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Coast escapes major damage Off they dash, 31 of them, eager to plunge into the frigid waters of Davis Bay in the fourth annual New Year's Day Schetxwen (Polar Polar Bear Swim Bear) Swim. See more photos on pages 6, 8, and 10. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdFran Burnside photo All the ingredients were there for a memorable year-end or year beginning on the Sunshine Coast with the highest tides in 50 years predicted and many storm fronts hovering nearby which could add the ingredient of high winds to high water which caused so much trouble in 1982. But the fates were kind to the Sunshine Coast and generally speaking when the winds were up the tide was down and very little damage occurred despite record tide levels. The exception was at Frank Roosen's low-lying Roosendal Farms at Garden Bay last weekend. Frank's precautions could not prevent flooding. Extensive sandbagging had been done and a pump rigged up but the waters started rising at 8:30 Friday night. By Saturday morning three feet of icy water covered much of the farm area. \"We were three weeks ahead in planting,\" Roosen told the Coast News, \"but now...\" When the waters receeded Saturday approximately 8500 tomato and cucumber seedlings, about 30 inches high, were left floating or limp by the flood. There was some consolation in that the flood water was fairly fresh which meant less damage than might have been the case. This week Frank Roosen and his family face the task of cleaning up 25,000 square feet of his greenhouse space, almost half of the farm. Also in the Garden Bay area, the Harbour Marine and Grocery was cut off for a time on the weekend with water over the road just by the Lloyd Davis establishment. Elsewhere the dike at the Jackson Logging dump at Mission Point gave way and some water surrounded the houses on that stretch of coast and there was some menacing looking wave action along Gower Point but again the wind was down when the water was up and the Coast was spared serious damage. Hardy souls take the plunge It was 11 am New Year's Day and1 the sun\"burst' tftrOugh the clouds - just in time to shine on the fourth annual \"Schetxwen\" Polar Bear Swim in Davis Bay. Piped to the shoreline by kilt- clad John Webb, 31 brave and\/or foolhardy souls plunged into the icy five degree centigrade waters - and just about as many immediately turned around and ran right back out again! Those who endured to make it to the float and back were impressive, and first prize winner Frank Hakkaart, 25, of Bur- naby was subsequently awarded the carved Schetxwen (\"polar bear\" in the Sechelt language) trophy, courtesy of the Sechelt Nation, plus a $40 gift certificate from the Wharf Restaurant, $25 cash and a T-shirts Second place finisher was former local man Cliff de Schepper, 23, now of Victoria, who received dinner for two from the Casa Martinez, $25 cash and a T-shirt. Keeping third place honours 1 on the Sunshine Coast wasf\"I*f' year old Michelle Wilson of Roberts Creek, who won dinner for two at the Pebbles Restaurant and a T-shirt. Swimmers came from miles away this year: Hudsons Bay, Calgary, Victoria, White Rock, Winnipeg, Langley, Vancouver, with the \"farthest out\" being Terry Brookes, 32, all the way from Cambridge Bay, NWT. Youngest Of the polar bears was six year old Wendy Konopasek of Winnipeg, who received a T-shirt and $5 for her efforts. An example to us all was the oldest swimmer, Henny Saunders, 60, of Sechelt, who won lunch for two at the Homestead Restaurant, five litres of oil, and also a beer mug and a T-shirt for her hot pink costume. Clowning it up to win the Best Costume prize was Joris van Swieten, 17, of Langley, who took home a 20-piece flat ware set and a T-shirt, and Last ~ Ourof the Water'hblio'urs went' to Suzanne Vetterli, 29, of Vancouver, who just didn't seem to notice that the water was almost freezing and was lolling and floating about long after everyone else was^ recuperating on shore. All swimmers received a certificate for their efforts and a pin from the District Municipality of Sechelt. Swim organizers Ed and Barb Traff told the Coast News they were \"totally thrilled\" with the support of local merchants, who donated the many prizes awarded and also the doughnuts, muffins, Danish pastries, coffee and tea sold at the concession stand, all proceeds from which were donated to the Rick Hansen 'Man in Motion' tour, a total of $128.50. In addition to those businesses whose names were mentioned with the prizes they donated, special thanks for their generosity go out to the Bella Beach Motel, which originated the swim, the Jolly Roger, WakeFieldTrin, Gilligah'sTPub, Big Mac's, Shop Easy, Super Valu, Audrey's Coffee Service, Peninsula Market, and PJ's Refreshments. Invaluable assistance was also given by Reg Dickson, Carol Oslie and Anne Langdon. On the inside Tribute to Ada Dawe P. 2 The travelling grocers P.2 Letters to the editor.... P. 3 & 18 Wyngaert's 50th. P. 5 Bird Count report*...-...-.,. .P. 7 Coquihalla hell run......... P12 Dining Guide .P. 13 Services Directory P. 16 Ferry & Bus Schedule P. 16 Fear of flooding Sechelt beavers attacked by Penny Fuller The beavers at Sechelt Marsh spent the holiday season doing battle with municipal workers who continuously removed parts of their dam, which the beavers promptly re-built. War was declared on December 20, shortly after Alderman Len Herder contacted Vince Bracewell of the Sechelt Marsh. Protection Society. Herder told Bracewell that with the predicted high tides over the New Year there was a danger of flooding at the sewage plant. But Bracewell told the Coast News in an interview last Friday that there- was no need to disturb the beavers as the problem had been prepared for with a diversion ditch and a floodgate. However, when he arrived at the marsh to show the alderman how the system worked, municipal employees were already at work, opening up the beaver dam. Over Christmas, the dam was repaired by its inhabitants, only to have workers open it again, before the new year. On January 2, Mr. Bracewell discovered municipal employee, Doug Fraser, removing the dam \/or a third time and ordered him off the property, which is owned by the Nature Trust of B.C. and maintained and supervised by the Sechelt Marsh Protection Society. His instructions were Please turn to page 4 Baker's boat to burn The controversial issue of Al Baker's boat appears to be resolved on an initiative of Alderman Lilian Kunstler of Gibsons. Alderman Kunstler approached Baker with the proposal that the derelict boat should be burned and he agreed. The burning of the boat will take place when the weather is suitable. Unexpected dip \"Let's just say I got my polar bear swim in,\" said Norm Constantine of Hopkins Landing after an unexpected dip taken Saturday morning. Constantine was retrieving a crab trap which had drifted in the stormy weather when an unexpected swell overturned his boat. He swam to the nearby pier and clambered onto the pilings. Workers from the nearby B.C. Ferry Terminal came over and guided him to an iron ladder on the other side of the pier. By the time the rescue hovercraft showed up all was well. Mrs. Constantine had phoned in the alarm when she lost sight of her husband behind the overturned boat. Jimmy-Lee Freeman Scribner Reynolds, born January 1 at 7:56 am weighing 9 lbs. 6 oz., a healthy brother for Racine. In his first official act, Jimmy-Lee promptly fell asleep in the car seat presented to him and proud parents Karen and James by Dr. Petzold on behalf of the medical staff of St. Mary's hospital. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdFran Burnside photo 2. Coast News, January 5,1987 I American tell us we're undercharging The premier is delighted, the forest companies are furious, the federal politicians are at each other's throats, but it looks as if the softwood lumber deal will go ahead and it would be prudent to wait until the dust settles to see what the effects are going to be. For our money, what is interesting in the whole matter is the fact that it has been tacitly agreed by Canadian governments and openly stated by the premier of this province that the Americans are essentially right: we have not been charging enough for the harvesting of our forest resource and that amounts to an unstated subsidy of the forest companies. We agree with Premier Vander Zalm that it is better that Canadians tax the lumber so that the money will stay in Canada, hopefully to be put to good use. The implications of the acknowledgement, tacit or otherwise, that we have been undercharging for our trees in this province are most interesting. This is the province which was plunged very close to outright civil strife by the so-called restraint budget of 1983. Our schools and hospitals were put under the severest guidelines; teachers were laid off; hospital wards closed as the government of B.C. sought to balance its books. Now we are told that we were undercharging for our trees to the tune of some $500 million per year. When it is realized that the agonizing over education cuts amounted to approximately $40 million it can surely be deduced that all of the cutbacks would have been unnecessary if we had been charging a reasonable amount for our chief natural resource. That we have come to this realization and acknowledgement only because of the insistence of the United States of America should tell us all we need to know about the giveaway economics involving giant corporations and Canadian governments which have brought this most promising of countries to its present sad economic state. That we continue to elect governments, most notably the present federal government, which continue the traditional Canadian Policy of prostrating the country before foreign capital can only be marvelled at. '3*iT4$MKt COAST NEWS J^ffel 5 YEARS AGO Effective immediately, public transportation via the familiar white Sunshine Coast Community Services Minibus, will be available to Coast residents. Although service is very limited in the initial phase of the project the new bus service, called paratransit, will eventually provide transportation at convenient times for shoppers, senior citizens and teenagers from Egmont to Port Mellon. Brian Stelck, Chairman of the Sunshine Coast Regional District, stated that planning is underway for possible expansion later in the year and eventually to have three minibuses operating. 10 YEARS AGO The Coast News enters the new year under new management. The new company when incorporated will be known as Glassford Press Limited in honour of one of the pioneer families of Gibsons, where the Coast News office is located. Ian Corrance will be the advertising manager. The French fact of Canada is represented by the presence of Manuane Laplante as bookkeeper-receptionist in the front office. John Burnside returns to the Coast News as editor. The entire staff of the Coast News looks forward to the opportunity to serve the communities of this area. 20 YEARS AGO Resolutions, like piecrusts, were made to be broken. Janus, the two-faced mythological diety of ancient lore is the root word for January, the first month of the year. The fact that he is two faced contains a connotation which perhaps gives resolution makers an easy out of living up to their resolve. Perhaps resolution makers might come to within the present hews media hubbub known as the credibility gap. There will be a pronounced gap between resolution and performance. 30 YEARS AGO The Powell River bus to Vancouver crowded with Christmas travellers plunged off the highway and careened down a steep, rocky embankment in the black of night. It happened where the highway runs by Ruby Lake between Earls Cove and Kleindale near Pender Harbour. The heavy vehicle rolled over three times for nearly 100 feet down an almost perpendicular slope of jagged rocks and was saved from going into the lake by a clump of trees which wedged it upright, standing on its wheels, lights still burning though badly wrecked. Oliver Dubois, well-known logging operator, brought stretchers and a truck which served as an ambulance. Jerry Gordon also assisted with transportation to rush the injured to hospital. All the injured were given treatment at St. Mary's and only five had to remain over the holiday. 40 YEARS AGO Not available for this issue. J The Sunshine CO-PUBLISHERS PRODUCTION John Burnside M.M. Vaughan Linda Dixon Jan Schuks KMTORIAL TYPESETTING Penny Fuller Saya Woods Bonnie McHeffey PHOTOGRAPHY DISTRIBUTION Hav Smith Steve Carroll ADVERTISING Fran Burnside John Gilbert The Sunshine COAST NEWS is a co-operative locally owned newspaper, published on the Sunshine Coast, B.C. every Monday by Glassford Press Ltd., Box 460 Gibsons BC VON 1V0. Gibsons Tel. 886-2622 or 886-7817; Sechelt Tel. 885-3930. Second Class Mail Registration No. 4702. The Sunshine COAST NEWS is protected by copyright and reproduction of any part of it by any means is prohibited unless permission in writing is first secured from Glassford Press Ltd., holders of the copyright. SUBSCRIPTION RATES % Canada: 1 year $30; 6 months $18; Foreign: 1 year S35 I by Peggy Connor and John Burnside In the early hours of Boxing Day, after having enjoyed a family Christmas, Sechelt's oldest citizen, Mrs. Ada Dawe passed away. She was just four days short of her 93rd birthday. Mrs. Dawe arrived in Sechelt as an infant in 1894, shortly after her birth in Vancouver in 1893. She leaves us a memory of a very caring, very kind and inspiring lady who will be greatly missed. Mrs. Dawe's father, Thomas John Cook, known as Johnny, arrived in Sechelt on a property promotion deal and fell in love with the place where the Dawe house now stands and immediately applied for a crown grant. He built a small log cabin for his family to live in before the bigger house was ready for occupation. To raise the funds for the building project he went to sea as a purser of the Empress of India and also worked for the Merchants' Exchange. Ada's mother, Sara Bell MacLauglan, born in Ontario, coped well with the primitive conditions in the log cabin which included skunks in her kitchen and primitive cooking and washing conditions. Ada's marriage to Captain Sam Dawe took place in 1913 and lasted for 58 years. Captain Dawe was a deep sea mariner and marine pilot and those who In days past... ADA DAWE 1893 -1986 knew him could not forget him as he lived on in Ada's remarkable memory. Ada, or Mabel as Sam affectionately referred to her, recounted days when she would pick up or deliver her husband at all hours to go to work as a pilot on ships in port in Vancouver. Though Ada's memory enabled her to recall in details Sechelt's earliest dys in a way that could make those days come alive, it was her comprehension of what goes on in today's world, locally and world wide, and her keen interest in the future that kept her young in spirit. Her interest in and support of young people spurred them on to do greater things and kept them in touch with her throughout her life. Over the years her contribution to the village, now the town, that she loved were many and varied. Mrs. Dawe was the chairman of the 1971 Centennial Committee, having worked on both the 1948 and 1966-67 centennials. She was tireless in her efforts for St. Hilda's Church, which property, was donated by her father Johnny Cook. The Greene Court Senior Citizen Housing Society saw her as an active member and for years she was secretary of the Sechelt Recreation Committee. The library was also one of her pet projects and she was in on it from the building of it. Her daughter, the late and respected Helen Dawe worked with her here as Helen was a master librarian who had worked in the big libraries in Ottawa, Vancouver, and Victoria. There was no humanitarian project in Sechelt in which Mrs. Dawe was not involved. She was a pioneer activist in the building of St. Mary's Hospital in Sechelt and was in charge of the bursary program for young people until last month. At the first meetings of the Sechelt Intermediate Care Society, Ada was there, seeing the need for such a facility and helping to see that Shorncliffe came into being. She took a special interest in the Vancouver Mission to Seamen and until recently her steamed carrot pudding was a feature of the Christmas dinners fed to seamen at Christmas time. Ada was on lifelong good terms with Sechelt's Indian neighbours and counted many lifelong friendships among Sechelt's native people. Predeceased by her beloved husband Sam and her daughter Helen, Ada leaves behind her daughter Billie Steele, granddaughter Julie Clarke, grandson Mark Steele, great grandson Jim, great granddaughter Shannon Steele and many, many friends. The last direct descendant of Johnny Cook is Ada's sister Jean Whittaker, who with husband Henry now lives again in Sechelt after long time residency in Pender Harbour. A graveside memorial service was held for Mrs. Dawe at Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver on Wednesday, December 31. Thirty friends and relatives gathered for the service, conducted by Reverend Parker from the Seaman's Mission. The seaman's section of the 23rd Psalm was read. A memorial service will be held at St. Hilda's Church on Saturday, January 10 at 1:30 pm. When the vegetables came to the door by Richard F. Kennett You could time your watch as Dave Bates' travelling store departed from Jim Drummond's Howe Sound Trading Company landmark where the Bank of Montreal now stands in Gibsons. For nigh onto 30 years Dave Bates became a legend on the. highways and bi-ways as he plied his trade on a daily basis as far as Wilson Creek. His set routine garnered the respect of all his customers on his policy to wait not, want not, that brought provisions to the rural folk from the 1930's to well into the 1950's. Dave Bates had a terrific sense of humour and his slight stutter was more of an asset to him than a hindrance. Funny thing though, a wee drop of rye spirits and the stutter vanished. Naturally, Dave, over the years, could tell many a story but perhaps one of the most Peace notes amusing was his highway stop at old Bill Nicholson's rambling house on the highway approaching the now vanished \"S\" turn. Here old Bill would stand almost on a daily basis with his cane. Attached thereto was a red ribbon to warn unsuspecting ferry traffic motorists of the impending danger - in other words, slow down for the \"S\" bend. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd Well Dave once asked him what reaction he got from the motorists and Bill said, \"Sometimes they stop, perhaps give him a cigar or a $2 bill or a thank you, but some wanted to punch me in the nose for impeding the flow.\" Well, the turn is long gone, so is Bill, and so is legendary Dave Bates. Though not as prominent but of equal service and value was Howe Sound Trading's other traveller Jack Lowden, the bugle boy from the first war. He also served in the store as well as deliveries round about Gibsons where in the early days cars and trucks were few and far between. The advent of the ferry system spelled super market cash and carry shopping and with it the demise of monthly charge account systems. The resultant changeover eventually dictated Howe Sound Trading close its doors. I once asked the senior Jim Drummond how much he had left owing in unpaid grocery accounts. He sadly replied, \"About $17,000.\" No small potatoes! At the same time, across the street was Frank Wyngaert's ever so neat store and he too had his travelling store. It was said by my father that if Frank Wyngaert couldn't make change to the penny, you had that penny before the day was out or, failing that, on his next trip past your door. Down the street also stood the Elphinstone Co-op General Store with meat market and in- store bakery way back when one of its head movers and shakers, Sid Holland, regularly; delivered the rural mail as well; as meeting the needs rural peo-' pie require from a co-op store, j Son Fred, born in Gibsons,.; continued in his father's footsteps in the co-operative This story must not end without mention of Wiljo Wiren peddling farmers' fruits and vegetables to the summer and local residents from Hopkins through Granthams, Gibsons and area during the holidays. For two seasons our housekeeper's son (nicknamed 'Bonz' by my brother Bill) rode with Wiljo and racked up good sales When you are next on the ferry and perchance spy the handsome Captain Laurie Farr...holler BONZ! He still responds! Temporary guardians of the planet by Alan Wilson I've never been one to feel much sentiment over the departure of the old year and the advent of the new. Yet, on this occasion, at the close of the International Year of Peace, I find one thought dominating my mind: will humanity survive the year to come? Whatever the debate about the likelihood of global nuclear war, the very possibility demands our greatest concern. And I believe that if we wish to survive we must re-examine the directions and purposes of human existence, our very place in nature. To use the words of Paul Gaugin's famous Tahitian painting: \"Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?\" I have long heard it said that just as soon as we discover an extra-terrestrial threat to the world, we will experience a sudden re-ordering of human priorities, such that the US and USSR will band together to fight against the common enemy, for the good of all mankind. Well, we don't need aliens. We've managed to pose precisely this threat all by ourselves. We've rigged the planet to blow, and we stand ready to do the deed. Fortunately the magnitude of the threat is now being perceived at every level, even by world leaders. The question of the age is: will we save ourselves or blow ourselves up? This concern led to the sum mit meeting in Reykjavik in October. We know, of course, that the leaders failed to agree. That's nothing new. But there was something different this time. There was a world wide awareness of the need to take a radical step back from the brink of catastrophe. A bit more flexibility, a bit more co-operation, and we'd have seen one of the greatest events in human history, we'd have seen the two opposing poles of humanity lower the guns which are pointed at one another, we'd have seen the bitter adversaries shake hands, we'd have seen what might be both the end of war and the beginning of a new era of human achievement. It didn't happen, of course. Not this time. But it might have. It could yet in the year to come. And it must, sooner or later, because humanity has other things to get on with. We need to put this behind us. Can you just imagine the incredible relief it would be? With the immense nuclear weight lifted from our backs, imagine the optimism which would surge forth around the globe. It will happen. We are moving towards the moment. But we must recognize and seize this opportunity before it is lost. The danger is that we, the current guardians of human history, may forever end the process. No one gave us the right to do that. Worse yet, the power to destroy us is held by only a very few people. We, the vast ma jority of humanity, have virtually no voice in the decision. Clearly we must somehow find that voice, and soon. We are in a situation for which, due to rapid technological expansion, our existing institutions are inadequate. Humanity has been so overwhelmed by the immensity of the present and our new-found powers that we act as though we have the right to use and abuse the earth and our fellows. And there is no one to stop us. What is our justification? Some of us claim to be the chosen people, or to have the exclusive access to truth, or the most perfect form of human government, whether capitalist or communist. And as proof we flaunt our wealth and power. But the unbridled exertion of national strength is proof of nothing. On the contrary, the measured, careful husbanding of resources is both the way and the goal, co-existence as a part of nature, rather than the headlong rush to exploit, plunder, and consume. We are the temporary guardians of the planet, each generation that comes along, and we have no more right to expend its resources in our brief moment than to destroy it, as we yet might. It's not a question of politics, but of ethics: how should we live? At this juncture, then, with the new year ahead, we must ponder these things. But more importantly, we must allow ourselves to feel the inspiration of our greatest values, to assert the pre-eminence of our deepest affections, especially the feelings we have for our children. I see every reason to think that parental love is universal. Do Asians not feel it? Africans? Do the Inuit or the 'godless Russians' not love their children, not want the best for them? Do they not care for their survival? Certainly we do not have exclusive ownership of this grand motivating force. It is perfectly clear that what we want for ourselves and our children, others also want. And we have no more right to these things than they do. Yet for millions, that love is in despair due to hunger and disease, while here are we, the priviledged ones, with prosperity, leisure, technology,, and medicine. In short, we have the means to help but not the will. This is an ethical problem. Can we do no better than to live the moral equivalent of a feast while around our laden table the poor expire? Are we to concern ourselves only with our petty personal progressions and ignore the cries of the desperate? And are we to remain blind to our part in their desperation, the violently unequal sharing of the world's resources? In this year ahead, let us pledge ourselves not only to work to avoid our own destruction, for that would be to terminate the human experiment in its infancy, but let us also work to bring health and well-being to humanity as a whole. Coast News, January 5,1987 3. .ves Eiake film proud to participate Editor: They did it again! For the past 14 years the Elves Club has been helping make the Christmas period a little happier for some people who, through no fault of their own, are not able to get those extra things that make Christmas. It all began way back when Mrs. Len McDonald decided she would like to do something for a needy family and, with the help of a local church organization, the Elves Club became a reality. Since those humble beginnings the organization has grown like Topsy and this year a total of 380 hampers were distributed. They contained groceries, a turkey or chicken and gifts. All this was made possible because of the generosity of the people of the Sunshine Coast. It was a bit of a problem getting names this year from the government offices concerned presumably because of shortage of staff. In years gone by they have co-operated fully. There were volunteers too numerous to enumerate here, but special thanks should go to the following listed in alphabetical order: Reverend Ted Boodle, Jackie Braun, Mr. and Mrs. G. Chamberlin, Sue and Able Harding, Nancy Landry, Arne, Len and Mike McDonald, Lib Pariseau and Clay and Bev Young. All the drivers and packers deserve a lot of thanks for their time and efforts. Fortunately it was not raining this year and generally speaking delivery went off without a hitch. There was a surplus of toys for the younger set this year and these were given to the Salvation Army in Vancouver. It might be of interest to know that the Elves Club is a non-denominational organization. The Pentecostal Church has let the club use their facilities for the past few years and for that the Elves are really appreciative. As well as the Christmas goodies the Elves also help out when someone has been burned out of their home at any time of the year, in the form of food vouchers. Roses were handed out to all the patients in St. Mary's Hospital who were not able to go home at Christmas. I know that this little gesture meant a lot to ail the recipients. Thanks again to everyone who helped in any way. Some people categorise those who try on a voluntary basis to help someone in need as 'do gooders'. Well, if this is what they are, I'm proud to be a 'do .gooder' and may they help the needy for many years to come. John Hind-Smith i\ufffd\ufffdi\ufffd\ufffdRT\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdsJM3E UPDATE Jan 2 6 mo. 1 yr. j 2 yr. 3 yr. \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd\ufffd! yr j 5 yr. 1st 9 75 9 75 I 10 50 10 75 j 11.00 11.25 2nd 11.00 12 0 13.0 V.R.M. 9 75 Professional Real Estate Service Stan and Diane Anderson (Off.) 8B5-3211 (Res.) 885-2385 Vancouver Toll Free: 684-8016 Anderson Realty Ltd., Sechelt Jobs need public support Editor: Our union, the Telecommunications Workers' Union (TWU), has been working for some time now to create a \"local economic alternative\" on the Sunshine Coast. We have held public meetings locally, to both give and receive information. On the basis of these meetings, it was decided that we, the TWU, would finance the start-up of two telephone supply and service outlets called Community In formation Systems (CIS). These stores give the same service B.C. Telephone gave before they pulled out of this community. The underlying principle of our project is that if we could give telephone service and get cooperation from the community, the local phone stores would break even and create some long term jobs locally. The TWU has now run these phone stores for over six months. We have created two full time and two regular part time jobs directlv. in addition to the positive economic spin-offs that these jobs have created. But to make them economically viable, these stores need more support from the community. We need you to pay your phone bills at these stores so that we can continue operating CIS and assist you with keeping service and jobs on the Sunshine Coast. The alternative is to watch big companies centralize their operations and take jobs, money and faxes out of your community. A recent B.C. Business Council newsletter quoted a report by Peter Drucker, an American business leader, arguing that today there is no rela tionship between expansion of the economy and creation of jobs. That's not a proposition we accept. Unchallenged, these attitudes will have a radical negative impact, particularly on rural Canada. Organized labour feels strongly that our network of smaller cities and communities must be held together. That will require more jobs and more local decision making. We can't leave all the decision making in the head offices of large corporations. With your help, we can continue serving the Sunshine Coast through Community Information Systems. W.G. (Bill) Clark President s ti&. 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John Johnson has been advised by Drop off your COAST NEWS CLASSIFIEDS at PENINSULA MARKET in Davis Bay until noon Saturday \"A Friendly People Place\" letter and the number has been allocated. Its a long one and so it should be. It took long enough to get it. I suppose since our Constitution specifies a non political stand we must think and not speak our thoughts on this regard. Thanks John Johnson for a frustrating job well done. With one paper not publishing last week, yours truly took a holiday. I would have mentioned the winners of the Shop Easy draw then, so here they are: Pedicure For Your Corns & In-grown Toenails Foot Massage rn YOUR FEET DO THE WALKING... KEEP 'EM HAPPY Seniors 10% off uAarv *JLee\/A\/id&eJ SALE Our entire fall and winter collection and accessories RALSTEN ZALES Cowrie St., Sechelt 885-3430 Tues.-Sat., 10-5:30 Sunday noon -4 FIRE SALE. HOT PRICES NOW ON KENT WOODSTOVES , . 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See our burning model SPECIALIZING IN STAINLESS STEEL CHIMNEY LINERS Installations arranged f British Columbia Lang Association Coast News, January 5,1987 wersat\" by George Cooper, 886-8520 The 50th wedding anniversary of Frank and Jean Wyngaert brought recollections of 50 years of the history of Gibsons and the district around. ' Frank and Jean were married Christmas Day in 1936 in the Women's Institute Hall at North Road and Highway 101, ;by the Reverend James Reid, Marybelle Holland's father. 'The Wyngaerts have seen the town change a little at a time in the 50 years since then. At the anniversary reception held on December 20 in Har mony Hall, events of Frank's school days in Gibsons were recalled for the guests by Wiljo Wiren, Jack Inglis and Alderman Norman Peterson, who was a young boy at the time of Frank and Jean's marriage. Former times when Jean was growing up in Saskatchewan were recalled by her brother-in- law, W.R. Wilf Fandrey who was master of ceremonies for the anniversary gathering of family and friends. Those v\/ho spoke mentioned, of course, The West Howe Sound Story, a book that Frank compiled to record the comings i Frank and Jean Wyngaert - Christmas 1981, their 45th Wedding } Anniversary. SALE Now that the Anne Jo Collection From Norway is 30% OFF You can treat yourself to a beautiful 100m wool coat, jacket,.vest, scarf, etc. SCARVES, JEWELLERY, BELTS & PANTI-HOSE 20% OFF We select what we offer as carefully as you select what you buy 2nd jCook Boutique Hwy 101, Sechelt 885-3132 Gibsons Swimming Pool Jan. 5th - April 30th, 1987 MONDAY & WEDNESDAY Early Bird Aqua Fit Ease Me In Lessons Noon Swim Lessons Master Swim Swim Fit 6:30 am 9:00 am- 10:00 am- 11:00 am- 11:30 am 3:30 pm 7:30 pm 8:30 pm \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd -8:30 am 10:00 am 11:00 am 11:30 am -1:00 pm -7:30 pm -8:30 pm \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 9:30 pm TUESDAY Fit& 50 + Seniors Combined Fit Back Care Adapted Aquatics Lessons Public Fitness 9:30 am- 10:30 am- 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 2:30 pm 3:30 pm 6:30 pm 8:00 pm 10:30 am 11:30 am -2:00 pm - 2:30 pm -3:30 pm -6:30 pm -8:00 pm - 9:00 pm THURSDAY Parent & Tot Combined Fit Back Care Adapted Aquatics Lessons Public Fitness FRIDAY Early Bird Aqua Fit Fit & 50+ Seniors Noon Public. Teens SATURDAY Public Public SUNDAY Family Public Adults Only 10:30 am -11:30 am 1:00 pm-2:00 pm 2:00 pm-2:30 pm 2:30 pm- 3:30 pm 3:30 pm-6:30 pm 6:30 pm-8:00 pm 8:00 pm-9:00 pm 6:30 am 9:00 am- 10:00 am- 10:30 am- 11:30 am 3:30 pm 7:30 pm -8:30 am 10:00 am 10:30 am 11:30 am -1:00 pm -5:00 pm -9:00 pm NOW AVAILABLE! LENGTH SWIM FOR ADULTS, evening, 8:30-9:30 p.m. following Masters. CALL Gibsons Swimming Pool 886 Publication of this schedule 1:30 pm-4:00 pm 7:30 pm-9:00 pm 1:00 pm-3:30 pm 3:30 pm-5:00 pm 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Mon. and Wed. US 9415 sponsored by Super Valu and goings of businesses and people in Gibsons and the district around it in a 90 year period to 1976. The F.J. Wyngaert's General Store had opened in what is now the Village Store in 1931, and it was in 1936 that Jean Dutz came to Gibsons in the early summer and found employment in the ice cream parlor and tea room that was a part of the store. After selling the store premises to Ben Lang, druggist, in 1945, the grocery stock was moved to a site on their home property now occupied by the Executive Apartments and the Legion, Branch 109. Among the guests at the reception in Harmony Hall were Ileane Paquin, Jean's flower girl, Mary Fletcher, Frank's sister, who was the bridesmaid, and Wilf Fandrey, who was an usher at the wedding in 1936. Mayor Strom read a letter from Gibsons Town Council that said in part that throughout their 50 years residing here the Town has always been \"aware of the many contributions the two of you have made to our community, and we gratefully acknowledge them. You are the kind of pioneering people who built our country into the fine place that it is...\" Jack Inglis, accompanied by Stephen White, sang The Anniversary Waltz for Jean and Frank, and Mary Steele, When I Grow Too Old to Dream. Letters from national and provincial dignitaries were read whilst the cake was being cut by the anniversary couple, as well as good wishes from a former Gibsons pastor and his wife, Joseph and Ellen Anonby. In his foreword to Frank's book, Dr. Hugh Inglis says that the strength of the book lies in the author's understanding of people and their feelings in our pioneer and present times. And those who spoke at the reception remembered Jean as the homemaker who excelled in gardening and baking, once winning the award of Mrs. PNE Homemaker for 1956. In the dedication of his book to his wife, Jean, Frank says, \"In sincere appreciation for untold patience and dedicated companionship...for encouragement...to complete this historical record...\" The next day, December 21, the Gibsons Pentecostal Church honoured Jean and Frank Wyngaert at a dinner banquet to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Pastor Ted Boodle was master of ceremonies, with over 100 guests attending. Solos by Chris Boodle and Teresa Erickson were beautifully and appropriately presented for the occasion. The tables in the auditorium were delightfully decorated. The presence of Reverend Frances Clemo of Mission, the special speaker following the dinner, was a reminder to all of the beginnings of this church congregation in Gibsons. Frank Wyngaert says of her, \"It seemed so appropriate to invite Miss Clemo, for it was her sincere, dedicated approach to Christian outreach that resulted in the forming of a church group on January 19, 1947. \"Then on July 1 of the same year, a memorable day, 24 men of the Pentecostal Assemblies erected a combined church and manse, all on that day, at the corner of Martin Road and Highway 101.\" Frank and Jean have been members of the Gibsons Pentecostal congregation from its very beginning. ,t '.t \ufffd\ufffd\ufffdi. SCUBA DIVERS! 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Fraser Gold Stems & Pieces - 284 ml MUSHROOMS for Mott's Pure Frozen Concentrated - 355 ml APPLE JUICE Sunspun \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 454 gm POPPING CORN for Monarch Moist Plus \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd White, Chocolate or Golden \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 250 gm CAKE MIXES Without Super Saver Card With 1 Complete Super Saver Card for MacLean's Pump \ufffd\ufffd\ufffd 90 ml TOOTHPASTE Without Super Saver Card With 1 Complete Super Saver Card 5567 Dolphin St. At Wharf, Sechelt 885-2999 6..: Coast News, January 5,1987 m^SmMMSSMStW^M ewis made major contribution by Peggy Connor, 885-9347 \ufffd\ufffd ; [John Wentworth Lewis was the first physiotherapist at St. Mkry's Hospital, opening that debartment in 1969. John came from the activity wing at Pear- soh Hospital which he had designed and opened. He was thjs first physio to be hired by th| TB Control and established th\ufffd\ufffd first department in Vancouver. j>Working in this department atj-St. Mary's John saw the need fat a mini bus campaign to br ing the need to the attention of the government to provide such a service. A Snoopy dog was the motto, the campaign was a success and many people have been accommodated by John's persistence. John and wife Faye did a tremendous amount of work for Shorncliffe, first to obtain such a facility, and second, once it was started they gave many hours of volunteer work. The area has lost a great community worker with the passing of John on Christmas Eve but his deeds will be remembered by his wife Faye, friends and coworkers. DVA COUNSELLOR HERE A notice to all interested veterans and veteran's widows. The DVA counsellor will be at the Sechelt Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 140 on Wednesday, January 7,1987. Phone for an appointment at 885-3486 or 885-9098. HOSPITAL AUXILIARY The Sechelt Branch of St. Mary's Hospital Auxiliary January meeting will be held at St. Hilda's Church Hall on January 8, 1:30 pm. All members are urged to attend this first meeting of the new year. Visitors and prospective members welcome. HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Special wishes to all the readers and extra special wishes to the local Department of Highways, B.C. Telephone and Hydro crews, SCRD sewer and water crews, garbage collectors, volunteer firemen, and all those who keep our utilities working. Quality, used lumber, bricks, windows, lights, plumbing, etc. P & B USED BUILDING MATERIALS 11947 Tannery Rd., Surrey MONDAY-SATURDAY 8500-1311 We also buy used building materials Davis Bay News a- Views by Jean Robinson, 885-2954 Polar Bears in Davis Bay | Happy New Year to all the ppople! May 1987 be a healthy a id happy year. The Polar Bear Swim b rought folks from all over the Sunshine Coast to watch the bave, mad, dumb, fun-loving, ick one) swimmers. I think ey are brave and more power m them: | True to the Sunshine Coast hype, the sun came out as the shimmers entered the water and remained out all day. Windy ahd beautiful, a bonus day and algreat way to begin a new year. I Just too bad talented Reg ifickson seemed to be talking to hfrnself because of high winds. ClAROLLERS j[ Thank you to the Davis Bay Garollers who again this year gjaddened the hearts of all who hfeard them. I was honoured to j$ih them for half an hour of joyful fun. The 30 or more c(uollers were fortunate again this year. In all the years it has n^ver poured on carol night. f&W YEAR'S PARTY 5 The host and hostess with the rriostest, Turner and Esther Bferry, aided by Evelyn and Jack Ebshell, brought in the New YJear with a highly successful p&rty at the Wilson Creek Hall. This has to be the best party for $15 a couple. The buffet was the usual \"groaning board\" of fantastic food. Evelyn's rousing piano playing and Jack's sparkling performance as master of ceremonies got everyone on their feet dancing. Many thanks to these nice people. DINNER & TREE BURNING Yes Virginia, there is an Annual Potluck Dinner and Tree Burning on January 11,6 pm sharp at.the Wilson Creek Hall. Bring your old Christmas tree, a casserole, your whole family and come to the hall, 5123 Davis Bay Road. Ernie and Betty Wood will show slides of Europe afterwards. This annual event is not to be missed. GENERAL MEETING The next general meeting of the Davis Bay\/Wilson Creek Community Association will be on January 12, 7:30 pm. After the short meeting I would like to say we are having a talk on the sex life of the African elephant in order to draw a crowd, as a famous author once did. However, we have a request in to Sechelt Council for a speaker to tell us what is on the year's agenda for Sechelt and hopefully answer our questions. ! V T Eqmont News |\ufffd\ufffd\ufffdGoodbye and hello by Ann Cook 5 Goodbye 1986 and HELLO 1&87. i If '86 was a not-so-good year ff>r you then there has to be better times ahead, right? jj It doesn't seem long ago that \\ye were wishing for rain to fill tjie water wells and raise the creek levels for the salmon and now we have our wish. Rain, rkin, rain, and more rain, plus High tides, wind storms and 4ome brief breaks in the clouds |nd the sun shines through. | Weather is great. I love Storms and being out in them. I like listening to the rain on the roof; I like seeing the rain barrel filled to overflowing; I don't |ven mind jumping over pud- les when I go for a walk. I Weather is also a great ii>pener for conversation. I like Iveather, its good to walk in. One of my New Year's Resolutions is to walk more and :at less, listen more and talk ess. I always make resolutions, iometimes I even keep them, ike I quit smoking a few years ago and that was a hard one, I didn't think I could make it. I'll run last year's suggestion for a resolution by you again. Resolve to destroy your enemies, make friends of them. BIRTHDAYS Happy January birthdays to: Sheelagh Vaughan; Gunnar Jardine; Kelly, Rob and Ron K; Fred Larson and his sister Kristi; David Jensen of Pender Harbour and his sister Colleen in North Vancouver; six year old Lisa O'Neill and her aunt Sherrie Higgins; Bob Rivard in Prince Rupert; Rob Eutenier, who now lives on Lulu Island; and remember Kenny Sharp, now 13 years old. Happy birthday wherever you are. Drop off your COAST NEWS CLASSIFIEDS at Pacifica Pharmacy #2 in Pender Harbour until noon Saturday \"A Friendly People Place\" Light follows darkness and grief-grown clouds do vanish . . . but in a storm of sorrow who remembers? We do, your friends ... let us lead you through this darkness. You can depend on us for support and consolation ... we understand your needs. You know us . . . our assistance is just a phone call away. MISCELLANEOUS On February 9, Barry Willoughby will talk on container gardening, a popular concept for those who find large gardens a chore. At the March 9 meeting we hope to have someone give us pointers in filling out our income tax forms. Put these dates on your calendar. The Parent Participation Gym Group welcomes two, three and four year olds with their parents starting January 7, from 4 to 5 pm. This will take place every Wednesday at the Davis Bay Elementary School. This is a \"drop-in\" so come anytime, even for 15 minutes and help your child learn new behaviours. Anderson ALARM AND ANSWERING ltd. 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