Simon’s Cycles YANA Ride 2017
From Richard Clarke at Strathcona Sunrise Rotary comes an invite to Simon's Cycles YANA Ride 2017: 10 Days to the YANA Ride - so far it is the 3 Amigos, Bill, John and me from Sunrise riding - we would…
Hello Amelia & Farewell Hannibal
Rotary Club of Comox welcomes back Amelia Helpard, Outbound Rotary Exchange Student (Taiwan) and says a fond farewell to Inbound Exchange Student Hannibal Henningsen (Denmark). Amelia will be telling the club about her adventures on August 3rd.Any brave early-risers wishing…
Cadets Man the Navel Field Gun for the Ducky 500
This Canada Day, in downtown Courtenay, for the 29th year the Rotary Club of Comox has been coordinating a unique raffle using rubber ducky’s to race along the Puntlage River around Lewis Park. The race raises funds for deserving charities…
Good News in Honduras!
Hi all blog followers! Good news! If you scroll down the past entries, you will see that on last January's mission trip to Honduras, we visited a school at San Nicolas which was in need of a roof. Comox Rotarian,…
Francis Drake – Home Sweet Home
Things had changed in the sleepy valley I first saw many years ago. There was all kinds of civilization – towns, roads, even traffic lights. I hardly recognised the place. The river estuary was a farm with sheep and fresh…
Francis Drake – The Last Spike
The gold disappeared, and people moved on and it was time to seek a new adventure. I wandered around the Cariboo – found a string of lakes that looked like they would be fun to swim so I swam and…
TOO MUCH TIME TO DUCK AROUND
Local authorities are pleading with the public to help put a stop to the gangs of roaming bored rubber ducks around the Comox Valley. “For pity sake, buy a Comox Rotary Club Ducky 500 ticket,” begged James Eby as he…
Record is Gold
I’d like to tell you about another of our wonderful GOLD SPONSORS, The Comox Valley Record, embedded in our community and published here in Courtenay. The Comox Valley Record is a part of Black Press Vancouver Island, connecting community news…
Sponsors make you part of the family. . . Quack, quack
The folks at Brian McLean Chevrolet Buick GMC Ltd. are dedicated to making you feel like family! They are a GOLD SPONSOR of the Ducky 500 and are here for you - whether you are looking to buy your next new…
Ducky says VIIC will take care of it
My best Ducky friend told me that you can trust all your insurance needs to our neighbours at Vancouver Island Insurance Centres (VIIC), a GOLD SPONSOR of the Ducky 500. Call, email or stop by the VIIC office at 109-364…