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Mystery of Reeks Island ‘face’ inspires new adventures for Ucluelet operator JACKIE CARMICHAEL

Westerly News A feature on a Reeks Island cliff face has dazzled readers from around the world by its resemblance to a human face since its discovery in recent weeks – and Ucluelet tour operator Cam MacPherson is among the fascinated. MacPherson led a tour threading through the isolated Broken Group Islands to Reeks Island

this week. “We saw the mystery face – there’s actually a couple of them there, depending on the angle that you look at them from,” he said. “It looked like a beautiful carving.” Adding to the mystery, he said, is the island’s place in First Nations culture as a sacred burial ground, something he heard from Tseshaht elder Daryl Ross Sr. “Visitors should stay on boats in the water, and not go onto the

island,” MacPherson said. “It’s their territory and those are their wishes that we’re following.” Spanning an estimated seven feet, the bas-relief profile has captured the imagination of news organizations around the world. MacPherson isn’t speculating – but he is taking another tour group Saturday, and he’s hoping See FACE, Page 10

Westerly News Four Tofino resorts have saved over $1 million in utility charges since 2001 thanks to meter errors in their favour. Tofino’s water and sewer systems are operated on a cost recovery basis meaning the $1 million mistake was paid for by all other ratepayers. District CAO Bob MacPherson presented a sobering report last week to explain how the four resorts were so significantly undercharged. “It is in excess of a $1 million between water and sewer between 2001-(2014) that was not billed appropriately so then the cost of maintaining the water system was picked up by all the other users,” MacPherson said. “Other users also in the commercial or resort class as well as residential users were paying more than they should have for their water because some users were paying less than they should have.” He cited Pacific Sands Resort, Crystal Cove Resort, Long Beach Lodge, and the Wickaninnish Inn as the key beneficiaries of the meter malfunctions and said it is unlikely See MILLION LOST, Page 6

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Tofino’s annual Canada Day celebration will take place on today, Wednesday, July 1 on Tofino’s Village Green. Public Market from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Children and family activities, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cake Cutting, noon sharp. Silent Auction from 12-3 p.m. Third Street Events: Food vendors from 11 a.m. to 7 pm. Tuff City Skate Park Events, annual skate competition from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Basketball Court Events, Refreshment Gardens, 4-8 p.m. Tofino Harbour Events: Fireworks, 10 p.m. The Tofino Recreation Commission and the District of

Tofino have teamed up once again to host the day’s events. Events this year will include the Tofino Public Market, family activities on the Village Green, a silent auction, the Tuff City Skate Competition,

refreshment gardens and a closing fireworks show in the Tofino Harbour. All funds raised through events on Canada Day are put back into the community through improving current parks and facilities or by adding new infrastructure to our existing facilities. This year the Tofino Recreation Commission is fundraising to build an indoor gymnasium in our community.

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The District of Ucluelet celebrates Canada Day from noon to 3 p.m., featuring music by Towers & Trees and Left at the Junction, part of the Pacific Rim Summer Festival, sponsored by Pacific Rim Arts Society. There will be a free hot dog BBQ, Ukee Market Vendors, kids activities and Colour Guard and cake cutting.

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phrase “native land” because some Canadians weren’t born here, and also to change the word “sons” for implying women couldn’t be patriotic. References to God have been criticized. On March 3, 2010, Governor General Michaelle Jean said Parliament would be reviewing the original “gender-neutral” wording, but of Canadians polled, three-fourths said leave it alone. So they did. ‘O Canada’ became the ofﬁcial anthem in 1980. Gordon V. Thompson Music sold the copyright to the English version to the Government of Canada for $1. - Source: Wikipedia

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Visitors’ car robbed in smash-n-grab ANDREW BAILEY

Westerly News A group of tourists visiting the West Coast from Washington had their vehicle smashed into while they were hiking last week. The hikers parked near Rainforest Trail in the Pacific Rim National Park Reserve on June 19 and returned to their vehicle around 11 a.m. to discover they had been robbed, according to Sgt. Jeff Swann of the Ucluelet RCMP. Swann said the stolen items included two backpacks and a set of binoculars and he called the theft “a crime of opportunity” because the items had been left in plain sight. “There was many cars in the parking lot and [the thief or thieves] picked that car. Was it because there was a

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Albertans stopped after lifting mustard & Man cheese arrested at Two shoplifters were grad party caught trying to steal food from the Ucluelet Co-op last week. A Co-op employee ran outside to detain the would-be thieves after spotting them walk out of the store with cheese and mustard they

A drunken 18-year-old was arrested during Ucluelet Secondary School’s graduation celebrations at Redneck Beach last week. Police stopped by the June

“The grad kids were just exemplary.”

Beachgoer crashes car

The driver of a Kia Rio lost control of their vehicle and crashed while navigating a sharp corner on their way to Swim Beach last week. Police responded to the single vehicle collision around 7:30 p.m. on June 21. Sgt. Swann said the vehicle was damaged beyond repair but the driver escaped without life-threatening injuries. Swann said alcohol was not a factor in the crash but that the driver did receive a ticket for driving with an expired driver’s license.

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Tofino targets invasive Japanese knotweed ANDREW BAILEY

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21 party around 1:30 a.m. to find one of the partiers had drank well beyond his limit. “A young fellow there had had too much to drink,” Swann said. “The young male was arrested for being intoxicated in a public place.” Swann said medical treatment was not required and the intoxicated teenager, who is not believed to have been part of the graduating class, was driven home by police and handed off to his father. Swann said outside of this one arrest, the party was incident free and he commended Ucluelet’s youth for keeping their celebratory behaviour in check “We had no reports of vandalism...We had no interactions and no negative incidents with any of our Ucluelet kids,” Swann said.

hadn’t paid for. The employee brought the shoplifters back into the store where they waited for police, according to Sgt. Swann. Swann said the shoplifters, who were visiting Ucluelet from Alberta, have been identified by police and will likely face charges. The attempted theft occurred on June 20 around 7:35 p.m.

whole bunch of stuff that was visible? Probably,” he said. “It’s important if you’ve got valuables to try to keep them out of sight, unfortunately there’s criminals that travel on the road.”

Westerly News Tofino is in an ongoing battle against invasive species and Mayor Josie Osborne has commanded district staff to set their phasers to kill. During the new business portion of last week’s regular council meeting, Osborne brought a motion to have district staff investigate strategies for eradicating a patch of Japanese Knotweed growing at the corner

of Leighton Way and Arnet Street. “I have some experience with this plant and with invasive species in general... In my opinion this is something we really need to get on top of,” she said. “Japanese Knotweed is something that, if it gets out of hand, it can crack foundations, it can crack roads, it can undermine the roadbed.” She suggested that if the district could come up with an effective way to remove

the knotweed, it could then help School District 70 wage war against similar patches growing around the Wickaninnish Community School. “If the district of Tofino is able to consider this, and prepare a reasonable strategy for dealing with it, then we can pass that recommendation along to the school district and see it taken care of there,” she said. Coun. Greg Blanchette agreed. “I’m very much in favour

across several of B.C.’s landmarks and leisure spots. “British Columbia’s leisure travellers have a hard time selecting a favourite destination from the many appealing attractions their province has to offer,” said Mario Canseco, the vice president of Public Affairs at Insights West. “Still, Stanley Park and Tofino were regarded by about two-in-five respondents as visits that

cannot be missed.” top five, with Okanagan winInsights West says it polled eries, English Bay/Spanish 600 British Columbians Banks, Haida Gwaii/Queen between June 11 and 15, Charlotte Islands, Whistler “who have made at least one Village, and Okanagan Lake leisure trip 100 km from finishing the top 10, in that home in the past 12 months.” order. Granville Island (27 per cent), Butchart Gardens (26 per cent) Park emergencies: and the Rocky En cas d’urgence : 250-726-3604 Mountains (26 All other inquiries: Pour plus d’information : 250-726-3500 per cent) finished on the

of getting on top of this,” he said. “I’ve looked at that patch and it’s the size of a small car already.” Council unanimously approved Osborne’s motion and staff will come back with options. Osborne noted Japanese Knotweed is tricky to get rid of because the seeds can spread quickly if the plant is removed improperly. “My biggest concern about Japanese Knotweed is that if it gets schwacked down

by an unsuspecting worker, those little tiny pieces get distributed places and a new patch arises,” she said. “This plant is vicious.” Andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

Stanley Park, Tofino top BC fave list CARGO KOLBY SOLINSKY

BC Local News A new poll from Insights West polled British Columbians on their favourite places to visit inside their own province, with Stanley Park (39 per cent) and Tofino (38 per cent) topping the list. Residents were asked to choice their “best places” from 69 options and, while Stanley Park and Tofino stood apart, votes were split

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COMMENT

UES PAC says ‘thanks!’ We at the Ucluelet Elementary school Parent Advisory Council (PAC) would like to highlight the various fundraising activities we took on in the 2014/2015 school year, such as CINDI our Pasta Fundraiser, the LEVINE 100ish days till Ukee days dance, a Garage sale and /LOCAL a school logo shirt sale. VOICE We also held a Fun Fair this winter which had not been held in a number of years, this was a great success for the children and parents in attendance. We would like to thank all those volunteer parents and teachers, and the generous folks in Ucluelet who donated items for the garage sale, and supported our other various events with donations and or by buying from those fundraisers. We had a very successful school year raising over $ 4749.96! This directly contributed to such worthy projects such as the Elementary school Greenhouse, the Roots of Empathy Program which was able to be held in two classes this year, the Yearbook committee helping to keep the yearbook affordable for purchase, the DARE grad ceremony, Beach day at the end of the school year, and a parting gift for Sandy Corlazzoli who singlehandedly produced the UES yearbook for many years. Also, for many years now, PAC has fully sponsored the grade 2/3 class swimming lessons, thus ensuring they have basic water safety and can manage basic swimming skills in the event they are in the water, with no cost to the students or the parents. As well, PAC always hosts the back to school BBQ where students and parents can come out at the beginning of the school year to socialize, and enjoy the BBQ dinner with potluck dessert table, which is always a hit with everyone. For 2014, the RCMP fully sponsored this BBQ, with a donation basket for the meal, PAC was able to raise over $440 from this event alone. So thank you to the Ucluelet RCMP detachment, and specifically Marcel and Carrie Midlane for this awesome start to the year! Mark your calendars for Sept 16th, 2015 this year’s back to school BBQ. We would like to thank everyone who spends their time volunteering for this very worthy committee, and encourage anyone who has an interest to meet with us in the school library Tuesday September 22, 2015, first meeting of the year! Stay tuned for more special events we have planned….. another Fun fair, garage sale, and an event you won’t want to miss……….. the Mighty Machines day is back!

Cindi Levine is the treasurer for the UES PAC.

Opinion

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

THE WILD LIFE

Why penalize the water frugal? Utility Rate story ignores total water cost to water users. Andrew Bailey reported on Tofino’s new water rates but KEVIN forgot to include MIDGELY the increased /LOCAL sewer costs many VOICE residents will face. At 90% of the cost of water those that use less than 45 cubic meters over 3 months

face the double jeopardy of paying for sewer they do not use either. The cost of water consumption in Tofino is therefore $64.60 for the first 45 cubic meters whether used or not. For each additional cubic meter of water between 45 and 60 cubic meters the cost is $2.28. For those brave, foolish or

forced to because of the number of people in the house and on that meter the rate is $5.32 for each cubic meter above 60. Why should frugal water users face discrimination and be forced to pay for water they neither want nor use in order to subsidize larger water consumers? In comparison commercial users can use as many cubic

meters as they want at a cost of $2.09 in the winter and 3.23 during the summer. In Vancouver by comparison, all meter users pay the same for their water and they have winter and summer rates Car wash anyone? It could help to pay for my newly tripled utility bill Kevin Midgley is a Tofino resident.

St. Aidan’s: a people, not a building All life is a journey, both our lives as individuals and the lives of the communities to which we belong. There are times when our lives, and our community lives, go through WILL difficult patches. FERREY For the past few /LOCAL years, the comVOICE munity life of St. Aidan’s been difficult – our numbers shrank, we had to sell our beloved and iconic building, and it looked for a time as it St. Aidan’s would cease to exist as a worshipping Christian community. These last few have been

difficult. We’ve faced a lot of loss. But now we are beginning to put the past behind us, and to journey forward as a congregation. A Christian community or church is so much more than just a building. Although we’re often based in and known for our beautiful worship spaces, the truth is that a church can exist anywhere a group of people gathers together to hear scripture proclaimed, and celebrate the sacraments of our faith. Over time churches have existed in small rooms, in people’s houses, in fields

and barns, as well as the more well known churches and cathedrals. Church is about the community which is built and formed, about the shared desire to worship Jesus, about building a life that is bigger than any one individual. The congregation of St. Aidan’s is pleased to announce that we are once again meeting regularly for Christian worship in Ucluelet! This is a new step in our journey as a community, and it is an exciting one! We’re meeting at the Ucluelet Community Center at 4:00 every Sunday, and everyone is

welcome to join us. We are an ecumenical shared ministry of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada, and we worship in those traditions. Our worship is contemporary and family friendly and we’re very much an inclusive and welcoming group! It’s impossible to begin a new piece of the journey like this without support, and we’re very grateful for the support and prayers of St. Columba in Tofino. If there has been one positive outcome of recent turmoil, it has been in building See St. AIDAN’S Page 13

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Tofino Bus hopes to pick up CR Greyhound route KARL YU

Nanaimo News Bulletin

Tofino Bus Services is poised to pick up the slack left behind when Greyhound Canada eliminates a Nanaimo bus run. Greyhound has applied to the B.C. Passenger Transportation Board to end a number of routes, including Route U servicing Nanaimo to Campbell River. Tofino Bus has applied to the board to provide service on the routes. In a letter addressed to the Regional District of Nanaimo, Dylan Green, founder and president of Tofino Bus, said if approval is given, the new Tofino Bus All

Island Express service will be similar to what was previously offered. Depending on the process, there may not even be service interruption. “[Tofino Bus’s] new routes will connect to Vancouver via Departure Bay terminal in Nanaimo. Under TBSI’s pre-existing interline partnership with Greyhound, the new routes coordinate with Greyhound’s North America-wide network via Nanaimo and Vancouver,” Green said in the letter. As for Greyhound, it said it was a financial decision. “In regard to our proposal to eliminate Route U, which runs between Nanaimo and Campbell

River, we have proposed the route cut due to a significant decline in ridership and our inability to sustain operations along that corridor, as ridership continues to decrease,” said Lanesha Gipson, Greyhound spokeswoman, in an e-mail. While the passenger transportation board is accepting input from the public, Gipson said it would take substantial public objection for the proposed route cut to be reversed. Comment can be made to the passenger board by e-mailing patboard@gov.bc.ca and quote Application 197-15/Routes U and W. Input must be received by Thursday (July 2).

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Tofino’s manager of RMI services April Froment received a recognition award for 15 years of municipal service during a recent regular council meeting in Tofino. Photo Andrew Bailey.

Tofino mulls lower water rates ANDREW BAILEY

Westerly News If you live in Tofino, the rate structure that determines your water bill is locked in for the remainder of 2015 but your local officials are still trying to figure out how to charge you in 2016 and beyond. As was reported in last week’s Westerly News, the district held a community meeting on June 16 to lay out a plan that would have seen residential water users paying a quarterly base rate of $52 attached to a water allowance of 45 cubic meters. Residences that went over their 45 cubic metre allowance would be subject to a tiered system of $1.20 per cubic metre between 45-60 and $2.80 per cubic meter after that. Non-residential users would be charged a quarterly base rate of $40 without an allowance and would pay per cubic metre used— $1.30 in winter months and $1.80 in the summer months—with no tiered rate. The community meeting’s audience clamoured against the $52 residential base rate suggesting a 45 cubic metre allowance was too high and would not only be punitive to low water users, but would also nix their motivation to conserve. During a June 17 special meeting, council agreed to investigate lowering the residential base rate to about $35 and the quarterly allowance to 30 cubic metres. A tiered structure would remain in place with a second tier between 30-60 cubic metres and keeping the top tier of $2.80 for residences that go over 60. Coun. Duncan McMaster supported charging all users a fixed base rate but added the residential rate should

See WATER RATES, P. 15 based on a quarterly allowance closer to 30 cubic metres rather than 45. “Whether you’re using a cup of water or ten gallons, I think, as soon as you turn the tap on you should be paying for the privilege of having access to water,” he said. Coun Al Anderson said lowering the proposed base rate would help with both equity and conservation. “What we’re trying to capture is a user level that’s frugal and conservative and give them an opportunity to have a lower fixed rate,” he said. Coun. Greg Blanchette agreed. “If you give everybody an average consumption then you’re not incentivizing people to drop below the average consumption,” he said. Council directed staff to look into the possibility of lowering the base rate while keeping the tiered system in place but Coun. Cathy Thicke wondered why tiered rates—designed to promote water conservation—would only be charged to the residential sector. “We’re using money to, for lack of a better word, penalize or change one group’s behaviour but we’re not saying it’s important in the other...If it’s important to educate, or it’s important to steward or conserve this resource, then it needs to be equitable for all,” she said. “We’re saying it is important to send a strong signal, why is it also not important to send a strong signal...to the commercial and institutional class?” Osborne said Tofino’s commercial ratepayers are too diverse for tiered rates to be fair. “It would just be impossible to say that a gift store could

be tiered the same way that a commercial use of residential,” he the larger balance of that cost large resort could be,” she said. said. because it’s the cost of doing “Unfortunately, the tiered system “It’s an inequality, but I think business. To provide water to is a tool that would be so grossly it’s one were going to have to live resorts that provide hot tubs inequitable we aren’t able to use with.” and showers and all the rest of it.” Osborne said a two-tiered sysit has required that we provide Thicke remained unconvinced. tem in the residential class would infrastructure that allows that to “You’re targeting the wrong not send a strong enough conhappen.” people with the message,” she servation message. Osborne asked Baert if she said. “The biggest consumers are Coun. Dorothy Baert wondered believed ratepayers in the comnot getting the very same explicit if resorts would be paying enough mercial sector should be charged message.” into the system with the proposed more than their fair share. She suggested a two-tiered sysrate structure. “What I think I hear you saying tem with a base allowance of 30 “I’m just concerned that the is that one of the reasons why it cubic metres and a second tier for residents are still, overall, paying costs $689,000 a year to run the residences that go over 30 cubic disproportionately for the total water system is because of the metres. water consumption,” Baert said. tourism economy, so you seem to “I think it’s simple and it’s fair,” “Right now it’s just not really still want to pick out the businesses she said. “Whether you are a large seeming fair.” that are responsible for that tourfamily, or whether you are choosOsborne noted the district’s ism economy and have them pay ing to run a vacation rental, you water rate equity analysis showed more than their fair share,” she pay for it.” the residential sector would be said Council did not support this paying its fair share but Baert “To target one area because they idea. suggested resorts put a sigcreated more demand on the sys“If you go to two tiers you really nificant cost on Tofino’s water tem could be argued from many are hitting families,” McMaster infrastructure. different perspectives of all the said. “Everything that’s gone into that other benefits that came with it.” He said the top $2.80 tier would system, doesn’t really represent a Council is expected to discuss only affect a small percentcommunity of residents of 2,000 water rates again at a July 21 age of residential users who people, it represents a resort meeting. actually cross the 60 cubic metre municipality,” Baert said. threshold. “I’m not saying that the resorts Andrew.bailey@westerlynews. “(For) these people, I don’t think have to carry all of that cost, ca it matters what you charge them, but I do think they have to carry they’ll still going to be using a lot of water...It’s not affecting the majority of the population in Tofino,” he said. “I’m in support of having a higher rate.” 2007 BMW X5 Blanchette said the top tier would help capture vacation 3.0 si SUV rentals and bed and breakAutomatic fasts within the residential class. “They will be using higher Stock# 155504B water and we don’t want to BRENT LANGE penalize the true residents blange@albernichrysler.com by raising their water rates so I think that’s an attempt to address the inequality between residential and 250-723-5331 www.albernichrysler.com

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Ucluelet to get beach volleyball court ANDREW BAILEY

munity input,” said Ucluelet’s director of parks and recreation Abby Fortune. “There’s synergies with both groups...We have limited funds on this project so we’re working with both groups to see what we can do.” Shovels have already hit the ground to improve the area’s drainage, according to Fortune who said land-clearing work

would kick-off in short order. She suggested, once it’s in place, Work on Ucluelet’s first the court could allow for beach ever beach volleyball court is volleyball leagues to spring up underway. and she hopes to see the local The district has allocated $7,600 contingent of volleyballers grow. towards turning the property “It’s very exciting because across from the Ucluelet Comopportunities like this are a big munity Centre into a beach volpart of community health, comleyball court and improved bike munity wellness, and connecting park. people to the outside,” she said. “There’s been really good com“One of the big pushes with recreation right now is the outdoor recreation side of things. Getting people out, and getting people active, is one of the key mandates VACANCY for the Canadian Parks and MANAGER OF OPERATIONS (permanent part-time) Recreation Association.” The Barkley Community Forest Corporation (BCFC) is accepting She said the court would applications for a part-time position available for a Manager of Operations. Closing date for receipt of applications is Monday, July 14th, 2015. 1 WEDNESDAY The position will be part-time, required primarily when the Corporation District of Ucluelet undertakes its harvesting operations (2-3 months per year), with Canada Day noon minor work demands including attending to general of¿ce work; to 3 p.m., Towers & correspondence and accounting/reporting functions as needed Trees and Left at the through-out the year. Junction, free hot The successful candidate will have an in-depth knowledge of all dog BBQ, Ukee Marphases of forestry operations and procedures, preference will be ket Vendors, kids given to those familiar with the unique aspects of the requirements of activities, Colour harvesting on the West Coast. Guard, cake cutting. More information and details of the position, including how to apply, 3pm - Dusk at the Arches, can be obtained from the BCFC webpage: - www.barkleyforest.ca Peninsula Rd, Ucluelet Please direct your application to:- Wall mural creation BCFC Chair, next to Image West. PO Box 759 1971 Peninsula Road, Ucluelet, BC V0R 3A0

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also provide non-structured recreational opportunities for locals to simply “grab a volleyball and go play” and added the court would be open to the public with volleyballs available at the community centre. She assured the two user groups would safely share the space, without bikers crashing into volleyball players, and work would be done to ensure no volleyballs fly onto nearby Matterson Drive. Fortune, who has been at the helm of Ucluelet’s parks and recreation department for the past 25 years, said the community has never had a full-on, standardsized, beach volleyball court before.

“We did do some beach volleyball many moons ago down at Wick Beach, but this gives opportunities for our kids and adults to play locally,” she said. “We’ve been working with the community and getting the community’s feedback on these projects and the parks and recreation department, and council, hugely wants to continue the open dialogue with the community to ensure that we’re meeting the needs of the community to the best of our ability and funding.” Locals are encouraged to keep their ears open for possible fundraising opportunities and workbees to assist with. Andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

West Coast Calendar of Events

Tofino’s annual Canada Day celebration on

Village Green. Public Market 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Family activ-

ities, 11 a.m. -2 p.m. Cake Cutting, noon sharp. Silent Auction 12-3 p.m. Third Street Events: Food vendors 11 a.m. to 7 pm. Tuff City Skate Park annual skate competition 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Baskeball Court Events, Refreshment Gardens, 4-8 p.m.

Harbour Fireworks, 10 p.m. 2 THURSDAY Family Floorball, 5-6 pm, WCS Gym, Info, 250-725-2555 Healthy Babies Program/ Family Ties, 10:30 a.m. Drop-in for expectant, new parents, Coastal Family Place, Ucluelet AA 8pm. at Holy Family Church, 1663 Peninsula Rd. The Edge Youth Room,

3–6pm, UCC & Youth Nite at the Edge, 6–8pm, Tofino library, 331 Main St., 3–7pm. St Columba Anglican/ United Church Bible study, 10:30 a.m., UCC FRIDAY/SATURDAY/ SUNDAY www. TofinoSaltwaterClassic.com fishing derby, thousands of $ prizes, benefits Tofino Community Initiatives See CALENDAR P 12

District of Ucluelet Planning Department 200 Main Street, Ucluelet, BC V0R 3A0, PO. Box 999 tel 250-726-4770 fax 250 726 7335

District of Ucluelet Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1183, 2015 Notice is hereby given that a Public Hearing, pursuant to Sections 890 and 892 of the Local Government Act, will be held at the Ucluelet Community Centre, located at 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet B.C., on July 14, 2015 commencing at 7:00 p.m. Ucluelet Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1183, 2015 amends Zoning Bylaw 1160, 2013 by adding the “Personal Services” use to the CS-7 Zone – Tourist Commercial & Residential. Subsection CS-7.1 of the Zoning Bylaw reads as follows:

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Commercial crab gear was dragging a 15-metre humpback down before he was freed through collaboration between boaters, a whale watching crew and the DFO. (submitted photo)

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HUMAN/NATURE

Dramatic rescue for gear-entangled whale ANDREW BAILEY

Westerly News A colossal humpback whale measuring roughly 15 metres long was rescued from perilous entanglement thanks to keen-eyed boaters. The whale was heavily entangled in commercial crab gear and was spotted in distress on June 28 by a recreational boater near Ucluelet who immediately reported the sighting to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO). The call came in around 10 a.m. Sunday and DFO’s Pacific Marine Mammal Coordinator Paul Cottrell contacted a crew from whale watching company Jamie’s Whaling Station who kept their eyes on the whale while Cottrell and local DFO officers Denise Koshowski and Dan Smith got their gear together. “It was great that Jamie’s Whaling Station was able to keep the eye until we got out there...they were fantastic and we really appreciate their efforts,” Cottrell told the Westerly News. “That’s the key; you have to have an eye on the animal...If they lose the eye then it’s really difficult to find it again; it’s a huge ocean out there.” Cottrell’s team reached the whale around 1:30 p.m. and hooked buoys onto the entangled lines the animal was pulling to tire it out and prevent it from diving down. “It was a huge animal, one of the biggest we’ve ever disentangled; it was 45-50 feet. It was massive,” Cottrell said. He said it took roughly seven

hours to tire the whale out enough for his team to get close to it. “Once we got up close to the animal, and we knew it was fairly exhausted, there was a whole bunch of weight pulling down the tail fluke so we couldn’t get the tail fluke up high enough to use our specialized cutting knife to cut the last few wraps,” he said. “We had to really work hard and pull that tail up.” He said the whale’s tail had to be raised because algae bloom was restricting visibility in the water. “You have to make sure to make the right cut...If you make the wrong cut it’s just going to be worse for the animal,” he said. “We were able to get the tail up where we could see where the ropes were and then make the right cuts. It was just fantastic.” Once freed from its entanglements, the whale swam away relieved. “It had a burst of energy and it was probably relieved not to have all that weight pulling it down,” Cottrell said. He said it was the third successful humpback rescue his team has pulled off in the past two weeks after having gone roughly five months without one and he attributed the surge in rescues to aware boaters being out on the water. “We’re successful because these people are making these quick calls and getting us involved right away,” he said. “The boating community out here is great and they’re doing that extra effort to make sure the

right people are called. It’s wonderful and it makes our jobs so much easier.” Cottrell said DFO is aware of at least one other entangled whale off the West Coast and he urges anyone who sees this animal, or any marine mammal in distress, to immediately report their sighting to the Marine Mammal Hotline: 1-800-465-4336. He added anyone who spots an entangled animal must stay a safe distance away and never try to disentangle it themselves. Andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

Commercial crab gear was dragging this 15-metre humpback down before he was freed through collaboration between boaters, a whale watching crew and the DFO. (submitted photo)

Report bullfrogs! The Association of Wetland Stewards for Clayoquot and Barkley Sounds is hoping west coast residents and visitors will report sightings and sounds of BARB BEASLEY American Bullfrogs while out /LOCAL hiking, campRIBBET ing, swimming and fishing this summer. We’d like to learn about any found west of Sproat Lake, and especially those found on the west side of Sutton Pass. American Bullfrogs were introduced to British Columbia from eastern North America in the mid 1900s. Western farmers thought that bullfrogs’ big juicy frogs’ legs would be profitable to produce. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case, and many bullfrogs escaped or were released into the wild where they have dis-

Frogs and Western Toads. You can learn how to identify American Bullfrogs by sight and sound if you visit http:web.uvic. ca/bullfrogs/

rupted our native wildlife. Bullfrogs have a distinctive call, a deep resonating “brrrr-rumm or “jug-o-rum”, a bit like the sound of a whistle buoy. They get to be quite large but it’s common to encounter ones that are similar in size to our native species of Northern Red-legged

If you see or hear a bullfrog, please try to get a photo and/ or a recording of its call. Post a description of the location along with the picture/sound to our Facebook page - Association of Wetland Stewards for Clayoquot and Barkley Sounds, or send it in an email to wetlandstewards@ gmail.com and bcfrogwatch@victoria1.gov.bc.ca. The sooner we hear about your sighting, the sooner we can go check the area. For info, 250-726-2536.

Barb Beasley is with the Association of Wetland Stewards for Clayoquot & Barkley Sounds

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EDUCATION

UES Grade 7 graduates reflect on past, future NORA O’MALLEY

Special to Westerly School’s out for summer, and warm congratulations are in order for the Grade 7 Class of 2015. At the June 25 graduation and yearend assembly 12 well-clad students accepted their Grade 7 parchments in front of the entire Ucluelet Elementary School student body and a gymnasium packed with beaming parents. “I have seen this Grade 7 group begin the year as shy kids. And now, I am proud to say they will enter high school as young adults,” Grade 6/7 teacher Ms. Carly Green said during the June 25 graduation ceremony. Honour roll graduates Aidan Duffy and Teagan Griffin were elected to give ABOVE: UES Grade 7 Graduating Class of 2015 (left to right): Mr. Bryan Grigg, speeches on behalf of their Aidan Duffy, O’Rion Schmock, Teagan Griffin, Julia Weismiller, Maxtin Lengyel, class. Emmett Wellman, Anthony Louie, Leigha Auld, Daniel Mundy, Trinity Clark, “Firstly, I would like to thank my family for help- Zachary Belisse-Levielle, Lachlan Oliwa, and Ms. Carly Green. ing me prepare for my very first day of school and help-ABOVE RIGHT: Aidan Duffy and Teagan Griffin were elected to give ing me all the way through commemorative speeches in front of a gymnasium packed with proud to Grade 7. They’ve helped parents. Photos by Nora O’Malley, special to the Westerly News. with homework and all those quirky little problems that we kids have. I’d also we enter high school we will be At the beginning of June as like to thank the teachers, and all the very youngest people there. part of the Explorations course the staff and volunteers at UES I would appreciate it if everyone curriculum, the students went for getting us through elementary remembered the very great times splunking at Horne Lake Caves school while making it fun at the we had together, especially on the Provincial Park, which was also same time,” Aidan Duffy said. grad trip.” an unforgettable experience for “I think most of us have been The annual highlight for the the class. waiting for this day since the grads was hands down their Ms. Green sent her Grade 7 beginning of the year because four-day grad trip to Camp Home- Class of 2015 away with precious honestly… we’ve been here forever wood, Quadra Island on May 19 advice: “To use the Slip ‘N Slide and a long time!” Teagan Griffin to 21. The students’ fundraising metaphor to finish my speech, I said, creating a wave of laughter efforts throughout the year helped encourage all of you to always from the audience. subsidize the outdoor education take the time and consider all the “But we got here and soon we’ll focused field trip that included: factors, and once you’ve made up be going to high school,” she conhorseback riding, a riffle range, your mind, make sure you get a tinued. “It’s going to be a little bit sailing, kayaking, and hard-fought running start.” hard since we were always on top games of Everyone’s It tag. and always the oldest and when

ABOVE: Grade 7 Grads showoff their farewell gifts. (All photos, Nora O’Malley.)

WILD PACIFIC TRAIL

More fun for kids at Big Beach, WPT The Wild Pacific Trail Society is happy to announce that Big Beach is now home to three new Children’s Interpretive signs! The interactive displays include a three-part BARBARA spinning SCHRAMM cylinder /LOCAL with inforVOICE mation on three endangered species: the orca, the sea otter, and the yellow rockfish. An impressive cross-section of a log provides a backdrop for a forest scavenger hunt which leads to a geocache. And near the end of the picnic tables, a new sign solves some of the mystery surrounding a real 1890’s shipwreck (thanks to David Griffith for his detec-

tive work). Our Children’s Interpretive signage could not have progressed from the conceptual phase into actual being without the help of many people. The Trail Society would like to acknowledge Heather Grimshire (WPTS Board Member) for dreaming the idea, Clayoquot Biosphere Trust for their funding support, the District of Ucluelet, and Oyster Jim for building all the structures in the Big Beach Interpretive Park – what a natural engineer! We would also like to extend a heartfelt thank you to the experts in the field that provided interpretive content for the signs: Barb Beasley, Jim Darling, John

Ford, Laura Griffith-Cochrane, and Josie Osbourne. Thank you to Laura Timmermans for providing the creature drawings, Barbara Schramm for sign graphics, research and design, Michael Timmermans for the geocache house, and Pieter Timmermans for installation. A huge thank-you to Mayco Noel and the Ukee-Rent-It Centre who located and moved the heavy scavenger hunt log which is over 800 years old. Thank you to Windsor Plywood for the use of their crane and Dolans for the concrete to position the log in its final place. The Trail Society hopes the signs will capture the Big fun at Big Beach, thanks to a new kids’ trail feature from the Wild Pacific Trail Society. See KIDS TRAIL, P. 10 (submitted photo)

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Kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Trail from Page 9 childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interest, provoke their curiosity and get them actively involved with their natural surroundings. Please enjoy the park and the signs! Barbara Schramm is the president of the Wild Pacific Trail Society.

Face on cliff enshrouded in mystery, continued from Page 1 there will be many more. The West Coast has many majestic spots to take visitors, from historic village sites that can be viewed from the water to watching whales or browsing for bears. A face on a cliff can provide yet another reason to visit â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or to return to â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the West Coast. Cam MacPhersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping that more visitors will come to check out the mysterious face on the cliff face. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You have to look at it yourself and see what you see in the rocks,â&#x20AC;? he said. Speculation about the origin of the face â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what it is â&#x20AC;&#x201C; may be misplaced, MacPherson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a mystery and we really like the mystery,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not worrying too much about that â&#x20AC;&#x201C; weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just enjoying the mystery and the awesomeness of it.â&#x20AC;?

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NATURE ALBUM: FISH RESCUE

Coho fry were rescued from side ditches along West Main, Lost Shoe Creek. Dave Hurwitz, New manager at Thornton Creek Hatchery, is seen here in the Lost Shoe area. Above middle, rescued fry. Above right, a gee trap snagged fry and salamanders. (Jean Duckmanton photos)

District, Toquaht First Nation partner on forest ANDREW BAILEY

Westerly News Ucluelet and the Toquaht First Nation have officially entered the community forest business. The two communities have partnered to join the Barkley Community Forest Corporation and this corporation recently signed an agreement with the provincial government for roughly 6,700 hectares near Maggie Lake to operate for a 25-year term with an annual allowable cut of 27,000 cubic metres. BC’s Minister of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations Steve Thomson announced the agreement. “Community forests are a key component of our Forest Sector Strategy,” Thomson said. “These licences give people in rural communities across the province a

way to diversify their economies and gain a strong voice in how local forests are managed and sustained.” Ucluelet Mayor Dianne St. Jacques told the Westerly News a community forest has been a long time coming and both communities are stoked to get going. “It’s a done deal and it’s really exciting,” she said. “It’s a really good news happy story full of opportunity for people in our communities...This is another tool in the box to diversify our economy, to get some forestry happening, to provide jobs and, overtime, to provide income to the communities for special projects.” Along with harvesting revenue, St. Jacques said the forest could also bring educational and tourism opportunities. “It’s a huge land base for the

corporation to have access to and just to see what’s possible out there and how we can make it best work for us,” she said. “Whatever we can do in education and tourism to generate opportunities and jobs would be good for all of us.” St. Jacques said Ucluelet has been dreaming of operating a community forest for about 15 years but one of the reasons for the hold-up was finding the right space. “Everybody was in favour of our communities having a community forest but there were some challenges in finding the proper land base where it could be workable for both harvesting and whatever else we decide to do moving forward,” she said. She noted 27,000 cubic metres is a relatively small amount com-

pared to the West Coast’s past logging activity but said it would still bring substantial results. “To put it in perspective, in the heyday of Clayoquot Sound it used to be a 1-million cubic metre cut in there,” she said. “So it’s not huge, it still is quite a small cut, but it can do substantial benefit for our communities no question about it.” She said funds raised from the forest would initially be reinvested back into the corporation to foster growth. Chief Anne Mack of the Toquaht First Nation is excited to see the benefits roll in. “I’m looking forward to the opportunities that the new community forest will provide to our community. Not only does it give us a greater say in how the land in the region will be managed, but

it helps us build economic and employment opportunities for young people in our community,” Mack said through a recent media release. The provincial government has signed off on 51 community forest agreements since 2004 totaling roughly 1.4 million cubic metres of timber annually, according to the release. Port Alberni signed a community forest agreement with the Province in 2009 for about 6,400 hectares and an annual allowable cut of 18,156 cubic metres. In 2014, the Alberni Valley Times reported that the city-owned Alberni Valley Community Forest had announced a $350,000 profit that would be invested in local projects and initiatives.

a hard time with this business about the decimal point,” he said. “I hope we’ve got beyond people installing things that they don’t know how to use or read.” MacPherson said the district’s practices have changed. “Some of this can be accounted for, or explained by, some pretty significant turnover in staff and the training that should be in place not being in place,” he said. “There were people who were recording numbers, who were interpreting things, who were making input into municipal software, who didn’t fully have the training or the understanding that they should.” Coun. Cathy Thicke said she was “floored” and “bamboozled” by the apparent lack of oversight that allowed inaccurate readings to be recorded for so long. “How can we sit at this table and look the public in the eye and say this will never happen again... Somebody has to bear some responsibility for this,” she said. “If I run a business and I make a mistake, I have to deal with that, I have to pay for that, and what’s troubling to me is, if I’m in charge of the meter readers, is it not the person who’s in charge that needs to be responsible for those mistakes?” Coun. Ray Thorogood agreed. “I’m trying to be calm here, and diplomatic, but there’s got to be accountability with staff,” he said. “The public deserves better from our staff and I’ll do what I can to see that they get better results.”

Coun. Dorothy Baert commended staff for bringing the issue forward when they did. “Maybe it’s not excusable that these misreadings happened but there was so many factors at play,” she said. “One of the things is the revolving door in staff that happened because I don’t think this was a particularly safe environment to work in.” Baert, who is currently serving her third term on council, said the district dynamic has changed for the better. “There was infighting at the council table, there was infighting in the district office, people were under relentless assault from vocal members of the community, sometimes very targeted and not necessarily based on anything that was actually happening, and sometimes legitimate complaints,” she said. “It really was not a very functional municipality.” Coun. Greg Blanchette said fluid is tough to measure accurately. “I, as a graduate engineer, looked at those meters and I couldn’t tell you where the decimal place goes,” he said. “It doesn’t surprise me at all that this happened and I really commend staff in the last couple of years for sorting through a sea of numbers and teasing this out of it because it’s not something that jumps out until you’re looking back at it.”

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Million lost, continued from Page 1 the district could recover the money it missed out on. “I don’t believe there’s anything in legislation that allows us to go back,” he said. “We presented people with bills, they paid them. It was the district’s mistake and I think it would be very difficult to go back 15 years and say, ‘we made a mistake; you owe us a half-million dollars.’” MacPherson said the resorts were undercharged because of sketchy logbook recordings, malfunctioning water meters, and a glitch in the district’s financial software. “The misrecording goes back more than a decade,” he said. “There were a lot of things that conspired against a quick resolution of this.” Prior to 2006, Tofino’s water meter readings were recorded into logbooks manually but MacPherson said the numbers suggest the public works staff reading the meters did not understand how many numbers to put after the decimal. “Two staff would go and read metres from public works, one would call out a number the other would write it down, the information was then handed over to the finance department,” MacPherson said. “It seems like there were challenges with placing the decimal in the right place.” The district changed to a touch read system in 2006 and then to a radio read system in 2012,

according to MacPherson. “When the (2012) conversion was happening public works staff would be asked by finance staff to go out and reconcile some of the questions that they had,” he said “With respect with Pacific Sands, there’s a recollection that there was discussion between 2010 and 2012 about the possibility that the metre was inaccurate and that was explained away that that particular resort was just really good at conservation.” He said the numbers still weren’t sitting well with staff in 2014 so a decision was made to change Pacific Sands’ meter in April. “After the meter was replaced, we were very certain that for years, and years, there was a misread happening and the decimal was being read in the wrong place,” he said. “The 2013 bill was around $7,500 for water and sewer and it ought to have been closer to $100,000.” Crystal Cove had a similar decimal situation. “For six entries in a row, the last digit to the left of the decimal was a 5 and the next digit was a 0, if accurate readings were truly being taken...it’s a 1 in 100 chance that you’d get that reading each time,” MacPherson said. “There are a lot of dead ends I’ve found here and this is one of them. I can’t explain why that would happen...There was, sort of, a mistreatment of decimals as these things were recorded

manually.” He said in some cases the district’s software was changing the numbers. “Muniware was taking these numbers and moving a decimal over...it was told to do that historically but we don’t know how that was done or when,” he said. “Crystal Cove was billed for 522 cubic metres of water when they ought to have been billed for 10 times that and this inaccurate billing for Crystal Cove goes back as far as our records go back.” Long Beach Lodge received a new meter on June 23 and saw a three-fold increase in their measured consumption and the Wickaninnish Inn received a new meter on Sept. 22 2014, according to MacPherson. “Decimal accuracy is important,” he said. “We have moved away from the manual recording, which should take some of that human error out.” He said software was updated and the district office’s culture now allows for more fluid communication between departments. “The other cultural change that I think is present now is ask questions until you get viable answers,” he said. “If you see something like 10 per cent of water consumption that you’d expect, make sure the answer you’re getting for that is viable.” After MacPherson’s presentation, Coun. Duncan McMaster expressed a distaste for the decimal excuse. “It’s past history now but I have

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DISTRICT OF TOFINO

No dancing, karaoke, or postmidnight madness for Wolf in Fog ANDREW BAILEY

Westerly News There will be no dancing allowed in STAGE 1 WATER RESTRICTIONS Tofino’s Wolf in the Fog restaurant and liquor service will not be able to run past NOW IN EFFECT midnight. The restaurant opened on June 23, For more information, please go to 2014, at 150 Fourth Street and its current licence allows for liquor service to run our website at www.tofino.ca until midnight with no patron participation—meaning no dancing or karaoke. A public hearing was held during last The District of Tofino would like week’s regular council meeting to discuss to thank you for your water two applications put forward by the Wolf conservation efforts. in the Fog that would have allowed the restaurant to serve liquor until 1:30 a.m. and offer patron participation until midnight. The two applications were separate and council had the option of approving one and not the other but ultimately decided against both. The Wolf in the Fog’s busiDance Camp July 13-17 ness manager Andre McGilliTOFINO COMMUNITY HALL vray spoke at the hearing and Children pre-school aged & up. said the restaurant hoped to Register at the provide a postDistrict of Toﬁno 250-726-3229. midnight option for Tofino’s Bursaries available through locals and visitors. The Solera Performing Arts Society. “We are looking foremost to For bursary info email springettdancer@gmail.com provide a restaurant

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IMPORTANT NOTICE MONTHLY EMERGENCY SIREN TESTING All residents of the District of Tofino are advised that effective Friday, July 3, 2015, the District of Tofino will begin monthly testing of the Cox Bay and North Chesterman Beach emergency sirens (a.k.a. tsunami sirens) on the first Friday of each month at 11:00 am. The purpose of monthly testing is to keep the public aware of Tofino’s emergency warning system and to increase awareness of the importance of personal emergency preparedness. Siren testing will sound like this: “This is a test of the emergency warning system. This is only a test. “ -- Westminster Chime (10 sec) -“Test of the emergency warning system is complete. This has only been a test.” For testing purposes, the Westminster Chime is used because it is the all-clear tone used in emergency warning systems around the world. In the event of a real emergency such a tsunami warning, the sirens will emit a wailing tone and a voice message will indicate the level of alert and advise that listeners tune into the local radio station at 90.1 FM for details. In June and July 2015, the District of Tofino will undertake extensive communications to notify local residents, business and visitors about the new monthly testing protocol. To learn more about emergency preparedness and planning in Tofino, please visit http://tofino.ca/content/emergency-preparedness For more information, please contact: Aaron Rodgers Manager of Community Sustainability

option, not a bar, not a pub. We’re not looking to focus on liquor sales as a sole means of its existence,” he said. “This new amendment would allow us to terminate at midnight for any live music and patron participation and move on to closing doing regular service.” He said he has been in the food and beverage business for about 28 years and has seen “wind-down time” prove to be effective as patrons disperse gradually over a staggered period, “as opposed to one big crowd leaving at the very end of service.” The district had asked nearby residents and businesses for feedback on the restaurant’s applications and, of the 14 responses they received, all were opposed to the later liquor service and only two supported patron participation being allowed. McGillivray acknowledged the feedback was not favourable to his restaurant’s requests. “The comments are stacked against us...Public opinion is not on our side,” he said. “The residents’ and businesses’ opinions should be respected of course and we’ll do anything that we possibly need to, to have an exchange of ideas and options to rectify any concerns that are currently being brought forward.” He noted Wolf in the Fog had been operating for a year and police had only been called to one noise complaint. District staff reports suggest Tofino’s bylaw enforcement department received two noise complaints regarding the restaurant on June 30, 2014, and none since then. When it came time for council to deliberate, Coun. Duncan McMaster made a motion that council not support either of the restaurant’s applications. Coun. Ray Thorogood agreed with keeping the liquor service capped at midnight but was hesitant about preventing patron participation. McMaster noted nearby residents had clearly expressed concern over the noise coming from the restaurant and said

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CONTINUED FROM Page 6 3 FRIDAY Bingo, Tofino Legion, 7:30 p.m. Tofino Library Storytime: 11:30- noon. 331 Main St. Songs, stories, rhymes and more! Ages 3-5 with caregiver. The Edge Youth Room, 2–6pm, UCC 4 SATURDAY Ukee Idol. at Officials in Ukee from 10-12. Tofino Public Market, 10am-2pm, Village Green Tofino library, 331 Main , 10am– noon & 1–5pm. AA meeting, 7:30pm, St. Francis, Tuff

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adding patron participation would add to these concerns. “As soon as you have entertainment where you have audience participation, whether it’s dancing or karaoke, the music level has to go up just to compete with the noise of the people,” he said. Coun. Dorothy Baert said the neighborhood’s opinion was clear. “We have to be really mindful of our impact on people for a sense of their well-being in the tourism economy,” she said. “These things, I think, stress residents and diminish the quality of life because their right to rest, and that kind of thing, is impeded.” Coun. Cathy Thicke suggested Tofino is not a community that promotes late night living. “This is no disrespect to the Wolf in the Fog at all, but I think what’s really emerging is people in this town are standing up and saying, ‘We want to have the kind of people who are coming here because they want to be up at 7 a.m. going hiking and kayaking and surfing,’” she said. “This is the kind of people we want to encourage to come here and that’s the kind of people I think we are.” Coun. Greg Blanchette argued not everyone fits this mold and suggested there is a contingent of locals who get off work late and look for places to eat and socialize. “It’s not a huge segment perhaps, but it seems to be a definite market segment. They’re worth catering to and those are the ones who, in the absence of other alternatives, may wind up on the beach at midnight with a bonfire and stack of Lucky (Lager) or whatever,” he said. “I wish we had some kind of entertainment district where noise wasn’t a problem, where we could send those people, but we don’t. Our businesses and our residences seem to be pretty strongly intermingled in Tofino so, as much as I would like to support this application, given the views of the nearby residents I’m afraid I can’t.”

5 SUNDAY Christ Community Church, 10:30am,

1419 Peninsula Rd. Ucluelet. Grace Bible Church, 10:30am, UclueletCommunity Ctr., 500 Matterson 10:00 a.m. – Holy Family Church– Ucluelet; 11:00 a.m. – St. Lawrence Church – Ahousaht. St. Columba Church, 10:30am, 110 Second St. Tofino. Tofino Bible Fellowship at Tofino Legion at 10:30. 6 MONDAY Monday July 6 : 12 noon and 7 pm TOFINO LEGION to host community meetings, Janis Gauthier will present findings of “Tofino Housing Needs and Demand

Study.” 8 pm Monday Night at Movies, Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre: Every Monday from 9-12 acoustic jam night Officials Ucluelet AA, weekly Monday and Thursday at 8pm. Holy Family Floor hockey, 7–9pm, Ucluelet Seaplane Base Rec Hall. $2 drop-in. Indoor Soccer, 8–10pm, Ucluelet Secondary School gym, $2. Competitive & dropin darts, doors7pm, play 8pm, Tofino Legion. 7 TUESDAY Fish and Loaves free communitylunch,

11:30 Tofino Comm Hall Healthy Babies Program/Family Ties, 10:30am. Ucluelet library. Ucluelet Community Centre, open 1–6pm. The Edge Youth Room, 3–6pm, UCC Youth night, 7-9pm, Tofino Legion. Youth Night ANAF in Ucluelet St. Francis of Assisi Church, mass 5pm, 441 Main St. Tofino. Food Bank on the Edge, pick up 1–3pm, Seaplane Base Rd. AA Meeting, 7:30 pm St Francis Church, 441 Main, Tofino Send your calendar events to office@ westerlynews.ca

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COMMUNITY ALBUM The Pacific Rim Summer Festival wraps up Wed., July 1 (Canada Day). with Towers and Trees and Left at the Junction performing at 3 at the Village Green. Also, from 3 pm to dusk, at the Arches on Peninsula Rd. by Image West, join local artists as they create a wall mural. At left, West Coast music aficionado Myles Morrison checks out some new drums at a drum workshop sponsored by the Pacific Rim Arts Society.

St. Aidan’s, new connections and relationships with our brothers and sisters at St. Columba. In fact, St. Columba and St. Aidan’s are two parts to a larger ministry that encompasses

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LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Someone may catch you off guard this week, Libra. This person will bring a welcome surprise, so look forward to this unexpected encounter. SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Back up your promises with decisive action, Scorpio. That’s the only way to prove to others that your word means something and you are committed to honoring your commitments. SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 There may be more to the big picture than you are seeing, Sagittarius. Gather the facts before you jump to any conclusions. You may just see things from a different perspective. CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, you are riding high and looking to share your good fortune with others. Make the most of this chance to improve the lives of those around you. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you have an idea about how to tackle a difficult obstacle, but someone crosses your path with a different agenda. Perhaps there’s a way to work together. PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, avoid open conflict without being a pushover this week. Find the middle ground and try to understand another’s perspective.

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YOUTH

Sometimes a longboard is a blackboard Over the last six weeks a group of students from Wickaninnish Community School have been working with Waylon McLeod and Jason LeFevre on designing and buildDREW ing longboard RYAN skateboards. /LOCAL The learning VOICE intentions behind this project were for students to not only gain skills in working with physical tools but to also learn about strategies to help promote learning behaviours. Waylon, who also works for the West Coast Community Resource Society, and Jason, who also works for from The Ministry of Children and Family Development- Child and Youth Mental Health Services, were able to use the construction of the longboards as a metaphor of the

changes and shaping that all of us go through during our lives. To quote Waylon, “[t]he more care and time we put into our own growth the smoother the ride will be on the concrete of life.” The students enjoyed the entire construction process and were blown away by the generosity of the owners of Live To Surf who donated the necessary wheels and trucks to complete their longboards. As a small thank you, the group spent a morning cleaning up around the Live To Surf complex and had an opportunity to also thank some of the employees in person. Once again the thoughtfulness of one of our local businesses shines through on the West Coast. Drew Ryan is principal of Wickaninnish Community School.

Super grom Reed Platenius with his sister Chloe and school friends Seth and Keanna. Their raffle selling efforts at the Father’s Day event raised money for Waves 4 Water.

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Two-time Canadian Under-12 Surfing Champion, Reed Platenius, spent Father’s Day morning hosting a fantastically successful charity brunch at Tofino’s Shelter Restaurant – after surfing Cox, of course. The localtarian themed restaurant created a special menu for the event, which included house smoked salmon eggs benny and a Cache Creek flat iron steak with fried eggs. Twenty-five percent of all brunch food sales were donated to Waves 4 Water, a humanitarian organization whose mission is to get clean water to every single person who needs it. “The turnout was good. Much

better than I expected,” said 11-year-old Platenius. Tofino Mayor Josie Osborne came out for the breakfast as did many local business owners, families, and weekenders. Platenius notably busied himself by replenishing water jugs for patrons, while his sister, Chloe, and friends Seth and Keanna, sold raffle tickets. Storm Surf Shop donated a bunch of gear for the draw and Tofino photographer Jeremy Koreski gifted a print. “I also had a lot of help from my sponsor, Shelter,” said Platenius. Mike Jacobsen, the general manager at Shelter Restaurant, has been sponsoring Platenius for just over a year. “The money we raised will go

towards funding portable filtration systems and to support the people that carry them to different countries. One filter costs about $50 and has the potential to give 100 people clean water,” Jacobsen said. Waves 4 Water has established filtration systems in Haiti, Indonesia, Bali, Pakistan, Samoa, and Chile. Looking way down the line, Platenius hopes to one day travelling with Waves 4 Water and Hurley International as a Clean Water Courier, in which surfers in searching for waves in thirdworld countries carry filters with them in their luggage. Anyone seeking more information is encouraged to visit: www.wavesforwater.com.

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Westerly News Tofino’s Barr’s Mountain reservoir will be replaced by a larger and more earthquake resistant facility. The project will cost $1.2 million and will be paid for through a three-way split between the federal government, provincial government and Tofino. Each player is expected to put in roughly $388,000. Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan made the announcement from a podium set up outside the Tofino Fire Hall last week. “The community of Tofino will replace the existing Barr’s Mountain treated water reservoir with a large reservoir to better meet the fire protection and emergency water storage needs of the community,” he said. “We all remember the community running out of water in 2006, this larger and more earthquake resistant reservoir will ensure that area businesses and residents will have access to adequate water supplies to meet their current and future needs.” He suggested Tofino’s water infrastructure was overdue for an upgrade and he was stoked to announce this upgrade would take place. “I was delighted to make this announcement because I know this is the most needed infrastructure project for your community,” Duncan said. “In all of your minds I’m sure it’s long

City officials, North Island MP John Duncan and volunteer firefighters Friday at the announcement of a $1.2 million new reservoir for Tofino. overdue. It would be great if it was in place for this year given our circumstances; low snowpack and little rain but at least you’ve got something to look forward to.” BC’s Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development Coralee Oakes, wrote a letter to congratulate the community. “I know that in the past Tofino has endured water shortages and been affected by water restrictions this larger Barr’s Mountain reservoir will help ensure that residents and business operators alike will now have a reliable source of clean water for current and future generations,” she wrote. “I commend your local government leaders for their vision and commitment to this project.” Tofino Mayor Josie Osborne said the Barr’s Mountain reservoir has served

Tofino since it’s installation in the 1960’s. “The requirement for additional storage up on Barr’s Mountain was first identified in 1980, then in 1981, then it 1996, and then in the year 2000,” she said. “35 years is a long time to wait and plan for a project and I really want to extend my thanks to the Government of Canada and the Province of British Columbia for helping us realize this incredibly important project.” She said the project would provide a significant boost to Tofino. “This project will almost quadruple the capacity for storing water up on Barr’s Mountain, which is great for drinking water, but what it’s really, really, great for is our ability to fight fires,” she said. “This project is going to make a tremendous amount of difference.” andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca

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