Every Friday we feature Valley history taken from our back issues.
Five years ago this week in the Comox Valley Record:
The Comox Valley Women’s Resource Centre looked to have fallen victim to disagreements between two boards of the North Island Women’s Services Society.
As attempts at mediation failed, the secondary group said it received an eviction notice for the centre, which the group took over after it was elected.
“We’re fighting to get the rent paid,” said Susan Holvenstot, the executive director rehired by the secondary group after the first group laid her off earlier in the year.
Ten years ago this week in the Comox Valley Record:
The gyms were silent and the playing fields empty at Valley high schools as teachers implemented Phase 2 of ongoing job action, which included a withdrawal of extra-curricular services, including sports, in B.C. public schools. Nearly 35 basketball teams and about six senior ski and snowboard teams were sidelined due to the action.
Fifteen years ago this week in the Comox Valley Record:
A handful of boats in local waters sank beneath recent snowfalls but no serious mishaps occurred.
“When the snow got heavy we put out an announcement on the radio and people came down and swept off their boats, so we had only one boat sink at its moorings,” Comox Bay marina operator Dave Procter said.
Twenty years ago this week in the Comox Valley Record:
The paint on North Island College’s $12-million campus hadn’t even had time to dry when students moved into the classrooms.
Trucks unloaded building supplies at the unfinished campus as students lined up at the enrolment counter in the new administration building, but the first day went smoothly — except for a few glitches.
“I’ll be glad when they turn the heat on, but it’s beautiful,” student Janet Lamb said. “You feel like you’re going to a real college.”
Twenty-five years ago this week in the Comox Valley Record:
Storefront school co-ordinator Tony Bullock received more than 40 applications from would-be students. The school, officially known as the City Centre, was to occupy the second floor of the Sears Canada building on 10th Street in Courtenay, due to open mid-month. It was to offer Grade 10 and 12 equivalency to dropouts who were too young for similar programs at North Island College.
