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� e Glassies are no more after the Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce decided to streamline its yearly awards program.

Gone are awards for citizen of the year, youth of the year and volunteer of the year. � e cham-ber has downsized both the number of awards and the event — the newly-named Parksville and District Business Awards will be handed out at a regular monthly dinner meeting.

“We advocate for business — that’s what our members pay us to do,” the chamber’s awards committee chair Bill McKinney said � ursday at the chamber’s regular monthly dinner meeting at � e Bayside. “At one time, the chamber also did Canada Day. � ings change, budgets change, fo-cusses change. We wanted to zero in and focus on what we do best and that’s business — acknowl-edging our outstanding business leaders.”

McKinney said the citizen and volunteer of the year awards could be taken over by the city and the Society of Organized Services.

“It’s in their court,” said McKinney. “We have to watch our nickels and dimes just like any other association and this (� e Glassies) was costing quit a bit of money.” City o� cials had no comment except to say any request that comes before council will be considered. McKinney, citizen of the year in 2005, said it’s been “very di� cult the last three years to get nominations.” He also said the chamber has, through � e Glassies, acknowledged a lot of the city’s people.

“Are there still a lot of people to acknowl-edge? Yes. Is the onus on us to do that? It has been. Is it still? No. We want to focus on busi-ness. We are a business-support organization.”

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The Meadowood Store was broken into Thursday morning at approximately 3 a.m. when a black truck smashed in the front door.

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A black pick-up truck busted through a wrought iron security gate smashing in the front door of the Meadowood Store at approximately 3 a.m. � ursday, according to store clerk Cathy Hutcheson.

“� e ATM (machine) was their tar-

get,” Hutcheson told � e NEWS just af-ter the incident, pointing to the partial-ly dismantled machine at the back of the store. She said video surveillance suggests two men wearing masks and dark clothing attempted to break into the ATM machine using a crow bar.

Hutcheson said the safe inside the ATM appears to be untouched and the

thieves likely ran out of time before getting to it. Oceanside RCMP con-� rmed they were called to the Meado-wood Store early � ursday morning.

Despite a gaping hole the truck left where the front door used to be, Hutcheson said it doesn’t appear any-thing was stolen.

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POLAR BEAR SWIM: Approximately 45 Grade 12 students from KSS donned bathing suits and body paint for their polar bear swim last Wednesday. Each year, the secondary school’s grad class plunges into the cold waters off of Qualicum Beach. “I’m not sure if it’s about bravery,” said KSS teacher Barry Bevilacqua from his dry spot on the beach. “I think it’s more that they do it because the class before them did it.”

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“It will happen, that’s the one thing we can be sure about,” Stephen Johnson told The NEWS of “the big one” after the Jan. 7 earth-quake in Tofino.

Johnson, geologist and director of the UVic School of Earth and Oeean Sciences, admit-ted the timelines are too long and there are too few data points (major earthquakes) to predict when the much-talked-about major earth-quake will hit the B.C. coast with any accuracy.

“It could happen right now while we’re talk-ing, it could happen in 400 years,” he said, ex-plaining that all the best data they have suggests a major quake every 500 to 700 years, but with a margin of error of around 200 years either di-

rection. With the 8.7 to 9.2 magnitude Cascadia quake taking place 315 years ago this month, that means statistically the big one could hit anywhere between 15 years ago and 600 years from now. Meanwhile, experts everywhere want people to use last Thursday’s tremor as a reminder to be prepared.

“I was standing in my kitchen and I felt two sharp jolts up and down,” said Dashwood Vol-unteer Fire Department Chief Nick Acciavatti after the 4.8 earthquake that struck near Tofino at 6:02 p.m. last Wednesday. Reports have many people across the Parksville Qualicum Beach area, and as far away as Vancouver feeling shak-ing, but few reports of damage and no injuries.

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Police are on the look out for a Peeping Tom after a Nanoose Bay woman became a victim of voyeurism Wednesday afternoon.

According to a news release issued by Oceanside RCMP, a woman who lives along SeaBlush Road noticed a man peering through her bedroom window while she was getting dressed at approximately

1 p.m. “Once noticed the male imme-

diately departed and could not be located,” states the release. “As the area behind the home was densely forested it appears that the man would have had to go out of his way

to get to his vantage point.”Police describe the suspect as a Caucasian male, 50 to 60 years

old, with an average height and greying hair. At the time of the inci-dent, he was wearing a black raincoat with a circular white emblem on the right front shoulder.

Cpl. Jesse Foreman said this is an isolated incident. He said a person can be convicted of voyeurism, which he ex-

plains is “looking at someone in an area where they should expect complete privacy or where they are expected to be nude such as in a bathroom or private bedroom.”

Police are looking to identify the male suspect. If you have any information please contact the Oceanside RCMP at 250-248-6111 or report anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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The deadline for nominations is Feb. 11. For more information, call the chamber at 250-248-3613. The new awards will be handed out March 12 at the chamber’s regular monthly dinner meeting, which is at Tigh-Na-Mara Resort.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1Four awards need nominations

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Mayor Marc Lefebvre addressed members of the Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night at The Bayside.

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Public urged to get involved in city budget talksJOHN [email protected]

In a wide-ranging speech that included references to multiculturalism and the use of drones in the city, Mayor Marc Lefebvre raised some eyebrows Thursday night at the Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce’s monthly dinner meeting.

Lefebvre urged the 80 people in attendance at The Bayside to get involved in the city’s up-coming budget discussions.

“For God’s sake, come and listen to the bud-get (proceedings), come and participate,” said Lefebvre. “We would like your ideas.’

About 65 per cent of the city’s $13 million budget is earmarked for infrastructure upgrades and maintenance, not allowing much “wiggle room” or “money for vision,” said Lefebvre.

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Johnson said this was different than most of the dozen or so on the B.C. coast every year that are big enough to be felt. It was the result of tension in the Continen-tal Plate which is “coiling up,” rather than the more common tremors that come from movement in the Oceanic Plate.

“This should serve as a good wake-up for people,” said Acciavatti, who high-lights that “our department is strictly

volunteers, most emergency services around here except the police and EMS are volunteers and in the event of an emergency they may have to look after their own families before they can even try getting in here.”

Parksville Emergency Program Coor-dinator Aaron Dawson agrees. “We’d all have to get here (to city hall or the emer-gency command centre) and then start

assessing needs,” he said pointing out that in a large scale emergency they may have more immediate priorities like fires before they get to things like making sure people have food.

“We know there is only a three day supply of food on the Island at any giv-en time, so we recommend people do what they can afford to do, have at least a minimum three days supply of food and

preferably, we recommend a week sup-ply,” said Dawson.

Dawson and Acciavatti recommend Emergency Management B.C. (www.embc.gov.bc.ca) for good emergency preparation information and check with the Regional District of Nanaimo (www.rdn.bc.ca or 250-390-4111) or your local municipality or fire department for more local information.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE A3Local officials talk about their emergency planning

‘It’s new ground for the QFN and it’s new ground for me’CANDACE [email protected]

In a historic first for the Regional District of Nanaimo, a First Nation chief has been asked to sit on the board of directors as an alternate.

Qualicum First Nation chief Michael Re-calma agreed to be director Bill Veenhof’s alter-nate, representing the area of Deep Bay/Bowser, Recalma confirmed with The NEWS on Friday.

“It’s new ground for QFN and it’s new ground for me,” he said.

Many big issues in the Deep Bay/Bowser com-munity, such as the seaweed harvest and devel-opment, are topics Recalma admits he’s already familiar with.

He said he’s happy to take on the new role, further broadening his knowledge of local gov-ernment and community.

“We (First Nations) are governed by a differ-ent set of rules and laws and whatever happens outside of my community may not affect me but it might infect me,” he said. “We’re neighbours.”

Recalma was elected as QFN chief in August 2014. According to Aboriginal Affairs, the Quali-cum First Nation has 106 members, of which 55 live on reserve.

Veenhof, a second term director, said he’s “proud and honoured” about the new partner-ship.

In seeking an alternate director, Veenhof said he looked for somebody who had “feet on the ground in an area I’m not terribly familiar with.”

He said an alternate director’s role is twofold: “when I’m away the alternate comes in and votes

in my place. To do that an alternate needs to have his or her eye on the ball and it requires a degree of paying attention and being interested in what’s going on in the community … addition-ally, the alternate director serves as a sounding board for me, a voice of reason.”

Veenhof said if he becomes unable to serve as the area director, his alternate will fill in until a by-election is held in the area.

“It’s a recognition for me, and the RDN, that all of us represent a community of communities,” he said. “No community is an island and the de-cisions of the RDN influence other regional dis-tricts, the province and the band … nothing good happens at the RDN that isn’t good for the band.”

RDN manager of administrative services Jac-quie Hill confirmed this is the first time, in the history of the regional district, that a First Nation chief has sat on the board as either a director or alternate director.

In another historic move, Snuneymuxw mem-ber Bill Yoachim was elected to Nanaimo city council during the recent municipal election. On Dec. 9 he was sworn in as a regional district representative on the RDN board. Yoachim is considered the first candidate of Snuneymuxw descent to claim a council seat.

In October the RDN passed a motion vowing to formally acknowledge First Nation traditional territory.

At the time, RDN chief administrative officer Paul Thorkelsson said “it is a true recognition by the RDN board of the important partnerships the RDN is building with First Nations of this region and the important role those partnerships will continue to have going forward.”

— With files from Tamara Cunningham/ Nanaimo News Bulletin

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A new partnership between Qualicum First Nation chief Michael Recalma, left, and RDN director Bill Veenhof was finalized after Recalma agreed to stand as Veenhof’s alternate director on the RDN board Friday. This is the first time in the RDN’s history that a First Nation chief has sat on the board.

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Senior may haveto return to workProvince hits residents hard with tax and fee increasesCANDACE [email protected]

Sixty five-year-old Dashwood retiree Sakari Rautiainen says he’s on a fixed income and can’t afford looming tax increases slated for 2015.

Rautiainen said it’s becoming “unaffordable” just to live and he might have to go back to work after ten years in retirement.

“But where am I going to work? And who is going to hire a 65-year-old?” he asked rhe-torically. “I have expertise but the physical stuff is out of the question now. And technology has changed so much, I mean when I stopped working, high-speed Internet was just starting to come in.”

Rautiainen spent his career working for B.C. Tel. When he re-tired, he said he was “financially set.” But things have changed and now he said he can’t even af-ford to take the ferry.

According to the Canadian Taxpayers Federa-tion (CTF) it’s going to be an ex-pensive year for British Colum-bians across the province.

“With MSP, EI, CPP, B.C. Hy-dro, ICBC and B.C. Ferries all go-ing up, it’s no wonder why ‘B.C.’ is joked to be short for ‘Bring Cash,’” said Jordan Bateman, B.C. director of the CTF in a news release.

“For all the politicians’ hand-wringing about affordability, their actions show it’s a fake con-cern — their massive increases in taxes and fees continually make it more expensive to live in B.C.”

Bateman said British Colum-bians are facing tax and fee in-creases from all three levels of government. The CTF highlight-ed the following tax and levy in-creased for 2015:

The Medical Services Premi-um tax increases $66 for families

of three or more; $60 for couples; and $33 for individuals January 1. B.C. Hydro will raise elec-tricity rates six per cent on April 1, 2015 — approximate-ly $72 for the average home. ICBC is expected to raise ba-sic auto insurance in 2015 — roughly $36 for the average car. B.C. Ferries announced a 3.9 per cent fare increase for 2015. Local governments are current-ly working on their budgets. As for Rautiainen, he’s wonder-ing why taxes are going up when the economy has been stagnate for nearly the last decade.

“As far as I’m concerned the economy hasn’t improved, it’s stayed the same for the last sev-en or eight years yet everything is going up,” he said. “The prob-lem on Vancouver Island is there is no work: the logging industry is gone, the mining industry is gone, the only thing that’s left on Vancouver Island is the fishing industry and even that’s limited because of the rising cost of the

ferry — who can afford to take a boat across the ferry?”

R a u t i a i n -en said the in-creasing cost of

bare necessities, such as Hydro, is “absolutely asinine.”

Director Bill Veenhof, who represents the area including Dashwood, said this is a com-mon problem in the aging com-munity.

“We have an elderly demo-graphic and many people here are on fixed incomes and have watched their incomes erode due to tax increases,” he said. “These people are on the edge and it’s a big concern this time of year.”

Veenhof said this is a conver-sation that needs to be had at the provincial level, where many of the tax increases stem from. He said he’d ideally like to see the province hold the line on tax in-creases.

“The bottom line is there is very little we can do except for keep our own house in order in terms of taxation,” Veenhof said.

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Infrastructure and related projects◆ Phase 1, Temple Street upgrade project (Phillips to

Chinook) 50% complete and scheduled for completion in June. Phase 2 (Chinook to Bay) preliminary design complete, detailed design started, to be tendered in 2015.

◆ Rathtrevor trail pedestrian bridge preliminary investigations (geotechnical, archaeological, hydrological) ongoing through spring with approvals and design this year.

◆ Draft consultant report received regarding erosion issues in Community Park (near former Hovercraft pad) and at Sutherland stairs. Will address this year and until repairs are made, public should exercise caution at these sites.

◆ City of Parksville and Regional District of Nanaimo engaged CH2M Hill to complete a community consultation project for the Englishman River Water Service project (water intake, water treatment, aquifer storage and recovery) which included elements such as a working group, public open houses and new online engagement platform. Grant applications were submitted as part of funding requests.

◆ Parksville Fire Department took delivery of Engine 41, a new state-of-the-art pumper.

◆ Funded by the Parksville Lions Club and the City, the playground equipment in Lions Ventureland was upgraded.

◆ Storm and sanitary master plan updates now in draft.

◆ Revitalized Nicholls Park opened in June, the vision of Ballenas Civics Action Group with help from neighbourhood volunteers.

◆ Design complete for improvements to Banks Avenue (Finholm to Acadia) and Forsyth (Acadia to Finholm). To be tendered in 2015.

◆ Completed GIS audit; new Parksville MapGuide Enterprise (internal version) implemented.

◆ Hwy 19A widening related to Wembley Mall development.

◆ Completion of Cor� eld left turn advance installation, Skylark storm sewer replacement and water model update.

Also of note◆ The Community Building and Planning Department issued

149 building permits worth about $22.5 million; prepared 8 development permits (commercial, façade upgrades, residential); two development variance permits and 7 rezoning applications for Council’s review, including several large projects such as McMillan Street, 272 Island Highway West and 371 Alberni Highway. As well, the department issued 26 sign, 30 tree removal and two development variance permits and produced a series of new information brochures now available to the public.

◆ 2014 local government elections with 15 candidates for council and 4 mayoral candidates. 2014-2018 Council inauguration on December 1.

◆ Vancouver Island University and City, through a memorandum of understanding support and protect Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve designation.

◆ City recognized volunteers and community organizations for their outstanding contribution to Parksville.

◆ Council undertook a petition process to renew the 2015-2019 annual charge levied on commercial properties within Parksville Downtown Business Improvement Area.

◆ Through partnership with Ballenas Secondary School and Vancouver Island Regional Library, pop-up library installed in the Community Park. (Books always welcome).

◆ Parksville received the Open for Business Award from the BC Small Business Roundtable.

◆ PVFD successfully hosted the BC Fire Training Of� cers Association training weekend and conference and the City along with Qualicum Beach, hosted the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities convention.

◆ Commitment to safety resulted in reduced WorkSafeBC rates based on downward trend in claims costs and experience ratings.

◆ Finance completed installation of new payroll system and is near completion of new budget software.

Preauthorized Withdrawal Service (PAWS)The City recently changed the format of the program which allows taxpayers to contribute a � xed monthly payment towards their taxes and/or utilities based on an estimate of future invoice amounts. Now referred to as PAWS or Preauthorized Withdrawal Service (previously TIPS or Tax/Utility Installment Payment Service), this program is used to prepay future tax and/or utility charges.

Program is available to taxpayers when taxes are not being paid through a bank or mortgage company and when there

Notice to Dog Owners in ParksvilleDog licence fees are due by January 30. Current dog licences will receive a reminder notice; if you do not receive a notice and/or currently own a dog, licences may be purchased from City Hall.

• By January 30, spayed/neutered $20, not spayed/neutered $30

• After January 30, spayed/neutered $25, not spayed/neutered $35

The main bene� t of licencing is the quick return of dogs should they become lost. As well, the fees collected partially offset the cost to maintain our off-leash dog park, provide doggie bags and dispensers throughout the City and provide bylaw enforcement to handle public safety concerns of stray, off-leash and dangerous dogs.

And, it’s the law! Bylaw 1284 states, “no person shall keep, harbour or have in his possession any dog over the age of six months unless a valid and subsisting licence has been issued in respect of that dog.” The bylaw also states no more than two dogs may be kept on parcels of land less than two acres.

Notice to BusinessesExisting business licence holders may now renew for the 2015. Due by January 30, fees may be mailed or paid at City Hall. Bylaw 1483 requires that all businesses obtain a valid licence if carrying on business in the City. More information on website [Business/Licences].

2014 Highlights City Services

City Dates

How To Reach Council

Here’s a snapshot of some of our many projects and undertakings in 2014. We hope you will � nd it an interesting read about a busy year for the City.

January 13, 2015 parksville.ca

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The public is encouraged to attend Council meetings held on the � rst and third Mondays of the month and may observe advisory committee meetings. Refer to the website for agendas and meeting highlights and minutes.

is no outstanding balance. In some circumstances, it may be dif� cult for residents to make a single large tax or utility payment and budgeting is often easier when done with monthly pre-payment amounts.

For existing participants making pre-payments to their utility accounts, the program will now take payments in April so utility account pre-payments will be spread over 11 months with no payment in June. This makes the utility program the same as the property tax payment months. Participants making utility pre-payments will be advised on their next utility notice of the new payment amount to take effect April 15.

January 19 Council MeetingJanuary 22 Coffee with CouncilJanuary 29 Coffee with CouncilFebruary 2 Council MeetingFebruary 5 Coffee with CouncilFebruary 9 Family Day (of� ces closed)February 12 Coffee with CouncilFebruary 16 Council Meeting


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Infrastructure and related projects◆ Phase 1, Temple Street upgrade project (Phillips to

Chinook) 50% complete and scheduled for completion in June. Phase 2 (Chinook to Bay) preliminary design complete, detailed design started, to be tendered in 2015.

◆ Rathtrevor trail pedestrian bridge preliminary investigations (geotechnical, archaeological, hydrological) ongoing through spring with approvals and design this year.

◆ Draft consultant report received regarding erosion issues in Community Park (near former Hovercraft pad) and at Sutherland stairs. Will address this year and until repairs are made, public should exercise caution at these sites.

◆ City of Parksville and Regional District of Nanaimo engaged CH2M Hill to complete a community consultation project for the Englishman River Water Service project (water intake, water treatment, aquifer storage and recovery) which included elements such as a working group, public open houses and new online engagement platform. Grant applications were submitted as part of funding requests.

◆ Parksville Fire Department took delivery of Engine 41, a new state-of-the-art pumper.

◆ Funded by the Parksville Lions Club and the City, the playground equipment in Lions Ventureland was upgraded.

◆ Storm and sanitary master plan updates now in draft.

◆ Revitalized Nicholls Park opened in June, the vision of Ballenas Civics Action Group with help from neighbourhood volunteers.

◆ Design complete for improvements to Banks Avenue (Finholm to Acadia) and Forsyth (Acadia to Finholm). To be tendered in 2015.

◆ Completed GIS audit; new Parksville MapGuide Enterprise (internal version) implemented.

◆ Hwy 19A widening related to Wembley Mall development.

◆ Completion of Cor� eld left turn advance installation, Skylark storm sewer replacement and water model update.

Also of note◆ The Community Building and Planning Department issued

149 building permits worth about $22.5 million; prepared 8 development permits (commercial, façade upgrades, residential); two development variance permits and 7 rezoning applications for Council’s review, including several large projects such as McMillan Street, 272 Island Highway West and 371 Alberni Highway. As well, the department issued 26 sign, 30 tree removal and two development variance permits and produced a series of new information brochures now available to the public.

◆ 2014 local government elections with 15 candidates for council and 4 mayoral candidates. 2014-2018 Council inauguration on December 1.

◆ Vancouver Island University and City, through a memorandum of understanding support and protect Mount Arrowsmith Biosphere Reserve designation.

◆ City recognized volunteers and community organizations for their outstanding contribution to Parksville.

◆ Council undertook a petition process to renew the 2015-2019 annual charge levied on commercial properties within Parksville Downtown Business Improvement Area.

◆ Through partnership with Ballenas Secondary School and Vancouver Island Regional Library, pop-up library installed in the Community Park. (Books always welcome).

◆ Parksville received the Open for Business Award from the BC Small Business Roundtable.

◆ PVFD successfully hosted the BC Fire Training Of� cers Association training weekend and conference and the City along with Qualicum Beach, hosted the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities convention.

◆ Commitment to safety resulted in reduced WorkSafeBC rates based on downward trend in claims costs and experience ratings.

◆ Finance completed installation of new payroll system and is near completion of new budget software.

Preauthorized Withdrawal Service (PAWS)The City recently changed the format of the program which allows taxpayers to contribute a � xed monthly payment towards their taxes and/or utilities based on an estimate of future invoice amounts. Now referred to as PAWS or Preauthorized Withdrawal Service (previously TIPS or Tax/Utility Installment Payment Service), this program is used to prepay future tax and/or utility charges.

Program is available to taxpayers when taxes are not being paid through a bank or mortgage company and when there

Notice to Dog Owners in ParksvilleDog licence fees are due by January 30. Current dog licences will receive a reminder notice; if you do not receive a notice and/or currently own a dog, licences may be purchased from City Hall.

• By January 30, spayed/neutered $20, not spayed/neutered $30

• After January 30, spayed/neutered $25, not spayed/neutered $35

The main bene� t of licencing is the quick return of dogs should they become lost. As well, the fees collected partially offset the cost to maintain our off-leash dog park, provide doggie bags and dispensers throughout the City and provide bylaw enforcement to handle public safety concerns of stray, off-leash and dangerous dogs.

And, it’s the law! Bylaw 1284 states, “no person shall keep, harbour or have in his possession any dog over the age of six months unless a valid and subsisting licence has been issued in respect of that dog.” The bylaw also states no more than two dogs may be kept on parcels of land less than two acres.

Notice to BusinessesExisting business licence holders may now renew for the 2015. Due by January 30, fees may be mailed or paid at City Hall. Bylaw 1483 requires that all businesses obtain a valid licence if carrying on business in the City. More information on website [Business/Licences].

2014 Highlights City Services

City Dates

How To Reach Council

Here’s a snapshot of some of our many projects and undertakings in 2014. We hope you will � nd it an interesting read about a busy year for the City.

January 13, 2015 parksville.ca

Cor� eld and Island Highway East

Englishman River estuary

The public is encouraged to attend Council meetings held on the � rst and third Mondays of the month and may observe advisory committee meetings. Refer to the website for agendas and meeting highlights and minutes.

is no outstanding balance. In some circumstances, it may be dif� cult for residents to make a single large tax or utility payment and budgeting is often easier when done with monthly pre-payment amounts.

For existing participants making pre-payments to their utility accounts, the program will now take payments in April so utility account pre-payments will be spread over 11 months with no payment in June. This makes the utility program the same as the property tax payment months. Participants making utility pre-payments will be advised on their next utility notice of the new payment amount to take effect April 15.

January 19 Council MeetingJanuary 22 Coffee with CouncilJanuary 29 Coffee with CouncilFebruary 2 Council MeetingFebruary 5 Coffee with CouncilFebruary 9 Family Day (of� ces closed)February 12 Coffee with CouncilFebruary 16 Council Meeting

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Our most famous product: mayors

Canadians have long been rel-egated to mere ‘hewers of wood and drawers of

water’ — fit only for menial tasks on the world stage.

Pure horse pucky. Can-ada produces plenty of re-fined products for world consumption. And not just the obvious ones like maple syrup, hockey players and Alice Munro.

This country also does mayors. No other nation in the world can measure up to Canada’s mayoral output.

I first came upon this natural phenomenon when I lived in Thunder Bay, On-tario some years ago. Back then, the Lakehead had a mayor by the name of Walter (Jolly Wally) Assef.

He was a diminutive man, standing perhaps five foot two in his stocking feet — but a stick of dynamite is pretty small too. The analo-gy is apt, and in Wally’s case, the fuse was short.

Mayor Assef was re-nowned for, shall we say,

spirited outbursts at unpre-dictable times.

But, hey, this was Thun-der Bay, a town that was full of charac-ters. Wally’s oratorical pyro-technics didn’t distinguish him all that much.

What did was patting the Queen on the bum.

Or so leg-end has it. It is certainly true that Wally pro-fusely thanked the Duke of Edinburgh for bringing his ‘good wife’ to the city during a royal tour.

Whether the mayor hand slipped southwards as he was helping Her Royal High-ness into a chair is still a matter of some debate.

One thing that’s beyond debate: Canadian cities have a habit of picking re-

markable mayors. Take Winnipeg. Citizens

there have just elected Brian Bowman. May-or Bowman is Metis — and that makes Winnipeg the first large city to be governed by one of Canada’s aboriginal peo-ples.

Or how about Cal-gary? That city now has pos-sibly the most p r o g r e s s i v e and cosmopol-itan mayor in the country.

His name is Naheed Nen-shi and he is a Muslim. Cal-

gary used to be known as Cowtown. Not any more.

Quebec City has a may-or named Rene Labeaume, a man who’s been called a one-man reality television show.

That’s because he has

a tendency to behave in a way that most politicians instinctively shy away from: Mayor Labeaume actually says what he thinks.

He compared a local union leader to “a militia colonel vying to overthrow a democratically elected gov-ernment.”

Does such talk get him in trouble? Oh yeah. As he told a reporter: “I tend to drop the ball once a month or so.”

The image of chief city executives dropping balls brings to mind, inevitably, an image of the only Ca-nadian mayor to go truly supernova on the world stage — ex-Toronto major Rob Ford, staggering across a football field and pitch-ing onto the turf during an abortive ceremonial kick-off.

Methinks we shall not see his like again. Probably just as well.

— Arthur Black lives on Saltspring Island. His col-

umn appears Tuesday in The NEWS. E-mail:

[email protected].

BASIC BLACKBy Arthur Black

This country also does mayors. No

other nation in the world can measure

up to Canada’s mayoral output.

ARTHUR BLACK

Canadians are not just hewers of wood and drawers of water anymore

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‘In retail, this is just a fact of life’CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1

The convenience store carries ev-erything from liquor and cigarettes to ammunition and chocolate bars.

“Nothing was taken from what I can see,” she said. “In reviewing the tape, they (police) will be able to determine if anything was taken but it appears they left empty handed.”

The store shelves, lined with bottles of wine, were perfectly in tact Thursday morning.

Hutcheson said the store has video surveillance inside and outside.

She said it appears the thieves were outside the store for about ten minutes before busting through the front door.

Electrical cords on the alarm system on the side of the building appeared to be dismantled.

But according to police, the “loud bang” caused by the vehicle smashing into the front door woke up the store owners who live nearby and ran to the store immediately.

“The store owners must have star-

tled the two men who quickly left the store, jumped back into the truck, and sped away down Meadowood Way to-wards Corcan Road,” states a new re-lease issued by police Thursday.

RCMP were unable to locate a matching vehicle in the area.

Former Parksville mayor Chris Burger owns the Meadowood Store.

“It’s a pain in the butt, but ultimate-ly it’s all property damage and nobody was hurt,” Burger said Saturday about the incident. “In retail, this is just a fact of life.”

Burger said the store didn’t lose any hours of operation.

“We actually opened early that day (of the break-in),” he said. “Mostly be-cause, well, we were missing a wall.”

Burger said in terms of property damage this is the worst the store has seen, but not in terms of loss.

Externally, the building suffered but he said internally the store fared well during the break-in.

“We got lucky in that the damag-es are quite limited inside the store … bags of chips are pretty forgiving,” he said optimistically with a laugh.

Hutcheson, who’s lived in the area for seven years, said this is a “rare” event.

“It’s not easy access to get out here,” she said. “There’s only one way in and one way out.”

She said the incident makes her “uneasy” and she wonders “if the thieves were locals or if this was a one time thing.”

Hutcheson said from the foot of Baylis Street to the top of Meadowood Way there are about 1,000 homes.

“You think everybody is pretty nice who comes in (to the store) and you just don’t expect this to happen,” she said.

If you have any information about this incident please call the Oceanside RCMP at 250-248-6111 or report anon-ymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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Mayor wants city to lead He said he will urge council to be “strategic”

about spending.Part of Lefebvre’s strategy seems to be about

Parksville leading the way for other municipal-ities. He spoke of the controversial aquifer stor-age and recovery proposal currently in front of the city, and a trail system that could eventually reach from Rathrevor Beach through Commu-nity Park and all the way to Coombs.

“We can be a template for communities in B.C.,” said Lefebvre, who also spoke of “traf-fic calming” measures and ways to deal with health-care issues as Parksville continues to be a target community for retirees, something the mayor called “Metamucil migration.”

“We want to be an age-friendly community,” he said. Other highlights from Lefebvre’s speech:

• The mayor said he wants to work more closely with First Nations, including the possi-bility of an interpretive centre located on city-owned land. “We’re neighbours,” Lefebvre said of the Nanoose and Qualicum First Nations, making reference to the importance of last year’s Chilcotin court decision which better defined First Nations territorial rights in B.C.

“They’re not going anywhere and we’re not go-ing anywhere.”

• “We have poverty issues in our community,” said Lefebvre. He said 400 people are using the local food bank regularly. “There are other levels of government that have to step up and do their share.” He urged people to ask candidates in the upcoming federal election what they plan to do about poverty issues in this region.

• There were some confused looks in the crowd when Lefebvre started talking about drones. He said the Oceanside RCMP are using them, and he sees how they could help first re-sponders. He also said manufacturers of drones could be attracted to set up their production facilities here and test them in our region that boasts all sorts of terrain. “I can’t think of a bet-ter place for a company that’s in the drone busi-ness to come here,” he said.

• Lefebvre told the crowd to expect more im-migrants to the region.

“We should start thinking about multicul-turalism,” said the mayor. “Believe me, they will come. Multiculturalism should be and will be part of our fabric.”

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Drones over PV

At least he didn’t spend 30 minutes talking about aquifer storage and recovery.

Parksville Mayor Marc Lefebvre ven-tured into some strange territory on � urs-day night when he spoke to the Parksville

and District Chamber of Commerce, his � rst major speech since his election in November.

He spoke about multiculturalism. He spoke about health care. He spoke about drones. � at’s right, drones.

At � rst blush, we were wondering if the mayor had lost his marbles. On second thought, we wondered why the mayor wanted to delve into so many issues that are not in his or city council’s sphere of responsibility. Goodness knows there are enough municipal politicians who want to � x health care and problems in the Middle East.

Upon further review, we were willing to cut the may-or some slack. He may have saved himself from ridicule and a future known as Mayor Drone when he suggested Parksville would be a good place for a drone manufactur-ing/testing company to call home.

Like the medical marijuana facility suggestion � oat-ed by his predecessor — an idea that seems to have legs — perhaps these drone comments are just Lefebvre say-ing the city is open for business. Was he structuring his speech for his chamber of commerce audience on � urs-day? Certainly he was, but there is no evidence to suggest Lefebvre is going to spend all his time in o� ce trying to � x social problems.

Or is there?Lefebvre talks much about poverty issues. He has also

tried to paint himself as a champion for accessibility. He has clearly been rattled — like every other politician in the province — by the Chilcotin court decision and now mentions First Nations in every appearance.

Add to this the fact his new council could be described fairly as gentler and softer than ones of the past.

Does this mean Lefebvre and council will spend an inordinate amount of time on social issues? Does this mean high-pro� le chunks of city-owned land are going to be donated to First Nations or made into community gardens or city-subsidized housing?

We hope Lefebvre and his council understand they need to take steps to ensure there are parcels of land and friendly bylaws/DCCs for future businesses that will pay taxes and supply jobs in this city for years to come.

— Editorial by John Harding

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It’s hard to express how I feel about the Paris events. Yet expressing opinions is always a difficult but necessary part of a free democratic society be it in magazines, newspapers or in social media.

As a younger man, for nine years I wore the uniform of my country, believing that if I had to go into conflict I could do so know-ing my country wanted me to defend de-mocracy and its pillars here or, more likely, abroad.

After that, for 12 years in this paper and others, I scribed hard-hitting columns up-setting powerful people, complacent, ap-athetic countrymen and wealthy advertis-ers, all the while knowing that my opinion was necessary to be heard, right or wrong at its nature.

Regardless, I do not see satire as worthy of murder. I do believe the radicalized peo-ple of any religion or country to be danger-ous and jail worthy. Our human greed for power is at the base of all of it.

In closing, I urge any media person, be-fore penning or approving for publication any well meaning but inconsequential Je Suis Charlie type of response, to ponder this: would your paper or magazine have approved for publication any of the car-toons in your own paper?

If not, then you are part of the crumbling of our democratic pillars. You are a poser, the same as anyone who wears a uniform but did not serve.

JEFF VIRCOEParksville

WE NEED MORE ICF TRANSPARENCY

In the Jan. 8 edition of The NEWS, editor John Hardings’ editorial and Andy Mun-dys’ letter to the editor regarding the ICF suing Julian Fell hit the “rail nail” right on the head.

Will this ICF boondoggle never end? The majority would love to have passenger rail service on Vancouver Island, including me, but at what cost?

Check it out for yourself. Google “E & N Railway Corridor: Development Strategies for the Island Corridor Foundation.” Click

to page 17 of 50, section 3.2, “Costs of Rail-way Restoration and Potential Service Ex-pansion”, second paragraph.

It reads, “In basic terms, the approxi-mate cost to repair the Victoria-Courtenay corridor is $79 million and the cost of the Port Alberni line is $26 million. These fig-ures do not include potential restorative work to aging bridges, which could add up to $84 million to the costs. Via stations and trains could cost up to $32 million.”

That is already $221 million for infra-structure only, but keep reading. The un-dated cover page indicates the report was financed by the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.

Do you think Via Rail may have read this public report and checked out the safety is-sues before pulling the Via Rail passenger service?

Unfortunately, Julian Fell went directly for the jugular on a totally different issue. How do we, as taxpayers, get the transpar-ency from the ICF board that our elected officials, including Director Fell, have been screaming about for years? By banishing them from the ICF Board?

REG NOSWORTHYMeadowood

BIKES ARE BETTER THAN TRAINS

In a recent letter to the editor (‘Advan-tages of Rail’ The NEWS, Jan.6), the writer bases his favour of the railway being re-instated on the population of the Island growing from 150,000 to 780,000 over the last 50 years. What the writer fails to con-sider is the bigger picture.

Consider the Netherlands. At 41,543 square kilometres, it is larger than Vancou-ver Island, but the Netherlands has a popu-lation of 16.9 million compared to Vancou-ver Island at only 759,000.

Yet still the Dutch cannot make their up-to-date rail service cost effective. In fact, many stretches of railroad have been handed to private companies this past year, making passenger travel confusing and more costly.

Dutch highways are busy, though more so with bikes than cars. The needs of cy-clists are taken into account in all stages of urban planning. Cyclists have the right of

way in all situations and many roads have one or two separate cycle paths and cycle lanes are marked on the roads.

The writer also states “an updated rail system (on the Island) would support com-mercial traffic, containers and commodi-ties.”

I suggest this is the real reason the rail-way proponents are pushing through the railway. It certainly isn’t going to be cost effective for passenger service.

The big question is: Do Islanders want their homes and roads to be subjected to the noise and inconvenience of commer-cial rail traffic?

By comparison, returning the rails to trails would bring clean quiet tourism that would benefit communities like Parksville and Qualicum Beach. Just like “eat local” — consume local is what will reduce the amount of traffic on our highways.

SUSAN BLACKLINQualicum Beach

ATTRACT PEOPLE WITH TRAILS, NOT RAILS

Re: Roy Stewart’s letter to the editor in the Jan. 6 edition of The NEWS.

I found it very strange that Stewart com-pared Vancouver Island to Seattle or Van-couver and Calgary with its thousands and thousands of commuters every day.

Has Stewart any idea how few commut-ers there are on the Island that would use the train? How would anybody get from the train station to where they have to be?

The idea of passenger trains has long passed on Vancouver Island. There are concerns that the railroad will be used to transport coal from re-opened mines on the Island and that is the last thing we need here.

Just look at the Galloping Goose trail and many like it in Canada. This is where the future lies: a trail that can be used for hikers and bicyclists is the only logical op-tion.

If the right kind of marketing is done, we will attract large numbers of tourists from all over the world and Vancouver Island will truly become an international destina-tion.

ROELOF ELZINGAQualicum Beach

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Just how accurate is the January effect theory?COLUMN

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Music academy led by 10 expert teachers

As goes January so goes the year…?This is a popular saying in the invest-

ment industry which speaks to the no-tion that if the market rises in January, based on historic averages it is more like-ly to be up for the rest of the year. Is there any truth to it?

I can’t be positive it is an accurate assessment, but for now I will take the word of those who claim to have studied the data back to 1896. That data demon-strates that during the years in which the market was up in January, it was also up for the rest of the year 74 per cent of the time — compared with 67 per cent of the time that the market was up regardless of what happened in January.

This information could be very valu-able, I suppose, but only if there was any value at all in predicting the past.

To me, it is about as useful as the Super Bowl predictor. I can’t say I remember exactly how that one works, but it has some-thing to do with how the market performs when a team from a certain confer-ence wins the Super Bowl. Another popular predic-tor is the “sell in May and go away” which seemed to work until recently.

Even the January effect has stumbled of late. As was pointed out by Chief Invest-ment Strategist of Raymond James & As-sociates, Jeff Saut, since the year 2000 the S&P 500 has been down 8 times for the month of January, yet on 6 of those oc-casions (including 2014) the market fin-

ished up for the year. That’s the problem with investment indicators: it seems that as soon as peo-ple start figuring them out, they stop working.

Also consider that statis-tics are a funny thing. To illus-trate this I did my own study. I flipped a coin 20 times, and on 10 of those occasions I scratched my head with the coin prior to flipping it. Re-markably, on the occasions when I scratched my head first I flipped ‘heads’ 3 times

more often than ‘tails’ over the next 9 flips!I might have fun with this if I were in

a coin flipping competition with a friend with no money on the line, but I cer-tainly wouldn’t bet my financial future

on this, even if the numbers were similar after 1,000 flips.

Here is what I will rest my future on: Based on historic averages the markets are significantly more likely to be up in any given year than down. And even when they are down, the stocks I invest in pay dividends. Those are good enough odds for me. I prefer to stay invested.

For a free assessment of your current investment plan feel free to contact me at 250-752-6010 or e-mail: [email protected].

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Just let them touch the instruments! It seems like an obvious way to encourage children’s interest in music and lessons, but as far as the Parksville Music Acad-emy’s Merv Volen is aware, they are the first ones doing it in Canada.

“A two-and-a-half-year-old kid came in with his mother one of the busy mar-ket days,” Volen said, explaining that the child started strumming instruments “and by the time they left his mother bought a $50 ukelele.”

The instrument store and lesson cen-tre in downtown Parksville grew out of Volen’s private lessons dating back more than 40 years. For years he and a growing list of other teachers taught out of his house and then store front loca-tions until he landed in the current loca-tion in 1991.

Today they have 10 teachers, includ-ing some renowned experts in everything from voice to drums, the whole range of

string instruments, sax, flute and Volen’s specialties, piano and accordion.

Volen has long tried ways to get people interested in taking up an instrument, and still offers the first lesson free, know-ing that most people get hooked.

He said the explosion of free lessons online has only increased people’s in-terest in getting one on one lessons with certified instructors who can give them immediate feedback and keep them from developing bad habits.

“YouTube inspires people to take real lessons,” he said.

While the new initiative is aimed at attracting more children to music, Volen points out that they have instruments and lessons for all ages and skill levels.

The idea to encourage people — not just let them — to touch the instruments grew out of a recent interest in the Suzuki Method, developed by Japanese violinist Shinichi Suzuki more than 50 years ago to encourage young people to learn mu-sic the way people easily learn languages at a young age.

He said as far as dealers and industry experts tell him, they’re the only store in the country with “try me” signs on their instruments and Volen hopes that after

40 years they are still moving in exciting new directions.

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See the world from anoth-er point of view with The Old School House Arts Centre’s first exhibition of 2015. Until the end of January, images from mem-bers of the Oceanside Photogra-phers club will be on display in two of the TOSH galleries.

“You’ll see different levels of talent and different point of views,” said OP photographer Kevin McGuinness, who was voted the club’s Outstanding Photographer of the Year for 2014. “There’s everything imag-inable.”

This fits in line with what the OP club is all about. Accord-ing to club president Vivienne Bearder, the club is open to all photographers from beginners to professionals to receive “op-portunities to learn and express yourself photographically.”

The group meets three times a month for three different meetings: once for an educa-tion meeting covering different techniques and camera set-tings, once for a general meet-ing where club business is taken care of and a presenter speaks on a photography subject, and once for a field trip to places like

the Kathok Buddhist temple, Demex and Art Knapp. Dur-ing these sessions, Bearder said members often help and give feedback to each other.

“We all share ideas,” ex-plained McGuinness. “We feed off that.”

Bearder also said the club “is not limited to people with digi-tal SLRs” and encourages their members to take better pictures with whatever equipment they have, including iPhones. “It’s about developing your eye,” she said.

McGuinness agrees. “Pho-tography is about vision, not equipment,” he said.

Using the techniques learned from the club and general expe-rience, Bearder said around 20 of the club’s 96 photographers produced almost 100 images for the exhibit. As an open show, there is a wide range of subjects, including flowers, wildlife, land-scapes, still life, black and white.

Bearder also said that some of the images might be from the club’s monthly assignments, in which members have to photo-graph a specific topic or theme. “It makes you consider experi-menting,” she explained. In the past, assignment have include frost, song title, soup can, macro and birds, and members can submit work in three categories: black and white, colour and digital (that is digitally manipu-

lated).“It makes you develop in

those three sub-mediums,” said McGuinness. “Keeps you out of getting into a rut.”

Also, to give the whole show a more sleek and professional look, executive director of TOSH Corinne James said she asked all of the participating photog-raphers to place their images on

canvas or in black frames with white mats. “I’m very pleased,” she said of how everything looks.

“It’s very nice for people just starting in a medium to hang beside more experienced art-ists,” added James, saying that it can help an emerging artist gain “more confidence in their work.”

The OP show at TOSH opens

with a reception on Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. There is no admission fee to the event, which will include music, some refreshments and an opportunity to meet some of the photographers. The show will then stay up until the end of January.

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Catherine Elwood may be 89 years old, but the exhibit of her paintings at the Gallery @ Qualicum Art Supply is her first show. Ever.

“I was averse to it at first,” she admit-ted, looking at the images she called her “babies.” “I was convinced I was doing this for my grandchildren.”

“I had to ask her … beg her,” said co-owner of Qualicum Art Supply Bonnie Luchtmeijer, who has seen many of Elwood’s paintings come through the shop’s doors to be framed.

The work currently hanging in the Gallery, however, follows one theme: still life. Painted with oils, the collec-tion showcases many a family heir-loom and flowers grown in her own garden.

Elwood’s passion for flowers and painting both started early in her life. In her artist bio at the Gallery, the Parks-

ville-born painter said she remembers “pansies and poppies in the garden … now the paved parking lot behind St. Edmunds” and the “forest, fields and rocky escarpments” of the vicarage on Salt Spring her family moved to in the ‘30s. And while she doesn’t know ex-actly when she first took up a brush, she said she does have a little picture of a tiger lily that she painted when she was six years old.

To this day, Elwood said she has quite a “library” of botanical-themed paintings. “They’re all stacked up in a bedroom waiting for someone to want them,” she said

Flowers weren’t the only subject to come from her brush, however. El-wood said she paints what she wants, be it a landscape, a watercolour, or something else.

For the most part, Elwood said she is self-taught. While she did attend night classes at the Nova Scotia College

of Art during WWII while she was sta-tioned at H.M.C.S Stadacona in Halifax with the Women’s Royal Canadian Na-val Service, she said she “learned pre-cisely nothing” about art in university. Instead, her techniques came through magazines, books and visiting galleries in the UK, France and Italy. She also said that the learning never stopped. “I’m learning more now as an old girl,” she said.

So after all those years of practice, Luchtmeijer is glad that Elwood finally agreed to set up a show. “It’s like a pat on the back,” she said.

As for Elwood, when asked if she’d consider doing another show, she quickly responded, “Oh, heaven’s no.” However, after a brief pause she add-ed, “I suppose so, if someone asked me too.”

Elwood’s work will be hanging in the Gallery @ Qualicum Art Supply un-til the end of January.

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If you would like to knit but need encouragement to get going, the Saturday Stitchers meet once a week at the Parksville Library. On January 10 Maggie Turbett (left), Margaret Taylor (middle) and Penny Gracey (right) were working on their projects. The Saturday Stitchers have been bringing their needles and yarn to the library for three years and they welcome stitchers of all levels to join the group which meets from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Students and parents were up to their elbows in emp-ties, January 10 at Ballenas Senior Secondary School in Parksville. A bottle drive to raise funds for the 2015 Dry Grad was an overwhelming success thanks to the hard work of some Grade 12 students and their parents. (left to right) Heavenly Brock, Olivia Friesen, Sophie Palmer, Ben Sharman and Shane Houtman were some of thestudent helpers who volunteered for the sticky job.

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NOREEN FRANCES CAMPBELLDecember 4, 1918 - December 30, 2014

Noreen was born in West Ham, England and made her way to Canada as a War Bride. With her two sons, Tim and Robin, Noreen decided to reside in Calgary, Alberta working for the city of Calgary. After retirement, she followed her son Robin to Vancouver Island where she made Victoria her home, before fi nally residing on property with family in Errington.Noreen was known in her youth as a champion swimmer and a great mathematician; later in life as a seamstress, an animal lover, gardener, a chocolate addict, and a devoted Christian. She was the epitome of an English lady and always took great care with her appearance. Her grandchildren will always remember afternoon tea, nursery rhymes, and her famous one of a kind silly face that only she could do. Christmas will never be the same without her much loved Christmas cake and pudding. She will be greatly missed by her two sons Robin Campbell (Sylvia) and Tim Campbell (Bea); grandchildren, Nathan Campbell (Tina), Jonathan (Shantel), Naomi Albert (Tim), Meredith Campbell; seven great grandchildren (who referred to her with much joy as Grrr Grandma ) and many friends. She was predeceased by her grandson, Torben Campbell. Noreen spent her fi nal days at home surrounded by her family, friends, and much love. She was ready to go home to the Lord and see her Mom and Grandson. And when her time came she left with a smile full of peace, beauty, and love. We are all thankful for the 96 years she was able to share with us and for touching our hearts in her own many ways.

A Memorial Service will be held at 1:00 pm on Monday, January 19th atYates Funeral Chapel, 1000 Allsbrook Road in Parksville.

In lieu of fl owers, please consider honouring Noreen’s memory with a donation in her name to Manna Homeless Society, PO Box 389, Errington BC V0R 1V0.

To send a condolence to the family please visit www.yatesfuneral.caYATES FUNERAL SERVICE & CREMATORIUM

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IN LOVING MEMORYDIANE MARGARET PERTSON

December 19, 1940 - January 13, 2014

YOUR LOVING HUSBAND, PAUL

A million times I needed you.A million times I cried.

If love could have saved youYou never would have died.

Things I feel most deeplyAre the hardest things to say.My Dearest Diane, I Love You

in a very special way.If I could have one lifetime wish.

One dream that could come true.I’d pray to God with all my heart.

For yesterday and you. R.J.H. CLASS OF 1962

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╭First Memorial Funeral Services250-754-8333

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Joan Roberta Hopkins, beloved Wife, Mother, Grandma, Sister, Aunt, and friend. Joan was born in Salmon Arm, British Columbia and passed away peacefully in Parksville, British Columbia. She is predeceased by her dearly loved husband John Hugh Hopkins and parents Robert Douglas Hopkins and Alice May Hopkins (nee Tolley). Joan is survived by her daughters Cindy Hopkins and Shannon Yaredic (John), her grandchildren Robyn (Gary) and Joanna Yaredic, her sister Margaret, her brothers Robert and Allan, and numerous nieces and nephews. Joan was a one-of-a-kind dynamo with boundless energy that she channelled into hobbies such as, gardening, softball, and genealogy. She took great pleasure in researching the Hopkins family tree and connecting with relatives all over Canada, the United States, Ireland, and England, forming many rewarding friendships. Joan was also an avid volunteer, lending her time and talent to Milner Gardens in Qualicum Beach, the Parksville & District Association for Community Living, the BC Summer Games in Port Alberni, and many other community organizations and events. She was also a past member of the Loyal Order of Eagles Auxiliary and the Royal Canadian Legion. She will be lovingly remembered by family, friends, and the community for her warm heart, compassion, strength, and courage.The family would like to extend a special thanks to the wonderful doctors, nurses, and support staff at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital and at Trillium Lodge in Parksville for their excellent care and kindness.A celebration of Joan’s life will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Milner Gardens (2179 W Island Hwy, Qualicum Beach) in the main house. A shuttle service from the parking lot will be available. Everyone who knew Joan is welcome to attend.In lieu of fl owers, donations in Joan’s memory may be made to the B.C. Cancer Foundation at www.bccancerfoundation.com or 150 – 686 West Broadway, Vancouver, B.C., V5Z 1G1.

Joan Roberta HopkinsJuly 18, 1934 -

November 27, 2014

Arrowsmith Agricultural Association & Coombs Fair

SPECIAL AGM NOTICENotice is hereby given to all members that the monthly meeting of the Arrowsmith Agricultural Association will be held on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 7:30 PM at the Coombs Fairgrounds, 1014 Ford Road, Coombs. Notice is also hereby given to all members that a SPECIAL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Arrowsmith Agricultural Association will be held on Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 8:30 PM at the Coombs Fairgrounds, 1014 Ford Road, Coombs, to approve minor amendments to the Bylaws of the Association.

New members welcome. 250-248-4458

ALLAN, NELLE (nee Rozinski)December 25, 1927 – January 1, 2015

Nelle passed away peacefully in her sleep at home after a lengthy illness. She was born and raised in Vancouver and attended U.B.C. and S.F.U. graduating with a teaching degree. Nelle spent a full and meaningful 25 year career at Queensborough Elementary School in the New Westminster School District before retiring to Qualicum Beach. She leaves behind her husband Norm, of 34 years, and a blended family of sons Larry (Teri), Randy (Jane), Ronald (Colleen) and daughter Karen; grandchildren Stefan, Darwin, Anna, Alan, Keith (Michele), Elizabeth, Michael; great granddaughter Brooke; nieces Diane, Laura & Anne.

Donations can be made to the Alzheimer Society of BC.

MARION DOROTHY MORTIMER (nee Matthews)January 5, 2015

Predeceased by her husband George Mortimer of Cobble Hill, BC, and her parents Leonard AustinMatthews and Mary Matthews, as well as hersiblings Leonard Frederick Matthews, John Russell Matthews, Margaret Joan Barwis, Thomas Howard Matthew, and Stanley Herbert Matthews. She is survived by her brother Richard Austin Matthews.

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IN MEMORIAM

Teresa McDonald August 15, 1935- January 9, 2010

Those we love don’t go away, They walk beside us everyday. Unseen, unheard, but always near, Still loved, still

missed and very dear.Bruce, Sandy, Scott, &

family

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The Regional District of Nanaimo has a casual employment opportunity for a Lifeguard Instructor at the Ravensong Aquatic Centre, located in the Town of Qualicum Beach.

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The Kwalikum Secondary senior boys basketball team will face Nanaimo’s Barsby Bulldogs twice this week

Kondors struggle in tournamentQUALICUM BEACH SPORTS

Gens break 10-game winless streak SundayVIJHL HOCKEY

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The Save-On-Foods Oceans-ide Generals snapped a 10 game winless streak, beating the Kerry Park Islanders 8-6 Sunday.

Mathieu Jallabert had two goals, including the game win-ner, as the Gens put up five in the third period to pull away with the victory. David Biagioni, Lo-gan Savard, Travis Flug, Chase Gaudreault and newcomer Ted-dy Bailey all had two points in the game as well.

“It was a good game for us, we played hard all 60 minutes,” head coach Rob Gaudreault said.

“We’ve been executing our sys-tems really well and we’re play-ing very good five on five. I’m pretty happy with the progress, the guys are all in good spirits.”

In a rather scrappy game, the Gens converted on two of their four power plays, with goals nine seconds apart. The inten-sity boiled over in the second as Kade Pilton, back with the team, dropped the gloves with the Is-lander’s David Bittner, which Pil-ton won decisively. But it’s more than his size and physical ability that the coach is looking for.

“Kade has a calm presence

on the ice when it comes to con-trolling the puck,” Gaudreault said. “He sees the game real well and with his experience, hope-fully our boys will pick up a thing or two watching him do his thing on the ice.”

The win on Sunday comes af-ter a tough loss to the Campbell River Storm last Friday night. With the Gens finding them-selves down thanks to penalties, the Storm would take advantage of being a man up and had four power play goals on the night, handing the Gens a 6-3 loss.

“We’re playing well when it’s

five on five,” forward Travis Flug said. “We ran in to some penalty trouble against Campbell Riv-er and they made us pay for it. When we were out of the box, we out scored them 3-2. We were in that game so it’s those penalties that really kill us.”

David Anderson, in net for both games, faced a lot of shots from Campbell River (51) as op-posed to 26 from the Islanders.

“Two different games, faced a lot of rubber on Friday and not as much Sunday,” Anderson said. “It was nice to have a dif-ferent sort of game on Sunday,

where it was more the team put-ting up more goals than the oth-er guys. It’s always better to be on that side of the game and I think we’ve got the ability to do that more going forward.”

Anderson, Gaudreault, Sa-vard, Jallabert and captain Gib-son Doney have been named to the VIJHL All Star game in Co-mox Jan. 18.

“It’s cool to have that honour,” Jallabert said. “It’s exciting to be going with my teammates and to have a chance to play with some of the other guys from the North division.”


It was a rough weekend for the Kwalikum Kondors senior boys basketball team, dropping two of their three games at the Wellington Su-perball tournament.

The Kondors, who are currently ranked 10th in the province at the AA level, had a tough out-ing, losing games to the Barsby Bulldogs and Dover Bay Dolphins, both from Nanaimo. KSS managed to pick up a win and finish the tour-nament on a good note, with a victory over Car-ihi (Campbell River).

“We had a tough tournament, it all started with that first game for us,” coach Barry Bev-ilacqua said. “We had a short bench and one of our starters was knocked out of the game with an injury in the third quarter against Barsby. We played hard defensively but we just had a hard time putting the ball in the hoop on offense. It was just one of those games.”

That was the first of three meetings that will take place over the next week between the Kon-dors and Bulldogs, as the two teams meet again Tuesday in Nanaimo in league action. The Kon-dors are currently unbeaten in league play.

“We executed well on defense, so that was good,” Bevilacqua said. “I think that the last game at the tournament for us against Carihi really showed that we were able to play the kind

of team game that we know we can play. That sort of got away from us over the course of those first two games and seeing it come back was a good sign for the team.”

The senior boys have created a lot of prob-lems for teams with their aggressive defense, causing numerous turnovers leading to points going the other way. Which they hope to con-tinue as they square off against Barsby this weekend at a tournament at G.P Vanier in Courtenay.

“We’re going to see them three times in the span of a week, so it’s going to be a battle,” Bev-ilacqua said. “When you play a team that much, you see a lot of what they have to offer and I think we know what they’re all about, much like they know what we’re all about. It’s just going to come down to who wants it more.”

Grade 11 Connor Haywood stood out over the weekend, and has been coming in to his own since the holiday break. It’s a positive sign, as the 6’7” player is starting to find his way to the basket a lot easier.

“Connor has been coming around lately and it’s nice to see,” Bevilacqua said. “He’s been a force when it comes to rebounding for us and he’s turning those rebounds into baskets. The way he’s been playing has really made it hard for us to keep him on the bench and that’s a very good problem for us to have.”

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6’7” Grade 11 Connor Haywood is earning his way on to the floor with the KSS senior boys basketball team.


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1) “ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2014, NO. 2000.97” proposes to amend “City of Parksville Zoning and Development Bylaw, 1994, No. 2000”.

In general terms the purpose of the proposed amendment is to change the zoning designation from ‘Single Family Residential RS-1’ to the ‘Highway Commercial CS-1’ zone in order to facilitate an expanded vehicle parking and display area for the adjacent car dealership. The change in zoning designation is proposed on the properties legally described as Lots 5 and 6, District Lot 4, Nanoose District, Plan 11981 (234 and 244 Mills Street), as shown shaded in black on the map below.

2) “ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2014, NO. 2000.98” proposes to amend “City of Parksville Zoning and Development Bylaw, 1994, No. 2000”.

In general terms the purpose of the proposed amendment is to change the zoning designation from ‘Single Family Residential RS-1’ to the ‘Private Institutional P-2’ zone in order to facilitate an expansion of the church and parking area. The change in zoning designation is proposed on that portion of the property legally described as Lot 1 (DD EH86284), District Lot 74, Nanoose District, Plan 34131 Except Part in Plan EPP40111 (795 Island Highway West) as shown shaded in black on the map to the left.

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SKATE WITH THE GENS: Some current and future hockey standouts had fun at Oceanside Place Arena Jan. 10 during the free annual Skate with the Generals event. Several youngsters joined the team for skating and tips during a small scrimmage. Players on the VIJHL team autographed merchandise, including these ball caps that were distributed to the eager participants.


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It was a clean sweep at the podium for three bantam teams out of the Oceanside Minor Hockey Association, as the league hosted the Break Away Classic to kick off the New Year.

With 12 teams taking part in the tournament, one from Surrey and the rest from here on Van-couver Island, there were four teams from the Oceanside league that battled for medals to close out the tournament.

In the third place game, it was the Oceanside Bombers skating away with the bronze medal.

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