Gold River Buzz

Resident Spotlight - Marion Last

This week’s resident spotlight is a lady who always has a smile on her face and a friendly word for everyone. She has a fantastic sense of humour and never fails to make me laugh. Marion Last (better known as Mare) is a wonderful friend, partner, Mother and Grandmother! I hope you enjoy her spotlight.

How long have you lived in Gold River?

I have lived in Gold River for 25 years.

What brought you here?

I was looking for a quiet, safe place to bring up my children and I had family here so here we are..

What do you do for (paid) work?

I am a Holistic Health Practitioner

Please tell us about any volunteer work you do.

I always volunteer for Health Fairs to allow people to get to know more about holistic health.

Please tell us a bit about your family.

My partner, Alex, is self employed. He owns and runs AJG Construction. I have 2 children, Adrian 29 and Miranda 27. They both have given me 2 beautiful grandchildren each, Riley, Van, Kodi and Teegan.

Do you have any pets?

I have no pets but you will see me walking my Daughter’s English Mastiff every day. I love him but am allergic to animals so that is as close as I will get.

What do you like to do for fun?

Well I am pretty engrossed in my work right now – always learning, but when I am not doing that I usually am singing and playing music with Alex. I love that.

What do you wish Gold River had that is doesn’t?

Well I would like Gold River to have more support groups for people suffering from mild depression and an energy plant..ha ha..

Is there anything missing for you?

Money…I am missing money. If you have any extra laying around I would gladly take it from you.

And just for fun – if you were invisible, where would you go/what would you do?

If I were invisible I would sneak on board a plane to Mexico. What would I do? Have the time of my life of course!

Is there anything else you’d like to add?

I will be going to work down in Oyster River at the Ocean Resort in mid February. I will be starting up a new Healing Arts Centre on the property that used to be Gourmet By The Sea. I am looking forward to this new endeavor and hope some of my clients will be able to come see me there as well. I will also be working here in Gold River a couple days a week.

I would like to thank the people of Gold River for making it a safe and pleasant place to bring up my children and for giving me the chance to start my business here. Gold River is definitely a wonderful place to be. I will always be grateful.

Thank you GR Girl for this opportunity. You are an asset to Gold River.

Thanks for being my Resident Spotlight this week Mare. Good luck on your new adventures in Oyster River!

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Novice team excited for the Jamboree this weekend!

Ellena Gjesdal sent a cute picture of the Gold River Novice Hawks that was taken at their recent Campbell River tournament:

Don’t forget there will be lots of fabulous prizes and baskets at the arena this weekend! Gold River has two games on Saturday – 7:00am & 1:15pm and two on Sunday – 10:30am & 2:30pm. Please come out and support our local youth!

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This & That Thursday

I know, I know. It’s Friday. Such is life.

- I started a new job this week which has been a big adjustment for this late night lovin’ girl! Last night I was in bed before the kids – they looked worried about me. Even though they’re teenagers now, they’re still creatures of habit and routine and me hitting the hay at 9:30pm threw them for a loop.

- Speaking of a change in routine – I think our poor Mattie (that’s him on the left) is having the most trouble with all of this. By the greeting I got last night after work you’d think I’d been away for a month!

- I’m starting to get pretty excited for the start of the 2010 Olympics next week. An old boyfriend of my cousin’s, Rob Fagan from Cranbrook, BC, is on the Canadian Olympic Snowboarding team. It makes things a lot more exciting when you can not only root for your country, but for someone you know as well! This is Rob – he’s on the side of The Bay (I believe) in Vancouver:

- I didn’t pay attention to what the groundhog said the other day – Spring? More Winter? I think I’ll go with Spring – everyone is talking about their crocuses and daffodils starting to come up already! I’m pretty sure Mattie didn’t dig up all my bulbs last year, so I just might have some flowers again this Spring! Here’s hoping.

Hwy 28 closed

Nootka Sound RCMP are advising the temporary closure of Highway 28 due to an accident at approximately 2:30pm today.

A logging truck dumped it’s load of logs just east of the Strathcona Park Lodge. Officials are estimating the road to be closed for three to six hours.

Update: As of about three hours ago the Highway is open to one lane traffic. The Drive BC website updated at 8:26pm saying that the road has now been cleared.

FYI – here are some pics of the incident taken by Craig Anderson:

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Novice Jamboree this weekend

This weekend Gold River will host Minor Hockey’s largest fundraiser of the year – the GRMHA Novice Jamboree!

There will be 50/50 draws, raffles, a loonie stick, a puck shoot and DOZENS of beautiful baskets available for you to win! Some of the prizes up for grabs are:

Ipod touch
Nintendo DSI
A night at the Harbour Towers Victoria
Victoria Grizzlies or Salmon King tickets
Saratoga Speedway Gocart trip for 12
Tools
Jewellery
Art
and much, much more!

Gold River Novice Hawks game times are, Saturday Feb 6th – 7:00am and 1:15pm, Sunday Feb 7th – 10:30am and 2:30pm.

Please come out and support your local youth!

Free Bling!

Beat the winter blues with free jewellery!

Get $50.00 in FREE Sterling Silver Jewellery (with a minimum of 10 guests, plus $500.00 in sales). Ask me how…

Alison Pringle, (250) 283-7307.

Yours in Sterling Silver

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Olympic tickets up for grabs!

Guess who won two tickets to the Women’s qualifying bobsled event (5pm at the Whistler Sliding Centre) on February 23, 2010?

The Village of Gold River did!

They will be raffling off the tickets – for free – one entry per resident please. The entry box is located at the Village Office, and the winner will be drawn at the Council meeting on February 15/10 at 7:30pm.

Cost for travel expenses are not included – just the tickets! Good luck!

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Youth Centre a great success

The new Thrive Youth Centre has seen a great couple of weekends so far with many local youth and teens hanging out, playing games and having a great time together.

One local resident caught me in the Super Valu the other day and during our conversation she suggested that the Youth Centre be renamed ‘The Vault’. This nickname is definitely fitting given the recent incident involving a local teenager who found himself on the wrong side of the bank vault door, which is still located in the Youth Centre as that building was once the TD Bank. Thankfully, as I’m sure you’ve all heard, after some tense moments for everyone involved, a previous TD Bank employee was contacted and the door was opened.

If you want to join in all the fun (but stay out of the vault!), Youth Centre hours until Spring Break are as follows:

Mondays 7-9 Men’s night & Father/son
Wednesdays 3:15-5 Grades 3-5
Wednesdays 6:30-8 Grades 6-12
Fridays 7pm Grades 8-12

Please call Sheila Bugar 283-2910 if you have any questions or if you are interested in supervising Youth Centre activities.

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Donations needed

Hello Gold River Buzz readers;

As an STV Outreach Worker in Gold River I sometimes have clients that need certain items. As is the case why I’m writing to you today.

I have a single mom with a couple of small children in need of household furniture such as beds, crib, a kitchen table, and a couch. If anyone has clean furniture and would like to donate it please contact me at:

Carol Donaldson

STV Outreach Worker

Gold River BC

250-283-7161

lflsgr_outreach@cablerocket.com

Unfortunately I do not have a facility to store furniture so please call for pick-up, do not drop off furniture at the Outreach Centre.

Thank-you Gold River for your support!

Carol Donaldson

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Update on Scout & Antler Lakes

Danielle Lapointe sent this update to the Gold River Buzz this evening – I’m passing it along so that we are all kept current on this issue:

Hello all,

Apologies for the long delay in news regarding the Antler Lake logging. However, I am happy to report that there is mostly good news to pass along. A Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) has been signed between WFP and various provincial government ministries, that WFP will partake in a land swap of Antler and Scout Lake areas for other forest of equal value. This will preserve Antler and Scout Lake areas from being logged. A MOU is not quite a sealed deal, and things may still go awry, but at this point we can celebrate that our backyard old growth trees and recreational areas will remain standing. Thank you to everyone for writing letters and making noise, it obviously helped.

Along with this celebration, we must also grieve the loss of some beautiful old growth giants along the back section of Antler Lake that were fallen before the MOU was signed. They will be a reminder of what might have happened to the whole area slated to be logged. Much work will be needed to clean up the back side of the Antler Lake trail, and we hope that WFP will prioritize cleaning up the logging show portion.

At a local level, we are not ‘in the loop’ anymore regarding the details of the MOU, but if there is more news, I will pass it on.

Thank you again for your energy, voice and vision.

For more information on this issue, please contact Danielle.