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Courtenay councillors paid tribute to Ronna-Rae Leonard, who attended her final regular council meet-ing on Monday.

Leonard is not running for council this coming election, as she opted to venture into federal poli-tics.

Councillor Starr Win-chester said that Leonard was a special lady, one who hasd serve on Courtenay council for the past nine years.

Tonight is councillor Leonards last meeting, and although she and I did

not always agree on issues, I want to say how much I admire her strength and her dignity, said Win-chester.

Ronna-Rae, you are a woman with a vision, who will tackle any project or issue that you believe is for the betterment of our community. We as a com-munity have profited from your knowledge and your skills on many levels. I want to tell you, your time on Courtenay council was well worthwhile.

Winchester and the rest of council thanked Leon-ard for the work she has done and wished her all the best in the future.

Starr Winchester presents outgoing councillor Ronna-Rae Leonard a bouquet on her last day on council.

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BY DEBRA MARTINEcho Staff

He was down to earth and didnt h a v e a g r u d g e against anybody. Well, ex-cept for maybe cats.He mostly spent his days snooz-ing in the window of his dads store, The Benjamnin Moore House of Colour on Fifth St. where he became a somewhat famed local land-mark.

But there was more to Nipper, the Jack Russell Ter-rier, than you would think, given his mostly prone state.

Local creative-business types Neil Havers and Andy MacDougall were out having dinner with their wives one night, bemoaning the lack of great candidates in the up-coming 1993 municipal elec-tions. Somebody, nobody can remember exactly who, came up with the idea of run-ning Nipper for mayor.

Why not? He was well known and well liked, had great name recognition and would give mayoralty can-didates Ron Webber and Bob Melnuk a run for their money. The pair approached George LeMasurier, the pub-lisher of the Green Sheet newspaper, and the cam-paign got a generous adver-tising sponsor. Al Evans, the owner of the House of Co-lour, and Nippers dad said

he really had nothing to do with the campaign, but went along with it - heck, his store window was Nippers cam-paign headquarters.

Neil Havers remembers having fun on the computer with Nipper - putting him in an Armani suit, for instance, to try out Photoshop, which was still mostly unchart-ed territory in those days. He and MacDougall orga-nized town howl meetings at the Loft Cabaret, where candidates were invited to perform for the crowd - but no politics. If they started politicing, the crowd was instructed to howl, and they did. There were Nip-per t-shirts and lawn signs. In short, Nipper for Mayor went (pre) viral.

Nipper didnt win the mayoralty - but he got 30 write-in ballot votes in those pre-computer voting days. And considering Ron Web-ber only defeated Bob Mel-nuk by 128 votes, he didnt do badly.

Nipper died at the age of 14 about four years or so af-ter that election. Al Evans retired from the House of Colour 13 years ago. He says people dont remember him, but they sure remember Nip-per. He got votes. Had he been on the ballot, he might have won.

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Half page ads. Nipper spared no expense pushing his campaign in the pages of the Comox District Free Press.

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Update on Maple Pool from a group of concerned citizens and the Friends of Maple Pool

This issue has been going on since 2009 when the city over reacted to a flooding issue at the campground and threatened to evict the tenants.

We got involved with this process two and a half years ago after continuously reading about it in the paper and thinking it was a good community project that appealed to most of the valley residents. I hope that is still the case.

We asked at the beginning that legal proceedings be dropped, not put aside, but dropped entirely. For the city doing that we agreed to raise the floodplain up to the current standards and make the site safe for the residents. We agreed to get permission from the provincial and federal government as needed to complete the work.

After two and a half years of back and forth with the city, they came back to us and have put the court case on hold but insist that the property has to be rezoned, and with that comes more permits etc., which the city says they will look after as far as the rezoning goes. The city has given us a list of their requirements and it appears we are making progress at the eleventh hour with an election looming. Even though the city feels it is clear, we are still struggling with some of the vague require-ments and interpretation of EXACTLY what permits ,studies, etc. are required.

If this issue was solved tomorrow it still has taken far too long and shows how something that is

well intentioned can become so difficult. This is a total waste of human resources, taxpayers money, and we believe it is a symptom of a much larger problem.

The court case revolves around whether the site is legally non-conforming. The site was taken into the city in 2002 and in 2007 the city confirmed in writing that the property is legally non-conforming and there is no problem with the present usage. The court case is an impediment to solving this issue.

Western Economic Diversification Canada had monies available for flood mitigation with two thirds being paid by them and one third by the recipient. According to the news release , Jan 24 2012, the city of Courtenay had applied for $471,442.00 from the fund with the city putting in $235,721.00 allowing for a total eligible cost was $707,163.00. This was for Tsolum River Flood Protection. We are not sure if those monies were received or what they were spent on if they were? It would appear to us that this may have been a way of helping the flooding issue at Maple Pool?

We would ask again that the court case be dropped and we will raise the site. If the city wants to

rezone it that is ok by us but we dont want to have to deal with any more of the bureaucratic non-sense or costs it may bring.

We feel if it is just left as legally non-conforming that may eliminate some of the stumbling blocks.We are still standing by and willing to help but are becoming extremely frustrated in trying to solve

a problem the city initiated.Mike Hamilton


BY DREW A. PENNEREcho Staff

The BC government faces stiff opposition and uncertainty around mega-projects like the Site C dam, the Northern Gate-way pipeline and the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals its counting on to bankroll the fu-ture of Canadas west side.

So when the province want-ed to test out a new approach to getting the work force ready to handle such large initiatives, it

turned to a project already un-derway on Vancouver Island to enroll in some training of its own.

The North Island Hospitals Project is an ideal practice space for the province to get a handle on linking employment agen-cies, apprenticeship programs and educational institutions, for the blockbuster builds that cur-rently form the contours of BCs economic agenda, according to NIHP chief project officer, Tom Sparrow.

Theyre actually using our project as an incubator to ex-emplify the importance of working with these various or-ganizations, he told the Comox-Strathcona Regional Hospital District Board Nov. 6.

This is the first time in the province that a project of this scope and size has ever connect-ed the dots to that level.

The province has big dreams for developing the LNG, mining and forestry industries, hopes to add a million new positions

by 2020 and expects trades to account for more than 100,000 of these positions. In recent months relying on temporary foreign workers for the provin-cial labour pool has become po-litically incorrect.

But the BC government knows if it wants local residents to be first in line for the new jobs it has a lot of work to do.

The Premier sent a letter to the Minister of Jobs, Tourism

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Hospital project prescribed for provincialtraining programs

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Theyre actually using our project as an incubator to exemplify the importance of working with these various organizations.

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and Skills Training in June 2013 asking for a re-view of the Industry Train-ing Authority, which was started by the following September.

The government wel-comed a shift to an indus-try-led system for train-ing, but they found there was significant ground to cover.

Deregulations of trades and modular training had left openings for strife to develop, since these moves were seen as benefiting one group over another and werent enacted inclusive-ly, the report noted, adding this introduced conflicts between a solid policy ap-proach and funding priori-ties.

Because different con-cepts benefit different in-terests, these approaches have become associated with ideological position-ing, it reads, and the sys-

tem is somewhat resistant to open discussion.

The government kicked in $6.6 million to reduce waitlists for people trying to become heavy equip-ment operators, mechan-ics and electricians, and is trying to improve employ-ment outcomes for aborigi-nal youth.

The head of the Indus-try Training Authority vis-ited Campbell River a few weeks ago to meet with lo-cal trades people, study up on apprentice programs in the region and connect with employment agen-cies.

The idea was to get local people slotted into jobs on the hospital sites.

Theyve been doing a lot of hypothetical work on the LNG projects and the Site C and the Northern Gateway pipeline project, Sparrow said.

Those are all very large projects, but theyre also hypothetical at this stage of the game. They havent been implemented.

The North Island Hos-pitals Project gave the gov-ernment a chance to get

its hands dirty. But it also allows officials in the re-gion to make sure the ben-efits of pouring money into state-of-the-art health care assets creates a snowball effect for the local commu-nity.

Youve got some won-derful organizations in these communities for us to work with and were es-sentially connecting those dots with the folks that are actively involved in this project, Sparrow said. When you look at a capital investment of $600 million you want to make sure its not just bricks and mortar.

Youre trying to ef-fectively maximize those opportunities with every other area that we might potentially touch on.

Officials from the In-dustry Training Authority, Partnerships BC and the NIHP are already sched-uled to meet again to de-velop the implementation of the new training model.

The North Island Hos-pitals Project is an impor-tant development for our region, and one which many local people will ben-

efit from, said Gary Her-man, ITAs CEO.

The Industry Training Authority is using this op-portunity to work in close collaboration with indus-try, post-secondary train-ing providers, community groups and school districts to ensure that local people are the first in line for these construction jobs.

Each of us has a role in supporting contractors in recruiting local trades certified individuals and apprentices.

While the hospitals proj-ect might not be as huge an endeavour as a serpentine pipeline to the coast or a $7.9 billion dam up north, officials point out theyre still dealing with millions of dollars worth of equip-ment and hundreds of workers in Courtenay and Campbell River.

Its this environment the province hopes will serve as a solid dry run for the giant infrastructure builds of the future. Together, we will be accountable for ensuring the province has the right skills, in the right place, at the right time.

The eighth round of NIHP quarterly community infor-mation meetings took place in Campbell River and the Comox Valley in mid-September. For the first time, the meetings included representatives from the Tandem Health Partners team. Bret Miche, Comox Valley se-nior project manager for Graham, shown at right in the photo, discusses the project with people in the Stan Hagen Theatre. The next round of the NIHPs quarterly community information meetings is planned for both Campbell River and Comox Valley in early December. Watch for times and venues at www.nihp.viha.ca

Community information meetings introduce Tandem Health Partners

Hospital project a dry run


By Drew A. PennerEcho Staff

The men on the roof-tops watching over the laying of wreaths during solemn Remembrance Day activities left an eerie feeling among many who attended the ceremony in Comox, though authorities say the increased security presence was warranted.

These protective mea-sures sprung out of the kill-ings of two military mem-bers over the past month in Ontario and Quebec, including Warrant Offi-cer Patrice Vincent, a man Comox assistant fire chief Jim Lariviere remembers fondly.

When I knew Pat we were new firefighters at the 19 Wing Comox Fire De-partment, he said. Pat, he was a Francophone

kid, and of course English wasnt his first language. But he certainly caught on pretty fast.

Vincent died after he and another soldier were hit by a car in St-Jean-sur-

Richelieu, Que., in an Oc-tober attack RCMP say was motivated by radical Muslim ideology.

Lariviere said Vincent quite liked the Valley, once he got used to the unfamil-iar cultural environment.

He was a quiet kid and I think he carried that on throughout his life, he said. And he was always willing to try new things in the fire service.

There are plenty of fond memories of Vincent being an overall good guy he is now left to reflect on.

He liked it here, he said. The Valley was a dif-ferent place. It wasnt as busy as it is now.

Lariviere was shocked to learn of his former col-leagues death. He knew the Warrant Officer had faced health challenges re-cently, but never expected

John Duncan honoured World War II vets Muriel Nadeau and George Anderson, below

Comox assistant fire chief Jim Lariviere has fond memo-ries of Patrice Vincent.

he would die in these kind of circumstances.

Knowing Vincent, he be-lieves the man would want to see everyone get on with their lives. The changes to Canadas own security pro-tocols were omnipresent during the November 11 events. There certainly is a presence around, which we havent had before, Lariviere noted, glancing around the crowd.

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Its sad that we have to do that.

The previous day Van-couver Island North MP John Duncan, made his case for why Canada must maintain heightened awareness, speaking to a small group of veterans and family members at the Cumberland Legion.

He was there to honour World War II vets George Anderson and Muriel Na-deau for their service.

But he also took time to relate a story many have asked him about the events surrounding the shooting of the second Ca-nadian Forces member, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, Oct. 22.

Duncan, chief govern-ment whip, was listening to Prime Minister Stephen Harper speak during a cau-cus meeting when Cirillo was gunned down at the cenotaph. The meetings are so private MPs are not even allowed to have mo-bile phones, so they were completely in the dark about what was happen-ing when he ran towards them inside the Parliament building.

There was in the vicin-ity of 60 shots taken in rap-

id succession in two volleys in a hallway with marble floors, marble walls and an arched ceiling. So you can imagine the noise. We were in a room right beside that with two wooden doors, he told the wide-eyed au-dience. We felt pretty vul-nerable. We knew if any-body was targeted it was probably us, being govern-ment.

Duncan believes both killingS should be consid-ered terrorist acts and ne-cessitates a new approach to security here at home.

I wanted to tell that story but the point is not about us, its about the two soldiers. This is unheard of. Weve never had people in uniform targeted in our own country in this way before, he said. We cant have the world operating in this radicalized way. What we are contributing to with our CF-18s in the Middle East, I think is absolutely appropriate. I understand we do have some personnel from CFB 19 that are in the Middle East as part of that mission. I dont know any details and I dont care to know the details.

In addition to the 20 people from the local base who have been deployed overseas to assist in the

war to battle the ISIS ter-rorists, Duncan said its important to recognize all the others who are help-ing to provide logistical support.

He said the govern-ments major changes to security procedures are crucial, given the two re-cent killings in Canada.

Once you have some-body do things like this with that degree of notori-ety, you will get somebody else trying to do the same thing, he said. Were making some long-term changes.

After laying a wreath in Comox the next day, RC-MP Inspector Tim Walton said he was glad there was no adverse activity during the days events.

When nothing hap-pens its good, he said. Its just nice to see all the young kids out supporting the vets and the people we still have in the military.

But Walton wasnt pre-pared to call this a one-time security beef-up.

Everythings based on a risk assessment, he said, when asked about the men on the rooftops and the armed officers in the crowd. So it depends on what that risk assess-ment is.

Watchful eyes at Remembrance Day

Local government elections are taking place tomorrow, Saturday, Nov. 15 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

For those who want to know where to go and cast their votes, here are the lo-cations for the City of Courtenay, Town of Comox, Village of Cumberland and the Comox Valley Regional District.

You need two pieces of identification to vote.

City of Courtenay Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Ander-

ton Avenue (Election Headquarters) Queneesh Elementary School, 2345

Mission Road.(Note: Electors may choose to cast

their ballot at either voting place.)

Town of Comox Comox Recreation Centre, 1855 Noel

Ave, Comox

Village of Cumberland OAP Hall in the lower level of the Cul-

tural Centre, 2674 Dunsmuir Avenue

Comox Valley Regional District

Electoral Area A (Baynes Sound Denman / Hornby Islands)

CVRD boardroom at 550B Comox Road, Courtenay, B.C.

Royston Elementary School at 3830 Warren Avenue, Royston, B.C.

Union Bay Community Hall at 5401 South Island Highway, Union Bay, B.C.

Fanny Bay OAP Hall at 418 Ships Point Road, Fanny Bay, B.C.

Denman Island Senior Centre at 1111Northwest Road, Denman Island, B.C.

Hornby Island Elementary School at2100 Sollan Road, Hornby Island, B.C.

(Note: Islands Trust ballots will onlybe available at the Denman and HornbyIslands and CVRD boardroom voting lo-cations)

Electoral Area B (Lazo North): CVRD boardroom at 550B Comox

Road, Courtenay, B.C. NIDES (formerly Tsolum Elemen-

tary School) at 2505 Smith Road, Cour-tenay, B.C.

Electoral Area C (Puntledge Black Creek):

CVRD boardroom at 550B ComoxRoad, Courtenay, B.C.

NIDES (formerly Tsolum Elemen-tary School) at 2505 Smith Road, Cour-tenay, B.C.

Living Waters Fellowship Church, Black Creek, B.C. at 2222 Regent Road, Black Creek, B.C.

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Cars drive along the stretch of Inland Island Highway where Cumberland wants to put its Welcome sign.

BY DREW A. PENNEREcho Staff

The province has given Cumberland the thumbs up to proceed with a Wel-come sign they want to build along the highway near the proposed site for the Comox Valley Eco-nomic Development Soci-etys community welcome message.

The Village has been granted approval in prin-ciple to develop a proposal for an entrance sign along the Inland Island Highway,

despite previously hearing the province was going to shut down the project and only allow construction of the EDS sign.

Were moving, slow-ly, down the road with this idea, said Coun. Gw-yn Sproule. This is very promising.

Cumberland has been considering how to capture highway traffic since 2012, but hit a roadblock earlier this year when authorities from the Ministry of Trans-portation and Infrastruc-ture highlighted the rules

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TOURISMabout freeway signage that seemed to preclude Cum-berlands bid.

Over the past couple months Village officials ramped up their lobbying efforts and discussions with the ministry bore fruit.

It looks like now we just have to figure out how to pay for it, said Sproule. It looks to me like its ap-proved in principle.

In order for the Village to develop its plan into a workable project it will have to provide location, size, wording and materi-als data to the province.

Ken Grant, chair of the EDS sign project, said their Welcome Sign bid, launched in 2013 along-side a $95,000 fundrais-ing campaign, will play an important role in promot-ing the Comox Valley as a whole.

Were hoping to get on with that in the spring, Grant said. I think its go-ing to help put us on the map.

Cumberland mayor Les-lie Baird had participated in the 6th Annual Mayors Charity Golf Classic Sept. 12, which raised $10,000 to help fund the EDSs Co-mox Valley sign, but also spoke out against the sud-den halt to Cumberlands own signage dream.

The EDS sign is slated to be placed along the north-bound side of the Inland Island Highway right after the Trent River bridge.

Cumberland staff sug-gested deferring the Wel-come sign project to 2015, which Coun. Gwyn Sproule initially supported.

However, Coun. Con-ner Copeman searched for support among those at the table to find a way to keep the project rolling, aiming to allocate money sooner than later.

Coun. Kate Greening noted there is still money in the General Developer Amenity Fund.

The mayor has indi-cated enthusiasm to get a sign on the highway, coun-cil did in the past and the general public would really like it including the down-town commercial core, she said. If its deferred, its deferred until May of next year, so the sign wont be going very far. And who knows if the ministry of highways will change their mind.

Council voted unani-mously to use Gener-al Developer Amenity Fund money to proceed with initial designs after Coun. Roger Kishi made a friendly amendment to cap the preliminary bud-get at $2,500.

I have had the honour to serve the Town of Comox as Mayor for the last 6 years (and as Councillor for the previous 6 years). I am asking the residents of Comox for the privilege to continue serving as Mayor of Comox in the upcoming election.

For more information on important issues that have an effect on the future of Comox please visit my website or call 250-897-2557 with any questions you might have or if you need a ride to the polls courtesy Ambassador Shuttle Service .

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What I Stand For: Resolving Maple Pool in a fair and equitable way, without further legal

action. Keeping Courtenay a vibrant community for all to enjoy, from youth to

seniors. Maintaining the quality of life and the natural beauty of the City of

Courtenay.

the taxpayer.

I am part of the community. Sandy and I made this our home 23 years ago.

community in business, quality of life and our natural surroundings.

Call me! I welcome your thoughts.

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The St. John Ambulance Training Centre in Courte-nay, will be holding FREE CPR-A classes for the pub-lic.

This will include a certif-icate, a St. John Ambulance CPR book and a grab bag containing a CPR poster and other goodies.

This Community CPR Day will be held on Novem-ber 18th, to recognize CPR month and create public awareness for the impor-tance of Bystander CPR.

Carol Pilon, Regional Operations Manager for St. John Ambulance says:

The statistics indicate that 80% of all Cardiac Ar-rests occur in the home, so our objective is to have 1 person in every household trained in CPR.

Cardiac arrest is a treat-able condition and every-one needs to work to be aware of and improve their response in the commu-nity.

Saving lives requires quick response by bystand-ers, to perform CPR until Emergency Medical Re-sponders arrive.

But in far too many cas-es, CPR is not performed and by the time Paramed-

ics are on site with defibril-lators in order to shock the heart and restore breath-ing, it is too late.

St. John Ambulance is also involved in the 72 hour Disaster Prepared-ness Campaign.

We want everyone to remember the term YOYO 72. This is the Federal Gov-ernments message indi-cating that Youre On Your Own for 72 hours in the event of a disaster.

There are three ways that St. John Ambulance can help you to prepare for YOYO 72; learning First Aid/CPR, having a first aid kit and having an emergen-cy preparedness kit and plan. All first aid kitsand emergency preparedness kits are available for sale at our new retail store locat-ed at #84 1742 Cliffe Ave, Courtenay.

You must register to participate.

For Registration please call (250) 897-1098 or drop by the St. John Ambulance Training Centreat #84 1742 Cliffe Ave, Courtenay, Monday to Friday between 8::30 & 4:30pm

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Free CPR classes Nov. 18at St. John Ambulance

Finally, the Merville Community Association is plowing ahead with back-filling around the historic Stolen Church and Manse.

These are the two heri-tage buildings that had been moved up the high-way to the hall grounds, back in April.

Though it has been an uphill struggle, and after a four and a half month de-lay, the managers of the Big Yellow Merville Hall have managed to get an engi-neers approval to have the piles of dirt flattened out.

Now the two new build-ings, on their newly poured

foundations, can sit safely, and patiently, awaiting ren-ovations and landscaping.

A number of trees that were in the way of the build-ings have been removed so now the Church and the Big Yellow hall are clear-ly visible as landmarks to view as one drives up the highway from the Merville Store.

The church presently sits upon a slight rise and, in future, deciduous trees, like oak, maple, etc., will be planted so that the leaves provide shade in the sum-mer and allow the build-ings be bathed in (liquid)

sunlight in winter.The hall has just com-

pleted a new post and beam main entrance with an easy access concrete ramp and all the internal electrical and plumbing works have been upgraded. The hall is ready for all comers.

The first big event at the hall, where patrons will have a chance to view the new grounds, is the 5th Annual Christmas Crafts Faire, happening on Sat-urday, November 22nd. Close to fifty tables have been booked and crafters will be out in force to show you their delightful wares.

Stolen Church and manse backfi lled,on new foundations, await renovation

A Baby Massage Work-shop with Instructor Kirsten Werner RMT is presented by Cumberland Community School Soci-ety Programs on Nov. 17th 5:45-6:45pm at Cumber-land School. Cost $3.

Please register; call Kirsten 250-897-6258.

Massage can begin in ones life as early as a new-born. Baby Massage is a wonderful way to intro-duce healthy and loving touch to your baby. There are many benefits to ba-by massage from bond-ing to improved sleep to relief from gas and colic. Massage works on all sys-tems in their bodies which means it can help with cir-culation, boosting the im-mune system,digestion and the nervous system. While giving your baby a massage you are stimulat-ing the central nervous sys-tem. Baby Massage is great for the whole family, it can be a bonding activity for moms, dads, siblings and grandparents.

Kirsten Werner RMT is a registered massage thera-pist and a certified interna-tional association of infant massage instructor.

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As the future of Bay-brook is an important enough issue to have been included in the questions put forward to the 2014 Town of Comox Candi-dates, I feel I must respond to Fred Newhouses Nov 7th submission to the C V Echo.

Our family owned and resided at Baybrook (as named by Ethel Laing) for 57 years (1949-2006).

I am surprised that, as a Director of the Mack Laing Heritage Society (MLHS), Mr Newhouse continues to express incorrect informa-tion - confusing the issue - and the public.

In an earlier letter dat-ed Sept 2014, to a local newspaper Mr. Newhouse wrote: When he (Mack La-ing) passed away he left the town of Comox his proper-ty and a couple of houses. There is one house left now . . . . FALSE .

When Mack passed away in February 1982, he resided at Shakesides (on the property now known as Mack Laing Park - be-tween the Newson and the Stubbs properties), where he had lived for 33 years (1949-1982). Why New-house includes the Bay-brook House in his cou-ple of houses comment is beyond me - and this is an insult to my parents, James and Elisabeth Stubbs, who purchased Baybrook in 1949 from Mr Laing.

We owned and resided at Baybrook for an additional 24 years AFTER Macks death (until 2006).

In Newhouses most re-cent letter, he states: go take a look at the house yourself . . . . take a look at the Will, the intentions of Mack Laing. . . .; he sug-gests that Mack was refer-ring to Baybrook, when in fact, Mack was referring to Shakesides.

These comments were initiated (incorrectly) back in April 2014, in a letter to a newspaper, signed by a Loys Maingon, on behalf of MLHS : Baybrook is to be restored, in keeping with Mack Laings will, as a Nature Interpretive Cen-tre . . .. Why would Mack have possibly directed his Will towards a property he hadnt owned in over 30 years ?

Mr Newhouses fur-ther comment stating that there is one house left now is also FALSE. Both SHAKESIDES and BAY-BROOK remain on the Co-mox waterfront, pending decisions from the Town.

The MLHS continues to misrepresent Baybrook House - the Stubbs home, referring to it as the Mack Laing House - and for those not familiar with the layout of the Parks, this is very confusing. I have been approached on numerous occasions to clarify.

The misinformation

continues by the relentless insistence that our home is heritage and must be preserved. In fact, during the 50+ years that we lived there, the only remaining bits of heritage are some siding, a few wall studs and sagging roof rafters, and the deteriorating founda-tion. The original house was completely renovated with three extensions add-ed to the footprint.

I agree with Mr New-house that the setting is spectacular, right at the mouth of Brooklyn Creek, but there is a practical real-ity . . . It makes little sense to pour an inordinate amount of money into an old structure, such as Bay-brook, that is nearing its lifes end.

I understood that the purpose of this proper-ty acquisition was to pre-serve its environmental significance by adding it (Baybrook) to the Towns natural park inventory. The MLHS Proposal is thus contrary to the intent of the Town of Comox.

Jane Adamson (nee Stubbs)

Mr. Clancy:Im not sure if youre

writing to me on behalf of all the members of

Friends of Maple Pool or as just a member. You also claim that the mem-bers are Courtenay voters; I thought you lived in Mer-ville, near my sister.

I would like to say to you, Mr. Clancy, that I am not a persecutor, I am not perverse, I am not morally reprehensible, nor have I ever harassed or defamed anyone, including two of Courtenays most civic-minded and selfless citi-zens.

On the contrary, I have served my community for the past 21 years with a combination of compas-sion and strong resolu-tion.

I have sworn an oath of office prior to each of the seven terms I have served on Council, and I take this oath very seriously. It states that I will faithfully perform the duties of my office for the betterment of my community and my conduct in public affairs would be lawful and of the highest integrity.

I take exception to your nasty insults and accusa-tions Mr. Clancy. You have questioned my integrity, and whether I win or lose the upcoming election, I am proud of my contribu-tions to the City of Courte-nay and the Comox Valley.

Starr WinchesterCouncillor

City of CourtenayP.S.. From your website

it looks like you have more than enough candidates voting your way to form the next Council.

To the Comox Valley Community:

My name is Molly Bur-ton, and as Im sure many of you know, I was the vic-tim of a hit and run on Dyke Rd. last September. I suffered extensive injuries and am still in the process of healing. I am writing this letter because there is no way I could ever thank each of you personally for all you have done for me and my family through this whole ordeal.

The care and love this community has given me and my family has been in-credible. The strength this community has shared with me has made an enormous difference in my healing. Feeling so supported by a community that I love has helped me bear a weight that I could never have handled alone.

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. Hopefully someday I will be able to put all these injuries behind me, but I

will never put the kind-ness of the members of this community behind me. You gave me strength when I was healing, and that strength has grown into my bones. This aw-ful thing happened to me and the Comox Valley ral-lied behind me and made it bearable. I feel so deeply supported, and I will never be able to express the level of gratitude I hold for ev-eryone who lent me their strength when I didnt have enough of my own.

You are all so very spe-cial to me, and I will forev-er hold your goodness and kindness in my heart.

Molly Burton

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LAST WEEKEND I pur-chased a 911 Reflective House number sign from the Comox Valley Mon-arch Lions Club at their display in the Driftwood Mall. A great service and a great product. I installed the sign securely on a post at the foot of my driveway. Last night someone stole the sign by cutting the straps and wire holding it in place. My question to the lowlife who did this .... did you steal the sign just for fun or do you have the same house number as I do? Either way, I hope you get great satisfaction from stealing and every time you see your sign you re-member what sad example of humanity you are.

LOADS OF SPOILED BAL-LOTS to many of those new school board candidates who claim this new found active interest in educa-tion and our school board. Be wary of those who are behind the scenes of their campaigns, individuals and groups. If they are married to teachers how effective can they be if they are in a conflict of interest. Ask the candidates to show their attendance record at meetings they claim to be involved in. Have they been attending PAC meet-ings, board meetings, edu-cation meetings to know what the issues are and what might be expected of them. What they think and

what is reality might not be the same. Educate yourself and please vote.

KUDOS to Andrew Gow-er for your clarity on the resolution of the Maple Pool issue based on the Citys August 6th letter: http://citizenclass.ca/en-tries/politics/maple-pool Appreciate your courage in taking a stand Andrew, and your work for a solu-tion that protects the resi-dents and City liability.

A BEEF to the person speaking at the Cumber-land Remembrance Day Service for your fear and warmongering comments near the end of what had been a message of hope. Much as I decry the deaths of the two servicemen on Canadian soil last month, its not a call to arms, un-less we mean to shoot peo-ple who are mentally ill. The message has shifted from years past where we remembered so that oth-ers would not have to fight again, to support our troops now and into the future. Our current troops stand on guard for freedom, yes, but not at the cost of our own future freedom.

A LARGE, COLD, BEEF to the girl who always man-ages to be ahead of me in line for the microwave. If youre going to re-fry your chicken in the microwave for five minutes, please let

the rest of us go ahead of you. Not everyone has the time to spend at lunch hour standing behind you while stir your vegetables five time over. Sincerely, Heat-ed with Cold Soup.

A BEEF that is driving me crazy is texting and driving - really any kind of distract-ed driving is dangerous. We all know this, yet a lot of people still dont listen. We are all are all aware of this, so why do people still do it? It really frustrates me that people do it while being well aware that it can kill you, or other people. Its honestly so wrong to just ignore the risk. Is it re-ally that worth it to send that text or make that call when it could easily send people to the hospital of worse, the morgue? I think no. So please, think about that next time youre about to drive distracted. Signed, Both Hands on the Wheel.

MY BEEF: To the people who insist that when they are on a bike they want to be considered a vehicle. If you must be biking on the road please dont bike in the middle of the road and then decide that you would not like to move out of the way. But then when you ap-proach a cross walk you de-cide that you dont want to be considered a vehicle any more and would like to use the cross walk and not get of your bike and walk like

youre supposed to. Get off your bike and walk, its not that hard. Signed, angry driver

THERE ARE MANY UN-WRITTEN RULES to be dis-covered once you enter the chaos of high school. One of these crucial guide-lines that seems to be con-stantly disregarded by younger students if that if youre walking in the hall-ways, and a head on colli-sion with another body is imminent, the individual with a lesser body mass is to ALWAYS make way for the other. Since the dawn of time this etiquette has been effective, before text-books were engraved slabs of granite and pencils were lumps of charred wood. Al-so, the hallways are made for walking, not for stand-ing around and blocking traffic. A permit should be required for roaming the halls.

WHOEVER INVENTED change rooms for stores is a genius. Change rooms are there so that you can make sure that the clothes that you are wanting to buy actually fit properly. When you go to a store to buy a new pair of jeans, make sure that they are the right length, and if you buy the wrong length then wear some shoes that cover your ankles or roll up your jeans. It looks off when your jeans are just under or over an

HERES HOW IT WORKS!Our weekly feature, Beefs and Bouquets, is intended to be a light-hearted forum for you, our readers, to express brief views on issues and events in your lives.Its not intended to hurt people or make unsubstantiated and libelous comments.Names wont be published with the beefs and bouquets; however, we do need your full name, mailing address and tele-phone number for verifi cation purposes.Each week someone will win a 2 Classic Cheese Basket Meals from Dairy Queen. Have fun with this!

THIS WEEKS WINNER, DRAWN AT RANDOM FROM SUBMISSIONS RECEIVED UP TO TUESDAY, IS:

Winners, you may pick up your prize certi cates at the front desk of the Echo, 407-D Fifth Street, during regular business hours. Thanks

to everyone for the great submissions- keep em coming!

SPECIAL THANKS to Mrs. Maund and her Primary class and parents from Miracle Beach Elementa-ry School who prepared, cooked and served turkey dinner to staff and parents with donations accepted for Y.A.N.A. (You Are Not Alone). Keeping families together when medical at-tention is required out of the Comox Valley is what Y.A.N.A. is all about and to have these young chil-dren recognize this and do a project in support is amazing. Thanks again to Miracle Beach Elementary and their community for your continued support of Y.A.N.A.!

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BEEFS & BOUQUETSwork, to Carol keeping me company today and watch-ing her socks go like hot-cakes, to Jen for teaching me how to knit socks and for popping by, to Cathe-rine and the helpful staff at Zocalo for their hospitality and to the newspapers for printing the photos and the press releases for us. The Comox Valley Sock It To Em Project will be able to help keep the feet of those dealing with homeless-ness warm & dry over the coming season. And this year we will by supplying gloves as well as socks to the Care-A-Van. So expect to be hearing from us pret-ty soon - Helen & Lou and the Nursing Centre.

BEEF to BC Ferries for all the construction thats currently being done at the Buckley Bay ferry ter-minal, AND for the infla-tion of our ticket prices over the past year. The fer-ry company told us that the effects of the construction would be minimal. Liars. Its noisy, its disgusting, and it makes the commute to school in the morning even less enjoyable. NO-BODY WANTS A CABLE FERRY! How much clearer can we be?

A BRIGHT AND SUNNY BOUQUET to the Joy of Song singers from Union Bay, who frequently visit the Cumberland seniors residence to entertain us. You are a fantastic group and it is such a pleasure to all here, to have you sing for us. Your very laughable skits, costumes and songs are so enjoyable to listen to, and you all seem to enjoy doing it, as well as we en-joy listening to you. Thank you from the adult day away group, the staff and all who are being cared for there.

IS LAND HEALTHS Health Protection Envi-ronmental Services and the Medical Health Officer would like to thank the Co-mox Valley Regional Dis-trict for its diligent water system management and efforts to keep the com-munity informed through-out the recent Boil Water Advisory. We would also like to thank all the restau-rants, care facilities, public services, schools, residents and all users who diligent-ly followed the Boil Water

Advisory directives. Big thanks to everyone who contributed to helping us protect public health and for your patience in main-taining these directives un-til the advisory was lifted.

A BOUQUET for the STOP AT STOP SIGNS. I know exactly the intersec-tion in Crown Isle. I have almost been hit there my-self. The drivers do not stop at all when approach-ing Crown Isle Drive from Royal Vista. There have been a couple acci-dents, nothing serious. One of these days there will be a whopper. Crown Isle should put in speed bumps as the cars use the main road as a short cut to Costco. And yes, the cars in Costco and Thriftys dont stop at signs either! Where did you people learn to drive?

A BEAUTIFUL BOUQUETof flowers to our trusted contractor, Toulmin Con-struction. Mike and his crew have done several home renovation proj-ects for us over the past five years and most re-cently built us the shop of our dreams. Mike builds all of his projects with the same care and attention he would his own home. Its so nice to have a contractor you can trust to get the job done right. Thanks Mike!

I AM A LITTLE MORE than perplexed. It is a well known fact that most if not all the leaders of the ma-jor countries of the world shortly after being elect-ed begin a process of sur-rounding themselves with trusted advisors. Those people are usually not di-rectly connected with pol-itics, judged to be non-partisan, generally from academia, the professions or are prominent business figures and are regarded to be leaders and experts in their fields. The puzzle is that in a place like Cour-tenay we seem to have an aspiring mayor who feels that he has no use or any-thing to gain from such an arrangement. We may not have that many world class academics in our val-ley but I am sure that we do have qualified people who would volunteer to fill the positions and prove to be assets to the process. With an election at hand I think

voters should be consider-ing if possibly we need to be electing a mayor who believes that governance should be a process that af-fords the inclusion of tax-payers input and recogniz-es the value of insight and a sounding board from out-side the established politi-cal/bureaucrat sphere.

ITS UNFORTUNATE that

Governance review is not on the November 15th Bal-lot. Rural residents want to remain rural, but they want different services than of-fered by CVRD. Rural res-idents need little admin-istration and few services while municipal residents have many services, in-cluding good roads, snow removal, bridges, water, sewer, garbage and recy-cling, sidewalks, storm water drainage, street lighting, bike lanes. Many Rural residents need few services, but want roads and ditches maintained. Vote for change on Novem-ber 15th.

SHINY NEW TINFOIL HATS to the inhabitants of MLHS Fantasyland who insist that Mack Laings will applies to the Bay-brook house and grounds. Im sure wed all love to be able to leave every piece of property weve ever owned to our heirs but in the real world your will can only make provisions for the property you own at the time of your death. Laing sold the Baybrook prop-erty in 1949, 33 years be-fore he died, so his will has nothing to do with what happens to it. Thats up to Comox taxpayers who are the current owners. The MLHS droids will ap-parently go to any lengths to divert attention from the legitimate concerns of the residents opposed to this development, such as lack of parking, increased ve-hicle traffic, winter storms and flooding, taxpayer li-abilities, and a develop-ment proposal riddled with errors and faulty as-sumptions. I suppose pub-licly attacking your oppo-nents is easier than dealing with their objections but it makes me wonder what else is on the intergalactic agenda of the MLHS. Are the directors anticipating paid employment in the environmental centre? Will Mack Laings ghost be a

featured tourist attraction in the derelict old house? Please enlighten us before the mother ship returns for you!

A SMELLY BEEF to the lady driving the blue and white scooter accompa-nied by a golden-coloured dog at Point Holmes who dumped her garbage on the beach in front of the picnic table hut and then headed up Southwind Road. You demonstrate a complete disrespect for the environ-ment and for everyone in the community. The beach at Point Holmes is a recre-ational area that belongs to us all. You think you have the right to dump your rot-ting compost, plastic bags, paper towels, plastic cup lids, etc., there because you dont want rats com-ing around your home? SHAME ON YOU.

IT WILL BE MANY BOU-QUETS to CVRD directors, who elected on November 15th, will cut through red tape that frustrates build-ers and homeowners and only adds costs - not value to building permits. Build-ers need to follow the BC building codes and work-safe regulations and be re-sponsible. We cant afford four planning standards in the Comox Valley. Vote for sensible, cost effective ser-vices on November 15th. Vote for a clean sweep of incumbent CVRD direc-tors.

MY BOUQUET is for Gae-tane of ISLAND GOUR-MET TRAILS. We took one of her tours, thanks to my winning the prize at the HAVE a HEART THE-ATRE AND DINNER in February of this year. The tour was fantastic. We vis-ited Royston coffee, Dark Chocolates, Harmonic Arts Botanical Dispensary, lunched at Locals, then off to 40 Knots Winery and fi-nally Shelter Point Distill-ery. At each business we were warmly greeted, given great tours and generous samples. Of course a Lo-cals lunch cant be beat! All of this was smoothly put together by Gaetane. While driving, she enlightened us with her knowledge of the people, the food, business-es and history of the Co-mox Valley. This lady is a treasure! Thank you Gae-tane.

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Comox Valley Sock It To Em Projects SOCK SALE was a huge success. I have just 2 pair of (large) adult socks left -- along with one pair of kids socks. Before I could even get myself set-tled at Zocalo Caf today (day #3 of our 3-day event), I had sold 5 pair of socks. Thanks so much to the knitters for their beautiful


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The Comox Valley Food Bank is extending its open hours, starting on Monday November 17th, until the end of December. We will be stay open until 2 p.m. daily, Monday to Friday for donations.

This is the time of the year when the majority of our donations and funding are received; which enables us to continue our ongoing programs to help people in need, With over 30 years year of continuous opera-tion we have been able to make a difference in the lives of those we assist.

We have been noticing an increase of children re-quiring our assistance; last Thursday November 7, we gave out 280 bags of food to assist 242 adults and 119 children.

Please help us to make the hampers more nutri-tionally balanced by do-nating fresh fruit and veg-etables, quality childrens snack items, eggs, cheese, canned foods and protein products.

Christmas Day and New Years Day are both cele-brated on Thursdays this season. As a result the last

hamper day in December will be held on TUESDAY December 23rd from 9:30 a.m. until 1 p.m.

The first hamper day for the New Year will be Thurs-day January 8, 2015.

Daily drop-in days for fresh vegetables and bak-ery items will resume on

Monday December 29th until 31st., and again on Monday January 5, 2015.

The street address for the Comox Valley Food Bank is #1 -1491 McPhee Ave. in Courtenay, Our mailing address is P.O. Box 3028 Courtenay B.C. V9N 5N3, Our phone number is

250-338-0615. We are a registered non-

profit society and able to issue tax receipts for cash and cheque donations.

Our website is www.co-moxvalleyfoodbank.com and our email is info@[email protected]. We are also now on FaceBook.

Santas Workshop 2014 is located at 311 4th Street in Courtenay, at the old Salvation Army building, beside the Butchers Block. Hours are Monday-Friday from 10am until 3pm.

Call 250-897-1994 to make appointments.

Our shelves are looking a little bare, and we are re-ally needing used toy dona-tions.

So please clean out your cupboards, and bring your

gently used toys down to the workshop.

We will gladly fix what needs fixing and clean them to get them into al-most new condition.

The sooner we get used toys, the more time there is to clean and do any needed repairs.

As well, new toys and cash donations are most appreciated!

There are drop boxes located around the Comox Valley.

This year, they will be at the following locations:

Courtenay - BMO,

Curves, Courtenay Muse-um, Driftwood Mall, Dairy Queen, Fabricland, Habi-tat for Humanity, London Drugs, Mountain Ridge Tree Farm, Sunwest Auto Centre and Island Honda.

Comox - Coastal Com-munity Credit Union, Co-mox Mall, Slegg Lumber, Scotia Bank, Dr. Terry Blasco Dentist Office

Cumberland - Cumber-land Health Centre 2596 Windermere.

Santa s Workshop thanks you in advance for your kindness this Christ-mas Season.

CV Food Bank extending open hoursfor the Christmas, holiday season

Santas helpers need your donations of gently used toys so they can get to work

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Blessed with clear blue skies, a huge crowd turned out for the Courtenay Re-membrance Day ceremony.

The community gathered near the cenotaph by Sid Williams Theatre to honour and pay respect to the many soldiers who gave up their lives, as well to the many vet-erans, who fought for peace and the freedom that we en-joy today.

They honoured the mem-ories of those who were in-volved during the First World War from 1914-1918, the Sec-ond World War (1939-1945), the Korean War (1950-53), the various Peacekeeping Missions, the Afghanistan conflict and the recent ter-rorist attacks on Canadian soil.

This years Remembrance Day was further enhanced because of the deaths last month of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo and Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent in targeted attacks.

The Comox Valley RCMP provided a sense of security throughout the sombre cer-

emony as they kept a close watch on the event with two officers keeping tabs from up the roof of the Courtenay Museum.

The Royal Canadian Le-gion Courtenay Branch No.17 organized the event.

They started the day with breakfast for the veterans. This year being the 100th an-niversary of the First World War, the legion served cold hard-boiled eggs on a bun, just like it was in 1914. Of course, there were some ad-ditions to it like cheese, pick-les, butter, sausages, even salt and pepper.

The Comox Valley Sal-vation Army also served doughnuts made from a WWI recipe and also hot chocolate. This was followed by a parade attended by many veterans, 19 Wing, Co-mox Valley RCMP, Courte-nay Firefighters and cadets. Prior to laying the wreath, the choir consisting of stu-dents in the Comox Valley, sang a touching and moving melody entitled A Song for Peace.

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Throughout 2014, Laugh-ing Oyster Bookshop in Downtown Courtenay cele-brated its 40th year in busi-ness with a unique twist: ev-ery month, patrons voted for their favourite book titles on ballots that featured bestsell-ers from 1974 to now. At last the time has arrived for the

grand prize draw, when one very lucky reader will win all 40 of the past 40 years top favourite books, as voted by local shoppers.

Laughing Oyster owner Evelyn Gillespie will draw the grand prize winner in store on Sunday, Nov.16 at 2:00 pm.

During the much-antici-pated event, local artist and illustrator Joe Ziner will al-so be in store to sign cop-ies of the new childrens book, I Know A Crow, writ-ten by Vancouver Island au-thor Margo McLoughlin. Ziner used a combination of brushes, blades and pix-

els to illustrate the book and has alsobeen the artist behind Laughing Oys-ters one-of-a-kind collection of locally produced bookmark designs for more than 15 years.

Ziner created a special bookmarkseries, The Readers Circle, to cel-ebrate the stores 40th anniversary.Now, in honour of the upcoming hol-iday season, hes created The ChoirCircle bookmark to bring seasons greetings from Laughing Oyster.Ziner will discuss his artwork and signpersonalized bookmarks for guests to take home or give as a gift.

In the 40th anniversary bookmark series for Laughing Oyster, Ive useda lithographic process that allows meto work directly with my drawings us-ing a range of both colour and tone,says Ziner.

The result is a brightly multicol-ored scene that divides into a series of unique bookmarks. Each design isa creative print. The concept, artworkand printing have all been done by me. However modest, they are one-of-a-kind originals made to evoke the com-munity spirit of the carolers, singingfrom the book of the coming year.

Laughing Oyster invites you to meet local artist Ziner on Sunday,Nov. 16 from 12-4 pm. Door prizes will be drawn through out the day and thewinner of the 40 Years Of 40 Bookscontest will be announced at 2:00pm.A complimentary sparkling drink ofMagick Mead from Hornby Islands Middle Mountain Mead and seasonalsweets will toast the occasion.

Laughing Oysters 40th anniversary nale features grand prize book drawLocal artists latest work available for signing

Remember the Enbridge Corpora-tions $350 million animated TV ads that deleted islands, flattened the Rockies and widened the passages in order to convince us that pipelines and tanker traffic would pose very lit-tle risk?

After seeing those ads, filmmaker Richard Boyce (Rainforest) was mo-tivated to check it out for himself. His film, Coastal Tarsands, takes us on a cinematic kayak journey to the de-leted islands on the BC North Coast.

Richard will attend World Commu-nitys film screening on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 7 pm in the NIC theatre, Courtenay campus and will be avail-able for discussion after the screen-ing.

Boyce kayaked to the maze of is-lands and narrow passages where hundreds of supertankers loaded with millions of barrels of diluted bitu-men would have to navigate through treacherous waters to reach Asian markets if the project proceeds.

Coastal Tarsands takes a look at the coasts natural features, weather, currents, wildlife, and the people who live there.

As film reviewer Natalie Dunsmuir noted in Island Tides I was taken away by the breathtaking beauty, peace, and importance of the coast...Watch this movie. It is the most solid collection of data and evidence about tankers that I have come across yet.

Admission is by donation. Every-one is welcome. FMI: 250 337-5412

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The Art Group of the Co-mox Valley (AGCV) is featur-ing their newest White Exhibit and Benefit Auction on Sat-urday, November 15th at The Berwick Comox Valley, 1700 Comox Ave., Comox.

Youre invited to meet the artists, enjoy live music and refreshments from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.in the 4th floor Atri-um.

Comprised of 40 artists who meet weekly to share ideas, skills, and friendship, the AGCVs mandate is to en-joy and develop artistic skills

and give back to the com-munity. The artists are all donating items to the

silent auction and funds raised will be donated to the Comox Valley Hospice

Society. For more than 30 years

care, comfort and com-

passion has been offered through counselling, care-giver respite, delivery of hospital beds and Advance Care Planning.

A new residential hos-pice will be located at The Views on the campus of St.

Josephs General Hospital.What better way to take

a break after voting thanwith refreshments, art,music and supporting agreat cause.

We look forward to see-ing you there.

Art and auction to bene t CV Hospice Society

St Josephs Hospital Auxiliary Societys regular meeting will be on Tuesday November 18th at 1:30 PM in the upper hall of Comox

Legion. This will be the last

meeting of 2014.Everyone welcome. FMI 250-339-1407

Hosital Aux. meets Nov. 18Check out the art in Saturdays White Exhibit and Benefit Auction


Al West

White Cowbell Oklahoma + Big John Bates perform Friday, No-vember 14, at The Waverley Hotel. A night of legendary rock, with some twists. $15 Advance. Tickets avail-able at Bop City, The Waverley Hotel, by phone (250)336-8322 or online at cumberlandvillageworks.com. Doors at 9:30pmwww.whitecowbell.com/www.bigjohnbates.ca/

Mindil Beach performs Novem-ber 15 at The Waverley Hotel. $15 advance/$20 door. Tickets avail-able at Bop City, the Waverley, by phone (250) 336-8322 or online at cumberlandvillageworks.com Doors at 9:30pm. The Waverley is planning a special Tapas style menu pairing Hoynes excellent craft beers with select specialties from their popular cuisine. This special beer tasting with menu samples starts at 8.

Forbidden Jazz Trio returns to Zocalo Caf for an evening per-formance on Fri, Nov. 14. Featuring Jake Masri on trumpet, flugelhorn, & vocals, Mike Eddy on keyboards, & Al West on bass, they appeal to audiences of all ages by perform-ing a wide variety of timeless jazz standards & original composi-tions. Making a special appear-ance with the trio is Al West. Al is a self-taught bassist who played all the folk, rock, and country rock of the 50s, 60s, and 70s. We invite you to join us for a casual, enter-taining evening of jazz. Music com-mences at 7:00 pm and admission is by donation. The spacious caf displays local artwork while the li-censed kitchen offers up a supper menu of chef inspired sweet & sa-vory cuisine plus assorted bever-ages. FMI: Zocalo Caf & Gallery at 250 331 0933.www.zocalocafe.ca.


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