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The unprecedented dry weather and lack of sig-ni cant rainfall over the last few months is causing water levels in the Cumber-land Creek and Persever-ance Creek to be lower than usual.

In order to conserve wa-ter, the Village of Cumber-land will move to stage 3 water restrictions starting Monday, July 20.

This will also be in eff ect for those properties con-nected to the Royston water system.

Its hard to predict whats going to happen from summer to Septem-ber, Rob Crisfeld, manager of operations told council on Monday.

Id rather be proactive as opposed to reactive. If we drain the Cumberland

Creek side service supply, wed end up with challenges with water issues.

The stage three restric-tions, along with a reduc-tion in hours at the Cum-berland childrens water spray park, are needed to maintain a suffi cient sup-ply of community water through the summer and fall.

This will require all homeowners to limit out-door water use and to wa-ter your garden and trees only in the early mornings

and evenings to reduce the amount of evaporation from the sun.

The use of mulch in the garden is another eff ective way to reduce evaporation.

Residents are encour-aged to water around the base of plants slowly, deeply and less frequently. Light, frequent watering can be harmful to plants as it encourages shallow root growth.

The following activities are prohibited: watering lawns and washing drive-

ways; lling a swimming pool or hot tub; washing a vehicle or a boat except at a commercial car wash using less than 57 litres of water.

The village is looking at other methods to reduce the amount of water being used at the spray park, but a reduction in hours will also be necessary as the park is using up to 120m3 of water a day.

The water from the spray park drains into the Cum-berland wetlands and into the Trent River.

Residents are doing a great job conserving water and reducing their outdoor water use, says Mayor Les-lie Baird.

The move in Cumber-land and Royston to me-tered water has also made a positive impact on reducing water use. Moving to stage 3 is a preventative step to make sure we have enough water to last over the sum-mer in case we dont receive enough rain in the coming weeks to ll the reservoirs.

Cumberland and Royston

community drinking wa-ter comes from ve lakeslocated in the CumberlandCreek and PerseveranceCreek sub-watersheds ofthe Comox Lake water-shed, as well as a groundsource at Coal Creek His-toric Park, serving approxi-mately 5500 residents.

On average, 1500m3 isdrawn from the reservoirseach day and 600m3 isdrawn from the well.

At full storage capacitythe reservoirs hold 891,000m3 of water.

Cumberland, Royston move to Stage 3 water restrictions

Due to extremely low water levels caused by the record-breaking dry weather conditions this spring and summer, and the absence of any signi -cant snowpack over the winter, the Comox Valley Regional District (CVRD)

will move to stage three water restrictions eff ective Monday, July 20, for the Black Creek - Oyster Bay water system.

The in ows to the Oys-ter River are extremely low right now, therefore, the CVRD will be switching

to the ground water wells very shortly.

Were asking all resi-dents to turn off their au-tomatic lawn sprinklers, refrain from using man-ually-operated sprinkler systems, and not to wash their vehicles or boats,

said Dave Leitch, CVRDs senior manager of water and wastewater services. We need to change our

outdoor water use habits.By reducing water use, wecan minimize the with-drawal from the wells.

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Comox re ghters helped save cabins and properties that were at high risk during the wild- re at Dog Mountain in Port Alberni recently.

Comox Fire Depart-ment chief Gord Sch-reiner, who is a structural protection specialist, was called in on July 4 to as-sess whether the towns sprinkler projection unit was required.

When I got there, I re-alized it was a really good t for this type of work, said Schreiner, because the re had started to move closer to the cabins.

Following approval from the provincial re control centre, Schreiner sent for the Comox Fire Departments sprinkler projection trailer that has multiple hoses and a vari-ety of sprinklers that are designed speci cally for protecting structures that are close to forest res. Five Comox re ghters were also deployed to the scene.

Schreiner said by the time his re ghters and equipment arrived, one of the cabins was already on re. The Comox crew attached several hoses to four high pressure pumps and set up sprin-klers at various locations and heights to ensure maximum eff ectiveness.

Comox re ghters help save properties at Dog Mountain wild reSprinkler projection unit applied to keep blaze from burning structures

Comox Fire crew that spent a week with their sprinkler projection unit saving buildings from the Dog Mountain fi re

Structural protection calls for applying water in suf- cient quantities and lo-cations to inhibit ignition from a passing wild re.

We basically wet down the whole area so we put sprinklers on the roofs of the cabins, on the ends of the cabins, on the decks of the cabins and then we reached out into the interface area, the forest

and grasslands around the cabin, to try to make a large area wet, said Sch-reiner. The theory here is to get everything wet and those hot sparks that are coming off the re arent going to start secondary res, in this case structure res.

Drawing water from Sproat Lake, the sprin-klers were kept running until the pumps ran out of gas and were re lled again. After six days at the re site, the Comox re- ghters protected eight residences and 22 other structures.

This is the rst time for Schreiner to lead a team here on Vancouver Island to save homes and cabins during a wild re. He has done it in the past at larg-er wild res in the Interior.

Schreiner introduced

the sprinkler projectionsystem to the Town of Co-mox after the 2003 wild- re season. Since thereare many areas in theComox Valley and otherparts of the Island wherewild res can happen closeto homes, the town hadagreed to spend $100,000to establish this programin 2004.

I am a forward think-ing guy and you can seethe writing on the wall,said Schreiner. Thatswhy we practice this everyyear. I am quite surprisedwe havent had more ofthese res on the Island inthe last ten years. Theyreall over the province andyouve seen whats hap-pening in the provincethis year. Unfortunately,we may see more of thisbefore the summer isover.

Dog Mountain wildfi re at Sproat Lake destroyed one cabin, but Comox crew was able to save many others.

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The Comox Valley Re-gional District (CVRD) has launched the In2Tran-sit promotion to raise awareness about the Co-mox Valley transit system by celebrating those who get around by bus and by encouraging everyone else to do the same.

The rst promotion out of the gate for In-2Transit will celebrate the 25th birthday of the Co-mox Valley transit system by giving away 25 passes to an exclusive chalet with premium views of the Comox Air Show.

The passes will be given out to random bus riders on the transit systems birthdate, July 23, so make sure to ride the bus that day!

Taking the bus can eas-ily be a part of your trans-portation strategy as it can be combined with other modes of transpor-tation and can be used in any weather. It can also reduce stress and give you time to catch up on things such as email, phone calls and texting.

It can be a fun way to travel with young ones who nd the bus interest-ing and dont appreciate car seats, said Michael Zbarsky, CVRDs manager of transit and sustainabil-ity. Besides, the Comox Valley has the best bus drivers - just ask any cur-rent rider!

The Comox Valley tran-sit system is an eff ective method of transportation and has the potential to contribute to a more eco-nomically vibrant, livable, and sustainable commu-nity.

The need to realize this potential in the Comox Valley is increasingly im-portant due to factors such as climate change, population growth, an aging demographic, and availability of aff ordable transportation choices for individuals who do not have access to a private automobile or who do not wish to own or drive a pri-vate automobile.

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The recent centennial birthday of the town of Courtenay might remind some that before any air-ports or air force bases there were people here liv-ing in the Comox Valley.

The recent spate of small aircraft crashes seems unusual, yet by the laws of probability these events are almost certain.

Fly tens of thousands of glider ights over dense areas and its not a sur-prise that one ended up crashed on the roof of a Langley convenience store last year.

In the United States every day 5 small aircraft crash. This is not surpris-ing if one looks at the sta-tistical probabilities and the math.

The probability is that the areas around the Cour-tenay airpark and CFB Comox will continue to grow as more people seek to share the quality of life we enjoy, and eventually recreational aviation will have to go.

Single engine aircraft besides being unmiti-gated polluters are also inherently dangerous as a single engine plane, when it fails, lacks the safety of redundancy.

One can see this con-cept on multiple engine commercial aircraft and

the lack of it to spectacu-lar eff ect in the explosion of the last SpaceX rocket recently; or in the tragic deaths of 7 Snowbirds pi-lots over the last 45 years.

Systems can fail, isnt that the rst rule of pow-ered ight and general aviation?

Its not like you can pull your Snowbird jet or Cessna off to the side of the road; its more likely, statistically, probabilisti-cally, that youll end up on the roof of a clinic, or plunging helplessly into Lake Ontario.

Small aircraft are dan-gerous. Wilbur and Or-rville Wright were them-selves aware of this fact and so seldom ew to-gether.

Canadian icon Bruce Coburn once wondered if when a tree fell in a for-est anybody heard. As another icon Don Cherry would say, I would bet the farm that when one of these planes crashes on a subdivision, theyll know it wasnt a bird.

Steve W HodgeComox

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Recreational aviationwill have to go soon

much the understatement of the century.

Although I realize that our Area B rep can only speak for Area B, Area A and C residents feel the same as us.

The current base monthly rate for water was set, according to what Mr. Rutten said at the meeting where the rates were presented, to re ect the cost of water plus the cost of maintaining the system.

Based on Mr Ruttens statement at that time, the 2nd tier charge is just a money grab by the CVRD, and to come out and say that the extra charge will reduce the water use is big brother knows best BS.

The simple fact is Mr Rutten is not now and has never been open to change of any kind includ-ing billing once a year for water use, which, by the way, would save the CVRD money, certainly for post-age and the number of times the meters would have to be read.

No this has been the only answer from this person since our right to choose was taken from us by the previous elected ru-ral reps.

If Mr Nichol succeeds in his bid for a little com-mon sense to be shown by this bureaucrat it will

be tantamount to moving a small mountain. I wish him nothing but good luck in this endeavour.

R. McCulloch Area B

Letter to Cumberland Council:

I have just read in the latest Currently Cum-berland that you are con-templating allowing dogs off leash in our beautiful walking, hiking and biking forest.

You obviously have not given this enough thought. I dont know if you have ever been walking along one of our trails, chatting with your walking partner, only to suddenly hear a loud growling sound be-hind you and then to turn and face a Rottweiler that has run ahead of its biking owners by 100 Metres.

I have, and its a heart stopping experience. Yell-ing at the owners as they rode blithely by, was all I could do.

Keeping dogs under control without a leash is a patently foolish dream.

It is a known fact that dogs will chase wildlife like deer and bears, in fact, bringing the latter back to their owners.

I live near the Peace Park and have enjoyed watching dogs and own-

ers playing fetch the ball. That is an entirely diff er-ent story.

In closing, I will only say that I have been a heavy funds contributor to the Cumberland Community Forest Society.

I believe, given this, I have some say in the deci-sion.

My dream is to be able to walk safely in our for-est with my grandchildren without fear of being at-tacked by someones er-rant pet.

Wayne MorrisonCumberland Resident

Two weeks ago I sub-mitted a letter that de-cried an outright lie in an advertisement running on television. Last week cor-respondent R. Cooper ac-cused me of straying from the truth. I stand by my original letter.

The ad in question has been the subject of politi-cal talk shows and no se-rious commentator has backed the claim in the ad that the Harper Govern-ment has cut the health budget by $36 billion.

In fact the ad has now changed to say that buried deep in the budget was the cut. A cut is a reduc-tion from what was previ-ously spent.

That is the understand-

ing that all rational people would apply to the claim.

Those sponsoring thead fully expect people hearing that statement to believe that the govern-ment has cut $36 billion from Health Care Spend-ing.

That is simply not thecase.

During the 2011 FederalElection Stephen Harper made the commitment to honour the Canadian Health Accord through its life that would end in 2014.

He made it quite clearthat he would not renew the formula of an annual increase of 6%.

At 6% compoundingannually the Health Care Budget would double ev-ery 12 years and that rate was not sustainable.

If that rate continuedinde nitely it would mean that the entire federal budget would eventually go to funding health care.

The new formula thatgives a minimum of 3% increase and higher if fac-tors such as the growth of the GDP or in ation war-rant it means that the fed-eral Health Care Budget will increase each year.

An increase is NOT acut. The ad is based on a lie.

Delbert DollCourtenay

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BEEFS & BOUQUETSthere. On Saturday I found myself in such an area quite by accident only to be ad-monished by a erce look-ing man who barked at me, You cant be there; youve got to move. On Sunday I hesitated in a similarly marked space when I was approached by a kindly gentleman who said to me, Excuse me, Madam, may I help you nd a seat? and then pointed to the faint lines on the grass into which I had mistak-enly moved. Did these two people get the same volun-teer training I wondered? Volunteers do a great job - I am grateful to the kind man and wished I had thanked him for his gentle spirit. The other man - I recom-mend next time he doesnt off er to assist in a position that involves dealing with people.

A BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET to whoever picked up my car key and house key which were lost on the Courtenay airpark walkway a month or so ago, and put them into a post box to be returned to War Anps in Ontario. I wish to thank you very much for your thoughtfulness. I re-ceived them today July 14, through Purolator Express. That was very much appre-ciated and I thank you sin-cerely.

HOPING THIS BEEF will be-come a bouquet. An impor-tant part of the four-way test for Rotarians is Does it do harm? Sadly, the fundrais-ing book sales held twice a year in Comox do harm the two small business try-ing to make a living selling books. I frequent both. A massive book sale once a year, maybe, but twice in the same area? Please, give these businesses a break and hold the book sales in other areas in the Valley or rotate locations so the same people dont always have to bear the brunt of this oth-erwise excellent fundraiser.

A BIG BOUQUET to Brian McMahon of Kensington Island Properties for hang-ing in there for all the resi-dents of Union Bay. I dont know too many other de-velopers that would put up with the grief he has had to from the UB Improve-ment District. Now they even refuse to meet with him to try and work out the problems. The board in-sists the Water Infrastruc-ture Agreement, that took

over a year to work out with lawyers for both sides, has expired, even though the last clause clearly states if either party hereto is delayed from undertaking or completing its respec-tive obligations hereunder as a result of earthquake, ood or other act of God, ......act of any governmental authority, ......or any other event of any nature what-soever beyond the reason-able control of the respec-tive parties, then the date by which such obligation is to have been undertaken or completed will be extended for a period equivalent to such period of delay. Le-gally, this contract has not expired as the developer is still trying to get this ex-tension. Kensington Island Properties was unable to start the water treatment plant for Union Bay for a period of 21/2 years because they were in negotiations with the Government to formulate an agreement to remediate the coal hills. So legally his company is enti-tled to 21/2 years; however, all he asked for from UBID was a mere 4 months and he was refused. No wonder his lawyer says he will win if it goes to court and who but the citizens of Union Bay will foot the bill for this court case!

WELL, IT IS NOW CLEAR that British Columbians will lose out on good LNG con-struction jobs. Off shore companies have success-fully lobbied for their own work force to export our resources, Remember HD Coal mining - well, this was just the start. For those who voted BC Liberal and Fed-eral Conservative this will be your legacy - Canadian jobs going off shore. Not that the BC NDP have been active on temporary foreign workers - they have been pretty quiet on the 74,000 working in our Province. Governments have had de-cades to train skilled and semi-skilled workers, but turn out unemployed teach-ers. Could BC Greens be the answer?

ID LIKE TO GIVE a big bouquet

of red roses, carnations and especially delicate multi-co-loured pansies, to all those loud, throttle blipping, straight pipe macho Harley dudes in the wind out there. I know you make your bikes run so loud so that you can be seen. After all it would be a shame if no one saw your

tattoos, or your mortgaged and insanely common, dime a dozen motorcycles, and the stupid goatee hid-ing your two chins, or the dumb leather vest obscur-ing your middle-aged waist-line spread. Yep theyre the paper righteous Bros of the road, big bad boys, loud- and probably not so well-endowed- proud, and about as laughable as any charac-ter in a South Park cartoon. Except unlike an irritat-ing television episode, you cant turn these double-clutching, hog-headed, stu-pid strait pipe motorcycle morons off . Yeah you are outlaws all right, small men with big bikes, as you like, giving noise bylaws and your tired neighbours the middle nger.

IT WOULD SEEM like a good thing for Cumberland Council to conserve wa-ter on stage 3. They have a very limited supply and provide water to Royston on stage 2. If Cumberland and Royston were connect-ed to the huge Comox Lake reservoir -they would have been on stage 3 for the past 11 days. STRANGE? No, this is the Comox Valley with 4 local governments.

GREAT TO SEE that the

weekend rains slowed down CVRD customer wa-ter consumption. Not that it made a diff erence - the Comox Lake Reservoir level dropped, even with in-creased in ows. It would be nice to see the big picture on in ows, lake levels and out ows.

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A BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET to all the soup kitchen volunteers at St. Georges Church Son-shine Club as well as Satur-days Four Square church lunch. You have provided for many, served up love, faith, friendship and nour-ishment. You have created in your generosity of time and hard work, a place for belonging and healing. God bless you all.

I AM APPALLED to discover, that after going through all the proper channels, that an apartment in the Comox Valley can be rented out, which I believe contains mold! My 12-year-old son and I rented an apartment

in the older part of Cour-tenay, and after numerous complaints to the manag-ers, had to move out due to ill health eff ects. I then re-ported what I thought was a serious issue to the Van-couver Island Health Au-thority, the Public Health nursing clinic, as well as all the 1-800 numbers in the yellow pages concerning Health. I was given the runaround, not my depart-ment as well as pass the buck. I also voiced my con-cern to city hall, whom I be-lieved would be concerned about this problem, but to no avail. I also phoned all the lawyers in the yel-low pages, Comox Valley, Campbell River and other areas, but no one was in-terested in this issue. This apartment has not been rented out since we moved 32 months ago, probably due to the musty smell you breathe in when you enter the premises. I have researched mold on the in-ternet, and the numerous, serious eff ects it can have on your health - too many to count! This just goes to prove that if you are of low income in the Comox Valley, you are powerless and cannot ght city hall! Thank you Comox Valley and health authorities for NO protection.

ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVE for those who cant aff ord a low ush toilet. Put a brick or rocks in the toilet tank. They will make a 13 L toilet high effi ciency at no extra cost.

A HUGE BOUQUET to Judy from Grains Bakery in Courtenay for going out of her way to deliver my birth-day cake right to my door (on her way home from work). By the way, best ever carrot cake!!

MANY, MANY BOUQUETS to all our local merchants who so generously contributed to the 888 Wing RCAFA Silent Auction. The vari-ety of contributions was outstanding and well re-ceived by a packed house! Proceeds allow the Wing to contribute to the support of our local air cadets as well as local charities. You made a lot of people happy!

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DAYS AND WEEKS of cool

summer breezes to the two women who stopped to help my dad after he fell while out walking to the grocery store. After making sure he was alright, these good Sa-maritans, drove my dad to Quality Foods, waited while he did his shopping, then drove him home. People like you make the world a better place. Thank you so much!

I WISH PILES and piles of dog crap to the person at the Royston Seaside Trail and that just let her 4 dogs run wild and had no control over them. They came up to my dog and surrounded us like a pack of dogs. When we tried to get away, they just kept following us. It is a park that requires your dog to be on a leash, so maybe read the sign and obey it or control your dogs!

SINCERE THANKS to the per-son who very kindly turned in car keys to the informa-tion counter at the Courte-nay Super Store, Saturday afternoon, July 11. THANK YOU.

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and Comox residents who have gone to brown lawns. Although there is enough Comox Lake water for green grass in Courtenay/Comox, many of our neigh-boring communities could be out of water if it does not rain in October. Comox Lake is a public resource that we may need to share with our neighbors, if they run dry. And they could.

UNLESS YOU ARE a great fan of sitting three feet away from a clump of bramble and blackberries you wont want to take advantage of the park bench at the Air Park that friends and fami-ly of W.G. (Bill) Bell have so thoughtfully provided. All it would take to improve or actually allow a view of the estuary is someone, even with limited talent, with a hedge trimmer or perhaps a more environmentally friendly suggestion, a hun-gry goat, to dispatch this unruly briar patch. Whats good for the goat can make it better for people to gan-der. Its a shame that who-ever is responsible for maintaining the park hasnt assumed this responsibil-ity.

A BOUQUET to BC Hydro

for posting the reservoir discharge ow rate which is about 12 cubic feet /sec-ond. So it seems that the Courtenay, Comox, Co-mox Lake water customers summer consumption has risen from .84% to 4%. Although we are minor consumers of Comox lake water we need to do our part. Many on Vancouver Island do not have such a great water source.

THIS IS A BEEF to people

who live in Crown Isle who think the water restrictions dont apply to them! Now that we have been in Stage 3 for a full week it is very clear who is still watering their lawns. Even the golf course is drying out, which shows they are doing their part. I live in Crown Isle myself so its not right that these people are getting away with it. I hope CVRD has an enforcement team going around the city. If not I hope the neighbours of these people call CVRD to report them. I can assure you if I continue to see your green lawns I will report them myself and I hope others will do the same. We need the water to save our trees and shrubs. Lawns will grow back! Glad to hear the city is doing their part by cutting back where they can and hope the car deal-ers are cutting back also!

SO, WHO IS TELLING stories on the Comox Lake Reservoir levels? The BC Hydro site says 33.75 meters or 98% full. The CVRD site says water levels are extremely low. We all know it is hot and dry, but how much wa-ter do we have in reserve? Brown grass is good - no mowing, but hours of early morning garden watering with a hose - really? Then have to drive to Cumber-land to wash your car - next to the lake? Which is full.

JUST A COMMENT on lawns:

My lawn is still green while all around me are brown. I imagine people wonder if Im watering in the dead of night. However, I have not watered except within the rules. In fact, I watered only once per week for two weeks prior to ban on wa-tering lawns. The reason for my green lawn, I think, is that Ive been cutting it long for about 3 years now

(gradually working up to 3.25 inches now) while my neighbours lawns are cut very short. Also, this year for the rst time, I left the clippings on the lawn, and because it is so long, the clippings arent noticeable (and dont even get picked up in my dogs coat). I was advised my grass would keep weeds down if it was long and healthy, and the lawn would require less frequent watering because it could retain more of the water put on it. This year, I really see the promised re-sults. A healthy lawn feeds oxygen back into the air and is better for the envi-ronment, retaining mois-ture, than a rock garden or other hard surface like a dried up yard, says Brian Minter. So, Im happy to recommend the approach to others who might want to give it a try.

A HUGE BOUQUET to the four responsible, conscientious teenage boys that alerted me of smoke coming from the ower beds in front of St. John the Divine Church on 5th Street. Thankfully, I was working late that day, so there was someone to alert. The Fire Department was called as the bed was burning in half a dozen ar-eas and I didnt trust wa-ter alone would extinguish it. Of course, the re was started by a discarded ciga-rette. Beefs to smokers who are so irresponsible, espe-cially in these extremely dry conditions. Before you call the water police on one of your neighbours, how about checking the facts rst. Its on the town website. People are allowed to water trees, shrubs, ow-ers and veggies any day from 4-7 am or 7-10 pm with a watering can or a hand held hose with a shut off nozzle - which we were doing. No lawn sprinkling any time. We didnt do any-

thing wrong. Were only watering if things are get-ting very dry ... were just as concerned about the water situation just as much as you are.

DROVE DOWN Ryan Hill around mid-day today - reddish-blond-haired fel-low (could tell because he did NOT have a helmet on) rode across Ryan from Co-wichan and straight across the second lane between my vehicle and the one fol-lowing behind me. Near miss. Got stopped at the traffi c light at Back Road. A young fellow on a motor bike gured hed get ahead by riding between the two lanes of traffi c stopped at that light. Yup, right down the dotted lines. Proceeded via the by-pass, got stopped at the traffi c lights entering the 17th Street Bridge. Ap-parently that no right turn on red light sign was not for the two cars in front of me, just for everyone else. They didnt feel the need to stop. Proceeded along Cliff e towards 26th, where a large fuel truck was turn-ing into one of the gas stations on Cliff e. Rather than stop and wait, a small brown pickup truck, sport-ing Alberta plates, changed lanes in front of me miss-ing m y vehicle by a hairs breadth. Does no one care anymore? Do cyclists not know the danger they are in by not protecting their heads? Do drivers not re-alise that waiting a few sec-onds is always better than getting in an accident. I love living in the Comox Valley but I have to say there are some dangerous folk out there on the streets and the sidewalks!

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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!

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A BIG BEEF to Courtenay city council for ever con-sidering a bike path along Willemar from 17th to 26th for around 2 million dol-lars. Where is this money coming from if you ever go ahead with this? No money for a Fire Hall for the east side of Courtenay but lots of money for the over 130 employees on your staff . I know some are part time but do we really need this many workers? I wish we could get a 2% raise to our pension. No wonder our property taxes keep going up & up.

BEEF to Courtenay City Council for thinking of put-ting bike lanes on Willemar road development. What a waste of time and money. Very few bike riders would use it. Most use the side-walk on the opposite side of the street. The same com-ment applies to the people who use electric mobil-ity scooters. Of course we dont have to mention skate boarders.

BOUQUETS to Kerrys Ex-press car wash in Parksville for voluntarily closing, to conserve water. Parksville in is in Stage 4 water cri-sis. Unlike Courtenay and Comox, Parksville depends

neighbors? Is well water, not city water sacred too? Or peace and quiet after 11 pm? Using the most annoying water shooting sprinkler must be to brag that youre exempt. I agree having a green lawn looks foolish. Just saying. A con-cerned and wide awake, Kye Bay resident.

BOUQUETS to the citizens of Union Bay who have in-formed themselves about the lapsed Water Infrastruc-ture Agreement between UBID and KIP and are now throwing their support to UBID to create a better wa-ter agreement for the com-munity. More information about the original negotia-tion of the Agreement can be found at http://union-baynewsnow.blogspot .ca/2012/02/examination-for-discovery-of-denis.html Or, just google Union Bay News Now and search the documents dated Febru-ary 2012. At that document website, youll nd out that two of the old UBID Board members had signed a KIP ad under their respective company names the previ-ous year (May 27, 2009) stating that We are all busi-nesses working in the Co-mox Valley with direct and indirect economic interests in the project... Further-more, the Chief Negotiator of the Agreement had re-ceived $25,000 in electrical work from the then UBID, some of which was no-bid work. That same Negotiator rented a condo to the De-veloper between 1998-2000 and so was the Developers landlord. Its also surpris-ing to read that the amount of water hook-ups was in-creased from 100 to 500 when the Developer wanted it changed to 500. Lastly, no water expert was ever con-sulted for that Agreement. Did the old UBID Board have con icts of interest when negotiating the Wa-ter Agreement with KIP? Go read the document and make up your own mind.


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Comox Valley respond-ed to the following inci-dents between July 7 and 13:

On the evening of July 7th the Comox Val-ley RCMP were called to a three vehicle collision on Comox road near Bayside road in Comox. The inves-tigation revealed that two vehicles braked suddenly for a deer that came onto the roadway but a third vehicle failed to stop.

The female driver of the third vehicle was found to have been consuming alcohol and failed a road-side screening device. The woman was issued an Im-mediate Roadside Pro-hibition for 90 days and had her vehicle towed and impounded for 30 days. (2015-8853)

On the evening of July 7th police entered into an investigation of found explosives. A pedestri-an had located a partial stick of dynamite and two blasting caps on the Ro-tary Trail between 19th street and 17th street in Courtenay. The area was searched by an explosive

search dog but nothing further was located. This incident could have had far diff erent results had the explosive been acti-vated. RCMP is asking the public for any information into the origin of the ex-plosives or who is respon-sible for leaving them in an unsecured public area. If you have any informa-tion please contact the Comox Valley RCMP at 250-338-1321.

On July 13th police were called to a property in the area of the 8100 block of Island Highway North to a report of found dirt bikes. The caller stat-ed that there were two dirt bikes stashed in the bush. The investigation revealed that the two dirt bikes had been stolen in the Camp-bell River area recently. Both bikes have been re-turned to their owner. (2015-9150)

Police received a re-port of a theft of a Honda generator from the air park on July 5th. The gen-erator is valued at approx-imately $1400.00. (2015-9159)

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Its summer and what a summer its shaping up to be. People will be ocking to the water to escape the heat and sometimes along with that comes the possi-bility of alcohol consump-tion. Police are not saying to not have fun, but they want everyone to be safe on our roads and water-ways this summer. If you are going to consume al-cohol then make a plan to get home safely. If you are going to be on the water make sure the people in the boat are sober. Water is very unforgiving.

Did you know that you can be charged for im-paired boating which is

the same as driving a mo-tor vehicle while impaired and carries the same pen-alties?

In BC during the sum-mer months, one per-son is killed every three days in impaired related crashes, and police are actively looking at getting those impaired drivers off our roads. So expect im-promptu road checks and vehicle stops this summer.

Comox Valley RCMP want everyone to have fun this summer and have a good time but they want to make sure everyone has a plan on how to remain safe and make it home safely.

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Dear Doctors - My wife is the most wonderful woman in the world. I want to do something really special for her big 'Five Oh' next month. She has been pretty self-conscious about her smile over the years, and puts her hand over her mouth to laugh and all that. Her teeth, are frankly, pretty atrocious. How can I give her the 'nudge' to get her in for a really good look? Her dentist is old as the hills and just gives her a cleaning every six months and sends her home.

It sounds like there are two 'ruts' here. One is her acceptance that she has to live with the teeth she inherited for life, and the second is that her existing dentist a) thinks she is happy with her teeth b) thinks she cannot afford to change anything or c) doesn't prefer to practice anything very challenging in his/her clinic. The odd thing is that frequently a patient of record in one office will go elsewhere and come back with an entire 'new grill' one that they didn't think their dentist could offer. Sometimes this is done in a vacation destination and the warranty is '30 seconds or 30 feet'. We correct a lot of resort dentistry in our clinic.

So what you might do is give her a great birthday card, and inside it tell her how much you love her and you want to share her with the entire world so you are giving her a 'smile evaluation'. Send her to see us and we'll give her the same kind of comprehensive exam we give all new patients. Sometimes we're consulted for second opinions and we happily send that patient back to their dentist of record emphasizing they are doing a great job for them. The main thing we concern ourselves with is function. Your wife is at an age where conditions change, and now is a great time to get a handle on it. Once we note her gum health, and tooth stability we can look beyond that to something as simple as whitening or something more comprehensive like cosmetic veneers. Every single patient who has ever had this work completed tells us they wish they had done it a decade earlier. We cannot evaluate her mouth over the phone (or even in the newspaper!), but we'll provide all viable options and break it down to see which one fits her choices and your budget. Call our front desk to arrange the appointment, and we'll make sure we even have a little birthday cake on hand for her!

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CVRD to ask province to add cycling lanes to north connector projectBY MICHAEL BRIONESEcho Staff

The Comox Valley Re-gional District is hoping to capitalize on the north Courtenay connector proj-ect by requesting cycling network improvements to be added to the design of the major road initiative.

The committee of the whole endorsed staff s suggestion to write to the Minister of Transporta-tion and Infrastructure, Todd Stone, who last month announced design work has started on this project that will feature 700m of new two-lane road and a two-lane bridge over the Tsolum River that will connect to Piercy Road and continues on to Highway 19.

Last year, the regional district partnered with MOTI to complete the CVRD transportation road network plan as part of the Offi cial Community Plan review. It includes

strategies and actions to improve rural transpor-tation infrastructure and provide enhanced active transportation options for electoral area residents.

CVRDs policy and sus-tainability analyst, Vince Van Tongeren, told the committee the road plan includes 17 priority road-side greenway and bike-way routes improvements, totaling around 86 kilo-metres in the rural areas of the district.

Full implementation of these routes will enhance safety for all road users, improve the marketabil-ity of the Comox Valley for tourism, and provide improved mobility op-tions for rural residents who currently dont feel safe walking or cycling on these rural roads, said Tongeren.

To construct all the im-provements in the plan, the CVRD will need to come up with around $18 million, which Tongeren

said, is a lot of money.The CVRD doesnt

have a service area to fund this type of activity, said Tongeren. So in order for us to advance these im-provements, were relying on pursuing grant fund-ing or integrating them on larger infrastructure projects such as the north Courtenay connector when this opportunities present themselves.

Two of the 17 routes highlighted in the trans-portation road network plan are linked to the north connector project - Piercy Road as it runs from Headquarters Road to Highway 19, and Head-quarters Road between the City of Courtenay and Merville Road.

Tongeren said it would be sensible for the CVRD to ask the province to in-clude a cycling infrastruc-ture to the design and construction of the north connector.

Courtenay director

Larry Jangula and Cum-berland director Gwyn Sproule supported the idea.

Its much easier to put the infrastructure in now than later, Jangula said.

This is great opportu-nity that we mustnt miss out on, said Sproule.

If the province makes the project a complete bridge with bike lanes, Courtenay director Erik Eriksson said this may also serve as a template

for building a similar bridge on 5th Street.

The 5th Street bridge was kind of dumped on us by the Ministry of High-ways when they moved the highway, said Eriks-son.

I dont think its nec-essarily fair that the City of Courtenay should only be the dumpee. I think it should be the entire Co-mox Valley. Its an entire Comox Valley bridge and Id like to get all of us to

get behind the idea of a same kind of bridge thats going to north of Cour-tenay to be in the middle of Courtenay. If the same kind of bridge suits 5th Street, then they can es-timate what it may cost to replace the 5th Street bridge with the same kind of complete bridge.

The committee passed the recommendation to write to the ministry and will now need the board to approve it.

The Art Group of the Comox Valley has raised $1,500 for the Comox Valley Transition Society at their recent, annual Art & Garden Fete. The money will be used to provide two beds and linenfor two rooms of a new 12-room residence. Three artists donated their art to raise the funds- Village on the Hillock by Pieter Molenaar, Poppies by Kate Brown, (second from right)who is presenting the cheque to Heather Ney of the CVTS and Bathtime by Pam Faunt. Thetwo art works by Brown and Faunt will adorn the walls of the new Amethyst House.

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When Carrol Burgoyne and Leo Blake each moved into Comox Valley Seniors Village, neither expected to fall in love and get married.

Carrol and Blake each moved into Co-mox Valley Seniors Village just a month apart in the fall of 2014. Once they met - cupids arrow did the trick. They have been happily enjoying each others com-pany since that day. In May of 2015 they decided they should get married. When asked what date they planned to get married, Leo responded The sooner the better as we arent getting any younger!

On Friday, June 26th, 2015 the couple chose to exchange their vows as part of

the Summer Solstice Garden Party cel-ebration at Comox Valley Seniors Village and Casa Loma.

A celebration it was. The couple were married by a justice of the peace on the Casa Loma garden under a ower adorned arbor.

Guests and fellow tenants of Casa Loma and Comox Valley Seniors Village cheerfully and supportively celebrated their marriage with them.

There are several other budding ro-mances in bloom at the Casa Loma and Comox Valley Seniors Villages. 2015 seems to be an unprecedented year for romances for the seniors.

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World Community is honoured to present the lm Highway of Tears (76 min.) on Tuesday, July 21 at 7 pm at the Stan Ha-gen Theatre (North Is-land College, Courtenay) as part of the Walking With Our Sisters events commemorating missing and murdered Aboriginal women.

This documentary mov-ingly relates the personal stories of the victims of the decades-long string of murders and disap-pearances of young Indig-enous women along BCs Highway 16.

The lm explores how this systemic violence is linked to the eff ects of generational poverty, resi-dential schools, and high unemployment rates on First Nations reserves - and how contemporary First Nations leaders are striving to cure those ills.

Director Matt Smi-ley says working on the lm opened his eyes to what he calls a continual nightmare that is even bigger than BCs Highway of Tears - the ever-grow-ing number of Indigenous women who are murdered or disappear every year in

Canada.This is a powerful and

moving lm. Staff from the Tsow-Tun Le Lum healing centre in Nanoose will attend the screen-ing to assist with debrief-ing and to bring cultural knowledge and support.

Light refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome to attend this free screening.

For more information about the lm screening or the Memorial Installa-tion (July 31 - August 15) contact [email protected] or call I-Hos Gallery at (250) 339-7702.

Highway of Tears lm screening Tuesday

A scene from Highway of Tears screening on Tuesday, July 21

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The Annual Royal LeP-age Ladies Tillicum at Sunnydale Golf Course will be held this year on Saturday August 8th. This tournament is a 2 ball best ball event.

There will be an Indi-vidual Skills challenge fol-lowed by Wine and Cheese on the Friday night. Entry forms can be obtained from the Pro shop at Sun-nydale.

For further information, please call: Rona Lawson 250-339-5391 or Betty Lund 250-338-0937.

SUNNYDALE MENS GOLF CLUB

Hard to believe but no one was complaining about the rain on Sunday morning, some golfers even liked it! Here are the results:

Low Gross - Jon Huis-man (69); Low Net - Dave Pye (66); Low Gross 11+ - Earl Costello (80); 2nd Low Gross - Jordan Ralli-son (72); 3rd - Kyle Stairs (73); 2nd Net - Harvey Skerrat (67); 3rd Net - Gord Rallison (69); 4th - Chuck Milne (69); 5th - Roger Theberge (70); 6th - Emil Zap (70); 7th - Guy Traverse (70); 2nd Low Gross 11+ - Ed Po-detz (83); 3rd - Rob Her-on (84); 4th - Bo Bishop (84).

KPs - Earl Costello, Greg Koster, Jon Huis-man, Roger Theberge, Dave Pye and Hayden Leach.

Long Putt Winners - Kyle Stairs (40 Knots Winery); Harvey Skerrat (Rob Spear Golf Corp.); Rick Dawson (Car Star).

Points were awarded for Midland Tools Cup (Year Long Net Competi-tion) with $2000 in prizes awarded at end of season.

SUNNYDALE THURS-DAY NIGHT LADIES

July 9th was a very warm evening. Winners were Fran Wright for lon-gest drive on #1. Jean Wheaton was closest to the tree on #2. Anna Butler was closest to the pin 2nd shot on #3. Jenny Lavery was in the sandtrap on #4.

June Fuller was closest to the pin 3rd shot on #5 but she actually made it in 2 for an Eagle! Way to go June! Kathie Reid had the longest putt on #7. Monique Walker had 13 for the lowest putts and Shauna Reid was the most honest golfer.

Weekly prize winners were:

Annas Salon - Judy Mann

Booster Juice - Andrea McInnes

Boston Pizza - Peggy Ferguson

Fluids Bar & Grill - Maureen Mason

Great Canadian Oil Change/Car Wash - Jean Wheaton

Investors Group Janet Gee/Locals Restaurant - Marilyn Curley

Investors Group Keith Gibson - Helen McLough-lin

Jo Klassens Grill - Anna Butler & Coral Tanner

Michaels Off Main - Fran Wright

Panago Pizza - Mo-nique Walker

Plates Eatery - Willa Fussey

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The Village of Cumber-land is taking more mea-sures to protect its forest lands and parks surround-ing the community.

Due to the high level re hazard situation attribut-ed to extreme dry weath-er, the village is concerned about the risk of wild re.

In an eff ort to avoid for-est res from happening, council has decided to monitor the areas using re prevention patrols. Council has approved a two hour evening patrol for the summer months.

But Ssince the village

has no existing budget for this type of service, coun-cil has directed staff to bring forward an amend-ment to the 2015 nancial plan bylaw to add $5,000 that will be drawn from the 2014 annual surplus balance.

The Cumberland Fire Department has been on the alert for potential interface res in village-owned forested land and forested community parks. With current dry trend and extreme re hazard conditions they have to be ready.

Early detection and a fast response is necessary.

Staff reported to council

that the villages commu-nity parks, forest and trail network are always at risk of re. They are advising users to be careful of what they do and how they use the trails at all times.

Parks staff are in the process of posting no smoking signage at en-trances to forested lands. The signage also pro-motes reporting signs of

re to emergency tele-phone numbers.

Users of the trails can also be helpful as they can watch how others behave, and act as good smoke de-tectors when theres a re problem.

Staff noted on several occasions, local citizens have come to the aid of the forest and trails. Theyve alerted the re

department of res in the early stages allowing re- ghters to attack them swiftly, extinguish them, and kept the damage to a minimum.

Closing the park was being considered but staff and the re department had mixed feelings as they know it will deter ev-eryone from going in the forest and it will also take

some of the villages pro-tection away.

The villages duty offi cer patrols the area just before dark in the evenings and staff feels the additional monitoring would en-hance re prevention.

Staff advises all private landowners of forested land should also employ some patrols of their property.

Cumberland adds re prevention patrol to monitor forests, parks

The Comox Valley Echo reported in an article on July 3, 2015 that the Union Bay water works upgrade was delayed due to dif- culties by Kensington Improvement Properties acquiring a development permit from the Comox Valley Regional District, which required the reme-diation of the coal hills to be completed before any-thing can be built on the property.

The CVRD has clari ed this issue.

It said, the project can proceed, in accordance with the master develop-

ment agreement, once the owner, KIP, has entered into an agreement with the Union Bay Improve-ment District (UBID) for the distribution of potable water from UBID to the development.

This is a requirement of the master development agreement that KIP holds with the CVRD, (Section 3.1 (i).

It is that requirement that restricts KIP from applying for any building permits or making appli-cation for subdivision un-til a water agreement with UBID is in place.

Union Bay clarifi cation

The Junior Canadian Rangers will be in the Co-mox Valley for the very rst time to participate in two summer training camps.

Members of the Cana-dian Cadet Organization, JCRs, age 12 to 18, come from remote, isolated or coastal communities throughout Western Can-ada from Churchill, Mani-toba to Haida Gwaii, BC.

Approximately 100 JCRs and 50 adult staff will be in town for their annual basic camp from July 16 to 27 .

Training will take place throughout the Valley and includes sea kayaking, mountain biking, air ri e shooting, marine biology, and cultural familiariza-tion. The JCRs will also learn about wilderness survival, navigation, and have an opportunity to go camp military style.

A second, more ad-vanced camp, which fo-cuses on leadership, wil-

derness skills and search and rescue will take place between August 13-24 for approximately 65 JCRs and adults in total.

Training will be based out of the Seal Bay Trans-mitter site on Waveland Road, where a tented camp is now established.

JCRs are very diff erent from Army, Navy and Air Cadets in that their uni-form is a green T-shirt and pants with a ball cap while the Canadian Rang-ers don a red T-shirts. The JCRs program is ad-ministered by the 4th Canadian Ranger Patrol Group, based in Colwood, BC, and supported by the Primary Reserves and by civilian Adult Committee members.

If you see JCRs or Ca-nadian Rangers in and around the Comox Val-ley over the summer, welcome them, ask them where they are from, and learn more about their unique program.

Junior Canadian Rangers to train here

Its not often that police can boast that they solved a crime before it had been discovered, but on July 15th that is exactly what happened.

On the afternoon of July 13th police took a re-port from the City of Courtenay of a Honda 2000 generator being stolen at the Courtenay Air Park July 5th.

Then on July 14th police were called about a found Honda 2000 generator located in the bush on the Island Hwy. S. in Royston. Thats it - open and shut case, right? Well not exactly. It was found that the serial numbers on the located gen-erator and the reported stolen generator did not match. With some digging the true owner was located and was unaware that his generator was missing.

Police are still looking for the other stolen gen-erator and if you would like to provide informa-tion about its whereabouts or who may be re-sponsible for the theft, you can call the RCMP detachment at 250-338-1321. If you have informa-tion and would like to remain anonymous then you can call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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