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BEEFS & BOUQUETS: Beefs to bikers; bouquets to beekeepers

Do you have someone to thank, or a peeve to get off your chest? Send it to BandB@comoxvalleyrecord.com
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Do you have someone to thank, or a peeve to get off your chest? Send it to BandB@comoxvalleyrecord.com

(Record staff reserve the right to edit or discard Beefs deemed to be libelous or mean-spirited.)

Although the post will be anonymous, include a contact name and phone number, because there’s a draw every week for a meal for two from Dairy Queen. This week’s winner: Trish Fennell.

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WHEN BUYING a first new car things can be stressful but at Finneron it was the most relaxed experience ever. Glenice is amazing at her job not only for making sure you are comfortable but also making sure you understand all the sales lingo and letting you know what’s going on. She and the team at Finneron went above and beyond for me. I couldn’t be more thankful. They have definitely gotten a life long customer out of me!

HUGE BEEF to most of the cyclists in the Valley but especially to the old man travelling down Mission hill Thursday morning, for not indicating his lane change and cutting right in front of me. I didn’t honk but I did yell to you, “that is how people die.” A reminder to all self entitled cyclists in the Comox Valley, when you are biking on the roadways you are now considered a motorist and the rules of the road apply to you. This means yielding to traffic, moving to the side if you are not maintaining the posted speed limit, signaling your lane changes and turns, and stopping at the stop signs,

BIG BUNDLES OF beautiful pink roses to Leha of Comox Valley Seniors. Your smile, kind heart and helpfulness is forever in my gratitude for helping our parents through a very difficult time. I know our dad certainly put you through your paces on being too good to be true. We are all relieved it has all worked out fabulous. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

A BIG WHEEL BARROW of attitude adjustment to the maintenance manager of Comox Seniors! My mother had passed and we just recently had to do a walk-through of her suite with you. Not only were you rude and disrespectful to us but you were also rude to your fellow staff mates in the reception area. We all have bad days, but get your heart and manners out of your tool box and use them. You quickly ended our great experience with Seniors Village on a sour note.

A HUGE BOUQUET to Peter, who came to my rescue and repaired the curtain fixture on Sept. 8. Greatly appreciated!

OH MY! According to CHEK news, the retiring Saanich police chief will receive over $1 million in salary, severance and consulting fees over the next two years. Likely Mike Duffy’s lawyers are studying this deal and will be recommending Mike for the Order of Canada. Omar could be next. Only in B.C., as they say. Gotta love sticking it to the taxpayers!

BEEF TO THE owner of the bed mattress that you decided to dump in Mac Laing Park early this week, you had to drive down the bank to put it there. Shame on you. The town of Comox was notified, no idea how much it cost for them to pick up and dispose when it would have cost you $10 at the dump.

Also to the gentleman riding his bike down Comox avenue on Friday around noon, bike had a trailer on the back, with no helmet, no hands on the handle bars, but you could manage to have a phone conversation whilst doing this, the rules of the road apply to you also.

LET ME POINT OUT TO THE BOZOS, that town and country neighbourhood roads are not racetracks. This is also pointed out to the large flatbed truck and cement truck that barreled through Wednesday morning on a no through road. Luckily I didn’t catch the names on the side of your vehicles, as you were going at least 65-70 km/h!

BEEF AND PILES of garbage to those students of Mark Isfeld for littering our streets and side walks with all sorts of garbage from nearby fast food outlets.

Every school day students walk to and from the Thrifty Foods mall in Crown Isle and then dispose of their garbage on streets, side walks and bus shelters.

Those irresponsible students should learn better manners and stop littering our community.

TO THE MOTORCYCLIST in the accident at the blind corner on Dove Creek Road.

Just to clarify a few things, the young woman who also was involved in the accident posted to Facebook not to shed any blame on anyone. In fact I know personally that this young woman was in tears and in shock of what did happen and what could have happened. It could have been a lot worse than a few broken bones. The consequences could have been horrific for everyone involved.

This is a blind corner which I have travelled many times. Some do have a tendency to travel beyond the posted speed limit of 60 km/h as they come off the new highway. Her intent was to try and prevent this happening again as the corner has a history of similar incidents. This young woman is fighting with the government to try and have proper signage so this treacherous corner is marked for all who choose to use this road. So before you set blame keep in mind this young woman felt your pain and her only thought was to try and turn an accident that could have been worse into a positive movement to change things and prevent it happening again. This young woman now trailers her horse to the barn across the street which is five minutes away. This was only done to make it a better and safer place for our community.

I WOULD LIKE to send a huge bouquet to the Chop House Restaurant. We were very fortunate to attend their five-years-in-the-Valley celebration. We cannot say enough about the afternoon we all had. We were greeted by James and he went out of his way to make sure we were looked after and having a nice time. The servers were excellent and brought delicious appies all afternoon. We will be back.

AN ENORMOUS shout out and heartfelt thank you to the Lazo Search and Rescue team, as well as Braden and Amy, Andrew Rice and friend and all the other awesome boaters who came to our rescue on Aug. 27 just off of Tree (Sandy) Island. I couldn’t believe how quickly they arrived. As the engine temperature on our boat went up, there was suddenly a lot of smoke — what a terrifying feeling, not knowing if your vessel is about to explode or not! Thanks also to the cool heads of my husband Bill who managed to radio for help in the smoke-filled cabin, as well as Jolene and my son Devin, who was finally able to extinguished the fire. It could have been so much worse.

BOUQUETS TO Campbell River and Courtenay city councils for pressuring Island Health on paid parking at the North Island Hospitals - also local food services.Thanks councillors and mayors! Well done.

INTERESTING THAT Cumberland taxpayers have purchased carbon credits on Quadra Island to become a carbon neutral community. While driving up Dunsmuir, the clear cutting of Cumberland carbon sinks is painfully obvious. While carbon credits are a feel good scam, the clear cutting in our watershed has real impacts-stand by for more boil water orders and flooding, this rainy season.

WHAT A considerate thing to do in the hot weather, providing a fan and cool water, not just for pedestrians, but for their pets. We residents of Comox really appreciate all you do.

MY BEEF is with all the self-righteous Comox Valley dwellers. Twice in one week! First one while driving a car. I was turning right and stopped to allow a young child to cross on her bike. Her mom snapped irritably “You had the right of way.” Then while cycling on a sidewalk a woman walking towards me snapped “You should be on the road.” What? There was room for both of us. No one was inconvenienced. What is wrong with all these negative know-it-alls?

NO BEEFS, JUST FACTS to those who think our government is making the tax system more fair by closing loopholes for small businesses. A number of benefits that salaried employees have that a small business owner does not have are: minimum wage, overtime pay, paid sick leave, minimum paid vacation, employment insurance, maternity leave, parental leave, health benefits, employment standards, severance pay, regular pay cheques and pension contributions.

What salaried employees do not have is the dollars invested and the risk of loss of personal & family assets as the small business owner has. Clearly employees have a lot of benefits that are not available to entrepreneurs who are taking a much greater risk. Like many things, there are probably some tweaks that could be discussed, but the changes that the government is proposing are drastic and will negatively impact the entrepreneurial spirit which is the backbone of the Canadian economy.

NOT A BEEF or a bouquet, but I saw information on the telly about grizzly bears being killed, more and more by trains travelling through and near Jasper Park area. I guess they also like the ease of travelling where land is cleared? Authorities are trying bells and horns as they approach curves and outcroppings. Many years ago, “cow catchers” were seen on the front of trains to shove cows away as the trains approached road crossings. Likely the cow catchers (plus the lights and horns) will keep bears well away from trains!

MANY COOL dips in the pools too all those that help…a few weeks ago at the exhibition I had the misfortune of shattering my leg when I leaped into the dock diving pool to celebrate my dogs personal best jump…anyways there were a certain bunch of people that came to my aid and through the pain followed by pain meds I can’t remember many names…I think it was Robb who is with St. John’s who jumped into the pool with me again I apologize for not remembering names Mark Avery and Chris for the moral support the other St. John’s attendant… the ambulance crew (Josh and Jake) and the crew at emerge in Comox you guys are all awesome…and if I was to ever break my leg jumping in a pool again these are the people I’d want helping me…thanks to everyone involved!!!

THE COMOX VALLEY Airport has been a boon to all who live here and travel. So- 40,000 or so passengers create enough emissions for 30,000 cars. So what? Wild fires will happen and so will floods. Bring on the carbon taxes.

A BIG BOUQUET to the Buckley Bay Ferries clerk on duty Friday, Sept. 15 at 9 a.m. Very cheerful and extremely helpful, you made four senior ladies extremely happy. Your an asset to them.

A BUS LOAD of dog cookies and a flatbed of roses for Janine, Jen and Eagle radio for rescuing my runaway dog Maverick and bringing him back. He’s happy to be home. So good to know there are caring people! Thank you.

HUGE BOUQUET OF FLOWERS to the crew who prepared and organized a scrumptious Harvest Dinner at the Courtenay Legion! Dancing it off afterwards with Lite Brew was sensational. We have great volunteers who dedicate their time to this and other events at the Legion. All to raise funds which are put back into this great community, to provide a great venue for social gatherings and events. Whether helping local veterans, supporting seniors, providing youth sports programs, raising funds, volunteering to help those in need, or simply offering a place to gather for fun and celebration, legionnaires provide essential services in their communities. Anyone can join, no military affiliation required.

BOUQUET TO THE very nice lady who stopped at my home on Crown Isle Drive to inquire about our stucco colour for her mom’s home a couple weeks ago. I’ve located the paperwork! The stucco was “Dryvit” and the colour was 527 brushed grey. The colour I mentioned to you — grey barn — was one of our choices but apparently the design committee approved 527. I have the paperwork and colour brochure if you’d like it. I’ll leave it in the wooden newspaper receptacle on our front porch for a week. Feel free to stop by at anytime and take it. No need to return it to us. Cheers.

A BIG BEEF to the bank in the Comox Mall. Some people go to the bank not only for money but for socializing. A teller that you have dealt with for many years says hi and in most cases knows you by name. Can a hunk of metal that has no personality or soul do that? This bank is now a non-friendly ‘service oriented’ business now with people behind walls and doors. Very uninviting. The whole space is now uninviting. For a lot of seniors this is a social time for them and you are discriminating against them and trying to force them to use a machine which in some cases they cannot do. Please bring back real service with real people not machines.

BUZZING BOUQUETS to everyone who has beehives in the Comox Valley. My garden is full of honey bees this year. I’ve never seen so many and the honey in the valley is the best tasting honey. Love my garden helpers! Thank you.