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Powell River has always been a difficult community for women, said city councillor CaroleAnn Leishman, who, along with Claudia Medina and Lesley Thorsell, organized the march.

“Aspects of this community have been on the fringe and on the cutting edge and there were definitely women breaking barriers through the years,” said Leishman. “In general, what a lot of women here have experienced is a very patriarchal, male-dominated society because of the mill, the fishing industry and the logging industry. I experienced a lot of sexism my whole life.”

Leishman said she was born in Powell River and raised by a strong woman and feminist. Her mother, Myrna Leishman, was a city councillor for more than 30 years before retiring in 2014.

“My mom has always been breaking barriers as a leader and has been one of the main role models to me,” she said.

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Feminists inspire new generations 1« WOMEN’S MARCH Both women are members of Powell River’s Raging Grannies, where social-justice activists, all women old enough to be grandmothers, dress up in clothes that mock stereotypes of older women and sing songs at protests.

“These are the types of women I’ve always looked up to,” said Leishman. “That was the generation of women who inspired me to realize I had a voice and could make change in whatever way I wanted.”

Smith was a young woman in the early days of the second wave of feminism known as “women’s lib.”

She said she was part of the movement but did not then, nor now, want to be instructed on being part of a movement. She said it was actually her boyfriend at the time who encouraged her to join up.

“It was the late ’60s and the movement was burgeoning and he thought it would be

something I would be interested in, and I already was,” said Smith, “but I didn’t think it required me reading a bunch of books and following a philosophy, so much as something I could act out by myself in my own life.”

When the feminist movement did surface, Smith said she thought it was about time and that she could simply carry on as she had. She added that women still have a long way to go and believes strongly that if significant changes can be made in regard to violence against women, and the murdered and missing, progress will be seen to have been made.

“I was working as a nurse in BC Corrections,” she said.

“All of these women in custody were looking at this big poster of missing women on the wall and pointing out their friends. It was heartbreaking and it’s ongoing and a discussion we’re still talking about. Feminist thinking could change that.”

Feminists, women and

men, need to fight against violence, added Smith.

Examples set by Dyck, Smith and others influenced Leishman, who said the turning point in her life in terms of realizing what she could give back and how she could become more of an activist for women’s rights was a theatrical play that “shook her world.”

Leishman said the three women who performed in the show with her, Christine Hollmann, Carma Sacree and Roberta Pearson, read the monologues, talked, laughed, cried and drew closer together. They became fully embedded in the work and realized how important it was, but there remained some apprehension.

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“It started with presenting The Vagina Monologues in Powell River,” said Leishman. “It was interesting because in the months leading up to the production nobody could say the word vagina out loud. It was literally people whispering on the streets, ‘Are you going to the monologues?’”

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“We felt like, ‘I don’t know.

This is pretty risky for Powell River.’ That was in 2001.” said Leishman. “We sold out three shows. It was so inspiring because I actually had women come up to me after the shows and start crying and unloading their stories and saying how they have tried to be empowered.”

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en has laid foundations for those who follow, including student Naomi Parkhouse, who said she was greatly influenced by Leishman.

Born and raised in Powell River, the 21-year-old completed studies in sociology and social work this week at Vancouver Island University’s Powell River campus.

Parkhouse was chosen to represent the North Island-Powell River riding at Equal Voice’s Daughters of the Vote, an organization dedicated to electing more women to all levels of political office in Canada, from March 6 to 9. All 338 ridings will be represented by young women.

Leishman introduced her to the event, said Parkhouse, and encouraged her to apply because of her passion and ideas for the region.

“It’s important for women to have their voice in order for other women to have their voice,” said Parkhouse.

“I’ve been working with a lot of older adults, I have

seen a lot of patriarchal ideas and people who don’t think women can be politicians and can’t do manual labour jobs, which is unfair.

Educating myself and being able to bring back the inspiration I will hopefully get from going to Ottawa, I feel it will not only benefit me, but if I can educate those around me, they’ll see that women can have a voice and do anything we put our minds to.”

From strong women, feminism finds its voice, according to Dyck, who offered some advice for Parkhouse’s generation.

“They can do it, stand up, keep their voices strong and follow their dreams,” said Dyck.

As for her own place in feminist and other movements she remains active in, Dyck said she is proud of what she has accomplished.

“I’ve never been afraid to stand up for something I believe in,” she said. “I still will and I still do.”

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Remediation order prepared for commercial property with decision to come in April CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

CIVIC ORDER: City of Powell River council will vote on a remediation order next month that would compel Inn at Westview owners to tear the building down. City staff presented a report on the matter during a recent committee of the whole meeting.

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get it on this one,” Formosa told the committee. “I’m not saying take the pressure off, I’m just concerned this just might push [Seaboard] to bankruptcy.”

The estimated cost to take the building down is up to $1 million due to the state of the structure, with its roof partially caved in and the presence of asbestos throughout.

Be careful what you ask for, because you just might get it on this one. I’m not saying take the pressure off, I’m just concerned this just might push [Seaboard] to bankruptcy.

DAVE FORMOSA City of Powell River mayor Councillor Maggie Hathaway said the issue has been very difficult for her, especially with the increase of community pressure. She said residents have asked her why the city is dragging its feet in dealing with the problem. She added that the issue should be for the community to decide on.

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from the building, leaving it for city taxpayers to pay for, is significant, said Formosa.

He added that he did not support having to raise city taxes in order to pay for the work.

The city has not undertaken its own estimate on the cost of taking the building down, although it has had a professional appraisal made for the property.

According to Courtenaybased commercial real estate appraisal firm Jackson and Associates, without the building on it the property is estimated to be worth $185,000. A major factor in the estimate is that almost three-quarters of the fouracre parcel is leased in perpetuity to the neighbouring strip mall to provide parking.

Councillor Karen Skadsheim reminded the committee the building poses a public health hazard with its asbestos and rodents.

“It’s a terrible position for the taxpayers to be in,” said Skadsheim, “but there’s a public health risk.”

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Union spokesperson Earl Graham stated in a media release that the bargaining committee would provide more details to the union membership in the coming days, followed by a ratification vote.

LafargeHolcim spokesperson Jennifer Lewis confirmed the tentative deal and said the company looks forward to having the agreement go before a full membership vote this week.

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said he has been meeting with Barr regularly on the matter, agreed to bring the staff motion before council, but he warned the committee that if Seaboard is pushed it might not take much for them to walk away from the problem.

“Be careful what you ask for, because you just might

“We need to have the taxpayers on board because we’re committing them to a lot of money to take that down,” she told the committee. “I don’t think we would do that with anything else without having a referendum. If we’re going take on that cost, I would like the people to decide that, not us.”

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The committee agreed unanimously to debate the remediation order at its Thursday, April 6, council meeting. Councillors said it was important for the city to be prepared to move forward with issuing the order, even if it is still willing to give Barr a chance to continue working on finding a solution.

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Tearing down the dilapidated former Inn at Westview will not be happening anytime in the immediate future, but City of Powell River council has taken a step closer to ordering it.

Following council’s direction to staff last November, city clerk Chris Jackson prepared and presented a report on the ordered demolition and cleanup of the building, located next to Powell River Town Centre Mall, at the February 28 committee of the whole meeting.

The building is owned by Seaboard Hotels and the property is managed by Town Centre Mall owner Jack Barr.

According to Jackson, the report’s scope addresses the unsightliness of the property and public health hazards resulting from leaving it standing.

“Over time, the building has deteriorated, becoming unsafe and offensive to the community,” the report states. “Complaints have been received for over 10 years with increasing volume and attention.”

As public pressure has increased during the past few years to take formal action to deal with the building, council has heard reports from staff outlining measures Barr has taken and the challenges to deal with the building’s cleanup. Council has yet to place any deadlines for demolition.

City of Powell River council confirmed its support for a public art gallery at its meeting on Thursday, March 2.

Council voted unanimously to establish the Powell River Art Centre on the second floor of the new public library building on Alberni Street. The location’s annual $38,000 lease will be paid for by an in-kind city grant-inaid. It will be operated by Powell River Council for Arts and Culture in association with Malaspina Arts Society.

The 1,800-square-foot, multi-use space will allow for a wide range of artistic development, while also providing residents and visitors a place to engage in a distinctly Powell River cultural experience, city chief administrative officer Mac Fraser said at the meeting.

Fraser added that the city is committed to supporting and enhancing the arts locally.

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Governments agree to regional recreation talks Participants at community forum agree to meet in working group CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

Although expanded regional recreation was the only item on last week’s community forum agenda, sharing funding regionally for Powell River Recreation Complex dominated the discussion.

Representatives from Tla’amin Nation, Powell River Regional District and City of Powell River met at Powell River Town Centre Hotel on Wednesday, March 1, to discuss the 160 recommendations of the expanded regional recreation initiative study that was released last December.

With an annual budget of more than $4 million per year, mayor Dave Formosa said that the cost to oper-

ate the complex has become too heavy a burden for city taxpayers alone.

“The time for the city bearing the cost for something we all use has to come to an end,” he said. “If you [the regional district] go to referendum or have some accurate way of measuring the opinion of your people, that’s all we ask.”

C3 is a community forum that brings representatives from the three local governments together four times per year for meetings to discuss items of common concern. The forum is not a decision-making body, but takes recommendations back to the local governments.

Tla’amin hegus Clint Williams told those at the meeting that Tla’amin residents participate in the city’s services and he would support the idea of the first nation providing funding toward its share, so long as it was fair and equitable.

At the meeting, the local governments decided to form a small working group

PIVOTAL POINT: Tla’amin Nation hegus Clint Williams [centre] told those attending a recent community forum meeting, including City of Powell River councillor Karen Skadsheim [left] and Tla’amin chief administrative officer Rod Allan [right], among other elected and staff representatives, that the first nation supports the idea of contributing financially to an expanded regional recreation service.CHRIS BOLSTER PHOTO

to examine how Tla’amin and the regional district’s electoral areas could participate in paying for the operation of the recreation complex.

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officer Mac Fraser said the city is open to discuss which government will operate the facility. Formosa added that the city’s partnership with electoral areas and Tla’amin to fund Powell River Public

Library has gone well.

Regional district taxpayers currently pay for a regional parks service, but that does not include funding for city recreation programs.

Regional district chair

Patrick Brabazon told the 17 elected officials present at the meeting that it sounded like there was consensus for the creation of the working group with representation from each local government.

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Highway 101 At 8 pm, police received a report of a stolen bag containing an iPhone 5S. The item was stolen from the ditch at the roadside of Loubert Road and Highway 101, where the owner had hidden it while he was tree planting in the area. Information was later received that a male had taken the bag, posted information about it on the internet and an unknown male, not the owner, claimed it as his own.

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Franklin Street, 4300 block Police received a report that fresh graffiti was created on a building sometime overnight.

3. SATURDAY, MARCH 4

Alberni Street, 7100 block Police received a report of theft at Shoppers Drug Mart that occurred the previous evening. Two males with brown hair and dark complexions, one in his 40s and the other in 20s, came into the store, produced $100 bills to a young employee at the cash register and asked to exchange them for smaller bills. While the employee provided the smaller bills, the suspects asked for the larger bill back and the bills were exchanged back and forth several times in attempts to confuse the employee. In what, according to police, is becoming a common scam, the males were able to steal $140. Police have obtained video surveillance and are continuing to investigate.

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Powell River’s Canada 150 celebrations will take place on June 14, instead of July 1, as part of Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy’s annual PRISMA on the Beach concert, representatives of the region’s three local governments announced Monday, March 6.

Powell River Regional District chair Patrick Brabazon, Tla’amin Nation hegus Clint Williams and City of Powell River mayor Dave Formosa said local governments will pool their money to hold a Canada 150 celebration this June with a theme of inclusiveness and multiculturalism at Willingdon Beach.

Formosa said he has confidence that combining Canada 150 celebrations with PRISMA on the Beach, which features music from visiting symphony orchestra musicians, will make Canada’s 150th birthday extra special.

“We’re expecting it to be a real great event,” said Formosa, who said he met with

Brabazon, Williams and PRISMA director Arthur Arnold on the weekend to talk about the idea. The idea has yet to be formally approved by any of the local governments.

Planning for the community party is in its early stages and information is limited at this point, but planners are hoping to bring a famous Canadian to Powell River for the event, said Formosa.

Brabazon said he was initially concerned about the celebration taking place on June 14 rather than July 1, but has since come around to the idea as Canada 150 celebrations will be happening throughout the year and will not be limited to July 1.

“Once I had that fixed in my mind, using PRISMA was a natural,” said Brabazon. “You have to use the assets you have.”

Williams said Tla’amin Nation is proud to mark the country’s birthday by celebrating multiculturalism, which is central to Canadian identity.

“We’re very excited about it,” said Williams, “and we think it’s a wonderful way to celebrate cultural diversity.”

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Mayor keen to cull goose population

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playing field at the French school. A recent count indicated slightly fewer birds were present, he said.

Past management strategies have included the use of bear bangers and other loud noises, but now the city is looking at letting people bring larger-breed dogs off leash to city parks to harass the birds.

Boogaards said the city will have to amend its animal control bylaws before that would be permitted.

He added that the city has also done some tree pruning to encourage eagles and hawks to nest in parks and continues to encourage local hunters to help reduce the population.

City chief administrative officer Mac Fraser said council would benefit from a report on how effective a cull may or may not be in solving the problem. That report is expected to be presented to a committee meeting next month.

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“We just need to deal with this problem,” he said, “and given the health issues, we should be able to get permission to cull them down as far as we can.”

Councillor Jim Palm said he supported the mayor’s culling suggestion.

“No matter what grass area you go to in our community at the moment, whether it is a playing field or the boulevard in front of the hospital, it is covered,” said Palm. “We have a real problem and it’s way worse than in the past.”

Last summer, with permits from federal and provincial governments, Parksville went ahead with a cull of close to 500 birds.

Responding to Dixon’s letter, Boogaards said the parks department has tried several different approaches over the years to deal with the nuisance birds, including using specialized lawnmaintenance equipment to clean the fields.

“We are sympathetic to the residents and we have done a lot and we continue to look into this,” Boogaards told the committee. He added that the city installed flashing lights, designed to disrupt and disperse the geese, this winter on the

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GOOSE CONTROL: Managing the impact of Powell River’s resident Canada geese on parks and playing fields has become increasingly difficult for city staff as the number of birds has swelled in recent years. Now, the city is looking into how effective a cull may be. CHRIS BOLSTER PHOTO

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City of Powell River needs to look at a cull to solve its growing Canada goose problem, says mayor Dave Formosa.

As the city’s goose population continues to rise each year, so too has the number of complaints coming in over the state of local parks and playing fields, said Formosa at council’s committee of the whole meeting on Tuesday, February 28.

“I just drove by the old Max Cameron [Secondary School] and the field was full of the birds,” said Formosa.

City parks, recreation and culture director Ray Boogaards told the committee that staff estimate the resident, non-migratory population of the birds in Powell River to be more than 250.

The issue of dealing with the geese came up at the meeting after Egmont Street resident Kim Dixon sent a letter to council asking it to take action to solve the problem. Dixon lives across the road from the city’s field located next to French school École Côte-du-Soleil.

“Geese have completely taken over the field,” the letter states. “You literally cannot take one step without stepping in goose droppings.”

Dixon stated that her children and others in the community use the field for team sports and not enough is being done to address its “disgusting” state.

She also stated that given the potential health impact on young children, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems coming into contact with bacteria and parasites associated with the droppings, more should be done to protect public health.

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Equality and healing Listen and support. Those are two things that men can do to further equality for women. Those who don’t believe women’s equality is even an issue only further prove the need for it.

Listening means men not interrupting, belittling or discrediting women when they share their knowledge and experience. Supporting means helping, but not taking over or usurping women’s ideas.

Men play an integral role in feminism and women’s rights. The problem is the majority of men either don’t realize this or waste their energy and time denying their role in equality.

Megalomaniacal misogynists lording over nations Men are the problem. that have, through the centuThat may sound ries, kept women in inferior, harsh, but it’s the subservient roles and threatened their basic human unfortunate truth. rights is not a thing of the distant past: it is happening right now on every news channel in the United States, seeping into more “progressive” nations such as ours.

Sexism, misogyny and rape culture are not problems that are going away anytime soon, but it is the responsibility of men to ensure they are not perpetuated, and to speak up and act against them, not only in everyday interactions, but on a larger, global scale.

Men are the problem. That may sound harsh, but it’s the unfortunate truth. The sooner we admit that, the sooner we can begin to change our actions and heal past wounds.

Women are forgiving, perhaps to a fault sometimes, but that forgiveness they hold in their hearts will enable the healing that is needed.

It won’t be easy. Men have an inherit superiority complex that prickles to the surface every time they open their mouths in anger or fear, puff up their chests or have their vulnerability exposed.

This manifests itself in micro-aggressions, verbal outbursts and, even worse, violence that chisels away at the profound strength of women.

Men need to stop this cycle and support women to lead, inspire and create.

There is a campaign with the slogan “the future is female” that has bruised the ego of many men since it was launched by a women’s bookstore in 1972.

What men don’t realize is these kinds of slogans are not a threat, but the communication of equality.

We are all human. In order for us to truly celebrate that humanity, we all need to stand together in equality.

I am calling on all men to celebrate International Women’s Day in the warm glow of that realization. See you at the march.

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By Michael Matthews Once again, strong winds buffeted Malaspina Peninsula last week. Once again, trees were blown down across roads and power lines. Once again, we lost power. And once again, by the next morning the power had come back on.

Except, of course, the power did not really “come back on” of its own accord; trees had to be cleared by someone, broken lines had to be mended by someone and the power had to be put back on by someone.

My wife and I are fortunate to live in the forest surrounded by nature and looking out over the beauty of Okeover Arm. It would not be possible for us to do so without the security of knowing that whenever Mother Nature asserts herself by blocking roads or downing power and telephone lines, people I have never met will solve the problem for us.

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We sit cheerfully around our woodstove, reading books by candlelight and flashlight, and feel superior to all our big-city friends who could not cope with such primitive hardship. Meanwhile, strangers don their orange coats and hardhats, head out into what is usually a grim, wet and cold

I am told that no fewer than 17 trees blocked the road between our house and the highway… night, and work to restore us to a life of modern convenience.

During the last snowstorm, I am told that no fewer than 17 trees blocked the road between our house and the highway, bringing down hydro and telephone lines.

Nevertheless, road crews, snowplow drivers and line-repair crews

cleared the lot and had everything working again within two days.

Once we were connected again, I read many complaints that one road was cleared before another, or the snowplow had piled snow across driveways. Wake up folks, and be grateful you did not have to do the work yourself.

I will admit that I have been known to complain once or twice in my life, but right now I want to offer a thank you to those anonymous heroes whose job it is to keep nature at bay. Several times I have wanted to take them a flask of something hot while they work as a gesture of gratitude, but, unfortunately, by the time my camping stove has heated the coffee, they have finished and moved on.

It is the thought that counts, and my thought is: thank you.

Michael Matthews and his wife Liz are residents of Okeover.

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Double standard City of Powell River council has evoked a double standard in handling the derelict buildings cleanup [“Demolition to proceed on derelict house,” February 22].

Two building owners were pressured to demolish and dispose of their buildings. One is the old Inn at Westview and the other a fire-damaged, ex-rental house on Joyce Avenue.

While the former inn’s owners are having trouble finding a structural engineer, the other fellow (myself) has taken time off from his full-time job in Vancouver to come home to Powell River to deal with his mess.

I have bills for thousands of dollars that have been spent so far to make the situation right. Hiring a certified demolition company to carry out the work at the property was already in the plans. The quotes were in and I was in the process of making a decision on that.

I was in conversation with the city inspector on February 22 and had told him I would provide him with the quotes. In the meantime, a dumpster was brought in and the property has been cleaned up and fenced. Everything that could be done is completed in good faith and at considerable expense.

Now council has decided I should foot the bill for the municipality to do the demolition while we can have the job done to everyone’s satisfaction and right away.

I submit that the hotel company has been dragging the process since it was shut down by the majority shareholders many years ago.

Council is displaying gross favouritism and that it is easier

to pick on the little guy.

We could not complete the job by the planned February 15 deadline, so were asking for a short extension to finish the job, but were refused.

What I do not understand is that the property was in this condition for the last 16plus years, but the city failed to take a notice of it then.

If, for any reason, the city is after us for cleaning up this property, what harm could an extension of two or three months have done?

Rajinder and Shelley Mann Vancouver, BC

Unacceptable performance City of Powell River council just voted unanimously to give themselves an 18.8 per cent pay increase [“Council briefs: Adopts council pay increase bylaw,” February 22] after having received annual pay increases equal to the Consumers Price Index (CPI) for the last 10 years.

While the amount of the increase is disconcerting, more troubling is council’s decision to change the pay indexing formula. Council is betting on a different horse to carry them to financial glory and have changed the index for the annual pay adjustment from the CPI index to 58 per cent of Powell River residents’ average income per Canada Revenue Agency data [“Council seeks pay parity,” February 15].

The new benchmark is a conflict of interest. The city’s payroll is the third or fourth largest among employers in the city and, as a result, its staff’s income has an appreciable impact on the average income of Powell River residents. It becomes very similar to the conflict that would be created if the index were

tied to city staff’s increases.

Lack of negotiation pushback is also a concern. Pay adjustments are usually determined through discussions between employees and the employer or their representatives. The only controlling pressure council has is the electorate.

A s councillor K aren Skadsheim pointed out at one of the early meetings on the subject, the benefit of doing the pay adjustment midterm would be to minimize public debate/concern during the next municipal elections. It is certainly not illegal, but the optics are questionable.

Finally, the new pay adjustment formula is not linked to performance, while references have been made to an elusive body of work.

Halfway through the current council’s term, the city financial performance/position is unacceptable and unsustainable. City expenses are increasing at close to double-digit levels more than three times the cost of living, reserves are down and debt is up.

Paul McMahon Invermere Court

Taking exception It is in my mind to respond to R. W. Langdale’s letter [“Letters: Two emergency services needed,” March 1].

I am a paramedic, but my views are mine and mine alone.

In his letter, Langdale makes a number of allegations that need some clarification. The fire department does indeed take it upon itself to attend medical calls through a first responders agreement with the province.

Contrary to what Langdale

states, actual structure fires are on the decline and have been for many years, ironically thanks in large part to the efforts of various fire departments advocating for sprinkler systems, smoke detectors and better building codes, et cetera.

With economic woes facing many municipalities, fire department budgets and what is received for those budgets is coming under increased scrutiny. Fire chiefs and the firefighters union are very aware of this scrutiny and are scrambling to show value-added status in their duties.

What is really needed is for the provincial government to acknowledge its responsibility to provide timely ambulance care and fund the service properly. It should in no way fall upon municipal taxpayers to pay provincial and municipal taxes for this single service. Let paramedics be paramedics and let firefighters be firefighters.

Neither of them have any desire to do the other job at all.

Langdale’s response is to be expected, as he acknowledges he was a fire chief.

He considers it his duty to advocate for any and all fire departments and I can understand that.

I do, however, take exception to his impugning City of Powell River councillor Rob Southcott’s reputation.

I have known Southcott for almost 20 years. I know him to be honest, forthright, and that he cares deeply for his community. His motives in bringing this issue to light stem from concerns of municipal budget problems, as is his duty as a duly elected councillor.

Cameron Bailey Huntingdon Street

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PEAK WEBSITE USER ELIZABETH STUEF A public art gallery is not a store; it shows art and promotes various artists, types of art and the big job of educating people about art, and it validates that the visual arts are important to our society. There are certainly enough visual artists with professional training and an understanding of just what a gallery is to guide the city staff in this endeavour. An art gallery that is public is not at all like a commercial gallery. I trust the city will consult with people who are knowledgeable.

PEAK WEBSITE USER PRNATURAL If the gallery does sell art, then it will definitely compete with local business. Where did the municipality find the money for this? I thought they can’t afford to maintain services? Now they want the taxpayers to be burdened with this? If they don’t sell art, then it will have zero income, and operate at a pure cost to the taxpayers. If they do sell art, it just puts more strain on the other galleries.

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Call for Public Comment B.C. credit union seeks to exit provincial regulation On Dec. 14, 2016, Coast Capital Savings Credit Union based in Surrey, B.C. announced that its members have voted to apply to be governed by the federal Bank Act and other applicable federal laws as a federal credit union.

As part of the application, FICOM (the B.C. Regulator) and the Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporation, have now received formal notice, seeking their consent for the change.

As FICOM considers this application, the regulator recognizes that the wider public and other financial institutions may wish to provide comment on this change of regulatory jurisdiction.

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RISING COSTS: City parks director Ray Boogaards [right] and city manager of recreation Neil Pukesh, as well as city officials, attended a regional community forum on March 1 to ask Tla’amin Nation and Powell River Regional District for financial help with Powell River Recreation Complex. CHRIS BOLSTER PHOTO

Rec department proposes fee hikes Report recommends three per cent general increase for services CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

Participating in City of Powell River recreation programs could become a little more expensive with increases on the horizon, according to a recent report from city parks, recreation and culture director Ray Boogaards.

Boogaards presented recommended changes to department fees and charges to council’s committee of the whole meeting on Tuesday, February 28.

In general, the department was looking at an approximate three per cent increase to admission fees, though some areas will see larger increases and others will see decreases, said Boogaards.

“This increase will address the majority of the increased cost the department will see over next year’s operation,” he told the committee.

A larger hike is expected in 2018 for use of Willingdon Beach for special events and other private use of city

facilities.

Boogaards said the department is also looking at rental fee increases for Evergreen Theatre, but it would look at best practises and how other communities operate public theatres. He added that staff will be engaging in public consultation meetings with user groups.

Under the proposed increases, the cost of general admission for a youth attending the complex would go from $4.65 for a single visit to $4.80, with the adult rate increasing 20 cents, from $6.10 to $6.30.

Boogaards said staff is recommending cost reductions for renting the ice rinks during spring and summer, non-traditional seasons for skating in the community.

“We’d like to fill up those times that weren’t used,” he said. “Staff feel this will increase rentals.”

Given the broader community conversation about sharing the operating costs of Powell River Recreation Complex between the city and electoral area taxpayers, mayor Dave Formosa asked how far the charges were from reflecting true user costs.

Boogaards told the committee there was no standard level of subsidy for each area of operations,

adding that swimming pool user fees brought in far less to cover the actual cost of operation than ice rinks do.

He added that it was something staff could provide a report on.

Formosa said it was important information to note if conversations did not go well with Powell River Regional District board directors on cost-sharing.

Meanwhile, councillor CaroleAnn Leishman told the committee that the option of bringing back a twotiered charge system for residents and non-residents would be a mistake.

“When council went to the two-tiered system, revenues dropped dramatically,” Leishman told the committee. “It backfired.”

Instead, many electoral areas families stopped sending their children to figure skating, minor hockey and swimming lessons, she said.

Boogaards confirmed that imposing non-resident fees had similar effect in other communities in the province.

Leishman said that before any fee increases are made she wants to ensure parents are made aware of the reason why.

The proposed changes will go to council for debate on Thursday, March 16.

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COUNCIL BRIEFS Requests smoking area be moved City of Powell River council will be sending a letter to owners of Town Centre Mall requesting that the smoking area at the north end of the shopping centre be moved away from the loading area for city buses. Although the current designated area is the correct distance from the mall’s doors, it was noted that the area was still within the six metres of the opening of bus doors and therefore a violation of the city’s smoking bylaws.

Gives development zoning readings At its meeting on Thursday, March 2, city council gave first and second reading to changes in the city’s zoning bylaw that will allow for development of single-family homes near Oceanview Learning Centre. The development is notable in that a bald eagle’s nest is in its centre and the developers, following fed-

eral guidelines, redesigned the layout of the lots to provide the required buffer for the nest. A public hearing on the zoning amendments will be coming up, though a date has yet to be set. The development will also be the first in the city that includes a community amenity contribution from its developers to the city’s affordable housing reserve fund.

Supports students’ union campaign Mayor Dave Formosa will pen a letter to BC advanced education minister Andrew Wilkinson putting the city’s support behind efforts of BC Federation of Students and Vancouver Island University Students’ Union to reinstate provincial funding for adult basic education upgrading courses. Representatives from the students’ union made a presentation to council’s committee of the whole meeting last month.

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Hears concession lease recommendations City staff is recommending council approve a fiveyear lease renewal for the Willingdon Beach concession, but has reservations about the leaseholder’s plans to build a patio there to serve alcoholic beverages, according to a presentation by chief financial officer Kathleen Day. The concession’s long-term lease expired on December 31 of last year. Since then, the city has administered the lease on a month-to-month basis. If council supports establishing a patio, the city would have to amend zoning to allow for a restaurant inside the park, said Day. Staff told council’s committee of the whole that it does not support the sale of alcoholic beverages at the location due to the close proximity to the park’s playground and campsite.

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Seed-saving appeals to different types of people, according to Ellen de Casmaker, chair of the committee for this year’s Seedy Saturday. The annual event has grown from a small group of people with interests in seeds to a function that organizers expect an estimated 600 people to attend.

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SEED SAVER: Aaron Mazurek enjoys the diversity of saving seeds from the plants he grows.

Along with hundreds of other “seedophiles,” Mazurek will be attending the upcoming Seedy Saturday event at Powell River Recreation Complex. DAVID BRINDLE PHOTO

Certain people like to collect seeds, others are just frugal and realize it is cheaper to grow their own rather than buy them new every year, and some want acclimatized seeds that grow better in Powell River, said de Casmaker.

Seed growing has been corporatized, with only a few seed companies controlling 90 per cent of the seeds in the world, according to hobby seed saver and Terra Nostra Farm owner Aaron Mazurek.

“You become dependent on them,” said Mazurek. “If we want to be really food secure, we need to have a source of seed that’s local and that we’re able to produce ourselves, otherwise we’re always ordering from a big seed company.”

Because of the climate, Powell River region is an ideal seed-saving area, according to Mazurek, because almost anything can be grown here and any seed can be saved.

Mazurek complements his homegrown seed stock by spending $1,100 on packaged seed each year.

He said the practice of seed-saving gives him a greater appreciation of the full circle and diversity of life.

“I love to see the different seeds,” he said. “The beans are really nice. You have the purples, reds, white and black. You plant the seed and it’s just amazing to watch that seed grow up into a plant. With the beans, you plant a row and then harvest 20 pounds of beans and you have enough to eat all winter.”

But saving seed is a very difficult job, said Mazurek.

“If you’ve ever tried saving seed, every plant has a different technique,” he said.

“A lot of people will go into the garden and save some seed because they see it on the top of the plant, but saving good seed is much more of an in-depth process than that. You’re selecting, going

through the row picking out the off types, picking out the ones that don’t look good and then actually trying to taste these plants, too, before you save the seed. How do you taste a plant without killing the plant to save the seed?”

Seedy Saturday is for people who save seeds, swap them and buy a packet of seeds for a dollar, said de Casmaker. An educational component is also part of the event.

“The rest of the venue has to do with information booths, so you can learn about different things to do with growing and go to workshops to learn about growing and seed saving,” she added.

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Parks, recreation and culture department increases access to facilities and programs DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Expectations for today’s online, user-friendly transactions are higher than ever.

With the installation of new software, Powell River Recreation Complex now provides that access and better online navigation for its own programs and courses.

City of Powell River manager of recreation Neil Pukesh said the enhanced options are perfect for a community the size of Powell River.

“Customers can actually go into our new website and look at what’s happening in the facility relative to arenas, aquatics, health and fitness programs,” said Pukesh. “If they see a program of particu-

lar interest, they can click on it and it will take them right to the registration page.”

The new system also comes with cost savings for the city, because it does not require new servers, database and licensing, said city manager of information technology Greg Tait.

“As far as the back end goes, there is none,” said Tait. “It’s all online. There’s a cost savings right there.”

Tait said server cost savings would be approximately $8,000, in addition to the licensing, hardware upgrade and maintenance costs for the previous system.

“All you need is a connection to the internet,” said Tait.

Recreation complex clients can personalize their memberships, including managing and booking courses online at any time, see account history, renew annual memberships, which can now be purchased by monthly installments, and book any of the recreation facilities, said Pukesh.

“User groups will be able to

go online and look for availability of rooms, arenas, pools and sports fields in the department’s inventory for social events or programs that they’re looking to host or a facility they’re looking to rent, like Dwight Hall,” said Pukesh.

Before the new software was added, people had to call the complex directly because the information was never shown publicly online, he added.

“We thought this would be a great customer service enhancement,” said Pukesh.

“Customers can now receive information on demand, even at 10 pm on a Friday night, without waiting for a booking clerk on Monday morning; they can have that information at their fingertips.”

The parks, recreation and culture department had been looking at a new system for 18 months.

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Students bring home medal haul Dual trades and academiccredit programs provide career choices DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Students from Brooks Secondary School and Vancouver Island University’s Powell River campus dual-credit program brought home six medals from the Skills Canada Regional Championships held on Friday, March 3, in Nanaimo.

A total of 15 local students travelled to the event at the university’s Vancouver Island campus and competed in a number of trades categories. Four students represented Brooks in automotive, four in carpentry, one in culinary arts, two in hairdressing and four more in welding.

Successes at the regionals can be attributed to two things, said Brooks trades counsellor Jim Palm.

“Number one: great instructors,” said Palm, “and number two: our dual-credit programs, which are some of the best in the province that have been refined over the last 10 years.”

The dual-credit program is

for students still of school age who are attending Brooks, able to apply to a university trades program or academic program, and have a student card from both institutions, said Palm.

Instructors include Ron Depape, automotive, Gary Huculak, carpentry, Chris Gray, culinary arts, Leah Babcock, hairstyling, and Wes Irwin, welding.

Au to m o t i ve s t u d e n t Christian Pedersen and carpentry student Kyle Wyse each won gold in their respective skill areas.

“I’ve always loved cars,” said Pedersen. “I’m not really planning to be a mechanic as of now. I can certainly see where it can go. I might want to continue that down the line, but it’s a huge hobby of mine. I love working on cars; it’s my favourite thing to do.”

Pedersen said he started working on cars with his dad at an early age. He found the skills competition, which was focused on auto electronics and computerization, easier than he expected, he said.

“I was a bit disappointed because we didn’t have to do anything to do with working on cars, which is a bit of a letdown,” he said. “I hope at the provincials we’ll be able to do that.”

Bronze in automotive went to Pedersen’s class-

SKILLS MEDALISTS: [From left] Students Christian Pedersen and Grace May, with their automotive instructor Ron Depape, each brought home medals from a recent Skills Canada regional competition. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

mate Grace May, who went into automotive mechanics after getting her first truck.

“I had to fix a few things and really enjoyed working on it,” said May. May is the automotive program’s top academic student. She was new to an automotive shop when she started at the beginning of the year, according to Depape.

“She’s embraced everything,” said Depape. “She’s worked her best to complete all of the tasks we’ve had to do in this program and she tries to do her best every single time.”

Other medalists from B ro o k s w e re B re n d a n Richards with a silver in

carpentry, Tyler Paquette with a bronze, also in carpentry, and Megan Brown, who earned a silver in hairdressing.

“They represented Brooks, Vancouver Island University and our entire community of Powell River in a marvellous way,” said Palm. “They’re great ambassadors and due to that great experience our two competitors who won gold will go to provincials in the first week of April in Abbotsford, with at least 1,000 students competing.”

Palm said all of the students who competed in Nanaimo, medal winners or not, will be invited to go to Abbotsford to watch their fellow students compete.

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Series fills gap for film buffs Patricia Theatre shows films that are not Hollywood blockbusters DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

In spring and fall, bookended

by Hollywood blockbusters, a few nights are set aside for the Cinematheque Series when Powell River’s Patricia Theatre shows movies that are not the stuff Hollywood usually pumps out.

The spring series of films is now showing on Wednesday and Thursday nights, with an added matinee on Thursday. This is the 11th year of the series.

Serious, longtime filmgoers such as Dennis and Kay Bremner, who have been attending the series since its beginnings, say they are grateful the Patricia’s administrator/co-owner Ann Nelson continues to show films that are not mainstream.

“Sometimes we get films at Cinematheque that are not from Hollywood, are world films and it’s nice to see a variety of films come to the community,” said Dennis.

Before Nelson took over screening what she calls “art house” movies, they were originally shown in town by the disbanded Malaspina Film Society one Sunday a month for seven months of the year. The Cinematheque series is now a fun-

ART HOUSE CINEMA: Next in the Patricia Theatre’s Cinematheque Series of non-Hollywood films is from France. L’avenir (Things to Come) stars Isabelle Huppert and Roman Kolinka. The annual series is a fundraiser for Friends of the Historic Patricia Theatre. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

draiser for Friends of the Historic Patricia Theatre.

Film connoisseur and former member of the Malaspina Film Society Wendy Twomey said the series and the Patricia are vital to the community, and both weighed heavily in her decision to move here from Victoria.

“My big concern moving to Powell River was not the low employment or anything else, it was that there was only one movie theatre,” said Twomey. “I was pretty worried about moving here. I looked at two things, the library and the movie theatre, before I moved here.”

If Nelson did not have Cinematheque Series, Twomey said she would be on the ferry going over to Comox or Nanaimo, Victoria or Vancouver to see the featured films.

Since the first movie shown, Mad Hot Ballroom in 2005, the curation of the series over the years has become an intuitive selection of films, according to Nelson.

She said she looks for diversity. It could be a human story, a showcase for an actor, a director’s visionary vehicle or a topic.

“I’m constantly grazing through Rotten Tomatoes, IMDb, the Roger Ebert website and any site that I think reliably comes up with interesting suggestions,” said Nelson.

“When there’s a big film festival, I look at what they have found all over the world. I make little notes to myself about what looks interesting.”

Twomey said she is disappointed that she has not seen many young people interested in Cinematheque

Series in Powell River, compared to when she used to borrow other people’s identification and go to movies when she was too young to be admitted into theatres.

Unlike her generation that goes into a theatre knowing something about what the film is about, she said today’s younger filmgoers don’t pay attention to movies that might be on the Cinematheque list.

“The people who go to those films are people who grew up when I grew up and remember the great movies of the ’70s, and so they read reviews and pay attention to movies,” she said.

Once they are exposed to films that are not mainstream Hollywood blockbusters, young people are often surprised by what

they see, according to Twomey.

“I used to try to push black and white films on young people,” she said. “I would lend them a DVD of Some Like It Hot or Roman Holiday and they’d bring it back the next day and say, ‘I turned it on and it was in black and white, but I decided to give it 15 minutes and I just loved it.’ I said, ‘Yeah, you’d be the first person in history that didn’t like Some Like It Hot.’” Cinematheque Series’ next feature is the French film L’avenir (Things to Come), which plays March 8 and 9. Isabelle Huppert stars as a philosophy teacher whose life is shaken by the death of her mother, being fired from her job and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her. The series runs until April 27.

Potter goes big at key time in career Growing up north of Powell River, potter Darlene Calwell remembers being introduced to making pottery at the old Lund School. She left the craft for years, until the last day of school for her own children. When a halfbag of clay was leftover from the school year, Calwell took it home and started creating pottery again. The popular potter primarily makes dishes that are sold at Dancing Tree Gallery, which she also owns.

Why did you choose to make dishes?

I wasn’t going to do dishes.

I was just going to do sculpture. Six months into it I was becoming frustrated, so I figured I’d make a few dishes and then go back to

sculpture. I just never went back. It was something I found out that I really liked to do. I jumped off the cliff and went big.

you could really do that here.

By doing that, I have time to do my own work. I have 10 fantastic artists who are really, really good.

What do you mean by big?

It’s production potting. I consider it a craft, but when I start doing the one-of-akind, special pieces, I consider that art.

How do you know what to make?

It has to work for me before I make it for others. It has to fit in the dishwasher.

It has to fit right, it has to be safe and it has to be consistent. It’s test driving it. You just have to make sure it works.

You opened Dancing Tree in 2013. Was it part of going big?

Places were small to sell in and when trying to put your pottery out there with commission there is not a lot left in profit, so it was either go big or quit. I wanted 10 artists and a big space for each one. There wasn’t anywhere

Do you ever sit down to pot and not be into it?

Oh yeah, totally. When you sit down and start and you know it feels right, you will pot all day.

There are times when I’ve thrown six mugs and ev-

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and do something else. I won’t push it. You can’t do it when you don’t feel like

it or when you’re stressed out; the work shows. It just doesn’t have that life to it.

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Kings take 2-0 lead in first round of playoffs Forward Jonny Evans scores natural hat-trick in opening game DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

After winning the first two games of a best-of-seven BC Hockey League Island Division first-round playoff series against Cowichan Valley Capitals, Powell River Kings head coach Kent Lewis said he saw bits and pieces that he liked from his team’s performance.

Lewis said his team still needs to be hungrier, execute better “and rely on the fact that we have been one of the more disciplined teams in the league.”

Kings took both games at Hap Parker Arena on Friday, March 3, and Saturday, March 4, to take a 2-0 series lead going into Cowichan for games three, four and five (if necessary) starting Tuesday, March 7.

After taking a 4-1 lead, Kings let the Capitals back into Friday’s game, but bore down and regained control to hold on for a 4-2 win.

On the strength of what is quickly becoming known as the Kings’ “kid line,” featuring Jonny Evans and rookies Cam Donaldson and Ben Berard, the team jumped into

a lead after Evans started the series with a natural hat-trick.

“A natural hat-trick in game one,” said Lewis. “A natural hat-trick in any game is cool.”

Evans had a eventful couple of days, according to the coach, as he committed to a full scholarship at University of Connecticut for 2018-2019. Evans will join Carter Turnbull, who also committed to Connecticut.

“Jonny is pretty wired up right now,” said Lewis.

Kings won Saturday’s game 4-3.

En route to 3-0 lead, veteran Curtis McCarrick scored the opening goal, assisted by Liam Lawson and Gavin Rauser.

“That line can do a lot of good things,” said Lewis. “That was a result of good zone time and good puck possession.”

Mullin’s play in the opening game earned him player of the game honours. Over the two games, he had a goal and two assists.

“That fourth goal was a great breakout,” said Lewis about Mullin’s game-winning goal in game two, assisted by Turnbull and Kyle Betts. “That’s something we have to do, get out of our zone quicker.”

Berard was named the player of the game for game two.

Veteran Brian Wilson started both games in goal for the Kings and faced only 15 shots in game one, compared to 38 shots the

OPENING CELEBRATIONS: Powell River Kings players [from left] Jonny Evans, Johan Steen and Cam Donaldson celebrate after the first goal of their playoff series versus Cowichan Valley Capitals. Kings lead Capitals 2-0 in the best-of-seven series. ALICIA BAAS PHOTO

Kings fired at the Capitals’ goaltender. Shots were virtually even on Saturday, favouring the Capitals 32-31; Wilson made 29 saves.

“When it got to 4-3 we shut them down and didn’t really give them much,” said Lewis.

If the series continues past game five, games six and seven will be played in Powell River on Saturday, March 11, and Sunday, March 12.

Due to the schedule, Kings will lose revenue of one gate if the se-

ries ends after five games.

“This should not have been a two-three-two format,” said Lewis, “but it is. We cannot cite travel because the travel is not hard. This is a loophole. It needs to be fixed.”

Meanwhile, Pee Wee Rep Kings and Bantam Rep Kings advanced to BC Hockey provincial championships by winning their respective BC Amateur Hockey Association Island League titles.

The pee wee squad needed three

games to defeat Campbell River, winning the rubber match 6-2 on Saturday, March 4, to book its spot in the provincials, held in Trail from March 19 to 22.

With 1-0 and 10-2 victories over Campbell River in a best-of-three series, the bantam team earned its way into the provincial tournament, to be held in Powell River from March 19 to 22, rather than relying on the bye provided to the host community.

Villa earns first point in months Soccer club still in hunt to remain in second division next season DAVID BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

By coming up with a 2-2 tie at home against Victoria West on Sunday, March 5, Powell River Villa earned a huge point as the Vancouver Island Soccer League season draws near to a close. It was the club’s first point since a tie last year on November 20.

Both Villa goals were scored by forward Liam Wirth, who is on permit from Vancouver

Island University Mid-Isle Mariners U21. Behind 1-0, Wirth’s first goal came on a first half penalty kick. His second, in the second half, came off a corner kick.

Three Mariners suited up for the game, including Wirth, Billy Bagiopoulos and Cole Senchar. Villa head coach Mario Paul said he is hoping all three players will be available for the final games of the regular season.

“The three combined helped fill some huge voids on our roster,” said Paul.

“They expressed an interest in coming back, which is good for us, but nothing has been solidified.”

Villa has three games remaining and is battling with Nanaimo and Sooke to avoid relegation. Its remaining

games are going to be extremely tough matches, said Paul.

“Hopefully, we have some healthy bodies,” he said. “A couple of the guys are staying out of the lineup intentionally so we can have them for the last two games.”

Ben Payne was missing from Villa’s roster on Sunday with a foot injury. Paul said Payne might be back for the last game, “if we’re lucky.”

Kye Taylor injured his hamstring and could return to the lineup this weekend against Cowichan United, while Dean Thorsell has one more game to sit out due to a three-game suspension.

Nanaimo United FC is ahead of the bunch at the bottom of the standings with nine points, followed

FIRST OF TWO: Liam Wirth scored both Powell River Villa soccer club goals in a 2-2 tie against Victoria, which helped earn a point in Vancouver Island Soccer League standings for his team. DAVID BRINDLE PHOTO

by Villa with six and Fred Milne Park Rangers with five. The last place team will drop down to the third division for next season.

Villa’s final three games

all take place at Timberlane Park. On Sunday, March 12, the top team in the division, Cowichan United, provides the opposition.

The following weekend,

Prospect Lake visits.

Whether or not Villa is relegated for next season could come down to its last game against Nanaimo on March 19.

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Catherine Elizabeth (Betty) Doupe April 14, 1929 - February 26, 2017

Betty passed away peacefully at home following a short illness. She was the beloved only child of Lewis and Elaine Lepper and grew up in Vancouver and Ottawa.

Betty attended Normal School and got a teaching position on Texada Island, where she caught the eye of the principal. She and Fred (predeceased in 2014) spent the next 63 years together in Powell River and Comox. They enjoyed a long retirement, boating in the summer and RV-ing to Palm Desert in the winter.

Betty loved hiking, yoga, going to the gym and supporting her grandchildren in their sporting, theatrical and dance endeavours. She was a loving mother to Robin Doupe and Terri (Grant) Jones and a much-loved baba to Michelle (Connor) and Tanner Jones, Erin and Nicole Doupe and great-grandson Hudson MacNeil.

Betty was an elegant, gracious lady who will be sorely missed.

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At Betty’s request, there will be no service. Arrangements through Piercy’s-Mt. Washington Funeral Home at piercysmtwashingtonfuneral.com. Donations can be made to Camp Homewood, if desired, in Betty’s name.

Nicole Marie Smith (Irene Goodburn)

December 9, 1932-February 24, 2017 Our mother passed peacefully during sleep.

Predeceased by her eldest son Wayne.

Survived by sons Bradley, Bryan and Gregory, six grandchildren and 15 greatgrandchildren. She was greatly loved and will be dearly missed. Immediate family gathering only.

Rosemary Maisel (née McAulay) Rosemary passed away on February 21, 2017, at the age of 83, after a long battle with Alzheimers.

She is survived by her brother Ben (Marie) McAulay from Powell River, BC. Rosemary grew up in Powell River and after graduating from Brooks Secondary School she followed in her mother’s footsteps to become a nurse at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, BC. Afterward, Rosemary travelled all over Europe with her best friend, Irma Culos, and finally settled in San Francisco, California, to nurse at Kaiser Hospital, where she met her husband, Dr. Fred Maisel.

Her ashes will be interned at our local cemetery where she will be laid to rest with our mom and dad.

Morgan Douglas Thurber Ladret October 30, 1994 - February 27, 2017

It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved Morgan. He died suddenly, at the tender age of 22, due to complications resulting from epilepsy.

LORENZEN, Leonine (Lee) E. February 21, 1924 - February 26, 2017 Former Powell River Municipal Councillor (1996-99) and longtime Wildwood resident, Lee led a busy and varied life. She was born in Silver Bow, Montana to Dick Garnett and Lucile WIlliams. She was the descendant of the first white settler in the Dakota Territories, a Confederate Army doctor and "a passel of Kentucky and Missouri pioneering folk". Her childhood was spent on the farms near Butte and Helena, MT. In 1940, her family moved to northern Idaho where she attended junior college. During WWII, she worked as a switchboard operator, manned an Idaho forestry lookout tower and wielded a cutting torch at Swan Island shipyard in Portland. In 1947, she and her husband converted 300 Missouri acres of rocks and forest into a farm and built two houses. The family spent the early sixties on Oregon ranches. In 1968, the family emigrated to Bella Coola, built another house and she worked several years as a float camp cook. In 1974 she moved to Powell River and began building her log house in Wildwood with the help of visiting family and friends. She drove bus and supervised the woodshop for the Artaban center for the handicapped. After retirement, she served a family history mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City.

She was self reliant and believed that everyone should take care of their own problems to the fullest extent of their ability. She demonstrated that dreams come true when accompanied by a lot of really hard work.

Surviving family members include one sister, Nan Klehm (Kalispel, MT), two daughters, Jane Brandenburg (Kings Valley, OR) and Carol McCarthy (Fayetteville, WV) and son, Lee Lorenzen (Powell River).

Other surviving members include eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.

The family extends their warmest thanks to the staff at Willingdon Creek Village (House 3) for their competence, their care and the support they gave to our mom.

Memorial services will be held Tuesday, March 7th, 1:30 PM at the Powell River Branch of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on 6592 Courtenay Street.

Memorial donations: Powell River Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services or LDS Humanitarian Aid.

Morgan was the most precious son of Tara Thurber and Matthew Ladret; dear brother to Jessica McNutt; loving and adored grandchild to Connie Thurber and Frances Ladret; cherished nephew to his aunts Jennifer Ladret and Kali Thurber and uncle Colin Mallery; loving cousin to Haylee Harper, Jacob Harper and Simone Matias; and affectionate member of his extended family.

Morgan had a gentle and compassionate spirit, was a smart and witty young man who was always ready to laugh, and touched many hearts in his short time here. He will be deeply missed, though his sweet spirit will live on in our memories.

A celebration of life will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, March 18, at Beach Gardens Resort and Marina, followed by a potluck.

In lieu of flowers, please hug your loved ones and perform random acts of kindness.

Rose Shillito 1921-2017 Rose Shillito, born in 1921, entered heaven's gate on Saturday, March 4, at the age of 96. Rose was a strong, caring, funny, loving and elegant woman. She enjoyed her family, friends and many hobbies throughout her life. She was always encouraging and supportive to many people. Rose was a mother of 16 and the many generations who followed, from daughter to great-great-grandchildren. She will surely be missed by many.

A service will be held at 1:30 pm on Thursday, March 9, at Stubberfield Funeral Home; a burial service will follow afterward.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Alzheimer Society of BC. Christos (Chris) Andreas Evans (formerly Mpaxevanis) June 8, 1933 - February 25, 2017 Chris died suddenly while playing tennis in Mexico. He leaves behind his wife Helen, children Andrew (Maruko) and Susan(Briggs), his beloved grandchildren Briggie, David, Delian and Sabina, brothersin-law, Tommy (Linda) in West Vancouver and John (Doreen) in Scotland, numerous nephews and nieces and their ever-growing families in North America and Scotland, old Greek friend John in Sweden and friends too numerous to name.

Chris was born in Piraeus, Greece, the youngest of five children, and was at sea for 12 years, including two in the Greek Royal Navy, before coming to Canada. He worked for the Swedish Salman ships, married Helen in 1967, and came ashore in 1968 when his son was born.

After going to navigation school in Vancouver and getting his mate's ticket, Chris joined BC Ferries. In 1970 he received his master's ticket. He worked on many ferries, and for the last six years of his service was master on the northern routes: Port Hardy to Prince Rupert and Price Rupert to Haida Gwaii. He was loved and respected by all his crews.

Chris had a real zest for life and learning. He played badminton, tennis, and pickleball, did watercolour painting and lovely marble sculpting. Known to his family as Dr. Chris, he was an advocate for healthy living.

Always the gentleman, he was a loving, kind man with a great heart for his fellow man. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

A service of celebration will be held at 3 pm on Saturday, March 11, at the Salvation Army, 4500 Joyce Avenue. Memorial donations may be made to the Salvation Army or Nicholas Simons’ election fund.

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5520 Legal/Public Notices Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that Sywash Logging Ltd from Powell River, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forest, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Surrey, for a License of Occupation for the purpose of hauling logs and equipment on the parcel or tract of land in the vicinity of the Lois River together with that part of District Lot 3235, Group 1, New Westminster Dist, that part of Right of Way over unsurveyed Crown Land, as shown on Plan RW2233 filed in Vancouver Land title office.

The land file number for this application is 2411844. Comments on this application may be submitted in two ways.

1) Online via the applications and reasons for decision database website at www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ApplicationPosting/Index.jsp.

2) By mail to the Senior Land Office at 200-10428 153rd Street, Surrey, BC V3R 1E1. Comments will be received by the Ministry of Forest Lands and Natural Resource Operations until April 1, 2017.

Comments received after this date may not be considered.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact Information Access Operations at the Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ Services in Victoria at www.gov.bc.ca/citz/iao/.

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LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE Our client, a home care provider, is in need of a FT LPN in Powell River.

Are you looking for a company that cares about you and values your contribution? Are you looking for a stable work environment? Do you want competitive pay and an excellent benefit plan?

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PR APARTMENTS 604.485.2038

6515 Commercial

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2-BDRM, COZY house, south of town near Black Point. F/S, DW, W/D, available April 1, $875/mth, utilities included, security deposit and references required. Small pet okay.

Phone 604.485.2435.

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9145 Cars

6965 Suites for Rent

2005 FORD Crown Victoria, 194,000 kms, maintenance records, two winter tires on rims $5,000 OBO. 604.485.6454.

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Call 604.223.7111.

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wednesday March 15 7 pm to 9 pm at VIU, Room 136

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Guaranteed Classifieds Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land

Take notice that Paul Shore from Lund, BC, has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Surrey for a private moorage (dock for personal use) situated on Provincial Crown land located at 1500 Sorenson Road, Lund, BC. The Lands File Number for this application is 2411815.

Comments on this application may be submitted in two ways: 1) Online via the Applications and Reasons for Decision Database website at www.arfd.gov.bc.ca/ ApplicationPosting/index.jsp.

2) By mail to the Senior Land Officer at 200-10428 153rd Street, Surrey, BC V3R 1E1. Comments will be received by the Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations until April 3, 2017. Comments received after this date may not be considered.

Be advised that any response to this advertisement will be considered part of the public record. For information, contact Information Access Operations at the Ministry of Technology, Innovation and Citizens’ services in Victoria at www.gov.bc.ca/ citz/iao/.

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1205 Career Opportunities

Casual Medical Registration Clerk Needed Powell River General Hospital We have an exciting casual opportunity available for an individual who is driven, a strong team player and is looking to make a difference!

Stevenson Road, Powell River, BC

If you have completed your Medical Office Assistant, Hospital Support Specialist and/or Health Information Management certificate, please apply!

To apply, please visit: www.providencehealthcare.org/careers 604-806-8238 srajabali@providencehealth.bc.ca

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E E R TH YS DA Y ONL

Our Home Furniture showroom will continue to operate under the new ownership, offering the same great home furnishing products, along with such familiar brands such as Whirlpool, Maytag and KitchenAid appliances and the Simmons Beautyrest line of bedding.

As part of this transition, we are offering huge discounts on many one-of-a-kind, discounted items, cancelled orders, damaged items, shipping errors and overstock items.

We wish to make room for fresh, exciting products being offered in the Home Furniture spring catalogue in April.

H C R MA 11 O T 9

All sales final. No returns. No refunds. No exchanges. All purchases must be picked up at time of sale. No holds.

SAVE UP TO

50

%

OFF

ON ACCENT CHAIRS AND OTHER UPHOLSTERED FURNITURE

FLOOR MODEL MATTRESSES PRICED TO CLEAR

DINING SETS, ASSORTED COFFEE/END TABLES, BEDROOM FURNITURE

SAVE UP TO

50

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OFF

ON SELECTED ACCESSORIES, WALL ART AND AREA CARPETS

PLUS OUR SCRATCH AND SAVE SALE CONTINUES UNTIL MARCH 19

EXCLUDES APPLIANCE AND CLEARANCE ITEMS

LOCATED DOWNSTAIRS AT MITCHELL BROTHERS • 604.483.4949 • 5687 MANSON AVENUE

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Your Hometown Grocery Store 5687 MANSON AVE • PH 604.483.4011 • OPEN DAILY 9 AM — 6 PM • FRIDAYS UNTIL 9 PM PRICES IN EFFECT MARCH 8 TO 14

A LWAY S F R E S H

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25 $ 98 2

OLYMPIC 100% NATURAL

CERTIFIED ORGANIC

Assorted, 650 g

Avocados ¢

Table Cream

If it doesn’t say Island Farms . . . it isn’t.

1L

WHOLESOME FOOD

Hunter Sausage

Fuji Apples

Roma Tomatoes

Naval Oranges

98 98 98 ¢

¢

/lb 2.16/kg

¢

Green Onions

68

1

Iceberg Lettuce

¢

$ 48

each

FOR

1

Italian Sausage

3

Cheese Buns

100 g

Pkg of 6

3

$ 48

Mini Strudels Cherry, Apple or Lemon Pkg of 6

2

$ 98

Soup

QUAKER CHEWY OR DIPPS

Granola B6arg s Assorted, 150-15

Rib Eye Grilling Steaks

11 98 5

98

$

$ 48 Boneless Chicken

1

$ 48 Blueberry Pie 680 g

5

$ 98

FRESH

/lb 26.41/kg

$

/lb 13.18/kg

1

ROGERS

Granola0 g

GREEN GIANT FROZEN

Vegetables g

Assorted, 700-75

Assorted, 750

1 2 3

$ 98 $ 98 $ 98

25

QUAKER INSTANT

Oatmeal

or Old Fashioned, Quick or Minute Oats, 216 g-1 kg

$

FOR

PRINGLES

Chips Assorted 148-168 g

1

BASSILI’S BEST

$ 98

Lasagna

or Shepherd’s Pie 907 g

50

%

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OTHER UPHOLSTERED As part of this transition, we are offering huge discounts FURNITURE on many one-of-a-kind, discounted items, cancelled orders, damaged items, shipping errors and overstock items.

We wish to make room for fresh, exciting products being offered in the Home Furniture spring catalogue in April.

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MAR 11 9 TO

100 g

$ 98

or Chili, Assorted 540 ml

Thighs

$ 48

550 g

CAMPBELL’S CHUNKY

Hot or Mild

5

2

100 g

GROCERY

/lb 8.77/kg

/lb 12.08/kg

48

French Bread

each

98

Baby Back Ribs

1

100 g

Venetian Genoa Salami

F R E S H D A I LY

P E R S O N A L S E RV I C E

$

Bavarian Meat $ Loaf

$ 38

/lb 2.16/kg

/lb 2.16/kg

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1

$ 48

Black Forest Ham

each

$

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ISLAND FARMS 18%

98 Long English Cucumbers

$

Yogurt

All sales final. No returns. No refunds. No exchanges. All purchases must be picked up at time of sale. No holds.

DINING SETS, BEDROOM FURNITURE ASSORTED COFFEE/END TABLES

4 $ 45

$ 98

FLOOR MODEL MATTRESSES PRICED TO CLEAR PLUS OUR SCRATCH AND SAVE SALE CONTINUES UNTIL MARCH 19 EXCLUDES APPLIANCE AND CLEARANCE ITEMS

LOCATED DOWNSTAIRS AT MITCHELL BROTHERS 604.483.4949 • 5687 MANSON AVENUE