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Westerly News An epidemic may be looming for the West Coast’s sea star population. An outbreak of Sea Star Wasting Syndrome hit the lower mainland last summer and made its way towards the Gulf Islands but dodged local shores. Ucluelet Aquarium curator Laura GriffithCochrane believes the West Coast might not be lucky twice. “We’ve started to see traces of it in the Ucluelet harbour so it has hit here,” she said. She said information about the disease is hazy but research is being done to determine what it is and how it can be stopped. “We don’t 100 per cent know the exact cause yet but we are coming up on what’s going to be a pretty warm year and we do know that, like all things, warmer temperatures help to spread disease,” she said. “We are seeing it now and there might be a big outbreak of it on the West Coast this year.” The disease turns up in Ucluelet every year but usually no more than a handful of local sea stars are infected. “Right now what we’re seeing is not just the one case that happens a year which is normal; we’re seeing lots,” Griffith-Cochrane said. She said sea stars infected with the disease appear “almost like they’re melting” as the animal’s soft tissue begins to break apart. As a sea star’s soft tissues decay its calcium deposits, called ossicles, become exposed and the disease spreads throughout its body. See DISEASE Page 16
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Tourism Tofino: Junction not viable for Tuff, too far ANDREW BAILEY
Westerly News When news broke that the Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce was considering opting out of its lease at the Pacific Rim Visitors Centre, some opined Tourism Tofino could potentially jump in. Tourism Tofino’s general manager Kirsten Soder dispelled this notion and said Tourism Tofino is not in any position to be adding another visitor centre to its stable. “This does not seem like a viable solution, it is simply too far away from our town centre to be convenient or efficient as our guests’ primary point of information,” she said. “We are already running one full-time visitor centre in a community of 1,900 and added ChesterVan to alleviate seasonal pressures on businesses downtown and to accommodate foot traffic, so we just can’t justify a third.” She said larger communities like Whistler
and Victoria only operate one visitor centre and neither town runs a centre “30 minutes outside their town core,” and she added the PRVC’s monthly $1,700 rental cost is well beyond Tourism Tofino’s budget capabilities. “Even when we had a secondary brick-andmortar location in downtown Tofino in 2010 and 2011, the rent was significantly lower than that,” she said. Tourism Tofino benefits from a rent-free agreement at Cox Bay as the land the visitor centre sits on was donated by the Pettinger family. “Although there are significant monthly costs to Tourism Tofino for the utilities, waste management, landscaping, building maintenance, and washroom supplies and cleaning, there is no actual rent or land lease paid to the District,” Soder said. See TOFINO, Page 5
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Blackberry Cove Coffeehouse Night Reunited! Acoustic music with Myles Morrison and Wayne Vliet on guitar, mandolin and fiddle Friday evening concert series. Ucluelet. Donation. 7pm - 9:30pm Tofino Library Storytime 11:30 a.m.12 noon. 331 Main St. Preschool The Edge Youth Room, 2–6pm, Ucluelet community centre Blackberry Cove Coffeehouse Night, 7pm - 9:30pm, 243 Main Street, Ucluelet, 250-726-7668. Admission by donation. Wickaninnish Community School spring concert, 1:15 p.m. in the gym. Ucluelet Elementary School spring concert, 12:50 p.m. in the gym. All welcome!
10am–noon & 1–5pm. St. Francis of Assisi Church, mass 5:30pm, 441 Main St. Tofino. AA meeting, 7:30pm, St. Francis Church, 441 Main, Tofino.
1 SUNDAY Christ Community Church, 10:30am, 1419 Peninsula Rd. Ucluelet. Grace Bible Church, 10:30am, Ucluelet Community Ctr., 500 Matterson Dr. Holy Family Church, 10 am, 1664 Peninsula Rd. Ucluelet. St. Columba Church, 10:30am, 110 Second St. Tofino. Tofino Bible Fellowship at Tofino Legion Hall, 331 Main, at 10:30.
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Fish and Loaves free community lunch 11:30 a.m-1:00 p.m at the Tofino Community hall.
Healthy Babies Program/Family Ties, 10:30am. Ucluelet library. Ucluelet Community Centre, open 1–6pm. The Edge Youth Room, 3–6pm, Ucluelet Community Centre Youth night, ADVENTURE 7-9pm, Tofino SHOPPING Legion. at St. Francis of Assisi Church, mass 5pm, 441 Main St. Tofino. Food Bank on the Quality used Edge, pick up housewares, 1–3pm, Seaclothes, books plane Base Rd. & music AA meeting, OPEN 11-5 7:30pm, St. Francis Church, MON-SAT 441 Main, MAIN ST. UCLUELET Tofino. (across from CIBC)
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Opinion
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
COMMENT
A few words to new residents So I¹m writing this, not to bash or put down anyone, but as a means of friendly advice and to help guide the new comers to Tofino, so you can avoid some uncomfortable situations that sometimes arise. First of all, welcome and congratulations that life has willed you to this amazing place in the rain forest. Tofino isn’t a free for all where you can do ANYTHING you like because that’s how you have perceived it to be. It’s not the sixties. You can’t drive your car on the beach or camp anywhere MARTY you wish. KUKLER Just like in the rest of society, one must conduct LOCAL themselves in accordance to VOICE the area they are residing in. So don¹t be to surprised if you get a verbal lashing if you aren’t acting accordingly, or even a fine. Remember that next door to you there could be a family with children that are sleeping, so when you are drunken mobbing through Vinyl Village coming back from whatever gathering you were at, keep the hooting and screaming out of it. It does seem hard to ask people to be mindful of others these days, so this may be difficult for many of you. If you go to the beach for a beach fire, don’t bring glass bottles to the beach. They ALWAYS break and then get buried in the sand around your fire pit and the next morning after you’ve passed out, a young kid will most likely be wandering around and get their foot sliced open. Bring a garbage bag with you so you can pick up your cans and leave them by the garbage can at the trail head. If you can’t do that, then stay off the beach because it’s getting old having to clean up after people when you are trying to build sand castles with your friends’ kids. It’s simple, really. Beach supplies for a beach fire = good friends, a fire, black garbage bag, beverages and a dude who thinks they are Neil Young. The folks who have carved out this community (and I do mean carved out with axes and chainsaws before we even knew a thing about Tofino) that we are blessed to be living in (no matter how short or long term that maybe) deserve the respect that’s due to them. It¹s best to do a bit of research and investigating as to who these folks are, so you can avoid an uncomfortable conversation or simply thank them. Respect is not gained simply because one thinks they deserve Respect, its earned by performing many Respectful acts. So if you are disrespectful and rude with a chip on your shoulder for no reason, than you will be afforded the same courtesy. It¹s not that people who have lived here their whole lives or lived here for a long time are mean and rude, it’s just that there have
Volunteers needed for Edge-to-Edge Once again our community is gearing up to host the Edge-toEdge Marathon, Half Marathon and Relay marathon next week – Sunday, June 8. Would you believe this is the 15th SUE PAYNE year? Nope, me either. LOCAL As with VOICE many of our local events – it would not be successful without some amazing volunteers. Some of our volunteers have been volunteering for the EtoE for almost 15 years. We truly value these dedicated locals, as they have become very knowledgeable assets to the race. Volunteers like Jan Smith who helps every year at the finish line giving medals to the finishers crossing
the line. Although presenting medals is a lot of fun – Jan also has a keen eye for anyone needing medical help and can direct them very quickly to assistance. “Its exciting to seem the same people come back to race, but its really exciting to see new runners experience the euphoria of crossing the finish line with a personal achievement! There is something incredible about being in the volunteer group brings us all together, and our spirit abounds! ” We truly appreciate Jan and her (and her dream team’s) dedication. From our water station volunteers who come out in crazy costumes and extreme enthusiasm to our traffic volunteers who ensure the safety of our runners and cheer them on at
been thousands of folks that have moved to town and acted like scum bags. So they are cautious when meeting the fresh group of seasonal employees or even folks that have been here for a few months. But heck, once you prove you are a human being, they are the most welcoming and amazingly generous people out there. So just be humble to be here and all in the universe will be golden. Those of us who have moved here and haven’t grown up here are NOT LOCALS! Plain and simple. Even if you don’t live in a staff accommodations. WE are RESIDENTS. I’ve been here for nearly 8 years
the same time, everyone of our volunteers make a difference and without them this event would not happen. This is also the very reason that we have returning runners year after year. They love the overwhelming welcoming, the enthusiasm and how everyone in our area supports the race. Our volunteers have fun, even if it’s raining! And how fantastic to be part of such a great event and ambassadors to our region! How many of you have collected many of the volunteer shirts? This year’s anniversary shirt is an awesome sublimated tech shirt with images celebrating the Wild Pacific Trail, and the new route. A must have for sure. There are many tasks that we need assistance with, some that require very little time and
now and I moved from down Island but I will never call my self a Local because of the simple fact I didn¹t grow up here. It’s pretty neat you made it through one winter (the nicest winter in years, mind you). Good for you. Oh you have been here a month longer than someone else. Big deal. You NEVER know who you are meeting. There¹s no need to front on the new people coming to town and get argo and say things like “#$&*(%b all these people coming to town.” They have just as much right to be here than you do and if you have this view, than it might be time for you to move on so a
those that require a bit more. No matter the effort, we appreciate any time you can give. If you can help with traffic, water stations, registration, setting up and tearing down of the start line and finish line, carbo-load, finish line food, finish line, equipment or first aid – then please call 250-7264641, info@uclueletinfo.com or contact Sandy Rantz at sandy@ sandyrantz.com. ••We are still looking for a couple of nurses (with IV license) for the Finish line, please call if you can lend us a couple of hours. Thank you and we will see you at the finish line!
Sue Payne is the executive director of the Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce.
more humble and respectful person can take your place. Be stoked you are living in a vibrant rain forest. If you never leave you staff accommodation, never go to the community events in town, never branch out from the staff at your work, you can’t claim any attitude towards anyone. Get your head out of the bubble and go meet new people and enjoy the many fun community shows. You never know who you will have the pleasure of meeting. Not everyone surfs in Tofino. So it’s not See WELCOME page 18
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Ukee Chamber to ask District for rent break ANDREW BAILEY
Westerly News The Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce is facing financial struggle and could potentially opt-out of its lease at the Pacific Rim Visitor Centre. “Our budget is very, very, tight out there,” said the chamber’s executive director Sue Payne. “We do have an option of getting out of the contract with a 90-day notice, not that we PAYNE want to do that but we may be forced to if it’s putting the chamber under.” The chamber currently pays the district about $1,700 a month to rent the PRVC and, during Ucluelet’s May 13 regular council meeting, councillor Dario Corlazzoli urged council to consider lowering this to $700 a month for the rest of the year. Balking at the roughly $7,000 in lost revenue this would cost the district, council tabled Corlazzoli’s request until a meeting could be had with the chamber to hash out
potential options. That meeting occurred on May 20 and Payne left confident a short-term solution will be found. “We had a really good discussion with the district, lots of brainstorming, lots of ideas and I think everybody has the same goal: to make sure (the PRVC) stays open and that we continue to provide great regional information,” she said. She expected Ucluelet council to pass a motion lowering the chamber’s rent at the PRVC during May 27’s regular council meeting. “At the next council meeting they are going to propose that they reduce our rent at least in the interim and hopefully that will give us a little bit of breathing room to move forward and not have to close up shop,” she said. Businesses pay $100 membership fees to be represented at the PRVC but with about 40 Tofitian businesses and about 77 Ucluetian businesses participating, these fees do not cover the chamber’s rent, according to Payne.
rent may not solve the PRVC problem in the long term so further options are being looked at including possibly raising membership fees, according
The chamber’s budget was hit hard when the Federal government made cuts to its summer student employment program forcing the chamber to hire additional staff at the PRVC to keep up with Tourism BC’s hours of operation guidelines. With the chamber’s financial situation in dire straits, some on the chamber’s board have wondered whether it’s fair for the district to be charging the chamber to provide a service that benefits the district. “We’re providing a service out there to the entire community, we are generating traffic we’re trying to generate visitorship, we’re providing a lot of information for the community of Tofino as well, and we’re really not being paid for it, in fact, we’re having to pay to provide that service,” Payne said. Simply decreasing the chamber’s
to Payne. “In order for it to be continually sustainable the onus is on us to look at all options and to come up with a better funding model or whatever we can because it’s not a business that makes money,” she said. “Let’s face it, the taxpayers don’t want to have to subsidize it either, although it does benefit the communities.” Ucluelet has been operating the PRVC for about eight years. “With everything, sometimes change is needed and we just have to move forward and figure out how that’s going to change but everybody is very cognizant of what’s going on and we’re also very passionate about keeping it going,” Payne said. During council’s May 13 discussion, councillor Geoff Lyons won-
al, accurate and user-friendly information, so perhaps some of our members, many based in Ucluelet, just find the services we are providing enough for their individual situations.” Oliwa also suggested Tourism Tofino has partnered with visitor centres across the Island while bypassing their own regional centre but Soder called this idea “unfounded and unproductive.” “The one partnership we do have is in Port Alberni, one we first developed and proposed to the PRVC in 2013 but were turned down for,” she said. Soder said Tourism Tofino would not be able to provide any additional financial support to the PRVC in the short term because of existing strategic plans and budgets. “Tourism Tofino is already
investing in two local visitor centres and supporting a suite of other visitor services that we feel are doing a great job meeting the needs of our stakeholders and visitors to the region, so it simply doesn’t warrant additional investment of external marketing dollars so close to home,” she said. She spoke to meetings Tofino and Ucluelet have had regarding Tofino’s involvement at the PRVC and said the dialogue has been “respectful and productive” but discussions about increased investment from Tourism Tofino have been tabled until the new budgetary cycle. “So 2015 at the earliest,” she said. Tofino and Ucluelet have clashed over the PRVC in the past and while Soder declined to speak to the specifics of the site’s history she suggested the communities
dered if the district could bring in more money by leasing the PRVC to a different organization, and Tofino was raised as a possible candidate by several councillors as well as members of the meeting’s audience. Payne acknowledged such a move could potentially bring in more money but the increased revenue would cost Ucluelet its control of a district-owned asset. “The rent might be a whole lot more out there to lease that space if it wasn’t the chamber doing it,” she said. “If we weren’t taking it on and it was all just about the money it would probably be a whole lot more for somebody to lease that space.” She said it is important for Ucluelet to maintain control of the PRVC because of the district’s original investment. “The district of Ucluelet bought the land to invest in it,” she said. “The community has invested into it so the community wants to see benefit and that’s what it comes down to; Ucluelet put money into it, Ucluelet wants to see benefit...Not to say Tofino wouldn’t provide regional information, they probably would, but I think since the district has bought it they want to be able to have some control over it.”
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Tofino, continued from Page 1 Soder said Tourism Tofino’s building-related operations and maintenance costs at Cox Bay total roughly $39,000 a year with ChesterVan costing about $7,000 for four months and it costs over $100,000 to staff both locations. Tourism Tofino has traditionally provided a summer student to assist Ucluelet’s PRVC operation but this is not possible this year because of cuts to the Federal government’s summer student employment program, according to Soder. In light of these cuts, Tourism Tofino will be reducing ChesterVan’s hours to the busiest times of day in order to keep the Cox Bay visitor centre’s services on par
with past years. During Ucluelet’s May 13 regular council meeting, councillor Randy Oliwa expressed frustration over what he perceives to be a lack of support from Tofino at the PRVC. Soder said she respectfully disagrees with Oliwa’s assessment. “All small businesses have to choose where their limited individual marketing dollars are invested,” she said noting Tourism Tofino encourages its members to purchase memberships at the PRVC. “Our team does an excellent job of servicing potential, new, and returning visitors on-the-ground and online, with unbiased, region-
may be at odds over funding discrepancies. “I think the crux of the ongoing unresolved solution stems from the financial inequity between Tofino and Ucluelet, and how much each of our communities have to spend on these programs. In our case, we have more rooms, so we generate more hotel tax,” she said. “But it is unfair to imply that ‘because Tofino has more, we should contribute more.’ We are already trying to position our brand to aggressively compete in target markets against other regions of the province with even more resources than we have, and who have no mandate at all to fund or deliver visitor services.” reporter@westerlynews.ca
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EDUCATION
District Corner Regional partnership Sponsored by the District of Ucluelet
seeks increased higher Ucluelet Sign Bylaw learning opportunities Bylaws: In this second part of our community bylaw series we turn our attention to the Sign Bylaw. A sign bylaw regulates where and how many and even the size of sign that you can have on your property. It establishes a consistency and fair ‘playing field’ for all business operators and property owners. In addition, it allows for some guidance in quality and limits excessive proliferation of signs where simple messaging is warranted. In 2007 Bylaw #1060 was adopted in order to regulate signs within the District of Ucluelet. The adoption of this bylaw came after considerable business and community input and it is reflected in your knowledge and adherence to this community bylaw. The bylaw intentionally tries to balance the need for businesses to advertise and the “feel” of our community and safety of residents and guests. The community appreciates unique, interesting signage and signage that make businesses or events “pop”. The community also wants to avoid “dominating” or “cluttered” signage. The District must also be aware of liability concerns related to sign placement; for example signs which may block vision at street intersections.
emblem, picture or text or illustration which is affixed to a building, structure or land which advertises or directs attention to an object, person, activity, organization…..or business which can be seen from any public area including the street or the ocean. If you have any questions, or want to know what is permitted under our current bylaw, staff are here to assist you through that process. In the fall of 2013, Council directed staff to begin a review of the prevailing Sign Bylaw. In particular, staff were asked to focus on temporary and portable signage such as banners and flags which provide seasonal advertising and lively pedestrian interface during the tourist season. Staff have formulated a questionnaire and information package which will soon be sent to local business operators. Your experience, interest and input are all welcome and this will greatly assist council and staff as this review begins. In addition, Council and staff will host several information sessions in the Fall of 2014 for businesses, operators and public in order to garner community input as we move forward in this review.
Please give us a call at 726-7744 or send an email In order to reflect the to info@ucluelet.ca over interests stated above, a permit must be applied for the next few months with and approved before you put your ideas and comments. up a sign. A ‘sign’ means …. We look forward to hearing any device or object, …logo, from you.
benefit of local residents to access more learning opportunities, but also to expand the ‘education economy,’” she said. “In the longer-term, I think our four communities see a very viable opportunity in creating unique West Coast learning curricula, not unlike the way our secondary school has created locally-developed courses such as the kayaking course.” She noted the West Coast consistently reaps economic benefits from visiting colleges and universities but said a more strategic approach towards attracting educational institutions could bring more benefit to the West Coast’s communities. Osborne said the project will pursue three primary goals, the first of which is to develop an “asset inventory” that gauges the capacity of the West Coast’s “natural outdoor classroom” and to assess the potential for infrastructure like classrooms and housing. The project’s second goal, according to Osborne, is to assess what the West Coast’s locals, organizations and businesses would need to participate in an “education economy,” and the third goal is to conduct market research on how to attract institutions and educators. She cited two key sources of excitement for the project. “First, it’s an opportunity for all four communities to set aside differences we may have in other arenas and collaborate on something that is truly a regional benefit. Second, I think this is an initiative that everyone can get behind, from local residents who would like the opportunity to take more programs locally to businesses that need to build out their shoulder and winter seasons,” she 250.266.0427 SERVING said. UCLUELET & TOFINO “This is an initiative that has been talked about for literally decades, but we’ve never seen the amount of 3/), !.$ -5,#( 3!,%3 s "). RENTALS support for it as we do right now, DRAINAG% s $%#/2ATIVE ROCK WALLS DRIVEWA93 s ,!.$3CAPING so it’s time to strike while the iron "5),$).' SITE PREPARATION & SERVICES is hot. I’m not saying it’s going to be easy—I expect this to take a lot of hard work and bridge building over the next months and years—but it’s REPAIRS • REROOFING • NEW CONSTRUCTION absolutely possible.” The newly announced four-com• RESIDENTIAL ONLY • UCLUELET•TOFINO•SALMON BEACH munity project renders the stalled Kris Wieteska • ASPHALT/FIBERGLASS LAM. SHINGLES higher learning memorandum of 30 years experience • METAL CLADDING variety of colours & shapes understanding (MOU) between 250-726-5107 • CEMENT AND CLAY ROOF TILES Free estimates Ucluelet and Tofino moot, as both • SKYLIGHTS & SUNTUBES Ucluelet, BC communities will now take part together in the larger regional picture. Ucluelet signed the proposed Tofino-Ucluelet MOU last year but Serving the West Coast since 1977 Tofino declined, shedding light on • Residential • Commercial • Driveways unresolved tensions between the • Parking Lots • Patching • Sweeping two communities. Denny Zomar – Manager/Estimator T: 250.723.7019 C: 250.720.7092 “I think this initiative elimin-
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Westerly News Armed with funding from multiple organizations the West Coast’s push for higher education is set to take off. With $29,950 coming from the Island Coastal Economic Trust, $24,950 worth of Pacific Salmon Treaty funds and $5,000 from the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust, the West Coast has about $60,000 to put towards a regional partnership focused on increasing educational opportunities. The project will be fulfilled in collaboration between Tofino, Ucluelet, the Tla-oqui-aht First Nation and the Ucluelet First Nation. “Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations greatly anticipates the collaboration with our local neighbours...and our regional efforts to increase research, educational opportunities such as this project to provide lasting benefits that are greatly needed and appreciated by our current and future community members,” said Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation education coordinator Tammy Dorward, Tofino Mayor Josie Osborne is thrilled to see all four communities working together towards a common goal. “The total $60,000 program is funding the development of a regional partnership that focuses on a common interest that all four communities share: increasing education activity on the West Coast, not only for the
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Westerly News As Porsches shined through the streets of Ucluelet this past weekend the community shined back. Ucluelet provided the backdrop for the Vancouver Island Region Porsche Club of America’s annual getaway this past weekend. Ucluelet has set the stage for the club’s annual getaways for the past six years and Friday saw 140 club members descend on the West Coast. It was the fifth Ucluelet experience for Victoria based Porsche Club member Mike Woods who was stoked to drive his 1986 Porsche 911 through Highway 4’s narrow turns. “The drive in from Port Alberni through to the junction is just fantastic,” he said. “It’s like those roads were designed for these cars: twisty, tight and fun.” While the drive to get there is thrilling, Woods said the experience members receive in Ucluelet is the true prize of the trip. “I have loved it every time. It’s just such an awesome place, so much natural beauty,” he said adding the
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Ucluelet experience has kept the club returning year after year. “We’re treated incredibly well here. The whole community is super accommodating and the (Black Rock) Resort bends over backwards to accommodate us,” he said. “It’s a cool tight knit small community that just really pulls together to go the extra mile for the club. We love it.” The Black Rock Resort housed the club and was the scene of the annual pancake breakfast and evening banquet, which both raise funds for the Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade. “They’ve become sort of like family to the staff and it’s nice to see familiar faces return,” said Black Rock staffer Andrew Loiselle. “We always have a lot of fun and hope to see them back next year.” Last year’s getaway event raised over $5,000 for the fire brigade and the brigade’s deputy chief Mark Fortune said the fundraising efforts have been much appreciated. “We appreciate what the Porsche Club brings to our community,” he said. “They’ve been very supportive of our fire rescue society over the last five years and have enabled us to purchase some rescue equipment that we otherwise wouldn’t be able to obtain; it’s
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Westerly News A local real estate office brought a day’s worth of karma-boosting treasure hunting to locals over the weekend with the annual Yard Sale for the Cure. The items up for sale were donated by community members and the community’s generosity had the shelves stocked to abundance. “We had one lady that didn’t have anything to donate to the yard sale so she brought us a lot of baked goods which was just fantastic,” said a beaming Judy Gray of Re/ Max.
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Volunteers helped Gray’s team display the donated items in The Moorage’s parking lot and locals began lining up around 10 a.m. to get their hands on the wares while supporting the cause. They’ve held the annual Yard Sale for the Cure for the past six years and Gray said her team is passionate about helping find a cure for breast cancer “We all have at least one friend or relative, if not more, that have been affected by breast cancer,” she said. “We have several friends right in the community that have, are dealing with, or have overcome breast cancer and we want to sup-
port them.” Last year’s sale raised about $1,400. “Ucluelet is an awesome giving community and it’s the people in Ucluelet that make it that way,” she said noting part-time residents have been quick to embrace Ucluelet’s philanthropic atmosphere. “People dedicate themselves to Ucluelet or fall in love with our community and they always want to give back and make it a better place,” she said. “Everybody participates in the community and as a result we are a better place.”
The Toquaht Nation has announced the details on their new campground. In 2013, the Toquaht Marina and Campground, which included a public boat launch, was closed due to contamination issues. Since that time, the Toquaht Nation has worked very intensively, with some support from the Province, to get a new campground and kayak launch built, said Sarah Robinson, director of operations for the Toquaht. The new Secret Beach Campground and Kayak Launch opened May 16. “Unfortunately, the boat launch at the old campground remains closed for now, although there is a very small glimmer of hope that we may be able to find a solution sooner rather than later,” Robinson said. An official ribbon cutting/ grand opening of the Secret Beach Campground will be held July 12.
Tech-savvy youth needed Tech-savvy youth are sought for a new West Coast pilot program to build bridges between generations and help everyone access information. The program is seeking young people who know their way around a smart phone and/or tablet, who like to meet new people, share their knowledge and have fun. “We have some funding for a pilot
program where youth, ages 16 – 20, are needed to give some of us ‘tech newbies’ some tips. Anything from setting up email/facebook accounts, how to get apps on your phone, how to turn your notifications off or on (yes, we’re that desperate!) to setting up contact lists,” said Sally Mole. A minimum three hour commitment (spread over 2 separate events in June) is needed. “We’ll feed you, and we’ll pay you the best hourly rate you’ll get this summer,” said Mole. Email sallymole@live.ca or text 250266-0344 with name and age.
Ukee chamber to host front line training The Ucluelet Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences is presenting two WorldHost® Training Services workshops that are designed to provide front line staff members with the tools they need to provide quality service. Mon. June 16 in the Ucluelet Community Centre, workshops will assist staff in identifying and responding to the needs, interests and wishes of diverse customers. Participants will receive a certificate of completion. Presenter Sabrina Zimmermann has a degree in Tourism Management and passion for excellence in destination management. Call 250 228 0049, 778 419 2578, or email heather@ nidmar.ca
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EAT/PLAY/LIVE: GLEE Cast and crew of the Ukee Glee spring production, “A Time Travelling Comedy of Errors,” on Saturday at the Ucluelet Community Centre. (more pictures, page 11) ALL PHOTOS ANDREW BAILEY
The Ukee Glee Kids put on two performances of A Time Traveling Comedy of Errors over the weekend. The productions cast: Dempsey Appenheimer, Hannah Bilkowski, Ruby Christie, Aiden Duffy, Rylee Duncan, William Fortune, Rheanna Garcia, Sierra Griffin, Taylor Hiltz, Vivian Jones, Koen Lefevre, Maxtin Lengyel, Heather Morrison, Emma Louise, Eden Stewart, Autumn Sypus, Julia Weismiller, Emily Bilkowski, Ayla Bray, Trinity Clark, Mora Duffy, Megan Fortune, Anevay Fraser, Cameron Graham, Teagan Griffin, Vanessa Jones, Nea Koivunen, Mya Leiviski, Fiona Wert, Adalyn Pugh, Cassy Ryles, Iris Sylvester, Maija Watson. ANDREW BAILEY PHOTOS
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Local ‘Diversity Project’ uses many arts to explore unity, fear Special to Westerly News Thérèse Bouchard, a Tofino dancer, singer and musician, approached a number of other artists in Tofino with a vision for a performance piece that would involve the exploration of universal themes through multiple artistic disciplines, including writing, music, dance, visual and audio arts. An artistic conversation between Bouchard, Jan Janzen, Joanna Streetly, Sandi Rideout, Mishèle Gagné, Janice Lore and Rino del Zoppo ensued, and The Diversity Project – a human affair! was born. “Over the last nine months the artists have developed and shared individual ideas, riffed on each other’s work, improvised, and collaborated. The Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre Association has been instrumental in providing the rehearsal space in which to bring their vision to the stage,” she said. “Chapter One: Unwrapping Fear is the first of a series of performances which will explore the theme of Unity within Diversity, each envisioned
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Westerly News A group of fishers are in hot water after allegedly running amok in Ucluelet last week. “When the fishing season starts we do see an increase in traffic but in five years I’ve never seen a group like this,” said Const. James Van Camp of the Ucluelet RCMP. A large fishing vessel carrying 25 crewmembers stopped in Ucluelet for maintenance last week and while the vessel was docked its crew ventured
into town. Van Camp said a “coregroup” of about four crewmembers were involved in several fights, stole over $100 worth of liquor from Ucluelet’s Beer and Wine Store, and ran through the Ucluelet Campground firing pellet guns at campers. “They made quite an impact, they caused lots of call-outs in the middle of the night,” Van Camp said. “Running through a campground shooting pellet guns at 4 in the morning is not something that we’re
going to lay down on.” He said RCMP spoke with the vessel’s captain who fully cooperated with police. “Instead of chasing these guys around all weekend we went straight to the owner of the ship and the company and they were extremely helpful,” Van Camp said. He said the ship’s captain responded by putting the entire crew on lockdown and did not allow any crewmembers off the vesSee POLICE Page 18
Members of the Junior Rangers and volunteers celebrate their completion of the Toastmaster speech mastery program. JACKIE CARMICHAEL
Westerly News One West Coast group specializes in helping people get comfortable with public speaking, and a handful of Junior Rangers were the beneficiary in a recent sixweek program. Eighteen students achieved all their goals with making three introductions, three speeches, and three evaluations, said local Toastmasters president Marilyn McEwen. “They rocked … It was a very rewarding experience for us. Most of the kids really blossomed before our very eyes -- gaining confidence with peer support and a little encouragement from us,” McEwen said. Asked to say what they thought of the program as they accepted their certificates, -some said it was their favourite program yet offered to them through the
Junior Rangers, McEwen said. Parents who attended the final session were beaming, she added. “I think we’ll approach the high school to offer it, now that we’re seasoned Speechcraft implementers,” said McEwen. “Every speech they give, they learn a new technique – one ‘icebreaker,’ the next one ‘organize’ and the third ‘say it with passion,’” said Toastmasters member Julie Beeley. The program breaks down the speechmaking process. The applications for speechmaking are wide-ranging – from job interviews to networking to running a productive meeting, you get out of it what you put into it, said Beeley. “Every speech is a bit different, and at the end they should know how to produce a professional
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Despite community efforts, Van Camp transferred Despite the community’s push to keep him here, Const. James Van Camp has received his official transfer papers. The Van Camp family is expected to leave for Kelowna within about a month. The standard posting at the Ucluelet RCMP detachment lasts four years. Van Camp applied for, and received, a one-year extension but was unsuccessful in obtaining a further extension. Van Camp will leave the community with wife Edwina and son Lucas, a grade 8 student at Ucluelet Secondary School. “I have nothing bad to say about Kelowna I hear it’s a great place... but I really have a strong connection with Ucluelet there’s no doubt about it,” Van Camp said. “The truth is we’re sad to be leaving Ucluelet. I hope Kelowna will be as good as Ucluelet has been.” Over 100 locals signed a petition circulated in October last year calling on the RCMP to allow Van Camp to stay and Ucluelet Mayor Bill Irving lobbied for a change to the RCMP’s transfer process during 2013’s Union of BC Municipalities convention. While these efforts went unrewarded, Van Camp was flat-
After spending five years policing in Ucluelet, Const. James Van Camp has been transferred to Kelowna. ANDREW BAILEY
tered by the community’s push. “That’s a fantastic feeling...We don’t always get to see the result of our work so that made me feel that my time here in Ucluelet was spent doing the right thing,” he said. “I’m grateful for people that were willing to stand up. To me that comes across as them voicing their appreciation and it’s very flattering; it just makes you want to stay that much more.” While Van Camp and his family are sad to leave, he said other
officers deserve to experience Ucluelet. “Ucluelet is such a great place, it’s not hard to fill this spot, I was lucky enough to get it, we’re all lucky enough to be here. It’s probably one of the best postings in Western Canada in my opinion. You’ve got to give other guys the chance to come into great little communities like this,” he said. “They gave me one extension and I certainly wish I could have had another but I think they’ve probably got a lineup of people that
want to come in so we’ve got to keep some room for that.” Van Camp began his policing career in Calgary before joining the BC RCMP and going to Campbell River. “The opportunity came up to go to Ucluelet and we knew right away that we would rather come to Ucluelet than do anything else and we were right on the money,” he said. “I can’t believe five years has gone so fast; we’ve met some fantastic people. “I was not expecting to get so connected to a community that’s for sure. With all the moving around we’d done I thought Ucluelet was going to be just another place where you go and hang out for a little while and then leave but it wasn’t that at all,” he said. “This is certainly the best place we’ve ever lived all the way around no question...It’s the people and of course the surroundings; it’s such a great little place to live.” He said he has enjoyed working with Ucluelet’s detachment commander Sgt. Jeff Swann as well as Ucluelet’s municipal councils and even locals he’s dealt with on patrol. “Even people that we encounter
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Chilly swim yields treasure
Laura GriffithCochrane and the massive glsss fishing float (encrusted with shells) she had to swim for.
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Westerly News A Ucluelet local’s morning jog turned into a morning swim on Monday when she spotted a coveted glass fishing float bobbing in the ocean near Amphitrite Point. Laura Griffith-Cochrane was running along the Wild Pacific Trail around 8 a.m. and was nearing the Amphitrite Lighthouse when she saw what appeared to be a glass ball. “I was going along towards the lighthouse and looked out and saw it floating in the ocean and got really excited,” she said. Glass balls were used by Norwegian fishermen as floats for fishing nets in the 1800’s and this flotation technique was adopted throughout Europe and Japan by the early 1900’s. Most of the balls floating in the ocean today originate from Japan because Japan’s fishing industry made massive use of the technique utilizing balls of different colours and sizes “Back in the day in Japan they would use nets to catch fish and there would be a glass blower who would make different sized glass balls so the net would float,” Griffith Cochrane explained. “A lot of them have been floating in the ocean sometimes for a hundred years or more.” She said the balls would become detached from nets and wind up circling through the North Pacific
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Gyre where currents would bring them to the West Coast’s shores. Authentic glass balls are heavily coveted so when Griffith-Cochrane saw what appeared to be one it was not a sight she could just jog past. She found Wild Pacific Trail manager “Oyster” Jim Martin working on the trail and asked if he had a set of binoculars to see if it was in fact the treasure it appeared to be. “We went out and took a look from the beach and we could see the light shining through it and that it actually was a glass ball,” she said. “We were trying to figure out how we were going to get it out of the ocean so I just jumped in and went for a swim; it was very cold.” Griffith-Cochrane has jumped into the West Coast’s ocean without a wetsuit before so she was aware of how chilly her adventure would be but she braved it anyway to secure her prize. It is the first time she has ever retrieved a glass ball and she is excited to share her discovery. “I’m stoked,” she said adding her mother had long searched for glass balls during her years on the ocean but always came up snake-eyes. “She worked as a nurse for all the lighthouses and all the people living on the Coast between Haida Gwaii and Vancouver Island and she was always hunting for (glass balls) and all those years on the boat she never found one.” The ball is covered in pelagic gooseneck barnacles and Griffith-Cochrane said it will be kept at the Ucluelet Aquarium so the barnacles can thrive and patrons can check out an authentic glass ball. “We’re going to keep it in the aquarium so the (barnacles) can stay alive and we can show it off a little bit through the summer and then I’m going to keep it forever,” she said.
Disease, continued from Page 1 “If it hits right in the centre of a sea star the arms will actually detach and the arms have almost like their own nervous control so they’ll walk away from one another,” Griffith-Cochrane said. “It kind of looks like the body of the sea star got in a big argument with itself and every arm is going off in its own direction.” Sea stars, like all echinoderms—a classification that includes sand stars, sea cucumbers, and sea urchins—can regenerate and heal themselves over time, which is a prime reason they can live for over 200 years but
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the Sea Star Wasting Disease can overpower these regeneration abilities and prove fatal, according to Griffith-Cochrane. “We have had sea stars get it in the aquarium before and we’ve isolated them and overtime they’ve healed,” she said “But when it compromises more than 30 per cent of its body then it begins to fall apart.” The aquarium is keeping track of the disease and is hoping locals can assist their efforts. “We don’t have the funds to do active research but we’re really interested in it so we’re documenting and observing throughout the season,” GriffithCochrane said. She encourages anyone who comes across what looks to be a sick sea star to photograph the animal note the time and location and bring this information to aquarium staff so a database can begin to be mapped out. Christensen The Vancouver Aquarium is reporting the coast of British Columbia is currently experiencing a sea star mass mortality event, coined Sea Star Wasting Syndrome. “The wasting syndrome may be a pathogen that affects several species in the same way, or there may be multiple agents at play. The underlying causes of the epidemic are not known,” the facility said, adding that they are working with many research sources to discover its causes.
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Higher education, continued from Page 6 -ates the need for a bilateral MOU between the two towns, and the spirit and intent of such an MOU will be replaced by a Terms of Reference or an MOU between all four communities,” Osborne said. Ucluelet Mayor Bill Irving said Tofino’s reluctance to sign the
original MOU did not stop the two towns from working together to pursue higher education opportunities. “That memorandum aside, we’re still working together on other projects so just because that is tabled in Tofino right now doesn’t mean we’re not very aggressively
working together on what is at hand,” Irving said. He touted the West Coast as being uniquely positioned to cash in on solid higher education opportunities because of the resources already present with North Island College and local organizations like the Central
Westcoast Forest Society, Raincoast Education Society and Clayoquot Biosphere Trust. “There’s huge potential out here so we’re hoping, as communities, to air our concerns and grievances to some degree but to take those and move them forward into some positive things,” he said.
“We’re hoping the things we are investing in now will have a generational advantage for the people in the future on the Coast.” reporter@westerlynews.ca
Welcome, continued from Page 4 weird when you meet someone who doesn’t. There’s all sorts of folks who still spend more time on the water than you can in a full summer’s worth of shredding. These folks know more about the ocean than you could imagine, so don¹t talk down to them or act like you know more. Respect local First Nations as well. We are lucky we are allowed to be here and you can learn you a thing or two about the area from them and also about life. If you’re a surf instructor or work in a surf shop, be thankful you get to spread what I’d assume is your love of the ocean to other folks that aren’t as privileged to live right on the ocean.
Don’t walk around like a rooster and puff your chest out. Don’t look down on people because they don¹t have their own gear. Be stoked you got a job educating and inspiring people about the ocean and the need to keep it clean. And remember the owners of these places are giving you THEIR money. They have MASSIVE bills to be paid out monthly and are relying on your good nature to help them make it through the winter lull once you are off charging the big waves of Pipeline. And for that matter that goes for anyone who is working at any service-based business. If you don’t like people or get aggravated with answering, what seems to be
Everyone who resides here yearround has to make as much money as they can to survive the winter drought. - Marty Kukler for the hundredth time, questions about the area than you should find other employment. It’s really only three months out of the year. Everyone who resides here year-round has to make as much money as they can to survive the winter drought. That doesn’t mean if someone is being a jerk, you can’t inform them
of it. Just be mindful how you project yourself when working for these rad business owners that are parting with their money for you to have employment. It’s not just a direct negative reflection on their business but also on the whole of Tofino. The Tofino Ambassadors Program is a must for those who have
they don’t want that kind of image,” he said. “They were as eager as we were to fix the problem and they were quite embarrassed by the activity of these guys...They’re going to help us identify who these guys are.” He said the ship, and its crew, has left Ucluelet en route to
Vancouver but warrants will be sought and he is confident charges will be laid in connection to the havoc because of surveillance footage taken at the beer and wine store. He added that the suspects’ actions put their employment at risk.
just moved here, as you will learn about the local history of the area. Plus the more you know, the bigger the tip you will receive from your tables. And who doesn’t like making them tips! So if you find yourself stressed out mid-summer, crumble up a tiny bit of cedar tree and let the aroma relax you. Then find some friends or go make new friends and go to the beach, jump in the ocean, make a fire and clean up when you leave! Here’s to a great, fun summer. I look forward to making some new friends form all around the world. Marty Kukler works at Jupiter Juice Bar. He has been on the West Coast eight years..
Police, continued from Page 13 sel for the remainder of their stay in Ucluelet. Police set up shop nearby the vessel to ensure the captain’s orders were adhered to. “The most important thing was keeping them out of Ucluelet and on the boat until the boat left the harbour,” Van Camp said. “We
parked a couple of cars there and made sure these guys didn’t sneak off and cause any more problems.” The company is cooperating with police and conducting an internal investigation to discover the identities of the bad apples, according to Van Camp. “This is a large company and
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