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BY DREW A. PENNEREcho Staff

A 17-lot chunk of the multi-phase Carlisle Lane development in Cumber-land is moving forward with council’s blessing. The proposed residential infi ll project would feature homes made with natural wood siding, brick and stone.

“Vinyl siding and stucco will not be used on any building or structure,” notes a design guidelines package included with the council package March 23.

“Windows, soffi ts, gables and other openings prom-inent to the street will be trimmed with comple-mentary materials.”

Phase 1 included eight lots along Ulverston Av-enue east of 10 Street.

Phase II is located to the south and features an elbow street cutting through it.

A number of these homes will be allowed to feature secondary suites on the property, some-thing many Village resi-dents have been clamour-ing for.

These so-called “coach houses” will have a hard surface path at least a me-tre wide linking them with the public roadway.

The project is on its way to the Advisory Planning Commission for review, following a unanimous

council vote. The citizens group will have a look over the documents and make recommendations for council to consider.

Coun. Roger Kishi con-fi rmed with staff that de-velopers Dale and Shirley Querin were familiar with

the ACP process, which was just introduced re-cently.

The land is already zoned Residential 4 (R-4), meaning intensive resi-dential is a permitted use.

Plans are in place for a third phase, to be located along Carlisle Lane.

All installed appliances will be Energy Star certi-fi ed and building orienta-

tion will maximize passive solar exposure, according to the Querins’ applica-tion, which notes consid-eration will be given to solar energy systems.

The developers have said their approach to Carlisle Lane is to pro-ceed in a steady fashion, refl ective of the economic conditions on Vancouver Island.

Courtenay council passed a motion to sup-port eff orts by Ecojustice to enshrine the right to a healthy environment in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Councillor Rebecca Lennox presented this proposal to council on Monday.

She said it’s important to have strong environ-mental laws to protect the

quality of air, water and land that our health de-pends on.

Provinces like Ontario and Quebec, along with countries that include Norway, Portugal and the Philippines have adopted this “right to a healthy en-vironment” in their laws and constitutions.

Council will send a let-ter of support to Ecojus-tice’s eff ort.

Courtenay council agrees with ‘rightto a healthy environment’ campaign

What the next Phase of Carlisle Land might look like.

Phase 2 of Carlisle Lane moving forward

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Grant pushes I Belong! campaign to building phase

BY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

The I Belong! Cam-paign has received a huge injection of cash that catapulted its fundrais-ing eff orts to the building phase of the project.

At a gathering at Prime Chop House on Wednes-day, Comox Valley MLA Don McRae presented a $250,000 contribution courtesy of the provincial government. It received much-appreciated ap-plause from the many attendees that included campaign chairs, donors, mayors, councillors and supporters of the unique project that was launched last year by L’Arche Co-mox Valley.

L’Arche is a unique or-ganization that provides housing and other activi-ties for the intellectually disabled in a community-type setting.

McRae said when the group set an ambitious goal of raising around $1.7 million in just a short time last year, he knew the task would be monu-mental. He is pleased to see the group’s fundrais-ing eff ort go forward with the latest funding from BC Ministry of Commu-nity, Sport and Cultural Development as it has pushed the campaign’s fi nancial goal up to over $800,000.

“I must say a little work was my part but the vast majority of the work, was in the work of the com-mittee and the citizens who have committed to fund-raise the remainder of those dollars,” said McRae. “I just can’t say enough; without that commitment to make sure that we as a com-munity are making this up, this would not have happened as well.”

McRae expressed his sincere gratitude to the

Comox Valley MLA Don McRae was happy to announce a $250,000 provincial grant for L’Arche Comox Valley’s I Belong! campaign

community of the Comox Valley for “stepping up like you’ve never stepped up before. You will be the lasting legacy not just for one generation, but for many generations.”

One of the group’s chairpersons, Murray Presley said they appreci-ate the work McRae put in to help them land the huge funding boost.

“I would be happy with $50,000,” said Presley. “But the $250,000 makes a real diff erence to our campaign. It means we’re going to be able to go into the ground as soon as we can.”

The goal now is to get the architects’ drawings and designs and approval for development and building permits.

“We are so excited to reach our go-ahead goal this quickly,” said Robert Mulrooney, who co-chairs the campaign with

Presley and Paul Helpard. “Today we’re here to celebrate and acknowl-edge the people that have made this possible.”

Mulrooney said in accepting the task of helping raise funds for this cause, they’ve had to break out of their comfort zone. It meant approach-ing friends, families and complete strangers for donations.

Helpard still has a hard time believing how far the campaign has progressed in a very short time.

“I would have never imagined one year ago when we were stand-ing here that we would see this kind of success unfold this year. Isn’t it mind-boggling?,” said Helpard. “I can’t believe the success that we’ve had.”

Also present was L’Arche Comox Valley Ex-ecutive Director Christine Monier who was thrilled with the boost to the campaign.

“We are entering Phase Two of our campaign, where we start to look at sending work to tender, but also at how we want our facility to refl ect our commitment to the environment, how it will be furnished and how we can optimize our fi scal re-sponsibility to be as debt-free as possible when we

fi nish,” said Monier.The new facility will

be a centre for day-time programming but also include six residential units - a key element in a community so desper-ately in need of aff ordable housing.

“Providing aff ordable, well- maintained and sup-ported spaces for adults who can live indepen-dently but want or need the security of informal community - this is of huge importance,” Monier notes. “This facility will be so much more than a community space - for many it will be home.”

The I Belong! Cam-paign will continue its fundraising eff orts. Pres-ley said they’re not done yet.

McRae presents $250,000 for L’Arche project

Providing aff ordable, well-maintained and supported spaces for adults who can live inde-pendently but want or need the security of in-formal community - this is of huge importance.”

CHRISTINE MONIERL’Arche CV executive director

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BY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

Dr. Salen Azer had the opportunity to meet with Prime Minister Stephen Harper as well as other government officials to talk about boosting hu-manitarian efforts in Iraq.

The doctor from St. Jo-seph’s Hospital along with his fellow volunteers who are involved in helping internally displaced Iraqi and Syrian refugees, want the Canadian government to not only enhance its military participation in the war against ISIS but also deal with the neglect-ed humanitarian crisis happening in Iraq.

“International humani-tarian organizations are absolutely overwhelmed with the magnitude of this disaster,” said Azer. “And because it’s such a highly political sensitive matter, there is very little atten-tion that is paid to the humanitarian crisis. It’s pretty much off the radar.”

Azer, who has been doing volunteer humani-tarian work in Iraq since 2007 and is also the chair of the International So-ciety for Peace and Hu-man Rights, also met with Minister of National De-fence Jason Kenny, Min-ister of Foreign Affairs Rob Nicholson, Minister of International Develop-ment Christian Paradis and Chair of the Standing Committee of the Minis-try of National Defence James Bezan. Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan set all this up. Az-er said they are grateful to Duncan for doing this.

“We had long discus-sions and our focus was predominantly on the hu-manitarian crisis side of

Without dismantling the military might of ISIS it is absolutely impossible to contain the humani-tarian crisis that is unfolding in that part of the world.”

DR. SALEN AZERComox Valley doctor

The fact is that ISIS is not just an ordinary terrorist organization. Their brutality and murderous nature is be-yond anything we have experienced in recent history.”

DR. SALEN AZERComox Valley doctor

HUMANITARIAN AID

Local doctor talks to Harper about crisisCanadian government asked to lead the way in helping 11 million displaced refugees

Dr. Salen Azer meets with Prime Minister Stephen Harper

that situation,” said Azer. There are 11 million

Iraqi and Syrian refugees and around 5 million of them are children under the age of five and they need help.

Azer said Canada is one of the top nations that makes contributions to many humanitarian en-deavours that include the United Nations High Com-

Dr. Azer working with refugee children

mission for Refugees and International Red Cross. Azer also added that they appreciate Canada’s com-mitment to take in 10,000 refugees. But he feels that

it is still not enough.“Definitely more needs

to be done,” said Azer. “In the face of 11 million refugees, 10,000 is not a number that will make a

substantial difference to the situation. We are hop-ing to and we did ask the Canadian government to take a leading role to bring the European countries also to the same level of contribution to the hu-manitarian crisis that is unfolding in that part of the world.”

Canada’s military in-volvement in the war against ISIS has received ongoing criticism from politicians and citizens. Azer said, unfortunately, the military action and humanitarian efforts go hand in hand, otherwise “tens of thousands of in-nocent lives will be lost unnecessarily.”

“Without dismantling the military might of ISIS it is absolutely impossible to contain the humanitar-ian catastrophe that is un-folding in that part of the world,” said Azer. “Right now close to eight million people left in areas under the control of ISIS are in a dire, dire situation. Tens of thousands of civil-ians have been beheaded, killed and gone missing, particularly the minori-ties - the Christian minori-ties, Yazidi and Kurdish minorities, the Assyrian minorities - almost killed at point blank. No ques-tions asked.

“This is not a group that at any point could be left to exist. So definitely, I believe, the presence of the Canadian Forces there is a contribution to the humanitarian work we are doing.”

Azer pointed out there has been a lack of under-standing and knowledge of the kind of adversary Canadian Forces and its allies are facing in this conflict. And this is one time Azer said he fully supports the military ini-tiative.

“The fact is that ISIS is not just an ordinary ter-rorist organization,” said Azer. “It’s not an organi-zation that you could say, ‘okay, we’ll push them back beyond a geographi-cal line and they will be fine.’ That doesn’t apply to this organization. Their brutality and murderous nature is beyond anything we have experienced in re-cent history.

“Purely from the hu-manitarian side of the story, I am not a politician and not familiar with the politics of that conflict and yet I know, because I’ve done humanitarian work for many years, how differ-ent and distinct this hu-manitarian crisis is from others in the world.”

Azer said they have asked the government, since it has regular mili-tary flights in and out of Iraq, if they could deliver medications and medical supplies to refugee camps. They are also looking for donations from the gov-ernment and also from people and groups in the Comox Valley, which Azer said have been so gener-ous to their mission.

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“The vast majority of what we have done so far has been due to donations from people in the Comox Valley,” said Azer. “Their contribution, and I can say this with confidence, has saved thousands of inno-cent lives. For every phy-sician travel pack, worth $575 for us to pay for, we get more than $6,000 in medications and it has 600 treatments. For every hundred treatments that

we install, ten treatments are life saving. So for ev-ery 600 treatments that we use, 60 lives are saved. For every $575, 60 lives are saved. This is less than $10 per life.”

Anyone wishing to make a donation can go to the website for the In-ternational Society for Peace and Human Rights http://www.peaceandhu-manrights.org/. You can also donate to the group’s medicine supplier Health Partners International.

Humanitarian crisis

BY DREW A. PENNEREcho Staff

To date approximately 50 people based at 19 Wing Comox have participated in Canada’s contribution to the fi ght against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in the Middle East, including air crews, maintenance, logis-tics and support workers.

In the wake of a narrow vote to extend Operation IMPACT by up to a year, local offi cials say CP-140 Aurora crews will be ready, as always, for whatever services are needed.

“When a specifi c mis-sion comes up, certainly we focus our training to make sure we’re meeting what that requirement is,” explained Lt. Col. Andrew McCorquodale, commander of 407 Long Range Patrol Squadron, which fl ies the spy plane. “But we expect everything of all of our people, and so we maintain that level all the time.”

Operational readiness is a guiding principal of 407 Squadron, which sports a red devil as its emblem.

“We participate in ex-ercises nationally, with the US and globally,” Mc-Corquodale said. “We’re always working. We’re op-erational here at home just like when we’re deployed overseas. All of that expe-rience, all of that time in the airplane, none of it is wasted. It’s all skills main-tenance and skills devel-opment.”

Base administrators have been working closely with counterparts at 14 Wing Greenwood, in Nova Scotia, the other Aurora

home, to make sure crews are as prepared as pos-sible for Operation IM-PACT duties.

Air combat systems of-fi cers (ACSOs) and air-borne electronic sensor operators (AESOPs) used new “procedural crew trainers” (PCTs), which replicate the environment in the most up-to-date “Block III” version of the Aurora.

While at the Maritime Proving and Evalua-tion Unit and 404 Mari-time Patrol and Training Squadron, the men and women participated in virtual scenarios and ben-efi ted from 3-D animation replays in classroom de-briefi ngs sessions.

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Base offi cials say Aurora crews prepared as anti-ISIL mission extendedAbout 50 Valley residents have deployed to Kuwait

pabilities that have been introduced there provide signifi cant training op-portunities not only for Op IMPACT but also for all our training require-ments,” McCorquodale said. “Crews from Co-mox and Greenwood are arriving in theatre well prepared for the current mission, which minimizes - to the most practical ex-tent possible - the time re-quired for crews to adapt to the local operational environment.”

This has included sce-narios based on real-life missions conducted over Libya three years ago, as well as emergency proce-dure practice and “fl ying” into various aerodromes.


Andrew McCorquodale, commander of 407 Long Range Patrol Squadron, says operational readiness is the name of the game.

We expect everything of all of our people, and so we maintain that level all the time”

LT.COL. MCCORQUODALE407 Squadron commander


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In recent months the government has ordered “urgent” upgrades to the Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) systems, to boost the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities of the aircraft.

According to Canadian military sources, the Aurora crews have been doing a stellar, though ardu-ous, job overseas.

“The CP-140 Aurora is capable of reaching remote areas and remain-ing on location for an extended pe-riod of time, allowing its crew to collect a wide range of information relative to a specifi c area or event,” Maj. Richard Langlois, a public af-fairs offi cer with Operation IM-PACT, told the Echo in an email.

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Defence offi cials say the true ex-tent of ISIL’s capabilities are not yet known, but it’s something the military higher-ups aren’t taking lightly.

“The capacity of ISIL to target our aircraft during a mission re-mains in question,” Langlois said. “While there are inherent threats to fi ghters, surveillance and sup-port aircraft (i.e. CC-150T Polaris) that we can’t ignore, we are doing everything we can to make the risk manageable.”

In any event, missions can be quite taxing on participants. Aboard

the Aurora, some focus on collect-ing and analysing of data collected by the plethora of sensors, while others must stay aware of the air-space around the plane.

“Invariably, no one is removed from what other crewmembers are doing,” he said. “Considering the extended length of an average mis-sion, it is common for the crew to return exhausted from a fl ight.”

Airmen and women also take part in the Road to High Readiness pro-gram meant to prepare Canadian Forces for the unique challenges they could face.

“No one involved is ignorant of the risks - both mental and physi-cal - to the men and women operat-ing in support of Op IMPACT,” Mc-Corquodale said.

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“They investigate and collect data on areas of interest where either ac-tivity is ongoing and doing damage assessment, or where eventually there will be oncoming missions in the future, and doing that intel-ligence data collection,” he said. “Our crews work long, dedicated hours to collect imagery as well as to ensure the Aurora are ready to fl y in the hot, dusty conditions of the region.”

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Above:A technician guides a CP-140 Aurora Feb. 5, 2015 during Operation Impact.

Left:The CP-140 Aurora pilots and the fl ight engineer com-municate during a reconnaissance mission during Operation Impact on Feb. 8, 2015 in Kuwait.

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Our federal government is at war with its own citi-zens. They spend millions in court costs every year trying to deny the rights of veterans and indigenous people. They have disfran-chised tens of thousands of mostly non-conservative voters with the Fair Elec-tions Act, changes Elec-tions Canada never felt were needed. The federal government has chucked out the Canadian Health Accord and will cut 36 bil-lion dollars of health fund-ing in the next 10 years. Hundreds of acts and poli-cies that were there to safe guard the common good of Canadians and the environ-ment have been eliminated or gutted. Harper’s vision is a free-market utopia

where corporations have absolute say and control of government policies.

Stephen Harper claims he is standing up for hu-man rights, freedom and democracy in the Middle East while he slashes away at those very things in Canada. He’s using the same, and sadly success-ful, tactics used by George W Bush, Benjamin Netan-yahu and Vladimir Putin to defl ect their shortcomings at home.

L. KrainerCourtenay

While it is true that there

are innumerable laws on the books to control vio-lations of logging practic-es, what we don’t have is proper enforcement of all these laws.

Yes, we had signifi cant rainfall and that rainfall had to go somewhere. But the simple fact remains that if you clearcut sidehills with-out regard to what mother nature might do, the result is likely to be what hap-pened in the Cruickshank when the rains came.

What should concern everyone is what steps are being taken to remedy this situation.

Everyone in author-ity appeared to be either ignoring the problem or pleading ignorance of the situation.

While I agree that there

is plenty of ignorance to go around this does nothing to remedy this problem. Some questions I have are as follows:

Where are our local fi rst nations people, supposed protectors of the environ-ment. What if anything are they doing or suggesting to mitigate this situation.

Where is our intrepid MLA, supposed protector of all things Comox Val-ley.

And what is the regional district’s take on this, es-pecially after stating pub-licly that they would look into the problem.

And what, as a result of our almost non-existent snow pack will be the im-pact on our water supply this summer.

I have heard from a re-liable source that there is still talk of wasting mil-lions of gallons of our wa-ter to run the kayak festival again this year. Surely that is just an ugly rumour.

These questions and I am sure many others re-quire answers. When will we get some?

R. McCulloch Area B

Nothing shows a govern-ment more out of touch with reality than the fed-eral Conservative’s hawk-ish approach to security. Despite what the headlines show, all major stats show

a world more peaceful and more safe than any other time in history. Yet de-spite this the government seems committed to sacri-fi cing our collective human rights with bill C-51, all in the name of security.

Every major Canadian legal association, every rights organization - includ-ing Amnesty International - has condemned this leg-islation, as it risks making criminals out of those who oppose the agenda of one man - Stephen Harper.

It is rare that civilian rights are removed in one fell swoop; usually those in power gnaw away at them, moving the bar further with each piece of legisla-tion.

As this government has long shown itself to be unaccountable to a par-liament that it frequently treats with contempt, we cannot trust our elected MPs to prevent Canada’s slide into the abyss of hys-teria and human rights abuses.

This Prime Minister has been on record stat-ing “You won’t recognize Canada when I’m through with it.”

Those words chilled many when he spoke them in 2006, but who knew then that his vision of Canada was an autocratic police state?

Nathaniel PooleVictoria

Dear Mayor Ives and Councillors of the Town of Comox:

Recently, we learned about your decision to de-molish not one but both Mack Laing Houses in your Community. It goes without saying this poten-tial act is of great concern to naturalists, not only in your area, but to all natu-ralists and environmental-ists in British Columbia, and yes even in Canada.

You are likely aware that Mr. Laing is a great pioneer and played a pivotal role in the natural and environ-mental history of Western Canada. He made many literary and scientifi c con-tributions, was instrumen-tal in the National Museum of Canada. His expeditions associated with the Geo-logical Survey of Canada and laid the foundations of Western Canada’s ecologi-cal and economic heritage.

In short, he was a giant in Canada, British Colum-bia and Comox.

To erase his memory would be a cultural aff ront to the province, the Cana-dian Museum of Nature, to the Geological Survey of Canada and indeed to the Town of Comox. We implore you, to respect his generous donations to the town of Comox, to follow up on his explicit directions of his will, from which the town has been a

great benefi ciary. We are certain that the

Geological Survey of Can-ada, of which I am also a direct member, the Cana-dian Museum of Nature, the Province of British Columbia and the Town of Comox will be very grate-ful to you if you continue to protect the heritage of this great Canadian.

As you might know, BC Nature (Federation of BC Naturalists) is the larg-est nature organization in British Columbia with over 5300 members and we are associated with Nature Canada. We are of-ten invited to work closely with provincial environ-mental and nature issues. We would appreciate hear-ing back from you at your earliest convenience.

Kees VisserPresident BC Nature

Is the real danger to Ca-nadians coming from the Middle East or from a lot closer to home?

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those tough Christmas sales days. We gave away over 118,000 ID Kits that traveled to Powell River, to Gold River, to Victoria and as far away as P.E.I. through visiting relatives. GM Chris Jones and his outstanding department Managers were always concerned about giving back to the Commu-nity. They will be missed. Street Smart Kidz of Canada wishes Best Buy a happy transition into the Comox Valley.

I SEE THE Braidwood Housing Project is go-ing ahead without the input of the residents of the neighborhood. The working group consists of representatives from the City, the BC Non-Profi t Housing Ass., and Island Health. Where are the people who are most aff ected by this develop-ment? Mr. Jessup, you assured us input - not happening.

A VERY NOISY BEEF to the people who live in Cum-berland who think it’s appropriate to let your an-noying girl child scream her foul head off out in the street. Just because it is day time does not mean your neighbors want to hear your child’s shrill screeches all day while they are either trying to nap, garden peacefully, or even bake a cake in their home (yes, your child is SO loud we can hear her indoors too). On top of that the poor dogs in your backyard get no attention and I imagine your children don’t play out there due to the dog poop and junk you don’t clean up, so instead they are in your small front driveway with their toys and the rest of your junk, screaming and running around partially on the road where it is not only unsafe but forces everyone on the entire block to have to hear the screams and witness your unattended children fl irt with danger each time someone decides it would be fun to speed on our bumpy road with no care or consideration for your kids... But I guess you have none for them either.

MT. WASHINGTON has told pass holders that they will

receive a 50% discount on next year’s pass based on being open from Dec. 20 until Feb 9. They should have based it from Dec. 20th to mid-January as the skiing was virtually impossible after that. We should receive a free pass for next year or at least 75% off .

BEEF TO THE DRIVER who

hit an orange tabby cat April 6th, 2015 on Aspen Rd. in Comox right by the Co-op around 5 pm. You must have heard the thud and the moan from the cat. The poor thing made its way down our condo driveway and collapsed in pain, gagging for air it was in so much pain. A sunny bouquet to Devon and Mark for seeing the cat struggling to breathe and in pain. They went down with a nice blan-ket and tote and gently picked the tabby up and took it to the Vet to see if they could help. If you are missing your beloved orange tabby we took it to Van Isle Veterinary ... hope all is well.

WELL, NEW YORK INVESTORS are recognizing the North Island P3 Hospitals as award winning for inves-tors.What about property taxpayers - $240 million. Is our fi nancing a good deal?

COLD SOUP and stale donuts to the older woman at the donut shop late Saturday night. You ordered soup and yelled at the server for touching your soup bowl without wearing plastic gloves. The server repeatedly apologized but you said that “sorry was not enough” and kept berat-ing her. I don’t know what the shop policy is for handling soup bowls but even if she was at fault a sincere sorry should have ended the matter. People are not perfect and I hope next time you can re-member that and be more understanding.

RIDICULOUS HUGE BEEF. After attending the late show at our towns illustri-ous cinema on Tuesday April 7th, my girlfriend and I exited only to fi nd one of our lovely town councilors trying to start a fi st fi ght in the parking lot with a much younger

gentleman. Now I have no insight as to what the argument was about as I did not witness the beginning of it but all I can attest to is how vulgar and threatening this certain councilor was acting. The young man he was berating seemed to want nothing to do with him and just wanted to get in his truck and leave. Courtenay and the Comox Valley are far to small for this type of ac-tion by an Elected offi cial. I just hope that he doesn’t watch fast and the furious 7 before he goes into the next council meeting or else his fellow councilors might have to watch out, and to the gentleman in the white dodge pick up truck good on you for just getting in your truck, takes a much bigger man to walk away then it does to make a scene like that.

OH BOY ... I’ve been a very patient man for many years and seldom get upset dismayed or an-gry. But the straw on the pack horse back fi nally made said horse collapse After all these years of fi lling my wallet with with important papers and cards it has now become overloaded with ‘reward cards’ and now of all reward cards jamming my wallet, what do I get in the mail? Another reward card from the Canadian shopping icon ... Cana-dian Tire! Well I thought just maybe it would fi t in my already stuff ed wallet. I carefully slipped it in in front of my Thrifty air miles reward card and managed to place the wallet in my front pocket with my change, car keys, lip balm, old dollar store receipts, bottle cap, and my handy little pocket knife. And that was only my left pocket. Every-thing seemed fi ne despite the awkward step with my left leg as I entered the A&W to meet my buddies for coff ee. As I reached in my left pocket for change ... it happened. I felt an odd rumbling then a swelling. Suddenly there was an explosion. It was my wallet. Huge pocket hole was created by the “event”. I could feel my coins falling down the inside of my leg and all possessions from the wal-let fl ew out of my pocket.

I started to jump around on my right leg and shook my left to stop the on-slaught that was fl ying all over the “Dub” It seemed like 100 cards decided to escape like chickens from a factory.

The cards were every-where! I must have had at least $16.50 in change and all the senior men were diving for it, I could even hear the wives shout “Over there, over there”. After much scrambling and collecting money ($7.38), cards, and pocket stuff all that was left of my wallet was tatters.

Thanks to the cashier, she gave me a take-out bag with napkins to put my cards and stuff in. Is there a moral to this sad story? I guess I need a ‘man purse’.

As for all the reward cards we carry, I would like to suggest ONE special reward card we can have to swipe in any store that carries reward cards. Better yet, just lower prices and forget the cards.

My coff ee buddies, they were laughing so hard Don snorted coff ee out of his nose.

BOUQUETS to BC Trans-port Minister Todd Stone who has successfully diverted the BC Ferries fare cost issue, by raising speed limits and now pe-nalizing left lane drivers who follow the limit, but hold up speeders. Well done Minister Stone! The short attention span of British Columbians may be due to medical mari-juana use.

AS AN OWNER of a black Escalade who hap-pens to live on Sussex Drive, I feel that I need to respond to a Beef & Bouquet that appeared in last week’s paper. Please let me clarify for the sake of my poor wife. I do own a black Escalade but my wife has her own vehicle (much nicer than mine) and prefers to drive hers. To all our concerned neighbours and friends who left funny messages on our answering ma-chine regarding sponsor-ship for the Indy 500 for my wife, she respectfully declines as we were both away in Victoria March 16th and 17th (with the said Escalade). To the

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A WONDERFUL BOUQUET of spring fl owers to all those folks who came out and supported the Comox Legion Ladies Auxiliary Easter Bake Sale in the Comox Mall.


STREET SMART KIDZ would like to thank Future Shop of Courtenay for the wonderful 4-year association. Although we are sad to learn of the departure of Future Shop, we are glad to hear some staff will be staying on with Best Buy. Street Smart Kidz will always remember those wonder-ful Decembers we spent working together to get as many Free Child ID Kits out into parents hands as we could. We hope all Future Shop employees remember, because we worked as a team during

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BOUQUETS to Cumber-land Council for raising concerns about the South Sewer project’s cost and aff ordability. The CVRD has a track record of ex-pensive solutions to Infra-structure issues, but don’t blame the professionals for seeking perfection at any cost. Why would the CVRD staff be concerned about cost or effi ciency? The majority of CVRD directors approve all bud-gets including the present budget which increases revenue and spending by 20%. Record income and record spending. A very disappointing start for the new CVRD Board. Victoria Capital Regional District is infamous for the inability to choose a common sewage

treatment site for over 300,000 people, but they are working on it, all 12 local governments. The question has to be - why aren’t the 4 local gov-ernments in the Comox Valley working on a com-mon Regional sewage treatment plant? Another unwelcome sewage plant, 2 sets of operators, 2 set of maintenance workers - it just does not make eco-nomic sense to proceed with the South Sewer project. Keep asking questions, Cumberland Council. Thank You.

WHILE BOTH Courtenay and Campbell River residents are pleased that we will have new hospi-tals, it seems that only the P3 partners will get deals on “Green Bonds”. What about local Taxpay-ers - what sort of deal are we getting on the $240 millions that we are in-vesting? When New York investors recognize the

North Island hospitals as a good deal - it must be! What about North island taxpayers -is this a good deal? It seems a good deal for Balfour Beatty investors - did local prop-erty taxpayers pay Jim Sparrow’s fl ight to New York to pick up the Green Bond, LEED, P3 Award? It is a bit disappointing that the BC Government is outsourcing the owner-ship of Hospitals and For-ests. Somewhat desperate measures, while going deeper in debt.

WHILE THE “FOREST INFOR-MATION NETWORK” tried to set the facts straight on logging the Comox Lake watershed, they missed more than a few “facts”. When Forestry compa-nies close value added sawmills , the community loses not only property tax revenue, but good jobs. Thousands of good jobs have been lost, be-cause it’s more profi table

to export raw logs. “Water surged up to 50 times the normal fl ow” and caused fl ooding.

Yes it may have, but the lake levels were also at record lows last summer due to record low infl ows. Record low infl ows and record high infl ows are re-lated to excessive logging in the watershed. Check out the Tsolum River Res-toration website and view the video - make up your own mind on the exces-sive logging impact. The two BC Crown Corpora-tions controlling most of the Comox Lake water supply are BC Hydro and BC Investment Manage-ment Corporation. BC Hydro profi ts from the water rights and BCIMC profi ts from logging the watershed. We need some balance here, rather than shifting the in-creased costs of fl ooding, droughts and $55 millions in water treatment cost onto Courtenay,Comox,

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With your help, we get to continue to support our service people as well as many various charities in the Comox Valley! We ladies want to thank you so much for showing your support!

A STADIUM FILLED WITH BOU-QUETS to an unsung hero, the off -duty ambulance driver from Campbell Riv-er who was driving right behind my Aunt when her car went off the road and down an embank-ment. Your knowledge and skilled hands saved her life. She is very badly broken and she will take several months to heal but without you the outcome could have been more bleak. God sent down an angel in the form of an ambulance driver in her hour of need. Just know, her four children, and all of her extended fam-ily and friends are most grateful that you were there. Thank you ... two small words that I hope you know mean so much and a debt of gratitude that could not be repaid in this lifetime.

WE GIVE A HUGE BOUQUET of Olives to the owner of Yiamas Greek Taverna for the overwhelming gener-osity shown to our family & friends during our diffi -cult time after the passing of our sister Sandy! Your kindness lifted our spirits during this very stressful time. We really appreci-ate your awesome Greek hospitality!

A BOUQUET of spring

fl owers to my wonder-ful neighbours Don and Alice for all their kind-ness and thoughtfulness. Alice shares her delicious baking with me and Don is always there to assist me in various ways such as move heavy items and chopping branches into kindling for me. Thanks to the both of you.

BEEF to the pedestrians

on Dingwall Road near the cemetery who DO NOT walk on the sidewalk provided. Car drivers go-ing up the hill on Dingwall Road from the highway cannot see if there are cars coming and when we have to move over

CVRD water customers. Whose “Facts” do we believe? Maybe not the “facts” of those who profi t from removing the water and removing the trees.

One fact is clear - the climate is changing ,as predicted in CVRD stud-ies.

Excessive logging will continue to make the problem of record high infl ows in Fall winter and and record low infl ows in Summer - much worse. The solution is to change BC Government policies. The Watershed Advisory Group needs full support of all Comox Valley politi-cians. That could be a fact, but they seem silent.

Paul Horgen, author of the children’s book Tales of Kona the Guide Dog and board chair of Comox Valley Proj-ect Watershed Society is pleased to present the society with a $500 donation from the pro-ceeds of book sales. This fun and colour-ful book chronicles the life and times of Paul’s lovely guide dog Kona. Kona narrates the book, telling her story to chil-dren, parents, teachers and grandparents.

“The book was pub-lished in early Decem-ber and marketed locally in the valley. It has done very well, and I am so

happy to make this fi rst donation to Project Wa-tershed. I have pledged to contribute a portion of the profi ts to my two favourite charities, Proj-ect Watershed and BC Guide Dog Services, and I am hoping that this donation will be the fi rst of many,” says Horgen. This donation has been earmarked for Project Watershed’s “Keeping It Living” art fundraising campaign, which runs from May 12 - 31 at the Pearl Ellis gallery.

Anyone wishing to or-der the book can do so online at talesofkona.com or email [email protected].

Paul Horgen presents Project Watershed’s Estuary Coordinator, Jennifer Sutherst with a cheque for $500.00.

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This graphic shows the proposed bridge from just above street level on the downtown side. The heavy pressure-treated timber deck on a steel frame would be strong and wide enough not only for many pedestrians and bikes, but also for maintenance vehicles and light ambulances as needed. (Illustration courtesy Outlook Land Design/3D Design)

An iconic new design for a pedestrian and cycling bridge over the Courtenay River will be offi cially un-veiled at a meeting of the City Council on Monday evening (April 13).

But today readers can get a sneak peek of what the Sixth Street Bridge Steering Committee is now proposing in order to address some concerns expressed when its idea for a timber-framed bridge was fi rst put forward.

Having consulted in de-tail with bridge-building engineers, the committee is now promoting the con-cept of a 60-metre (200ft) cable-stayed suspension bridge, primarily built of special steel, with a 4.5-metre (15ft) wide wood deck “as the most practi-cal, cost-eff ective and best fi t for this site.”

They say it would be “an architecturally iconic presence in downtown,” with the cables holding the deck in place stretch-ing from twin steel sup-ports on the Simms Park side of the river.

Committee chair Harry Holland said the group hoped to win the Council’s backing in principle to the concept so they could ac-tively start fundraising - primarily by approaching corporations, trusts and foundations, and the wid-er community - to meet the anticipated $1.9 mil-lion cost.

They would, he added, not be seeking money from the City itself, as they had already begun to identify potential new sources of fi nance. But if the campaign is success-ful, and the project goes ahead, they would look to the municipality to main-tain the bridge in the fu-ture.

Unlike Fifth Street Bridge, the committee

Group has abandoned ‘wooden bridge’ idea; says estimated cost is $1.9 million

The twin steel supports and cable stays on the east bank, and the pedestrian area adjacent to the bridge on the downtown bank, can clearly be seen in this graphic. The bridge deck would be lit at night, not just for safety reasons but also to be an attractive downtown feature. Care would be taken to ensure the lighting was angled in such a way to not attract predator seals. (Illustration courtesy Outlook Land Design/3D Design)

says the new bridge will require minimal mainte-nance because of the type of construction materials now proposed - a key rea-son for switching the de-

sign from a predominant-ly timber-frame design, which had been a concern of City staff .

The latest proposals also see the bridge location

off set from the bottom of Sixth Street to make sure Central Builders continues to have convenient access to all its buildings, and to allow City crews clear ve-

hicle access for bulk snow disposal in winter.

The new siting also cre-ates the opportunity for a small pedestrian gath-ering area, and a timber framed ‘gateway’ feature to highlight the way on to

the bridge. “We see this bridge not

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“We would like to get the project

underway in this, the City of Cour-tenay’s Centenary year, and see it complete and in use for the 150th an-niversary of Canada in 2017. It would be an absolutely tremendous legacy project marking both anniversaries.”

The bridge is intended to link pedes-trian and bike trails on both sides of the river, most signifi cantly the Cour-tenay Riverway on the west bank, and both existing and proposed paths and trails leading out of the park of the east side. It is also intended to take a lot of foot and bike traffi c off Fifth Street Bridge, making that structure less congested and safer for drivers.

At Monday’s council meeting, Hol-land will be joined by Tim O’Brien of Outlook Land Design - a civil engi-neering and landscape architecture company - and architect Phillipa Atwood, who have worked with the

committee to put the latest and moredetailed proposals together.

Together the trio will off er moreinformation on the proposals, whichhave been worked on since the coun-cil gave “in principle” support for theoriginal project two years ago. Theywill formally present a detailed 28-page report, which will include tencomputer-generated images showingdetails of the proposed bridge frommany angles, in the daytime as wellas at night.

“We always envisaged the originalbridge project as helping in the re-vitalization of downtown, making itan easily accessible destination forpedestrians and cyclists - especiallythose from the east side of the river,”said Holland.

“We believe the new design is evenmore exciting and hope that will besupported regionally as a step for-ward for green initiatives such asactive transportation, cycling safety,and the easing of traffi c congestion.”

Councillor Erik Eriksson heard about the bridge pro-posal but said he would pre-fer to see a unifi ed eff ort on replacing the aging 5th Street Bridge with a new one that has designations for vehicles, pedestrians and bicycles.

Eriksson said it would be wise to combine the money that would be spent on build-ing the pedestrian-bicycle bridge, with the $2.2 million that would be used to recoat the bridge and use it to re-place 5th Street Bridge.

“That’s already $4 million,” said Eriksson. “It would be way better to build one bridge that will have designated lanes for vehicles, pedestri-ans and bicycles. It would be a shame to build a pedestrian

bridge on 6th Street. I don’t know whether cyclists would come up the Old Island High-way and drive into the park, underneath the bridge and go across. Are they still gon-na go across the old bridge?”

Eriksson is aiming to en-courage the group to recon-sider its objectives.

“I hope when the propo-nents of this project brings it to city council, we can ask them to get behind a new bridge,” said Eriksson. “Let’s put two and two together and make a real nice entranceway. We can kill two birds with one stone. I hope to have a good discussion on Monday night.”

Eriksson plans to make a proposal to the Comox Val-

ley Regional District that the entire community get together.

“If you’re applying for a grant, as a smaller entity, which is just the City of Courtenay, as opposed to the entire Valley, we might get a better access to funding be-cause it’s a larger group,” Er-iksson explained.

Councillor against idea, wants new 5th St. bridge

New bridge proposed

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BY LYNN HODGE

Courtenay Little The-atre’s production ‘Quar-tet by Ronald Harwood, directed by Alana Gowdy, opens at the Sid Williams Theatre for six entertain-ing shows, April 10, 11, 16, 17 and 18 at 7:30 and a matinee April 12 at 2:00.

‘Quartet’ tells a delight-ful story about the life-long friendships of aging opera

singers and their lives in a retirement home for professional musicians. The four residents, once internationally famous, are asked to perform the quartet from Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto for an annual gala.

They had performed this opera many years earlier and their highly respected recording is just being re-released.

The quartet from Rigo-letto is considered one of the greatest in all the opera repertoire. It is for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, and baritone.

They are all available, but when complications arise, their performance is at risk.

Courtenay Little The-atre actors Tony Arnold, Susan Cox, Phil Henry and Annie Lord are all

seasoned performers and very capable of portraying the nuances and quirks of people dealing with aging and the loss of abilities.

This touching, poignant comedy will certainly ring true for many Comox Val-ley residents. The local music scene is vibrant and diverse, attracting musi-cians and performers from all genres of the art.


In ‘Quartet’, four retired opera singers rehearse (left to right) Cecily Robson (Annie Lord), Wilfred Bond (Phil Henry), Reginald Paget )Tony Arnold), and Jean Horton (Susan Cox)] Photo by: Terry Penney

The music in ‘Quartet’Courtenay Little Theatre portrays four aging singers

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The dinner will be delicious - and will have gluten free and vegetarian options. It will also be accompanied by performances from Vanier’s Improv team and some other won-derful singing, dancing and other talent from some of the Comox Valley’s most outstand-ing peformers.

All the proceeds go towards helping the Vanier Improvisers get to Ottawa to take part in the Canadian Improv Games National tournament and festival. Vanier won the re-gional fi nals and will represent Vancouver Is-land in this coast-to-coast tournament. The tournament includes the 20 top High School Improv teams from across the country - from Vancouver Island to Newfoundland and with everyone in between.

The expenses for the trip are great and include, among other things, costly plane tickets, other transportation, and accommo-dation for the team and chaperones for their week in Ottawa. But all the work and money will be worth it when they get on that plane to take the trip and represent Vancouver Is-land at the National Tournament.

“It is defi nitely a huge honour to represent Vancouver Island at Nationals” explains Sara Kozack, one of the team’s captains and all of the improvisers are looking forward to so much about this experience.

Jeff Daniels, who is returning to Nationals for the second year, says, “I’m most excited to learn from so many other improvisers from around the country, and to just meet new and exciting like-minded people. It’s re-ally just a genuine, fun, learning experience”

While Sarah Wharram agrees that she is most excited about learning from the work-shops and other improvisers and that she is, “just pumped for everything”, Kennedy Dan-

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Emma Whittington is also very much look-ing forward to the opportunity to travel, spe-cifi cally the chance to do so with her team.“I’m most excited on seeing the big city andtravelling with the improv family all nightlong on the red eye.”

Like many of the others, Sara Kozack isalso excited about the workshops and learn-ing but she is also looking forward to thechance to watch the performances. “One ofmy favourite parts about Nationals last year”,she explains “was getting to watch all of theteams perform! It was so cool to see so muchimprov in a week!”

It has taken countless hours to get theteam this far and it will take countless moreto prepare for the national tournament andraise the funds to get there. So is it all worthit? Emma Whittington explains the impactImprov has had on her and why it is worthall the time and eff ort:

“I’ve improvised now for 4 years and it’scompletely changed my life. Never couldI imagine the people I would meet and thefriends I’ve made and how much fun I’ve hadthese past years. I am so excited and thank-ful to be given this opportunity to make it toNationals, and I can’t wait for it. It’s going tobe such an amazing experience and I can’tthank the people I play with and the peoplewho have supported us enough.

Help Emma and her team get to Ottawaand have a great evening to boot!

Tickets for the show are $20 or $60 fora family, with all proceeds going to the stu-dents’ travel costs. Tickets are available atShamrock Vet, Laughing Oyster Books,from improvisers or by emailing Lori Mazey@ [email protected]


Many fi ne instrumental-ists and singers look for-ward to retirement when employment requirements fi nally no longer impede the love of just making music. Imagine a retire-ment home full of former musicians! Music would be everywhere.

Louis Armstrong once said, “Musicians don’t re-tire; they stop when there’s no more music in them.”

‘Quartet’ is a wonder-ful play, sure to entertain theatre lovers and music lovers alike. As well as Verdi, the audiences will enjoy the music of Mozart bridging the scenes.

This charming comedy confi rms that there is no age limit to creativity or to love, and though decades may pass, the eternal mu-sic of friendships and af-fection play on.

Tickets for Quartet are on sale now at the Sid Wil-liams Ticket Centre, 442 Cliff e Ave., or by phone (250) 338-2430 ext. 1, and online at www.sidwilliam-stheatre.com.

Show dates are Apr. 10th, 11th, 16th, 17th, and 18th at 7:30 PM (all seats

$22) and Sunday Apr. 12th for the 2 PM mati-nee (all seats $20).

Thanks to the sponsors for the CLT’s 2015-16 season 98.9 GOAT FM, Paul Chisholm (RBC Wealth Management, Dominion Securities), and Jane Denham (REMAX, Ocean Pacifi c Re-alty).

The music of CLT’s ‘Quartet’ Spaghetti dinner with Vanier Improv

Soprano Jean Horton (Susan Cox, left) and baritone Wilfred Bond (Phil Henry, right) rehearse a duet from Rigoletto in ‘Quartet’, the Courtenay Little Theatre’s upcoming perfor-mance]

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Comox Valley RCMP responded to the follow-ing incidents between March 31 and April 6:

Truck stolenOn March 31st a report

of a theft of a motor vehicle was taken by the Comox Valley RCMP.

The owner reports parking the vehicle on the 2900 block of Kilpatrick Avenue while at work and returning to fi nd his 1983 Black F100 Ford Pickup with BC plate ET0054 gone.( 2015 - 3913)

Driver intoxicatedOn the evening of April

1st the RCMP attended a report of a two vehicle collision that had oc-curred at the Shell Gas station on Comox Avenue in Comox.

The investigation revealed that one of the drivers was intoxicated by alcohol and was is-sued a 90 day Immediate Roadside Prohibition and his vehicle was towed and impounded for 30 days. (2015-3965)

Power tools stolenPolice took a report of

a break, enter and theft from a building on the 2900 block of Ulverston Avenue in Cumberland on April 4th.

Thieves pried a door open to the Atco trailer and once inside stole sev-eral power tools. (2015-4054)

Break, enter and theftOn April 5th the Comox

Valley RCMP took a re-port of a break, enter and theft from a residence on the 2700 block of Virginia drive in Courtenay.

The culprit entered the residence through an un-locked exterior door and once inside stole 2 iPads, a Nintedo DS and a set of vehicle keys.

Through inquiries by the home owners neigh-bour all property was located and returned and accused was arrested on several outstanding war-rants. (2015-4089)

Mischief at vet clinicOn March 6th police

received a report of a mis-chief at the Sunrise Vet-erinary Clinic located on the 800 block of Sham-rock place in Comox.

Unknown suspects had gone into the garden and disturbed or broke several plants, paving stones, decorative rocks and a sprinkler pipe. (2015-4119)

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Former Valley resident and local high school grad Colin Angus is no strang-er to choppy seas and en-durance crushing rowing. Angus and his now wife Julie Wafaei crossed the Atlantic nine years ago us-ing nothing but their own arm strength.

Now, Angus is up for another challenge, which may prove to be more gru-eling than powering one’s way around the world. He will be competing in a 750-mile rowing race from Port Townsend, Washing-ton to Ketchikan, Alaska this June. On top of physi-cal and mental training,

Angus is also designing his own competition boat, which he will be testing in a few weeks. You can fol-low Angus’ progress on his Facebook page Angus Adventures.

Holiday traffi c stopsThe North Island Inte-

grated Road Safety Unit conducted road enforce-ment in the Comox Valley area over the Easter Long Weekend.

Members of the unit stopped a number of ve-hicles and issued four 90-day immediate roadside

Royston-Cumberland Lions proudly present ‘The Magic of Greg Ladret’ on April 18. Two matinees 12:00 noon & 2:00 p.m. are scheduled at the Lewis Centre, Courtenay. Tickets cost $15.00each or purchase 4 get one free. Proceeds for Special Needs programs at the Lewis Centre

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driving prohibitions; two 3-day immediate roadside prohibitions; and, one ex-cessive speeder had his vehicle impounded for 7 days and received a $368 dollar Violation Ticket.

The North Island Inte-grated Road Safety Unit routinely conducts patrols throughout North Van-couver Island and Powell River.

Happy anniversariesThe Comox Valley Child

Development Association (Continued on page 18)


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May Day MagicSpices and Blarney is

presenting a fund raising evening of exciting enter-tainment and exotic Indi-an food on May 2nd, 2015 @ D’Esterre House in Co-mox. The event starts at 6 PM. Tickets cost $100 with a $75 tax receipt and are on sale at the Laugh-ing Oyster in Courtenay and the Blue Heron in Co-mox, payable by check. All proceeds go to Dawn to Dawn Action on Home-lessness. Come and join the party while supporting a vital community service. For further information call Joline @ 250-331-0778 or Liz @ 250-338-6284.

Spices and Blarney is a collaborative union be-tween two women of Irish descent, Liz Datoo and Joline Martin, celebrating their love of cooking. Liz has taught Indian cooking in the Comox Valley for

40 years. Joline brings her cooking skills and enthu-siasm to apply to classic Ismailia cuisine. Together they create exotic dishes laced with blarney-pro-ducing laughter.

2nd building permitThe second building

permit worth $3.6M has now been issued for Aca-dia on the Walk in Courte-nay. This is for the second building in the 94-unit apartment complex in south Courtenay at An-fi eld Road. Construction is going quickly on the fi rst building, which is ex-pected to open around Au-gust 1 this year.

Local award fi nalistsSome Comox Valley

building projects have been named fi nalists in the 8th annual Vancouver Island Real Estate Board Commercial Building Awards set for April 23 at the Coast Bastion Hotel in Nanaimo.

Re/MAX Commercial is the Platinum Sponsor for the event, with Colliers International and Coastal Community Credit Union signing on as Gold Spon-sors. Category sponsors include the Business De-velopment Bank of Can-ada, Canadian Western Bank, DTZ Barnicke, RBC Royal Bank, MNP LLP, and the Nanaimo Eco-nomic Development Cor-

poration, Invest Comox Valley and the Vancouver Island Construction As-sociation (VICA). Busi-ness Examiner Vancouver Island coordinates the event. Valley projects up for awards are:

Community Institution-al: K’omoks First Nation Administration building of Courtenay

Multi-Family: Ridge View Phase III, Courte-nay.

Community Recreation-al: Comox Valley Child Development, Courtenay.

Hospitality: McDonald’s Crown Isle, Courtenay.

Tickets for the event, which sold out last year,

are $95 and are available through www.busines-sexaminer.ca and click on Events.

School gardening eventSchool District 71 is

having its fi rst ever school garden conference on Thursday, April 23 from 10:00 - 3:00 at Courtenay Elementary School gym.

The goals of the confer-ence are: helping teachers connect curriculum with gardening, sharing ex-pertise, and networking. Keynote Speaker is Brent Mansfi eld from Think & Eat Green @ School. He

will be speaking about linking a 21st Century Cur-riculum to school gardens. http://thinkeatgreen.ca This conference is meant for staff /parents who are involved with their school garden, as well as student leaders.

Radiothon coming upOn April 28 and 29 the

phone lines at 97.3 The Eagle will be open, with volunteers standing by to take donations at the 7th annual Variety’s Ra-diothon, a fundraiser for Variety - The Children’s Charity. Variety believes

that children who have special needs are champi-ons, capable of achieving remarkable little victories on their individual jour-neys. All funds raised at the Radiothon stay in the Courtenay and Campbell River area to help local families with children who have special needs.

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Dance your brains out tonight at upper Legion

Courtenay Legion Br. 17 is having an upstairs dance tonight, Friday, April 10. Doors open 7 pm, dancing runs from 7:30-10:30 to music by Canuck Coun-try.

Tickets $15/couple or $10/single. Call Marj Wal-ters 250-33-0656 to re-serve. Great music, fun, prizes and refreshments.

IN THE “TOO MUCH NEWS, NOT ENOUGH PAPER” DEPARTMENT:

Catch these stories on our website at www.co-moxvalleyecho.com:

• The Comox Valley was well represented at the third annual Vancou-ver Island Top 20 Under 40 Business & Commu-nity Achievement Awards, with two local business-women taking home some new hardware.

• The Blue Dot Rally is being held today (Friday, April 10) at 5 pm at the Florence Filberg Centre in support of environmental health.

• The Brooklyn Creek Watershed Society is looking for voluteers to help with counting young salmon. Info session on April 13, 6-7 pm adjacent to 70 Orchard Park Drive.

• K’omoks First Nation has received the ‘Keeping It Living’ award.

• Pirates walked the plank at Courtenay Fish and Game’s annual ban-quet.

• Take a history walking tour this afternoon (April 10) in Cumberland.

• Join the fi ght against MS at annual walk April 19.

• You can check out Bridge results and golfi ng news under ‘local sports’.

The Plog Updated vision for mixed use development on former Lorne Hotel site revealedBY DREW A. PENNEREcho Staff

As you wind your way from Courtenay into Co-mox you are greeted by shipshape buildings with a quaint sense of whimsy evocative of the gentle lapping of waves found along the harbour below. Now the developer behind a fi ve-storey mixed-use project on the soil where the Lorne Hotel was once located has revealed changes that are part of an eff ort to accommo-date the marine heritage and visual aesthetic with which Towns-folk have come to identify.

“I’m back before you today to talk about some changes we’ve made to the building,” said Shawn Vincent, of Simba Invest-ments Ltd., during the April 8 Comox Commit-tee of the Whole meet-ing, stressing the fi rm had tried to listen to the comments from the pub-lic. “We set out on a path to see what we could do about meeting the con-cerns.”

An open house in De-cember highlighted the worry among many resi-dents that the building would not fi t into the character of the commu-nity nor refl ect its history accurately.

Simba Investments got the message loud and clear that Comox residents felt there was a “lack of a ma-rine or a heritage feel,” particularly to the main level of the proposed de-velopment at 1770 Comox Avenue, Vincent said.

Deciding to take cues from local residents meant the developer had its work cut out for it, and it has been toiling away to implement updates to the

project ever since.Councillors listened in-

tently as they took in the reworks - a minimum two metre clearance negoti-ated for the sidewalk in front of the pub and bis-tro, a six metre dedica-tion so the Town can put in seating along a corner, assurances a tree will be saved and additional de-sign considerations.

“We’ve beefed up the corner posts on the cov-ered entry,” Vincent said, referring to the Comox Avenue and Port Augus-ta Street corner - which staff have urged needs to be clearly marked as the main focal point and en-trance to the building

The company knows it must draw attention to the main fl oor if it wants

to win the favour of town planners and community members.

The hope to accomplish this, in part, through a 20 ft x 10 ft (6.1 m x 3 m) mu-ral and an accompanying plaque highlighting the history of the locale, en-capsulating the intended spirit of the development in the process.

“That’s going to be quite a feature,” he said, adding it will serve “to try to re-capture what once was.”

Marine blue posts will serve as the demarcation feature required by liquor authorities at street level, knee braces (based on historic buildings in com-munities like Sidney and Sechelt) and cleat-themed seats are just a few of the other additions to the

plan.No question the politi-

cians were wowed by what they saw as improvements to the development.

Coun. Hugh MacKinnon commended the develop-er for the changes, noting community members had made it clear history was something they wanted to see explicitly built into the design.

“That came out loud and clear,” he said, giving a big thumbs up to the mural idea. “I think that was re-ally important to the com-munity.”

Coun. Russ Arnott won-dered about the extent to which the project would liven up the downtown.

Vincent made it clear the old practice of the Lorne Hotel blaring mu-

sic into the streets late at night would not be part of the vision.

“That business model doesn’t work any more,” he said. “The operations will change.”

Looking to the potential viability of the residential component of the project, Coun. Marg Grant won-dered how eagerly people have been in making in-quiries.

“It’s surprising how much interest this build-ing is getting,” Vincent said, adding the company has already identifi ed 15-20 people who they con-sider “more than tire kick-ers.”

A public hearing will be held in May to give com-munity members another crack at the project.

The developer behind the Lorne Hotel development has revealed a new look to the mixed-use project.

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CODES COUNTRY LANES

Bowling highlights from Codes Country Lanes:

Monday AM - Barb Lane 231, Marion VanLoenen 183, Nick Tjart 231, Ria Tjart 191, Bob Sharp 254, Gloria Freder-ick 186, Ev Viklund 176.

Monday PM - Rita Grill 236, Barb Boyce 190, Lucille Smith 190, Bill Tower 183, Colleen Torrie 192, Kelvin Davis 202, Rick Kroeker 262, Ben Braun 222, Grace Rodriguez 210, Ivan Ally 222.

Ladies Breakfast - Sylvia Vandervliet 188, Pat Fish 193, Barb Pottruff 198, Laurie McWillis 211, Fran Patton 192, Marilyn Shetterly 158, Jane Wedge 178, Debbie Raithby 167.

Tuesday 12:30 - Allison Bennett 135, Ed Schievink 106, Garry Pearson 127, Judith Munro 114.

Tuesday Adult - Liz Royer 164, Ross McWillis 239, Lau-rie McWillis 233, Brian Booth 275, John West 205, Cindy Eckstein 200, Jill Comeau 178, Duwanee Granneman 204, Sharon Sheppard 204, Eric McWillis 236.

Wednesday 9:30 - Art Wesner 194, Minnie Frame 187, Laurie Aucoin 228, Pat Ailles 182, Betty Gilchrist 174, Pat Stauffer 205, Paul Riley 177, Laura Webber 193.

Tuesday/Wednesday CRA - Sherri Butts 141, Richard Major 168, Cori Pagnoni 121, Allison Bennett 140, Gary Scavarda 126, Carly Buchanan 114, Lindsay Clayton 106, Lyle Farnham 136, Clint McColl 133, Jeff McLaughlin 154, Bill Howard 129, Heiki Wilson 135.

Wednesday Adult - Scott McLellan 263, Ken Bird 270, Dave Stevenson 224, Rick Granneman 253, BRIAN BOOTH 323, Sandy Nurse 215, Wendy Merrick 158, John West 208, Gord Pottruff 275, Susan Pendergast 193, Vicki Major 201, Wayne Wilson 187.

Thursday Golden Age - Linda Meers 193, Bruce Ram 183, Kelvin Davis 181, Alan Edwards 191, Rick Rodri-guez 214, Ivan Ally 208, Jim Hume 171, Pat King 231, John McLean 188, Sharon Shepherd 202, Vicki Bailie 170, Arnie Morrison 241, Bob Sharp 220.

Thursday Adult - Chris Roberge 240, Jen Roberge 179, George Wedge 191, Steve Robson 261, Rick Kroeker 248, Rick Granneman 214, Janet Ellis 182, Janet Butler 180, Aprile Brekke Reidl 227, Anne Bodnar 251, Ross McWillis 200, Andrew Stub-bing 257, Paul Zorz 243.

From April 13th to 15th a group of 80 Australian grade 10 and 11 student athletes from Central Coast Grammar School will be visiting the Comox Valley.

Their school is located 1 hour north of Sydney, Australia and their visit is part of a larger sports tour along the West coast of North America.

One of the lead teach-ers organizing the tour, Mark Steele, spent 2013 at Highland Secondary on a teaching exchange during which he thoroughly en-joyed the people, lifestyle and beauty of the Comox Valley.

The students are be-ing graciously hosted by families from the High-land and Isfeld Secondary communities.

During their time in North America they are also visiting Los Angeles,

Vancouver, Whistler, Se-attle and Hawaii. While in the Comox Valley they will be playing various sport matches against our lo-cal athletes. Come on out and enjoy these high level athletes in action.

Games and dates/times include:

Monday April 13 Highland 4PM Girls

SoccerHighland 4PM Girls

Netball DemonstrationAnderton Courts

4:30PM Mixed TennisSports Center Turf

Field 5:30PM Girls Field Hockey

Tuesday April 14 Vanier 4PM Boys Rug-

byVanier 5:30PM Boys

SoccerHighland 5:30PM Boys

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The Aussiesare comingVisiting students will take part in sports events

Nice weatherfor Glacier Greens men

MICHAEL PASCHUK OF THE MIXED NUTS hits the ball past the Strike Farce defence in a ‘B Tier’ playoff game of the Comox Valley Sports & Social Club’s 20-team Indoor Volleyball League. Strike Farce won the tier with a 3-1 victory over Served On Ice in the fi nal. Face Down Pass Up

beat the Orville Readyblockers in the ‘A Tier’ fi nal. Registration is nowopen for the CVSSC Spring Sports leagues, including Beach Volleyballand Indoor Volleyball, at www.comoxvalleysports.ca.

Saturday, April 4th the weather was better at Gla-cie Greens than the fore-cast. The fairways were wet from all the rain on Friday, but the greens were good and so were the scores as you will see. There were 75 players and here are the results:

HCP 0-121st Low Gross Ken Os-

borne 66, 2nd Terran Berger 72, 3rd Barry Nor-ris 73

1st Low Net Blair Pea-cock 68, 2nd Randy Doan 69, 3rd Dave Osborne 70

Snips Hole # 2 (EA-GLE) & # 9 & # 13 Ken Osborne, #3 Chuck Ken-nedy, # 4 Richard Martin, #5 Bary Norris, #8 Larry Lott, # 10 Darrell Fieber, #14 Doug McArthur, #15 Terran Berger, #17 Stan Mills

HCP 13-191st Low Gross Gilles Ra-

iche 80, 2nd Pete Hill 84, 3rd Wayne Wood 85

1st Low Net Ferg Web-ster 68, 2nd Norm Fell-baum 69 c/b, 3rd Ross Dowe 69

Snips Hole #6 Philip Ball, #7 Wally Berger, #8 Al Murray, #12 (POG) Bud Bryan, #16 Wayne Wood, #18 Lyle Torrie

HCP 20+1st Low Gross Nick

Mykitiuk 88, 2nd Ted Sauve 90, 3rd Joe Dun-ham 91

1st Low Net Bob Henn 68, 2nd Armin Reckhard 69 c/b, 3rd Reg Meeres 69

Snips Hole #11 Ted

Sauve, #15 Wayne MabeeWinner of Bill Kelly

closest to the pin chal-lenge on hole #15 was Ken Osborne. This winter we have been lucky with good weather and good playing conditions Till next week see ya.

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Sunnydale Ladies en-joyed a lovely day for their opening. We had 13 ladies attend and hopefully as the weather gets better, our numbers will increase.

1st Low Gross with a 99 is Vicki Bombini followed

by 2nd Low gross SharonLittler with 108. 1st Lownet with 78 is MayleneFriesen and a 3-way tie for2nd place are: Barb Dixon,Lys McCrone and DorisSquire. Lowest putts with26 goes to Becky Kennerand Vicki Bombini. KP on#10 is Laurie Appleyard.

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Versatile vinesBY ELLEN PRESLEYAnderton Nursery

Vines are amazingly versatile in creat-ing a vertical look, hide an unsightly shed, create focus and drama in the garden or create privacy between neighbours. They also soften the hard square lines of decks and buildings thus adding interest to the garden. There are many types of vines to choose from and it is important to choose the right one for the right area and conditions.

The Clematis is unsurpassed in its beauty and versatility. There are over 400 varieties and each one is amazing. The macropelala ‘Lagoon’ has delicate deep violet blue fl owers that look like fairy caps whereas the B.C. bred Vancouver ‘Deborah Dahl’ has huge 9” blue fl owers

which bloom in May and June and then repeat again in September. From Europe is the Clematis ‘Blue Light’ which has loads of distinctive double blue-violet to pale blue fl owers. It grows 6-8 Feet with 5” bloom. It attracts hummingbirds and supposedly is deer and rabbit resistant as well as disease resistant.

For choices in white try Belle of Wok-ing which is an interesting double fl ower in Silver with a hint of mauve. The Flori-da “Seiboldii” is much sought after for its showy blooms of crisp white. It fl owers in June, July and August and has lovely seed pods in the fall.

The ‘Fair Rosamond’ is one of the rare fragrant Clematis. The large white bloom has a white base with pale pink bars and red stamens.


They can play a number of roles in your garden, from privacy to hiding ugly things

Nothing exudes romance like Wisteria. This one is ‘Caroline’


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It grows 8-12 feet and supposedly deer resistant.

If you prefer pink, try the ‘Violet Elizabeth’ which has large double mauve pink fl owers with yellow anthers blooming in May and June and then later in September. The award winning ‘Purpurea Plena Elegans’ is stun-ning, grows 8-12’ and attracts hummingbirds while being both deer and rabbit resistant. A prolifi c bloomer is the Clematis: ‘Little Duckling’ (also known as ‘Piilu’) which is a two- tone pink. This compact plant grows 4-6 feet tall making it ideal to grow in a container and brags about the number of fl owers it produces, as it blooms from top to bottom.

Barry Fretwell from England created ‘Patrica Anne Fretwell’ which is the fi rst double fl owering red and pink Clematis: light pink with a darker pink\red bar and creamy white stamens This showy repeat bloomer starts double blooms in mid Spring and has single fl owers from the new growth in September un-til late fall. It grows 6-8’ and is hardy to zone 4.

For purple, try ‘The Vagabond ‘which has deep purple fl owers with maroon central bars and white fi laments. It is compact at 4-6 feet and yet sports 6” blooms. And lastly, for red try, ‘Niobe’ which has velvet ruby red blooms: It grows 6-8 feet and attracts hum-mingbirds while suppos-edly being deer and rabbit resistant.

All Clematis prefer moist soil. All vines like to keep their roots cool and heads in the sun. Plant Clematis 2 -3” below soil level to encourage resil-iency. And take the Deer and Rabbit resistant com-ments with a grain of salt, because many Clematises do get eaten by both.

An easy care, easy to grow vine is the Camp-sis (Trumpet Vine). It is drought tolerant once established and clings by aerial stem roots. Well

The versatility of vines ‘Belgica’ (Dutch Honey-suckle) which is a very fragrant climber with red-fl ushed white fl ower ageing to yellow in the early summer followed by red berries. The showy ‘GoldFlame’ grows 10-15 feet and is rose pink with yellow interior.

Out of Holland comes ‘Honey Baby’, the fi rst bush form of honey-suckle. It grows 5 feet by 5 feet making it ideal for containers, on a balcony or terrace, as a specimen or hedge. This outstand-ing Honeysuckle has creamy yellow/white trumpet fl owers that last well into the fall and has a fantastic fragrance. Zone 4

For the cottage garden look, nothing exudes romance like Wisteria. Wonderful cascading long racemes of blue, lavender or white depending on which variety you choose billow over gates, arbours, roof tops or fences. As I mentioned last week, they need a large solid struc-ture and the deer will not touch them. They tolerate most soil types and prefer to be moist but well-drained. Great choices are ‘Caroline’, ‘Amethyst’, ‘Lavender Lace’ and ‘Blue Sapphire’. Even when they drop their leaves the bare and twisted branches off er winter interest.

If you have a more shaded trellis, then grow either a Climbing Hy-drangea or the evergreen Clematis Armandii.

If you are not really interested in fl owers or fragrance but really want coverage and a spectacu-lar fall color, try either the Parthenocissus tricus-pidata (Boston Ivy) and Parthenocissus Quinque-folia (Virginia Creeper). These are vigorous deciduous climbers which have tendrils or disk-like suckers that attach on walls. Their lobed or palmate leaves give fan-tastic fall color of bright red and orange. They are not fussy with the type of soil but prefer moist and well drained. They can be shaped to fi t any area.

There is a vine to suit any need or condition, you are only limited by your imagination. Happy Gardening!

known for its trumpet shaped fl owers, it is very hardy but needs shel-ter from cold winds .It attracts birds, bees and butterfl ies but is deer resistant. Although it is a vigorous grower to 30’, it can be easily pruned.

‘Indian Summer’ has the lovely and unusual apricot color with deep orange throat and ‘radi-cans atropurpurea’ has red trumpets that call out to hummingbirds. Beauti-ful with its 3” long fl ow-ers, this plant needs room to ramble.

The Jasmine is un-beatable for its amazing intoxicating fragrance. While the yellow (Winter) Jasminum nudifl orum is hardy (but not scented) the Jasminum offi cinale (Summer) needs a very sheltered sunny spot and is on the edge of hardi-ness for our region. They need fertile, well-drained soil, full to partial sun, and make great container plants. Water freely in Summer but reduce the watering in the Winter if you bring it inside.

The Trachelospermum jasminoides ‘Star Jas-mine’ is the white fra-grant evergreen jasmine that most people know. It is Zone 7

‘Fiona Sunrise’ has fabulous chartreuse foli-age that turns to gold as it ages and has masses of fragrant white fl owers that bloom throughout the summer and autumn. It is fast growing along a frost protected border or against a wall or is easily kept in a container and brought indoors to over winter. Bees and but-terfl ies love this plant. Flowers appear on new growth so don’t be afraid to prune it. The Jasmine ‘Stephanense’ has star-shaped fragrant pale pink fl owers.

Lonicera (Honeysuckle) is a hardy, fragrant and easy to grow vine. It is a vigorous climber and can hide an unsightly area very quickly. Hon-eysuckle tolerate most soils types, are drought tolerant and great for any vertical structure. Really lovely for creating the cottage garden ambience, untroubled by most pest and disease and left alone by deer. Give it full sun to part shade, and after the vine blooms it forms bright red berries that songbirds adore. It also attracts hummingbirds and Butterfl ies. Zone 5

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