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Missing campers’ ordeal near falls a nightmare
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Westerly News Two campers found themselves living in a nightmare last week when they woke up in the middle of a roughly 300-metre-wide river near Virgin Falls. The couple had pitched their tent too close to the shoreline and, while they slept, the tide carried them out into the estuary, according to Sgt. Jeff Swann of the Ucluelet RCMP. “They woke up and realized they were in the water and didn’t know what to do,” Swann told the Westerly. “They opened the tent door and recognized ‘this is a dangerous situation: it’s pitch black (and) we don’t where we are’...They looked around and found the nearest point of land and they began swimming to that spot, losing all their possessions.” The couple managed to make it to the isolated patch of land where they spent two harrowing days separated from the way home by 300 metres of frigid flowing water. “Everything they had they lost in the tent,” Swann said noting the pair was shoeless and without food or water. “They spent all day on (May) 18th on this rocky little outcropping, with no food, no water, and then all day and See RESCUE, Page 11
Submitted file photo of Post-its helping to track ships’ whereabouts during a communications failure at a Canadian Coast Guard station.
Frequent blackouts shut down radio emergency response after Ucluelet, Vancouver Coast Guard MCTS closures JACKIE CARMICHAEL
Westerly News Periodic blackouts are preventing Coast Guard communications officers in Victoria and Prince Rupert from responding by radio to potential distress calls. Closures of Marine Communications and Traffic Services centres in Ucluelet and Vancouver may be contributing to the gaps, said Allan Hughes, western regional director for Unifor Local 2182, who said the outages, which can last for seconds or minutes or longer, are unprecedented. “The Coast Guard has never experienced these kind of outages in this frequency or duration in the past 25
years,” he said. “It’s disturbing. Some of our officers are at the breaking point with some of it,” Hughes said. “You’re talking to somebody and 30 seconds later there’s nothing you can do to help that person. It’s like calling 9-1-1 and you don’t know if there’s anyone on the phone at the other end,” he said. According to Coast Guard statements, MCTS centres are tasked with broadcasting information and monitoring vessel traffic. They also provide marine distress and general radio communications, broadcast maritime safety information, screen vessels entering Can-
adian waters, regulate vessel traffic in selected Canadian waters, and provide marine information to other federal government departments and agencies. On May 9, a capsized canoeist was lucky enough to be close to a rescue hovercraft near Point Gray when he called and lost the two-way signal. “This happened right in the middle of one of our officers talking to a canoeist that was in the process of capsizing and going in the water and calling for help. He was calling Mayday,” Hughes said. The communications officers could See OUTAGE, Page 18
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5th Annual Vancouver Island Porsche Club of America visit to Ucluelet - May 22-24, 2015
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Above, Dan Mose of the Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade caught it and cooked it for Friday’s barbecue and Saturday’s airport lunch (above), and people are still asking for the secret of his marinade. Above left, Travis Allen and John Clayton ham it up by a vintage Porsche. Near left, Chief Ted Eeftink and friends with the welcome sign. Top left, Lt. Alan Anderson of the UVFB and the welcome sign.
LETTER Thanks for helping make the weekend The District of Ucluelet would like to thank the Vancouver Island Porsche Club of America for supporting the Ucluelet
Volunteer Fire Brigade and the community of Ucluelet. A total of $5,876 was raised for the Fire Brigade’s Rescue Fund and $12,486 under a separate fundraising campaign for the RCMP Tour de Rock Cops for Cancer 2015 Tour. Proceeds for this campaign will go towards the Canadian Cancer Society for child cancer research and summer Ltd. camps for children with cancer. The Vancouver Island Porsche Club of America and surrounding clubs George Arbanas from the interior of BC and Alberta have fund-raised over $25,000 for the Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Bridge since 2009. The Fire Brigade’s Res• Automatic Transmission cue Fund supports the purchasing • Wheel Alignments of safety equipment such as: har• General Auto Repair nesses, ropes, pulleys and helmets for road rescue calls. Last year • Major Overhauls the Brigade purchased Rescue #2, • Auto Electrical a Utility Terrain Vehicle (side-by• Brakes side) with a MEDLITE Transport skid unit (spine board), which is Phone designed to carry one patient, a 3113 1st Avenue, Port Alberni, B.C. first responder attendant and
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emergency gear. The Brigade Society will determine the rescue equipment to purchase with this year’s event proceeds. A special thank you to Captain Alan Anderson for all his hard work coordinating this event and to Fire Brigade member Dan Mose for catching, marinating and barbecuing the tasty salmon and halibut for the Friday evening BBQ/ fireworks event and the Saturday race track lunch at the airport. Also a big thank you to Back Rock Ocean Front Resort for hosting the Porsche Club, as well as, Tourism Ucluelet and the Chamber of Commerce for accommodating our guests over the weekend. Thank you to the Ucluelet RCMP Detachment, Fire Brigade members and the community of Ucluelet for your ongoing support. We hope you were able to enjoy the community events over the weekend. We look forward to next year’s equally successful event and community participation! Karla Robison, manager of environmental and emergency services, District of Ucluelet
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Westerly News A Ucluelet man broke a few bones last week when he was thrown from his dirt bike during a collision with an Alberta driver. The local man was riding his dirt bike along Barkley Main Forest Service Road around 4 p.m. on May 17 when he came around a corner and smashed into a van traveling the opposite direction. He was catapulted from the bike and landed on his back with a possible concussion, a broken nose and a broken finger, according to Sgt. Jeff Swann of the Ucluelet RCMP.
but he urges locals to always be wary and never to assume the roads are traffic-free. “It’s like operating a chainsaw. Every time I pick up a chainsaw I’m deathly afraid of it on purpose because I want to be scared of it; the minute you get too accustomed to using it, that’s when you’re going to get hurt.”
The van received minor damage and its driver escaped the crash unharmed. Swann said neither alcohol nor drugs were factors in the collision and noted the dirt biker’s injuries could have been much more severe. “It was an extremely lucky local individual who is well known to us and well known to people in the community and we’re just so thankful that he’s OK,” Swann said. “It’s a general reminder to everybody to just be so cautious, especially on the back roads where you’re not expecting a car.” Swann acknowledged Ucluelet’s back roads are popular dirt biking grounds
noticed a vehicle swerving over the centre-line. She pulled the vehicle over and determined the driver had been drinking. The driver was issued two breath tests from two approved screening devices, and both samples rendered a ‘warn,’ according to Sgt. Swann. A driver blows a ‘warn’ when their blood alcohol level is between 0.5 and 0.8. The tipsy tourist was issued a 3-day immediate roadside prohibition.
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While Tofino and Ucluelet’s accommodation providers welcomed a solid crop of visitors over the May long weekend, both towns’ jail cells sat essentially empty. Sgt. Jeff Swann of the Ucluelet RCMP said Ukee was chalk-full of well-behaved tourists who gave police little to do. “By far the quietest May long weekend that we’ve had since I’ve been stationed here,” he said. “It was extremely exciting to be around town and see people everywhere just having a wonderful weekend; that was fantastic.” May had been a relatively busy month
for Ucluelet’s police but the long weekend brought a welcomed and unexpected calm. “It’s the start of the busy summer season, usually you get some alcohol related offences and essentially we had nothing,” Swann said. “We had a couple busier days in May with a couple of crime sprees that we’re still working on and processing towards charges; those investigations are still ongoing but our May long weekend was spectacular.” In Tofino, Sgt. Blaine Mumford said Tuff’s long-weekenders kept his detachment busy with files related to loud party-noise and illegal campfires but he added that police were met with
calm cooperation from partiers. “Generally, people were pretty well behaved and had a good time,” he said “I don’t think anything really got out of hand. We had a couple of loud parties that we went to and people were generally pretty cooperative with toning things down.”
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Thanks from the UAHS for help with plant sale Dear Editor, The Ucluelet and Area Historical Society would like to send out a huge bouquet of thanks to all those who helped with our annual Mother’s Day Plant Sale. Great appreciation goes out to: Jur Bekker, Mary Christmas, Barbara and Bruce Forrest, Anne and Roger Gudbranson, Mike Mead-Miller, Lois Moraes, Barbara Schramm, Al Taron, Margaret Thompson and Cynamocka Coffee House. If I have inadvertently missed anyone, I’m sorry. So many people
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pitched in to help! Huge thanks goes out to all the generous gardeners who donated such a fabulous array of plants. There are so many people in this town with green thumbs!! A nd of course, thank you to the crowd members who once again turned out in droves, buying with such great enthusiasm. You all contributed to the success of another West Coast fundraiser.
Sincerely, Shirley Martin Secretary, UAHS
Coast Guard cuts unjustified but transparent Dear Editor, As you probably already know, the Marine Communications and Traffic Service centre just closed in Ucluelet. The federal government’s pattern of withdrawing services Canadians count on to protect both lives out on the ocean and our important local environment has now found its way to your community. There’s no justification for cutting Coast Guard services, and
as recent newspaper articles and the spill in Burrard Inlet indicate, there will be real local impacts and real local costs, which your region will bear. Incredibly, if this government’s bitumen and coal export dreams come true, existing tanker traffic on our coast is set to more than triple. My question is this: who in their right mind would propose a dramatic increase in (dangerous) tanker traffic, while at the same
time dramatically handicap our ability to step in and protect lives and the environment when the inevitable occurs? Well, there is no justification. But there are reasons and they are pretty transparent. First, the Harper government believes that the oil industry can do a better job protecting our environment than our local government. We saw how well that turned out on April 8th.
Second, it can no longer afford the tax breaks it promised to Canada’s wealthiest corporations and citizens – and its priorities lie with them, not the people of Ucluelet. That is why Ucluelet lost its MCTS centre. Conservative whip John Duncan – who championed the B.C. MPs as they approved Enbridge, who supports Kinder Morgan, and who believes the response to the Burrard Inlet fuel spill was “world
class” – is running to keep his seat in our new riding of CourtenayAlberni. ... ...The Dogwood Initiative will meet at the Blackberry Cove Marketplace on Thursday May 28 at 7:30 p.m. If you’re like me and feel it’s time for a change, then work with me as we prepare for the upcoming federal election.
To the editor: Thank you Mr. Zurowski for dancing to the tune I played for you. By leaving the back door open with my last comment the only response I expected could only be more doom and gloom fear mongering. Yours reads like an episode of Zeitgeist, that’s The Hole Story and your sticking to it! Only I suspected it would be Mr. Lewis himself sneaking in the back door. ... ... The only mining taking place in Clayoquot Sound is the pocket books of a misinformed public by Mr.Lewis and Clayoquot Action. I have started the process of filing a Mineral Tenure Act section 40 against one of the “23 licensees” Glenn M. Grande who also happens to be one of Mr. Lewis’ experts and author of “The Mine Medicine Manual”
Perhaps when staking Tenure: 1029047 MEDICINEMAN1 Mr. Grande’s expertise missed the part where it says: “Under the Mineral Tenure Act, claims are to be acquired and held for the purposes of a mining activity only... I have read and understand the above statement and wish to proceed” And not to be acquired and held to increase the number of claims and area staked in a bogus report by Clayoquot Action! Regards Chris Zimmer Tofino B.C.
Chris Zimmer did not agree with the conclusions we drew from the data presented, he didn’t mention any flaws in the data itself. This is because we had adequate training, and on-going guidance. He believes the recent decrease in staking is due to higher fees, not low mineral prices. This is a matter of opinion, not fact. A Financial Post article on this year’s big mining exploration conference in Toronto stated that “[Junior exploration firms are] hanging on with the little bit of money they have”. If staking increases when mineral prices rebound, I would say fees were not the primary problem. Whether Clayoquot Sound is experiencing moderate to high levels of staking is also a matter of opinion. As recently as 5 years ago 25% of the Sound was staked, which I believe is a high
level of exploration. Now it is at a more moderate level of 6%. Regarding brownfields (past producing mines) Chris is right—there are about 20 past producing mines in Clayoquot Sound, probably all smaller than anything being proposed today. Of particular interest is the Fandora gold mine, which closed in 1964. Imperial Metals has permits to explore the potential for reopening that mine, despite the fact that it is located in a Tribal Park, and Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations are calling for a moratorium on all mining activities in their territories. Chris was correct in stating that Myra Falls is not an iron mine. It is a zinc, copper and gold mine with the distinction of being the only mine operating in a BC park. They recently shut down indefinitely, laying off over 300
workers, illustrating the boom and bust nature of the industry. The union says the mine has been mismanaged and infrastructure ignored. Regarding the recent sale of Pacific Iron Ore near Port Renfrew, this simply demonstrates “the high viability of Vancouver Island in the eyes of the mining industry” as stated in the report’s conclusion. Clayoquot Action is not opposed to all mining, although major reform is needed. But some places, like Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, are too special to mine—especially by a company like Imperial Metals, who are responsible for the Mount Polley mine disaster. Dan Lewis, Clayoquot Action, Tofino, BC
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Who’s Knocking? response The purpose of Clayoquot Action’s Who’s Knocking? report was to stimulate discussion, so glad to see both replies. I was pleased that although
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Bear-in-area warning issued in PRNPR Please be advised that effective you may trigger an attack. Make bear receives food, it will have indicate that the bear is stressed, immediately, a BEAR IN AREA yourself less vulnerable. Pick been rewarded for its aggressive acting defensively and asking for WARNING has been issued for the up small children and stay in a behaviour, thereby increasing the more space. South Beach Trail and Nuu-chahgroup. -Give the bear space. Back likelihood that it will repeat that Attacks rarely follow. nulth Trail in the LONG BEACH away slowly and talk in a soft behaviour again. This is the most common UNIT in Pacific Rim National Park voice. Do not approach the bear Watch for aggressive behavkind of black bear aggressive Reserve. or make direct eye contact. -Leave iours. A bear may display aggresencounter. Keltie Minton, Resource ManA copy of the warning notice the area or make a wide detour. sion by swinging its head from agement Officer, PRNPR has been distributed to the local by visitors and returned to the If you cannot leave, wait until the side to side; making vocalizations Information Centres. woman. This encounter was not bear moves out of the way and such as huffs, The warning has also been post- aggressive. ensure that it has an escape route. snorts, whoops, or ed on the trail heads and parking Please report all sightings and The bear may approach you or moans; displaying lots of Florencia Bay and Kwisitis encounters with bears, wolves rear up on its hind legs. Bears are teeth or claws; Visitor Centre area. and cougars from either yourself often curious. If one stands on its jaw popping; BACKGROUND or visitors immediately to the hind legs, it is most likely trying swatting at the There have been multiple obserLong Beach Unit WILDLIFE OFFI- to catch your scent; this is not ground; staring vation reports of black bears in CER by calling 250-726-3500 or necessarily a sign of aggression. with eye contact; the Florencia/South Beach area 1-877-852-3100. Back away slowly and talk in a panting; or laying over the past week. In addition, please help visitors soft voice. its ears back. This time of year black bears are by providing important informaDo not drop objects, clothing or These behavseen more frequently (with mattion found in the “You are in Bear food to distract the bear. If the iours usually REPAIRS • REROOFING • NEW CONSTRUCTION ing season and bears coming out Country” brochure and “You are in • RESIDENTIAL ONLY of winter denning). Wolf and Cougar Country”. • UCLUELET•TOFINO•SALMON BEACH There have been large male This would also be a good time Kris Wieteska • ASPHALT/FIBERGLASS LAM. SHINGLES 30 years experience bears observed, as well as a sow to review them if you have not • METAL CLADDING variety of colours & shapes 250-726-5107 with a cub (young of last year) looked at these brochures for a • CEMENT AND CLAY ROOF TILES Free estimates • SKYLIGHTS & SUNTUBES and a medium sized adult black while. Ucluelet, BC bear at various times in this area Some key points to remember: of concern. • Keep your pets on leash Our team has been patrolling • Carry deterrents such as bear the area daily and will continue spray and marine air horns to do so. • Check with the Information Waxing, Manicures, Pedicures, Gel Polish, In addition, on May 21, 2015 Centres on recent wildlife activity Tinting, RMT Massage, Body Treatments evening: A local woman and her in the area and Facials www.nurturedayspa.ca dog (on leash) hiking on the NuuWHEN YOU SEE A BEAR: 1971 Harbour Cres, Ucluelet chah-nulth Trail toward South Keep calm. Don’t run. Bears can 250-726-6278 Beach Trail, encountered a black easily outrun you. By running bear on the trail. According to the woman, her dog startled a bear that was in the brush next to the boardwalk.The woman 2008 JEEP was knocked down as WRANGLER the bear was trying to Unlimited X SUV 6 L., V6, SMP flee the area. The woman was sepcoastrealty.com arated from her dog, Tofino & Ucluelet 250-726-8113 Stock# BTD3367 but hiked out to her BRENT LANGE Dave Christensen sold@telus.net vehicle after sustainblange@albernichrysler.com ing minor injures from taking a fall during the The Westerly Like us on Facebook! Email us @ incident. The dog was found office@westerlynews.ca 250-723-5331 www.albernichrysler.com Is your local TOFINO, UCLUELET PAPER.
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Tri-lingual puppet show debuts Friday in Tuff Annie Jacques had proposed the idea of a Trilingual Puppet Show to Dan and Mollie Law and the Pacific Rim Arts Society (PRAS) many months ago. It was a great idea and they made it happen. In early April, eighteen youth and children registered for the eight-week workshop and the creative process began in full force. ”It was a creative collaboration. Under Pete Clarkson’s consultation, marine debris were carefully chosen to create the set and the puppets. The script is
fluid and dynamic and the children embrace their roles and are requesting changes in the script as they are becoming more in touch with their characters. They are making it their play,” said Dan Law. How did they manage to make it a trilingual puppet show? It took some coaching in Nuu-chah-nulth by Grace George and in French by Annie Jacques. In the spirit of collective creativity, join us and let our local youth lead the way Friday evening, May 29 at the Clayoquot Community Theatre at
7:00. The show will open with traditional First Nations song and dance. It tells a distinctive tale in Nuu-chah-nulth, French and English about oceanic voyages and the cultural mosaic we call home. This production is sponsored by the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust and the Pacific Rim Arts Society. Jacqueline Chamberland Pacific Rim Arts Society
At right, members of the team works ona tri-lingual puppet show, which debuts Friday, May 29 at Clayoquot Theatre.
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Guides thank Majestic Ocean Kayaking, Ukee council The 1st Ucluelet Girl Guides would like to publicly thank some generous members of our community. Tracey, Gabe and Ben from Majestic Ocean Kayaking recently hosted our girls on a fantastic kayaking adventure in our harbour. Majestic’s Guides were incredibly generous with their time and energy. It was a real treat for our girls to get to explore the beauty of our local area from the water. We had a wonderful time.
The girls were also recently treated to an audience with our Mayor, Dianne St. Jacques, and the District of Ucluelet Council. The girls care deeply about our community and appreciated the opportunity to have some of their questions answered by our leaders. There was much discussion about our fantastic skate park. The Guides also would like to thank The Co-op for their ongoing support of our cookies sales and food donations. Thank you for helping us
spread the word about some of the support we have received from our wonderful village.
Your truly, Faye Kennington 1st Uclulet Girl Guides
Left, members of the 1st Ucluelet Girl Guides meet with Mayor Dianne St. Jacques and members of the District of Ucluelet Council.
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Westerly News A confused woman accidentally broke into a local business last week. Sgt. Blaine Mumford raced to the sound of the business’s alarm in the early morning hours of May 21 and arrived to find the front door still open and a woman standing outside. After speaking with the woman, who was dressed in hospital attire, Mumford deduced she had walked into the unlocked business after mistaking it for an ice-cream parlour. “She had walked away from the hospital and she was experiencing some confusion,” Mumford said. “It was early in the morning, before the business opened, and she opened the front door and went inside and then figured out it wasn’t what she was looking for and left.” He hopes the incident serves as a reminder for business owners, and locals in general, to make sure they lock up. “Luckily the lady did not have any ill intent and didn’t steal anything but it could have been a lot worse than it actually was,” he said. “I know in Tofino, even still, among some people there’s a feeling that they don’t want to, or they don’t need to, lock their doors and lock their cars at night; some people still leave their keys in their car. “Unfortunately, sadly, the days where that might have been OK are gone. There’s a lot of people coming and going from town and the best idea is just to lock your house (and) lock your car; better safe than sorry.”
Tuff cops prep for illegal camping season
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With an onslaught of visitors and summertime locals making their way to Tofino’s already cramped housing situation, Tofino’s police have their eyes peeled for illegal campers. “The general feeling is that illegal camping on the
beaches, and car-camping in town, isn’t as bad as it has been in past years so far, but there’s definitely a shortage of housing in town so I’m sure that’s going to creep up on us as summer gets into full swing,” said Sgt. Blaine Mumford of the Tofino RCMP. “The word around town is, obviously, that there’s a lack of housing, so those people who are coming to either just visit or to work are going to live somewhere.” He said illegal camping is an issue in Tofino because it leads to increased litter and sanitary concerns. “When people are car-camping, unfortunately a lot of them will just jump out of the car, go to the nearest tree, and that’s where they go to the washroom; so that’s not acceptable,” he said. “Unfortunately, because the lowest common denominator is going to do things that way, you have to have a rule that says no car-camping.” Tofino’s seasonal bylaw enforcement officers are the community’s first line of defence against illegal campers but Mumford said police keep tabs on popular illegal camping areas and respond to complaints from locals who spot illegal campers. “It’s part of the summertime enforcement priorities: beach patrols, open liquor on beaches and in town, and illegal camping,” Mumford said. “As the RCMP, obviously we have a much broader mandate but we do enforce the bylaws and we assist the bylaw enforcement officers where need be.” The fine for camping illegally in Tofino is $200, according to Tofino’s municipal ticket information system bylaw, but Mumford said illegal campers are usually moved on with a warning before being issued a ticket.
Drunk driver caught Police nabbed an impaired driver on May 15. The driver was discovered to be intoxicated after being pulled over for contravening the motor vehicle act, according to Sgt. Mumford. “Once the (officer) started to converse with them, they could tell the driver had been drinking,” Mumford said. The driver failed a breathe test from an approved screening device and received an immediate 90-day roadside prohibition. Andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
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EATING LOCAL
Tofino Community Food Initiative: ACRD’s small growers come to the table JACKIE CARMICHAEL
Westerly News Got prodigious produce? Way too many watermelon? Copious carrots? Bumper beets? Lettuce help you with that. Cindy Hutchison would like to connect your excess fruits and veggies with veggie lovers Saturdays at the Tofino Public Market. In collaboration with the ACRD What’s On Your Fork? Committee, the Tofino Community Food Initiative is helping connect local backyard growers and small growers with people who would like that produce in their salads and canning jars. Think 100-mile-radius eating. Hutchison sweats the small stuff. “We ask the farmers what they would like for the produce, we mark it up a little bit to cover costs of manning – or womanning - the market ,” said Hutchison. “We’re basically trying to break even at the end of the day and make sure the growers are getting paid for what they grow,” she said. Generally, they stick within the boundaries of the Alberni “Lots of the growers don’t have
the ability or the time to make it all the way over from Port Alberni to be at the market … we’re just trying to make it easy and convenient for them and give smaller growers the opportunity starting out to be able to sell some of their stuff,” Hutchison said. The food initiative is a volunteer-driven organization, with paid co-coordinators Leah Austin and Hutchison. It operates on a District of Tofino community grant. It has about 8 active members, and also operates a community garden at the Tofino Botanical Garden and the Tofino Garden Tours. They are looking at helping put on an inlet garden tour and a Ucluelet Garden Tour. They put on Seedy Weekend in February (formerly Seedy Saturday) and the Tofitian Food Swap, which was on hiatus last year but will be back in September. Here are the dates for upcoming
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Push on for Alberni-Cowichan connector ANDREA RONDEAU
Cowichan Valley Citizen A push is on to improve the road between Cowichan Lake, Nitinat and Port Alberni, with the aim of opening up the area for business development. Driving the movement is the Huu-ay-aht First Nation, a group of about 750 members
which owns 8,500 hectares of land in the Barkley Sound region on the west coast of Vancouver Island at the entrance to the Alberni Inlet. The Huuay-aht signed their treaty with the provincial and federal governments in 2011, and now operate under a municipal system where they collect taxes to provide services to their people. The Huuay-aht want “significant” road improvements to the 120 kilometre stretch to bolster the development
of two large industrial projects, a transshipment hub in Port Alberni and a liquid natural gas project at Sarita Bay. These projects are key to the future of the band, said Chief CouncillorJeff Cook, because 85 per cent of their people don’t live on the nation’s lands, and they’d like to lure them home with the promise of good jobs. Both proposed projects will require materials to be transported overland from the east to the west coast of the Island. The long-ignored stretch of what they’re calling the West Coast Vancouver Island Road is the preferred route. “We’ve been talking about the road for the better part of 30 years,” said James Edwards, the band’s executive director.
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Tofino-Ucluelet Culinary Guild nets $15K-plus social enterprise prize JACKIE CARMICHAEL
Westerly News The social enterprise cream rose to the top, and in a Dragon’s Denstyle finale, the West Coast was the winner. Bobby Lax, community food coordinator for the Tofino-Ucluelet Culinary Guild wowed the judges and took away a $15,000 cash prize and thousands more of in-kind prizes in the seCatalyst awards on May 20. One of three enterprise finalists from over 30 applicants from across Vancouver Island, TUCG came out on top in a head-tohead against Nanaimo Science & Sustainability Society (NS3), and Skookum Food and Coffee, Pacific Centre Family Services Association. Established in 2010, TUCG works to assist residents, restaurants and grocery stores of the west coast in accessing healthy and affordable food from independent producers. It acts as both a communitywide buying group of regional foods and at the same time helps small farmers, fisherman and foragers to better market and distribute what they grow, catch or harvest. By increasing access to quality
RURAL LIFE
Hunts welcome Sunday visitors to Westerly Wynds Farm JACKIE CARMICHAEL
Westerly News At bustling hobby farm in rural Ucluelet, Don and Jane Hunt are turning everyone else’s Sunday drive into a chance to get back to the country. Follow the signs to the left off Port Albion Road and a winding, newly-graded logging road will take you to Westerly Wynds farm, where chickens and goats and bunnies await from 10 a.m.-4p.m. on summer Sundays. Not much goes to waste at the Hunts - the angora clippings are woven into yarn for Jane’s hand-made creations, and goat’s milk from Jane’s nanny goats forms the basis for home-made soap. Hens churn out fresh eggs that Don is working to turn into a subscription list for West Coast delivery. “We’d love to see some picnickers come out,” Don said. “Bring your picnic basket and check out the beach.”
food, TUCG has been instrumental in enriching the food culture of the west coast and helped create a greater link between the West Coast and some of the agricultural hubs on Vancouver Island. Lax said the judges saw food as a pretty common topic for social change around Vancouver Island. “There’s a lot of conversations about food security, reconnecting with the farmers and making sure we have the next generation of farmers lined up,” he said. “BC has the highest average age of farmers in the country, and the lowest percentage of farmers under 35. It’s really important to make sure we have a next generation taking over for the generation that’s leaving, otherwise we’re gong to be left pretty hungry – or relying on California, which at this moment in tim seems like a bad strategy for food security,” Lax said. Tofino Mayor Josie Osborne and Coun. Dorothy Baert were there, as well as a handful of farmers and fishers Lax works with. “It was a wonderful event, and I was so proud to be there to see his ‘Dragon’s Den’ presentation. And of course, in true Bobby Lax style, his acceptance speech was
Tofino Mayor Josie Osborne congratulates Bobby Lax and the Tofino-Ucluelet Culinary Guild at the seCatalyst awards. gracious and encouraging to all undertakers of social enterprise.,” Osborne said. Lax thanked his supporters as well as his team, which included Erica Gault and Alexander McNaughton. “Going into it, I knew I had the smallest contingent of people there, but when I was done I felt good about the response in the crowd for food … people were thanking me and wondering if I could do this in Nanaimo,” he
said. With about 125 members – 60 of those individual area residents – TUCG is a dynamic little social enterprise organization with a diverse membership. The cash will go to a good cause, as the TUCG sets up a distribution hub for local food for Tofino and Ucluelet, complete with a walk-in fridge and freezer. TUCG’s winnings include business and financial strategy coaching, Chamber of Commerce
RESCUE, continued from Page 1 most of the night of the 19th before being rescued.” The two-day nightmare had started out as a one-night camping trip. The couple arrived in Ucluelet on May 17 and planned to travel back to their Oceanside home the next day but were reported missing when they didn’t show up to work on May 19. Police looked into the couple’s banking records and confirmed the couple had purchased gas at Ucluelet’s Petro-Can on May 17. The Ucluelet RCMP canvassed local campgrounds to see if anyone had seen the couple but these efforts came up snake eyes so search and rescue crews were called on to assist. Swann said the West Coast Inland Search and Rescue (WISAR) team scoured the West Coast’s vast logging roads and came upon the missing campers’ vehicle parked near Virgin Falls. The area immediately became the focus of the search and rescuers soon heard the missing campers crying out for help. “We were able to make contact with the two missing people...We couldn’t see them, we could just hear them,” Swann said adding WISAR had an inflatable raft in the water within 2 hours of hearing the campers’ cries. “We considered lots of different options. But the nature of where we were the only real Don and Jane Hunt with a couple of their hens. The option—because these people were anxious to couple are welcoming Sunday visitors to their rural get off that land and get to help—was to put in play the plan that we did and it worked out Ucluelet farm.
memberships, marketing and communications support, green business assessments and certifications, as well as $15,000 cash. The judges were Adrian Legin, CEO of Coastal Community Credit Union, Minister M. Stilwell of Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation and Derek Gent, Executive Director of Vancity Community Foundation. The keynote presenter was Vickie Cammack, founder of Tyze Personal, a tech company dedicated to creating online networks of care for people facing life challenges. According to a 2012 survey from the Canadian Social Enterprise Sector Survey Project, B.C. Social Enterprises provided services to nearly 700,000 people, generated at least $60 million in revenues and paid $37 million in wages to at least 2,400 people. The survey only covered a portion of the sector; out of 358 Social Enterprises in the province, 104 organizations responded, which means the sectors economic impact is actually larger. For more information, visit www.tucg.ca jackie.carmichael@westerlynews.ca
successfully.” He noted the situation could have become drastic had search and rescue not responded as quickly as they did as the two campers were losing hope. “They didn’t think they would lasted another night without water or food and they were getting desperate to the point where they were talking about trying to swim across the estuary and that could have had some fatal results if it weren’t for the search and rescue people,” he said. “Just a tremendous shout out to the search and rescue people... I can’t say enough about this crew. These people are volunteers. They leave their families and put themselves at risk and in jeopardy to help save others in need.” Swann commended the campers for staying where they were and resisting the temptation to make a panic-induced decision. “It was a bad judgment call of where to put their tent but they did the right thing, they stayed put,” he said. “Making a choice to swim across a 300-metre length of frigid cold water when you’re already dehydrated, you’re already cold, you’re already panicked, you’re already being driven crazy by the black flies and the bugs... that panic is there, they felt it, but they didn’t respond to it. They knew that somebody would find their truck and they knew that, once somebody found their truck, they would be found.” Andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
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ARTS/BUSINESS
Artist’s Vancouver gallery showcases Ucluelet roots
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which has profoundly influenced both my life and my pursuit as an Reflections of the West Coast fishartist. The Kuroshio was the name ing industry are turning up in a Van- of my late Father’s commercial fishcouver gallery exhibition. ing boat, where I spent many years Ucluelet-raised Katsumi Kimoto working with my father as fisheris now an artist living in Vancoumen on the open sea. ver and operating Kimoto Gallery “The boat was named after the at 1525 West 6th Ave. with his wife warm North Pacific ocean current, Jiali, a graphic designer. known for its dark blue waters, His gallery presents original art which flows from the Sea of Japan by emerging and established artists, and makes its way to Canada, someboth local and international – but thing I feel a natural affinity to says he will always be a Ukee boy at being of a Japanese-Canadian heritheart – and it shows in his work. age,” Kimoto said. “My goal with the Kuroshio exhibit “As an artist, I often contemplated is to pay tribute to the formative painting the ocean and how I would years I spent on the Pacific Ocean, capture the movement of the water in an abstract form, the reflection of light and the colours of its depths and different The Ucluelet Glee Club presents... environments. I have always found the ocean to be a powerful living force, seemingly a musical production by Courtney Johnson breathing with each swell, endlessly moving and so beautiful in its every forms and PRODUCTION DATES: times; from quiet, calm mornings and reflectSat. May 30th at 7pm ive sunsets, to the Doors at 6:30pm thunderous, crashing and stirring with the AND Ucluelet Parks & Recreation storms,” Kimoto said. Sun. May 31st at 3pm “With this series, I DJ Mike Productions have focused on using Paula Ross Dance Society Doors at 2:30pm the flowing qualities of Image West Gallery liquid acrylic paint to emulate the perpetual Ukee Dogs LOCATION: movement of the ocean Ucluelet Co-op by using repetition Ucluelet Community Centre Foggy Bean Coffee Co and pattern to create 500 Matterson Drive visual currents and Solidarity Snacks directions. Far West Foods “I hope to inspire Admission: viewers to explore the paintings as a whole $10/adults through the glossy $5/kids (under 13) resin finish of the painting to the various interpolating layers more info: 250 726-7772 painted underneath, creating that feeling of an undulating surface as your eyes fixate wide openly in
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Local realtor ready for telethon calls, donations to BC Children’s Hospital JACKIE CARMICHAEL
Westerly News For anyone looking for a way to help a province-wide resource that helps kids on the West Coast, BC Children’s hospital is having its telethon this weekend. Local Remax realtor Judy Gray will be on a panel at the telethon this Saturday, May 30, from 8-9:30 p.m. If you wish to make a donation you can either call her at (604)
333-5443 during that time or you can make a donation now by clicking the link www.miraclemaker.ca/judygray. Gray is active all year in raising funds for charity During last weekend’s garage sale for a cure for breast cancer, she raised over $900, for example. Last year she raised over $11,000. “It’s all for the kids – we have so many kids on the West Coast that have been to BC Children’s
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ARIES - Mar 21/Apr 20 Aries, you will have a lot energy this week. Channel your energy into a project that is especially meaningful to you and those you love. TAURUS - Apr 21/May 21 Nervous energy may leave you feeling a bit out of sorts, Taurus. Find a way to keep busy so your nerves don’t get the better of you. Invite a friend over. GEMINI - May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, a friend may be in a bind and come to you for advice and assistance. Find the right words to heal any wounds and provide the support this person needs. CANCER - Jun 22/Jul 22 Changes at home make this an exciting time for you, Cancer. Enjoy these changes for the excitement they bring and take some time to reflect on the good things in your life. LEO - Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, resist the urge to offer advice unless you are asked to do so. You do not need to expend extra energy on something that is beyond your control and does not concern you. VIRGO - Aug 24/Sept 22 You may have to use your intuition to get to the root of a situation, Virgo. Even financial concerns can be resolved if you go with your gut. Trust a friend to help you out.
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LIBRA - Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, make the most of some upcoming free time. Use the down time to reflect on where you want to be going forward and what you need to do to get there. SCORPIO - Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, you have a need to keep a secret, but the excitement is building and making it hard to do so. Keep in mind the surprise will be that much better if you hold out. SAGITTARIUS - Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, a hectic schedule may compromise your ability to get together with friends. Although you may be disappointed, there will be other opportunities. CAPRICORN - Dec 22/Jan 20 A visitor needs a little sympathy and compassion from you this week, Capricorn. His or her situation can put life in perspective and help calm your own nerves. AQUARIUS - Jan 21/Feb 18 Plans for a vacation could be hampered by circumstances beyond your control, Aquarius. It may come down to funds being needed elsewhere. Your time for travel will come. PISCES - Feb 19/Mar 20 Pisces, some unexpected news is coming your way. Prepare yourself for a change and keep the faith that the change will be positive.
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MUSIC
Otalith Music Festival branching out, thinking outside box ANDREW BAILEY
ready to come their way at this year’s Otalith Music Festival. Festival enthusiasts are lining Live music lovers gathered at up for a third helping of the West the Ucluelet Aquarium last week Coast’s premier live-music event for a taste of the musical buffet and the Aquarium hosted a sneak pick of what’s in store at a lineup launch party on May 22. The annual festival, which is held in lateAugust, made its first appearance in 2013 after a group of locals came together to put the West Coast’s stamp on BC’s live-music scene. The group • Livestock formed the non• Rabbits profit Pacific Rim Music Society and • Chickens are stoked to see their efforts blos• Fresh eggs som into a third annual offering. • Homespun “It’s kind of amazing that it’s angora knitting happening for a third time,” said
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The Ucluelet Aquarium hosted a lineup-launch party for the Otalith Music Festival on May 22. Photos/Andrew McCurdy the society’s marketing director Jessie Fletcher. “I don’t think any of us expected to make it through the first year— that was the most terrifying thing we’ve ever undertaken—but we have such a great community between Tofino and Ucluelet; the amount of support we’ve gotten
is unreal. “We couldn’t have done this without the community support that we get and, because of that, we will continue to do it as long as we can.” The festival’s vibe has been tinkered with this year with an infusion of DJ’s and hip-hop
Man gets 2 years for impersonating chief MARTIN WISSMATH
AV TIMES The man who impersonated a First Nations chief and scammed Port Alberni residents out of hundreds of dollars has
been sentenced to two years in jail. Robert Bennett Peters was sentenced in Port Alberni provincial court on Wednesday for two counts of fraud under $5,000. Peters pleaded guilty
to the charges. He will serve his jail time in a federal prison. One of the charges was for defrauding the Royal Bank for $680. The bank wired money for him to pick up at a branch in Nanaimo.
Another fraud charge was for scamming a Port Alberni resident for $300. The resident brought $300 to Peters at the Nanaimo airport. The fraudster said it would help him cover trans-
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artists ready to up the grounds’ grooving opportunities. “Every year we try to do something that’s really different and unique...It’s going to be really fun and people are going to bring their party shoes and have a really nice time,” Fletcher said. “We want to keep branching out and making it more inclusive and really picking acts that think differently and perform a little bit outside the box...There’s so much great music out there, it just felt kind of shortsighted to stick with three genres.” The festival’s traditional twoday calendar has been stretched out to include a Tofino-only show on Thursday, Aug. 20, before spending Friday and Saturday in Ucluelet. Tofino’s show is already sold out but tickets remain for both Ucluelet days and a few early bird tickets are left for price-savvy festivalers. The society has partnered with the Ucluelet Campground to help accommodate this year’s out-oftown crowd. More information can be found at www.otalithfestival.com. Andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
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portation costs. RCMP have been investigating the case for months. Court heard that Peters called and impersonated Tseshaht Chief Hugh Braker, making up a story that he needed money to help a friend’s sick and dying child. Other residents were phoned but did some fact-checking and were not victimized, said RCMP Const. Scott MacLeod. Peters has a lengthy history of similar crimes, with dozens of previous fraud charges - impersonating a high-ranking official - spanning 30 years, said Crown prosecutor Gordon Baines. In a previous case, Peters impersonated Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council Chief Shawn Atleo. Baines said Peters actually requested the lengthier prison time. “He admits that he is a heroin addict and that this is what’s fuelling his fraudulent activities,” Baines said. Any sentence of two years or longer is a federal sentence and will be served in a federal penitentiary. Peters was sent to one of the federal institutions in the Lower Mainland where they’ll determine where he’ll ultimately serve time.
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REVIEWS
To The Lighthouse: West Coast beacons feature prominently in book To the Lighthouse – An Explorer’s Guide to the Island Lighthouses of Southwestern BC Peter Johnson – Author, John Walls – Project Manager, Richard Paddle – Photographer Heritage House/2015 John Walls had an idea about seven years ago: to produce a glossy coffee table book covering all the lighthouses of BC. It was to be a fundraiser for the Sheringham Point Lighthouse Preservation Society. Years later, he met with the man who would eventually write this book. Peter Johnson intended to turn the project down when, over a pint of Race Rocks ale at the Beacon Inn (I kid you not), he suggested that instead they make
new kind of lighthouse book. A book that would be a guide to help others explore and appreciate the more readily accessible island lighthouses of Southwest BC. And guidebook it became. Following an excellent introduction that contrasts the myth to the reality of early lightkeeping life, there are 25 chapters, one for each lighthouse. Amphitrite Point and Lennard Island are of course included. Each chapter explains how to get to the light and something about the area where it is found, rates how accessible it is for visitors, tells of something unique or “weird” about it, explains how it came to be named, describes the design and construction of it and personal stories of some of
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it’s keepers of the light. There is a fine mixture of modern, scenic and historic photos and “maplets” with driving routes. “This is a guide for visitors who are tired of the typical tourist experience … that ought to be jam-stained and dog-eared with
scribbled margins … Yet, it’s also an armchair traveller’s guide to lighthouse lore,” readers are advised. Peter and John will both be here to launch their book, Wednesday June 3rd, 8pm at Darwin’s Café in Tofino and Thursday June 4, 2:30pm at the George Fraser Room at the Ucluelet Community Centre. Joining them will be sisters Sharon and Elanie Bruton, grownup lighthouse children (seen with Santa in a 1967 picture taken at Lennard Island on pg. 166). John’s visit is especially timely to the folks of Ucluelet who are working to ensure the good fate of the Amphitrite Lighthouse - our little barnacle on the rocks. Now that the Marine Communications centre is closed there are
plans for the lighthouse to be turned over to the district. I believe an application is underway to have it declared an historic site. This is the same route that the Sheringham Point Lighthouse Preservation Society has been travelling, and arrival is immanent. As a director of this society, John has been through the experience and is happy to share his insights with our community. And yes, at a minimum 50% of the royalties of To The Lighthouse is going to help preserve Sheringham Point Lighthouse.
Susan Lee is a Ucluelet bookseller.
Don’t miss the Friends of Clayoquot Sound AGM! Featuring an exclusive showing of the 2015 film, Life Off Grid, about people who have chosen to build their lives around renewable energy, with beautiful, inspiring, and often challenging results. Filmmaker Jonathan Taggart will be present.
The Ucluelet chamber of commerce held a work bee on Sunday to spruce up the Peninsula Road office and visitors centre. Photos Andrew Bailey
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Annual General Meeting and Board of Directors Business Meeting Thursday, June 4, 2015 AGM-1:00- 2:30 p.m. followed by Board of Directors Business Meeting at 3:00 p.m.
Main hall, Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet BC Open to the Public. If you plan to attend, please contact Brooke at the CBT office: 250-725-2219 Refreshments and Snacks will be available and youth participation is encouraged.
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MARTIAL ARTS
Two West Coast youth head for Trinidad to test for black belts ANDREW BAILEY
Westerly News Two West Coast youth are headed to Trinidad this July to test for their black belts in Purple Dragon Don Jitsu. Ucluelet local Everett Watson and Tofino local Barkley Ahier have both been training under local Purple Dragon instructor Senpai Ian Shu for about six years and both are ready for the next level of their martial arts careers. All three will travel to Trinidad this summer where Ahier and Watson will undergo a rigorous three-day test to achieve their black belts. The trip will cost about $3,500 per person and Watson said the group has raised about $2,000 of community support so far through bottle drives and raffleticket sales. They hope to see a solid crowd show up to support their pursuit at a fundraising buffet dinner on June 6 at the Ucluelet community centre. The event will include a silent auction and raffle, with items donated by local businesses, as well as demonstrations from Purple Dragon students ranging from 5-18 years old. “You’ll be well entertained, well fed, and be supporting a good cause,” Watson said. “The dinner is going to be one of the main ticket items as well as the silent auction...Basically every business that could help out has,
Above left, From left, Senpai Ian Shu leads Purple Dragon pupils Skyla Witt, Everett Watson and Barkley Ahier through training exercises on Friday. Watson and Ahier are hoping to achieve their black belts in Trinidad this July. Photo Andrew Bailey . Right, Watson with artist Mark Penney and a painting Penney donated for the fundraiser (submitted.) we’ve had tremendous support from community members as well as businesses, which helps a lot.” Tickets to June 6’s event can be purchased at Solidarity Snacks, Ucluelet Elementary School, and the community centre for a limited time but will not be available at the door. Watson, 17, said Purple Dragon offers a unique combo-boost to his fitness and discipline. “Martial arts isn’t all just kicking and punching and yelling
really loud,” he said. “There’s a mental part too and I find it really enlightening to be able to defend yourself and move your body in the way you want to move it...One thing martial arts is all about is control: controlling your movements, controlling your body, and controlling your mind.” He added a keen focus is put on respect and listening. “It’s helped me in school. It’s helped me keep control of my emotions a little bit more and to think first before I speak,” he said. He touted Senpai Ian as a REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS solid instructor and mentor Maintenance and Operations who pays close attention to Services Contract his students and said Shu’s Salmon Beach Service Area teachings have prepared him well for his upcoming test. The Alberni‐Clayoquot Regional District is requesting proposals for the Salmon “Senpai Ian is an excellent Beach Service area. teacher...I’m really confident The general scope of this contract is to provide maintenance and operation in the way he’s been teachservices to Salmon Beach Recreational Village infrastructure. Details are available ing and training us,” he said. at www.acrd.bc.ca, under the ‘What’s New’ tab. Proponents are responsible for “I’m really, really, excited familiarizing themselves with the Salmon Beach Community and the works and to be able to go. I’ve been services required.
waiting for this for six years... Just to know that I’ve been able to go halfway around the world and spend three days basically working my but off in the Trinidadian heat and make it through the black belt grading would be something that would boost your confidence...to know that you can stay strong under hard circumstances.” Along with the black belt achievement, Shu and his students plan to take in a world championship tournament and experience Purple Dragon’s 45th anniversary celebrations. “The students are hoping to reach their black belts, which would be an excellent achievement for them and for myself as well having raised them to that level,” Shu said. “I’m hoping that seeing all the local black belts there is going to really inspire them and push them to take it to a higher level like it did for myself...It’s some-
thing you have to travel to see really.” Shu joined with Purple Dragon in 1996 and has traveled to Trinidad several times to train with Professor Don Jacobs, the martial art’s founder. Shu is a third degree black belt and instructor who has guided two West Coasters through their black belt testing already and hopes to see Ahier and Watson make it four. “I moved here in 2008 and started teaching shortly thereafter and have been doing it ever since and would like to continue doing this for many years to come,” Shu said. “Even on a bad day, it’s such a pleasure to go and teach...I’ve gotten to teach these kids all the way along so that, I have to say, is very rewarding; watching them grow from little kids into young adults and still continuing to train.” Andrew.bailey@westerlynews.ca
Your proposal must include: 1. familiarity, experience and history with this type of work; specifically ground maintenance and pump and haul; and 2. your proposed hours of work for both the winter and summer seasons to meet the needs of the Salmon Beach Community; 3. your proposed monthly fee structure for required services for both summer and winter seasons to meet the needs of Salmon Beach Community 4. hourly rate for services over and above required amount. Proponents must be an Independent Contractor and meet the requirements as set out in the Alberni‐Clayoquot Regional District’s Contractor Safety and Coordination Policy. Enquiries may be directed by telephone to Mr. Russell Dyson at (250) 720‐2705. Sealed proposals must be in an envelope marked “Proposal – Salmon Beach Maintenance and Operation Services” and will be received by the undersigned until 4:00 p.m. local time on June 19th, 2015. The ACRD reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. The lowest price Proposal will not necessarily be accepted. ACRD reserves the right in its absolute and sole discretion to accept the Proposal that it deems most advantageous and favourable in the interests of ACRD. Russell Dyson, CAO Alberni‐Clayoquot Regional District 3008 Fifth Avenue, Port Alberni, BC V9Y 2E3
Tofino mayor, Josie Osborne and Duncan mayor, Phil Kent, along with other dignitaries were on hand to cut the ribbon at the official opening of the Alberni Inlet Trail Phase 2 at China Creek on Sunday. The event attracted about 80 people of all ages, most of whom took part in a hike following short presentations about the trail and its history. - Alberni Valley Times picture
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Clayoquot Theater. Tickets: $5 at the door. Musical Coffee House with Viv and Steve Ruskin 7:30pm Blackberry Cove Marketplace Bingo, Tofino Legion, 7:30 p.m. Tofino Library Storytime: 11:30noon. 331 Main St. Songs, stories, rhymes and more! Ages 3-5 with caregiver. The Edge Youth Room, 2–6pm, UCC
COMMUNITY CALENDAR of EVENTS 27 WEDNESDAY 7 pm. Conversations with Artists: Mowry Baden on Art in Public Spaces (Tofino) conversation, refreshments, Tofino Botanical Gardens/Ecolodge Preschool Play Group, 10am–noon, Tofino Community Hall. Seniors Social Afternoons, 1:304pm, Tofino Legion. Free admission & refreshments, games Free drop-in meditation class, Westcoast Community Resources Society at UCC, Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m. St. Columba Church, 7 p.m., 110 Second St. Tofino. Holy Family Church, 9:30am, 1664 Peninsula Rd. Ucluelet. Ucluelet library, open 1–6pm
Thursday, May 28, 3-5 pm at Clayoquot Biosphere trust, 316 Main St., Tofino; Anyone who volunteers is invited. Toastmasters meets every Thursday evening from 7:00pm. For info, contact: Marilyn McEwen, 250726-8255 or photos@alberni.net 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, $2. Tofino library, 331 Main St., 3–7pm. St Columba Anglican/United Church Bible study, 10:30 a.m., UCC
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May Green Breakfast @ Common Loaf Bake Shop – upstairs Thursday, May 28, 2015 @ 8:30-10am
29 FRIDAY Wickaninnish Elementary students trilingual ‘DEBRIS’ puppet show.
May 30 - 11am-2 pm, Adopt-a-Baby Salmon Day, Thornton Creek Hatchery, admission by donation, facepainting, crafts and free hotdog lunch. Glee presents “Wizards of Ozzard” 7 pm, doors at 6:30 p.m. at UCC, $10 for adults, $5 for 13 and under. 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
OUTAGE, continued from 1 hear the canoeist’s distress call, but they couldn’t respond with two-way communications. Additionally, Hughes said, Victoria’s using old equipment was never designed to take the consolidated workload from the closed Vancouver MCTS. Dan Bate of the Coast Guard provided a statement from the
agency. “The safety of mariners is the top priority of the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG), and the Government is investing in marine communications infrastructure to deliver world-class services in Canadian waters,” it said. “During a radio outage, MCTS centres maintain contact with the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre
in Victoria to instruct all Coast Guard ships and bases in the area to monitor Emergency Channel 16 for a potential distress call. Additionally, CCG can notify the marine community by issuing a Notice to Shipping,” it said. MCTS Victoria is scheduled for modernization this fall,the statement said. “These systems provide a more
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31 SUNDAY Glee presents “Wizards of Ozzard” 3 pm, doors at 2:30 p.m. at UCC, $10 for adults, $5 for 13 and under. Christ Community Church, 10:30am, 1419 Peninsula Rd. Ucluelet. Grace Bible Church, 10:30am, Ucluelet Community 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.
1 MONDAY Monday Night Movies @ Clayoquot Sound Community Theatre June 1, 2015 @ 8:00 pm “What We Do In The Shadows” 2015 comedy/horror, rated PG Every Monday from 9-12 acoustic jam night Officials Ucluelet AA, weekly Monday and Thursday at 8pm. Holy Family efficient delivery of services and reduced service disruptions. They monitor the same areas of coverage, as they connect to a network of radio and radar towers across the country have remained in operation.,” it reads, adding that In response to recent incidents technicians have arrived on site within a half hour to resolve the issue.
Floor hockey, 7–9pm, Ucluelet Seaplane Base Rec Hall. $2 drop-in. Indoor Soccer, 8–10pm, Ucluelet Secondary School gym, $2. Competitive & drop-in darts, doors 7pm, play 8pm, Tofino Legion.
2 TUESDAY ANAF in Ucluelet, Youth Drop-In is hosting the Alberni Valley Employment Centre to do a workshop for youth on resume writing, job. skills.Under 19. Refreshments. Fish and Loaves free community lunch, 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. 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, 7:30pm, St. Francis Church, 441 Main, Tofino.
“The causes of these outages are not systemic. The recent outages at Victoria MCTS are currently being reviewed, but the system is confirmed to be fully functional,” the statement said.
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My other car really is a Porsche
Above, putting the cars through their paces at a “track” at the Tofino-Long Beach-Ucluelet Airport. Inset, the Tour de Rock Cops for Cancer (above, right) was a big beneficiary of the weekend, with over $12,000 raised to help their cause. Nanaimo RCMP rider Mihai Ilioi and Corp. Norm Smith, also of Nanaimo, left, enjoy dockside Ukee.
Get In On The Races! THE VAN ISLE 360 & THE EDGE-2-EDGE MARATHON
are coming to the West Coast! On June 14, a record 52 sailboats will sail into Ucluelet’s harbour on this exciting point-to-point yacht race - and that’s the same day the Edge-2-Edge Marathon kicks off!
The show-and-shine at Whiskey Dock drew a lot of admirers Saturday. Above, drivers and friends at the dock.
JUNE 3 & JUNE 10 WESTERLY NEWS
WESTERLY LIFE These Westerly LIFE editions are all about the Van Isle 360 and the West Coast’s of½cial welcome to the thousands of visitors these races brings. There will be a full-page souvenir Welcome Van Isle 360! on June 3 and fullpage Welcome Edge-2-Edge Runners! poster on June 10. You can post this in your window, and all participating advertisers will also be listed on the posters. This section will be full of details about the races, welcomes and specials to attract participants to your business. Bonus: This Westerly LIFE will be hand-delivered to all Van Isle 360 contestants at their June 5 wine-and-cheese kick-off in Nanaimo! Early ad deadline for this is May 27 so book your ad today!
250-534-9213 of½ce@westerlynews.ca “The drive up here is world-class. It really is. The Black Rock Resort and the people of Ucluelet are phenomenal. We’ll come back as long as we can.” Scott from Mill Bay.
THANK YOU, VANCOUVER ISLAND PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA AND EVERYONE WHO MADE THE WEEKEND A SUCCESS! $
5,876 raised for UVFB Rescue Fund & $12,486
for RCMP Tour de Rock Cops for Cancer. Thanks from the Ucluelet Volunteer Fire Brigade & the community of Ucluelet. See you in 2016!
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Local pet store gives CARE’s Animeals a boost JACKIE CARMICHAEL
Westerly News In a sort of animal airlift, needy pets on the West Coast got a food infusion recently. Stacks and stacks of highquality pet food found its way to the Coastal Animal Rescue & Education network. The CARE Network, a helping paw of the Alberni Valley SPCA, said the critter food came just in time. “We’re deeply grateful to Ocean Pet Supplies and Carla Anderson for her generosity
.. the timing couldn’t be more perfect, we’re nearly out of donated dog food and we’ve received a lot of requests,” said Lee-ann Unger of CARE. Network. “We give away thousands of dollars worth of free (pet) food annually to folks that don’t have enough money to get dog or cat food, or have trouble accessing it,” said Unger. Combined with ongoing donations from a store in the Alberni Valley, the gifts enable CARE to provide dog and cat-
food to pets whose owners struggle financially, or who find it hard to get to a pet store, through the AniMeals program. “It’s made a significant difference in the lives of dogs and cats in our region … it takes an incredible team effort to do the work .. we’re just so grateful to have the support,” Unger said. Volunteers from the CARE Network provide hands-on help with animals in need, including temporary foster care for animals, transport
from Tofino and Ucluelet to Port Alberni and beyond. They also bring humane education to the West Coast, and work with the Canadian Animal Assistance Team for local spay and neuter clinics, and make possible a low-cost spay and neuter program. To volunteer or donate, call or text 250-266-9663 or email coastalanimalrescue@gmail.com. They have a bank account at Coastal Community Credit Carla Anderson’s dogs ambassador for the Union under CARE Network. CARE Network’s Animeals. office@westerlynews.ca
Memories of Katsumi Kimoto’s Ucluelet youth and fishing with family (above, his Uncle Gordie) influence his art today (Above).
ART, continued from Page 12 the water, entranced in the wonder of nature’s unparalleled beauty.” His father was Gordon Kimoto and his grandfather was Thomas Kimoto, and his grandmother is Mary Kimoto, active with the Ucluelet and Area Historical Society. His uncle Doug Kimoto still fishes his commercial troller, the La Perouse. “This exhibition is a tribute to my years on the water fishing with my Dad. The show is titled KUROSHIO, after my father’s last boat, owned by my grandfather before him. I’ve also titled many of the other paintings after certain trollers which fished alongside my Dad, Gordie Kimoto, and Uncle Doug Kimoto, some of which were in their fishing group known as ‘The Queen’s Cowboys’
and some others were just good ol’ friends,” he said, rattling off a list of boat names including Legend, Rongo Mai, La Perouse, Tidewinder, Ocean Foam and Blue Eagle. Kimoto, who also shows his work in Ucluelet at the Mark Penney Gallery on the Whisky Dock, said titling the pieces after the boat names wasn’t so much a particular portrait of the boat, although some of the colours and character do relate. “It was more so to honour the fact that these boats rode the swell side by side in some cases for decades, and to pay tribute to that time and those friendships. Many of the boats have been sold and are no longer fished, but a small few still fight the good fight,” he said.
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