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PARKSVILLE ELECTIONS

JOHN [email protected]

Parksville residents can count on one thing heading into the municipal elections this fall — city council is going to look a whole lot dif-ferent after the ballots are counted Nov. 15.

� e seven-member council (one mayor and six councillors) could be facing a major make-over after recent announcements.

Coun. Marc Lefebvre and Coun. Bill Neufeld are running for mayor, which opens up their two seats on council. Mayor Chris Burger is stepping away from the political scene, which means council meetings will be chaired by someone di� erent for the � rst time since 2010.

Only one current councillor has con� rmed she will be running again in November. Coun. Sue Powell, the top vote-getter among council candidates in 2011, says she will seek re-elec-tion.

Councillors Al Greir, Peter Morrison and Carrie Powell-Davidson have told � e NEWS they aren’t yet ready to go public with deci-sions regarding their intentions.

� e other change in the wind relates to length of term. Councillors and mayors elect-ed this November in B.C. (along with school trustees and regional district directors) will serve for four years, instead of the three-year terms that have been the norm for the past couple of decades.

� ose considering a run for o� ce in Parks-ville can pick up a nomination package at city hall until Oct. 10. � e completed packages must be returned to city hall between 9 a.m. Sept. 30 and 4 p.m. Oct. 10.

� e city has also scheduled a candidate information session for Friday, Sept. 12 from 10:30 a.m. - noon at the city’s conference cen-tre attached to city hall.

CANDACE WU PHOTO

Sisters Jessica and Erin Buik of Coombs take a ride on the hand-pump car which drove up and down the railway in Qualicum Beach on Saturday during the Train Station’s 100th anniversary celebrations. For more on the train station and the celebrations, see page A39 inside today’s edition of The NEWS and also visit our Facebook page:www.facebook.com/PQBNews.

QUALICUM BEACH TRAIN STATION CELEBRATES 100 YEARS

‘A big part of our community’CANDACE WU [email protected]

� e Qualicum Beach Train Sta-tion’s centennial celebration brought out hundreds of visitors and residents Saturday for an event which focused on the town’s rich history.

Of the many activities and events, there was a 1914 fashion show by the Port Alberni Centennial Belles, free rides for kids on hand-pump cars and 1950s style fairmont speeders, a cake cutting, live music and a beautiful ex-hibit commemorating the train sta-

tion hosted at the Qualicum Beach museum. Many came out to celebrate the train station’s 100th birthday, in-cluding historian Wendy Shaw, who helped plan the event.

“It’s awesome,” said Shaw of the anniversary’s success. “It’s just really nice to recognize yesterday.”

Shaw said the restoration of the Qua-licum Beach Train Station wouldn’t have been possible without the help of volunteers, who donated countless hours to preserving the historic site.

“It (the train station) is part of the

history and heritage of Qualicum Beach,” she said. “It’s a big part of our community.”

� e Port Alberni Industrial Heritage Society and the Canadian Railroad Historical Society also supported the event bringing up items that were fea-tured in the Expo ‘67 in Montreal such as a bright red restored logging truck.

For more history about the train station, see page A39. For more pho-tos from the event Saturday, visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/PQBNews.

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Weather conditions are forcing smoke from wildfires in the interi-or of B.C. to the coast, producing smoky skies on mid-and-northern Vancouver Island and the mainland’s central coast, according to the Coastal Fire Centre.

Outflow winds are moving high level drift smoke from large interior wildfires down the Pemberton and Bella Coola Valleys and into coastal inlets and rivers. Heavy smoke this past weekend was reported to the Wildfire Management Branch wildfire reporting centre by concerned members of the public. These conditions may persist for several days.

People who are concerned with their health due to air quality should contact their local health authority. The Coastal Fire Centre relies on the public to report forest fires, and encourage any who see an organized column of smoke to report it to 1-800-663-5555 or *5555 on cell phones.

Smoke forecasts are available from the Ministry of Environment’s website: www.BCAirQuality.ca/BlueSky. For the latest information on fire activity, conditions and prohibitions, visit the Wildfire Man-agement Branch website at www.bcwildfire.ca.

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CHAMPION ANGLER: Fun is the focus of the annual Save-On-Foods French Creek Fishing Derby — perhaps John Bates had the most fun this year. About an hour before the noon cut-off time Sunday, Bates brought in the biggest salmon of the weekend, 31 pounds, 11 ounces. Hundreds of people entered the event again this year, which cost entrants only $10 a rod, with proceeds going to the Marion Creek Fish Hatchery. Pictured above just before the awards ceremony are, from left, Save-On-Foods general manager Bruce Brown, champion angler Bates and French Creek Marine Pub general manager Russ Mosher. For more photos from the Sunday wrap-up event, visit our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/PQBNews.

QUALICUM BEACH MAYORAL RACE

‘I believe I still have the energy and motivation to contribute’LISSA [email protected]

There are still a number of things in town that Qualicum Beach Mayor Teunis Westbroek would like to be a part of, and he says that’s one of the reasons he’ll be running again this fall.

Westbroek said he would like to contribute to the waterfront master plan, including the protection of the shoreline and he would like to see a pier for both residents and tourists.

“It would have a double function to help protect shoreline and also to walk, especially where homes are kind of blocking the sea wall.”

Westbroek has been mayor for 15 years and he said that is an advantage, especially compared with no experience. Plus, he said he still loves his job, most of the time.

“I think I can make a difference — at 61, I be-lieve I still have the energy and motivation to contribute.”

Last week, Qualicum Beach resident Denyse Widdifield announced she would be challeng-

ing the mayor in the municipal election in the fall and said in an article in The NEWS that zero growth policies of councils led by Westbroek have hurt the town. Westbroek said he didn’t know what policies she was referring to, and he said there has been, and there is currently, growth happening in the town.

“Qualicum Beach has been widely recog-nized — we got an award last year in Windsor — for its progressive growth management policies,” he said. “Since I’ve been mayor we’ve had about $200 million in development.”

He said he knows some residents would like the town to grow faster and bigger, but he said that has to be bal-anced with the costs to taxpayers and quality of life. He supports managed growth, he said, and pointed out that the town can accommodate at least

another 4,000 more people without any zoning or boundary changes. As for the Clarion being approved — the first five-story development to get the nod from the town — Westbroek did not vote in favour of the development and said the approval process seemed very quick compared to other developments.

Westbroek seeks fifth term

TEUNIS WESTBROEK

See MAYOR SAYS, page A8

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Most trustees keeping mumThe nomination period is Sept. 9 through Oct. 10AUREN [email protected]

While many of the incumbent politi-cians in the Parksville Qualicum Beach area (mayors, councillors and RDN di-rectors) have declared their intentions for the Nov. 15 election, the District 69 school board is still up in the air.

Of the five current trustees only Bar-ry Kurland has confirmed his inten-tions to The NEWS.

“Yes, I plan to run because I feel like the board needs continuity at this point,” he said, admitting he thought about it long and hard.

Asked if the ongoing labour and school reconfiguration issues played a

roll in his decision, he said that as a for-mer teacher he knows they are “always working in interesting times. Educa-tion is never just hearts and flowers, and if you look at others around the world, this is a global phenomenon, public education is a big commitment.”

He said that despite the current sit-uation he still enjoys working with his colleagues in the district.

Board chair Lynnette Kershaw said she is still thinking about it and will de-clare her intentions soon.

Eve Flynn, Julie Austin and Ross Milligan could not be reached for com-ment.

The nomination period to run for the board of education opens Sept. 9 and closes Oct. 10. Information and the required paperwork are available at the school board office in Parksville.

To be eligible a candidate must be 18 or over, a Canadian citizen and res-ident of B.C. for more than six months. There are no restrictions on where they live in the province.

Candidates cannot be a board em-ployee or disqualified by any other school act or law from running for of-fice.

While the candidates can run any-where, come the Nov. 15 election, the candidates are elected for specific geo-graphic areas around School District 69. Two are elected for Parksville, Quali-cum Beach and Lasqueti combined and the other three roughly correspond to the regional district areas E (Nanoose), F (Errington) and H (Bowser).

This year, like municipal councils, the term will be extended from three to four years.

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The Regional District of Nanaimo is asking residents for their thoughts on “a set of mea-sures to track progress towards the goals of the regional growth strategy (RGS).”

In a news release issued Monday, the RDN said the RGS “guides regional sustainability and land-use decisions that impact quality of life for RDN residents in rural and urban com-munities.”

“This confidential survey is an opportunity for residents to tell us what types of informa-tion they are interested in and to confirm that we are on the right track with these measures and targets,” said RDN Chair Joe Stanhope in the release. “The more participation we receive, the better we will be able to monitor our prog-ress and guide the regional planning and deci-sion-making that affects day-to-day life in our communities.”

The survey can be completed online at www.rdn.bc.ca/rgsmonitoring. Paper copies are also available upon request.

The RDN said the first part of the survey will take less than two minutes to complete. The second part is optional and will take between 15 and 20 minutes to complete.

The RDN said the first 100 survey partici-pants will receive a Fortis B.C. compact expand-able hand towel. Residents who complete both parts of the survey will also be entered into a draw for prizes including a BC Hydro Home En-ergy Saving Kit, a one-month RDN transit pass, and 10 RDN transit day passes. To be eligible, residents must submit surveys before midnight on Oct. 16.

For more information about the survey or about the RGS, visit www.rdn.bc.ca/rgsmoni-toring and click on Services/Long Range Plan-ning, or call the Long Range Planning Depart-ment at (250) 390-6510 or (250) 954-3798.

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The third annual TOSH Members Show be-gins Sept. 8 but artists still have a couple days to enter their work.

The art show is open to artists of all levels and is meant to celebrate the arts. Registration forms for paintings, drawings and photographs must be submitted to TOSH by Aug. 28, one piece per member. The show runs from Sept. 8 to 28 and an opening reception for the public to peruse the art and meet the artists will take place Sept. 10 at 7 p.m. For more information visit www.theoldschoolhouse.org. — NEWS Staff

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A Nature Trust, HSBC Conservation Youth Crew was busy removing gorse from the Englishman River Estuary re-cently.

Gorse (ulex europaeus), also known as Irish hedge, looks a lot like the lo-cally notorious Scotch broom, with little yellow flowers, but the stems are thorny and the seeds are much harder to get rid of according to experts.

“All we could do was cut it as close to the root-wad as possible and dig it out the best we could to prevent it from spreading, we’ll continue to monitor and do a larger scale removal in the fu-ture. Nasty stuff!” said Steven Godfrey by e-mail of the crew’s efforts in the es-tuary and other sites around Parksville.

While broom has started receiv-ing attention as an invasive species in Parksville Qualicum Beach, un-like broom, gorse can’t just be cut in bloom, and is an increasing problem.

“Being a science student, the op-portunity to do fieldwork throughout the summer was the most intriguing aspect of this position,” said Trevor

Smith, a member crew from Nanaimo.The Nature Trust hires crews each

summer to tackle conservation activi-ties and learn employable skills includ-ing first aid, bear awareness and safe power tools use.

“I learned about the role that con-servation areas play in the protection of wildlife,” said Andrew Harper, an-other crew member from Nanaimo said in a news release.

“In an urbanized region, these des-ignated wildlife areas act as an oasis for wildlife, making the management of these areas extremely important.”

“I learned how essential land con-servation is to maintaining native spe-cies in B.C.” Harper said.

“In the Somenos Marsh Restoration Area (near Duncan), invasive plants such as reed canary and yellow flag iris are dominating the land and damaging

the chances of native plants such as tall woolly-heads’ (psilocarphus elatior) survival. Restoring the natural ecosys-tem has exponentially increased the number of tall woolly-heads plants.”

“The most enjoyable project was at the Tofino Mudflats Wildlife Man-agement Area where we used paddle boards to survey the eel grass at sun rise,” he said.

The crews do physical labour and attend workshops with specialists in things like bird counts and forest and wetland ecology.

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Linda Wray, 61, remembers the moment she found out she had cancer.

“My gynecologist called me at 10 p.m. and told me the news,” she recalls. “Of course I couldn’t sleep all night.”

Wray was 48 at the time, married with one son.

“When I first found out I was very upset,” she told The NEWS from her Nanoose Bay home. “It’s the bad c-word you don’t want to hear you have.”

But that was 14 years ago and today Wray is cancer-free — and she spent last week handing out posters to every Parksville Qualicum Beach business that would take one for the Terry Fox Run, her favourite fundraising campaign of all time.

Wray called Terry’s story “inspirational” and said she’s participated in every Terry Fox Run

since the event’s inception 30 years ago. “I’ve never missed it,” she said proudly. “If

Terry can run a marathon every day, I can walk (or run) one every year.”

The 34th annual Terry Fox Run will be host-ed Sunday, Sept. 14 at Rathtrevor Provincial Park. Registration is at 9 a.m. and the run starts at 10 a.m.

RDN recreation programmer Colleen Jordan said participants can either bike three kilome-tres, or run or walk five or 10 kilometres.

Jordan said it is a “family-friendly event” and historically around 250-300 people come out. She said cancer survivors may register to be part of “Terry’s Team” and will receive a complimentary red t-shirt. There will also be a memory book and memory poster at the event for participants to sign.

Jordan said the RDN is seeking more vol-unteers to help with the event, particularly for marshaling the run.

For more information, to volunteer or do-nate contact Colleen Jordan at 250-248-3252.

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Cancer survivor Linda Wray of Nanoose Bay hands out posters around Parksville Qualicum Beach in an effort to rally support and encourage community participation for the upcoming Terry Fox Run slated for Sunday, Sept. 14 at Rathtrevor Provincial Park.

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“I think large, multi-story — like five-storey developments — don’t re-ally fit with the ambiance of our town,” he said.

Like Qualicum Beach, many com-munities on Vancouver Island have struggled with the sustainability of lo-cal schools, Westbroek said, particular-ly with the restricted funding from the provincial government. And although Qualicum Beach Elementary school has now been closed, he is proud of the cur-

rent and previous councils’ work with school boards to ensure viable schools in the area, he said. Local businesses face a number of challenges, Westbroek said, when asked about the closure of a num-ber of Qualicum Beach stores recently.

“Given the competition with online shopping and big box stores, it’s not easy,” he said. He has heard a number of stores are thriving, however, and he said the town’s business tax is very attractive compared with other municipalities.

Westbroek said he cares about peo-ple, he listens to them and tries to stay in touch with residents. When he first ran for council 15 years ago, it was be-cause he agreed with the answers given by the majority of the town’s residents in a quality of life survey, he said.

“It’s up to voters to see if they still share these values and if they have confidence in my skills and my com-mitment to keep Qualicum Beach the wonderful place it is,” he said.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE A3

Mayor says ‘It’s up to voters’

DO YOU HAVE A SEPTIC SYSTEM?

RDN offering $600 incentivesYou can get a rebate for 75 per cent of maintenance costs

Beginning on Sept. 15, the Region-al District of Nanaimo says it will of-fer up to $600 per household to help residents maintain their septic sys-tems.

“I have had a septic system for 72 years, so I know the importance of regular system maintenance,” said RDN Chair Joe Stanhope.

“These new rebates will comple-ment the RDN’s SepticSmart program by helping residents keep up with the

work that their systems require.”SepticSmart is a web-and-work-

shop-based program that shares care and maintenance tips — tips the RDN says can maximize a septic sys-tem’s lifespan and translate to huge cost savings.

Now, the RDN says it is making it easier for residents to take care of septic maintenance by offering re-bates.

The RDN says it will rebate 75 per cent of eligible maintenance costs, to a maximum of $200 per category:

• Category 1: Custom Maintenance Plan.

• Category 2: Effluent Filter Instal-

lation.• Category 3: Riser Installation.To qualify for the rebate, eligible

maintenance must be performed on an existing septic system in the RDN (new systems are not eligible).

Qualifying work must be per-formed between Sept. 15 and Dec. 31 by an authorized person under the Sewerage System Regulation.

For more information on the Sep-tic Maintenance Rebate Program and a complete list of eligibility and re-quirements, go to www.SepticSmart.ca or call Wastewater Services at 250-390-6560 or 250-954-3792.

—NEWS Staff/RDN news release

We would like to thank the local businesses who have been so overwhelmingly supportive with the donations to our fundraiser. We encourage the people of Parksville to shop locally and support the businesses that support us.

PARKSVILLE LAWN BOWLING CLUB

WORKING TOGETHER, BUILDING A STRONGER COMMUNITY

Total Raised From “Shades Of Pink” Marnie Rose Bowl Tournament

$3164.00 August 13, 2014

Qualicum Beach Memorial Golf ClubTim HortonsThrifty FoodsShopper’s Drug MartParadise GolfPharmasavePanago PizzaPacific BrimmA Perfect TenMekong RestaurantLefty’s RestaurantHome HardwareBrigadoon GolfBlack Goose Inn

Stanford AutoDairy QueenTan’s RestaurantA& W – ParksvillePampered WomanShell CanadaTigh Na Mara ResortUrban EdgeCloverdale PaintBody Works FitnessArrowsmith GolfPacific Shores OpticalOceanside Stylist & Barber Shoppe

Plus the many members of our community and club who gave so generously for this event in support of local cancer patient care.


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SUBMERGED VEHICLE: A 2003 Acura MDZ is towed away after becoming partially submerged in the ocean near Qualicum Beach on Friday at noon, according to police. Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman said the driver of the vehicle was a Port Moody man who was attempting to launch his boat at low-tide and got stuck. Foreman said this isn’t the first time this has hap-pened in the area but “it’s not really advisable to launch your boat at low tide.” Foreman said there were no oil spills and no charges were laid.

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BUTT OUT: A small bush fire was quickly put out by the Parksville Volunteer Fire Department in the backyard of a Weld Street residence in Parksville on Friday at approximately 11:30 a.m. PVFD deputy fire chief Marc Norris said the cause of the fire was likely cigarette butts that ignited dry mulch. Norris said cigarette butts remain a major source of fires in the area.

MISSING“Have You Seen Buddy”

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No Questions Asked


The teachers’ strike continues and it rais-es more questions about the school year

ahead and, perhaps, wider concerns about the local economy.

� e Mount Arrowsmith Teachers Associ-ation is the local arm, if you will, of the B.C. Teachers’ Federation, aka the union. Why there needs to be a local association when the BCTF calls all the shots is unclear, but the same argument could be made about the useful-ness of local school boards that are bound to decisions made by the provincial government. � at, however, is a di� erent discussion for a di� erent time.

� e local teachers’ association has 325 members working in 13 schools in District 69. � e school district is the largest employer, by far, in the region. � e average salary of teachers in the province is roughly $75,000 and we have no reason to believe there aren’t teachers here making more than that, and teachers making less than that, so we believe it’s a fair number to use.

� at’s more than $24 million in salaries being dis-bursed here, all of it from taxpayers. Sure, everyone’s pay cheque in this country gets chewed up by taxes, and not all teachers who work here live in District 69. How-ever, even if you take one third of that number — $8 mil-lion — as what’s being spent here out of the pockets of teachers, it’s a signi� cant chunk of the economy.

Like everyone else, teachers pay mortgages, shop in grocery stores, go to restaurants, buy fuel. � ey are en-tering their third month without a pay cheque.

In Parksville Qualicum Beach, all danger signs for businesses can be easily pushed to the side between Victoria Day and Labour Day. It’s a busy time for a re-gion that understandably draws tens of thousands of tourists. By all anecdotal accounts, it’s been a great sum-mer for businesses here — restaurants are full and there are more No Vacancy signs on hotels than we’ve seen in recent years.

� is busy season can mask the underlying signs of danger ahead. If this strike drags on deep into Septem-ber or, heaven forbid, into October, there will be a direct e� ect on the local economy and our employment rate.

If it’s all about the kids, do the teachers and the gov-ernment understand it’s not really good for the kids if their parents aren’t working or the family business struggles?

— Editorial by John Harding

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NOT ALL PURE BREEDS FRANKENSTEIN

In a recent interview published in your paper (The NEWS, Aug. 12), I made com-ments that suggested that I felt all pure breeds were “Frankenstein breeds.” That was certainly not my intention, and as an owner of a pure-bred toy poodle, nor is it my belief.

I was more referring to specific breeds, highlighted by the recent surrender by a “breeder” of 26 Bulldogs to the BCSPCA. These poor dogs all needed multiple surger-ies to their nostrils, palates, eyes, and teeth. They also all suffered from whip worm and coccidia. Our bills are around $10,000 for these poor things. I believe that when we se-lect traits in some breeds to the point where they can no longer walk, breathe or give birth naturally, that is time to stop and look at what we are doing to these dogs.

I believe that there are many reputable breeders out there who breed not for profit, but for love of the breed, and often do not profit at all. This is what separates a respon-sible breeder from a puppy mill.

I still believe that adopting from a res-cue should be someone’s first consider-ation, but if they choose to purchase from a breeder that they ask to see where the dogs live, review medical records, and meet the parents, which incidentally are all things a responsible breeder will insist on anyway. I would like to see a system in the future where the SPCA can work more closely with reputable breeders so that together we can fight the horror that is an unscrupulous puppy mill operation!

I apologize to anyone who was offended by the unintended implication of my com-ments, and invite anyone who would like to speak with me further to please contact me! If anyone suspects that there is a puppy mill

in their area, I encourage them to call our ho-tline at 1-855-622-7722.

LEON DAVIS, BRANCH MANAGER, NANAIMO & DISTRICT BCSPCA

Nanaimo

SURFSIDE RV WOULD BE A GOOD BUY

Re: John Harding’s editorial ‘Try negoti-ating a price now, city’ (The NEWS, Aug. 12).

Recently, I saw that the Surfside RV Re-sort was being offered for sale. I sent the information to Bill Neufeld, suggesting that this could be a good long-term acquisition, and addition to the beach park, for the City of Parksville to make. I asked Bill Neufeld to bring this forward to council.

I felt that, as the City of Parksville was also looking at developing a trail system and bridge over the Englishman River, with an eventual tie in with Rathtrevor Park and Resort row, that the acquisition of Surf Side RV resort would be a natural for the city to make. I will also add, that the City of Parks-ville has already purchased a piece of prop-erty at the foot of Shelly Road, as part of the process of developing the trail from the beach park to Rathtrevor Park and Resort row.

I sat on one of the recent OCP review committees. One thing that came through loud and clear from people was that the beach front was a tremendous asset for the city, and it must be protected at all costs. Plus, may people felt that it should be added to if possible.

I do not feel that bringing this up in council was any form of grand standing at all. I do not want any of these, or other simi-lar discussions to be made in camera. I want them to happen in full view of the citizens of

Parksville, and with their full input. Yes, we have an election coming up. One

that will see elected municipal officials now serve four-year terms. I want to hear from potential candidates where they stand on issues such as this. Where they feel the di-rection of the City of Parksville should go. I feel that issues, such as a potential purchase of Surf Side RV Resort as an addition to the City of Parksville park land, should be made in open council meetings, and the Citizens of Parksville having ample opportunity for comment and input.

I would also like to hear where the oth-er election candidates sit on this issue, and others like it.

NORMAN PATTERSONParksville

EXERCISE LIKE A DOGYou would not expect your pets to sit still

all day and watch TV. You make sure they have clean water, healthy food which prob-ably costs more than your own and day care if you can’t exercise your pet.

We give our pets fresh water and good nutrition because we love them. We do not offer sugary treats because they are not re-ally treats at all, but poison. How come hu-mans forget this innate wisdom and refuse water and good nutrition in favour of just another cookie with coffee?

What about exercising ourselves?I encourage you to release your ‘inner

dog’ and take that 20-minute walk or dig or romp every day, no matter what. Would you be depriving yourself? No, you’d be demonstrating self-love, and reaping posi-tive health benefits very soon.

VICTORIA FABLINGQualicum Beach

LettersQUOTABLE:

“Therefore on Thursday, Aug. 21 we will be responding to our customers requests by becoming a full tipping restaurant.”

DAVID JONES, see story page A31

VIEWS IN THE NEWSWe asked: What are your plans for the Labour Day long weekend?

I’m going to eat ice

cream and look for

bullfrogs.

BEN BRUMMIT

Parksville

Sleep in.

SHANNON HOWES

Parksville

Go bike riding.

MATTHEW BRUMMIT

Parksville

I don’t know, fool

around.

RYAN HOWES

Parksville

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Government ContactsPROVINCIAL:

TEUNIS WESTBROEKMayor, Town of Qualicum Beach

Town office: 250-752-6921e-mail: [email protected]

JAMES LUNNEY,MP Nanaimo-Alberni

1-866-390-7550e-mail: nanaimo@ jameslunneymp.ca

FEDERAL: QUALICUM:

CHRIS BURGERMayor,City of Parksville

City Hall office:250-954-4661e-mail: [email protected]

JOE STANHOPEChairman,Regional District of Nanaimo

250-390-4111e-mail: [email protected]

PARKSVILLE: RDN:

MICHELLE STILWELL,MLAParksvilleQualicum250-248-2625e-mail [email protected]

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HAPPENINGS

INDIGO JAZZ – Friday, September 12th 7pm (doors open at 6:30)

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Join us during the month of September for two exciting exhibitions at the McMillan Arts Centre as

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SEPTEMBER EXHIBIT

Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing will be held by the Council of the City of Parksville on Wednesday, September 3, 2014, at 6 pm in the Parksville Civic and Technology Centre, 100 Jensen Avenue East, Parksville, BC to consider public representations on the following bylaw:

“ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT AMENDMENT BYLAW, 2014, NO. 2000.94”

“Zoning and Development Amendment Bylaw, 2014, No. 2000.94” 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 ‘Comprehensive Development CD-21’ to a new ‘Comprehensive Development CD-25’ zone to allow for the development of a grocery store and convenience oriented personal service and retail use that service the adjacent neighbourhood and surrounding local area on a portion of the property legally described as:

Lot 10, District Lot 14, Nanoose District, Plan 2536 except Plans 733RW and VIP65392 (371 Alberni Highway) as shown shaded in black on the map below.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

A copy of the proposed bylaw and documents may be inspected at the planning department, Parksville Civic and Technology Centre, 100 Jensen Avenue East, Parksville, BC during regular office hours (8 am to 4 pm) weekdays, excluding statutory holidays, from Monday, July 21, 2014, to and including Wednesday, September 3, 2014.

CONDUCT OF HEARING

At the Hearing, the public will be allowed to make representations to City Council respecting matters contained in the proposed bylaw and all persons who believe their interest in property is affected by the proposed bylaw shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to be heard or to present written submissions respecting matters contained in the bylaw.

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PARTNERSHIPS CREATING JOBS

Re: the editorial ‘One slow process’ (The NEWS, Aug. 21).

I want to thank editor John Harding for the editorial, especially the realization that there is no fast track to job creation.

I do want to point out and ensure recogni-tion is given to all of the stakeholder partners that make up Oceanside Initiatives as it is the partnership that has made our progress to date possible.

The group consists of the Regional District of Nanaimo, The Town of Qualicum Beach, The City of Parksville, The Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce, The Parksville Quali-cum Beach Tourism Association, The Parksville Downtown Business Association, School Dis-trict 69, Vancouver Island University and the Parksville & District Chamber of Commerce.

It is the strength of the partner organizations and the regional focus of the projects that will result in a strong and sustainable Oceanside economy.

KIM BURDEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PARKSVILLE AND DISTRICT CHAMBER OF

COMMERCEParksville

CATSPAN THANKSOur community’s feral cats, the neutered

colonies being fed by CatSpan, now have enough food to last 2-3 months thanks to the Aug. 16 cat food drive.

Thrifty Foods let us use a great spot in front of their store entrance, and Bosley’s had cat food specials on all day for people to buy and donate to CatSpan. Supporters dropped off cat food and donations all day as well, and we got a very large donation of cat food from a generous distributor of Qualicum Pet Foods. Our thanks to all of you.

Feral cats are now thought to be the main contributor of the kittens who end up in shel-

ters and rescues. Many feral–born kittens don’t survive and if we can’t catch them, or catch them while they are still young enough to be tamed, those who do survive become feral and, in turn, give birth to more kittens. CatSpan will neuter any feral (can’t be picked up or touched) or stray cats you are feeding at no cost (or by do-nation if you wish to help the cause). Contact information is on our website www.catspanfer-als.com.

Let us know if you need our help. Cats are neutered and returned to where they are living. We are not a cat removal/killing service, how-ever. Feral cats are very difficult to move, re-quiring quite a lot of effort though occasionally we have to get cats out of dangerous (to them) areas and we are always looking for kind peo-ple with barn homes wanting some non-toxic rodent control in exchange for food and shelter for these cats.

We still welcome cat food donations year long, and drop off spots are listed on our web-site as well.

JENNIFER COLEMAN, CATSPAN VOLUNTEERParksville

MISSING MLAFor months now I have tried to get a meeting

with my MLA Michelle Stilwell. My attempts have included everything from e-mails, phone calls and dropping by her office. The matter I need to speak to her about affects many of those in her constituency, fits within her port-folio and is of a time-sensitive nature.

So far I have managed to score an appoint-ment which was cancelled a few weeks later. I have tried repeatedly to re-book, but all I have experienced is stumbling blocks. My calls are not returned and when I do get through to staff I am told that I will be called back but this does not happen.

Remind me again why we elect an MLA?SUE ALDOUS

Qualicum Beach

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lettersRAIL QUESTIONS

We keep hearing about the proposed reopening of the rail line on the Island. However, with each update, the story changes. First, the repairs and upgrades would cost about $105 million then, a mere $21million would be sufficient.

That was supposed to enable VIA Rail service from Victoria to Courtenay. How-ever, the last report says that the new plan is to open only between Victoria and Nanaimo, and there will need to be a sta-tion built in Victoria, and also a mainte-nance depot in Nanaimo.

As I understood it, the money donated to the project was on the assurance that it would cover the cost to reopen the whole line, not just a part thereof. Consequently, all contributions by municipalities north of Nanaimo will not now gain any bene-fit from the money their taxpayers have spent on the project.

I also feel people are not asking some relevant questions of the Island Corridor spokespersons, questions like:

• Has there been a feasibility study done to see if this project would be a vi-able proposition? Since it closed because of lack of funds for repairs, I suspect the answer is probably a negative.

• Has there been a proper study of the line? Is it a possibility that the ties will be replaced, only to find that the line still will not pass a safety inspection?

• The line has been closed for 3.5 years. Presumable, the original quotes are out of date by now.

• What happened to the Dayliner?• How much would a new maintenance

building cost, and is the equipment re-quired still available, or would new equip-ment need to be purchased?

• Has anyone researched available land for said maintenance building? Would Nanaimo council give required planning permission for the land to used for that purpose? Ditto for the station in Victoria.

It seems to me that this project has been poorly researched, and even more poorly costed out and planned. Numer-

ous people have been quoted as saying that we need this rail service, but did any-one ask these people if they ever used the service when it was running before — not even on a regular basis, but even once?

The fact is that Vancouver Island does not have near the population base to be able to run this kind of service, and the whole thing is merely a fantasy, that tax-payers will have to pay for with their feder-al, provincial and municipal dollars.

Hopefully, more intelligent brains will prevail, and stop this expensive folly.

KATHY ROBINSONParksville

DON’T FORGET HAZELRe: the story ‘It’s Westbroek vs Widdi-

field’ (The NEWS, Aug. 19).Has Denyse Widdifield heard of the

mayor of Mississauga, Hazel McCallion?She was acclaimed twice and re-elect-

ed 10 times. This lady has been mayor for 36 years. This is more than double the

time Teunis Westbroek has been in office.I would suggest that people don’t want

change just for the sake of change.Please give me one good reason why 15

years is too long for a mayor to hold office, if that is the wish of the people?

So, Widdifield states she has no polit-ical experience. She is therefore going to use our town as a testing ground to hone her skills. Being the mayor of a town is vastly different from fund raising for the Rotary Gala or the Heritage Forest. Maybe she should run as a councillor first. That way we could see what type of mayor we would be getting if or when we award her that trusted position.

I have a question for her which I think should be answered publicly.

Did she or her team have any connec-tion to or with the recent telephone poll carried out by the Logit Group? I and many others would be interested to hear her response.

SUSAN PORTERQualicum Beach

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Cars are our cathedrals— Roland Barthes

Holly Chabowski would certainly buy that premise. She’s a Danish tourist who travelled across Canada with her girl-friend last summer. She was so moved by the experience she wrote an ‘open letter’ to all of us. The letter was published in the Ottawa Citizen.

Long story short: the Danes loved Canadians. Hated the Canadian car cul-ture. “We were tourists in your country for five weeks” she wrote. “Our over-whelming memory of Canada is cars, traffic, parking and the related obesity and unfulfilled communities. We were treated like second-class citizens com-pared to cars. The air was dirty and the constant noise from horns and engines was unpleasant.”

Of all the nerve. I find Ms. Chabowski’s comments rude, impertinent, unsettling

and unseemly.Too bad she’s dead right.A goldfish never figures

out that it lives in a glass bowl; North Americans don’t seem to notice that we live in a world custom-ized for stinking, cacoph-onous, resource-guzzling, lethal motorized convey-ances. Some day ages hence, historians will look back and shake their heads at the way we allowed mere vehicles to dictate how we lived. They’ll find it hard to accept that we fouled our own air, gutted our cities for freeways, paved farmland for suburbs and cloverleafs and built multi-storey parking garages to house two-ton machines many of which were only used a couple of hours a day.

Perhaps it takes a Holly Chabowski to open our eyes. She grew up in cities that

were built before the car took over. Europeans must have an instinctive appreciation for non-car culture, right?

Well...I’m not sure. There is, after all, Vasteras. It’s a typical small town not known for much, other than that one insane weekend each summer when mass-es of chrome and steel land yachts, many of them more than half a century old, show up for a phenomenon called

Power Big Meet. Which just happens to the biggest — and possibly grossest — automobile show in the world.

Eighteen thousand cars showed up for Power Big Meet 2014 this July. Not sleek Aston Martins, dinky Smart cars or even stodgy Volvos. They were great hulking Pontiacs, Fords, Oldsmobiles and Chev-rolets. Detroit behemoths of 1960’s and

1970’s vintage.In North America such cars are con-

sidered beaters, junkers and gas-guz-zling dinosaurs.

In Vasteras they call them Pure Gold. They say that for that one weekend there’s more classic Detroit iron in the tiny town of Vasteras than in all of the United States. They celebrate their clunkers with drag races, car parades, very loud country mu-sic...and they drink an awful lot of beer.

Sounds a lot like a Down South tail-gate party but Power Big Meet happens a little north and east of Dixie. Vasteras is a small town an hour’s drive north of Stockholm..Sweden!

You know Sweden...Denmark’s next-door neighbour? Don’t look now, Hol-ly Chabowski, but your goldfish bowl is showing.

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Cars are our cathedrals— Roland Barthes

Holly Chabowski would certainly buy that premise. She’s a Danish tourist who travelled across Canada with her girl-friend last summer. She was so moved by the experience she wrote an ‘open letter’ to all of us. The letter was published in the Ottawa Citizen.

Long story short: the Danes loved Canadians. Hated the Canadian car cul-ture. “We were tourists in your country for five weeks” she wrote. “Our over-whelming memory of Canada is cars, traffic, parking and the related obesity and unfulfilled communities. We were treated like second-class citizens com-pared to cars. The air was dirty and the constant noise from horns and engines was unpleasant.”

Of all the nerve. I find Ms. Chabowski’s comments rude, impertinent, unsettling

and unseemly.Too bad she’s dead right.A goldfish never figures

out that it lives in a glass bowl; North Americans don’t seem to notice that we live in a world custom-ized for stinking, cacoph-onous, resource-guzzling, lethal motorized convey-ances. Some day ages hence, historians will look back and shake their heads at the way we allowed mere vehicles to dictate how we lived. They’ll find it hard to accept that we fouled our own air, gutted our cities for freeways, paved farmland for suburbs and cloverleafs and built multi-storey parking garages to house two-ton machines many of which were only used a couple of hours a day.

Perhaps it takes a Holly Chabowski to open our eyes. She grew up in cities that

were built before the car took over. Europeans must have an instinctive appreciation for non-car culture, right?

Well...I’m not sure. There is, after all, Vasteras. It’s a typical small town not known for much, other than that one insane weekend each summer when mass-es of chrome and steel land yachts, many of them more than half a century old, show up for a phenomenon called

Power Big Meet. Which just happens to the biggest — and possibly grossest — automobile show in the world.

Eighteen thousand cars showed up for Power Big Meet 2014 this July. Not sleek Aston Martins, dinky Smart cars or even stodgy Volvos. They were great hulking Pontiacs, Fords, Oldsmobiles and Chev-rolets. Detroit behemoths of 1960’s and

1970’s vintage.In North America such cars are con-

sidered beaters, junkers and gas-guz-zling dinosaurs.

In Vasteras they call them Pure Gold. They say that for that one weekend there’s more classic Detroit iron in the tiny town of Vasteras than in all of the United States. They celebrate their clunkers with drag races, car parades, very loud country mu-sic...and they drink an awful lot of beer.

Sounds a lot like a Down South tail-gate party but Power Big Meet happens a little north and east of Dixie. Vasteras is a small town an hour’s drive north of Stockholm..Sweden!

You know Sweden...Denmark’s next-door neighbour? Don’t look now, Hol-ly Chabowski, but your goldfish bowl is showing.

— Arthur Black lives on Saltspring Is-land. His column appears every Tuesday in

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Organizers are calling the first annual Mid Island Hot Rod Association Show and Shine last weekend at Arbutus Meadows in Nanoose Bay a great success.

There were 142 cars exhibited at Arbutus Meadows on Sunday, Aug. 17 and more than 6,000 spectators came out to see the cars and take in the fun, which included pony rides, slides, face painting and trampolines for the kids while the adults had a swap meet, beer gar-den and lots of food vendors to keep them busy while looking at the great selection of hot rod and custom cars.

The event was a fundraiser for the Nanoose

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The association says it would like to extend a huge thank you to all participants, spectators, sponsors and volunteers for helping to make this a great success.

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More entertainment and kids’ activities this yearLISSA [email protected]

The mornings are getting cooler and the leaves are contemplating their de-cent, what better time for a fall fair in Lighthouse Country.

It’s the 44th annual Lighthouse Coun-try Fall Fair in Qualicum Bay Saturday, Aug. 30 and this year there will be top-notch music and even more activities than last year for the young ones.

Brodie Dawson will be playing at one of two stages at the fair this year. She took Vocalist of the Year at the 2014 Vancou-ver Island Music Awards and she recently played the main stage at Duncan’s Sun-fest, where she warmed up with super stars like George Canyon and Jake Owen.

Well-loved local musician Gerry Bar-num will be playing his soulful originals with some slide guitar and harmonica, The Jagsters will entertain with its distinc-tive R&B style featuring Pete Swan and Jamie Morgan and Bruce and Judy Wing, who won the 2014 VIMA Roots Song of the Year, will also perform. Joanna Finch will be performing along with BlackCatz, Peter Mason and the Ton of Fun Gang, Hayley Williams, the Dusty Hand Reggae Band, Peter Pringle and more. The stage located indoors will also have activities.

The children will enjoy the usual pony rides, petting zoo and bouncy castles, but there are also some new games like a fro-zen T-shirt contest, an obstacle course, zorba balls and more. The Pet Parade will

take place at 10:15 a.m. and it will be led by the popular Daisy the Cow and Farmer Vicky. The British Car Club will certainly be attracting people to that corner of the fair, while others may be interested in watching local carver Oscar Moria show what can be done with a cedar log.

There are some wonderful raffle prizes this year including WestJet tickets for two anywhere the airline travels.

“A representative from WestJest will be there to draw it,” said Pat McLean, presi-dent of the Bow Horne Bay Community Club which is hosting the fair. “ I don’t think we’ll be able to top that one,” she laughed.

Other prizes include two nights at the Fairmont Empress in Victoria with high tea, tickets to Victoria’s Butchart Gardens and even a guitar which comes with a lesson. Buy your tickets at the fair and the draw will be done around 2:45 at the main stage outside.

The Indoor Artisan Hall will feature 18 local artists selling everything from skin-care to artisan bread to paintings. Bardo the Owl will be on-site for a visit from the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre, and there will be a dog agility show while model airplanes fly overhead.

And then there’s the exhibits. Check out the baking, the best freak vegetables, needlecraft, photography and much more. People can bring their entries on Aug. 29 from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. to the Lighthouse Community Hall.

The fair takes place Aug. 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and entry is $5 for adults and free for children under 12.

For more information visit www.com-munityclub.ca.

Lighthouse fall fair expands for 2014

NEWS FILE PHOTO

The 44th annual Lighthouse Country Fall Fair will take place Aug. 30 in Qualicum Bay. Above at last year’s fair, a youngster gets cozy with Daisy the Cow and Farmer Vicky.

Group donates proceeds from the classes at St. Edmunds to the Parksville food bankLISSA [email protected]

Due to popular demand, Parksville Tai Chi is expanding to include an evening class.

The group recently celebrated its first year and have grown to now of-fer the practice five times a week.

“I am very excited about how this group is growing,” said founder Eva Grodt. Grodt and her fellow instructors donate all the proceeds from the classes back to the community and will be handing over $300 to the Parksville Food Bank this month.

Beginner classes now run Mondays from 6 to 8 p.m. starting Sept. 8 as well as Thursdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. starting Sept. 4.

Fees are $20 per month or $50 for three months.The classes take place at St. Edmunds Church in Parksville.Tai Chi has been known to improve circulation, lower blood pressure,

and improve arthritis, back pain, respiratory problems, digestive disor-ders and more.

People can show up at the classes and watch, register at the door, or call or email Grodt to register for any of the classes and for more informa-tion at 250-954-1002 or email [email protected].

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Evening class added


JAMMIN’ AT THE JAMBOREE: Lonesome 77 from Victoria gave an entertaining performance at the second annual Coombs Country Music Jamboree on Saturday hosted by the Coombs Hilliers Recreation and Community Organization.


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More entertainment and kids’ activities this yearLISSA [email protected]

The mornings are getting cooler and the leaves are contemplating their de-cent, what better time for a fall fair in Lighthouse Country.

It’s the 44th annual Lighthouse Coun-try Fall Fair in Qualicum Bay Saturday, Aug. 30 and this year there will be top-notch music and even more activities than last year for the young ones.

Brodie Dawson will be playing at one of two stages at the fair this year. She took Vocalist of the Year at the 2014 Vancou-ver Island Music Awards and she recently played the main stage at Duncan’s Sun-fest, where she warmed up with super stars like George Canyon and Jake Owen.

Well-loved local musician Gerry Bar-num will be playing his soulful originals with some slide guitar and harmonica, The Jagsters will entertain with its distinc-tive R&B style featuring Pete Swan and Jamie Morgan and Bruce and Judy Wing, who won the 2014 VIMA Roots Song of the Year, will also perform. Joanna Finch will be performing along with BlackCatz, Peter Mason and the Ton of Fun Gang, Hayley Williams, the Dusty Hand Reggae Band, Peter Pringle and more. The stage located indoors will also have activities.

The children will enjoy the usual pony rides, petting zoo and bouncy castles, but there are also some new games like a fro-zen T-shirt contest, an obstacle course, zorba balls and more. The Pet Parade will

take place at 10:15 a.m. and it will be led by the popular Daisy the Cow and Farmer Vicky. The British Car Club will certainly be attracting people to that corner of the fair, while others may be interested in watching local carver Oscar Moria show what can be done with a cedar log.

There are some wonderful raffle prizes this year including WestJet tickets for two anywhere the airline travels.

“A representative from WestJest will be there to draw it,” said Pat McLean, presi-dent of the Bow Horne Bay Community Club which is hosting the fair. “ I don’t think we’ll be able to top that one,” she laughed.

Other prizes include two nights at the Fairmont Empress in Victoria with high tea, tickets to Victoria’s Butchart Gardens and even a guitar which comes with a lesson. Buy your tickets at the fair and the draw will be done around 2:45 at the main stage outside.

The Indoor Artisan Hall will feature 18 local artists selling everything from skin-care to artisan bread to paintings. Bardo the Owl will be on-site for a visit from the North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre, and there will be a dog agility show while model airplanes fly overhead.

And then there’s the exhibits. Check out the baking, the best freak vegetables, needlecraft, photography and much more. People can bring their entries on Aug. 29 from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. to the Lighthouse Community Hall.

The fair takes place Aug. 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and entry is $5 for adults and free for children under 12.

For more information visit www.com-munityclub.ca.

Lighthouse fall fair expands for 2014

NEWS FILE PHOTO

The 44th annual Lighthouse Country Fall Fair will take place Aug. 30 in Qualicum Bay. Above at last year’s fair, a youngster gets cozy with Daisy the Cow and Farmer Vicky.

Group donates proceeds from the classes at St. Edmunds to the Parksville food bankLISSA [email protected]

Due to popular demand, Parksville Tai Chi is expanding to include an evening class.

The group recently celebrated its first year and have grown to now of-fer the practice five times a week.

“I am very excited about how this group is growing,” said founder Eva Grodt. Grodt and her fellow instructors donate all the proceeds from the classes back to the community and will be handing over $300 to the Parksville Food Bank this month.

Beginner classes now run Mondays from 6 to 8 p.m. starting Sept. 8 as well as Thursdays from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. starting Sept. 4.

Fees are $20 per month or $50 for three months.The classes take place at St. Edmunds Church in Parksville.Tai Chi has been known to improve circulation, lower blood pressure,

and improve arthritis, back pain, respiratory problems, digestive disor-ders and more.

People can show up at the classes and watch, register at the door, or call or email Grodt to register for any of the classes and for more informa-tion at 250-954-1002 or email [email protected].

PARKSVILLE TAI CHI

Evening class added


JAMMIN’ AT THE JAMBOREE: Lonesome 77 from Victoria gave an entertaining performance at the second annual Coombs Country Music Jamboree on Saturday hosted by the Coombs Hilliers Recreation and Community Organization.


Her oil paintings currently hanging for sale at The Gallery @ Qualicum Art SupplyLISSA [email protected]

Buoys float Margery Blom’s boat.

The local artist has had an infatuation with marinas ever since she arrived in the area a year ago from Manitoba, and there’s something particular-ly interesting about colourful, floating buoys, she said.

“I love the floats. They just bob like Christmas decorations — the more floats on a boat the happier I am,” she laughed.

Blom’s oil paintings of local marinas are currently hanging for sale at The Gallery @ Qual-icum Art Supply in Qualicum Beach.

Blom has always had a keen desire to create art. In fact when she was 10 years old she decid-ed she was going to quit school and pursue art full time.

“I thought ‘that’s it there’s nothing here for me’, until my mother said ‘you know you can go to art school, the University of Manitoba has that but you

have to finish school first’,” she recalls.

So she relented. She grad-uated and went to art school as planned at the U of M. Af-ter graduation she worked at a small gallery before deciding to use her artistic creativity as a hair stylist. She worked in that field for 14 years and then head-ed back to school for a degree in education, after which she taught hair styling plus a num-ber of academic subjects.

Throughout this time Blom was also painting and doing whatever other crafty things she could get her hands on. She fell in love with ceramics after making a painted Christmas tree ornament and when a ceramics shop came up for sale, she jumped on board. She became a certified ceramics teacher and also taught painting and other art at the studio.

Blom decided to make the move to B.C. last year so she closed down the shop. Although she’s dabbled in pottery, jewel-ry-making and other art forms since she’s arrived, today her main focus is on her painting. She has always painted the out-doors and nature, so it didn’t take long for her to discover her love for marinas.

“It’s the serenity, the water, the reflections, the boats — they tell a story,” she said. “Especially the working marinas where fishing boats are — there’s a whole life in there.”

Her paintings, made with wa-ter-based oil paints, at The Gallery @ Qualicum Art Supply include

Schooner Cove, French Creek, Beachcomber and Fanny Bay marinas. Port Alberni and Comox marinas are also in the works.

Blom is a member of the Oceanside Community Arts Council and has some work at the McMillan Arts Centre in the member’s gallery. She often fills

in at the studios located at The Old School House Arts Centre (TOSH) and brings her paintings along with her, and she’ll have a piece in TOSH’s Members Show from Sept. 8 to Sept. 28.

The Gallery at Qualicum Art Supply is located at 206 W 1st Ave.

LOCAL ARTISTS FEATURE

Margery seems infatuated with marinas


Errington artist Margery Blom has her paintings created at local marinas for sale at The Gallery @ Qualicum Art Supply.

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RAFFLE WINNER: Lisa Graham Hill won a week at a Mexican resort and $1,000 in a raffle to support Por Los Ninos de Zihuatanejo. Above, Ann McColm, right, draws the winning number as Carol Romain holds the entry jar. For more infor-mation about the program, see www.porlosninos.com or e-mail: [email protected].

CELEBRATING MIKE JIGGINS

Golf tourney slated for Sept. 9The first memorial golf tournament to celebrate

Mike Jiggins and raise money for charity will take place on what would have been his 81st birthday.

The event takes place Sept. 9 at Arrowsmith Golf and Country Club and proceeds will benefit the Parksville Qualicum Foundation, which gives fund to a wide range of organizations and initiatives to

meet community needs.Tickets are $69 for dinner, golf and prizes and or-

ganizers are also seeking donations. A shotgun start takes place at 1:30 p.m.

For more information call the proshop at 250-752-9727.

—NEWS Staff

Lazy Mike brings talent outsideA local Celtic roots and rock band is playing an

outdoor concert in Whiskey Creek Sunday, Sept. 7.The Clanns is playing from noon to 4 p.m. as part

of a summer concert series being presented by Lazy Mike’s House of Music at the Sandhill Market. Tick-ets are $5 at the gate and kids 14 and under are free.

People are encouraged to bring a chair to enjoy

the music and the view of the mountains. There is also food on-site available from Texas BBQ, and the mall features Hacienda Mexican Imports and a barn sale.

For more on Lazy Mike’s House of Music visit www.facebook.com/lazymikeshouseofmusic.

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If you were around Parks-ville you may have noticed some photographers comb-ing the corners of the city.

This was a team lead by The Parksville Qualicum Beach News in an effort to put together A Day in the Life of Parksville. Photographers from the newspaper, as well as professionals around town, split up the city and captured everything going on that day from mini golf, construction and music to bowling, playing at the park and cleaning rooms.

The results will highlight-ed in an exhibit at the McMil-lan Arts Centre (the MAC) in Parksville throughout the month of September, and will also be printed in a spe-cial section of The Parksville Qualicum Beach News on Thursday. Check it out and you may even spot yourself in a photo.

Along with that exhibi-tion at the MAC, Sybil An-drews Cottage Art Group from Campbell River is pre-senting Gals in a Mission. Ten women from the group

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Jackie Worboys of the Qualicum Weavers and Spinners guild was pleased to show five year old Grace and two year old Ella Larson of Qualicum Beach some of the techniques used to make wool blankets the old fash-ioned way. The sisters were among the hundreds who enjoyed a fun filled day August 23 to mark the 100th anniversary of the train station. The Centennial Belles modelled the 1914 fashions they sewed especially for the event.

Salmon slayers (left to right) William Roberts, Brett Wildeman, Zach Mosher, Noah Ward and Rudy Hiersemann were among the participants who caught fish in the annual Save-On-Foods French Creek Fishing Derby held August 22, 23 and 24. A record 530 derby tickets were sold in the fundraiser for the Marion Baker Fish Hatchery. Mosher entered two nice sized springs not as big as the 30 pounder he caught a week ago.

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The Golden Buddha shrine at the Tibetan Buddhist Centre on Grafton Ave. is a must see. On August 22 a record number of 40 people turned out for a guided tour. Janet King is one of the volunteers who leads the tours and was more than happy to explain some of the practices that take place on the acreage. The main temple and the golden shrine are open to the entire community with tours on Wednesdays at noon and Fridays at 2:30.

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Hundreds of people entered the three-day event this year with a record 530 tickets being sold. French Creek Pub owner Russ Mosher who helped organize the event said it was a huge increase from last year and will result in a big donation for the Marion Baker Fish Hatchery. � e hatchery on Miller Road was built in 1982 and since then volunteers have been creating a healthy salmon � shery for the area’s sport � shermen.

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It is tucked away in Coombs but � e Kathok Buddhist Meditation Centre at 2800 Grafton Avenue is well worth a visit. � ere are free guided tours running until the end of September. You can drop by the centre on Wednesday at 12 p.m. (except September 3) or Friday at 2:30 p.m. for a tour of the Golden Buddha shrine and the meditation hall which has hundreds beautiful artifacts from Tibet. A sight to behold, the Golden Buddha is a 15-foot-tall gold-leaf statue of Guru Rinpoche, who brought Buddhism from India to Tibet. � e Kathok Centre o� ers traditional Buddhist meditation practices and in September there will be mindful meditation sessions each Sunday at 10 a.m. On August 26 at the � nal Craig Street Summer by the Sea Market, be sure to visit the centre’s stall for more information about their upcoming events or visit their website at www.kathokcentre.ca Submissions are welcome.

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Pearl Petersen’s smiling face will be missed by customers and staff at Parksville Pharmasave. There was cake and coffee August 15 to mark the occasion of the pharmacy assistants last day on the job. Pearl had been assisting with prescriptions since 1996 and had been serving the people of Parksville since 1972 when she worked at the original Stedmans. Pearl is planning to hit the links more frequently and work on her golf game.

The bacon boss was cooking his famous deputy dogs and bacon poutine August 15 at the Surfside Auto Tour de Rock charity BBQ. Marcus Chandler, owner of the Extreme Eatz food truck is a huge supporter of cops for cancer and had Oceanside RCMP rider George Minshull on the grill. His cycling partner, Jordan Reid took the food orders and detachment watch clerk Ronelle Mihalick also helped out with the fundraiser.


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David Jones came in with verbal guns a blazin’ talking about how he was going to create change in the industry with his no-tipping model at his Smoke ‘N Water restaurant at Pacific Shores Resort in Na-noose Bay.

Less than three months from open-ing, Jones has scrapped the no-tipping scheme.

“After three months of pioneering the no-tipping concept in Canada, we have chosen to listen to the majority of our lo-

cal customers, who have expressed their desire to have a say on the quality of food and service they receive,” said a notice on the Smoke ‘N Water website, accredited to Smoke ‘N Water management.

“Therefore, on Thursday, Aug. 21 we will be responding to our customers’ requests by becoming a full tipping res-taurant,” the notice continues. “Our com-mitment is to provide you with great ser-vice, great food, in a great atmosphere. We hope you will enjoy our new and exciting menu including our lower food and liquor prices.”

Back in late May when he spoke to The NEWS about his new restaurant and model, Jones wasn’t shy about sharing his opinions related to the restaurant industry, despite being a newcomer to this sector.

“This (tipping) is a broke system, a broken business model,” Jones told The NEWS in May before turning his atten-tion to local restauranteurs. “I hope they (other restaurant owners) look them-selves in the mirror. I hope I shake them up. I don’t have any loyalties to anyone other than our staff.”

In response to the Jones’ comments

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“You’re forcing the customer to tip re-gardless of how good the service is. I un-derstand what he’s trying to do. They’ve had no success doing it the standard way out there so he’s going to try something new. Unless he is going to pay a signifi-cantly higher wage, he’s going to get the bottom of the barrel (for staff), a lot of rookies who have little or no experience. And are they going to have to charge $19 for a hamburger?”

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If you love all things local, this contest is for you.

But before we get ahead of ourselves — what does it even mean to shop “local” these days?

B.C. Agriculture Council spokesper-son Reg Ens agrees “it’s a funny word” that gets thrown around a lot.

“For me buying local means explor-ing,” he told The NEWS from his Abbots-ford office Thursday. “It means being aware of what is around.”

Ens said British Columbia has “some of the highest environmental and food safety standards in the world.”

The contest has been affectionately deemed “We Heart Local” and the idea is to support and promote B.C. family-owned farms and food businesses.

This is how it works: British Colum-bians nominate any of their local favou-rites in the following categories: farmers’ market, store to buy local products, meat or poultry supplier, seafood supplier, cheesemaker, sweet treat, advocate, win-ery, brewery, food truck, U-pick farm, orchard/fruit supplier, restaurant/chef, florist/nursery and greenhouse.

Nominations are open Aug. 19 to Sept. 1. Any person living in B.C. may nomi-nate their favourites in any or all of the categories listed above by visiting www.weheartlocalawards.ca. Once nomina-

tions are closed people are then asked to vote for their favourites. Voting is open Sept. 2-16. There are incentives in place for nominating and voting — including weekly draws for a $100 gift certificate to your local farmers’ market and entry into a grand prize draw where you could win a three-night stay at Taku Resort and Ma-rina along with a cooking course for two valued at $2,000.

Ens explains the contest “uses the In-terconnectivity of the internet” to bring provincial attention to small-scale food operations with more of a focus on qual-ity than quantity.

He said the idea of the contest is to

start the conversation about what it means to shop and eat locally.

“We have such a diversity of food here,” he said. “We should be supporting our local economy and our neighbours.”

Ens said the contest is in its second year and has 90 nominees so far.

Last year Little Qualicum Cheese-works took second place in the favourite local cheese maker category and owner Nancy Gourlay encourages Parksville Qualicum Beach residents to take part in the contest.

“Everyone has a favourite local win-ery, farmers’ market, cheese maker or a store that carries locally grown food

and products,” said Gourlay. “The We Heart Local Awards provides a platform for people in B.C. to tell each other about their favourites and to draw attention to the fantastic locally grown and produced food and agriculture we have here in B.C.”

The application can be downloaded for free through iTunes.

For more information visit www.we-heartlocalbc.ca/app/.

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Above is cheesemaker Jerrold Paetkau at Little Qualicum Cheeseworks, which took second place province-wide in last year’s We Heart Local contest in the favourite local cheesemaker category. The contest promotes local food movement in B.C.

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Rose, always strong in her faith, gracefully and peacefully slipped away to join God’s family, at Stanford Residence in Parksville, BC, at the age of 77. Devoted wife to her one true love, the late Gordy Buller.She was the dedicated and kind mother of Jennifer Buller and Marlene Buller-Lesage (Rob); loving grandmother of Tyler, Tanner, Tory, and Tatum. Rose Martina also adored a special great-grandson Robbie who visited her in BC. She was an ever-supportive sister to Noel (Carol) Jones of Garden River, Ann Alice (Dennis) Mount of Sudbury, late Stephen (Helena) Jones, Dennis (late Evelyn) Jones, Theresa (Clarence Sweet) Jones, Sid (Eileen) Jones, Caroline (Randy) Barry, Joseph, late Brian (Dorothy), all of Garden River, and baby sister Verna Lee (Doug) Sewell of the Batchewana First Nation. Marty was also a loyal sister to the Buller family; long-time friend of Linda Lewis; and a very special Aunt, Godmother and Great Aunt to many nieces and nephews.We thank the countless staff at Stanford for the care and love of our Mother. A very special thank you to Susan and Teresa for their laughter and humour.Friends and family are invited to participate in a traditional Catholic viewing, funeral and burial at the Arthur Funeral Home in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Garden River, Ontario and Garden River Catholic Cemetery respectively. The viewings are Sunday August 24 from 4-7pm and Monday August 25 from 9-10 am. The Funeral Mass and Interment will begin at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church at 11:00 am on Monday, August 25th, 2014 and conclude with lunch at the Loghouse in Garden River. Donations to the Alzheimer’s Society and/or the RMB Trust Fund for the constructing and placement of a Memorial Rose Bench and rose garden to be forever located at Stanford in Parksville BC would be greatly appreciated. She was a resident favourite!

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Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Annie Robina Paterson Hillsden, Deceased are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to Eric George Hillsden, the Executor of the Estate, c/o Rodway & Perry, at P.O. Box 138, Qualicum Beach, B.C V9K 1S7 on or before October 3, 2014, after which date the Executor will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.ERIC GEORGE HILLSDENExecutor

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RE: THE ESTATE OF MARY JOAN GATES, Deceased, formerlyof 650 Berwick Road North, Qualicum Beach, B.C.

NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND OTHERS

Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Mary Joan Gates, Deceased are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to Charles Cormack Christopher Gates, the Executor of the Estate, c/o Rodway & Perry, at #1-699 Beach Road, Qualicum Beach, B.C on or before October 10, 2014, after which date the Executor will distribute the Estate among the parties entitled to it, having regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

CHARLES CORMACK CHRISTOPHER GATESExecutor

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-promoting the safety of women, children, youth & families.NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Haven Society’s AGM will be held Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014, 6pm

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For more info & to RSVP contact:Theresa Gerritsen 250-756-2452

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND

OTHERS

Re: The Estate of George Victor Duerden, deceased, formerly of

266 Moilliet Street, Parksville, British

Columbia, V9P 1M9.

Creditors and others having claims against the estate of George Victor Duerden are hereby noti-fi ed under section 38 of the Trustee Act that par-ticulars of their claims should be sent to the Ex-ecutor at 837 Burdett Avenue, Main Floor, Vic-toria, BC, V8W 1B3, on or before September 18, 2014, after which date the Executor will distrib-ute the estate among the parties entitled to it, hav-ing regard to the claims of which the Executor then has notice.

Shirley Agnes Carver, Executor

Clay & Company, Solicitors.

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LEGALS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS for April Rosemary Jean Temple, Deceased, formerly of 1031 Tara Crescent, Parksville, BC. Particulars of any claims should be sent to Jeffrey Tem-ple and April McQueen, Co-Executors of the estate, c/o Clapp & Company, Barristers & Solicitors, at 4599 Chatter-ton Way, Victoria, BC V8X 4Y7, on or before October 9, 2014.

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PUBLIC NOTICEFinancial Plan Meeting

Please be advised that there will be a public information meeting to discuss the Town of Qualicum Beach Financial Plan for the year’s 2015 to 2019. The purpose of the meeting is to undertake a process of public consultation regarding the Town’s finances.

This meeting will be held on Monday, September 8, 2014 at 7:00 pm in the Council Chamber Town Hall, #201-660 Primrose Street, Qualicum Beach. An agenda for the meeting will be available from Town Hall on Friday, August 29, 2014. The agenda and financial plan documents will also be posted on the Town’s website at www.qualicumbeach.com.

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Parksville taekwondo instructor Seth Flem-ing-Alho recently had the chance to com-pete in the Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) gathering in Tacoma, Washington, coming home with a great experience.

There was a large contingent from Flem-ing-Alho’s Blood and Iron school, but the gath-ering also included participants from Oregon, Washington, California, Montana, the Nether-lands, Finland and Scotland.

F l e m i n g –Alho also teaches the s o f t - s w o r d “c h a n b a r a ” ( w e a p o n s ) classes. He is also a stu-dent of the New Westminster Blood and Iron Martial Arts School, where he studies the combat styles of medieval and renaissance Europe.

Earlier this August, Fleming–Alho ventured into the past when he attended the Pacific North West HEMA gathering south of the bor-der in Tacoma.

The tournament consisted of training sem-inars and competitions. The seminars provid-ed training in sword and buckler techniques, grappling, hand-to-hand combat and knife

Parksville’s Seth Fleming-Alho took part in a Historical European Martial Arts tournament Local instructor excelled in TacomaTAEKWONDO

Training camp was well run

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work. The competitions included long sword, sword and buckler, single stick, grappling and tatami mat cutting.

Seth competed in two single stick matches. He won his first match, but lost to a fellow Blood and Iron stu-dent in his second match. The person he lost to earned second place in the

competition.For Fleming–Alho, this was a

chance to meet people with simi-lar interests, train with world-class HEMA instructors, and experience the competition.

“People who don’t know much about HEMA think it consists of the

slow-moving of heavy swords,” said Fleming–Alho. “But in reality it is very fast-paced, and takes a lot of concen-tration.”

“Participants must constantly think about their stance, look for openings to strike and be prepared to block an opponent’s attack,” he said.

“We’ve got a few guys that we’re going to hang on to,” Johns said. “Of course, the objec-tive of this league is to move guys up to the next level and we’re not going to hold anyone back for the sake of trying to make our team better in that aspect. We’ll see what happens when the dust settles but we like what we’ve got here go-ing forward.”

The players report that training camp was enjoyable, with plenty of activities both on and off the ice, something a few of the returning Generals felt was quite similar to how the ju-nior A camps were run in the spring.

“Yeah, it was run real well, I was surprised in a good way,” Carlos Grouchy said, who played last season with the Generals. “There are a lot of younger guys here that are hungry to play and want to show what they’ve got and the camara-derie that showed on and off the ice was a direct result, I think, of the way things were ran here.”

Since he was hired on as the head coach, Johns has been wanting to take more of an all–around approach to coaching the team, on and off the ice.

“We wanted to try and be similar to a junior A club and how they run things,” he said. “I think that creating that team aspect is important and weaving this team together, not only with each other but with the community, is a big part of that.”

Puck drop for Wednesday’s exhibition game, the only one at home, against the Buccaneers is at 7:30 at Oceanside Place.


People who don’t know much about HEMA

think it consists of the slow-moving of heavy

swords. But in reality it is very fast-paced, and takes

a lot of concentration.SETH FLEMING-ALHO

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Darren Berrecloth’s local invitational event was part of the Red Bull world tourWorld talent soars at BearclawMOUNTAIN BIKING

Generals gearing up for exhibition gamesVIJHL HOCKEY


It was a weekend filled with thrills and some spills on Mount Washington, as the venue once again hosted the Bearclaw Invitational.

This marked the first year that the Bearclaw was added as a Diamond Event as part of the Red Bull Freestyle Moun-tain Biking World Tour. This meant that, unlike previous years, they not only had top level competition from all corners of the globe, but there were FMB tour points on the line for the third of five events on the schedule.

Current points leader Anthony Messere, from Quebec, was in the field and coming off a third place finish from the Red Bull Joyride event in Whistler the week before. Also in the field was the first place finisher at that event, Brandon Semenuk, from Vancouver. There were a slew of the top freestyle mountain bikers from around the world and of course, the man whose name bears the event, Dar-ren Berrecloth.

“Bearclaw,” as he’s known, was back for his second event in a row after break-ing his toe training earlier this year. Also coming off a back surgery, Bearclaw was excited to be back on Mount Washington to put on a hometown show.

“Yeah, it’s good to get back on the bike and be involved,” he said. “Of course, making sure the course is in good shape

was the main concern and it’s been real good, so I can’t complain. Just need to work on nailing some tricks now.”

Bearclaw did exactly that, nailing down his first run of two on Saturday during the finals. His second run didn’t quite pan out the way he hoped, as he wasn’t able to stick his first trick at the top of the course, ending his second run in a disappointing way.

Semenuk, fresh off a win in Whis-tler the weekend before, was looking to defend his crown at the Bearclaw Invi-tational. He hadn’t lost in the last three years he’s been here and was putting the pressure on to repeat.

The battle for points certainly made it all the more interesting, as both Semenuk and Brett Rheeder went head to head, looking to gain ground on current FMB tour leader Messere. Both Semenuk and Rheeder came down to their final runs, with Semenuk getting the last kick at the can and trailing by a short margin. It was a clean run for both but Rheeder wound up squeaking out the win, putting an end to Semenuk’s three year reign. France’s Yan-nick Granieri rounded out the top three.

“I was just impressed that we both made our runs at the end of it,” runner up Semenuk said. “This is a rad course and an awesome event, lots of fun for sure.”

The next stop in the tour takes the crew to Nuremberg, Germany, for the Red Bull District Ride.

TYSON TAYLOR PHOTO

The Bearclaw Invitational, held this past weekend on Mount Washington, featured the top freestyle mountain bikers in the world, competing as part of the Red Bull FMB Diamond World Tour.


Puck drop is approaching for the start of the Save-On-Foods Oceanside Generals 2014–15.

This Wed., Aug. 27, the Gen-erals host the Nanaimo Bucca-neers to kick off exhibition play

before the regular season starts Sept. 4, with the Gens and Bucs squaring off again, this time in Nanaimo.

It’s the first season for head coach Jason Johns behind the Generals bench as he looks to take a team that’s gone through

a lot of changes, with a lot of new players vying for spots on the roster.

“Our training camp and practices we’ve been having have given us a good look at these guys,” he said.

“We’re pleased with some

of the guys that I haven’t real-ly been able to see much of, the guys coming in from out of town, and our locals have really stepped it up too. We’ve got a good crop of guys here.”

With a roster that won’t be finalized until at least the end

of August, or into September, Johns and the Generals have a bit of time to see who’s going to fit in where and if there are go-ing to be any returning players who didn’t make it through at the junior A level.

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Parksville taekwondo instructor Seth Flem-ing-Alho recently had the chance to com-pete in the Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) gathering in Tacoma, Washington, coming home with a great experience.

There was a large contingent from Flem-ing-Alho’s Blood and Iron school, but the gath-ering also included participants from Oregon, Washington, California, Montana, the Nether-lands, Finland and Scotland.

F l e m i n g –Alho also teaches the s o f t - s w o r d “c h a n b a r a ” ( w e a p o n s ) classes. He is also a stu-dent of the New Westminster Blood and Iron Martial Arts School, where he studies the combat styles of medieval and renaissance Europe.

Earlier this August, Fleming–Alho ventured into the past when he attended the Pacific North West HEMA gathering south of the bor-der in Tacoma.

The tournament consisted of training sem-inars and competitions. The seminars provid-ed training in sword and buckler techniques, grappling, hand-to-hand combat and knife

Parksville’s Seth Fleming-Alho took part in a Historical European Martial Arts tournament Local instructor excelled in TacomaTAEKWONDO

Training camp was well run

VIJHL HOCKEY

work. The competitions included long sword, sword and buckler, single stick, grappling and tatami mat cutting.

Seth competed in two single stick matches. He won his first match, but lost to a fellow Blood and Iron stu-dent in his second match. The person he lost to earned second place in the

competition.For Fleming–Alho, this was a

chance to meet people with simi-lar interests, train with world-class HEMA instructors, and experience the competition.

“People who don’t know much about HEMA think it consists of the

slow-moving of heavy swords,” said Fleming–Alho. “But in reality it is very fast-paced, and takes a lot of concen-tration.”

“Participants must constantly think about their stance, look for openings to strike and be prepared to block an opponent’s attack,” he said.

“We’ve got a few guys that we’re going to hang on to,” Johns said. “Of course, the objec-tive of this league is to move guys up to the next level and we’re not going to hold anyone back for the sake of trying to make our team better in that aspect. We’ll see what happens when the dust settles but we like what we’ve got here go-ing forward.”

The players report that training camp was enjoyable, with plenty of activities both on and off the ice, something a few of the returning Generals felt was quite similar to how the ju-nior A camps were run in the spring.

“Yeah, it was run real well, I was surprised in a good way,” Carlos Grouchy said, who played last season with the Generals. “There are a lot of younger guys here that are hungry to play and want to show what they’ve got and the camara-derie that showed on and off the ice was a direct result, I think, of the way things were ran here.”

Since he was hired on as the head coach, Johns has been wanting to take more of an all–around approach to coaching the team, on and off the ice.

“We wanted to try and be similar to a junior A club and how they run things,” he said. “I think that creating that team aspect is important and weaving this team together, not only with each other but with the community, is a big part of that.”

Puck drop for Wednesday’s exhibition game, the only one at home, against the Buccaneers is at 7:30 at Oceanside Place.


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Touching the CupLOCAL RESIDENTS


Lord Stanley’s Cup once again found a home in the City of Angels, but this past week, New Westminister was host to the toughest champi-onship in all of sports and a pair of locals were on hand for the celebration.

Parksville residents Holly and Lorne Cooper got their picture next to the Stanley Cup as Holly’s nephew, Bill Ranford, had his turn with the hard-ware after the L.A. Kings beat the New York Rang-ers in five games. When all was said and done, the Kings played a record 26 games in the post sea-son, the most for any team that has won the cup.

For Ranford, the King’s goalie coach, this was

the third time he’s had the honor of lifting the Stanley Cup. He won it twice as a player, (with the Oilers in 1988 and 1990) and he won the Conn Smythe Trophy (playoff MVP) in 1990.

It was a special occasion as the Ranford’s nephew, Brendan Ranford, was also there with the AHL’s Calder Cup, which he won with the Texas Stars. It was a nice time for all, Holly said.

“Billy is a very special person and has worked very hard,” Cooper said. “It’s nice to see him succeeding after his career in the NHL. For him to be able to be a part of winning the Stanley Cup again, it’s pretty special. Having Brendan there too made the day all the more special for all of us as a family.”

PHOTO SUBMITTED BY HOLLY COOPER

Parksville residents Lorne and Holly Cooper pose with the Stanley Cup in New Westminister. Holly’s nephew is Bill Ranford, the goalie coach for the L.A. Kings.

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THE BEAUTIFUL GAME: The action on the pitch was just as hot as the sun as two teams from the senior men’s league did battle on the Kwalikum Secondary soccer field Sunday.


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WENDY MAURERNEWS Contributor

� e Qualicum Beach train station was o� cially opened on August 6, 1914. As most things 100 years old do, it has stories to tell and discovering those stories is ongoing. Heartfelt thanks go to Wendy Shaw, local history bu� for her enthusiasm and determination to collect information about the train station this year in preparation for the 100th anniversary celebrations (for coverage of Saturday’s event, see page 1 of today’s edi-tion of � e NEWS and www.facebook.com/PQBNews). She not only collected information through interviews and sorting documents, she compiled the documents into useful formats for others to review. Copies will be housed with the Qualicum Beach Archives at the mu-seum.

Rail came to Vancouver Island in 1886 via the Esqui-malt and Nanaimo Railway. “In 1900, the E&N gave a big boost to the island economy with the start of a rail freight-car barge between Ladysmith and Vancouver. � e E & N was now linked to the North America railway system. In 1905, Canadian Paci� c purchased the E &N. � is was another stimulus to the island as the CPR ex-tended the railway to Courtenay, Port Alberni and Co-wichan Lake.”

In March 1913, � e Merchants Trust & Trading Company, Ltd. lobbied the railway owners for a station in Qualicum Beach at its current location — in support of their development of a golf course and hotel at the bottom of the hill. � e train station was originally built by the CPR and today is leased by the Town of Qualicum Beach from the current owners, Island Corridor Foun-dation. � e primary use of the building is currently as a digital arts facility, yet it still retains a train station wait-ing room area.

� e expansion of the rail line north of Nanaimo “re-� ected the optimism of the times” and many believe that “station locations played a substantive role in the settlement and development of Vancouver Island.” In Qualicum Beach the station “played the role of service and distribution centre for the regions logging district. It also opened the area as a tourist destination.” � at optimism was later impacted by the outbreak of the First World War and the line was not completed from Courtenay to Campbell River. Instead of tourists to Qualicum Beach during the war years, the train station became the place to say goodbye to loved ones going o� to war, or to welcome soldiers here for recovery as the hotel had been turned into a convalescent facility.

As the line grew and stations were added, the design of the stations evolved. By the time the line reached Qualicum Beach, the station incorporated living quar-ters. � e station design also included a freight shed,

baggage area and waiting room. Initially women had their own designated waiting area. Outhouses were provided for passengers and the station master. Indoor plumbing was installed in 1933.

From 1921 to 1929, the station became home to the Charlie White family. Mrs. White later wrote an ac-count of their time there. � e museum incorporates many aspects of her memories into a Train Station 100th Anniversary display that will be up until the end of September this year.

� e advent of the motor vehicle and an increasing road network on Vancouver Island saw a decline in pas-senger rail service on Vancouver Island. Retention of passenger service on Vancouver Island became a con-tentious political issue federally and took many years to settle. Investment in the upkeep of stations was prob-ably minimal during this time. Eventually the Qualicum Beach Train Station fell into disrepair and the commu-nity rallied to preserve this piece of local history. A cam-paign to save the building formed “� e Old Train Station Society” in 1991, raised the money, recruited volunteers and did the manual labour. � ey worked with the Town of Qualicum Beach to have the building designated as a municipal heritage property, and then in 1993 the sta-tion received the federal designation as a “Heritage Rail-way Station” for the purpose of “preservation of our built heritage — of historical, architectural and environmen-tal signi� cance.” In 1994 the Town amended its o� cial community plan, designating the property as Institu-tional and also amended the land use and zoning bylaw to create the area as a public square.

As the building was lovingly restored by “� e Train Station Guys”, it made space available to a variety of local groups: � e Mid Island Wildlife Watch Society (Brant Festival), Oceanside Tourism Association, QB Spinners & Weavers, QB Historical & Museum Society, PQ Foundation, and the Qualicum Beach Chamber of Commerce who organized the Train Greeter program for many years. You knew when you heard the 11:50 a.m. whistle that the northbound train had arrived and at 2:30 p.m. it was southbound.

Restoration of the Qualicum Beach Train Station took place over ten years. Countless volunteers were involved with special mention in documents going to Alderman Brian Dietrich and founding society mem-bers Jim Storey, Joy & Red Hamilton, Doug Cockburn, Marlene Nelson, Myrtle Ostrom, Bob Brooks, and Carl Whitmee. In 1992 the society had 76 members. � e � -nal list of society directors included: Hank Bodnar, Bob Brooks, Mike Dunn, Richard Higginson, Mack McPhee, Al Noble and Mac Taylor. Today we have a beautiful building, situated in a designated heritage square, that is being well maintained and used on a regular basis. � e community is indeed fortunate to have had so many people who supported the restoration of the train station and got personally involved to make it happen. � ank-you to all who did!

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One of the models strikes a pose during the vin-tage fashion show on Saturday at the event cele-brating the Qualicum Beach Train Station’s 100th anniversary.

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