never leave your cooking unattended.

WO BARRET FIREFIGHTER

FIREFIGHTER FIREFIGHTER

extinguish in water before disposal.

• Never leave cigarettes in an ashtray unattended.

• Use ashtrays with a double rim and deep centre.

• Keep matches, lighters and lit candles out of the reach of children.

LIVING ROOM

• Never leave lit candles unattended.

• Fireplace: always use a fire screen, ensuring it is the appropriate size for the fireplace opening.

BEDROOM

• Power bars should not be used to overload electrical outlets. Do not use extension cords in the place of additional outlets.

• Smokers should check furniture for fallen cigarettes or embers, which can smoulder undetected for hour before bursting into flames.

• Ensure careful use of smoking materials and

• Install at least one smoke alarm outside each sleeping area. For improved safety, install a smoke alarm in every bedroom.

• Check electrical appliances regularly in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions: electric blankets, heating pads, curling irons, radios, televisions, irons.

• Bedrooms should be non-smoking areas.

Proudly supporting our Troops and the Firefighters of 19 Wing Comox

Ocean Pacific Realty

Cell: (250) 702-6493 Office: (250) 334-9900 Email: bryce@brycehansenteam.com

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5.3 LITRE V8, DENALI ULTIMATE PACKAGE, 4G WIFI, ON STAR, LOADED!

DEMO BLOWOUT

20 UP TO

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%OF MSRP

MSRP $75,290

M2063-17

2017 GMC Denali Crew Cab 4X4

CASH PURCHASE CREDIT ON SELECT 2017 MODELS IN STOCK THE LONGEST*

2017 Buick Encore Essence All Wheel Drive

MSRP $25,780 DISCOUNT $4,896

2017 Chevrolet Cruze LT

20,884

$

3.6 LITRE V6, ELITE LUXURY AUTOMOBILE, 20 INCH WHEELS, 4G WIFI, ON STAR, LOADED!

20% OFF M2074-17

MSRP $56,090

2017 Buick Lacrosse Premium

DISCOUNT $11,218

44,872

$

All Wheel Drive

2.4 LITRE 4 CYLINDER, NAVIGATION, 4 G WIFI, ON STAR, LOADED

20% OFF

MSRP $37,775

M2368-17

2017 GMC Terrain SLT

DL#8379

DISCOUNT $7,551

30,204

$

All Wheel Drive 4 CYLINDER, AUTOMATIC, LOADED,4GWIFI, ON STAR

DISCOUNT $5,268

22,822

M2391-17

$

20% OFF

MSRP $60,490

2017 Buick Enclave Premium

DISCOUNT $11,758

48,732

$

DISCOUNT $12,903

73,117

$

5.3 LITRE, V8 LOADED, 4G WIFI, ON STAR

MSRP $54,765

M2375-17

All Wheel Drive We will donate a percentage of proceeds from each vehicle sold during the month of October to Breast Cancer Research

MSRP $86,020

2017 Chevrolet Suburban LTZ 4x4

3.6 LITRE V6, LOADED, 4GWIFI, ON STAR, HAS IT ALL!

M2019-17

5.3 LITRE V8, SUNROOF & SUNROOF PACKAGE, 22 INCH WHEEL PACKAGE, 4G WIFI LOADED

15% OFF

MSRP $28,090

20% OFF

30,024

$

M2083-17

SALE ENDS OCT 31

2017 Chevrolet Malibu LT

DISCOUNT $7,506

1.4 LITRE TURBO, TRUE NORTH PACKAGE, AUTOMATIC, 4G WIFI, ON STAR

20% OFF

EVENT M2189-17

MSRP $37,530

M2139-17

20% OF MSRP 20% OFF

58,999

$

1.4 LITRE TURBO, LEATHER, NAVIGATION, SUNROOF, 4G WIFI, ON STAR, LOADED!

20% OFF

GM

DISCOUNT $16,291

OCTOBER

2017 Chevrolet Silverado Z71 Crew Cab 4X4

$

20% OFF

4 CLYLINER, AWD, AUTOMATIC, 4G WIFI, ON STAR, SUNROOF, BOSE SOUND SYSTEM, BACK UP CAMERA

DISCOUNT $10,613

44,152

M2403-17

2017 Chevrolet Trax LT All Wheel Drive

MSRP $30,695 DISCOUNT $5,799

24,896

$

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