Carol Quin

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  "It's not fair to eliminate our one voice and still benefit from our increasing assessment base," said Carol Quin, director for Hornby and Denman Islands, which would be included with the Comox Valley in a new Comox Valley Regional District.

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  "I am pleased that the regional district is turning its attention to the island's local service needs in a comprehensive manner," said Carol Quin, director for Denman-Hornby Islands (Area K) in a press release.
  
  "It's a move toward developing a long-term plan for cost-effectively upgrading our existing local services while exploring the feasibility of new services which may be needed in the future."
  
  The strategy will review the existing fire hall and waste management centre and look at options for a community well and possible future septic treatment.
  
  "This initiative follows from the recognition of needed infrastructure improvements and possible future community needs, such as a public potable water source ... and the provision of safe, affordable septage treatment.Either of these may or may not be feasible," added Quin in the release.

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  Area K Regional Director, Carol Quin, attended the majority of HIRRA meetings through the year and set a fine example for organizations working together constructively.

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  The committee toured the Crown Land trails with Frank Ullman from Ministry of Tourism, Brian Allaert from RDCS, and Regional Director Carol Quin to assess the condition of the existing structures to bring them up to provincial standards.

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  Denman and Hornby Islands want to opt out of paying for the Comox Valley Economic Development Society, Area K director Carol Quin told the regional board Comox Valley Committee on Thursday.Quin said the small islands, which comprise Area K, pay about $41,600 into the EDS every year, but don't benefit from the service.In fact, said Quin, goals and objectives of the society are not only irrelevant to the islands' tourism policies, but are potentially damaging to the quiet lifestyles on Denman and Hornby."The islands cannot handle great numbers of additional vehicles and people at one time, especially during the dry peak summer period, " Quin said.Area K residents contribute twice as much per capita to the EDS as Courtenay, partly because property assessments on the small islands increased sharply during the past year.Area K contributes nearly half as much as Comox, but has only half as many residents and contributes 2.5 times as much as Cumberland, but has one-fifth fewer people, according to Quin."I have been able to find very little demonstrated benefit for Area K from the Comox Valley economic development function efforts over the years ... any economic spin-off benefit is probably directed more toward the Comox Valley core urban areas, flowing from Area K, rather than the other way around," Quin said.
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  Quin replied that comparing the EDS to the ferry system is not relevant, since the ferries are operated by the province, and are funded by taxpayers throughout B.C.She conceded that Area K residents use services in the city, but Courtenay residents also come to the small islands and use facilities funded by local property owners.

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  "If Island residents are expected to share in the funding or a regional recreation facility ... so too should the rest of the region contribute to the public outdoor facilities (on the small islands)," Area K director Carol Quin said.

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  But distance and ferry schedules prohibit islanders from getting their money's worth, Director Carol Quin says.A Hornby Island resident who wants to swim at the sports centre pool at noon would have to line up at the Hornby ferry terminal by 9 a.m., and would have to leave the pool after less than an hour in order to catch the ferry to Denman Island in order to arrive home sometime after 3 p.m., Quin said.The islands were later given their own rural area, and they launched a service review in 2002, hoping to opt out of paying for the sports centre.The service review failed to resolve the issue, and in July 2003, Quin initiated a second review.Minister of Community, Aboriginal and Women's Affairs George Abbott ordered both sides to mediation in November, 2003.If mediation failed to yield an agreement by Jan. 31, 2004, the issue was to have gone to binding arbitration.But last week, the islands and the regional district reached an agreement under which the small islands' contribution to the Sports Centre is capped at $25,000 or less per year.In return, Denman and Hornby will opt out of the sports commission and will no longer have a seat on the board.Quin said people on the small islands had hoped to pay less, but the agreement is a reasonable compromise."I think people will be happy with it," Quin said.

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  Regional director Carol Quin waited the required eight months, then, in July 2003, served notice to the ministry that she planned to pursue the issue.Quin says islanders are taxed $62,000 per year for the sports centre, but can't use it because of transportation problems.A Hornby Island resident who wants to swim at the pool at noon would have to line up at the Hornby ferry terminal at 9 a.m., Quin said.He or she would arrive at the pool at about 11 a.m., swim for less than an hour, drive south to arrive at the Buckley Bay ferry dock for the 2 p.m. ferry, and arrive home sometime after 3 p.m.The round trip would take nearly six hours and cost about $30 in ferry fares, according to Quin.

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  Carol Quin, owner of the Old Rose Nursery, Hornby Island, B.C. propagates and grows over 500 varieties of own-root heritage, rambling, climbing, hardy and English roses.The following is by way of the Carolina Districts Web Site from the Autumn, 1996 edition of Coastal Grower.
  
  Roses have long brought pleasure to humankind.They have been cultivated in gardens all over the world for many centuries and are fairly easy to grow once established.But, if bought at a whim while in full bloom in the late spring or summer and planted out without careful attention, roses can fall ill to the worst of fates primarily because their roots will not have had a chance to become sufficiently established before the growing and blooming season.

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  Published on: 2/2/2007    Last Visited: 2/9/2007  

  Area K (Hornby and Denman islands) director Carol Quin also noted her concern about the change â€" saying she felt wary of discussing topics like her area's fire services while taking up the time of the whole board, who sits at the committee of the whole.
  
  "I feel that was a limitation that was brought on without discussion," said Quin.
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  Quin said she was happy to hear that, to ensure the rural area perspective was relayed at the provincial level.

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