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Regional District of Nanaimo directors took a major step forward in bringing the Fairwinds development project to life.

Four bylaws were adopted at last week’s regular RDN meeting, repre-senting the � nal step in ensuring land use regulations are in place before the developer may proceed.

� e plan will see a range of residential housing types and densities, regional and community parks and trails, local commercial shops and services, and a mixed-use village and marina with a publicly accessible waterfront boardwalk and pathways.

“� is (project) has been six years in the works and it’s been tough, one of the toughest things I’ve done since being on the board,” said director George Holme, who represents Nanoose Bay.

Holme said this project has “almost split the community at times” and recog-nized Snaw-naw-as (Nanoose First Na-tion) chief David Bob, who attended the meeting.

“Due to his (Bob’s) diligence we have a huge area called ‘the Notch’ that will never be developed on,” said Holme. “I’m glad we got that done.”

A public hearing for these bylaws was held on May 12 and the Inspector of Municipalities approved the 20-year Phased Development Agreement term on June 25.

“� is is a � agship project in our community and for our region,” said Holme. “I look forward to seeing the community bene� ts realized as de-velopment proceeds.”

� e full RDN sta� report concerning the bylaws adoption can be found in the July 22, 2014 regular board agenda at rdn.bc.ca. To locate the meet-ing agenda, click on Regional Board, then on Agendas and Minutes, then on July 22, 2014 Regular Board Meeting.

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An apparent tall tale told by a young girl caused quite a stir in Qua-licum Bay on Friday, at a resort and in social media.

Hans Stussi, the owner of Qualicum Bay Resort, told The NEWS an 11-year-old girl came back from a walk and reported to her parents — the family was staying at the resort — that she had been attacked by a man.

Police were immediately called and Stussi said five police cars, an RCMP canine unit, an ambulance and a fire truck quickly responded

to the scene.“The whole park was obviously

in a commotion, kids afraid,” said Stussi.

The park owner said police re-in-terviewed the child later in the day and determined the story was false. Police did not issue an official new release about the incident, but an

RCMP member did confirm for The NEWS on Monday morning the allegations put forward by the girl were false.

Stussi said he, and everyone in the resort and community, took the original allegations seriously. He also said there was something for all to learn from this incident.

“It’s a good lesson for parents and a good teaching point for ev-eryone on how kids can make stories up,” said the resort owner. “And how that can harm a business and a community.”

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A controversial seaweed harvest in Deep Bay will continue for at least another season.

The Ministry of Agriculture announced Fri-day three licences — one more than last year — have been granted to harvest Mazzaella ja-ponica in the Deep Bay/Bows-er area.

Mazzaella japonica is a re-source contained in the wracks of seaweed lining the coast of Baynes Sound. From Mazzael-la japonica, harvesters may ex-tract carrageenans, valued for their gelling, thickening and stabilizing proper-ties and commonly found in cosmetic and food products.

It is estimated the carrageenan market is worth $700 million worldwide.

The announcement fuels an ongoing debate between those who oppose the harvest fearing the removal of seaweed will lead to environ-mental degradation and those who support the

harvest for its economic potential. Moreover, local and provincial politicians have called for more dialog between the ministry and resi-dents, some of whom feel largely left in the dark about a project taking over a five-kilometre stretch along their beachfront.

Former Fisheries and Oceans research sci-entist and longtime Bowser resident Ian Birt-well said the news was “disappointing” but “not surprising.”

Birtwell is best known for leading a research effort critical of the seaweed harvest. He released a 36-page study in 2013 confirming the seaweed being harvested off the coast of Deep Bay “has a direct influence on those or-ganisms higher in the food chain.” The report concluded

there is a “scientific basis for concern.”“The concerns from people — aside from

scientific issues —who are directly impacted by the harvest have not been addressed (by the ministry), in fact they’ve been ignored,” Birt-well told The NEWS. “Obviously there is no real democratic process in terms of this seaweed harvest.”

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Faced with unforeseen health chal-lenges, local practical nurse Diana LaMonte found herself homeless three years ago.

Fortunately, there was space avail-able to her at the Kiwanis Village af-fordable housing complex, run by the Qualicum-Parksville Kiwanis Housing Society. If she had to pay market rent in the area, she would have to choose between paying bills, paying rent or buying food, she said.

LaMonte, who has severe osteo-arthritis and a neurological disorder, shared her story at the groundbreaking ceremony Friday for the new Qualicum Park Village, formerly Kiwanis Village.

The celebration marked the start of construction for the affordable hous-ing project that will see 34 apartments replace the aging 20-units that were at the site. Twenty-four of the units will be one-bedroom and 10 will be two-bed-room apartments.

The new development is meant to provide options for seniors and fam-ilies with low to moderate incomes in the area. The previous housing com-plex was seniors-only. The town of Qualicum Beach supported the proj-

ect by waiving the development cost charges and contributing $168,000.

The B.C. government arranged for over $3.6 million in construction fi-nancing and MLA Michelle Stilwell was on hand to address the crowd, while the Regional District of Nanaimo waived $62,000 in development fees.

President of the Parksville-Quali-cum Beach Kiwanis Housing Society Pat Weber thanked the community and government partners for helping the project get underway. The society itself provided $268,000 for the project and the land.

Emcee of the event, Renate Suther-land, who is vice president of Kiwanis, relayed how important it is to support affordable housing projects in the com-munity, because no one knows when they might need it, for themselves or a family member. LaMonte has been relocated, along with other tenants, during construction but will move back into her new suite once construc-tion is complete in Spring 2015.

“I am grateful beyond words to Ki-wanis Housing Society, I shudder to think where I’d be in my condition without them,” she said.


Diana LaMonte is a former tenant of the Kiwanis Village and future tenant of Qualicum Park Village. She spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony for the project on Friday, along with local MLA Michelle Stilwell, VP of Kiwanis Housing Society Renate Sutherland, Qualicum Beach Mayor Teunis Westbroek, Qualicum Beach Coun. Dave Willie and president of Kiwanis, Pat Weber.

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However, the ministry’s senior biolo-gist Gary Caine said “we aren’t required to do public consultation — that’s not con-sistent with exercising our legislation.”

Caine added the government has tak-en into account letters received from res-idents as well as information gathered on site during last year’s harvest. He said the new licences include conditions for the harvest to “fit in better with the social scene (in Deep Bay) and which are “con-sistent with conservative managment processes.”

Caine explained the new licences lim-it the harvest to daylight hours on week-

days between Sept. 15, 2014 and Feb. 15, 2015, as opposed to last year’s regulations which allowed for harvesting seven days a week, from dusk until dawn during the season. Moreover, he said harvesters are required to immediately cease harvest-ing efforts in the event herring eggs are observed, a herring fishery is opened or annual bird migrations occur in the area.

Jason Rose who runs Stormy Shores Sea Products, one of the three harvesting companies granted a licence, was happy to hear Friday’s announcement.

“I’m happy with the news,” said Rose. “I’m relieved to see they (the ministry)

are keeping it (the harvest) relatively small as we continue to do studies on it and learn more.”

Rose said the new licence regulations will shift the way he conducts his opera-tion but called the changes “reasonable restrictions.”

“I can understand the need to keep the local residents happy and give them peace and quiet,” he said.

But despite the enhanced licence reg-ulations, Alberni-Pacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser called the ministry’s stance on the seaweed harvest “unacceptable.”

“The role of government needs to be to

listen to the people of this region who are the stewards of their area,” said Fraser. “In my opinion the failure to even con-sider those public concerns is potentially going to cause conflict.”

Fraser said he is disappointed the work conducted by himself, RDN director Bill Veenhof, residents in the area and local scientists has been “largely ignored.”

“They (the government) are creat-ing an environment of confrontation,” he said. “I’m not blaming the (seaweed harvesting) companies — it’s the gov-ernment’s role to make sure they aren’t pitting business against the community.”

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New location will allow for swift response times during emergenciesLISSA [email protected]

Shovels hit the dirt on Friday in Qualicum Beach to cele-brate a milestone in the new fire hall project.

“This council has made building this fire hall a priority,” said Mayor Teunis Westbroek, adding that the new location at 150 Rupert Road (by the roundabout) is well situated to allow for swift response times during emergency situations and to assist in mutual aid, among a host of improvements that will benefit the town and residents.

The ceremony marked the start of construction at the

site for the project which has been in the works since 2009, Westbroek noted.

John Duncan was at the ceremony—the MP for Van-couver Island North and the newly selected conservative candidate for the Courtenay-Alberni riding—along with Parksville Qualicum MLA Michelle Stilwell. Among the crowd Friday there were a number of firefighters from around the region, Oceanside RCMP, and project con-tractors.

After town councillors and dignitaries put their shovels in the dirt, project manager Walter Hoogland brought over town staff and contractors to take a turn.

The new fire hall is slated to cost $5.5 million and is re-ported by town staff to be at the leading edge of energy effi-ciency and building technology.


At the ground-breaking ceremony for the new fire hall Thursday were, from left, Qualicum Beach Coun. Bill Luchtmeijer, MLA Michelle Stilwell, Coun. Mary Brouilette, Qualicum Beach fire chief Darryl Kohse, Coun. Dave Willie, Coun. Scott Tanner, project manager Walter Hoogland and Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan.

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The Parksville Qualicum Beach area is offi-cially on the map — the DMAP.

Blain Sepos, Parksville Qualicum Beach Tour-ism Association (PQBTA) executive director, ex-plained that after a couple years of work, they have been awarded accreditation from the Destination Marketing Accreditation Program (DMAP).

Developed by the Washington, D.C.-based Destination Marketing Association Interna-tional, it is recognized around the world by the tourism industry, which gives the area a high profile stamp of excellence.

“It’s not so much for everyday visitors,” Se-pos said, “but when we deal with big meeting planners and tour operators they know they can expect a certain level of service.”

The local tourism destination marketing or-ganization (DMO) is only the third on the Is-land to earn DMAP accreditation after Victoria and the Island wide organizations.

“It is an honour to receive this prestigious in-ternational accreditation, it is also recognition that we’re measuring success in the appropriate way,” Sepos said explaining that they now have a standardized system for tracking and report-ing visitors and spending, “which gives us easier benchmarking to compare with other areas.”

“Parksville Qualicum Beach Tourism receiv-ing DMAP accreditation demonstrates a com-mitment to quality and professionalism,” said Robynne Shaw, PQBT board chair.

The DMAP standards cover many topics in-cluding governance, finance, human resources, technology, visitor services, communications, brand management, destination development, research/market intelligence and stakeholder relationships. The PQBTA covers Nanoose Bay to Deep Bay.

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I ran with the bullsY

ou don’t hear much about Saint Fermin – unless you live in Pam-plona, that is. The man who would become Saint Fermin was born in that Spanish city about 17 centuries

ago. He became bishop of his home town and embarked on a cross-border tour to spread the gospel to the heathen French. Who beheaded him for his trouble.

Gone, but not completely forgotten — es-pecially in Pamplona in July when celebrants from around the world take part in the Fiesta de Sanfermines, a two-week baccha-nalia during which participants sing, dance, get drunk...

And then run with the bulls.Six Iberian fighting bulls and

every one of them a mean moth-er. To compare the Spanish fight-ing bull to the dozy, cud-chewing Holstein or Hereford variety is like comparing a Porsche Spyder to a cross-town bus. The Iberian bull is One Huge Muscle. It can outrun a horse in a 100 yards, turn on a five- peseta piece and fears nothing on this earth including locomotives, horses and two-legged bipeds.

It goes without saying that only an idiot would be stupid enough to get out in front of such critters and try to outrun them, right?

Hello, my name is Idiot. I ran with the bulls. Twice.

This, of course, was back when I was young, fit and even stupider than I am today. So stu-pid that I didn’t realize that the dice are actu-ally loaded in favour of the bulls. It works like this: each morning of the Fiesta, six new bulls are corralled in front of Pamplona’s city hall. Four hundred yards down a narrow, snake-like street the dopes who have elected to ‘run with the bulls’ are similarly corralled. A cannon fires, the bulls are released at the same time as the barrier comes down for the runners.

Everybody — bulls and runners — now takes off for the bullring which is another 400 yards

down the aforementioned twisty road. Oh, and all side streets are blocked off. If you run with the bulls, you’ve got to go the distance.

Well, big deal. Four hundred yards, who can’t run that? Have I mentioned how fast the Iberian bulls are? I hadn’t even covered half the distance when I heard the unmistakeable stac-cato beat of hooves coming fast. I looked back and saw a wall of wicked-looking horns coming my way.

What did I do? I made an immediate right turn and slammed myself into a stone wall

which I hugged closer than a sailor with a five-dollar taxi dancer. The wall was white-washed, so was my complexion. The bulls ignored me. I think protective colouration saved my life.

The next year I was a little wiser (though still dumb enough to do it again). I trained by doing wind sprints. I sharpened my elbows Gordie Howe-style to help me hack my way through slower runners. When the cannon went off I ran like

a cheetah on meth.I got to the bullring long before any other

runner — so quickly in fact that the crowd in the stands whistled a personal greeting to me.

While I was taking bows, an American came up and whispered that actually whistling is the Spanish form of the baseball raspberry. They weren’t cheering my entrance; they were boo-ing my cowardice.

Still...in the past 90 years fifteen runners have been gored to death at the Fiesta. Dozens are injured every year. As a matter of fact, Bill Hillman took a horn through the thigh this year. He’s the author of a book called Fiesta: How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona.

I imagine he’ll spend his recuperation work-ing on a sequel.

— Arthur Black lives on Saltspring Island. His column appears every Tuesday in

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Parksville resident and Vancouver Island University (VIU) student Connie Graham will enter her third year towards a Bache-lor of Arts degree in Anthropology and First Nations Studies with the help of a $5,000 Scholarship of Excellence from the Pieter de Reuver Foundation.

“It’s a really hefty scholarship, enough to cover my tuition for a full year plus at least one semester’s worth of books,” said Gra-ham. Graham moved to Parksville six years ago with her family, deciding it was the ide-al community to raise their children, ages five, seven and eight. Working with her hus-band in their landscaping and gardening

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Graham was chosen for the scholarship based on the combination of outstanding academic achievement, community ser-vice and leadership — all qualities she has shown in her studies and activities outside of class, according to VIU professors who supported her application. In celebration of the VIU’s 75th anniversary in 2010, Pieter de Reuver established 75 - $1,000 scholarships available to students from a wide range of faculties. Wanting to ensure he was still sup-porting the Oceanside community, he aimed the scholarships and awards at Oceanside area students. He established the $5,000 scholarship in the spring of 2013; Graham is the second recipient. —Submitted by VIU

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Those of us who live on the Island have been ‘awarded’ with many hours on ferries.

On many of these trips we can sit back and enjoy the beauty of our surroundings, watch for whales or dolphins or enjoy the breezy sea

air on deck.On other trips, we can catch up on work or read things

we generally don’t have the time or inclination to read — travel brochures, Vancouver publications and the like.

A recent series of trips a� orded us the opportunity to pick up the latest edition of � e Georgia Straight, a � xture in the arts and entertainment scene in Vancouver for de-cades.

Because of its staying power, it’s tempting to call � e Straight a venerable publication. However, venerable could mean stodgy, and the � e Straight just doesn’t � t that description. Stodgy publications generally don’t al-low for the use of F-bombs in their copy.

Regardless, one of the things � e Straight has always done is dedicate a page or two for a ‘serious’ topic, a heavier read than the rest of its food and entertainment presentation. It did so in its latest edition, tackling the is-sue of rail cars � lled with petroleum products travelling through Lower Mainland communities on the way to ports in Burnaby and Vancouver. It was written with the Lac-Megantic, Quebec disaster as its impetus.

� e article, quoting Transport Canada and Transpor-tation Safety Board of Canada statistics and reports, said the number of railcars that carried crude oil and diluted bitumen through British Columbia increased from 41 in 2011 to 3,381 in 2013. It also stated that in Canada in 2009, there were only 500 carloads of crude oil shipped by rail; in 2013, there were 160,000 carloads.

� e Straight interviewed mayors of Lower Mainland communities, who generally expressed frustration about the noti� cation they get, or lack thereof, regarding haz-ardous materials moving through their communities. But it also raised a more interesting question, and we’d like to hear what our readers have to say about it:

If you are opposed to the Kinder Morgan and/or Northern Gateway pipelines, are you OK with the expo-nential rise in the number of rail cars full of petroleum products that will ride the tracks of B.C. alongside the Skeena and Fraser rivers and through the towns and cit-ies of our province?

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‘Small’ is the operative word. If the union local continues with this chicken coop be-haviour, they should change their motto from “show me the money!” to “If you can’t win, hurt somebody!”

This particular abuse of solidarity will not serve to pressure district administration or the employer, BCPSEA. It will, however, further burden their brothers and sisters in CUPE Local 3570 who have already sac-rificed pay during the school year while teachers took an extended spring break and then initiated total walkout. If the reconfig-uration of schools is not complete, class-rooms will not provide working conditions conducive to learning, which means once again the harm is to students.

JIM LETTICNanoose Bay

LOST ON TRUDEAURecent letter writer Jim Drummond

fails to recognize that our democracy was shaped by a value system deeply rooted in religion, thus the preamble to the Ca-nadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms reads: Whereas Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law.

And our national anthem includes an important line that reads: God keep our land glorious and free.

So religious types don’t need to force

their views upon others. They are already well-represented in our noblest of docu-ments.

If an MP wishes to advocate an anti-abor-tion position through either their personal conscience or as a representative of their constituents’ collective conscience, what right has Justin Trudeau to interfere?

Is he afraid that such fairness might con-vert others to a different point of view? Is par-liament any less a marketplace of ideas, free to express unpopular agendas with passion? If so, they forgot to tell Svend Robinson.

Thankfully in Western democracies, vul-nerable minorities are protected from a ma-jority mob mentality that might easily claim slave ownership to be an intensely private affair that only affects the property owner and his property. Outside parties (including government) have no business in these mat-ters, unless we finally recognize that in the case of both slavery and abortion, there is an additional person involved that deserves thoughtful consideration as a human being.

This is, sadly, lost on Justin Trudeau.JOHN CHAMBERS

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ARGUMENT DISMISSEDMike Battams in his letter of July 15 la-

belled me both a naysayer and a person who harbours leftist tendencies.

I don’t recall being all that much of a naysayer over the past decade here. I be-lieve I made a point of promoting all sorts of things, from respect for human dignity through caring for the life support system we call earth, to calling for honesty and in-tegrity in our politics.

As for leftist tendencies peeping through, I guess I owe an apology. I wasn’t aware I hid them at all.

It’s unfortunate that all Battams ex-pressed was ad hominem generalities. Back

when I took epistemology and logic in col-lege, ad hominem arguments (attacking the arguer, not the argument) were dismissed as irrelevant.

NEIL HORNERQualicum Beach

ON RAIL AND GROWTHRe: funding for the E&N railway.Qualicum Beach Coun. Dave Wille is

right. There is no way the RDN can justify granting the ICF $945,000, of which Qual-icum Beach will have contributed nearly $250,000, without a definite business plan supporting the return of train service on a regular basis beyond Nanaimo.

The monies pledged by Qualicum Beach and the other communities along the line was explicitly for the return of daily service, with the schedule being modified to better suit the ridership. The way it stands now we are only being told that some service will be restored after the train starts running as far north as Nanaimo. This is not good enough and until that information is made avail-able and confirmed, the RDN must say no. I must add that in my opinion this whole endeavour is sheer folly, should be aban-doned, and the funds saved or put to proper use for the benefit of all the people, not just the few who will ride the train.

And while I’m at it, I would like to say that there seems to be a concerted effort by a small group of dissatisfied people in this community who wish to paint Willie as some sort of threat to the security of this town. These are the same people who will stand by and allow this town to turn in to nothing more than a backwater community. We need some growth and renewal to continue being the vibrant wonderful town we all love. I be-lieve this councillor has that vision.

JIM BERGOTQualicum Beach

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

Going to the sea

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DARCY HADIKIN

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Going to the movies

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BLAKE NELSONPowell River

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The first CrossFit facility has officially opened along First Avenue, perhaps changing the landscape of fitness in Qualicum Beach forever.

Owner and head coach Lu-cas Bugg said CrossFit Qualicum Beach (CFQB) is “the only one of its kind in the area.” The clos-est other facilities are located in Courtney and Nanaimo.

CFQB opened in June and it already has almost 40 members.

“I wasn’t expecting to be this busy this fast,” said Bugg. “But it’s really great and I’ve met some fantastic people.”

Bugg explains CrossFit de-fines fitness in a meaningful, measurable way.

“CrossFit is a combination of constantly varied functional movements performed at rel-atively high intensity,” he said, adding it incorporates elements such as interval training, Olym-pic weightlifting and gymnastics among others.

Bugg said another unique component of CrossFit is it’s fo-cus on community.

“We are committed to be-ing more than just a gym,” said Bugg. “We will hold the space for those who want to be part of something far greater, a com-munity that is inclusive and en-couraging where all members are inspired to express their fit-ness and challenged to achieve positive results.”

CFQB is housed in what is called — in CrossFit terms — “a box.” According to Bugg, a box is distinct from a traditional gym in that it is “a place where family and friends can come to work out in a safe and support-

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Bugg said the decision to open a CrossFit facility in Quali-cum Beach came after a series of events which both changed his outlook on life and career path.

“I used to be a precious met-als broker in Vancouver,” he re-calls. “I was the vice president of a company and I really liked it, but my cell phone never stopped ringing.”

Bugg said after having two children with his wife, Crystal, his priorities started to change.

Once Bugg’s second child — ironically named July though she was born in December — was born, his appendix burst.

“I’ve never had a doctor tell me that if I was eight hours away and not near a hospital I would be dead,” he remembers. “It just made me think ‘why wouldn’t I be doing something I love?’”

Meanwhile, Bugg was coach-ing CrossFit out of his North Vancouver home for free on weekends and some evenings.

Bugg said the classes ended up getting quite popular and some nights he would train 20 people.

“It was so much fun and, oth-er than my family, it was the pri-mary thing in my life bringing me joy,” he said. “So I decided I wanted to do it professionally.”

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After he finished his appren-ticeship, Bugg started look-ing for a community to open his business in and Qualicum Beach came as a natural choice.

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Hannah and Aaron Henderson of Qualicum Beach, along with their grandfather Alan Ree,s learned how glass beads are made July 26 outside of The Old School House. Wendy Maurer of Beads of Joy brought her glass torch to the art in action art fair. As she played with fire, making all kinds of glass critters including this tiny winged dragon, she described her technique to onlookers.

Sheila Emmens (left) a member of the Anglican Parish of St. Anne and St. Edmund Church dressed in period costume for the 120th anniversary festivities at the historic Parksville church on July 26. Reverend Andrew Twiddy and his wife Sandy took a break from sharing stories about the pioneers who helped build the little log church back in 1894 to enjoy the special Victorian tea service held for the occasion.

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A sparkling temporary tattoo for Maria Milligan (right) of Qualicum Beach was applied expertly by Kiera Chycoski of Dashwood during the St. Marks Fair July 26. Kiera spent the afternoon outside of The Gardens creating colourful face painting creations for fair goers. Volunteers from the retirement home were also on hand, offering cookies and pink lemonade to the throngs of people who turned out for the 42nd annual fair.

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It is one of the oldest and most photographed build-ings in Parksville and St. Anne’s Church celebrated 120 years in the area on July 26. Several people turned out for an open house featuring a Victorian tea served by ladies in period costume. Inside the log church histor-ical accounts about the Despards, Kincades, Bagshaws and others were told by the Pioneer Players. For over a century St. Anne’s Church has stood as a symbol of the faith, determination and courage of the early pioneers of this area. Its history began in 1893 when the Rev. Canon Charles Cooper arrived in Victoria from England. � at same year he travelled to Nanaimo by train and then to Port Alberni by stage. His objective was to build a church in the northern part of the island because there was no place of worship between Nanaimo and Port Alberni at that time. � ese days the church located at 407 Wemb-ley Road is only used in the summer because according to Reverend Andrew Twiddy there is no working furnace to heat the building the rest of the year. Twiddy will be heading to Glasgow shortly to participate in the Com-monwealth Games. He will be representing Canada at an indoor sporting event August 7 to 10. Twiddy is one of three people from Canada competing in the Common-wealth Scrabble tournament. Submissions are welcome.

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Len Mustard (left), who is best known for his procla-mations around the Town of Qualicum Beach as the official Town Crier, is also an avid gardener. During a volunteer appreciation reception held at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre July 24, he was delighted to win a wheelbarrow full of gardening supplies hand picked by Canada’s best known green thumb, Mark Cullen. The celebrity garden expert has a line of products at Home Hardware.

Louise Sosa (left) of Qualicum Beach appreciates the young volunteers who assist her with raising funds for a middle school in Guatemala. One of her super helpers is Hanna Fanyeck of Errington (right). As a thank-you the Mayan students created some hand made beaded personalized bracelets for Hanna as well as Autumn Spencer. Sosa’s charity Aldea Maya started a middle school in Chukumuk and in October will see the first graduates.


The City of Parksville invites applications to be submitted for two vacancies on the Board of Variance. The Board is comprised of three individuals who serve a three year term of office without remuneration and are appointed pursuant to Section 899 of the Local Government Act. The function of the three member board is to hear land issue appeals based on the demonstration of “undue hardship” and is not an appeal board for local government policy decisions or decisions of elected officials.Applicants with experience in land use planning, architectural design or related fields would be an asset; however, this is not a prerequisite. Members of an Advisory Planning Commission, elected officials and employees of the City are not eligible to be a member of the Board.If you are interested in serving on the Board to fill a three year term of office, please apply in writing including a brief resume by Friday, August 15, 2014, to the attention of the Director of Administrative Services, 100 Jensen Avenue East, PO Box 1390, Parksville, BC, V9P 2H3.DEBBIE COMISCorporate Officer

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letterSSILENT MAJORITY

Re: ‘QB needs growth for its future’, a recent letter to the editor by Jan Byers. Thank you Jan Byers for taking the time to express this opinion in the “letters” section of our local newspaper. In my opinion, you were very accurate with your comments. We, as a silent majority, should speak up more and support our elected officials, Let them know how we feel and let them fulfill their democratic duties.

MARIA BULISQualicum Beach

FOCUSSING WATER DEBATERe: Parksville water project. The only growth happening is

in RDN and Parksville is in the middle. It appears from statisti-cal research that Parksville’s population is declining. We need better filtration to service Parksville presently. The mega proj-ect for $37 million will make Parksville a purveyor of water to RDN development, especially Fairwinds. Parksville needs to have a solution for its residents. It certainly is nowhere near a $37 million solution presently proposed. All Parksville re-quires is better filtration. It would be more affordable to Parks-ville’s population. If RDN wants development they should have water strategy excluding Parksville taxpayers.

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letterSSILENT MAJORITY

Re: ‘QB needs growth for its future’, a recent letter to the editor by Jan Byers. Thank you Jan Byers for taking the time to express this opinion in the “letters” section of our local newspaper. In my opinion, you were very accurate with your comments. We, as a silent majority, should speak up more and support our elected officials, Let them know how we feel and let them fulfill their democratic duties.

MARIA BULISQualicum Beach

FOCUSSING WATER DEBATERe: Parksville water project. The only growth happening is

in RDN and Parksville is in the middle. It appears from statisti-cal research that Parksville’s population is declining. We need better filtration to service Parksville presently. The mega proj-ect for $37 million will make Parksville a purveyor of water to RDN development, especially Fairwinds. Parksville needs to have a solution for its residents. It certainly is nowhere near a $37 million solution presently proposed. All Parksville re-quires is better filtration. It would be more affordable to Parks-ville’s population. If RDN wants development they should have water strategy excluding Parksville taxpayers.

DOUG KITTSQualicum Beach

BACK TO DRAWING BOARDParksville needs to take a good hard look at what we ac-

tually need now and for our future. Can both filtration and a secure water source be achieved now? So far it has been hard to sort through the spin that each stakeholder has put on in-formation. Those of us living in Parksville and on fixed in-comes just can’t afford to support a mega project that might not work, cost too much, and goes far beyond our needs. My taxes keep going up and so does my water bill. I buy my drinking water because I lack full confidence in the day by day quality of my tap water. There are asbestos water pipes in our city that need to be replaced. I would prefer they use my tax dollars to replace these pipes before they spend it on new pipes that will be used to deplete our precious water re-sources by sending even more water out of town! Parksville residents need clear facts and less fiction. We all see how the heat and less precipitation has already changed our sources and supply of water. It is not rocket science to see that a pipe from a cleaner source like the watershed lakes and ponds as opposed to new pipes to RDN projects, would be mon-ey well spent for Parksville residents. Cleaner water from a more reliable source is what we should demand. The whole project needs to go back to the drawing board.

JILLIAN WITHERSParksville

letterSOUTSIDERS BUTT OUT

Recent letter writer Mike Battams writes an in-teresting letter, but it follows a common theme by other non-taxpaying, non-residents of Qualicum: that the town should embrace every new idea. Such non-residents do not bear the financial bur-den of a bad decision. He claims to have “truly an outside perspective of no special interest,” but does he hope that the town’s residents will be sus-ceptible to his suggestions? Surely, it is the local taxpayers who must elect councillors and make decisions about the direction Qualicum follows, and not outsiders like himself. Projects should be considered solely on their merits, and not be part of a precedent-setting propaganda campaign.

TONY MARSLANDQualicum Beach

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To his credit though, he concedes this in the sequel The Wealthy Barber Returns (2011). In his words:

“I’m forced to admit that funds matching those criteria over the years have collectively underperformed the market. What’s worse, some of the management teams in whom I was most confident have posted the weakest returns. It’s frustrating, but past long-term performance has proven to have virtually no correlation to future performance.”

Still it’s a popular strategy to use past performance as an emotional button when promoting mutual funds. But as hopeful investors flock to the successful funds, cash levels grow, often at the most inopportune times: when markets are high. This forces the fund manager to make a choice: buy high, or sit on cash and wait for opportunities. Waiting can be costly though, as market timing frequently backfires, not to mention the fact that idle cash in a mutual fund is still subject to fees.

It is no secret that mutual funds are having a tough go of it lately, as a growing number of commentators, advisors, and investors look for alternatives. Exchange-traded funds, for example, have grown in popularity in recent years with their promise of near market-matching returns. Indeed the Wealthy Barber makes a case for these in his 2011 book The Wealthy Barber Returns.

But ironically proponents of exchange-traded funds often still use past performance to make their case. It can be a compelling case, depending of course on which numbers you look at. According to Morningstar, over a 10 year period only 14 Canadian mutual funds have outperformed the iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index Fund (symbol XIU). However, let’s look at what has happened since 2011 -- a period during which the Canadian stock market has averaged only 4.36% (based on 3-year returns to November 30, 2013). By having the flexibility to underweight the weaker sectors, the number of Canadian equity funds that have bested the XIU has grown from 14 to over 200, with 57 of these actually doubling the XIU.

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Capturing Mennie sides of the regionWell-loved artist is downsizing and selling off the majority of her artwork this weekendLISSA [email protected]

A well-respected and award-winning Parksville artist is moving and downsizing so she’ll be selling off a large portion of her paintings and sketches this weekend.

Olivia Mennie is hosting an open studio art sale both inside and throughout her large garden on Saturday, August 2 and Sunday, August 3 at her home at 140 But-ler Avenue in Parksville.

Mennie has been a significant part of the local art scene for 24 years. What is now the gift shop at The Old School House Arts Centre was once her studio.

She’s been involved with the Oceanside Community Arts Council for years, she was an art teacher in paint-ing and clay at the Rogue's Gallery in Parksville, she has taught life drawing lessons extensively in the area and she’s won a number of juried shows for her paintings, including from the Federation of Canadian Artists, Ar-rowmsmith Chapter.

Mennie has always loved to paint and at 15 she won a scholarship in her home country of England to the Shef-field College of Art which she attended for five years. She continued her painting when the family moved to Montreal in 1966 where she furthered her studies at the museum of fine arts and was mentored by Arthur Lis-mer.

When the family moved to Burlington, Ontario, Mennie was a founding member of the Burlington Art Centre and an art teacher in that city for 28 years.

Today Mennie is a member of the DeCosmos Fine Arts Society, a member of the Grandmothers to Grand-mothers, she’s involved with the OCAC and was a

founding member of the Arrowsmith Chapter of the FCA.

Mennie has always been fascinated with life draw-ing and she is selling off pages of her charcoal sketch-es unframed (from as little as $20) as well as her pas-tel paintings: portraits (including zentangle portraits),

landscape scenes and animals.Her daughter Alison Burfoot is also an artist as well

as her grand daugther, Arden, and both will have art for sale at the event.

The studio and garden sale will take place from 11 to 3 p.m. Aug. 2 and 3.


Olivia Mennie is hosting a studio and garden sale for a large number of her paintings and sketches Aug. 2 and 3.

Up-and-coming jazz quartet booked at MACThe Jazz at the MAC series continues with a soulful

new jazz group based out of Nanaimo.The Erika Phillips Quartet will perform Friday, Au-

gust 8 at 7 p.m. at the McMillan Arts Centre in Parksville (the MAC). Erika Phillips is a composer and arrang-er who graduated from Vancouver Island University’s Bachelor of Jazz program.

Her 2012 EP album “There Goes Love” won her a Vancouver Island Music Award for Female Vocalist of the Year, and a full-length original album is due for release fall 2014. Phillips has been playing piano and singing since a very young age, and finds inspiration for her work in a wide range of musical styles, includ-

ing jazz, blues, classical and, contemporary salsa music. She also has an ARCT diploma in classical piano perfor-mance from the Royal Conservatory of Music.

The quartet puts its own spin on traditional favour-ites, blending traditional jazz elements with blues, funk, Latin, and world music influences. Since its formation in 2010, the Erika Phillips Quartet has been constant-ly developing an ever-expanding repertoire of original compositions and arrangements.

Tickets are $15, $12 for OCAC members. For more information visit www.mcmillanartscentre.com or call 250-248-8185.

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David Goatley from Victoria took first place in the Grand Prix d’Art on Saturday afternoon in Qualicum Beach.

Goatley wins Grand PrixThe popular painting race had 32 competitors this yearLISSA [email protected]

It was an exciting race to the finish and in the end David Goatley from Victoria took first place in Qualicum Beach’s popular painting race.

The Old School House Arts Centre held its 22nd Grand Prix d’Art on Saturday where paint-ers picked a location and had three hours to complete it before it was presented to a panel of three judges. Goatley won for his painting of the Qualicum Beach Train Station and the piece was purchased shortly after it was select-ed.

Goatley is an internationally recognized painter known for his portraits and was in town teaching a workshop at TOSH last week. Thir-

ty-two artists were spread out around the town competing in the event.

Second place went to Rosalinde Compton from Victoria for her watercolour of the inuk-shuk next to TOSH.

Third place went to Nanaimo’s John Hoff-man for his depiction of the Qualicum Cham-ber building. Hoffman currently has an exhibi-tion at TOSH called Under Alberta Skies.

Honourable mentions for the event went to Brian Buckrell from Comox, Jessie Barron from Victoria, Diane Michelin from Nanoose Bay and Cindy Mawle, who won last year, from Bowser.

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JAZZIN’ IT UP: Maureen Washington hit the high notes during her per-formance with her Sextet during the Art in Action Fair next to TOSH on Saturday afternoon. Complementing this event was the Grand Prix d’Art and the St. Mark’s Fair all in downtown Qualicum Beach.

Bluegrass starts ThursdayLISSA [email protected]

A Grammy-nominated blue-grass band is headed back to Coombs for the Bluegrass Festival starting July 31, after their first-class performances at the festival in 2011.

“We did very well that year,” said organizer Linda Thorburn, adding that Special Consensus, a renowned bluegrass band from Chicago, was defi-nitely a big draw that year.

Besides the Grammy nomina-tion for the band’s 16th album Scratch Gravel Road, Spe-cial Consensus gets regular air-time on Sirius XM Radio.

The group formed in 1975 and since then members have won nu-merous awards and been featured extensively in Bluegrass publica-tions around North America and beyond.

Some other prominent blue-grass bands coming to the festival this year are Jeff Scroggins & Col-orado from Colorado, the Bix Mix Boys from Edmonton, Alberta and Dysfunction Junction from Seattle.

“That’s supposed to be the hot-test bluegrass band from Seattle,”

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festival’s 36 year, and this year marks the second time it has won the Reader’s Choice Award for the favourite event attended with RV’s by RV West Magazine.

New at the festival this year there is an upstairs outdoor pub which Thorburn describes as “ro-deo style” with a view of the stage.

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The festival runs from Thursday, July 31 to Aug. 3. A four-day week-end pass is $80, $60 for youth un-der 18 and kids under 12 are free. Day and evening passes are also available and there is camping on-site.

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On the morning of July 6th, Dee passed away peacefully after a brief illness. Mom was a compassionate woman with a wicked sense of humour. She loved her garden, and during the summer could be found outside verbally encouraging the vegetables to grow and cursing at the deer. Mom continued to bake, cook and do her preserves until the age of 90.

Dee had a life long affair with fashion. Her favorite haute couture was the S.O.S. in Parksville, where she delighted in putting together many an outfi t she claimed were “just like new”.

Dee enjoyed life to its fullest. A staunch B.C. Lions fan, mom had many mythical discussions with Wally Buono. She took pleasure listening to Andre’Rieu in the company of her slightly brain-addled cat, Tigger. Dee relished 5 pm happy hour with neighbours in the park, and visits with family and friends.

Currently Dee’s soul is no doubt gallivanting about the universe keeping an eye on us, or possibly, at the Parksville beach where she was happiest.

We will miss her, but Phil has regained his very special lady, and partner in mischief in the afterlife.

There will be a celebration of life for Dee on Saturday, September 20th, 2014, in the Parksville Legion at 2 pm.

Edith (Dee) DicksonMay 12, 1921 - July 6,2014

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Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of Agnes May Roberts, Deceased are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to Karen May Fleming, the Executor of the Estate, c/o Rodway & Perry, at P.O. Box 138, Qualicum Beach, B.C. V9K 1S7 on or before August 29, 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.

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JEAN MARY MURLANDMay 26, 1936 - July 23, 2014

It is with sadness we announce Jean’s passing at Nanai-mo Regional Hospital on Wednesday, July 23 after a short struggle with cancer and other medical problems.Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she married the love of her life, Sture Murland on September 6, 1956. Jean and Stu resided in Victoria, moving to Qualicum Beach when they retired.Jean was predeceased by her husband, Stu in July of 2011; daughter, Linda in June 2013; and her con-stant companion Cody in July 2014. She leaves behind to mourn her passing her grandson, Stuart (Christy); brother-in-law Bud, and many relatives both on Van-couver Island and in Alberta.Jean was a long time employee of the CIBC Bank, an active member of the Silver Spur Riding Club, and in-volved for many years with competitive trail rides.The family wishes to thank the amazing staff at the Pal-liative Care Unit of the Nanaimo Hospital for their loving care of Aunt Jean. A special thank you to her friend Linda Warnock who gave unconditional care to Aunty these past months. She made her journey much easier with her love and ongoing support.

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Teresa lived her life with joy and thanksgiving. Despite her lifetime of challenges, Teresa met each day with determination filled with God’s grace. She was loved by all that met her and

will be greatly missed by her loving family: father and mother, Rob and

Cindy Roberts, brother Daniel, sister-in-law Nickie, nieces Avery, Naomi & Kaylin, brother Jacob, sister-in law Maren, nieces Arden, Brynn & Carys. Over the years Teresa formed many friendships that meant so much to her while living in Cranbrook and Parksville.

Celebration of Life will be held at 2pm on Aug. 2nd at Parksville Beach in the picnic shelter near the ball fields. Please come in casual attire and

bring a lawn chair. In case of rain the venue will be Parksville Fellowship Baptist Church.

In lieu of flowers, please honour Teresa’s memory with a donation to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Our family would like to thank all the staff at Stanford Place and NRGH Palliative Unit for your loving care. God Bless You! “Life is worth fighting for.”

~ God has a new Angel ~TERESA LYNN ROBERTS

Our Angel on EarthFebruary 14th, 1970 - July 21st, 2014

RE: THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM ARTHUR STARLING, Deceased, formerly of 777 Jones Road, Qualicum Beach, BC.

Creditors and others having claims against the Estate of William Arthur Starling, Deceased are hereby notified under section 38 of the Trustee Act that particulars of their claims should be sent to Merlyn Patten, the Executor of the Estate, c/o Rodway & Perry, at P.O. BOX 138, Qualicum Beach, B.C V9K 1S7 on or before August 29, 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.

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BOARD TRICKS: The Oceanside Skimboard and Beach Culture (OSBC) held their Pro/Am Jam this past weekend at Parksville Beach. Skimboarders of all ages came down to show their stuff, giving the crowd a treat with some awesome tricks.

It’s a sweet victory for Kirsten Sweetland after suffering through some major injuriesT YSON [email protected]

There’s a local connection to the first medal for Canada at the Com-monwealth Games in Scotland and it came in the Women’s Triathlon.

Kirsten Sweetland, former Parksville resident, finished in second place during a strong showing in the Women’s Triathlon at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, currently taking place in Scotland.

Now residing in Victoria, the 25-year-old Sweetland captured Canada’s first medal of the Commonwealth Games. She completed the 1,500-metre swim, 40-kilometre cycle and 10 kilometre run in a time of 1 hour, 58 minutes and 56 seconds, five seconds short of En-gland’s Jodie Stimpson and the Gold Medal.

“Totally pain free. It feels so good,” Sweetland said with a tired smile. “It feels unbelievable to get a medal.”

Sweetland got her start in the triathlons locally, competing all over Vancouver Island, including right here in our backyard in Qualicum Beach. She moved on to become the Junior World Champion in 2006

and she was the Silver Medalist in the U-23 World Championship and a Silver at the Pan American Games, both in 2010.

She has struggled with injuries for years, and more recently battled

food allergies, but she peaked at the right time. Less than two weeks ago, she reached the podium in a World Triathlon Series event for the first time in her career, finishing third in Hamburg.

It’s been a tough six years for Sweetland, which all began when she missed out on qualifying for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and included suffering seven stress fractures and a torn plantar fascia. After suffering through all the hardships, she finally is starting to break through.

“We’re talking about a redeveloping Kirsten here, so awesome. Awesome for Kirsten,” said Canadian coach Jaime Turner. “She ran really tough, I thought she was quite clinical and ruthless out there.”

Sweetland was a rising star in the triathlon world when she be-came the youngest Canadian to win a World Cup race at the age of 18. She was on pace for a spot on the Beijing Olympic team, but she fainted 400 metres from the finish line.

From that point on, it’s been years of one stress injury after anoth-er, stress fractures to be exact. The first came in her tibia and then her lower back; she’d later discover it was due to one of her legs being longer than the other. The most severe injury was the torn plantar fascia, the connective tissue that runs along the bottom of the foot.

“I would get the whole winter of training done, nobody knew that I was working hard, and then right about race season I’d be out again. And again. And again,” she said. “Having the podium finish in Ham-burg, I didn’t think I’d be able to medal again. But when that hap-pened, everything started to change for me mentally.”

The five-foot-four Sweetland was 11th in the 1,500-metre swim but led after the 40-kilometre bike. And then it was a foot race between the top six over the 10-kilometre run, with Sweetland and Stimpson barely giving an inch until the home stretch.

It feels unbelievable to get a medal

KIRSTEN SWEETLAND

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Nanoose jumper next upT YSON [email protected]

Nanoose Bay’s Mike Mason will be on the track and looking to bring home a medal in the High Jump event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

Mason, the 28 year old former Ballenas stu-dent, got off to a great start in his high jump career back in 2004 at the IAAF World Junior Championships, where he became the second Canadian to win a Gold Medal, following Mark Boswell who won in 1996. Mason also holds a number of Provincial records, including at the BC High School, junior and senior levels.

Mason made his Olympic debut in Bejing at

the 2008 Summer Olympics, placing eighth in his qualifying group but he failed to make the final. 2012 saw Mason achieve his personal best, with a mark of 2.31 metres at the Baie-Mahault Grand Prix in Guadaloupe, France. This marks Mason’s second time representing Canada at the Com-monwealth Games, competing in Dehli in 2010 and finishing in 7th place.

Mason figures to be in the hunt with a sea-son best mark of 2.28 metres, which puts him at the top of his grouping at the Common-wealth Games. Qualifying for the event was on Monday, July 28 (results not known at press time) and the finals are slated for Wednesday, July 30.

Hot-rodding for a good causeOn Sunday, August 17, the Mid Island Hot

Rod Association will be supporting the Nanoose Community Services’ food bank by hosting a show and shine and family day.

Charlie Brucker, manager of the food bank in Nanoose Bay, says “rising food prices present real challenges for our clients and food bank do-nations drop off markedly in the summer. We’re thrilled the MIHRA has chosen our food bank to benefit from their event.”

With spectator entry by donation, the event will be taking place at Arbutus Meadows, which will play host to beautiful vintage cars and big rigs and plenty of attractions for the whole fam-ily. Local businesses have generously stepped up as sponsors. There will be over 20 different categories of prizes for vehicles to be award-ed. Car registration is only $15. To register your car or to learn more about the event, visit http://mihra.ca/ — NEWS Staff

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Amanda Stewart and Mark Blasco had a great showing at the nationals for Special Olympic ath-letes in Vancouver. Both Amanda and Mark brought home multiple medals from their events.

It was quite the medal haul for these Ravensong swimmersT YSON [email protected]

Amanda Stewart and Mark Blasco have re-turned from the nationals for Special Olympics each with a gold medal.

More than 1,300 athletes participated from across Canada in the Nationals, including Oceanside’s very own Amanda and Mark. Win-ning three medals in total at the competition, Amanda received a gold medal in the women’s 25-meter free-style, a silver in the women’s 50-meter backstroke and a bronze in the women’s 25-me-ter backstroke.

Mark also brought home multiple medals from the Na-tionals, earning a gold in the men’s 50-meter freestyle and a bronze in the men’s relay. Both Amanda and Mark are very happy about bringing home their Medals and sharing their experiences with all their supporters.

“Amanda and Mark would like to thank the Ravensong staff and the patrons of the pool who have supported them all the way through

their hard training,” coach Rosey Cowan said. “They’ve had lots of encouragement and high fives from a lot of people and they really enjoy having that support from the community.”

“All coaches are volunteers and without them Amanda and Mark would never have had this opportunity to go to the Nationals. Our swim coaches went above and beyond this year to help train Amanda and Mark. They prepared them, to travel to the Nationals , had them feel-ing strong, prepared and ready to win.”

Amanda and Mark’s coaches Ken, Garfield, Sue and Rosey all helped in their training while volunteer-ing their time to join Amanda and Mark in their journey. Head Coach John Larner has been training Special Olym-pic Athletes for years and has been on the receiving end of many “high tens” from his Athletes.

“John has been coaching our Special Olym-pic Athletes for many, many years, encour-aging them to succeed, always with fun and enthusiasm in the mix,” Cowan said. “It has been John’s long time superb coaching that has brought our Mark and Amanda to the Na-tionals.”

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Amanda Stewart and Mark Blasco had a great showing at the nationals for Special Olympic ath-letes in Vancouver. Both Amanda and Mark brought home multiple medals from their events.

It was quite the medal haul for these Ravensong swimmersT YSON [email protected]

Amanda Stewart and Mark Blasco have re-turned from the nationals for Special Olympics each with a gold medal.

More than 1,300 athletes participated from across Canada in the Nationals, including Oceanside’s very own Amanda and Mark. Win-ning three medals in total at the competition, Amanda received a gold medal in the women’s 25-meter free-style, a silver in the women’s 50-meter backstroke and a bronze in the women’s 25-me-ter backstroke.

Mark also brought home multiple medals from the Na-tionals, earning a gold in the men’s 50-meter freestyle and a bronze in the men’s relay. Both Amanda and Mark are very happy about bringing home their Medals and sharing their experiences with all their supporters.

“Amanda and Mark would like to thank the Ravensong staff and the patrons of the pool who have supported them all the way through

their hard training,” coach Rosey Cowan said. “They’ve had lots of encouragement and high fives from a lot of people and they really enjoy having that support from the community.”

“All coaches are volunteers and without them Amanda and Mark would never have had this opportunity to go to the Nationals. Our swim coaches went above and beyond this year to help train Amanda and Mark. They prepared them, to travel to the Nationals , had them feel-ing strong, prepared and ready to win.”

Amanda and Mark’s coaches Ken, Garfield, Sue and Rosey all helped in their training while volunteer-ing their time to join Amanda and Mark in their journey. Head Coach John Larner has been training Special Olym-pic Athletes for years and has been on the receiving end of many “high tens” from his Athletes.

“John has been coaching our Special Olym-pic Athletes for many, many years, encour-aging them to succeed, always with fun and enthusiasm in the mix,” Cowan said. “It has been John’s long time superb coaching that has brought our Mark and Amanda to the Na-tionals.”

Golden local athletesSPECIAL OLYMPICS

They’ve had lots of encouragement and high fives from a lot of people

and they really enjoy having that support from

the communityCOACH ROSEY COWAN


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Katy Downey, 15, has three years of officiating experienceT YSON [email protected]

Katy Downey has become one of the first area referees to earn both a branch and nation-al award for her excellence in officiating.

Oceanside Minor Hockey Association (OMHA) officials said they were proud to sub-mit the name of Katy Downey for the Hockey Canada/B.C. Hockey Officiating Award for Most Improved Official in B.C. earlier this year.

Downey, who is 15 years of age, has just completed her third season as an on-ice offi-cial in Oceanside and has quickly developed each season. OMHA officals say this last sea-son was a breakout year for her, as she learned how to effectively manage a game using her voice, assertiveness and strength in emotional control under sometimes very stressful condi-tions, which gained her respect from her peers, players, coaches and the membership.

Taking constructive comments and sug-gestions and working with them right away, Downey was able to quickly incorporate some of these changes into her game, said the

OMHA. Always willing to learn, and when she did miss a call or interpret it wrong, Downey is a student of the game, doing her “homework” to ensure she totally understands the rule for the next time it happens.

Downey has twice attended the Summer Officiating School in Lake Cowichan hosted by B.C. Hockey (2012 and 2013) and this season attended the B.C. Hockey Female Officiating Camp in Kamloops, where she excelled.

She has been working at the peewee rep level as a linesman and referee, and worked the Ban-tam Rep and Bantam Rec leagues as a linesman. It is fully expected that she will move up to start being the head referee in the Bantam Rec. league early next season, and will most likely be refer-eeing at the bantam rep level late next season. These are all of the highest levels possible for an official her age. The OMHA said Katy has shown commitment and dedication towards officiating and the game, and will be an asset not only to the officiating program, but more specifically to the female officiating program within both B.C. Hockey and Hockey Canada. It is expected that she will eventually be part of the B.C. Hockey Female High Performance Officiating program.

— Read the full story at www.pqbnews.com

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History is respected in Qualicum BeachPQB HISTORY

For a look back at life in Parksville Qualicum Beach, tour the Qualicum Beach Museum,587 Beach Road, Qualicum Beach

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WENDY MAURERNEWS Contributor

General Money, Giuseppe Route (� e Hermit), the King of Siam, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Helen Eggersman, Hilda Pearce, Jim Storey, Elizabeth Little, � e Train Sta-tion Guys, Gladys Killip, Art Skipsey, Mary Parker, Ian Lindsay and Graham Beard are just a few of the names that spring to mind when I think about why Qualicum Beach is what it is today. � ere are many, many others that could be added to the list and probably each of our lists will be di� erent and they will change over time.

For decades, Qualicum Beach had the reputation as the playground for the rich and famous. Even 15 years ago when I was looking for a house, the day the realtor picked me up at my parents’ home in Parks-ville he was wearing a suit and tie and when I asked him why — his response was: we are going to Quali-cum Beach. His attitude � t with the community as it was then. Some things have changed and some have stayed the same. Old videos show how we marketed ourselves as a tourism destination over 50 years ago builds on the same strengths then as now. I think that is valuable knowledge.

I grew up on Vancouver Island and one of my re-grets is I hadn’t visited Qualicum Beach when it was much smaller, had resorts all along the beach, a marina, weekend dances, Ethel’s was the clothing store and the Sharman’s owned the gas station. I want to truly have a sense of what it was like then. � at leaves me with learn-ing about Qualicum Beach from others. Luckily when I � rst moved here I was often invited to attend museum events and was introduced to the people who started the local Historical Society. Many of these people lived the history personally, in fact some still are.

When you consider that this August 23 we will be celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the QB Train Sta-tion, a time in the very early days of settlement of Qual-icum Beach, people like Helen Eggersman (who were alive then and still are) have treasured memories. As far as I am concerned, anyone who has been here for any length of time has valuable memories to share. � at is part of why historical societies are formed — to collect and then share memories and memorabilia. When we collect information directly from people who lived here we are recording history. When we document what is happening today, we witness what future generations are going to want to know about. In ten, � fty and a hun-dred years from now, people will want to know what it was like now.

� e popularity of the weekly posting of vintage Qualicum Beach photos is a testament to how inter-ested people are in seeing old photos of our commu-nity. � is column also provides a way to share stories

of our past. In the coming months as stories of Qualicum Beach

and Parksville unfold, we hope you � nd them interest-ing and give you a sense of where we came from and who came before us. Perhaps they will inspire you to share old photos and stories with relevant archives.

Too often I hear people say they are throwing away old photos as they don’t see the value to their family history, they are pictures of places or they don’t know people’s names. Some photos of community can be very valuable. Don’t assume that any archive has lots of historical photos, it is worth o� ering to share. If you don’t want to donate photos, scanning is common now

and you can loan vintage photos so an archive can copy them. By sharing your images we continue to record and document and in turn will be a stronger resource for researchers. Let’s pay it forward.

Have you ever wondered why we have a Town Crier, how he was picked, who � e Hermit was, why realtors still say “this is a Don Beaton house”, how the civic cen-tre got built, who championed � e Old School House Art Gallery, who were “the rich and famous” who came to Qualicum Beach, what is the story behind “Judges Row”, who are “� e Train Station Guys?” � ese are some of the questions I have and will research and share with you. Stay tuned .....

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Helen Eggersman is just one of the many people who helped make Qualicum Beach what it is today.

Be sure to mark August 23, 2014 on your calendar to come out and experience Qualicum Beach Train Station history at the public celebration of the 100th Anniversary of its opening.

“Oceanside: it’s not where you live, it’s how you live.”

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