Friday, Feb. 14, 2014
A school full of roses for the amazing support we received during the Garage Sale organized at Ecole Mer-etmontagne for the benefit of little Annabelle. Your generosity and sense of community have helped making this fund raising a huge success. $3,000 was raised for Annabelle’s family! Thank you for all your donations and special thanks go to Walco Industries, Coastline Towing, Windsor Plywood et Windsor Mill Sales. Ecole Mer-et-montagne PAC
chain and it has black rims. Please if you see this bike call the RCMP as he wants and needs his BMX bike back. He uses it for doing the local papers in our area and he saved for a long time to be able to pay for it. He is not a kid that sits around or plays video games or things of that nature. He is a kid that is out riding his bike a lot. But now he cannot as you have stolen something that meant a lot to him and I as I enjoyed watching him do things such as jumping in and out of the bowl at the Sports Plex. I also enjoyed watching him try new jumps and tricks on it as well. I also loved Recently a ‘Think Local taking photos of him doing stuff on Campaign’ was being promot- his BMX. So if he or she is reading ed by the Chamber. You would this you know where to bring this think the City of Campbell River bike back. Leave it where you took it would lead by example, however this from, no questions asked. is not the case. One Ticked off Dad and Mom They continue to hire out of town construction businesses to do local A big rink full of roses work, when we have highly skilled, to all the people who came competent trades people here that to participate and support have chosen to stay and raise famithe Cameryn’s Cause Charity Hockey lies in Campbell River. The City of Game. In spite of the fact that the Campbell River should show their game happened at the same time as support to the people and businesses the Super Bowl, many enthusiastic in Campbell River. and generous people came to cheer Campbell River businesses support on the teams and to support the charities, shelters, youth sports, other Cameryn’s Cause For Kids Society. businesses, hire us and our children, Thank you to Strathcona Gardens, pay wages, and the list goes on. This Kevin and Linda Spooner, the shows any potential new businesses Campbell River Storm hockey team coming to or starting up in Campbell and the Storm family. Thanks also to River that even our own city does not the Tyee Midget Alumni that made up hire or support locals. the Cameryn’s Cause hockey team, In order to keep money in our who traveled from near and far to community it needs to be spent in challenge the Storm. They all gave our community, and so the cycle the spectators an afternoon of good, continues. It is obvious the City of fun, and exciting hockey. Campbell River needs to take a lesson The Cameryn’s Cause volunteers, in Economics 101. the refs, the coaches and finally, the It is a slap in the face to know how spectators who all gave so generously much we pay the city only to have to this cause, thank you. Cameryn’s them spend it out of town. Cause now has an additional $1,600 To say that the prices are a bit that will help families with sick chilhigher here maybe just reflects our dren when they need it most. higher property taxes and the cost of Campbell River, you have done it being in business within the munici- again. You make us very proud to be pality of Campbell River. living in this great community. Without business within a city Bill and Gerri Harris there is no city. The two to five percent that the A big basket full of roses City thinks it is saving by hiring out for Mike Finn, D.D.S., and of town is realistically costing the his team for the great job Campbell River community 100 per they did last month, Sunday, Jan. 19. cent. Thank you so much from the bottom Disgusted with Hypocrites of my heart.
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Friday Feb. 14th (Valentines) evening and Saturday, Feb. 15th (Flag Day) Grade 8 students of the Ecole Phoenix French Immersion program will be Tagging at various locations in town. This Quebec Trip will be a memorable event for students in their last year of middle school. It is an opportunity to use the French language skills they have been developing over their school years and to experience the culture and history of a very different part of their country. This is a parent sponsored event with Hockey bags full of roses no school funding. Roses to those to the many individuals and who support these students in this great adventure in their young lives. businesses who supported our beer and burger night fund raiser They will be at Thrifty’s at Ironwood Mall; BCLB Store at Mariner Square; at the Riptide Pub. Thanks to R4 Discovery Foods at Willow Point. Mechanical and Consulting, Maid in Campbell River, Western Forest A bouquet of Roses to all Products, Jim Semkiw at C and L the local business who have Supply, Chateau Victoria, Tyee Pool generously donated prizes Guide Mark Lagos, North Island for the Ecole Phoenix PAC — Grade Communications, Iris Optical, Jim’s Eight — Quebec Trip Raffle. Thank Clothes Closet, Willow Point Dollar you to Grizzly Helicopters Ltd.; Store, Spinners Sports, Western Equipment, Carol Chapman at A Cut Silver King Lodge; Kingfisher Oceanside Resort; Beyond Beautiful Above, Mark McAneeley Angling Smiles; Kal Tire; Island Fever Travel; Guide, Highland Engineering Discovery Laser Medi Spa; Eden and Surveying, Kelly McAneeley Street Spa; Merle Norman and the Independent Epicure Consultant, Storm Hockey Club. A total of 11 Acupuncture and Body Care, Colin at Napa Auto Parts, Marine Harvest, Great prizes for our $5 a ticket raffle Busy Bee Glass, Willows Market and that goes on sale this weekend. We Warren Andrews from 99.7 FM The will be tagging and selling raffle tickets at Thrifty’s and Discovery Foods River radio station for the advertisand the BCLB Store at Mariner ing and for attending our event. Of course, thanks to the parents, families Square. We will be giving out some delicious “Hot Chocolates — Petite and friends for attending, giving donations and the work that made this Hearts” while supplies last. Phoenix night and this team successful. Mainstream Biological Consulting Pee Wee B Tyees Hockey Team I wanted to give him a piece of my mind and will not hesitate to if this happens again. I will NOT ever hire you for any of your services. Not only was this a very poor way of demonstrating business ethics, it is an invasion of peoples’ privacy. Regular Business Hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m! I hope you use this advice before you anger MORE of the people in this town hurting your business even further. Irate
A chimney full of roses and hugs to the Campbell River firemen who came to our house and put out our fire. We absolutely appreciate all you did for us. The Two Girls
The juniors (ages eight to 16) of the Campbell River Curling Club would like to send a rink full of roses to all of the local businesses who donated prizes to our Junior Bonspiel. Your contributions helped to make our event a huge A BMX seat full of thorns THORNS to a certan com- success. Contributions were received from: North Island Communications, to the Jack Donkey who came pany in town that does not in our yard in the Storries respect “business hours” and London Drugs, Superstore, Canadian Tire, Save-On-Foods, Inter Sport, Beach area and stole my son’s BMX sent an approximately 14- year-old bike a week ago from our bike kid to knock on my door at 8 at night Play ‘N’ Trade, Shoppers Drug Mart, rack. We have reported the stolen Redden Net, Action Sports, Staples, to advertise your services. I want bike to the RCMP as well to all the you to know you awoke my sleeping Ocean Pacific, Tyee Marine, Walpawn shops in Campbell River and baby AND also startled my dog who Mart, and Home Hardware. Roses Courtenay. This bike was paid for by proceeded to run into the TV and also to Thrifty Foods for donating my son, with hard work. He also cus- knock it over, breaking it into pieces. healthy snacks and juice to our 75 tomized the BMX himself so it would Obviously I could not get mad at the participants. This community really not look like everyone else’s bike. ROCKS! child you sent to the door because The bike is a 2011 Free Agent Trail The Campbell River it was not his fault. He was doing Duster. The bike is white with a blue the job you asked of him; however Junior Curling Club
Grade 8s and a number of local businesses will be selling these tickets. Be sure to get one!
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