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Festival season brings economic benefits and logistical challenges Organizers plan multiple events during busy summer schedule DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Powell River’s annual summer festival season begins Monday, June 13, with Pacific Region International Summer Music Academy (PRISMA) and ends in September with the Sunshine Music Festival.

For the next two and a half months, city festivals will draw thousands of participants and visitors, and millions of dollars to the region.

Over 80 days, at least half are festival days for one event or another. Even those that appear to be festival-free are consumed with setup, take down, flurries of last-minute ticket sales, the rush to find billets, venue preparation, volunteer management and a host of other details required to put on these events.

The payback for Powell River is enormous, with some benefitting more than others, according to a tourism and festival expert.

“The incentives are not always aligned,” said Brock Smith, professor of marketing and entrepreneurship at University of Victoria and former head of its tourism management program.

“The people who are making the most money are probably BC Ferries, the accommodation people and the food and beverage people. They’re the ones who are the frontline of those who benefit. The benefits are not equal throughout the community.”

For a community the size of Powell River, there are some reasons to be aware of what Smith calls “festival overload.”

“The way to judge that is volunteer burnout and how much sponsorship money is actually in the community,” said Smith, who has conducted economic impact studies for a number of festivals, including Victoria Symphony Splash and Vancouver Marathon.

“I’m a proponent of trial and error or learning from experience. If you try something and it doesn’t resonate with the volunteers, or the sponsors, or the patrons, then that one didn’t work and move on.

You’re not going to know that until you try.”

This year, Powell River will try Logger Sports again; the

event was last staged 11 years ago. According to Laura Passek, the event’s secretary-treasurer, Powell River Logger Sports ended because founder Bob Marquis was burned out.

“Funds weren’t there, volunteers weren’t there and it just got to be too much for him,” said Passek.

“He needed a break.”

Marquis is back as president this year and, according to Passek, she said she does not see a conflict between Logger Sports and other festivals because of its distinctiveness. That is a point of view supported by Smith.

“Differentiation is going to be key,” he said. “Based on the description of the things you’re doing in Powell River, many of those things are somewhat unique, so that’s good.”

Among festival circles, 2016 has been labelled a Kathaumixw year. According to organizers, International Choral Kathaumixw is one of the largest festivals of its kind in the world.

“Powell River is very supportive of the endeavours linked to local festivals, and indeed the festivals offered here provide a distinctive feature that makes Powell River an attractive area for residents and visitors alike,” said Kathaumixw chairman Tom Koleszar. “Festivals create culturally vibrant cities and are an economic driver.”

In 2014, Kathaumixw drew nearly 4,000 people to its 10 com-

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petitions and four free concerts.

Add 1,200 choir singers to the attendance figures, and hotels overload so much that billets are required.

In addition, PRISMA estimates thousands of people attend its events annually, 600 athletes compete in the BC Bike Race, Blackberry Festival attracts thousands in August and the recently

returned Logger Sports expects anywhere between 2,000 and 6,000 people.

Even with this year’s cancellation of Powell River Sea Fair, the city’s longest running festival, with all of these events happening in such a concentrated period of time, the strain on the city’s resources becomes evident.

That stress is felt most on

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it’s great for the economy, but at some point, locals are going to say, ‘Do I really want to share with all these thousands of other people?’”

The most critical area that points to festival exhaustion, however, is volunteer burnout; a limited number of people are willing to give their time and energy to these events.

“With a community of 19,000, you’re going to get burnout,” said

Powell River is very supportive of the endeavours linked to local festivals, and indeed the festivals offered here provide a distinctive feature that makes Powell River an attractive area for residents and visitors alike.

Willingdon Beach, festival ground zero.

According to Neil Pukesh, City of Powell River manager of recreation, there has to be a limit on what the venue can take.

“You look at all the events happening down at Willingdon Beach three weekends in a row,” said Pukesh. “It definitely needs some time to breathe. After a significant amount of use, it needs a bit

You look at all the events happening down at Willingdon Beach three weekends in a row. It definitely needs some time to breathe.

After a significant amount of use, it needs a bit of recovery time. of recovery time. Three events in a row is doable, anything more than that, we might have to take a real good look at it.”

The public is often unaware of hidden costs associated with festivals, according to Smith, such as policing and environmental impact.

“There’s also sharing the space with the visitors,” said Smith. “Yes,

Smith. “I don’t know what stage that burnout kicks in.”

Scott Randolph, City of Powell River manager of economic development, said he is already seeing evidence of that.

“I’ve seen a number of events that have suffered, as a result of people just getting tired, because they don’t have the proper assistance or enough people supporting them, organizing and running the event,” said Randolph, In the case of Kathaumixw, Carrie Lanigan, administrator at Powell River Academy of Music, which hosts the festival, said volunteers ensure the success of the festival, with the organizing committee working for months to manage the festival and all of its details.

“From providing and organizing transportation, to venue setup, to planning meals and home stays, volunteers always step up to the plate,” said Lanigan. “Many local people open their homes and welcome foreign visitors during Kathaumixw week. We are very grateful to the more than 500 people who give their time and expertise.”

Kathaumixw is so large and requires so many resources, annual festivals would likely suffer and might not be able to survive if the event was held every year instead of biennially.

“We are most appreciative of the support we receive every second year from our sponsors and volunteers,” said Koleszar. “Due to the

size of the festival, if it was to occur annually, this would definitely create a strain on the community resources.”

Everyone involved in organizing and staging Powell River’s festivals say the city is known for dedicated volunteers who are the lifeblood of the community and make events possible that larger centres would find daunting.

“I hesitate to say finding volunteers is a problem, because I’m often struck by how generous people are with their giving of time and their skill level, and because we have a large retirement population,” said PRISMA executive director Michelle Hignell. “Because festivals can offer perks, we have something to trade that people value.”

PRISMA is not desperate for volunteers, said Hignell. However, it does involve a lot of work to find people.

“You’re constantly having to go back to the well and replenish your pool of volunteers, and you have to be mindful of acknowledging them properly, in keeping them interested,” she said.

Volunteer exhaustion, festival overlap and strain on venues can all contribute to a potential breaking point.

Festival organizers are reluctant to acknowledge Powell River may be approaching festival overload; city officials are not.

“How do you balance it all? It’s a very, very tricky process. I think with good planning, good coordination, it can happen, but there’s got to be a limit,” said Pukesh. “We want more events, the community wants more events in this town, but at what point do you have to say no?”

The solution, according to city officials, requires a lot of future planning and coordination.

Randolph said he has had a number of discussions about establishing a position or an office that coordinates special events.

“I’ve seen it done in other communities,” he said. “The office provided support and helped coordinate the calendar, so as to ensure there wasn’t double booking as is the case this year with the BC Bike Race overlapping Kathaumixw.”

Koleszar said he sees the city’s role continuing as it is now.

“Each festival organizer needs to maintain the viability of their own festival and have their own plan for development,” he said, “which should include the promotion of the City of Powell River and the regional district.”

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Ferry advisory representative expresses frustration Committee prepares to meet with BC Ferries on key issues CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

years on the committee, I’m appreciating the value of the input we get to give.”

BC Ferries may not always do what the community wants, but at least the community gets to share its thoughts at the table, she said. It is better than not being able to, she added.

“Of course, they should listen to us more,” said McCormick. “Absolutely,

put restrictions on making those changes.

“Sometimes we have to say, ‘We hear this is a concern and this is why we can’t, or won’t, make a change.’

Maybe that’s not the answer they want to hear,” he said.

But Skadsheim said she thinks FACs exist only because they are a requirement of the contract BC

I’m extremely frustrated with this.

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A BC Supreme Court justice has found a Powell River doctor and nurse liable for a brain injury an infant sustained prior to her birth.

The girl, now four years old, was born with severe spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and developmental and cognitive impairment at Powell River General Hospital in November 2011.

The Supreme Court found, in its Wednesday, May 25 ruling, that doctor Chris Morwood and nurse MaryJane Barcelonne were liable.

According to the ruling, the expecting mother came into the hospital a few days prior with complaints of neck pain, but Barcelonne did not test her blood pressure, a test which would have indicated the woman had pre-eclampsia, nor did the nurse perform an adequate assessment.

The ruling stated that Morwood, who treated the woman, did not take an accurate medical history, which could have led to a diagnosis and prevented the brain injury.

A few days after she left the hospital, the mother suffered an eclamptic seizure and was transported to Vancouver for an emergency Caesarean-section.

Setting it straight Last week’s editorial “Agricultural hinge” incorrectly stated “the community does not know the particulars of PRSC’s proposal to the ALC,” when in fact the details were part of a public consultation process. Also, the parcel designated as farmable land is six not nine acres.

May 18 issue’s Quick Peak “Educators win grant” incorrectly stated Let’s Talk Trash was awarded a $14,000 grant from MultiMaterial BC, when in fact the grant was $2,500, with a total of $14,000 awarded to four organizations in BC.

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Ferries has with the BC government.

“They are just fulfilling their community engagement requirement, ticking that box and that’s all it is to them,” said Skadsheim.

Skadsheim cited the example of Queen of Burnaby unexpectedly coming out of service last January.

Despite the advisory committee being established to provide advice to the ferry corporation on what the community’s response would be to a

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they should, but we do respect that their corporate decisions are their corporate decisions.”

The advisory committee meets twice a year to discuss day-to-day ferry operations, planned improvements and broad policy issues, such as fares and strategic planning.

Guenette said when it comes to making changes to ferry schedules, sometimes internal challenges such as staffing issues or vessel refuelling

service change, she said in the case of the Burnaby, they were not consulted until after the decision had been made.

Guenette said he understands that point. Sometimes the advisory committees are just used to relay information to the community, he said.

“Perhaps there are occasions when we could stop and ask if there is any room to see what FAC members think,” said Guenette. “Other times, there are not.”

He added that in the case of the Queen of Burnaby, the decision was made in a short space of time, and said BC Ferries did not consult the FAC because the community’s preference may not have made a difference in solving the problem.

When there are longer timeframes to work with, Guenette said the corporation does try to engage in community consultation.

Guenette reiterated that BC Ferries values the time and effort of FAC members. Committee members volunteer their time, are busy and have jobs, he said.

“We certainly don’t want to frustrate them,” he added. “They are valuable conduits to the community.”

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One Northern Sunshine Coast Ferry Advisory Committee (FAC) member describes being “extremely frustrated” advising BC Ferries on community concerns.

City of Powell River councillor Karen Skadsheim, one of 10 FAC members in the region, said she is ready to resign from the advisory committee.

“It feels like they don’t really care what we have to say,” said Skadsheim. “I’m extremely frustrated with this. The committee is excellent, but our problems just fall on deaf ears.”

Skadsheim’s main concerns are scheduling, access for travellers requiring elevator use aboard vessels and improving customer service.

Skadsheim said she will be bring these concerns to the table when the committee meets again with BC Ferries representatives on Wednesday, June 1, in Powell River.

A key issue to be discussed is how rearranging the summer schedule to make it more tourist-friendly will affect local transport companies.

BC Ferries public affairs manager Darin Guenette said the committee meetings provide a valuable opportunity to hear community concerns and facilitate communication, but he acknowledges similar concerns have been raised by other committees.

“People get frustrated because they keep asking for certain things and we keep saying ‘no’ and not doing anything,” said Guenette.

“Sometimes we can’t, and it’s our job to communicate why we’re not, but that doesn’t always get through.”

Powell River Regional District Electoral Area D director Sandy McCormick said she sympathizes with Skadsheim. McCormick has been on the committee since 2011.

“In my first few years on the committee, I called it the ‘lip service committee,’”said McCormick. “Now, having spent another few more

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Fire destroys Texada social hub Inn owners overwhelmed by community support after tragedy CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

Dan and Marian De Vita, owners of the Texada Island Inn, say they are overwhelmed after fire tore through their hotel last week.

Volunteer fire crews from both Van Anda and Gillies Bay fire departments worked to extinguish the mid-afternoon blaze at the island’s only hotel on Wednesday, May 25.

“We’re totally overwhelmed,” said Dan. Overwhelmed, he explained, by the destruction and damage of the fire, but also with the outpouring of support from Texada and Powell River.

“We are humbled and overcome with appreciation for the outpouring of support,” he said. “All the phone calls, emails and texts have been tremendous.”

In the aftermath of Wednesday’s fire, it is unclear what will happen with the Texada landmark. Dan confirmed that the business did have limited insurance coverage, but it is still unknown

whether they will be able to repair the damage, or whether the building will have to be torn down.

Powell River Regional District Electoral Area D director Sandy McCormick,said the community has been left in a state of shock and has done the best it can to help out in various ways.

“This is a giving, caring community.

It’s the type of community that rallies around its needy,” said McCormick.

Not only did both of the island’s fire departments attend, but so did the community. McCormick said neighbours brought food for firefighters and both of the local quarries sent equipment to help battle the blaze. Islanders have also pitched in to help with some of the cleanup.

“Right now the community is sending Dan and Marian their love, sympathy and support; all those intangible things that mean everything,” said McCormick.

In addition to the tragedy of losing a family business, Dan said he is worried about all the people who relied on the inn as a community centre, particularly the seniors and his employees who have been left jobless.

Another restaurant on the island has agreed to take on one employee, maybe two, but Dan is trying to find the others work, a difficult task when his hotel

was the third largest employer on the island, he said.

Fundraisers for the families of those left jobless are being organized on Texada and in Powell River, said McCormick.

The De Vitas, who own a home in Powell River but had a suite at the inn, spent Sunday afternoon sifting through the burnt remains of the building, looking for personal effects.

The building, though standing, suffered extensive damage from smoke, water and fire.

“All the windows on the top floor have been blown out and two sections of the roof have caved in,” he said. “The devastation from the fire inside is amazing.”

Fire crews were not able to enter the building to fight the fire from inside, so they had to knock holes in exterior walls to gain access to the fire’s hotspots.

What was not consumed in the fire was soaked and destroyed by the efforts to put it out, said Dan. “Everything is just demolished,” he said. “It’s devastating.”

While the cause of the blaze remains unconfirmed and is under investigation, fire officials believe it could have been started by an electrical issue where power comes into the building.

Everyone managed to get out of the building and no one was injured.

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Sino Bright School is going to need the full 30 acres of land inside the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) to construct its campus, according to school president Quan Ouyang.

Ouyang penned a letter to City of Powell River council on Tuesday, May 24, after it deferred support for the international school’s agricultural land commission (ALC) application to exclude a 30-acre parcel of land from the province’s agricultural land reserve (ALR).

A strip of land approximately six acres is considered fair-use agricultural land and was suggested to be kept in the ALR by city senior planner Jason Gow. Gow’s recommendations follow the provisions of the city’s Sustainable Official Community Plan (SOCP) to preserve agricultural land in the city.

Ouyang stated that the scope of the school’s plans have expanded during the past year and the six-acre exclusion would not work for the school’s building plans.

“Our company requires the full, 30-acre parcel,” he wrote.

With this information, city council is slated to make a decision on whether it supports the application as it stands at its Thursday, June 2, meeting.

Gow presented the report on the ALR exclusion at the Tuesday, May 17, committee of the whole meeting. His report recommended that council support the ALC application, less the six acres of fair agricultural land inside the 30-acre parcel.

After Gow’s report, council asked city staff to contact Sino Bright to inquire whether the school could continue with its plans if it did not have the full 30 acres.

“By keeping the six-acre parcel in the ALR,” wrote Ouyang in the response letter, “approximately one third of the property will be rendered useless and un-developable, and could cause further difficulties and delays in creating street access.” Developers planned to create street access for the school from Marine Avenue.

Sino Bright plans to purchase 132 acres of land next to Brooks Secondary School to construct an international school campus and dormitories. It needs 30 acres for its development, but that land is inside the ALR. The land is currently owned by PRSC Land Developments, a partnership between the city and Tla’amin Nation. Sino Bright has an offer on the land and the deal is subject to it being developable.

Ouyang also wrote that the international school would have appreciated city staff contacting PRSC and Sino Bright prior to finalizing the report, to discuss the impact on the development.

If city council does not support the exclusion application, Sino Bright will withdraw its offer on the land, according to the letter.

Ouyang stated the international school would then concentrate its efforts on building its program in Vancouver, with School District 47’s cooperation, and wait until a time when land with suitable zoning opens up in Powell River, “which does not exist at this time, to our knowledge.”

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A recent increase in waterpower investigation-licence applications to Powell River Regional District (PRRD) mostly result from the wrapping up of a 10-year court battle, the president of a Vancouver-based engineering company has confirmed.

Greg Sunell, president of Synex International Inc., the company that owns Sigma Engineering, said the recent increase in water-licence applications in PRRD includes eight requests postponed for several years.

“Our recent activity in the area, which does not involve new water-licence applications, relates to the resolution of the primary litigation between Hawkeye Power Corporation and Sigma Engineering,” said Sunell.

Sigma holds the rights to more than 30 sites from the Toba Valley to Jervis Inlet.

Electoral Area C director Colin Palmer has said on several occasions since last November that he is surprised by the number of applications the regional district has been receiving from the provincial government; the majority have been from Sigma.

Since November 2015, close to a dozen applications have come before the regional district’s planning committee from the provincial government to allow power companies the ability to investigate new micro-hydroelectric projects in Powell River’s river valleys.

These include two recent applications to investigate hydroelectric projects in the Eldred Valley and on Goat Island.

Palmer said all the recent activity in Powell River’s river valleys reminded him of about 10 years ago.

“It was like a gold rush up there,” said Palmer.

In 2006, close to 500 applications were made for run-of-the-river water licences across the province.

Electoral Area A director Patrick Brabazon said he remembers seeing a Sunshine Coast Regional District planner’s map pinpointing in red where all the proposed water licences were.

“It looked like a bad case of measles,” said Brabazon. “Jervis Inlet was just a maze of red dots. Then it all became quiet and now it’s all ramped up again.”

The initial rush was part of a new energy strategy the Gordon Campbell Liberals enacted in 2002. To reduce hydro-electricdam footprints, the government decided to champion run-of-the-river projects. They were smaller in scale and did not have the same environmental impacts.

Of the 16 contracts awarded in its first call for power from independent power producers, BC Hydro awarded 14 contracts to runof-the-river projects.

One of the first was Ledcor’s $80-million project in Squamish’s Ashulu Creek.

At the same time, they reduced regional district boards’ regulatory powers to block developments. In 2003, the Liberals passed its Significant Project Streamlining Act, which effectively sidelined local governments from holding projects up. PRRD was no different.

Proposals came from companies such as Plutonic Power, which later became Alterra Power Corporation after it merged with Magma Energy, Hawkeye and others.

These companies bought up the rights to investigate projects at numerous locations throughout the regional district and the province.

In 2008, Hawkeye announced it would build a multibillion-dollar, 180-megawatt project to produce green energy, with 12 run-of-the-river projects spanning from Toba Inlet to Jervis Inlet.

The project would include 159 kilometres of transmission lines, provide enough power for close to 70,000 homes and offset more than a half a million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.

Hawkeye went into receivership in September 2009. Then the company that was to purchase Hawkeye’s sites, Sigma Engineering, ended up in a nearly 10-year court battle over ownership of those water licence sites.

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Festival season No matter how much is going on in any given city, there will always be one person who says it is too much, and another who will say it is not enough.

Some who come from a smaller city, or grew up in Powell River when festival activity wasn’t as prominent, might think the number of local events happening over the next three months is overwhelming. Others who have spent time in larger cities such as Victoria or Vancouver might find Powell River’s cultural scene a little too sleepy for their tastes. As the saying goes, it’s all relative.

Between now and the end of summer, several large-scale festivals will be taking place in the Powell River region. With the addition of at least two major festivals that didn’t happen last year, and with a desperate need for accommodations and other services to handle the incoming participants and out-of-town attendees, this season will be a turning point for future event planning in Powell River.

While city representatives are starting to question how much our parks and infrastructure can handle, festival organizers are rising to the challenge and plowing ahead with elaborate plans to bring the city to life with music, arts and culture this While city representatives are summer. starting to question how much Is every festival for parks and infrastructure can ever yone? handle, festival organizers are Well, no. rising to the challenge and plowing Do we have enough of a ahead with elaborate plans to population, bring the city to life with music, including arts and culture this summer. the influx of tourists, to support this many festivals? That remains to be seen. Are most residents of Powell River happy to have so many choices when it comes to spending their entertainment dollars? Safe to say, yes.

The long run of summer festivals has already started, even before summer has officially begun, and won’t end until well into September. Perhaps this abundance of festivals can be thought of as a form of survival of the fittest.

The most well organized and executed festivals that have best identified with their target market, provided the highest quality of entertainment and programming, are able to retain the most volunteers, secure the most sponsorships from the community and truly reflect the originality and vibrance of the Powell River area will be the ones that ultimately stick around.

Will the next three months put a strain on resources, human and otherwise? For sure, they will. Will it be a summer to remember? Most definitely.

Festival season: bring it on.

Jason Schreurs, publisher/editor

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By Jenessa Blanchet When I was 19, I took part in the inn; a place where you could who served the larger family of the Miss Powell River, Youth set your watch by the people who our island.

Ambassador Pageant. It was an walked through the door. I still The place was brimming over amazing experience where I made recall the people I worked with, with memories. Not just mine, lifelong friendships and finished some no longer with us. but everyone’s.

Everybody had their own stofirst runner-up in a speech comIt was where uncountable birthpetition, which forever days, retirements, anniversaries, parties and cemented my comfort special occasions were with speaking in pubThe inn had an irreplaceable lic. I laughed, danced marked. patina on it. It was made of and adventured; it was It was where you amazing. I owe that danced, even if there stories, and laughter, and tears experience to Dan and wasn’t another single and memories. And history.

Marian De Vita and the person in the bar and Texada Island Inn. also when it was packed The history of the people who I remember at the elbow to elbow. It was worked there, lived there, end of the final perforwhere whoever was mance night, Dan and cooking, nine times out and moved through there.

Marian came backstage 10, could start making to congratulate me and give me a ries, their own recipes and their your order the minute they saw hug. Dan said, “We’re really proud own families who came and went your face. of you. Would you like a job?” I throughout the days and nights, It was where you could order as we all served plates and coffee “white sauce” and they’d know practically burst into tears.

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100 years, just to profit on some technology that divides us?

By coming up with some self-serving data that makes no sense, picking the age of 80 shows only that they

Was it really necessary to change the system [“Test accuracy raises senior-driving questions,” March 30] that served everyone the same way for more than

are trying to get a majority on their side. It has nothing to do with safety, but has a very bad effect on the seniors who wish to live a normal life. There are so many reasons to stop this insanity.

It is good to have seniors active. It gives them a purpose in life, to feel needed, not the way the Insurance Corporation of BC (ICBC) makes seniors feel unwanted by discriminating; tell-

ing them of all the problems they are causing the public.

I have nothing but contempt for the way ICBC has been treating our seniors.

Losing your driver’s licence can be a matter of life

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What could be done to encourage more cycling in Powell River?

BARB AASEN Gordon Avenue Increase signage, the amount of bike lanes, and driver education.

KERRY DAVIES Manitoba Avenue Bike to Work is definitely a good start, and raise awareness about biking and its benefits.

ROB JONES Manitoba Avenue I like the idea of more bike lanes, less hills and more sunshine.

ARNOLD MULDER Fraser Street There’s already a pretty strong culture of cycling here, though it’s mostly off-road.

and death. When your life is changed so dramatically, seniors have a tendency of giving up on life and end up in the extended care unit.

Richard Dignard Alberni Street

KERRY JONES Manitoba Avenue Letting more people know how much fun cycling is, that it’s good exercise and a healthy family activity.

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6« VIEWPOINT lion potatoes for Saturday steak lunch because the whole island showed up for it.

It was where so many stories were told by generations, early in the morning until the doors closed late at night. It was where faces were always familiar, which is no small thing, as I now know, living in a city where seeing a face more than once is a small miracle.

It was familiar and it was home. For so

many of us; it was home.

For Dan and Marian and their family, it was home and they shared it will all of us in such a huge way.

Their generosity knew no bounds. Whether it was sponsoring or supporting every single island event, hosting parties, picking up boaters, providing safe rides home or being there for their staff and patrons, their open-

handedness had no limits.

Texada Island Inn became our island’s heart and Dan and Marian were, and are, the life force that kept that heart beating.

The inn had an irreplaceable patina on it. It was made of stories, and laughter, and tears and memories. And history. The history of the people who worked there, lived there, and moved through there.

And that patina, while irreplaceable, will never really be gone, for it lives in all our hearts and minds. It will always be carried with us wherever we go, even if it’s to Calgary, Alberta where, trust me, you cannot order white sauce.

Jenessa Blanchet is a former longtime resident of Texada Island who is now working as a controller in Calgary, Alberta.

Message from your MLA After more than 40 Question Periods, 26 government-

I repeated my concern about the DriveABLE tests for angle route. seniors to the third minister of justice responsible. I told Jay Yule and Don James were both honoured at Gov(none passed), 240 two-minute statements, and nu- him the tests take too many capable senior drivers off ernment House in Victoria with BC Community Achievemerous motions, the fifth session of the 40th Parliament of the road. Government is planning to make changes to ment Awards. Congratulations and thanks to them from the Province of BC hasSUVs just ended programMarch in 2017. everyone, their contributions to theand community and 26]. sized pickups and that in Victoria. of the lake it will the multi“values” are the for current the learning construcThe bills proposed by government were generally not Along with my colleagues, I raised concerns about to the province.

He claims that the “peace, Stephen Harper govern- tive dialogue necessary to it is dangerous for children ply very fast like it has for contentious, and with exceptionyears. of the The Budget Billsystem the changes in disability barelyto which Festivals and events have true already crowded into our root is order and support good payments govern- that in crosswalks, sincethemost ment, Weston is reach reconciliation. and the Greenhouse Gas Industrial Reporting and Concover the new charge for a monthly fee for bus passes. calendars.

Thanks to the organizers and of these vehicles have im- very hardy. You cannot kill ment of Canada” will be a member, truly uphold- Claudia Medina sponsors of evtrol Amendment which in incidentally reduced our Recently, aundermined group of 160 organizations the first ery one of them,and from the May Day parade and festival at Marine Avenue the weed. by a treatycalledingforwhen paired visibilityAct, directly nations government to reverse their changes.

James Thomson School, to the Soap Box Derby and Lund emissions targets, all bills became law without a vote Once the lake is cleared that allows Tla’amin to ex- other citizens who want to front of the vehicle. That I informed the minister of transportation that special Shellfish Festival.

There are so many to come, I being called. is why such vehicles are out you can start fresh, re- ercise laws that are rooted protect Canada’s environ- Recyclingevents changes BC Ferries deals for tourists to Vancouver Island hurt hope everyone gets a chance to enjoy them.

During this session, I raised concerns about a man stock with trout and make in traditional systems of ment for future generations banned in Europe. tourismgovernance industry to thethat Sunshine saidunder he surveillance and with dementia been in an itacute-care What is the government a nice hospital swimmingthehole haveCoast. ex- Heare I would likewho to has think that would look into the matter.

I was told home-porting the since July of last year, often restrained in his chair, inplanning with regardCoast to Powell River may some day like it was before. Now it is isted for millennia before labelled terrorists?

Whatserving Your MLA Powell River-Sunshine stead a facility whereinjushe coulda live with more new the Salish Canada Orca, which to arrive in“values” August, are the Harper gov- recycling [“Changes on hoswamp, not diggood for wasis scheduled even a remote wake ofupinto the grave Pier 17, Davis Bay 604.741.0792 nity. madeitssure her appreciation for the health- would cost concept. too much and that hetogether had not hadernment any dis- upholding when rizon for recycling,” March tice His it iswife doing pedestripublic.

To lump 4675 Marine Avenue, Powell River 604.485.1249 care workers was by noted. a Powell tri- Bill C-45, which 5]? an population failing to We need to cussions make about Sharia law, River-Texada Québécois Island-Comox law, enacting nicholas.simons.mla@leg.bc.ca Between the ferry upsets address the many chronic Cranberry Lake nice again and other “local” laws into again undermines first natraffic safety problems in and it can be done once the this context betrays a lim- tions’ sovereignty and pro- and then recycling, what is ited understanding of the tection for the land and wa- happening? Powell River is a the city, but after having lilies are out of the lake. clean town. If it is made difsystemic inequalities that ter that sustain us? lived there for seven years, Cliff Lang this treaty is aiming to adI don’t hold out much hope. Squamish, BC If Weston is concerned ficult for folks, you may see Raymond MacLeod Cushing dress and rectify—inequali- with the “most vulnerable” all the beautiful trails full of North Vancouver ties such as the Indian Act, members of Canadian so- garbage. This would undo Ignorance harms an aspect of Canadian law ciety, why does his politi- all the work like the BOMB In response to MP John that was established to sub- cal party actively seek out (Bloody Old Men’s Brigade) Cranberry Lake Weston’s opposition to the jugate, control, distort and free trade agreements with Squad has done and others Lilies have taken over the wording of the Tla’amin limit the rights and free- Europe and China that will to make the trails safe and lake; we all understand the (Sliammon) First Nation doms of Aboriginal peoples, effectively render our own clean for those from Powell Letters should exceed 350 words and viewpoints be approximately 500orwords infestation of the not matter treaty, I am disturbed by and whichmust continues to this laws, national local, null River and outside to come [“Water lilies create cause his lack of awareness and day. and void in the face of trade see and hike. for concern,” March 26]. knowledge of the historical When something isn’t When Canadian laws tribunals that favour corpoNow, the only way you will context of the treaty pro- existed to criminalize tra- rate interests? broken, please don’t fix it. get rid of them is not by cess, especially with regard ditional ceremonies and Powell River, we have to But what troubles me

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Pedestrian accident It was with great sadness that we read about the recent death of the 62-yearold newcomer to Powell River who was struck by an SUV on Joyce Avenue [“Pedestrian succumbs to injuries,” March 21].

I moved with my wife and two small children to Powell las Simons ichoand River inN 2005 spent the better part of seven years living there.

One of the main reasons I wanted to leave was because the community’s leaders have never shown the slightest interest in improving traffic flow and enforcement to ensure the safety of the many children and seniors who walk and bike in the community.

It is frightening to walk down Joyce, with its narrow sidewalks and no green buffer or parking lane between pedestrians and the many

Nicholas Simons

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Groups complete new trail system Upgrades to Millennium Park draw comparisons to Stanley Park DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Groups involved in enhancing and refurbishing Powell River’s Millennium Park trail system gathered on Saturday, May 28, to mark the completion of what some compare to Canada’s most famous urban park.

“It is our Stanley Park,” said City of Powell River mayor Dave Formosa, who recognized community support for the property’s purchase through referendum, and Powell River Community Forest grants for the purchase of the trees, as well as many hours of volunteer time put into the project.

Comparing Millennium Park to the natural forest in the middle of Vancouver was a sentiment shared

by Neil Pukesh, City of Powell River’s manager of recreation, who also said it is “our little Stanley Park.”

Millennium Park work was coordinated by volunteer group

the BOMB Squad. Group spokesperson Pat Walsh agreed with Formosa and Pukesh.

“It is a jewel,” said Walsh. “There are very, very few municipalities that have a jewel like this right in the city.”

According to Walsh, the squad put together a plan and budget for materials provided by a $23,000 grant from a Powell River Community Forest grant received in November 2014.

Squad volunteer hours amounted to more than 3,000, he said, plus an additional 350 hours from the Powell River ATV Club, which provided assistance on one particular trail to lay foundation that makes it mobility friendly.

Not only is the park a highlight of Powell River’s attractions, Walsh said work completed by the BOMB Squad has been a highlight for them.

“This is the first time the BOMB Squad has ever worked in the front country; typically our work is done unseen and anonymously way out in the backcountry, “ said Walsh.

“This is a change, to come into town and work on a project that’s more high profile. We felt it was worth doing because it was a shame to see the trails and the park languish; it

READY TO RIDE: [From left] Annabelle Shostak, six, Eli Shostak, eight, Cavan Behan, eight, and Bree Behan, six, hit the new Millenium Park trail systems. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

needed to be refurbished.”

On rain-drenched mornings, Walsh said many of the trails would have been impassable. According to him, the upgrades will allow the trails to be used rain or shine.

“There’s about 600 feet of new boardwalk on the trails,” he said.

“In addition to that, all the drainage in the trail system has been improved, so it allows water to run through the trails and not turn them into mud holes. It was only in those specific areas where it was impossible to deal with the

drainage that boardwalks were constructed.”

According to Pukesh, in addition to development and maintenance of trail systems, the BOMB Squad installed other new amenities and an 80-foot bridge span.

Members of Powell River Cycling Association and Powell River Trail Running (PRTR), along with dog walkers, hikers and naturalists, were all on hand at the gathering.

According to PRTR member Joseph McLean, who runs the trails in every season, there are

new bridges and now all of the trails are interconnected.

“They’ve gone from having a 2x4 in the mud to having a full-featured bridge with grating,” said McLean.

“There’s a lot more signage. Now that they’re all connected, you can jump from one trail to another, whereas before you had to go out on the road; now you can stay in nature for the whole thing.”

Millennium Park trails can be accessed from Marine Avenue across from Willingdon Beach and from Powell River Recreation Complex.

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After four years together, many of the grade 12 students graduating on Saturday, June 4, will be going separate ways.

Some will remain in Powell River and some will start jobs; others will study a trade. Also, some students will leave town for no other reason than using their freedom to do as they wish.

For Brooks Secondary School students Teresa Coe, Ricci Leitch, Sydney Liknes and Jeremy Hopper, their collective wish is to continue academic studies at university.

On behalf of their fellow graduates, the four aspiring academics will have the responsibility of delivering the annual messages to teachers, students and parents at the upcoming graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 4, at Powell River Recreation Complex.

Teresa Coe Coe’s favourite subjects are chemistry and biology. She credits her science teacher, Pat Gordon, for inspiring her love of science and the reason why she will continue studies in science at University of Northern BC in Prince George.

“I plan to get my bachelor of science,” said Coe. “My

grand goal is to be a triple doctor with a doctor of veterinary medicine in veterinary pathology, an MD in human pathology and my doctorate in forensic pathology.”

Coe said her favourite teacher was Monica McSween in mathematics.

Coe will be delivering the message to the teachers.

“What needs to be said is a giant thank you, which is what I formed my speech around, because the teachers who you spend your time with in high school are the ones who spark your interests and how you are as a person,” she said. “They get you ready for real life.”

Ricci Leitch Leitch’s highlight from high school is winning a provincial championship with the senior girls soccer team.

“It was the first time Brooks has ever made it to provincials and we won,” said Leitch. “That was super exciting.”

Academically, she describes herself as being “even across the board; nothing great, nothing bad,” she said.

Leitch plans to enter general studies for her first two years at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops and then apply to the school’s social work program. She has also committed to the university’s women’s soccer team.

“I want to work with people with mental health and addiction issues,” she said.

Leitch said her favourite teacher at Brooks was

Lisa Gunn. “She’s such a sweetheart, she’s always so happy,” said Leitch. “I never liked social studies until grade 11, and she made the course super engaging.”

Leitch will be giving the message to her fellow students, along with Sydney Liknes.

Sydney Liknes Liknes’ most memorable experience at Brooks is the same as Leitch’s, winning the provincials with the soccer team.

“I haven’t had a worst experience, but I’ve had some unlucky experiences”, said Liknes. “I’ve had a cast for the last month of grade 12. I’ve been in a boot cast twice. I’ve never not been injured, but it’s okay.”

Her favourite subjects were physical education and social studies. “I am not good at physics; it’s just not my thing,” she said.

Liknes will be attending Vancouver Island University, where she plans to obtain a bachelor of education and become an elementary school teacher.

Liknes and Leitch’s message to fellow students will be about memories and the good things they shared.

“High school went by really fast,” said Liknes. “We want to remind everyone about our experience.”

Jeremy Hopper Hopper singles out Anne Hutchings as one of his favourite teachers.

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Hopper plans to obtain a bachelor of commerce at University of BC’s Sauder School of Business.

“I want to go on to become a lawyer. My mom went there, too,” he said.

Hopper said his mom is sad about him leaving, although at the same time she wants him to go out and get on with his life. Hopper will be giving the message to parents on behalf of his fellow students.

“With my business mind, I took a monetary approach to thanking the parents,” he said. “In grade seven, I read this article about how much it is to raise your child until they’re 18. It was this crazy number. I’m not going to give it away because it’s in my speech, but it was crazy. I couldn’t believe it.”

All four students said they have bittersweet feelings about leaving high school and Powell River. They all said they will miss the teachers. Sentiments range from Leitch, who said she is already planning the weekends she can home, to Coe, who is very excited about leaving.

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Doors open at 7 pm BROOKS BOUND: Teacher Stephen Ball is ready to say goodbye to Emily Bird [left], 13, and Chantal Carta, 13, who are transitioning from grade seven at Edgehill Elementary School to high school. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

like going back to kindergarten because it’s the lowest grade, and I’m worried about getting lost, which is probably going to happen.”

Carta said she is excited about going to high school, but she will miss Edgehill, especially the teachers.

“I’m excited to go because I know lots of my friends are there,” said Carta, “and because apparently they have really good food.”

Stephen Ball has been teaching for 28 years, the last five at Edgehill. He said the transition from grade seven to

eight is different for every student.

“For some students it’s a little bit difficult the first couple of days,” said Ball.

“Once they get settled, they have a support team over at Brooks, which is just great. They get settled in real fast and should have no problems getting accustomed right away.”

As she visits schools, Burt finds students are very interested in electives.

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It is an exciting time for just over 100 grade seven students in School District 47’s elementary schools. In the fall, they step into a new world at Brooks Secondary School, a bigger school with bigger kids than they have grown accustomed to for the last eight years.

Counsellors from Brooks have been fanning out across the district, visiting grade seven classrooms to start preparing students for their transitions into grade eight.

According to Allison Burt, a Brooks counsellor since 2003, she talks to students about expectations, courses, programs and schedules, as well as answers any questions. She said that despite the bravado shown, students are quite nervous about entering the next phase of their education.

“The visits are mostly to put some of their fears to rest because while it’s exciting for parents and students, it’s also nerve-wracking,” said Burt. “It’s normal to have some anxiety or unease when it comes to the transition.”

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Event shines despite rainy day Music, food, arts and crafts highlight annual shellfish festival It seems to me that it always rains on Lund Shellfish Festival weekend. People I mention this to generally disagree, maybe because they don’t want our festival to get a reputation for being rained on.

I don’t mean it as a complaint, more like a testament to the fact that we still know how to have fun even when it’s rainy. This year was no exception, as it was certainly drippy on Saturday, but the whole harbour was full of music and food and folks having fun together.

Sunday cleared up and the sun came out, and I noticed right away that a lot more folks I didn’t recognize came out on Sunday. Tourists from town, or out of town, who knows?

WHERE THE ROAD BEGINS Musings on Lund

by Erin Innes

I commented that it seems like the locals preferred to come out in the rain. One of my friends said, “I guess Lundies come out in the rain, like slugs,” another thing that could be seen as a less-thansalutary comparison, but I’ll take it as a comment that we know how to be at home in our surroundings.

My very first Lund Shellfish Festival was a rainy one, when I first moved to Lund in 2009. Sandy Dunlop

was organizing the music, as she always does, and asked me if I’d come and play, which I did. It was so rainy that the tent with the stage was under the balcony of the Lund Hotel.

When I packed up my gear to head down that morning, I was sure it would be dead. But it was a packed crowd, everyone in Pollen Sweaters and gumboots and having a great time. Nobody even mentioned the rain. I thought to myself, “This is my kind of town.”

I’m not much of a festivalgoer, myself. I don’t really like crowds, and I always figured the best way to keep my money in my pocket is to stay home.

But Lund Shellfish Festival is different. It has the feeling of a small-town social, even though it’s getting more and more popular with folks from out of Lund. There’s none of the push and hustle I associate with festivals, and it always seems every-

SOCIAL GATHERING: Crowds of people gathered on the Historic Lund Hotel lawn for fun, food, music and games during Shellfish Festival last weekend. ERIN INNES PHOTO

one is just there to share the things they love: their arts and crafts, the shellfish they work so hard to raise, and the music they play in their living rooms with friends.

It’s almost like Lund just picks up our regular kitchen parties and brings them all down to the harbour for the

weekend, rain or shine.

My friend, who’s been a shellfish farmer out here for ages, was serving up deepfried oysters on a stick (my personal favourite). I asked if he ever gets sick of eating oysters, and he just shook his head. “Never,” he said.

Shellfish farmers are some

of the hardest working folks you’ll ever meet, but they still find time to volunteer at things like the annual Okeover Cleanup Day and the Lund Shellfish Festival.

So here’s a great big thank you to everyone who makes it happen. I can’t wait for next year.

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BIKE WEEK: City of Powell River councillor CaroleAnn Leishman [centre] and several other morning cyclists visited a Joyce Avenue celebration station for coffee, muffins and bike tune-ups, Tuesday, May 31. Powell River Cycling Association volunteers Linda and Ron Diprose and Wayne Brewer [left of Leishman] crewed the morning station and said in the first two days of the week, more than 60 riders stopped by, while a few others have ridden past. Bike to Work Week runs from Monday, May 30, to Sunday, June 4. More information can be found at biketowork.ca/powell-river. CHRIS BOLSTER PHOTO

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Event shines despite rainy day Music, food, arts and crafts highlight annual shellfish festival It seems to me that it always rains on Lund Shellfish Festival weekend. People I mention this to generally disagree, maybe because they don’t want our festival to get a reputation for being rained on.

I don’t mean it as a complaint, more like a testament to the fact that we still know how to have fun even when it’s rainy. This year was no exception, as it was certainly drippy on Saturday, but the whole harbour was full of music and food and folks having fun together.

Sunday cleared up and the sun came out, and I noticed right away that a lot more folks I didn’t recognize came out on Sunday. Tourists from town, or out of town, who knows?

WHERE THE ROAD BEGINS Musings on Lund

by Erin Innes

I commented that it seems like the locals preferred to come out in the rain. One of my friends said, “I guess Lundies come out in the rain, like slugs,” another thing that could be seen as a less-thansalutary comparison, but I’ll take it as a comment that we know how to be at home in our surroundings.

My very first Lund Shellfish Festival was a rainy one, when I first moved to Lund in 2009. Sandy Dunlop

was organizing the music, as she always does, and asked me if I’d come and play, which I did. It was so rainy that the tent with the stage was under the balcony of the Lund Hotel.

When I packed up my gear to head down that morning, I was sure it would be dead. But it was a packed crowd, everyone in Pollen Sweaters and gumboots and having a great time. Nobody even mentioned the rain. I thought to myself, “This is my kind of town.”

I’m not much of a festivalgoer, myself. I don’t really like crowds, and I always figured the best way to keep my money in my pocket is to stay home.

But Lund Shellfish Festival is different. It has the feeling of a small-town social, even though it’s getting more and more popular with folks from out of Lund. There’s none of the push and hustle I associate with festivals, and it always seems every-

SOCIAL GATHERING: Crowds of people gathered on the Historic Lund Hotel lawn for fun, food, music and games during Shellfish Festival last weekend. ERIN INNES PHOTO

one is just there to share the things they love: their arts and crafts, the shellfish they work so hard to raise, and the music they play in their living rooms with friends.

It’s almost like Lund just picks up our regular kitchen parties and brings them all down to the harbour for the

weekend, rain or shine.

My friend, who’s been a shellfish farmer out here for ages, was serving up deepfried oysters on a stick (my personal favourite). I asked if he ever gets sick of eating oysters, and he just shook his head. “Never,” he said.

Shellfish farmers are some

of the hardest working folks you’ll ever meet, but they still find time to volunteer at things like the annual Okeover Cleanup Day and the Lund Shellfish Festival.

So here’s a great big thank you to everyone who makes it happen. I can’t wait for next year.

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BIKE WEEK: City of Powell River councillor CaroleAnn Leishman [centre] and several other morning cyclists visited a Joyce Avenue celebration station for coffee, muffins and bike tune-ups, Tuesday, May 31. Powell River Cycling Association volunteers Linda and Ron Diprose and Wayne Brewer [left of Leishman] crewed the morning station and said in the first two days of the week, more than 60 riders stopped by, while a few others have ridden past. Bike to Work Week runs from Monday, May 30, to Sunday, June 5. More information can be found at biketowork.ca/powell-river. CHRIS BOLSTER PHOTO

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Drink and Ink gathers momentum Spontaneous weekly art roundtable invites attendees to draw and drink DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

It remains to be seen if Drink and Ink at the the Cranberry Motor Inn neighbourhood pub, also known as the Cran Bar, will become as important to Powell River’s art scene as New York’s Cedar Tavern was to abstract expressionism and beat writers in the ‘50s and ‘60s.

Thursday, May 26, was only the second week for the informal gathering and, according to local artists and Drink and Ink instigators PJ Kelly and Brad Collins, anything could happen.

“PJ and I talked about getting some people around a table and doing more jamming of stuff because it’s a valuable artistic exercise, being able to spontaneously make things without making it an intimidating prospect,” said Collins.

Abstractionists Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning and writers such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac gathered at Cedar because it was in the bohemian neighbourhood of Greenwich Village, the drinks were cheap and there were no businesspeople or tourists.

According to Kelly, she picked the Cran Bar because she lives across the street.

On the second night of Drink and Ink, seven sketchers sat around a large table in the back room of the pub.

“I don’t actually drink, but I like a reason to go to a bar.

I like to sit and draw,” said Kelly.

Drink and Ink is a social

gathering and not exclusive to artists, said Kelly.

“If you’re uncomfortable talking, you can focus on your drawing, and if you’re comfortable talking, you can talk,” she said, “and if you’re not comfortable drawing, we’re doing something where everybody does a separate piece of the drawing to get everyone involved, so you’re not intimidated.”

According to Collins, many artists work in isolation and it can be unhealthy. Drink and Ink, he said, allows him to sit around a table with some people, take a blank sheet of paper and see what happens.

“It’s for my own sanity as well,” he said.

Kelly got the idea from Victoria, where she was born and raised, and where several of these types of gatherings happen.

“It’s a great thing for Powell River because it’s a small enough town that if there’s a circle of people

Father inspires musician Musician and songwriter Lukah Bouchard has a rare talent that many in the local music scene say could take him far in the industry. The 27-year-old indie-rocker has played solo-acoustic shows at coffee houses and gigs around town, and at Sunshine Music Festival last year with his Lukah Bouchard Band.

Was there a turning point in your life that pushed you into songwriting?

It was a near-death experience that was the catalyst for it. My dad [musician Ben Bouchard] and I were in a shipwreck in Mexico while diving. After that happened, you tend to think a lot. My first move after that was to Australia, because I wanted to be adventurous, but that wasn’t the adventure I sought. I realized I should devote more of my time to music and writing songs, so that’s when I started writing music four years ago.

Who has had the biggest influence on your music?

Definitely my dad. My style of playing, my fingering, my melodies, it’s very much like him. I’ve been told our voices sound very similar. People have come up to me and said they thought it was Ben singing. In terms of him coaching me, he never really took a hands-on approach. He let me do my thing.

Have you performed or jammed with your dad?

I’ve sat in with him and played guitar, but never done any singing. I guess I have some sort of awkwardness with that. It’s hard for me to just loosely jam unless I’m playing drums.

But if I’m playing guitar and you’re loosely jamming, I always feel I’m out of my element.

SOCIAL SKETCHING: Drink and Ink co-organizer PJ Kelly works on a sketch during a weekly Thursday evening drawing session at Cranberry Motor Inn. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

who are interested in it, and they’re available on a Thursday night, they’ll come,” she said. “It’s very

relaxing and therapeutic, a chance to drink and a chance for us to gather.”

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Do you have a pop-music guilty pleasure?

I can never really get into that pop stuff.

I do like the drum beats, though. The electronic drum is the meat of those songs. I used to listen to Britney Spears a lot. It was pop. I was that age. I was malleable, but not anymore.

What are your favourite bands?

Radiohead, of course, are a huge inspiration and Tool, equally so. Also, My Morning Jacket and Low Roar.

How far do you want to go?

If I was ambitious, I would say I want to go to the top. I’m not a very ambitious person, so I kind of tend to fall into what’s comfortable and, for me, playing shows locally every couple of weeks is comfortable.

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BUSINESS »

Ecossentials moves toward co-op Committee expects whole foods store to become memberowned by end of summer CHRIS BOLSTER reporter@prpeak.com

What started out as a local whole foods store with fewer packaged products is on its way to becoming a member-owned cooperative.

Powell R iver Community Investment Corporation (PRCIC), a community-supported investment fund, already owned a minority stake in Ecossentials, but now the fund has made an offer to acquire full ownership of the business.

PRCIC president and chief investment officer Sean Melrose confirmed the offer has been made.

The deal has not yet been finalized, but a final decision is expected in the coming weeks, he said.

Melrose said the buyout will allow current majority owner Melissa Call to receive money for the sale upfront and open the door to transform Ecossentials into a member-owned co-operative.

He added that he is trying to make it as easy as possible for the store to become a communityowned asset.

“I’ve structured the offer to the nascent co-op in such a way that they do not necessarily need a ton of money upfront,” said Melrose.

“I’m going to allow them to buy the business for a nominal amount to start and then pay the rest through the business’s profits.”

Call said she is happy with the direction Melrose will take the business and added that she saw Ecossentials developing into a coop long ago.

Steering-committee member

John Young said he hopes the coop will be established by the end of the summer.

“There is clearly a lot of interest in a locally-owned, locally-governed food co-op for Powell River,” said Young. “Many of us hope that in coming weeks and months that interest will translate into the founding of the co-op and all that would entail.”

The committee is looking to examples of other successful food co-ops, such as Kootenay Co-op in Nelson and the food co-op movement in Washington State.

The committee has been working on the transition with BC Cooperative Association.

To gauge interest in a memberownership model, a food co-op steering committee was struck last winter and an online survey published to collect the community’s thoughts.

Results of the survey were released on Saturday, May 7. During the two-week period it was open, 233 surveys were completed.

“It was a great response and I’m happy with the results,” said Call.

She added she thinks responses point at enough support in the community to transition towards the cooperative-ownership model.

The survey found that close to 80 per cent of respondents purchase their groceries primarily at larger chain supermarkets and 14 per cent spend the majority of their grocery budgets at Ecossentials.

Regarding locally-grown food availability, 62 per cent rated their primary store’s as somewhat poor to very poor, 36 per cent as somewhat well to very well and two per cent had no opinion, according to survey results.

When asked about the most important features for shopping at a co-op, the majority of responses indicated the member-ownership model rated highest, but ability to

ECO TRANSITIONS: Food co-op steering committee member John Young will be working with owner Melissa Call and others as Ecossentials moves to become member-owned later this year. CHRIS BOLSTER PHOTO

run and vote for a board as least important.

The co-op will operate on the onemember, one-vote principle, but Melrose said the co-op will need to build capital, so investor shares will be available for community members wishing to invest. Those investment shares are not ownership shares though, he explained.

The survey asked respondents what level of financial support they would be willing to give the co-op. Based on the results, those responding to the survey would be

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prepared to invest a total of close to $200,000 in the business, despite the fact that over half of the respondents said they would not be prepared to support the co-op through purchasing investor shares.

Close to 58 per cent of respondents said they would be willing to pay between $50 and $150 for a lifetime membership fee to join the co-op.

Ecossentials grew out of Sunshine Organics, Call’s first venture, started in 2002. The local market opened on Marine Avenue

in 2009 and offered organic produce and a wide variety of bulk goods and eco-friendly products.

According to Call, the range and number of products available expanded rapidly and quickly outgrew the available space in the storefront.

Two years ago, Call purchased the shop’s current location on Alberni Street and has been working to continue her original vision.

She said she will continue working with Ecossentials once it has transitioned into a co-op.

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SPORTS »

Kings add to next season’s roster BC Hockey League team signs new players DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

Powell River Kings continue to announce names of new players who have committed to the team for the 2016/17 BC Hockey League (BCHL) season.

Last season the team came up short in the BCHL Island Division final, but Kings head coach Kent Lewis is looking ahead to the next season.

“We had a lot of new guys come in and play key roles,” said Lewis.

“I think they’ll benefit this year, and so will the team with that experience.”

A starting goaltender is the biggest hole to fill for the Kings, following the departures of 20-yearold Jeff Smith, who has moved on to start his college career at St. Cloud State of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and Stefan Wornig, who was traded to Prince George Spruce Kings in April to complete a deal that brought defenceman Adam Brubacher to the Kings in January.

Kings have a commitment from 18-year-old goaltender

Mitch Adamyk from Winnipeg, Manitoba. For the past two seasons, Adamyk played for the Winnipeg Wild of the Manitoba Midget Hockey League, posting a 2.01 goals against average and a save percentage of .930 in 2015/16.

Already returning to the Kings on defence are Andy Stevens, a rookie last season, Brandon Kennedy and Jack Long. Jake Kohlhauser will be coming back as well.

“We return with four defencemen,” said Lewis, “that’s a good core.”

Offensively, the club has commitments from some strong new players. In April, the team announc highly-touted left winger Ben Berard, a seventh-round pick in the Western Hockey League bantam draft, will be coming to town.

“He’s a very, very skilled young player,” said Lewis. “Like all rookies, he’ll take a little time to adjust.

He’ll attract a lot of division one interest.”

Berard scored 58 points in 36 games with Shawnigan Lake School Bantam Prep in Canadian Sports School Hockey League action last season.

Also in April, Kings signed forward Josh Coblenz from the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League’s Campbell River Storm.

Coblenz played five games as an af-

VETERAN PRESENCE: Kyle Betts is one of four forwards expected to return to the Powell River Kings lineup for the 2016-2017 BC Hockey League season. Kings main training camp is scheduled to start August 22 at Hap Parker Arena. ALICIA BAAS PHOTO

filiate for the Kings last season.

Right winger Cam Donaldson, a 17-year-old American player, will join the Kings forward ranks. The young Texan spent last season at the Gunnery, a prep school in Connecticut, and scored 50 points in 32 games. Donaldson already has a college commitment with Cornell University.

“He’s very speedy, and I like his compete, skill set and his work ethic. He’ll definitely figure into our top-six forward group,” said Lewis.

Forwards Tristan Mullin, Kyle Betts, Jonny Evans and Carter Turnbull are expected to return to the Kings for another season.

Lewis said forward will be a contested position.

Lewis has set August 22 as the start date for the Kings main training camp.

Kings have also announced that Craig Beauchemin, former broadcaster for North Battleford North Stars of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League, will be the team’s new play-by-play announcer, replacing Alex Rawnsley.

Myrtle Point Golf Club builds youth program Juniors shoot for golf nationals and take part in camp DAVE BRINDLE community@prpeak.com

EYE ON THE BALL: Reid Stekman, five, lines up his practice putt at Myrtle Point Golf Club’s recent juniors golf camp. DAVE BRINDLE PHOTO

Junior golf activity is thriving at Myrtle Point Golf Club. On Wednesday, June 1, the club will hold a Junior Skills Challenge qualifier, a new event for CN Future Links, Canada’s junior golf program.

“It’s based on a drive, an iron shot, a chip shot and a put; three shots in each category with different criteria,” said Myrtle Point’s general manager and Canadian Professional Golf Association member Steve Phillips.

The club is hoping 25 of its junior members will compete.

“All scores across Canada will be posted on the Future Links website,” said Phillips. “The best scores across Canada will get an invite to participate in the national final held in conjunction with the Canadian Open in July.”

According to Phillips, points are awarded based on the length and action of the tee shot and the iron shot.

Chipping is scored by how close the shot is to the hole and putting is scored the same way.

“We have some good young players starting to develop,” said Phillips. “You have to have a pretty high score to qualify, but what an opportunity to try.”

A national event, Junior Skills Challenge will be held in partnership with the RBC Canadian Open at Glen Abbey Golf Club on July 16, the Saturday before the professional tournament begins.

A second junior-golf program now on at Myrtle Point is a camp for players ages nine to 14 who want to learn the game.

“We didn’t have this planned originally, but due to demand and requests for it, we brought it back,” said Phillips.

The camp opened Friday, May 27, with about 10 young golfers and will run for four consecutive Fridays.

Players are receiving instruction, an on-course introduction to the game and having lots of fun, according to Phillips. On the last day, students will be out on the course, he said.

For more details about the Junior Skills Challenge, contact Myrtle Point Golf C lub at 604.487.4653.

More information on the CN Future Links Junior Skills National is at cnfuturelinks.com.

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1105 Obituaries

Ralph Kenneth Irving Archer June 7, 1920 – January 9, 2016

Ralph passed away peacefully at Powell River General Hospital at the age of 95.

He is dearly missed by his wife Margaret and his daughter Christle. Ralph was predeceased by his mother Ethel, father William, brother Les and sister Joyce.

Ralph was born in Enderby, BC, but grew up in Vancouver.

He first came to Powell River at the age of 13 to work at a logging camp in Okeover Inlet and returned for good soon after he became a government log scaler at 35.

Despite a major knee injury at 17, Ralph went on to become a black belt in Judo, a professional wrestler, a boxer, an instructor of bodybuilding and swimming, a longshoreman, an expeditor, a head boomman, an expert faller, an archer, a marksman, a circus roustabout working with elephants, a government scaler for 25 years and a world-record breaker doing one-finger chin-ups.

Ralph loved to learn, help and teach. He also loved to travel, the outdoors, building useful things out of wood, gardening, billiards, practising Cantonese, music and movies, playing chess and making friends, especially with animals.

Kind, loyal, generous and always ready with a smile and a joke, Ralph was the kind of person who thanked people when things were going right. He was honoured to lead Powell River Elks Lodge as Exalted Ruler, and spent 23 years helping children who were deaf or hard of hearing, and with anti-drug awareness programs.

A celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, June 7, at 2 pm at Stubberfield Funeral Home, with a reception afterward.

Please come and share your favourite stories and memories.

A special thank you to the paramedics, home support workers, nurses, doctors, and dear friends and neighbours for all of your care.

In lieu of flowers, in honour of Ralph’s many years volunteering, please donate in his memory, to Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC and Yukon, 1.877.882.2582.

Please send memorial cards to #310-4943 Kiwanis Avenue, Powell River, BC, V8A 5H5.

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To those who donate to the Bruce Denniston Bone Marrow Society in honour or memory of a loved one, we thank you. Thanks also to those who are including the Society in their estate planning. Tax receipts are issued for all donations of $20 or more. Your generosity is being used for legacy projects such as upgrades to the oncology room at Powell River General Hospital. www.brucedennistonsociety.org P.O. Box #157, Powell River, BC, V8A 4Z6

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Edward Irving Dunn June 13, 1922 - May 23, 2016

Born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Ed served in World War II in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a wireless operator. He was stationed in the Queen Charlotte Islands and overseas in Germany.

Ed came to Powell River in 1947 and worked as a papermaker for 40 years. While working at the mill, he also had a farm in Courtenay, producing tons of hay.

In 1993, Ed built “our shack” on Texada, of which he was extremely proud.

Left with memories are his wife of 63 years Sylvia, children Alastair (Kathy), Michael (Chris) and Susan (Lindsay Louie), grandchildren Kelsey (Mariel), Brandon, Michelle, Cameron and Matthew, and siblings John (Erma) and Mae (Wally Wachta).

Special thanks to the staff of house six at Willingdon Creek Village for their care and compassion for Ed and our family the last seven months.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

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A shared life is a healthy life

PROPOSALS MUST BE RECEIVED NO LATER THAN 4 PM ON FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016. Proposals submitted by fax or email will not be accepted. Late proposals will not be considered. The lowest or any proposal may not necessarily be selected. since 1954

For all inquiries contact Ryan Thoms, Manager of Emergency Services, 604.485.2260.

inclusion

POWELL RIVER

A Home-share provider is someone who opens up their home and family life to include an adult with support needs.

Home-share providers come from all walks of life and do not need qualifications or experience, just the right attitude and a willingness to truly share their lives with another person. since 1954

inclusion

POWELL RIVER

Visit our website inclusionpowellriver.ca for more information, or call Michael Gormley, Home-Sharing Manager, at 604.485.5663 or email mgormley@inclusionpr.ca

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1215 General Employment

2060 For Sale Miscellaneous

5015 Business Opportunities

6505 Apartments/Condos for Rent

MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION! In-demand career! Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employertrusted program. Visit: CareerStep.ca/MT or 1.855.768.3362 to start training for your workat-home career today!

RETAIL BEER & Wine Store Manager Location: Beach Gardens Beer & Wine Store, Powell River The Beer & Wine store manager will manage the daily operations of Store. Full job description is available online a t w w w. c a re e r l i n k b c . c o m Applications may be emailed to bgbeerwine@gmail.com Please attach a cover letter and your resume.

RONA IS looking for a doors and windows installer, part time to start, could lead to full time, references a must. Email resume to trishat@prrona.ca

2012 Kodiak 200QB Immaculate Travel Trailer, queen walk around bed, marble counters, corner shower, double batteries, extended warranty to 2019, TV, DVD player, electric awning. $18,000.

604.414.5702; lmgreenan@telus.net PORTABLE TABLE, padded, vinyl covered, 8’ x 4’, excellent condition, multiple uses $150.

Call Rosemary 604.414.0211.

SAWMILLS FROM only $4,397 - MAKE MONEY & SAVE MONEY with your own bandmill - Cut lumber any dimension. In stock ready to ship. FREE Info & DVD: www.NorwoodSawm i l l s . c o m / 4 0 0 O T 1.800.566.6899 Ext:400OT SLED QUAD trailer, 2009, 26’, V-nose, ramps, new tires, 237,500 axels $6,500. Gord 604.223.7119.

SLIDING GLASS doors, double glazed, bronze glass, 2 - 5’ and 2 - 6’ $100 each or 4 for $300.

604.487.0045.

TEAK BUFFET 72”; Desk with top 49” ; Sewing/craft table 79” ; TV stand 28”. 604.414.0973.

HIGH PROFIT HIGH CASH PRODUCING LOONIE VENDING MACHINES. All on Locations - Turnkey Operation, Perfect Home Based Business.

Full Details CALL NOW! 1.866.668.6629. WEBSITE WWW.TCVEND.COM. HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT? Ar thritic Co n d i tions/COPD? Restrictions in Walking/Dressing? Disability Tax Credit $2,000 Tax Credit $20,000 Refund. Apply Today For Assistance: 1.844.453.5372.

1-BDRM SPACIOUS apartments, some with ocean view, seniors welcome, N/S, one cat okay $640 - $700/mth includes hot water, high-speed internet and full cable. 604.483.4499. www.mapleviewestates.com 1- or 3-BDRMS with ocean view, heat and hot water included. Pets okay. 604.485.2895.

2145 Wanted

6055 Open Houses

OSCILLOSCOPE, CONTACT Steve Dow, 604.487.4295 or email ve7tech@shaw.ca

OPEN HOUSE

1230 Work Wanted ALL YOUR hauling needs. Call and I’ll haul. Also do yard work and fencing. Phil 604.223.1757.

CLAY GLOSLEE Construction.

Concrete foundation and retaining walls, fences, kitchen and bathroom renovation specialist, tiles, drywall, foundation to roofto p, c o n t r a c t s a n d h o u r ly.

604.483.6153.

LEARN SPANISH, private lessons, reasonable rates, great experience for travellers. Call Grace 604.223.4526.

ROOF DEMOSSING ECO-friendly product removes moss and algae removes lichen and fungus foam spray applied no pressure rinse biodegradeable

485-HELP (4357) help@Roof-Wash.ca WCB and insured

2055 Firewood S E AS O N E D D RY a l d e r, $180/cord. 604.486.6971.

2060 For Sale Miscellaneous 1962 CHAMPION midsize grader, motor 453 GM diesel, runs, needs some TLC, serial #62.581.26 $3,500. 604.483.3243.

LARGE DOG crate $50; Wing Chair $75. Both in excellent condition. 604.483.3165.

1230 Work Wanted DESIGN/BUILD PRO SERVICES Building-permit drawings 3D visualizations Renovations/Interiors Decks/Garden walls Elder-friendly design/Signage Call Dan 604.414.7579 tathamdesignassociates.com

POWELL RIVER LANDSCAPING AND LAWNCARE Commercial and Residential since 1989 • Expert lawncare • Expert hedge trimming

Seniors’ discount available

Call Mark today 604-578-1964

3550 Pet Services PUPPY OBEDIENCE classes starting soon! Puppies 12 weeks and older. Almost all badly behaved dogs have these two things in common: lack of socialization and lack of obedience training. 604.487.9448.

6025 For Sale by Owner FLOAT CABIN, nice location on Lois Lake, all amenities.

604.487.4104.

TEXADA ISLAND, 9.8 acre property, like new home, 3 bay garage, asking $480,000.

604.486.7838 or 604.414.8109.

6040 Lots & Acreages for Sale ONE ACRE, estate type area, minutes from city center.

604.483.1632.

SATURDAY, JUNE 4 12 - 1 pm 3783 Joyce Avenue $389,900

w w w. s p c a . b c . c a / p o w e l l r i ve r

604.485.9252.

4025 Health Services CANADA BENEFIT GROUP Do you or someone you know suffer from a disability? Get up to $40,000 from the Canadian G o v e r n m e n t . To l l - f r e e 1.888.511.2250 or www.canadabenefit.ca/freeassessment.

6515 Commercial BUILDING FOR rent or lease, commercial or single occupancy, south of town Hwy 101 $800/mth plus utilities. For more infor mation call 604.414.7201.

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CARLA MCKAMEY 604.483.1568 carlamckamey@royallepage.ca

5520 Legal/Public Notices Land Act

8220 Lawn & Garden

PROPERTY MAINTAIN Lawn and landscape Garden bed prep and weeding • Moss removal and dethatching • Hedge and shrub trimming • •

485.H E L P (4357)

help@property-maintain.com WCB and fully insured

604.483.8200

9115 Auto Miscellaneous

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN POWELL RIVER

6560 Houses for Rent Jaw dropping view from this family home, what more could you ask for?

Centrally located, this home is ideal for the busy family while still offering you the perfect place to relax.

WESTVIEW, LARGE 1-bdrm, five appliances, suits single, N/S, N/P $800/mth includes utilities. 604.485.0987.

FOR DETAILS ON

FOR RENT: Senior Citizens Association has two halls plus a meeting room available to serve you. Reasonable rates.

Al 604.483.3603, 604.414.9456.

LOST/FOUND a pet? Adopt-apet? Pet behaviour problems?

Abuse or neglect concerns?

GRIEF POINT 1-BDRM, 2BATH, basement suite, $600 includes utilities, laundry, TV & Internet. Avail. July 1 604.483.1843

6506 Cabins 1-BDRM, 1-BATH, rustic cabin, central Westview, garden area $500/mth 604.414.8699.

6545 Hall Rentals

3560 Pets

6965 Suites for Rent

2-BDRM, CRANBERRY, N/S, N/P, references required $550/ mth. 604.485.7444.

6945 Rooms FURNISHED ROOM, cable, Wi-Fi, W/D, shared facilities, large, bright suite, working or retired person $475/mth.

604.483.3104.

Mechanics on Duty 604.485.7927 9130 ATVs/Dirt Bikes 2011 YAMAHA 450, power steering, 125/hrs, including t r a i l e r a n d s e a t $ 7, 3 0 0 .

604.483.9022.

9160 Trucks & Vans 1998 GMC Sierra, extended cab, 305 Vortec, auto, good fuel economy, good truck.

220,000 kms $2,500.

604.223.0714.

6962 Storage

2000 GMC, 4x4, AWD, low k m s , m a t c h i n g c a n o p y.

604.414.6396.

LOOKING FOR garage storage for one car, please call 1.204.998.5462.

2008 FORD F150, super crew, XLT, 4X4, 37,970 kms $17,500.

604.483.4171.

8325 Sand & Gravel

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A DISPOSITION OF CROWN LAND

Take Notice that 689738 BC Ltd from Lund, BC has applied to the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (MFLNRO), Surrey, for a Licence of Occupation (residential) located at Rasmussen Bay, Part of District Lot 6796, Group 1, New Westminster District. The Lands File Number for this application is 2411654.

Comments on this application may be submitted in two ways: 1. Online via the Applications and Reasons for Decision Database website at: 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 June 30, 2016. 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 Citizen’s Services in Victoria at: gov.bc.ca/citz/iao/

Stevenson Road, Powell River, BC

9185 Boats 17’ DOUBLE Eagle, 135 optimax, low hours, newer galvanized trailer $6,500.

604.483.5101.

17’ SANGSTER, 145-hp, Volvo in/out board, new over haul, trailer $4,500. 604.485.4402.

1998 SEARAY 270 special edition, new engine, manifolds, head and tarp, with 2012 trailer $37,000. westcoastend.com 604.413.2099.

19’ SILVERLINE, 300 hp outboard $8,500; 16’ K&C, with a 40 Mariner $3,500; 17’ fiberglass with 90 Johnson $800.

604.483.7973.

21’ GLASPEY, 305 Chev mercruiser, outdrive, large cuddy, flush toilet, GPS, tandem trailer $4,500 obo. 604.487.4214.

26’ MACGREGOR, 2007, motor-sailor, 50 hp, Suzuki, trailer, GPS/Plotter, fully loaded, ready for cruising $22,000.

604.485.2249.

ALUMINUM BOAT, 11’6” Sears Gamefisher, with trailer $700 for both. 604.483.3551.

REINELL SPORTBOAT, 19’, 1996, with Roswell wake-board tower, re-powered, less than 100 hours, with trailer $15,000.

604.485.9692.

SEARAY 270 DR, twin 4.3 L, alpha legs, 1991, good condition, reduced $11,900. Call Chris 604.414.3960.

STAINLESS 3-BLADE prop off Evinrude outboard, 13 x 19, 13 tooth spline $50. 604.487.0045.

9220 RVs/Campers/Trailers 1977 TRIPLE E, 24’ Class A, good condition, everything runs well $4,000 obo. 604.485.5384.

2000 MINNIE Winnie, 29’, new battery, tires one season, basement storage, awnings, good r unning order $19,500.

604.483.4699.

2001 CORSAIR fifth wheel, 32’, 2-slides, A/C, vacuum, clean, ever ything works $16,000.

604.489.1509 for details.

21’ CITATION, class C, 1986, sleeps six, A/C, great shape, lots of upgrades, propane powered, 145,000kms $7,800.

604.414.8829.

30’ FORD RV, 1988, A/C generator, new tires, A/C, runs great $5,500 firm. 604.223.2702 or 604.487.9938.

IMMACULATE 2010 Nash 25s travel trailer, fully equipped for summer of fun $12,900.

604.414.3854.

THOR MOTORHOME, 30 ft, asking $18,000. 604.483.6907.

2085 Garage Sales

604.483.8007 SAND AND GRAVEL PRODUCTS TOPSOIL • QUARRY ROCK SLINGER TRUCK • GRAVEL TRUCK EXCAVATIONS • LAND CLEARING

Garage Sales 12625 HWY 101

Sat June 4, 8 am - 3 pm Weather Permitting

5499 MAPLE AVE

Sat June 4, 9 am - 1 pm Sun June 5, 9 am - 1 pm Multi-family Household items

7086 HUNTINGTON ST

Sat June 4, 8 am - noon Moving Sale No Early Birds furniture items and more

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CROSSWORD

HOROSCOPE Week of June 1 to 7 ARIES | MARCH 21 TO APRIL 19 The status quo can’t hold for much longer and you make the necessary decisions in order to move forward. You put your fears and anxieties to the side so as to head in the right direction.

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TAURUS | APRIL 20 TO MAY 20 You discover you have new talents of an artistic nature, or you just have the urge to show some creativity. You also devote yourself to a cause close to your heart.

GEMINI | MAY 21 TO JUNE 21 A small clean-out within your circle of friends is necessary.

As the saying goes, short reckonings make long friends.

Refrain from lending friends money, and you will maintain better relationships with them.

SUDOKU

4713 Joyce Avenue

SCORPIO | OCTOBER 23 TO NOVEMBER 22 You start a diet that is perfect for you. You attempt to set up a home-based business, but you need to be patient before you earn any income.

SAGITTARIUS | NOVEMBER 23 TO DECEMBER 20 Self-esteem is a very important element in the Zodiac’s fire signs. You are more aware of your value, and your loved ones really appreciate you.

Level: Beginner Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9X9 grid, broken down into nine 3X3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

NEW LISTING

4535 Manson Avenue

$234,900

$284,800

In the heart of town on over ½ acre property Recent roof, private landscaped yard

West-facing view, 16 x 19 covered deck Suite, detached garage 12 fruit/nut trees

POWELL RIVER

VIRGO | AUGUST 24 TO SEPTEMBER 22 Your emotions are running high for one reason or another.

A move or a job change allows you to achieve a big dream.

LIBRA | SEPTEMBER 23 TO OCTOBER 22 Your emotional life takes up a lot of your thoughts this week.

Some projects are stressful; they symbolize commitment, and perhaps you are not yet ready to take that step.

LAST WEEK’S SODUKO ANSWER:

NEW LISTING

LEO | JULY 24 TO AUGUST 23 The idea of a trip this summer seems to be taking shape.

Don’t skip the planning stage, even if time is running short.

Lastly, taking some kind of training course is beneficial for you.

CAPRICORN | DECEMBER 22 TO JANUARY 20 Your family has your undivided attention. You may also realize that you do not have much time before you move house. If that is the case, you may feel anxious.

AQUARIUS | JANUARY 21 TO FEBRUARY 19 You have lots to say for yourself. If you are concerned about something, you can shed your worries by confiding in a person who knows how to guide you.

PISCES | FEBRUARY 20 TO MARCH 20 The solution to a financial or emotional concern you have comes to you in a flash of inspiration or a dream. Everything falls into place and you are able to see your way more clearly.

NEW LISTING

4420 Westview Avenue

Finally, a seller’s market and buyers are here.

Listings needed

$219,000 Fantastic downtown location Amazing ocean view Cozy, redone 2 bedroom, heat pump

604.483.8044 | don@mycoast.ca | mycoast.ca

Call Don for a free market evaluation

Your home, my priority

664H32TAB

DOWN 1. Measured tread 2. Religious statue 3. Pit’s mate?

4. Road curves 5. Graceful tree 6. Wilted 7. Severe 8. Uttered slowly 9. Discourteous 10. Sad exclamation 11. Emeralds, e.g.

16. Raw mineral deposits 20. Grease 22. Excavate 24. Fore-and-____ 25. Flowered necklace 27. Lid 29. Tryout 30. Go downhill 31. Fit to a ____ 33. Kitchen alcove 35. Thanksgiving vegetable 38. Faulty item 40. Daiquiri ingredient 43. Scheduled 45. Standards 46. Is unable to 47. Submit 48. Cologne scent 49. Birthday treat 51. Angelic headlight 52. Large number 55. Commandment number

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION:

ACROSS 1. Peace ____ 5. Subways’ kin 8. Pull 12. Summer drinks 13. Aglow 14. Control the realm 15. Broth 17. West of “Batman” 18. Church officer 19. Great skill 21. Spent 23. Naught 24. Each part 26. Attack!

28. Slightest 32. Bitter dispute 34. Happy 36. ____ it out (fight) 37. Fearful 39. Amigo 41. Game cube 42. Pecan, e.g.

44. Tiny 46. Humorous 50. Butterflies’ cousins 53. Be next to 54. Matter 56. Coop seat 57. ____ out (make do) 58. Burrowing mammal 59. Tot 60. Cozy room 61. Winter powder

CANCER | JUNE 22 TO JULY 23 You are entrusted with new and extremely challenging responsibilities at work or elsewhere. If you are looking for a job, you will find a position that offers a promising future.

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Your Hometown Grocery Store 5687 MANSON AVE • PH 604.483.4011 • OPEN DAILY 9 AM — 6 PM • FRIDAYS TILL 9 PM PRICES IN EFFECT JUNE 1 - 7

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Yogurt

Romaine Lettuce ¢

98

Regular or No Fat, 650 ml ISLAND FARMS CLASSIC Assorted, 1.65L

WHOLESOME FOOD

WHOLE

Potatoes

Cut Water 1.49/lb, 3.29/kg

1 68 1

$ 48

¢

/lb 1.50/kg

/lb 3.26/kg

23 $

Green Onions

FOR

21 $

FOR

Seasoned Turkey Breast $

Cantaloupe Melons

Watermmeellonon

1

$ 98

EARTHBOUND FARMS ASSORTED ORGANIC 142 g container

cont.

10

Striploin Grilling Steaks

98

2

$ 48

Pkg of 6

each

Angel Food Cake 230 g

3

$ 98

2

$ 48

Banana Cream Pie

Moroccan Coconut or Dutch Chocolate 560 g

4

$ 98

3

Assorted, 600 g

Cut-up Frying Chickens

100 g

$ 98

Compliments Frozen Fruit

3 48 3

$

48 /lb 7.67/kg

Boneless Pork $ Shoulder Roast

Ketchup 1L

ROBINHOOD

PARKAY

FRENCH’S SQUEEZE

Pork Dinner Sausage

4

$ 98

2

GROCERY

/lb 24.21/kg

Made Fresh In Store

100 g

530 g

Plain Cake Donuts

100 g

$ 48

Canadian Harvest Bread

98

$ New York

Hungarian Salami

F R E S H D A I LY

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

Imported

1

$ 38

100 g

each

3

Salad Mixes142$ g

68

Hunter Sausage

1

$ 48

Honey Ham

head

EARLY NUGGET

Bunch Carrots

Ice Cream

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

3 $ 98 5 $ 98

OLYMPIC ORGANIC

Margarine .36 kg

Soft or 1/4’s, 1.28-1

Oats

Quick or Large Flake, 1 kg

2 3 25

$ 98 $ 98

$

FOR

23 23 23 IT’S A MONSTER 2$7 OF A SALE /lb 8.77/kg

/lb 7.67/kg

CLIF

Energy Bars

Assorted, 68 g

$

FOR

HUNTS THICK & RICH

Tomato Sauce Assorted 680 ml

$

FOR

ALOHA

Coconut Assorted, 200 g

$

FOR

MAT T MAT T RESSES MAT T RESSES RESSE S

Our mismatch mattress sale starts Friday, June 3

See our ad in Friday’s Peak Weekender

LOCATED DOWNSTAIRS AT MITCHELL BROTHERS 604.483.4949 • 5687 MANSON AVENUE