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Ever had a hard time figuring out if a chinook salmon was Tyee size — 30 pounds or over? Well just give three-year-old Coralie Denne a call. Coralie weighs 29 pounds and she helped her mom Katie Denne figure out the size of the fish in a unique way. Katie was fishing with husband Kyle at The Hump Tuesday in front of Campbell River when she hooked this beauty. The on-board weigh scale only went to 25 pounds but with Coralie’s help (and a different weigh scale) confirmed Katie’s first Tyee. It weighed 32 pounds.

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By Sian Thomson

Campbell River Courier-Islander

The Great Campbellton Paint Off received a huge favour from School District 72 employees when a boom was brought in to assist with the tall task of taking on the tagging.

The Campbellton Neighbourhood Association decided to take on the “biggest tag” in Campbellton and clean up the gigantic graffiti on a building within view of Nunns Creek Park where the Salmon Festival will be held this weekend.

“After seeing the front page article in the Courier-Islander on Wednesday two SD72 employees came up with a wonderful idea,” said Morgan Ostler of the Campbellton Neighbourhood Association. “We were astonished when they brought in a cherry picker system to save our volunteers from having to go to the top of the building to achieve our goal.”

“The School District was arran-ging to have the boom returned after it had been leased from United Rental,” said Ostler. “Two employ-ees, lead hand Rick Robertson and his co-worker Ward Beitel read the

story in the Courier-Islander that morning and decided to get approval from the School District, which they did, and then United Rental agreed to take the tractor trailer and move the boom over to the wall. These fellows thought the wall was way too high for people to go up on ladders.”

Both Robertson and Beitel donat-ed their time after hours to get the job done.

“When I first arrived there I got choked up, there were so many people,” said Ostler. “About 30 in all, and not just from Campbellton but from other places in the community.”

When the Courier-Islander last reported on this endeavor, Brian Shaw was waiting to get approval from BC Hydro to paint over the graffiti-ridden hydro box across from the giant wall.

“A young businessman, Kyle Becker with Becker’s Painting, was inspired to come over as well,” said Ostler. “He painted the hydro box at the same time the wall was being taken care of.”

Morgan said among the volun-teers was RCMP Inspector Lyle Gelinas.

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The tragic death of two young boys in New Brunswick has a Campbell River business’s phone and Facebook page hopping.

The boys were found Monday at around 6:30 a.m. in a family friend’s apartment after an African rock python weighing 45 kilograms escaped its glass tank by slithering through a ventilation system before falling through a ceiling into the living room where they slept.

Jennifer Lestage, of CR Animal Parties, who works with a variety of reptiles and has approximately 30 snakes in her care, said there is a lot of “snake hate” now going on.

Lestage said her phone has been ringing off the hook and her Facebook page filled with messages and comments from people who are mad, scared, and asking a lot of questions.

“I have heard so many angry flare-ups talk-ing about how all snakes should be destroyed and now there should be an all out python ban,” she said. “Just like when owning any animal, a dog, a horse, the responsibility lies with the owner to provide a safe, healthy environment to both their animal and the people around them. I have been keeping these animals for 12 years without incident and pride myself on my care of my animals and my responsibility I feel I owe to the public to educate them in a safe, nurturing environ-ment.”

Lestage has a diploma in environmental sciences and is half-way through obtaining a degree in zoology and herpetology (the biol-ogy of reptiles). She has worked in various reptile-care positions including zookeeper, pet care worker, veterinary assistant and educator.

She also owns a 10-foot boa constrictor and an albino Burmese python for which she had to get a federal permit.

There are 61 registered python owners in BC, 46 of whom are in the Lower Mainland, according to the Ministry of Forests.

“Many news articles are saying that ‘experts’ state that African rock pythons are an aggressive species,” said Lestage. “I have had the pleasure of handling three African rock pythons in my life, all of which were incred-ibly docile. As with all living things, it’s the individual that you need to assess, not the spe-cies or breed.”

Lestage said that many irresponsible or misinformed novice keepers are unaware of how to properly house reptiles in captivity.

“I have been absolutely sick to my stomach in hearing how this ‘seasoned’ reptile keeper did not seem to have the common sense to provide a proper enclosure,” said Lestage. “This could have easily been avoided had the enclosure been genuinely escape proof. I have personally adopted a triple lock system. My

animals are in an escape proof, solid, one piece enclosure. This way there is no pos-sibility of something like a vent system being broken off or a lid being lifted. If, by chance, there is human error and a cage is left open. The animals are also in an escape proof room. There are no holes, no accessible ventilation, nowhere for the animal to go except around the room. If that wasn’t enough, my reptile room is also under lock and key with no person granted access to my ani-mals without me being present.”

Lestage said that in her opin-ion, because the boys had visited a petting zoo earlier in the day, the snake smelled the farm animals on the children and that is what caused it to constrict them like he would prey.

“Once he tasted that these were in fact humans, he most likely lost interest. Unfortunately we will never be sure of why the snake acted so uncharacteristically,” she said.

Lestage said that she does not know if anyone in Campbell River has an African rock python but she wants people to know that statistics show reptiles are among the safest pets.

“I know that people have a stigma surrounding these animals,” she said. “In the United States, less than 0.45 deaths per year are related to constrict-ing snakes. It is hard to maintain per-spective in the face of such a devastat-ing loss, but it is crucial that us respon-sible reptile keepers not be thrown into the same light as this bad apple.”

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ports this action and through his years of dealing with graffiti he knows that if it is painted away as soon as it is spotted this goes a long way in dissuading vandals from doing this,” said Ostler.

“The motivation of the whole community, not just a section of the community was very inspiring,”

said Ostler. “ We will be meeting and hopefully we (the Campbellton Neighbourhood Association) will develop, as policy, a volunteer team to go out and keep Campbellton village cleaned, groomed and green as is our initial goal.”

The Campbellton eighbour-hood Association’s aspirations include the development of a work-able model to replace the aging

infrastructure, improve the visual appeal, and develop a long term sustainable vision for Campbellton, achieved by working together with the local business owners and resi-dents.

The ultimate desire is to con-struct a northern gateway into Campbell River that the entire com-munity may be proud of.

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WASN’T THAT A PARTYThe Great Campbellton Paint Off produced the Great Wall of Campbellton as 30 plus volunteers came out from all over the commun-ity to help remove graffiti. Brian Shaw and City Councillor Ron Kerr primed the wall on Wednesday, and they stand among some of the people who were inspired to come out and help the graffiti party, including the two School District employees, seen in the background, who had high hopes of helping with their machinery.

No one was injured and no private property was damaged when a wild-fire burning near McIvor Lake Road on Wednesday, scorched a patch of forest and rocky outcrop, and closed McIvor Lake Road for approximately two hours.

The fire was contained to an area 30 metres by 60 metres, and because it was about 300 metres from the lake, there is no anticipated impact on water quality in the Campbell River watershed, which is the source of the community’s drinking water supply, says Fire Chief Ian Baikie.

“Campbell River Fire Department received a call from the Coastal

Fire Centre, at 1:50 p.m.,” Baikie says. “We called in members from both Campbell River fire stations and requested Oyster River Fire Department to help shuttle water because there are no hydrants near-by.”

Seventeen Campbell River fire-fighters, two Oyster River firefight-ers and four Coastal Fire members worked initially with two helicopters and five fire apparatus to extinguish-er the wildfire.

Water was pumped from McIvor Lake and shuttled with tenders (trucks with a tank to carry water) from both Campbell River and Oyster

River’s fire crews. The fire was northwest of McIvor

Lake Road and was extinguished by 5 p.m.

“Campbell River Fire Department members remained on site until 9 p.m. to ensure the fire did not re-ignite,” Baikie says.

The cause of the fire is unknown at this time. “We are investigating this as a human-caused incident,” the Fire Chief confirms. “This is a good time to remind people that the for-est fire danger rating for our area is now extreme, and great care should be used in forested areas to prevent wildfires.”

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George Paul, Campbell River’s acting City Manager from January 2010 until February 2011, passed away Aug. 6 from pancreatic cancer.

“George came out of retirement to assist Campbell River as acting City Manager during a very difficult time, and over 14 months he put immense effort into re-build-ing the City Hall team that was working through extra-ordinary budget issues as well as staff shortages and numerous legal issues,” said City Manager Andy Laidlaw. “In the face of immense change and challenges, George shared his wealth of experience and became the city’s rock, the stabilizing influence that helped turn what were then very tough times into the good times we see coming our way now.

Former city councilor Roy Grant agreed.“George sacrificed some very valuable and

prime time working with us. We pulled him away from important retire-ment years with his family. He tried to balance his sense of community duty with family time, and we were truly for-tunate to be the beneficiaries,” said Grant who was also a close friend of the Paul family.

“Words are not enough to express our appreciation, our admiration and our gratitude for George’s professional expertise during the highs — and lows of that time,” said former Mayor Charlie Cornfield. “George’s passing

reminds us to keep things in perspective because life can be

far too short.”George Paul worked in British Columbia

local government for more than 37 years, pri-marily in Penticton (1976 – 1989) and Prince George (1989-2006).

Former city CM passes away

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Yes,it’strue!We had reports of a man cycling in Campbell River with a cat on his shoulder. While the Courier-Islander didn’t exactly send its 114-person reporting team out to search for the strange site, we were fortunate enough to have Vicki Jensen of Campbell River send in this photo to prove that all those who kindly phoned us were not, indeed, into the cat nip after all.

If you haven’t found a tall, slim, fluted glass of Prosecco in your hand, yet, stay tuned. Like Germany’s Liebfraumilch in the 1970s, California’s White Zinfandel in the 1980s or Australia’s [Yellow Tail] Shiraz in the 1990s Prosecco seems to have become the wine of the decade.

In an eye-catching neon-green plastic-clad bottle festooned with chic black cartoon char-acter cut-outs holding tall fizzling flutes of sparkling wine Anna Spinato Prosecco Organic Brut (374769) $15 stands out from its com-panions on the shelf. As well as “classic” apple and pear aromatics and flavours, there’s a mouth-filling dose of underlying nutty, toasty sweetness.

What has catapulted this slightly sparkling, cheekily chalky, winsomely “weedy” and wistfully sort of “woodsy” white Italian wine from obscurity to its current and very trendy renown? Could it be that – like its trend-setting predeces-sors from decades past – Prosecco has become ever so slightly sweeter than it used to be? And a lot sweeter than its poorly understood “Brut” or “Extra Dry” designation brings us to believe?

Dynamite packaging – a stylized and appar-ently embossed silver and bronze “Fleur de Lis” on a dark green bottle give Flor Prosecco (560250) $17.95 that eye-catching edge on the shelf. Ripe, canned pear aromas and flavours dominate the first sip before sliding into lemon zest.

Historically, Prosecco first came to promin-ence as the base wine in the Bellini cocktail, a peach juice infused sparkling sipper devised in the 1940’s at Harry’s Bar in Venice. When a branch of Harry’s Bar opened in New York, the cocktail found a wider market in the United States.

Currently the hottest and trendiest Prosecco - here in British Columbia - Villa Teresa Frizzante Prosecco (268714) $17.97 madefrom organically grown grapes and it is all fizziness and fresh lemony flavours over subtle bright apple and pear undernotes. The reusable ceramic swing-top capped bottle takes this little charmer beyond “organic” to “environmentally correct”.

Traditionally made from grapes that were – like the region in which the wine is grown – called “Prosecco”, thanks to the complexity of Italian wine law, those same wine grapes were renamed “Glera” in 2009 - and “Prosecco” is now reserved for the region and the wine.

Cupcake Winery’s Adam Richardson creates wines from California Central Coast’s vineyards but also travels the world and collaborates with winemakers in Argentina, Australia, France, Germany, Italy and New Zealand. From Italy Cupcake Prosecco (203489) $17.99 leads with grapefruit and cantaloupe aromas and a fine effervescence that gives way to creamy flavours of ripe lemon and dried and candied apricots.

A growing trend in North America, since the start of the new millennium, Prosecco was introduced into the US market in 2000 by Mionetto. Prior to the “New World” revolu-tion in winemaking – with stainless steel technology and the use of inert gases in the winemaking process to keep subtle fruity flavours “fresh” to “Old World” winemakers – it was often the old-fashioned chalky, woodsy flavours that dominated traditionally made Prosecco.

A relative newcomer in the stampede of trendy Italian sparkling

wines made from the Glera grape, La Marca Prosecco (321182) $19.99 slips seamlessly across the tongue with a fine sizzle of bubbles that starts with fresh cut Granny Smith apple and ends in candied lemon rind.

Although today they are generally marketed as “Brut”, “Dry” or “Extra Dry” sparkling wines, some of the most successful Proseccos show a restrained dose of that fruity sweetness that marked the traditional and rustic wines of the 1960s and 1970s and led to confused comparisons with Asti Spumante. Today’s best Proseccos are either “New World” or “Old World”.

Leaning toward the “New World” style: Far from being shy and retiring with “subtle hints” of anything… Mionetto Prosecco Brut D.O.C. Treviso (86256) $19.99 is richly fruited and intensely aromatic – a medley of rose petal, apricot and peach in an elegantly smooth “friz-zante” melange. Sourced from vineyards in the hills north of Venice, this is a distinct step up.

More deliberately “Old World”: An excep-tional wine in a much more traditional style Valdo Prosecco di Valdobbiadene Spumante D.O.C.G. Marca Oro (550111) $20.99 shows a chalky streak of minerality that frames tart fla-vours of Granny Smith apples and softly sweet freshly sliced pears. Slipping onto the tongue as the wine finishes, there is a bright twist of lemon and grapefruit acidity.

Doug Sloan is a Campbell River wine enthusiast. Emailing [email protected].

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Barney Rubble and Fred Flintstone would have been happy. And so too will be the salmon this fall when they find tons of new spawning gravel that was placed into the Campbell River this week by the Campbell River Salmon Foundation.

The massive project had dump truck after dump truck driving down the bank of the Campbell and out into the river channel to place the gravel.

The $169,000 project involved about 2,000 square metres of gravel.

The location — technically called Site 7 — has historically been called The Helicopter Run because it is beside the helicopter pad on BC Hydro property, across from the bottom end of the first island in the river.

The gravel placement is neces-

sary because its historic upstream recruitment was halted when three dams and reservoirs were placed on the sys-tem.

Meanwhile Quinsam River staff were doing a snorkel survey of the river. The turbidity caused by

the gravel place-ment resulted in only about a 30

per cent visibil-ity. With that the count showed 5,150

pinks, five chinooks and three steelhead.

Low water conditions are thought to be slowing migra-tion into the river this year, but another 13,000 pinks

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Last year at this time there was an estimated 153,000 pinks in the system.

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50 PLUSScott Cessford

You put your right foot in; you put your right foot out.

You put your right foot in and you shake it all about.

Canada has officially been a metric nation for more than 40 years.

I still don’t get it.I continue to

think in inches, feet and yards; I feel in Fahrenheit. A beauti-ful day is 75 and sunny; a miserable one is 10 below with driving snow.

I’m partially con-verted. I recognize a metre as a yard-and-a-bit; a kilometre is half a mile, give or take.

I wouldn’t know a hectare from the Higgs Boson particle.

But it’s not just reactionary codgerism at work here. I’m a writer. Words excite me and the metric system is as mind grind-

ingly boring as a Harper stump speech.

Our old tried-and-true sys-tem had cables, rods, fathoms, gills, pecks and acres. In metric, ‘gram’ is a racy outlier; every-

thing else is milli, centi or kilo some-thing.

Accurate, yes. But hardly the stuff that poems are made of:

Two-point-eight kilometres, two-point-eight kilo-metres, two-point-kilometres onward.

Into the valley of death, rode the six hundred.

Or perhaps what Shakespeare really meant when he wrote “Full fathom five, your father lies; his bones of coral made”was:

Full nine-point-one-five

metres your father lies….Why, my right foot contains

more lyricism than the entire metric system. I can have itchy feet, feet of clay, one foot in the grave or two left feet. I can get off on the right foot or be caught with my foot in my mouth. I can put my best foot forward or shoot myself in the foot. I might choose to put my foot down to take charge, put my feet up to relax, put my foot in the door or wait on someone hand and foot.

Or I can be a heel. Or cool my heels as I wait for the bus, dig in my heels to be obstinate, bring somebody to heel who’s giving me grief or even expose my nautical Achilles heel by allowing my sailboat to heel

over in a squall. One of my favourite activ-

ities: to go outside on a clear night and watch the stars dance heel and toe.

Which brings us to the other pedal extremities — the toes.

To stay on one’s toes means to look sharp; to tread on someone’s toes means to interfere with someone. On the other hand if I toe the line, I’m minding my man-

ners.Not to mention putting my

best foot forward.Yes sir, those boney flippers

attached to your ankles are a treasure trove of linguistic pos-sibilities. You think the metric system has anything comparable to offer?

My foot it does.

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Previous poll: With the recent suspensions of players, have you lost your respect for professional baseball? 61% said yes.

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Basic BlackArthur Black

I’d like to take the time to congratulate the 17 in attendance at the public hearing on July 23, 2013 at city hall voicing all your various concerns against the proposed bylaws banning shipping containers in the city. Yes 17 against the proposed bylaw and one for them. There were many more that were opposed that arrived after the speak-ers list was finished, when the audience was asked if any one else wanted to add anything they felt enough had already been said against the proposal and abstained. The majority of the businesses I saw at the hearing have been using shipping containers

for years, so hopefully the city can come up with a solution to the matter.

For the city to try and paint residential and commercial properties with the same brush is not a good situation. Let’s face it there should be some restrictions on smaller residential lots.

I’d also like to congratulate the City Councilors who DID return my calls.

For those who are interested in how the vote turns out I’d suggest visiting, (or watch at home), the Tuesday, Aug. 13 council meeting from 6:30 p.m. on.

Ted Arbour

Perhaps the RCMP is right, dogged determination is the best weapon to use against taggers.

There are no stats available to compare the tagging that goes on in Campbell River to that of other communities. But a quick drive around town indicates it is a serious problem.

Nobody as yet has come up with a solution. But the RCMP say their statistics show that removing the tagging as quickly as possible will help deter future efforts. It’s a shame that the resources of a community have to be spent in this way, but it is also heartening to see what hap-pened Wednesday when the Campbellton Neighbourhood Association asked for assistance from the public to remove tagging from a tall building within view of where the Salmon Festival activities will be held this weekend.

Two employees of School District 72 (with SD72’s blessings) brought along a scaffolding device to help reach the higher places. Even Inspector Lyle Gelinas of the Campbell River RCMP showed up to help. And he was quick to say this type of paint over was the best method to deter future vandalism.

One of the unknown factors in tagging is also how the city deals with building owners whose property has been tagged. They are notified that they must remove the tag-ging within a certain period of time or the city will do it and charge the business for costs.

It almost seems as if the building owners are being bullied both ways. They are targeted by vandals who break the law and then are told they too will be breaking the law if they don’t clean it up in a timely fashion.

We understand the city’s intentions, but somehow they should soften their approach to people who are, for all intents and purposes, innocent victims.

Persistenceand compassion

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somebodies: 1) A logging truck full of them to the driver of said truck northbound, and one ton truck southbound on Salmon River Main Line in Sayward, about six months ago, who unknowingly helped me corral Dylan, the run-a-way llama and its skittish partner, Charlotte the goat. Without your help, I don’t know where they would have ended up. 2) A Superstore trolley load of roses to the person who turned in my for-gotten clipboard and cheque book at the beginning of July. There is still hope for human-ity when a voided, signed cheque was still attached to said cheque book.

Maybe not thorns but truck loads of scotch broom to the City of Campbell River and the state of their Welcome To Campbell River sign at the

north end of town. It is a dis-grace that no one takes pride in their community to look after a few meters of ‘green-ery’. And what about clearing up this noxious plant? Does no one care that it is taking over the land?

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Rooms full of roses to Dr. Helen Kwong and her wonderful staff

at the Merecroft Veterinary Hospital for the gentleness and compassion given to my lab, Angel for her entire 12 years and she was given the very best care, always going above and beyond. To all of them, a huge ‘thank you’ from the depths of my heart.

A Very Grateful Pet Owner

Huge burning thorns to the people who insist on walking their dogs

out in this heat! Bigger ones to the idiots who run their dogs beside a bike! There is no cure for stupid as the old saying goes and if you love your dogs take them when it is cooler or if you insist on walking them in the heat on hot pavement take your shoes off and walk on the hot cement with them see how

long you last. I live in Willow Point and see people all the time in the hottest part of the day with their poor dogs in this heat. People who do this are in the same category as people who leave their dogs in hot cars. I have two dogs and I get the sad look when I leave them behind but they have water and a fan to cool them. Think about your pets people.

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way above and beyond, also reassuring my mom. (She sometimes gets emotional.) You truly are the best.

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I would like to send as much ice cream with roses on top that would fit a half-ton pick-up to all the people who helped me to go to my great granddaughters graduation in Ft. St. John. My heart healed like a snap of your fingers to know people cared about me and my life. I don’t know who all contributed, but you know. Goldie and bill, Eileen, Joan and Maria who cared for Rambo, are just a few. Never give up, a source of love and power I never knew was there. God bless you all.

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Tyee Marine passed its 60th anniversary milestone this spring. Founded in 1953 by

Henry Peterson, Tyee Marine is still doing business in their original, albeit, oft expanded location. Campbell River was a small town in the early 50’s. Most of the population was concentrated north of 1st avenue and south of the bridge on Highway 19 that crosses the Campbell River. There were no big box stores back then, just small family-owned businesses catering to local residents. The downtown core comprised of a scattering of businesses stretching from the present day fi shing pier to where Elm Street met 16th avenue.

In the early 50’s, saltwater sport fi shing was becoming more popular as outboard motors

became more affordable and reliable. The salmon fi shing in Campbell River had long been as good, or better than anywhere else on the south coast, and recreational anglers were waking up to the fact. Henry sought to capitalize on the burgeoning

recreational fi shery in the waters surrounding Campbell River. In 1953 he set up shop in a newly constructed building right across the street from the Government wharf, one of the

only places to dock a boat at the time. It wasn’t long before customers were fl ocking to his doors, looking for the latest and greatest in lures to catch salmon.

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Business was good for Tyee Marine in the 50’s and 60’s. Tourism was growing rapidly

and interest in salmon fi shing grew along with it. The provincial ferry fl eet expanded to accommodate the infl ux of passengers coming to Vancouver Island to live and play. Campbell River was growing rapidly at the time with neighbourhoods to the north and south of the central core being developed. As the population grew, so too, did the size of the business. By the mid sixties, Henry was thinking of slowing down, and in 1967, sold Tyee Marine to Jack and Regie Smith.

The Smiths took over with a bang. Jack was an avid hunter and he sought to supply fi rearms and ammunition to local and visiting hunters. With the combination of fresh and salt water tackle, plus a good variety of hunting rifl es, Tyee Marine was well positioned to cater

to the outdoors community on the Central and North Island. At about this time, the Gold River pulp mill was being constructed and access to the terrifi c steelhead fi shing in the Gold River became possible. This provided another niche market to cultivate for Jack and Regie, and as the popularity of steelhead fi shing increased, so did the amount of store area devoted to it.

Jack and Regie had a tiger by the tail and they worked hard to keep the store full of goods for their customers to buy. Jack hired one of Tyee Marine’s mainstay employees during the early seventies. Ted Milbrandt was a former Painter’s Lodge guide who had decided to get something a little less seasonal. At the time, he had no idea he was to become, to date, the store’s longest serving staff member, spanning three different owners. Ted loved all manner of fi shing and his enthusiasm

was infectious. He brought his expertise in saltwater fi shing, Tyee rowboat fi shing and river fi shing for salmon and steelhead to the business and was a great help to the Smiths.

By the late seventies, Jack and Regie had had their share of long days, burning the candle

at both ends and decided to retire from the tackle business. Walter Bojsza bought the store in 1978

along with partner Bill May. They ran the store together for a short time before opening a second location at the Freshwater Marina. The recession of the early eighties took a toll on the

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business and the second location was closed for economic reasons. Bill retired shortly after for health reasons.

Walter brought in his son Al, and later daughter Dianne to help run the business. With the recession waning, they undertook to renovate the store, expanding the back room areas fi rst, to allow the retail area to grow into the former back room. Once the larger fl oor area was achieved, the Bojszas began increasing inventory levels and the business boomed, increasing by leaps and bounds. Rob Worrall, a young, local fi shing and hunting expert was hired to help

expand the fl y fi shing and hunting aspects of the business. By that time, Walter was in his sixties and, after 17 years, had decided he wanted to retire. His son and daughter decided that it was time to go as well.

Tyee Marine was put up for sale in 1995. Walter wanted to more or less handpick

his buyers which was not an easy task. There were a few prospective buyers that got shown the door, so to speak. Finally during the mid-summer, the match was made and Tyee Marine was sold to three new owners and their families. Roger Kirk, Ed Kupybida and Murray Whelan took over September 1st, 1995 and so began another chapter in the evolution of Campbell River’s longest established tackle shop. With fi ve sons between them, it looked as though there would be plenty of family members behind the counter. With the help of Ted and Rob the new owners began to make Tyee Marine their own.

It wasn’t long before the lack of fl oor space was perceived as a roadblock to increased sales, so in 1998, the premises of a vacant store

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next door were added to the fl oor area. A hole was knocked in the wall for access and the variety and abundance of inventory increased yet again. Growth continued steadily while the parade of sons marched through the business year after year, two or three at a time. Ed retired and sold his shares to his two younger partners in 2000.

Sometime in 2003, the owners of a smaller store in Courtenay, Peter’s Sports,

contacted Roger and Murray regarding the possible sale of their store. The store’s owner, Bill Herman, was seriously ill and had left the store in the hands of a friend, doing him a favour to keep the doors open while the stock was sold off. An agreement was reached, and Peter’s Sports was acquired by Tyee Marine. Roger and Murray loaded Peter’s with inventory in

true Tyee Marine fashion and sales skyrocketed. Peter’s was situated in a tiny location with poor parking but despite that, it was busy, too busy for the size of the store. A new location was found by late 2007 and renovations began. A soft opening began in April of 2008, with a grand re-opening the third week of May. With the change in location, the business name was changed to Tyee Marine. Business exploded, with fi ve times as much fl oor space and tons more stock to fi ll the shelves, and an appreciative Comox Valley to support the

store loyally. Rob Worrall was offered the chance to manage the store. It was then that the Courtenay store began to gain real traction. Rob’s experience and organizational skills have helped turn a tiny mom and pop shop into a major player in the outdoor supply business in the valley.

Despite the economic challenges of the last fi ve years, Tyee Marine has had impressive growth and expects to see more growth as Campbell River appears

to be poised for an economic boom in the next few years. There is little doubt that Tyee Marine will be around to celebrate 70 years in business, in a possibly further expanded format.

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C.I: Sixty years in business is a pretty big achievement. I imagine you are proud of it.Murray: Well, we are proud, but we owe a lot to the three previous owners of the business for that.C.I: To what do you attribute the companies’ ability to sustain growth even during a tough economy?Roger: We offer the type of service that was once commonplace. We fi x things, like rods, reels, downriggers and bows. We know our customers’ names. We’ve seen kids grow up and remain customers in the 18 years we have owned Tyee Marine.

Murray: Our customers have kept us going over the years. We have a very solid repeat customer base and we are very thankful of their continuing support.

C.I.: So, do all those sons play a part in the business?Roger: Actually, all of them have worked for the company at one time or another, but currently they are all actively employed in various jobs across Canada. We’ve had to rely on imported talent for most of the years we have owned the business, and for the most part, have had some excellent employees.

Murray: Yes, we have some really great employees in both stores. Ted retired a few years ago, but he was enormously helpful. Rob is doing a great job running the Courtenay store. Kerry Amos and Nancy Johnston joined us about 10 years ago. Kerry is usually the fi rst person you see when you come into the store and she is great with customers. Nancy looks after the fi nancial end of things and helps out on the fl oor as well. She looks after our fi nances better than we might ourselves. Graham Appleton joined us a few years ago and has a great business mind as well as being an expert angler.

Roger: One of the fi rst people we hired in Courtenay was Bruce Bolton. Bruce worked with us in the food business and is a tireless worker. Rick Phipps is just retiring, but he was the fellow running Peter’s Sports for Bill Herman when we bought it 10 years ago.

C.I: Are there future plans for more expansion?Roger: Not at this time, but we would not rule it out either. The tackle business is changing. There are major players involved now who build huge stores and have large budgets. You often can’t get good service there, but the draw for some people is irresistible. For most of the big box retailers, the service ends at the sales counter.

C.I: Do you have any suppliers that have been with you for the whole time?Murray: I don’t think so, but some are very close. Redl Sports, in Burnaby, has been there for most of the 60 years. We are thankful for their support, because they extended far more credit to us than we deserved when we took over in ’95. They believed in us and the business, and they are and have been our largest supplier for many years.


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There have been plenty of funny anecdotes in the years the business has operated.

Some of the funniest involve staff not recognizing famous people in the store, says Murray.

Ted had a good one where he was writing fi shing licences for a young couple from California. He asked them what they did for a living and they said they worked in the fi lm business. Another staff member recognized them as Tom Cruiseand Nicole Kidman.

Roger was dealing with a pleasant, soft-spoken British fellow and did not realize it was EricClapton until he presented his credit card for payment.

Sean Connery attempted to convince the person writing his fi shing licence he was a Canadian resident to get a better rate. At the time he was living in Malaga, Spain.

Shania Twain, dressed in jeans and a denim jacket, with a

pony tail, ball cap, and no make-up, looked over the store for a few minutes waiting for her guide. He later told us who she was.

Most of the Vancouver Canucksand B.C. Lions have been through at one time or another. They take up a lot of space when they arrive in a group.

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It’s been one busy summer playing volleyball for Campbell River’s Sarah Chase.

It started off with 12 hours of tryouts over two days in Vancouver at the end of June in which Chase earned one of 14 spots on Team BC to compete at the U18 girl’s National Team Challenge Cup in Winnipeg in late July.

But before Winnipeg, Chase, who is only 15 and heading into Grade 11 at Timberline, along with the other 13 players, including three other ath-letes from Vancouver Island, headed to Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops for an intense training camp which ran June 30 to July 15. The girls were on the court, each day, for six hour sessions.

Team BC then travelled to Winnipeg and competed from July 17-21 at the University of Manitoba. They had the opportunity to train with National Team coaches during the morning of July 17 and 18.

Playing in the National Team Challenge Cup opening round robin pool play, Team BC recorded victories over Manitoba, Alberta, Quebec, and Saskatchewan. They lost to Ontario and the Canadian Junior National Team (as all teams did). All matches were best of five sets.

Due to the fact Team Canada was not eligible to play in the medal round, it was Team BC versus Team Ontario in the gold medal match. Ontario took the opening two sets, but BC battle back to win the next two and force a fifth and deciding set. Despite having the momentum, BC lost 15-10 to bring home the silver medal.

“Although Team BC battled until the end, Ontario had an older, bigger team and their big block and strong attack eventually won the day,” said Sarah’s dad Derek Chase who was in Winnipeg watching his daughter.

Playing the outside hitter position, Sarah Chase played a prominent role for Team BC and despite her young age, compared to the rest of the play-ers, she was selected as a tournament all-star.

Overall Sarah Chase said it was a real learning experience.

“It was interesting to see how we compared to teams from across the country, especially Quebec and Ontario because we had never played them before,” said Sarah. “At first it was nerve racking playing against the Junior National Team but then we got used to it.

“The best thing I took away from the event was how to play under pres-sure as we only played each team once in the round robin before the medal game.”

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I recently headed across the water to Whistler for a short road trip and it reminded me just how much fun a good road trip can be.

It’s a little time away from work and everyday life, you get some quality time with your buddies and the best part is riding some new trails and exploring what other areas have to offer.

A quick one day trip down Island to Nanaimo, Duncan or Victoria will give you loads of riding options and very differ-ent terrain from our local trails.

Heading to the Lower Mainland, Squamish or Whistler for a couple days gives you the chance to experi-

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and huge variety, check out the Sunshine Coast. Shuttle rides, long all-mountain loops or flowy jump trails are all accessible in Sechelt and Gibsons.

So next time you’re looking to get out of town for a day or two, grab the bikes and head for one of BC’s amazing riding areas, and remember when you’re there to tell everyone about the great Campbell River riding.

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Looking for a way to beat the heat? Well I’ve got the answer. Actually two solutions to that problem.

First off check out rink two at Strathcona Gardens where the Campbell River Storm will be holding their Main Camp from Friday to Sunday. There will be three intras-quad games, Saturday at noon and 4 p.m. as well as Sunday at 10:45 a.m.

Should be an interesting camp with plenty of new talent being attracted to Campbell River thanks in large part to new head coach Lee Stone.

Storm owners Kevin and Linda Spooner knew they had to address recruiting and in Stone, as his name implies, they have a man set in stone when it comes to knowing what’s out there.

Stone comes with a sharp eye, and plenty of contacts, in discovering and recruiting players. He spent the last two seasons representing the Alberni Valley Bulldogs of the BCHL as their Provincial scout. Plus Stone has rep-resented Arizona State University of the ACHA as their Western Canadian Recruiting Co-ordinator for the last three seasons.

Those credentials have already paid off in attracting some of the best up and coming BC players and even one from as far away as Calgary. Last Friday Stone and the Storm announced the signing of four new players includ-ing forwards Zack Sanderson (Merritt) and Gage Colpron (Kelowna), along with defencemen Tyson Smith (Calgary) and Keenan Grant (Chilliwack).

An interesting one to watch will be Sanderson, 17, who played last season for the Merritt Midget AA team where the 5’9” 160 lb. offensive wizard rolled up 106 points, including 46 goals, in just 42 games.

Another huge move came when the Storm recently traded three players for forward Kaleb Boyle from the Princeton Posse of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. In 51 regular season games last year Boyle finished with 34 goals and 31 assists for 65 points. He finished second in the KIJHL in both rookie goals and points.

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down to rink two at Strathcona Gardens where an Evaluation Camp is being held for the brand new entry into the BC Female Midget AAA Hockey League (FMHL) - the Campbell River based Vancouver Island Hurricanes.

The Hurricanes are one of two new teams to join the now seven team female elite league. Other teams include the Thompson Okanagan Rockets, who play out of Kelowna, the Fraser Valley Phantom out of Langley, Prince George’s Northern Cougars, Kootenay Wildcats out of Nelson and Richmond’s Pacific Ravens.

Two cool ways to beat the heatThe Campbell River Minor Hockey

Association is hosting the Hurricanes with the team being made up of the best female players on Vancouver Island. It’s a pretty ambitious undertaking with the Hurricanes putting in more ‘travel miles’ then most jun-ior teams in the BCHL.

Games in the FMHL are played on the weekend with the Hurricanes’ home dates skating at Rod Brind’Amour Arena. The 2013-14 schedule has yet to be released.

Obviously the Hurricanes are going to need some great sponsorship to help travel costs. Already they have received a wel-

comed boast to their start up costs thanks to Campbell River’s Shane and Colleen Hogg who are picking up the tab on new home and away jerseys, socks and practice jerseys.

This is an exciting time for female hockey, let’s hope Campbell River gets behind the Hurricanes in a big way. The team will have an intrasquad game 8:30-10:30 a.m. on Sunday.

This is the sixth season for the top female league in the province. The league has seen over 50 graduating players continue on to CIS, NCAA or ACAC opportunities.

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By Ken Zaharia

Courier-Islander Sports Editor

After a three year absence, the BC Provincial Waterski Championships returned to the waters of McIvor Lake.

The 2013 championship, which took place July 27-28, was hosted by the Campbell River Eagles Waterski Club. The provincial competi-tion for “classic three event” skiing - included slalom, trick and jump.

This year’s provincials attracted 50 skiers from across the Island and BC, even from as far away as Williams Lake. Some internationally ranked competitors attended including National team member Jed Leach from Shawnigan Lake and National jump record holder in boy’s three age division Conley Pinette from Williams Lake. Also taking part was former National men’s

team member Campbell River’s Clint Baikie.Former Eagles member and now BC provin-

cial team coach Cory Bate also made it back to his home waters.

“Cory helped coach all the kids while he was here,” said long time Eagles member Troy Perras. “We (Campbell River Eagles Waterski Club) would like to thank the City of Campbell River for the use of the site and thank the public for their cooperation with boat traffic.”

Campbell River Eagles results included:Boy’s One - Trent Perras, 10, - slalom fifth

(one ball), trick fourth (200 points), jump third (6.9 metres); Tyler Jochimski, 10, - slalom third (four balls).

Boy’s Three - Jared Perras, 12, - slalom sev-enth (38 balls), trick fifth (190 points), jump fourth (16.5 metres).

Girl’s Three - Carrissa Jochimski, 13, -

slalom second (four balls); Madison Oke, 13, - slalom third (three balls).

Junior Men - Logan Frame, 15, - slalom fifth (two balls).

Men’s - Clint Baikie - trick first (350 points).Women’s - Kim Brown - trick second (860

points).

Men’s Three - Ken Watkin - slalom third (37 balls).

Men’s Four - Cliff Cyr - slalom fourth (3.5 balls); Chris Jochimski - slalom second (40 balls); Troy Perras - trick second (480 points).

Men’s Seven - Michael Gorman - slalom first (one ball).

Provincial waterski tourney returns to McIvor LakePhoto submitted

Campbell River Eagles Waterski Club member Ken Watkin competes in men’s three slalom at the Provincial tournament held at McIvor Lake, July 27-28.

24 CAMPBELL RIVER COURIER-ISLANDER SPORTS/www.courierislander.com Friday, Aug. 9, 2013

Reading a book this summer, I had a laugh when the author talked about her mother’s reaction to the news her daughter was going to run a marathon. She fretted for days before calling her the night before the race, then

implored her “Please honey, don’t try to win!”

It reminded me of when I started training for the 2002 Honolulu Marathon. I had been a recreational athlete all my life. First, a gymnast, then a recreational bodybuilder who was tiring of the gym.

After losing my favorite aunt and godmother to a hor-rible form of arthritis, I signed on to the Joints in Motion Training Team. Before this,

I only ran to get the obligatory 30 minutes of cardio on the treadmill. Moving outside and running with others, I started to set up and knock down new goals. I beamed when I told the group I ran three miles without stopping for the first time!

My boyfriend at the time was also encouraging. Well, more like tolerant. As the weeks clicked by and my mile-age increased, he was still pretty quiet about it. He insist-ed on a weekend trip to the cabin, and rode along beside me on his quad as I pumped out 13 miles on gravel roads in the country.

Finally, a month before the race, he raised his soup spoon and stopped mid-air. “I have to say, I’m really impressed with how committed you are. But sweetie... do you really think you can win?” I laughed so hard I snorted soup out my nose. “Oh my gawd! Of course not! I just want to finish it!” He visibly relaxed, and was there at the finish line when I collected my medal under the Hawaiian sun.

We run for all kinds of reasons. But winning a race isn’t, for most of us, the main reason. It’s to prove to our-selves that we can. To fight the relentless march of time. To honour our favorite aunt. No matter what your reason, every time you hit the pavement, path, trail or treadmill, you win.

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The Comox Valley Exhibition and the Comox Valley Road Runners would like to once again invite families to the annual Track n’ Trail Kids’ Fun Run.

The run takes place at the exhibition grounds on Saturday, Aug 24.

Race Day registration is between 9-9:45 a.m., Dove Creek entrance (on Dove Creek Road).

Registration and entry to the Comox Valley Exhibition is free for all participants for the day (par-ents must pay entry to the exhibition).

Warm-up is slated for 9:45 a.m. at horse track start area, the race starts at 10 with the Marshmallows (other age categories to follow).

The Marshmallows (5 and under) run the 500m-horse track. Then the Chicklets (6-9) run a trail loop of 1 km, followed by the Truffles (10 and up) com-pleting a 1.5 km trail.

Awards follow at 11 a.m. You can also fill out a registration form found in

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More information at www.cvex.ca or 250-338-8177 or e-mail [email protected] (250-923-7882).

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THAT TIME OF YEAR The wood chips will be flying this weekend at the annual SalmonFest 2013 World Class Logger Sports at Nunns Creek Park. Action starts tonight with the ‘Best in the Bush Competition. All day Saturday will be the novice and intermediate events, followed by the open and ladies competition Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Thousands of modern-day hip-pies are preparing to descend on a remote park on northern Vancouver Island for a month, but local author-ities did not find out about the gathering until Facebook postings appeared this week.

Plans for the World Rainbow Gathering at Raft Cove Provincial Park, near Cape Scott, have cre-ated an uproar among North Island residents, some of whom are posting threats of roadblocks and actions to protect the fragile ecosystem.

The Rainbow Family of Living Light, which has held gatherings in remote locations around North America since 1972, has no named leaders and those who chose Raft did not return messages.

“People camp out, cook and share food communally, sing, dance, celebrate, sharing skills, knowledge and talents,” their website says. “This is a place to be yourself and be accepted as you are. Nudity is welcome.”

The group’s Facebook page showed about 1,800 confirmed attendees out of 11,000 people invited.

People in nearby Holberg said

vans were driving through in unusually large numbers Wednesday afternoon. Most gatherings last from new moon to new moon; the Raft Cove get-together is following that pattern, starting Wednesday and con-tinuing to Sept. 6.

RCMP spokesman Cpl. Darren Lagan said the Port Hardy detach-ment became aware of the Rainbow plans on Wednesday. “Raft Cove is a provincial park, so the jurisdiction falls to B.C. Parks Service until such

time as they may request our assist-ance,” he said.

The B.C. Environment Ministry was also taken by surprise.

“B.C. Parks has very recently become aware of the proposed World Rainbow event circulating on social media. Event organizers did not contact B.C. Parks,” said a ministry spokesman. “We will be developing a compliance and enforcement plan to ensure the safe-ty of visitors and protection of park

values, including co-ordinating with other enforcement agencies.”

The 787-hectare park, often used by surfers, has two pit toilets, and no stores within easy reach. Fresh water sources are currently dry. There is a tough two-kilometre hike to the beach.

Raft Cove is within the trad-itional territory of Quatsino First Nation. Forestry co-ordinator Ralph Wallace said the band found out about the gathering Wednesday.

“We are very concerned. It’s a very delicate ecosystem with only 300 metres of beach. How are they going to try and fit 2,000 people in there?” he said. “The forests are tinder dry right now and whatever they are doing or smoking could be a hazard for everyone.”

Janet Rygnestad, a natural resources scientist who surfs at Raft Cove and is a member of Nanaimo Search and Rescue and Mount Cain

Ski Patrol, is horrified that organ-izers have not told local emergency organizations: “The thought of all those people walking in and out of there is crazy, just crazy.”

Rygnestad said that like many others on the North Island, she is not anti-hippy. But almost a decade

ago, she saw the devastation left at Keeha Beach, near Bamfield, after a Rainbow gather-ing. “There were piles and piles ofstuff left under tarps, that the wildlife got into, and human feces all around. It

was just terrible,” she said.Megan Hanacek, a professional

biologist who has lived on the North Island for 30 years, said waste man-agement and dealing with emergen-cies, when there is no cell coverage, are among the concerns.

As there is a campfire ban, it is not known how people are intending to cook their food, she said.

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By Sian Thomson


Brandi Morrison Stovman should not have to explain to her son Braedyn what “a retard” is.

But the 12-year-old who has Down Syndrome asked her that painful question.

She should not have to explain to him the difference between when people are laughing at him or with him.

But she wanted to spare him more humiliation in his quest to have friends to play with.

“The hard part is he doesn’t have any,” said Stovman. “I do the best I can to play with him but I am not little. It just breaks my heart.”

Braedyn was diagnosed with

Down Syndrome just before his first birthday. The mother and son moved to Campbell River from Victoria shortly after that.

In addition to Down Syndrome, which causes intellectual disabil-ities, growth delays, certain facial characteristics and health prob-lems, Braedyn has also been diag-nosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), causing him to be very stubborn and angry at times.

A recent experience while camping at Miracle Beach caused Stovman to speak out to the com-munity about acceptance and kind-ness.

“He loves to camp. We go to Miracle Beach a lot,” she said.

Continued page 31.

WANTED:Some friends...

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Braedyn Morrison, at left with his Canucks jersey on and at right with his mother and only friend, Brandi.Photos submitted


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Continued from page 30.“We have strict rules and he

knows not to wander off. When he got older I started letting him go to the park because our camp-site is always close. This weekend we were there, he asked to go to the park so I said okay. A while later I heard some kids laughing and heard a boy say ‘Let’s take him into the bushes’ and it did not occur to me that Braedyn was being victimized at this point until I heard him calling‘Mummy, Mummy’ they are keep-ing me here and I can’t get out’.”

Stovman frantically searched for her son and eventually found him in some heavy brush, his foot was stuck and he could not get out on his own.

“I confronted the kids,” said Stovman. “I asked why they would do this and they said he kept following them and they did not want to play with him.”

It felt like her heart was drop-ping into her stomach when she heard one youth add, “We don’t want to play with a retard.”

“It took all my might not to punch this kid out,” she said. “One of the boys looked very uncomfortable, like he wanted to cry but sadly he had been sucked into the pack mentality.”

She asked the youth why she called her son that name.

“It just got worse when he told me he had been ‘taught’ not to play with retards,” said Stovman.

“I told the group of kids that

Braedyn had special needs and that he was no different, he just has some issues with boundaries and he really wants

to have some friends and that is why he was following them around,” she said. Stovman said she expects kids to be different these days.

“I expect tolerance and acceptance especially because we have anti-bullying, integration and diversity in schools. Racist slurs are not acceptable, why is this? It makes me sad to think some parents are passing on this bigotry to their kids,” she said.

Sadly this horrifying incident is not isolated.

“When he was two years old he was playing at the park and made friends with a little girl and her mother came up and said to her to go play with kids her own age,” she said. “I said to her they look about the same age and she said she didn’t want her daughter to “catch it”, meaning his dis-ability.”

Another time there was a pool party in their cul de sac and Braedyn wanted very badly to join in but was told the pool was full.

“They had already let about 20 kids in there, what was one more?” she said.

Stovman wants people to know about her son’s talents.

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most men can. It is not typical for Down Syndrome kids to be well built without an ounce of fat on them but his metabolism is different. It’s just sad he is only 44 inches tall.”

Braedyn has a skateboard and wants so badly to learn how to ride it. Stovman posted a job ad on Campbell River Job Find stat-ing she would pay a teenager $5 an hour to teach Braedyn how to ride a skateboard. Stovman is off work currently with a long term disability and has limited funds.

“It has been out for three weeks, the last time I checked there have been 60 views but not one inquiry,” she said.

Stovman said that Braedyn just wants to belong, he wants to have friends. Stovman’s facebook address is http://facebook.com/brandi.stovman.

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