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June 30 last year, a dedication ceremony was held as the Sunshine Coast Marine Rescue Society, Station 12 took delivery of their new 753 Zodiac Hurricane at Porpoise Bay dock, attended by CCGA crewmembers from Halfmoon Bay, Pender Harbour and Gibsons. As dignitaries enjoyed a harbour tour on the new craft, a Code 2 call came in, sending crew scrambling to replace dignitaries on the new Zodiac in order to respond.

Skookumchuck claims two lives

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It was an event that will forever change the lives

of many people on the Sun-shine Coast. � e deaths of two Royal Marine Search and Rescue volunteers from Sechelt, Angela Ne-meth, 43 and Beatrice So-rensen, 51 has left many with a tragic sense of loss.

Sunday, June 3, the Sunshine Coast RCMP received a report of a may-day call in the area of Skoo-kumchuck Narrows near

Egmont. � e mayday was issued for a Sechelt-based Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RC-MSR) rigid-hull in� atable vessel, which had capsized in the Narrows. Two of the four occupants of the crew were rescued from the icy waters by boaters in the area, however two remain-ing crewmembers had not surfaced, and were later discovered by the Cana-dian Coast Guard trapped

under the capsized vessel.A key member of the

small, tight-knit sta� at Westwave Broadcast-ing’s CKAY-FM radio in Sechelt, Angie Nemeth was known for her sunny, upbeat personality. Presi-dent Bob Morris noted that Nemeth, “loved her volunteer work with the Coast Guard Auxiliary and was proud to be able to of-fer her assistance to those in need on the water. We

will remember Angie with love and respect.” Morris extended the station’s con-dolences to Nemeth’s two adult daughters.

As Director of Finance, Beatrice Sorenson, was an integral member of the Sunshine Coast Commu-nity Services Society sta� for more than eight years. Fellow members of the team noted that even af-ter watching events unfold on the evening news, they

could not quite believe their colleague and friend would not be returning. Sorenson is survived by her partner, her teenage son and an adult daughter.

� e RCMSR vessel was on a training exercise at the time of the capsizing. � e Skookumchuck Narrows is well known by volunteers of the RCMSR, RCMP

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A noisy placard-waving, pan-banging rally out-

side MP John Weston’s Te-redo Street o� ce in Sech-elt protested the Harper government’s 400-page omnibus bill on the bud-get, the environment, the economy and the military on Saturday, June 2. � e noon-hour event was one of almost 100 such dem-onstrations taking place across Canada.

“We are here, not as members of any political party, but as people who love our country and are appalled at what has hap-pened to our country,” said organizer Jef Keighley. Noting that, as leader of the Opposition in 2005, Harper had opposed a much smaller omnibus budget presented by the Liberals, saying it did not

allow proper debate on the various components of the bill. Seven years later, Harper is supporting the Jobs, Growth and Long Term Prosperity Act – a bill four times larger and incorporating more far-reaching legislation.

Keighley noted that many of the components of the Act had not been reviewed by Parliamentary committees as part of the normal process in bring-ing legislation forward for debate in the House. He explained that this pro-cess is designed to weed out legislation that lacks a proper foundation or is not in the best long-term interests of the country. “� e entire opposition is not wrong to want to di-vide this Bill,” to ensure each component receives

due attention and debate, Keighley said, adding that “…we need 13 Conserva-tive MPs to listen to their constituents and vote to divide this Bill.”

MLA Nicholas Simons added that pushing legisla-tion without debate is not con� ned to federal juris-diction. “In Victoria, we just passed 13 bills with-out debate.” He joined with speakers Keighley, Alice Lutes and Bill Forst to encourage Canadians to lobby for change. “Let your voices be the wind for the sails of politicians, to a� ect their direction,” Simons said.

“Governments are used to being lobbied by spe-cial interest groups. It’s not often they are lob-bied by we, the people,” said Lutes. Forst agreed,

encouraging those in at-tendance to reach out and involve others, par-ticularly young people, in the debate.

Nikki Kozakiewicz summed up the concerns of many in attendance, saying, “� e scienti� c work of the past 40 years is being dismantled – all the gains in environ-mental protection, all the work of the Boomer years is being swept away in just a few short years. We must act. We Boom-ers are the elders now. It’s our responsibility.”

Weston was not on the Coast for the rally, as he had previous commit-ments in West Vancouver and Whistler to launch National Fitness Day.By Heather Jeal for � e Local

Noisy Coast rally calls for action on Bill C-38

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ver’s � rst Walk for Peace. In April 1982, against the back-drop of the escalating nucle-ar arms race, 35,000 people walked across the Burrard Street Bridge to Sunset Beach, united by a desire for world peace. In 1983, num-bers doubled and by 1984, there were over 115,000 people from all walks of life coming together.

� e Sunshine Coast has its own history of peace activism that coincides with this larger movement.

Anniversary of the ’83 Walk for Peace

From Coast News archives, April 30, 1984. PHOTO FRAN BURNSIDE

On March 22, 1983, sixty people met in the library of the Roberts Creek School to form the Sunshine Coast Peace Committee. � ey ranged in age from early twenties to the mid-seven-ties. � e co-chairs of this � rst organizational meeting were Michael Burns of Sech-elt and Anne Moul of Gib-

sons. � ey formed several sub-committees of volun-teers to undertake a variety of peace activities including arranging for participation of Sunshine Coast residents in the upcoming Vancou-ver peace rally. � e fol-lowing month, they joined 65,000 others in what was becoming North America’s

largest Walk for Peace. One local woman from

Garden Bay writes about her experience in a letter to the Editor of the Coast News, May 1985: “I went to the Peace Walk for the � rst time this year. It was a stirring experience and one I found particularly en-couraging. � ose who have never participated can have no concept of the amount of positive energy and hope engendered by those of like goals coming together.”

I, too, remember going to these peace marches in the 80s. I was a young teenager and these gatherings were powerful experiences that helped shape the way I saw

the world. I learned that people can create change, that we have a voice in shaping the kind of future we want and that peace, not war, is the only way forward.

In celebration of the 30th anniversary there will be a Walk for Peace 2012: � e Next Generation on June 30. At noon, people will gather to walk the same route over the Burrard Street Bridge to Sunset Beach.

Now more than ever, the words of John Lennon’s song ‘Imagine’ resonate: Some may say I’m a dreamer,But I’m not the only one.I hope some day you’ll join us,And the world will live as one.”

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Letters to the Editor – Opinions

Letters to the Editor

In some Canadian prairie towns you may pass through this summer, you might notice that smack in the middle

of the community there is a bulk fuel station. A bulk fuel station stores vast tanks of amber and purple gas and heat-ing and diesel fuel for use by townspeople as well as local farmers. Few people give this more than a passing thought.

Often those bulk fuel stations evolved through the years from a general store with a gas pump into a full-service gas station and then into a bulk fuel station as the needs of the community and surrounding population grew. Often, that bulk fuel station is the largest tax revenue-generating busi-ness in town, so town councils aren’t anxious for them to re-locate. But for the � re� ghters in those communities, a bulk fuel station in the middle of town is their worst nightmare; they see a potential � re hazard.

� e problem is, if the town council heeds the � re depart-ment and requests the bulk fuel station relocates outside town limits, there goes the tax revenue that keeps the street lights burning. On the other hand, the bulk fuel station poses a risk to the public. � e issue hinges on how sub-stantial that risk is for the population, and whether the loss of tax revenue might be more damaging than the loss of resident taxpayer’s lives.

Every community faces challenges like this at one time or another. Here on the Sunshine Coast, we have new busi-nesses wanting to come in and start up. � ey would gener-ate tax revenues for municipalities and o� er jobs for locals as well as competition for existing similar businesses. We critically review the costs to the surrounding community or the environment and any future impact it might pose if that new business is permitted to open. But a balance must be struck. If new business or new people are turned away from a community because of a NIMBY attitude, it’s like growing a rose and then shutting it in a dark room. Eventu-ally, it will wither and die - as will any community without business-generated tax dollars to support its economy. If you travel through the prairies, you’ll see whole communi-ties that are now ghost towns because there was no longer any way to support them.

Acceptance and tolerance along with careful consider-ation and responsible future growth are key elements in determining the successful survival of a community. As in life, moderation is always the key. On the Sunshine Coast, in part because of the ferry we love to hate, the chance of our little bit of paradise turning into another Fort McMur-ray is pretty slim. But change is inevitable and something we must all embrace in our lives. Without it, we’d still be beating wet clothes on rocks and cooking over open � res.Carol Gardarsson

Business tax revenues or ghost towns

OCP is not carved in stoneAfter a peaceful lull in

the letters, the opposition is at it again. Another short sighted resident, one J. Pat-terson credited with living in Gibsons, is expressing his sincere opinion that the Of-� cial Community Plan is a hard and fast promise from past residents and council members to preserve the District just as it is, without any room for change.

I don’t have to bring up the fact that change is inevi-table. As human beings we

deal with change everyday. Without change we would not have things like electric-ity, vaccines, or any of the creature comforts that we as participants in civiliza-tion enjoy. � at being said, it states very clearly in Sech-elt’s O� cial Community Plan that this document is a “living document” and that enables the present council to make changes as neces-sary for the survival of our community. So Mr. Patter-son, that means there are going to be residents of this

District applying to change the current bylaws to remain competitive in business and therefore o� er better prices and products to the custom-ers that deserve them.

As a working woman from a young family, I would hope the opportu-nity would be available to myself and others in the fu-ture, should we need it, to change things that would be necessary to further our community. � at includes the potential for rezoning properties to accommodate whatever the community feels is needed. � ere is a great portion of residents out there who have ex-pressed their support for the current Stockwell rezoning application. Let’s leave it in the hands of the elected o� cials instead of clinging desperately to the O� cial Community Plan, and your interpretation of it. Sandy Lesson, Gibsons

Passenger only ferry service

I am writing to add my name to the growing list of individuals who live on the Sunshine Coast and wish to make their voices heard that yes, we need a passen-ger-only ferry service. After reading Kenan MacKenzie’s letters to the Editor in The Local on April 12, and sub-sequent letters, I am so glad that he has brought this is-sue to the forefront. I also spoke with Kenan and he

said that it could happen, if we really want it to.

I want it, do you? BC Fer-ries would make it possible by contracting out this ser-vice and would use the pres-ent Langdale ferry terminal. It can work, it’s our ferry, taxpayers paid for it.

Having a passenger-only ferry service to Vancouver from the Sunshine Coast would make it so much eas-ier to live on the Coast. We are part of the mainland, therefore give us good access to the mainland. � e car ferry service is for those who will be taking their cars, which I do on occasion. How nice it would be not to wait for that big ferry to get us to Vancouver or home to the Sunshine Coast. Just think of the tourists who would come to the Coast.

A passenger-only ferry service would be far more economical to operate by not requiring fuel to move hundreds of tons of vehicles/trucks, also would eliminate the wait times involved be-cause of vehicle/truck load-ing and o� oading time involved, saving the union worker man-hours involved as well as huge overtime paid out. � is would result in lower fares, which would increase passenger volumes and improve the frequency of service, which would be bene� cial to all Sunshine Coast residents.

I am glad to see that Gibsons voted in favour of a committee recommen-

dation to lend its support to this cause as well as the SCRD putting it on their agenda.

� ank you, Kenan, for getting this started and keep it up. It will happen.Joanne E. Hudder, Gibsons

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Questions that need answers

Mr. John Weston,I can’t help but wonder if

you have thoroughly read and understood the Om-nibus Budget Bill? Have you asked your constitu-ents what they think of it and how they want you to vote on it? Are you honestly comfortable with the way the Harper government is doing things in Parliament? Do you agree with Vic Toews that if we are not for his legislation we are on the side of child pornographers? Do you also believe, as your leader said, that if we are not for the oil pipeline to Kiti-mat that we are radicals?

Are you planning to vote in � e House of Commons the way Mr. Harper tells you to, or are you going to vote the way the people who voted you into o� ce want you to? � ese are questions that truly need answers these days as it seems that we are not being represent-ed by someone who listens to us. � ere does not seem to be much listening going on in your party – at least

to contrary opinions. It ap-pears that Mr. Harper just takes the stance of ignoring opinions that do not � t his preconceived plans. Is that your stance also?

Who are you truly repre-senting? � e answer should be “the people who have mandated that you do as they wish”. Ask them what they want; don’t just take it for granted that they want exactly what your party leader says is best. I would suggest that you conduct your own referendums and ask your constituents what they want. What an example of true Canadian democracy you would show the rest of Canada if you were to do this!

We, your own constitu-ents, are keeping an eye on you. And, please don’t say that you will make it ‘clear’. � is appears to be the catchword that is being used constantly by Conser-vative spokespersons these days. As soon as I hear it I know it will be muddy.Daniel Sikorskyi, Halfmoon Bay

Spend less, pay off moreWe should give consider-

ation to the obligations we are incurring outside of our household environment.

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(Continued from page 4)from money borrowed by Sunshine Coast Regional District from the Municipal Finance Authority of British Columbia.

We, and our elected officials, must give care-ful consideration to our NEEDS in comparison to our WANTS. Our world is still in considerable financial difficulties, our cost of living is on the upswing, and many, especially folks on fixed in-come like seniors are finding it troublesome to find the money to meet their needs. All our elected officials must be aware of the circumstanc-es and learn to say that little two-letter word, “N-O”. No to any more download-ing from the provincial and federal governments, no to adding more programs, committees, or staff, and no to adding to our debt.

For more insight into spending, read the Auditor’s Report -

ht tp : / /www.scrd.ca/files/File/Administration/Agenda s /2012/2012-MAY-10%20CAS%20Agenda%20Package-Spe-cial.pdf

On page 11 (13) - Fund-ing to cover the one million dollar plus cost to deal with the asset failure and capital project cost overruns in the Recreation Facilities will be borrowed from the SCRD’s Regional Water Capital and Operating reserves.

Is it time to want less and consider paying down this large debt in a significant way?Vel Anderson, Gibsons

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Please vote to divide Bill C-38

Dear Mr. Weston:I want to express my frus-

tration and outrage at the Conservative Government’s Budget Bill-C38.

The extensive legislative changes proposed by this bill should not be combined with the Budget as an om-nibus bill. This overrides the normal democratic process for making such fundamen-tal changes to legislation and prevents informed and considered review of those changes by Parliament.

The Conservative Gov-ernment has a political ma-jority, but does not represent the majority of the popula-tion; this is a result of our current (and I believe, dys-functional) electoral system. I do not believe that the Government has an authen-tic mandate to make these sweeping legislative changes without proper consider-ation by Parliament.

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Divide Bill C38 or vote against it

Dear Mr. Weston:I watch the singing of

O Canada in the house of Parliament on Wednes-days. I wonder what MPs are thinking about when they sing the words, “We stand on guard for thee”?

We stand on guard to protect the environment and resources of our coun-try Canada. We stand on guard to protect the values and ideals of our people. These are expressed through our social safety nets such as employment insurance and our pension plans. We sing an agreement to protect what our country stands for; peace, sharing our prosper-ity with each other, the free-dom to speak and dissent if necessary; and to protect democracy.

This omnibus budget bill does not stand on guard for Canada. It seeks to harm our rivers and streams, our fish and wildlife, our forests and oceans. It seeks to bring down wages for working people and lower the standard of life for our people. It seeks to take away the dignity of our elders of the future by tak-ing away the protection of a fair retirement age and forcing them into poverty after a lifetime of work. It seeks to silence those who would speak out against the corporations need to place making a profit over everything else. It seeks to dismantle equality in work-ing conditions by changing the employment equity act for some workers. It threat-ens our democracy.

Bill C38 needs to be di-vided so that all MPs and Canadians can hear and understand what the bud-get bill proposes. Each item needs to be fully debated in parliament. Motions to amend the budget items must be seriously consid-ered. Canada is not protect-ed through limiting debate or imposing closure on our House of Commons.

Stand on guard for Can-ada. Vote to divide the bill or vote against bill C38 as it stands. Claire Rudd, Halfmoon Bay

Bill C-38 puts cultural heritage at risk

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some additional knowl-edge of what Bill C38 will mean to Canada. We know of the threat to our envi-ronment and safety (e.g. Coast Guard Station clo-sures). But did you know that much of our cultural heritage is also at risk? Sev-eral Parks Canada Region-al Interpretive Centers are to be closed or downsized, and local collections sent to Ottawa.

As heard through the employee grapevine: “The official word is that all col-lections (curatorial and ar-chaeological), and all (re-maining) conservators and collections specialists will eventually be consolidated in Ottawa/Gatineau. No word on what the time line is for ‘eventually’.”

“Everything, including collections, will be shipped to Ottawa for long-term central storage. That’s it. No more service centers - just Ottawa. Why isn’t the na-tional media on this story?”

Not that there is of-ficial word (because se-crecy seems to be a par-ticular strategy of this government), but it ap-pears that across the coun-try, from Newfoundland’s L’anse Aux Meadows to our own Fort Langley and Gulf of Georgia Can-nery, collections are to be packed up and shipped to Ottawa. No need (or possibility) to see our his-tory in situ; in future we and our children will have the privilege of viewing our local heritage in the context of the entire Ca-nadian Empire - but only when we travel to Ottawa’s Parliament Hill to see “de-mocracy” in action.

As one poster on the Ca-nadian Archaeological Asso-ciation Facebook page put it recently, “There (will be) more people employed in a single Tim Hortons than are employed by Parks Canada nationally to preserve and care for millions of archeo-logical historic objects in storage and on display.”Rebecca Pavitt, Canadian Association of Professional Conservators

Changing the world, one trail at a time

Last Sunday, June 3, I walked through Wilson Creek forest with another thirty people on a walk organized by Elphinstone Logging Focus. The forest is very impressive, both for its varied trees, fauna, flora, water flowing through the creek, and ponds with frogs in them. The loop trail is well marked and easy to follow. There are some 25 spots with the description and explanation of what

one sees at each stop.All this beauty would

have been gone for good if it were not for a few dedi-cated volunteers from ELF who managed to save this area from logging. I find it hard to believe that it’s some 130 years since Stan-ley Park was protected and made into a park and some 70 years since Cathedral Grove was saved and that governments and people still don’t have the insight to save such places.

British Columbia is for-tunate in having huge for-ests and I am not against logging as such, but can we please leave some of these forests for our chil-dren and grandchildren? I would like to thank ELF for their great efforts and hope that more Sunshine Coasters will go to the ELF website, and let their voices be heard, locally, provincially and federally. The ELF website also has directions on how to get to the Wilson Creek forest with a regular car (no need for a 4X4).

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A process of clearing the old to make way for the new continues. � is may include the inspiration or need to reinvent your self somehow. As good an idea as this is, it may not be time to commit to long term investments or contracts or lease just yet. How can you clear the old, prepare the new and yet de-lay deeper commitments, for now?Sagittarius (Nov 21 – Dec 21)

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IN MEMORIUMUNFORGETTABLE. Ten years have passed like a single day. The former Elizabeth Ruth Grant of North Van-couver; better known as Beth Shaw of Halfmoon Bay, Garden Bay, High-er Roberts Creek, Gibsons, Carlson Point, Middlepoint, Madeira Park, S.I.B. Waterfront, Texada and West Sechelt where she died at home at 2:00pm on June 11, 2002 at the age of 55 years, 3 months. Nurturer of all things, Beth gave her life for the things that mattered to her. Her name was written in the Lamb’s Book of Life the day she was born, March 28, 1947. Gratefully submit-ted by one who was once her lesser half, Art Shaw. p23

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Jenny passed away in the early morning of Friday June 1st, 2012, after a courageous 3 year battle with breast cancer. She was 64. Jenny devoted her life to the ones she loved and was the foundation of the her immediate family. Jenny always gave her time, e�ort, and love, without any expectation of reciprocation.

Born in China and raised in Vancouver. Jenny came to Sechelt in 1974 and married Steve in 1976. On the Coast, she worked for St. Mary’s Hospital, was one of the top Realtors on the Sunshine Coast, and was a Land Management and Leasing O�cer for the federal government.

Jenny is survived by her loving husband Steve, son Rick (Tracy), daughter Kristy (Tim), sister Jen (Robert), and grandchildren Naomi, Keira, and Amber.

We will miss your ever caring heart, your always listening ear, your immensely wise words, and your endless loving soul. In your �nal days, it was a privilege for us, your family, to serve and take care of you for a change.

A celebration of Jenny’s life will be held at 1:00pm, Satur-day June 9th, 2012, at the Steve’s home, 6578 Norwest Bay Rd, Sechelt, B.C. In lieu of �owers, donations can be made to the St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation Society (Ambulatory Care Unit).

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LOCAL EVENTSFRIDAY, JUNE 8

•June 8, 9 &10 - Gibsons Landing Jazz Festival. www.coastjazz.com•5:30pm. Egmont Movie Night. Kid movie 6:00pm, adult movie 8:00pm. Free. Egmont Community Hall. •7:30pm. Royal Astronomical Society meeting with speaker Erwin Diener, club member. SC Arts Centre. Everyone welcome. www.coastastronomy.ca

SATURDAY, JUNE 9•9:00am-5:00pm. CCBA Home & Cottage Show, Gibsons and Area Community Centre. Live demos, draws & giveaways. Free event. www.homecottageshow.com

SUNDAY, JUNE 10•11:00am. Single & 55+? Meet the Brunch Bunch at Sirens by the Sea, Davis Bay.

MONDAY, JUNE 11•10:00am. Meeting of Roberts Creek Branch of St. Mary’s Hospital Aux. on Emery Road. Newcomers are welcome. Call Rene for info, 604-885-3819. Potluck lunch follows meeting.

TUESDAY, JUNE 12•5:00pm. Coast Cultural Alli-ance AGM. Rockwood Centre, Sechelt. Everyone welcome. [email protected]

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13•3:00pm-6:00pm. Farm Gate Mar-ket. Roberts Creek Community Hall. onestraw.ca or 604-741-9859.

FRIDAY, JUNE 15•5:30pm. Egmont Movie Night. Kid movie 6:00pm, adult movie 8:00pm. Free. Egmont Community Hall.

SATURDAY, JUNE 16•9:00am. Egmont Day! Parade, fi sh-ing derby and dinner, A full day of fun at the Egmont Community Hall.•10:00am. SC Pro Life Second Annual Walk & Celebration of Life. Registra-tion 10:00am, 4km walk at 10:30am. Meet at Hackett Park, Sechelt.

SUNDAY, JUNE 17•2:00pm. ‘My Heart’s in the High-lands’ performed by the Vivaldi Chamber Choir, Vancouver at St. Hilda’s, Sechelt. Call 604-885-5019 for tickets. www.vivaldichoir.org

MONDAY, JUNE 18•1:00pm. Gibsons Seniors Society monthly birthday lunch at Harmony Hall. No charge, open to all.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20•3:00pm-6:00pm. Farm Gate Mar-ket. Roberts Creek Community Hall. onestraw.ca or 604-741-9859.

THURSDAY, JUNE 21•5:00pm-9:00pm. Opening of Sechelt Night Market. Cow-

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SATURDAY, JUNE 23•10:30am-3:30pm. 11th Annual Chil-dren’s Festival & Duck Pluck. Entry by donation. Dougall Park, The Land-ing, Gibsons. 604-885-5881.•1:30pm-3:30pm. Strawberry Tea Plus! at St. Hilda’s Church, Sechelt.•7:00pm. Talk on Egypt with Roberta Mauel. Limited seating - by dona-tion. Gibsons Public Art Gallery.

SUNDAY, JUNE 24•7:30pm. Sunshine Coast Guitar Society. Rockwood Centre, Sechelt. 604-740-5938 or 604-886-0031.

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Gibsons Public Art Gallery will employ a summer student in July and August of 2012 as a Program / Admin. Assistant.This position is open to all students, 18 - 30, who will be returning to school in the Fall and have been attending school / college in the present year (2012). The applicant must be interested in meeting the public, doing PR for the Gallery and teaching 2 sets of art classes for children: one week in July and one in August. Computer skills would also be an asset. Pay: $13 an hour; 30 hours a week.

The Gallery is closed Tues and Wed. Open Thurs. to Monday. Applicant must be able to work on Sat. & Sun. 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. For more information, phone 604-886-0531.

Forward resume and references by June 15 to:Gibsons Public Art Gallery,PO Box 1576Gibsons BC V0N 1V0

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The astronomical event of the century ‘� e June 5

Transit of Venus’ is behind us now. If you missed it, check NASA’s website, Youtube or http://events.slooh.com/

June marks the arrival of (hopefully) warmer nights and some favorite celestial sights with mighty Hercules and its remarkable star clus-ter M13 rising in the North-east followed by the constel-lation Cygnus and brilliant Vega. � e bright stars Vega, Deneb and Altair form the large asterism ‘� e Sum-mer Triangle’ an important signpost in the summer sky along with � e Big Dipper.

Venus is no longer vis-ible in the night sky but the planets Mars and Saturn continue to move closer to-gether: Mars as a rusty “star” near the hind end of the constellation Leo and pale, cream-colored Saturn posi-tioned near the bright star Spica. You can � nd several planets in late June by using the moon as a guide: faint Mercury six degrees above the crescent moon at dusk on June 20, Mars six degrees above the moon on June 25 and Saturn and the bright star Spica positioned seven and four degrees respectively above the moon on June 27.

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The excitement of the May 25 - 26 weekend

drag races, held at the Sech-elt Airport may have been even higher than last year’s, with some amazing drivers and an exhibition of incred-ible precision driving skills. � e results of the race were: Street Machine: First Place: Tammy Leslie, Second Place: Cass Yeomans. Super Street:

First Place James Pashniak, Second Place: Tim Smith. Street Rod: First Place: Mike Jackson, Second Place: Jim Hart. Hot Rod: First Place: Matt Kennedy, Sec-ond Place: Dave Crombie. SCDRA President’s Choice Best Burnout: Jim Hart, Best Reaction Time: Peter Stanley-Clarke, Closest to Dial-In: David McCrae.

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SkookumchuckContinued from page 1the Canadian Coast Guard as these treacherous waters have been responsible for maydays and 911 calls in past years. A team from the Canadian Transport Safety Board (Marine Division) is currently on the Sunshine Coast and will be conduct-ing a marine investigation. � ey are currently examin-ing the boat and interview-ing witnesses. According to RCM-SAR president Randy Strandt, these are the � rst fatalities in the or-ganization’s history.

� e name Skookum-chuck means rapid tor-rent. � e rushing tidal � ow through the rapids, beloved by veteran kayakers and re-spected by skilled boaters, creates huge cresting waves, whirlpools and undertows. � e narrows is at the en-trance to Sechelt Inlet and during tidal � ow large rap-ids, whitecaps and whirl-pools are common.

� ere are three sta-tions of the Royal Marine Search and Rescue (for-merly known as the Ca-nadian Auxiliary Coast Guard) on the Sunshine Coast: Unit 14 (Gibsons), Unit 12 (Halfmoon Bay), and Unit 61 (Pender Har-bour). All three units op-erate in basically the same manner, having an active group of volunteers made up of crew and coxswains. Training for all members is provided both on the water and in the classroom and is on-going; training is provided to members and is a requirement for ongoing membership. To become regular crew, vol-unteers must be certi� ed in First Aid, and Marine VHF Radio, along with having acquired a Pleasure Craft Operator Card. All mem-bers also receive training in boat handling, seamanship, navigation, operation of vessel electronics, and colli-sion regulations.

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� e RAS meets Friday, June 15 at 8:30 pm at Pier 17’s Astro Café. Find more info at www.coastastronomy.ca

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FRI. JUNE 8: DANCE AT KINSMEN HALL 8:00pm .........Martini Madness, $15

SAT. JUNE 9: WORKSHOP AT KINSMEN HALL10:45am ......History of Jazz Trumpet Clinic with Alan Matheson, $15

SAT. JUNE 9: MAIN FESTIVAL EVENT AT DOUGALL PARK 12:30pm ......Rakish Angles 1:30pm .........Martella/Matheson Quartet 2:30pm .........Gord Grdina Trio 3:30pm ......... Tunnel Six 4:30pm .........Deanna Knight & the Hot Club of MarsAll for $20 ($15 in advance) SAT. JUNE 9: AT BENJAMIN’S RESTAURANT7:00pm .........Jazz Group of Seven

SAT. JUNE 9: DANCE AT ROBERTS CREEK HALL9:00pm .........Shuffle Demons (from Toronto), $20

SUN. JUNE 10: AT LEO’S RESTAURANT11:00am ......Jazz Brunch with Ali Milner Free with brunch

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Market update for the month of May

Detached listings� ere are 703 current

detached listings and 193 sales year-to-date. � e current market’s hot price range is below $400,000, with the 98 of the sales oc-curring in this price range. With the current pace of sales this represents an 18-month supply of listings. Comparing the previous year’s detached sales, in 2011 for the same time period we had 192 sales. � e detached listing inventory climbed and with a � at sales volume in May the market supply increased over the previ-ous month.

Attached Listings � ere are 162 current at-

tached listings and 33 sales year-to-date. With the cur-rent pace of sales this rep-resents a 24-month supply of listings. Comparing the previous year’s attached sales, in 2011 for the same time period we had 36 sales. Attached listing rep-resents strata unit apart-ments, condos and town-houses. Attached listings inventory climbed slightly over May.

Land listings � ere are 458 bare land

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to-date. With the current pace of sales this represents a 99-month supply. Com-paring the previous year’s bare land sales, in 2011 for the same time period we had 38 sales. Increase in sales over the previous month led to slight decline in the monthly supply

May ended up a bit like the weather - mostly cool with some short, hot spells. � e area of the market in detached sales that was the hottest was up to $400,000 with 98 sales, $401,000 to $500,000 with 47 sales, $501,000 to $600,000 with 21 sales, $601,000 to $700,000 with 7 sales, $701,000 to $800,000 with 8 sales, $801,000 to $900,000 with 9 sales, $901,000 to $1,000,000 with 0 sales and 5 sales over a $1,000,000 this year.

Keep the letters com-ing regarding the need for improving ferry service. Change will only come about if we make ourselves heard. Next week we will have a look at the issue of the passenger ferry again.


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