North Island Gazette, June 21, 2012

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Page 23 Dozens of kids and their parents turn out for annual Family Fishing Day events.

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The eagle has landed — in pub

Breaker dancing

Justin Speck of the Kingcome Breakers celebrates his goal in a U10 game during the June Sports Soccer Tournament Saturday in Alert Bay. For more from the tourney, see page 11.

Gazette staff Staff and patrons at the Quarterdeck Pub got a shock this week when an eagle crashed through a window into the patio area.

Trista Williamson, who was working at the time, explained what happened.

“I just heard a big crash and my first thought was that a car had hit the building or something,” she said. “I went out to look and there was glass everywhere and this eagle.”

Williamson said she initially thought the eagle was dead as it did not move but as she got closer it flexed a claw and she realized the young bird was stunned but alive.

“I closed the door and asked everyone to stay out in case it was trapped there and went to call the conservation officer,” she explained.

As she went to the phone, however, a tourist couldn’t resist going to snap a shot. When he approached the panicked eagle, it shook itself free of the shattered pane and flew off.

The staff inspected the break inside

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Work on wind farm site under way A O’Toole Gazette staff PORT HARDY– The Cape Scott Wind Farm Project held an open house in Providence Place Inn this week to outline the project to the community and provide a forum for people to get answers to their questions.

Representatives from International Power, Vestas, Pacificus Biological

Services, and Black & MacDonald/AMEC were on hand to answer questions while a slide presentation on the project played.

The project, which has been in research and planning for several years now, began construction this month on access roads to the site. It is scheduled to begin operating commercially in July 2013, providing 99mW of power and

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employing 150 employees at its peak.

The 4,500-hectare site at Knob Hill was initially selected by Seabreeze Power Corp. after an extensive research project and a call from BC Hydro for suppliers of green energy.

International Power then bought phase one of the site after striking a deal with BC Hydro to supply them with 99mW, enough

power to supply 30,000 homes. Seabreeze retains the phase two portion of the site with the option for future development.

The power will be manufactured by 55 turbines, each of which has a 50-metre radius and an 1800kW output. The turbines are designed by Vestas, who will also oversee the delivery of the huge components to the site.

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These are currently being received in Nanaimo and will make the journey north by truck, later in the summer.

Preparations for their arrival is currently underway, with Black & MacDonald/AMEC working on the existing road and adding another to improve access to the site. The next step will be to lay the foundations in anticipation of

the turbines’ arrival.

Surespan Construction Ltd., meanwhile, has applied to the Regional District of Mount Waddington for a temporary use permit for a concrete batching plant on the site. The plant would manufacture concrete to be used in construction of the

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Trial hears testimony from defendant

Erin Haluschak Black Press COURTENAY — As the final witness in his second-degree murder trial, the accused said Wednesday he was terrified when confronted by a group of boys including James Denton, and the accused “did not think he (Denton) was going to die.”

The B.C. Supreme Court courtroom, which has been filled to capacity with friends and family of the slain Denton and the accused since the trial began June 4, heard how the accused had been drinking to the point of intoxication with a friend near the Vanier track before and while he attended the nearby Rhythm on the Rock Music Festival last July 23.

As Crown prosecutor Gordon Baines noted in his opening statement, Denton, 19, was stabbed twice — once in the left armpit

and once in the left lower back — near the entrance to G.P. Vanier Secondary School following the conclusion of the day-long music festival at the nearby Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds.

The 17-year old accused, who appeared calm and slightly slouched in the witness box Wednesday morning, wearing a white dress shirt and black pants, cannot be identified because of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. He was 16 at the time of the incident.

The accused told his lawyer, Victoria-based Michael Mulligan, he had previously been “beaten up really badly” the summer before at a beach party.

“I got punched on the back of the head, woke up on the ground and people were stomping on me and kicking me in the ribs. I was in and out of consciousness,” he added.

The accused testi-

fied that, following the conclusion of the festival, he walked up to his group of friends on Headquarters Road when another group approached them following a short verbal confrontation moments before.

“They were definitely a lot bigger and some were men — definitely not boys,” he said.

He noted Denton was about four feet in front of him when the accused pulled out his knife and opened it with two hands, believing Denton was able to see it by his side.

“I was very frightened at that point. I thought I was going to get beaten up. I was basically scared,” he

explained.

“I said get the f*** back and (Denton) grabbed onto me. I automatically jerked my arm back,” he said, and added, “I did not want to hurt anybody that night.”

He later told court he ran from the scene, and took a route down Vanier Road, through a trail near G.P. Vanier school and eventually returned to Headquarters Road, with the intent to head to the police station to turn himself in.

Police arrested the suspect near the bushes by the intersection of Headquarters Road and the Old Island Highway minutes later.

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Erin Haluschak Black Press COURTENAY — A teen accused of murdering former Port Hardy resident James Denton may know his fate by Aug. 1.

Supreme Court Justice R.B.T. Goepel told court the tentative date for a decision last Thursday, following closing statements by both defence lawyer Michael Mulligan and Crown prosecutor Gordon Baines. Goepel told both lawyers they should be prepared to argue sentencing following the verdict, if required.

During the final day of the trial — which was originally scheduled to run until June 22 — Mulligan argued the judgment of young people, particularly that of the 17-year-old accused, is often not at an adult level.

The court heard throughout the trial that Denton, 19, was stabbed twice — once

in the left armpit and once in the left lower back — near the entrance to G.P. Vanier Secondary School following the conclusion of a day-long music festival at the nearby Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds.

Mulligan argued people the age of the accused, who was 16 at the time of the incident and cannot be named because of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, believe they are invincible.

“We do our best to protect young men from themselves ... we ought not to judge people of that age too harshly. Some of the choices on that night were poor ones,” he noted.

He referred to case law to note that young persons do not have an adult’s ability to see consequences.

Mulligan argued his client’s reaction to hearing of Denton’s death while in police

cells is not reflective of someone who wanted to commit murder.

“His answer of, ‘Oh, my god, did that actually happen?’ and ‘I really don’t believe that. You guys aren’t kidding.’ His responses are not of a person who thought about it (the murder) and proceeded anyway,” he said. “It was a natural, immediate response.

Is that the response of someone who reflected upon murder and then elected to proceed? It’s not.”

During the Crown’s closing arguments, Baines told the judge the accused intended to cause bodily harm and that he had the subjective foresight of death.

He asked Justice Goepel to discount the accused’s evidence almost entirely as fabrication, as Baines stated he tailored his answers to the issues.

“On those points, it’s not consistent with

any other evidence. It defies logic and common sense,” he said. “(The accused) believed the human body can’t die by being stabbed. If that’s the case, perhaps the school board should be seeking its Dogwood back,” he added.

Crown argued that the accused knew his actions were likely to result in death.

“This isn’t an academic exercise.

Common sense isn’t left at the courtroom door, my Lord,” he added.

“Based on (the accused) acting aggressively, there was no evidence that he was scared; he interjected himself into the argument, he knew he had a knife, he took it out and stabbed a boy when at the very worst he could have gotten into a fistfight.

I respectfully submit he should be guilty of second-degree murder.”

“...He can remember a lot of fine points, but he can’t remember the fine points of what he’s done wrong.”

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officer Const. Nick Widdershoven — who testified in court Tuesday — told the accused hours later in police cells that Denton had died in hospital, the accused said he didn’t believe it to be true.

“I thought it was some sort of sick dream or joke. I was in shock; it probably didn’t hit me until a week later,” he explained.

When asked by Mulligan how he feels, the accused replied “I feel terrible. For the past 11 months, I feel like a lowlife. I know wishing does nothing, but I’m wishing I did something different that night.”

During cross-examination, Baines questioned the accused’s knowledge of stab wounds, particularly how it could lead to death.

“It’s complete news to you to have a fourinch blade into a person’s torso and that they could die?” he

asked.

“No,” replied the accused. “It never crossed my mind,” and later said he had never heard of anyone dying or passing away from a knife stabbing.

Crown then asked if the accused had thought about using the knife as protection, particularly following the incident on the beach from the previous summer.

“I figured I would use it for protection ...

I never viewed it as a weapon. I viewed it as a tool,” he replied.

He told court during the incident with Denton, he was hoping to scare him off with the knife.

“I didn’t think I would actually have to use it,” he added. “I thought he would see it and that would be the end of it.”

Outside the courtroom, Dave Denton, James’ father, told media he wasn’t satisfied with the accused’s testimony.

“He’s forgetting a lot. He knows a lot, but he’s not telling a lot. He can remember a lot of fine points, but he can’t remember the fine points of what he’s done wrong,” he said.

Mulligan explained to media outside there are three possible verdicts Supreme Court Justice R.B.T. Goepel can find.

“If the judge finds that the Crown has not disproven self-defence and that is the Crown’s burden to disprove that,” he noted. “If the judge found that selfdefence was applicable, that is a complete defence and he would be acquitted altogether.

Another possible verdict would be the if the judge found that the Crown had not proven all of the elements of murder, including that subjective foresight of death, but that selfdefence wasn’t applicable, another possible verdict could be guilty of manslaughter.”

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50-year-old gets facelift Gazette staff PORT McNEILL—St. John Gualbert Anglican Church is getting a new roof this summer, but the distinctive A-frame construction will remain once the $120,000 project is completed.

After hosting a series of fundraisers and tearing out the rotting breezeway connecting the nearly 50-year-old church to the adjacent A-Frame Bookstore, members of the church society have a construction crew on site rebuilding an expanded breezeway and making plans for a brand new cedar-shake roof on the church.

The refurbished church, which welcomed new pastor Wade

“It’s a whole new program.”

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Allen on June 1, will also feature new electrical wiring and heating.

“It’s a whole new program,” said Craig Murray, who has helped spearhead the project.

“We want to get people comfortable with it again.”

The church was originally built in 1963 and has become a historical marker for the town, having hosted numerous weddings, christenings and other

memorable events for residents.

The new shake roof will cover the existing rafter system, and will be enhanced by a pair of new crosses, one on each side.

The church property includes a garden and a companion building with offices, a kitchen and the bookstore, which doubles as Sean Labbe helps erect a new, expanded breezeway during cona bible study room for children’s struction at St. John Gualbert Church in Port McNeill last week. lessons. A new breezeway, with J.R. Rardon an expanded addition, is currently under construction, with Vancou ver Isla nd Nor 2013 Vancouver Island th 2012 work on the church roof slated to begin in July.

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Diners startled by eagle from page 1 and out and say that there was no blood but there was a piece of fish by the break. Their guess is that the young bird was fleeing competition after scoring a nice hunk of fish when it made its dramatic entrance.

Staff then went to work cleaning up the patio area, while glaziers patched the broken window.

There were reports that the bird was later seen in the area of the marina, looking somewhat the worse for

“It was lucky that no one was in the patio section.”

from page 1 project. The RDMW board of directors was expected to discuss the application during its regular monthly meeting this week, after the Gazette went to press.

When the construction is in full swing

the project will employ around 150 workers at the Cape Scott site, with around a dozen expected to be retained in a permanent capacity.

Pacificus are employed on the site as environmental moni-

tors, ensuring that construction has a minimal impact on the area and complies with the project’s environmental commitments.

The new onsite substation will be linked overland to BC Hydro’s substation at

Byng Road through a planned series of towers.

The wind farm is scheduled to begin commercial operations in July of 2013 and is contracted to provide power to BC Hydro for 20 years.

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“It was lucky that no one was in the patio section,” she said.

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Guiding stars Port McNeill and Port Hardy Pathfinders held their annual district camping trip at the Quatse Campground in Por t Hardy June 1-3. The trip included a tour of Joey’s Museum and a boat ride of Quatsino Sound provided by Captain Wayne and Quatsino Sound Marine Transportation.

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Hardy Council acknowledges name change Gazette staff PORT HARDY— Among the business discussed at this week’s Port Hardy’s council meeting was the recent name change to the Coast Guard Auxiliary (CGA).

The CGA is now to be known as the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue (RCM-SAR) and a

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According to Strandt, the similarity in name was confusing to the public and was hampering the group’s fundraising and recruiting efforts.

The RCM-SAR were granted the Royal designation in recognition of their long-standing service and philanthropic mandate.

Council acknowledged the new designation, with Mayor Bev Parnham extending her condolences

Council Meeting Port Hardy to the organization on the recent loss of two volunteers in a training accident in Skookumchuck Narrows.

Also discussed was an information package from the Tsunami Debris Coordinating Committee (TDC), outlining plans for dealing with the expected landfall of debris from 2011’s Japan earthquake and

subsequent tsunami.

The TDC is tasked with coordinating the response to the predicted influx of debris and is comprised of four subcommittees.

Council commented on the apparent reliance on volunteer groups in the clean up plan, with Councillor Rick Marcotte suggesting that the armed forces could have a role in any clean-up efforts.

Councillor Janet Dorward was of the opinion that, since the problem currently only exists in potential

terms, planning should be delayed until the scale is understood.

Mayor Parnham agreed that, at a local level, it was too early to begin detailing a plan. She also agreed that, when planning does occur, volunteers should not be expected to do the bulk of the cleaning, and that government intervention would be needed.

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No more books Summer is coming soon, and for most kids this means a release from the chains of schoolwork.

But the Summer Reading Club is starting up at the library, and we encourage each and every parent or guardian to get their kids signed up.

Often, reading is seen by kids as a painful chore, or something that they only touch at school. But it’s is an essential skill that every child needs, both in and out of the classroom.

The subject was even approached at the most recent Board of School District 85 meeting, where Superintendent Scott Benwell described English as a “significant gateway course,” and came up with a goal to increase the number of students reading at grade level.

But books don’t have to be a chore. Some of my fondest memories growing up involve being read to by the adults in my life. With reading, just like any other skill, a little practice goes a long way.

The best way to instill a love of reading in your children is to get involved yourself. Turn off the television for an hour, take them down to the local library and let them pick out a book of their choice. Dedicate a little time every day to read it with them.

The best part is that the library is completely free.

And don’t worry - kids will still have plenty of time for all those camping trips and movie marathons this summer.

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The A-Frame Church in Port McNeill is getting refurbished this summer after a series of fundraisers, starting with a new roof.

An Island crime spree affected the North Island after reports of a theft at Raft Cove. The spree ended with two arrests in Port Hardy.

Choosing work instead of welfare VICTORIA – The B.C. government has taken some modest steps to tighten up the province’s income assistance system, and to encourage people to work when they are able to.

With Premier Christy Clark swooping in to take credit, Social Development Minister Stephanie Cadieux unveiled changes, acknowledging that B.C. was the only province that clawed back all earnings from employable welfare recipients, and announced that from now on they will be able to earn up to $200 a month without penalty.

Another important change requires welfare recipients to file income tax returns.

People can do temporary work when it comes along, report the income and take advantage of the various tax credits that come from participating in society instead of just living off it.

With baby boomers starting to retire in big numbers, the labour

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shortage has begun across Western Canada.

And yet, increasing numbers of foreign workers are coming in to do farm and other work, while many young people are unemployed.

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon took note of this during his budget preparations. Increasing numbers of young, employable people were applying for welfare in southern B.C., while jobs go begging in the booming northeast.

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Falcon mused about setting up a program to provide training and plane fare for these people, an idea quickly dubbed “welfare air.”

Another effort to get young people working is Jobfest, a rock-themed road show currently touring northern B.C. towns.

If Jobfest and welfare air sound a bit desperate, it’s because they are. They illustrate our society’s problem.

We have a public school system where students pass whether they do the work or not. The teachers’ union sets an example that the way to get what you want is to stamp your feet and demand it from government. What do we expect young people to learn?

Old-timers might recall when Mike Harcourt’s NDP government took over from the allegedly miserly Social Credit regime and raised welfare rates.

They compounded that mistake by relaxing eligibility rules for welfare.

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After a couple of years of this wealth redistribution, 10 per cent of the B.C. population was on welfare, with more piling on every day. Faced with the results of this staggering blunder, Harcourt launched a crackdown on fraud. Later the NDP cut the basic rate for single employables to $500 a month.

Today it stands at $610, and the NDP looks poised to repeat history. Surrey MLA Jagrup Brar did a month-long publicity stunt in January, living on welfare by wandering from shelter to food bank with TV cameras trailing behind.

Brar would have been better off if welfare air had been available. Instead of learning to live off the burgeoning urban handout industry, he could have gone up to Dawson Creek or Fort St. John and worked as a labourer.

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Duncan doesn't care about fisheries Dear editor, What will be left of Canada’s fisheries after MP John Duncan is through?

He voted to pass the Conservative government’s reckless changes to the Fisheries Act, which remove provisions that protect fish habitat from destruction. Habitat destruction is the most common reason for decline of a species. Without habitat, we can’t have healthy fish stocks.

These changes undo the

cornerstone of environmental law in Canada and have attracted widespread opposition—even from Conservatives. Former conservative fisheries ministers Tom Siddon and John Fraser have publicly opposed the changes. So have more than 625 scientists and former Liberal fisheries ministers Herb Dhaliwal and David Anderson.

Existing laws can be improved, but these changes are being passed without the proper scrutiny they

"Existing laws can be improved, but these changes are being passed without the proper scrutiny they need to get the balance right."

need to get the balance right. The Conservatives are ramming them through in their 400 page omnibus budget bill, leaving no time for proper study. They

claim these changes are so essential that they have to be passed right away, yet they didn’t even merit a single mention in the Conservatives’ recent elec-

tion platform.

The changes are part of a widespread, willing neglect for our fish by the Conservatives. While they have grown public spending by leaps and bounds over their six years in power, they have cut the Department of Fisheries and Oceans by over 25%.

Poor enforcement has greatly reduced the number of pollution and habitat violations that are pursued

by DFO; indeed, convictions for violations are now

More medals recognized Editor’s note: A letter in last week’s Gazette from Stewart Shipley congratulating MCpl. Tom Cook of Port Hardy on receiving the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal in recent ceremonies in Ottawa noted that three Port Hardy-based Canadian Rangers had previously received medals commemorating the Queen’s Golden Jubilee.

Members of the North Island Cougars team relax following their participation in the annual Operation Trackshoes sports festival for B.C. residents with developmental disabilities. The team was led by the staff of the North Island Community Ser vices Society and sponsored by donations from North Island residents, businesses, local government and service organizations. Photo submitted

War Amps commends Bomber Command will unveil the Royal Air Force Bomber Command Memorial in central London, UK. To mark the unveiling, The War Amps is releasing a memoir in its Canadian Military Heritage Series called “Grandpa’s War in Bomber Command,” a personal account of the experiences of the late Jack W. Singer. As well, members of Operation Legacy will be donating copies of the memoir to their local libraries.

Born and raised in Toronto, Singer joined the Royal Canadian Air Force at age 19 and served as a bomb-aimer with No. 9 Squadron, RAF.

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A team effort

The Gazette has since received documentation indicating five Rangers from Port Hardy were actually presented the Golden Jubilee medals on Feb. 18, 2004.

The five members are Larry Clare, Joseph Davis, W. John Elson, Rick Kirkpatrick and Stewart Shipley.

The Gazette regrets the omission of the two additional members.

Dear editor, I am writing on behalf of The War Amps Operation Legacy, in which members of the Association’s Child Amputee (CHAMP) Program help preserve and commemorate Canada’s military heritage by teaching others about the important sacrifices of our fallen soldiers and veterans.

Of the more than 45,000 Canadians and Newfoundlanders who gave their lives in the Second World War, 10,000 were in Bomber Command – one of the most dangerous occupations of the war.

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almost non-existent.

Over 75,000 Canadians are directly or indirectly employed through our fisheries and many more fish for fun, with one in every seven adult Canadians applying for licences every year. Mr. Duncan needs to shake off the iron-grip of the Prime Minister’s office, start thinking for himself and protect our fish!

He wrote this memoir for his grandchildren in 1998, and, following his wish, it is now being made available to a wider audience to help people understand how it really was in World War II. “Grandpa’s War in Bomber Command” can be purchased at a cost-recovery price of $15, as well as in conjunction with The War Amps documentary “The Boys of Kelvin High,” at a special package price of $25 by calling 1 800 250-3030 or visiting waramps.ca.

Saadia Ibrahim Operation Legacy Member, Surrey

Raven is bad news Dear editor, A Compliance Energy report for the environmental review process verifies Raven coal mine toxins will potentially contaminate thousands of domestic wells, will kill salmon and trout species in the Cowie Creek and Tsable watersheds, and will directly contaminate air quality within a 20 km radius of the mine site. The elephant is out of the living room: Raven approval puts us at grave peril.

Maps show all domestic wells from Qualicum Bay to Royston (including Hornby and Denman Islands) that are at risk of contamination, all salmon and trout species in impacted watersheds that will die, the birds and other wildlife that will be harmed or killed, and the zone of green gas emissions that will affect air quality for a 20 km

radius from the mine site.

Tables of measures to “minimize” toxic impacts include “if feasible,” “if cost effective,” and “if practical” phrases or studies and monitoring of “real or perceived health effects.”

Approval of Raven would be an outrageous betrayal of public trust. If our government approves a coal mine less than 5 km from established communities and the Baynes Sound, with the full knowledge of the certain toxic effects, what will follow? Together, we can stop this march towards ecocide.

Let your elected government officials know they do not have the right to barter our precious water and air for coal mine profit.

Sharon Small Denman Island Resident and Communications Instructor

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June 23 The Northern Vancouver Island Salmonoid Enhancement Association (NVISEA) is holding its Annual General Meeting at 4 p.m. at the Quatse Salmon Stewardship Centre. All members and persons interested are invited to attend. For more information, contact Ken Fuller, Manager, at 250-949-9022 or nvisea@island.net.

June 23 Port Hardy Museum hosts presentation by Catherine Gilbert, author of Yorke Island and the Uncertain War, 1 p.m. Free admission; refreshments served. FMI, Jane, 250-949-8143.

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July 1 Alert Bay hosts its first Dog Run mountain bike race.

Includes a free race for kids in the morning, and a main race beginning at 10 a.m. This will be followed by awards at 2 p.m. and a dance at the Legion at 8 p.m.

Register in advance online for $25, or purchase dance tickets for $15, at www.thedogrun.ca. Registration will also be available the day of the race. All proceeds go to support animal rescue.

July 1 Canada Day celebration in Port McNeill. Kids fishing derby in the morning and assorted activities at the waterfront in the afternoon. In between, the annual airshow at Port McNeill Airport, beginning at 11 a.m. with flagraising. Barbecue, free cupcakes and plane rides for kids.

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July 1 Canada Day celebration at Storey’s Beach.

July 1 Gate House Theatre celebrates its first anniversary with a party and free movie, 7 p.m., Pioneer Mall, Port McNeill. Movie title to be announced.

July 5-August 25 T’sasala Cultural Group Traditional Native Dance Performance. In our Big House 1:15 p.m. -2:15 p.m.

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July 15 Gate House Theatre hosts a choral workshop with renown songwriter and performer Earl Peach, 12:30-3:30 p.m., Port McNeill. $10 adults, $5 youth July 27-28 30th Annual Alert Bay Seafest Family feud, adult/youth/ child lip sync’s, Seafest Cabaret craft/food/jewelry/carving, you name it, table vendors, T’sasala Cultural Group, Opening ceremonies, crowning of Mr. & Mrs. Seafest, Baby Contest, ShopRite Shopping Spree, Golden Girls Contest, Fantasealand Parade, Kids Zone, etc. Norine Smith-Visitor Centre Manager 250-974-5024 Fax: 250974-5026 email: info@alertbay.ca July 27- 29 5th Annual Alert Bay Artfest Showcasing Alert Bay Artists. Sue Bell (250) 974-9911 Beth Dunlop (250) 974-2787 July 29 11th Annual Alert Bay Music Fest. Local and out of town musicians. Golden Jubilee Park. Advance Tickets $15 per adult and $8 per child under 12, $20 per adult $10 per child (may change without notice) at the door.

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July 30 Auditions open for Missoula Children’s Theatre presentation of Hansel and Gretel, 1 p.m., Gatehouse Community Theatre. Open to children entering Grade 1 through entering Grade 7; must be able to commit time each day during the week to rehearsal. Info, Kathy at 250-956-3456.

August 4 Annual Craft Fair on the boardwalk in Telegraph Cove.

For more information, contact the Cove at 1-800-200HOOK. August 4 Missoula Children’s Theatre presents Hansel and Gretel featuring local youth, 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., Gate House Theatre, Port McNeill. Info, Kathy, 250-956-3456.

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Read with VIHA celebrates Aboriginal Day the library this summer

Gazette staff Summer is almost here, and that means Summer Reading Club at the Library is about to begin.

The Summer Reading Club provides elementary school children with incentives to make reading an integral part of their holiday and encourages them to practice and improve their reading skills while school is out.

The theme for this year’s program is Strange...But True.

Each week will feature titles that will expose young readers to different genres — science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction, mystery, adventure, poetry, folk and fairy tales, jokes, humour, and more.

Children who sign up receive a fun registration package with a bookmark, stickers, trinkets, and a reading record book in which they are encouraged to keep track of the books they have read.

When they finish

their reading record, children are eligible to receive a special Summer Reading Club medal and, at the end of the summer, attend a wind-up party to celebrate reading success.

Registration for the free summer reading programs starts on July 3, but kids can register any time in July.

Parents are encouraged to register their children early.

Kids use their own library card or their parent’s, which is available free of charge at all local library branches.

Parents need to show valid ID and sign their child’s card. They can also apply online.

Summer Reading Club is sponsored by the BC Library Association and Vancouver Island Regional Library, with assistance from the Libraries and Literacy Branch, Ministry of Education.

For more information about Summer Reading Club, check out www. virl.bc.ca, or contact your local library.

Gazette staff North Island Secondary School is expected to make a decision on its future graduation date by the end of this month, following a meeting held last Tuesday at NISS. NISS currently holds grad ceremonies the first weekend in June, but is considering changing the date to the following weekend, the same weekend as Port Hardy Secondary School’s grad events.

This idea was brought about due to multiple scheduling conflicts around the first weekend of June, most notably the Provincial Championships for soccer that many grads

participate in.

A small group of parents met in the NISS library to discuss the date change. The only concern that arose was that the date would bring grad closer to the provincial exam dates, but for the most part, there were no objections.

“It was a fairly brief meeting,” principal Lauren Deadman said.

“The majority supported the decision.”

Deadman is in the process of contacting those involved with grad and is still waiting for feedback.

“We hope to be able to come to a decision by the end of June,” she said.

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Gazette Staff PORT HARDY— There was a full house at the Sacred Room at Port Hardy Hospital as VIHA hosted an early celebration for National Aboriginal Day. VIHA’s Aboriginal Employment Advisor, Steve Sxwithul’txw, welcomed staff and community representatives to the event, before Chiefs Willie Walkus from Tsulquate and Stan Wamiss of Quatsino took the floor.

The Gwa’sala’Nakwaxda’xw Culture Group then performed a dance to the packed room and afterwards introduced themselves to the attendees and explained the formation of the group.

Sxwithul’txw then retook the floor to explain his work in encouraging aboriginal youth to seek employment in the health industry. His office provides resources to aboriginal youth, from resume building to bursary advice as well as education on the range of careers available in the health industry.

He also encouraged those already in the industry to selfidentify to improve the availability of resources specifically aimed at First Nations peoples.

Above-Port Hardy Hospital’s Aboriginal Liaison Nurse Margaret Wilson addresses the floor; below- Steve Sxwithul’txw shares a joke before getting down to business at the Sacred Room in the hospital.

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The floor was then opened with a number of people speaking on building relations and moving forwards in a positive way.

“Today we wanted to recognize our workforce and also to increase the numbers

in work,” Sxwithul’txw explained.

“This is about bringing the community and staff together,” he continued, “it’s about finding that common ground.”

This sentiment was echoed around the

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After the great response to the event, there was a general

consensus in the room that next year’s meeting should be expanded.

Anyone interested in Sxwithul’txw’s work can contact him at StephenSxwithultxw@ viha.ca or check www. viha.ca/careers.

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Plant a love of gardening in your kids It is never too early to grow a gardener.

Well okay, one month old is a tad early, but as soon as your child (or grandchild) is able to walk about on their own, they are ready to begin along the garden path, so to speak.

I started my children in the garden by letting them help with digging over the raised beds at the start of spring. I composted all summer and winter so that in the spring I had fresh earth to add to the garden beds. My daughter took a liking to caring for the strawberry patch; my son seemed to be more of a potato guy.

They both sprouted sunflowers early in April and put them out in the garden in mid-May. They never seemed to tire of how nature could take that small seed and turn it into a gigantic flower, how that wee potato can give 15 or more in return, how one strawberry runner could give a feast of strawberries and then put out runners for next year’s crop.

For my grandchildren I have turned over one small raised bed and boy, did it get filled. I let them choose what they wanted to grow from left over seeds from my vegetable and flower gardens. In a 6x6-foot box they had two wide rows of carrots, six mammoth sunflowers, a row of strawberries, a plot of chives, snow peas, a line of bush beans, some marigolds and three potato plants.

I put a one-foot-wide

“If you think you want to do something to encourage your youngster’s natural interest in gardening, why not try a planter garden?”

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plank down the middle so they could get in there to weed (and hide while they ate the snow peas and carrots).

Things went well and the weeding was fun until about mid-July when it flagged a bit.

But all in all I think the kids like the feeling of “growing” their own garden.

If you think you want to do something to encourage your youngster’s natural interest in gardening, why not try a planter garden?

All you need to start them out is a 2x2-foot planter, or any large container that can hold soil, and has good drainage. You could let the children pick out their own seeds to plant but experience tells me that you may need to guide them a bit so that success is a bit more assured.

Things like radishes, leaf lettuce, beans (scarlet runners if you want vines, yellow or green bush beans for more compact sizes), carrots and peas are easy to start. For colour and edibility, flowering plants, such as nasturtiums, or calendula are simple to grow. Also

for colour, beets and Swiss Chard (looks and acts like spinach but comes in colourful variations).

Some seeds can be jump-started by laying a paper towel on a plate and spreading five or six seeds on the halftowel. Fold the sheet over the seeds, and add water to the plate to soak the seeds. Having the children help with this adds to the magic for them. Beans, peas and sunflowers all seem to do well with this method. Have a plate for each type of seed so you can keep seed types separated.

Writing the name on the paper towel before you use it helps to keep track of what is sprouting. Make sure the paper stays slightly moist. Peas may benefit from some cold time in the fridge (with plastic wrap to keep moisture in), but beans just need time. I plant my peas in late March because they need cold, damp weather to sprout. By the time they are breaking through the soil it is usually early to mid May. While waiting for the seeds to sprout, get the container ready. Make sure the planter has adequate drainage. I use paper coffee filters

(the basket type) to cover the holes. This lets the water drain out without washing the soil out too. Put about six inches of soil in the bottom. If a potato is going to be planted now is a good time to add it to the soil. Fill the soil in the container to about an inch or two (2 ½ to 5 cm) from the top, leaving space for watering without too much mud splashing.

Have the children make up seed stakes for their garden. An easy, affordable way to make stakes is to cut eight-inch (20 cm) strips from an empty, clean plastic milk jug.

Waterproof felt pen lasts longest for writing the name on. I have also seen sturdy stakes made from slats left over from shortening window blinds.

You are using soil from an established garden, but it may be a good idea to sterilize it by pouring boiling water over it before planting up. Let the soil cool before planting up. Sterilizing will stop weed seeds from sprouting. Weed seeds seem to be more vigorous than anything else you may be planting. I have been fooled more than once by freshly

sprouting weeds.

Gloves are a good habit to start a new gardener with. Garden gloves used to be thick leather and canvas; you could hardly bend your fingers, never mind tell if you pulling out a weed or five seedlings.

Today they are made of more sensible material, thin, flexible, water and soil resistant, and made in all sizes from teeny to XXXL. Gardening gloves save major hand

washing later, trying to get black soil and such from under fingernails.

Wouldn’t gardening gloves and a watering can make a lovely birthday, Christmas, or “just because” gift for a child? Watering cans come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The small plastic ones are usually lighter and so are easier for younger children to lift when filled, and one with a “rose” attachment

would be perfect. The attachment helps “just water” the seedlings and not pound them back into the ground. A trowel or small garden claw would be a nice gift also, and they do make sets of gardening tools that fit children’s hands nicely.

Heather Mary Brown is a seasoned North Island gardener. Email questions to hmbrown@ cablerocket.com.

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North Island Life June Sports is a kick Clockwise from right: Edgar Cranmer of the Alert Bay Cormorants launches himself for a wheel kick during Saturday’s victory over the Kingcome Wolves in the annual June Sports Soccer Tournament in Alert Bay, Isaac Williams of the Kak’ot’lats’i U15 team gets off a header pass against the defence of Port McNeill’s Shae Simpson, Alert Bay’s Cynthia McKinney pounds a drum in support of the Alert Bay Cormorants men’s soccer team during their game against the Kingcome Wolves, Tristan Mardell of Port McNeill and Kale Hunt of Port Hardy duel for the lead in the sack race, and Jessie Ehlert of the North Island Lightning sends a pass forward in a women’s contest against the Kingcome Wolverines.

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

EVES students impress Raft Cove thieves

Gazette staff Five Grade 6 students from Eagle View were invited to present their documentary to the Board of School District 85 this week.

The documentary, What’s in a Name?, charts the history of Eagle View Elementary through photographs, newspaper articles and interviews. After the presentation, the girls fielded questions from a thoroughly impressed Board, who commended the effort and professionalism of the students.

Morgan Puglas, Elise Quest, Maya Waldstein, Olivia Haysey and Emma Jensen accepted the challenge project from teacher-librarian Sandra Gunson, who co-ordinated with the students but stressed that the students were the driving force behind the project.

“I couldn’t be more proud of them,” she said. “They have worked on this for seven months, interviewing people on their breaks and on weekends, searching microfiche, learning to work as a group and with the

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L-R Morgan, Olivia, Ms. Gunson, Emma, Maya and Elise of Eagle View Elementary. The students presented their documentary What’s in a Name?, on the history of Eagle View, to the Board of the School District.

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technology. I’m really proud of what they’ve done.”

The students themselves enjoyed the challenges of the project and learned a lot of new skills.

“We learned how to plan and pick good sources,” said project leader Maya. “We had to learn how to work together and use the technology too,” she continued, referencing the iPods and iPads that were used to film and edit the documentary.

The girls said that they would like to put together a blooper reel of their interviews and experiences as their

next project.

Gunson said she will be uploading the documentary to the school website in the near future. To view the video, go to www.eves. sd85.bc.ca.

After the presentation, the Board got down to business at the last scheduled meeting of the school year.

Superintendent Scott Benwell gave a presentation detailing future goals in English. He set the target that all readers should be at grade level by Grade 5 and the number of students leaving with a C+ or better be increased by 20%.

Backed by a wealth of statistical evidence, his main rationale was that, since English is a “significant gateway course,” intensive efforts should be made to ensure that all students leave school with a solid foundation in English.

A s s i s t a n t Superintendent Katherine McIntosh then introduced the SD85 Literacy Plan, and the cyber-bullying prevention pamphlet which was given to students.

The meeting was adjourned with the next meeting scheduled for September.

Gazette staff PORT HARDY— An Island-wide crime spree came to a halt at the end of the road after the RCMP stopped a stolen car with “a substantial amount” of stolen property.

A male driver and female passenger, both from Ontario, were taken into custody following the incident and remain in custody while awaiting an appearance in provincial court June 26.

The arrest followed a call to Port Hardy RCMP on May 18 complaining of a theft from a vehicle parked near Raft Cove, near the head of the Cape Scott Trail.

A short time later, a member of the North Vancouver Island Traffic Services checked the license plate of a suspicious vehicle leaving the Holberg Road and learned the car had been reported stolen from the Sooke area several days earlier.

The car was subsequently stopped at Thunderbird Mall, and RCMP recovered stolen property related to more than 10 separate incidents throughout

Vancouver Island.

The two suspects were charged with multiple offences, including theft, mischief and possession of stolen property.

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North Island history is alive in Telegraph Cove This weekend the community of Telegraph Cove celebrates its 100th anniversary. A part of the traditional territory of the ‘Namgis First Nation, this picturesque community has been enchanting people for generations with its beautiful scenery, strategic location, and historical significance to the North Island.

It’s hard to describe the ‘feeling’ of Telegraph Cove. Many people have been smitten by its natural beauty and the warm, friendly feeling of its community. The docks and buildings have been the subject of many paintings by North Island artists, and many people have returned every summer for decades — some for generations.

The story of the Cove began in 1912, when Alfred Marmaduke Wastell suggested the cove, with its good moorage, for a telegraph lineman’s station, and christened the location ‘Telegraph Cove.’ The telegraph line ran from Campbell River to Port Hardy, and eventually also included the community at Cape Scott.

The first inhabitant of Telegraph Cove was lineman Bobby Cullerne. His job was to patrol and fix the line when it went down. At that time the line was strung between trees, and a trail followed the line. When the line went down (literally), Cullerne had to walk the trail to find out where the trees had blown down and find a

way to repair the line.

Wastell, then manager of a box factory in Alert Bay, clearly saw potential in the Cove. He eventually purchased the timber rights in the area and supplied spruce lumber to the Canadian military, which used it to construct aircraft in

Brenda McCorquodale World War I. In the early 1920s Wastell acquired a piece of private property in Telegraph Cove as payment for a bad debt. In the next few years he partnered with Japanese investors and opened a fish saltery in the Cove. There was also a small mill that operated for a couple of years.

In 1928 Wastell and his son Fred were both put out of work when the wooden box factory in Alert Bay closed, as the fishing industry switched to cardboard boxes. The Great Depression made their situation worse.

The small fish saltery that had operated in Telegraph Cove also closed.

Fred Wastell came up with a plan to restart the mill in Telegraph

Correction The story Quatsino Hotel boasts colourful history, in the May 31 edition of the Gazette, contained a misspelling of the name of the family that currently owns the historic hotel.

The property was purchased by Nick and Johanna Tovstigo and was taken over in 1998

by Florian Tovstigo.

The Gazette regrets this error.

Cove. He contacted an old friend, Alex MacDonald, to operate as a partner. They needed to upgrade the mill, build houses, and set up power and water for a small mill community.

A number of Chinese labourers moved into the Cove along with the Wastells, and the Chinese residents fixed up an old shack for themselves which became known as “China House.”

Telegraph Cove Mills opened in 1929.

It cut custom wood for a number of purposes and operated for more than 50 years.

The Broughton Lumber and Trading Company developed a wharf in Telegraph Cove that was 170 feet long.

During these years the community had electricity for only one morning a week for domestic use.

Newspapers would arrive once a week on the steamship.

Eventually a number of homes were winched onto the heavily wooded shore and connected with a wooden boardwalk. The community had a mill, post office, school and store, and steamers began to call at the port.

During World War II the Canadian military again made use of Telegraph Cove, taking over the mill and using it to produce lumber for the Air Force stations constructed at Coal Harbour and Port Hardy.

A number of Japanese families living in the

Cove were interned during WWII. Their friends in the community tried to save their belongings by storing them, but the dampness and the length of their internment resulted in most of their belongings being lost.

The sawmill closed in 1980, and in 1985 Fred Wastell died.

In 1979 Gordie and Marilyn Graham purchased property in the Cove and built a campground, RV park and marina. They lovingly restored the houses, boardwalks, and docks with the goal of preserving the historical integrity of the Cove while making it accessible for tourists.

Today when you walk along the boardwalk there are many signs and plaques with interesting stories about the history of the Cove that give a great feeling about the unique character of its history and, more generally, the history of the North Island. It is truly a gem to have this small village from another era remaining intact.

A booming tourist industry operates in the Cove today, which includes a restaurant and pub, galleries, stores, and service providers who offer whale watching, grizzly bear viewing, kayaking and sportsfishing.

A world class museum exhibits the bones of a variety of whales and other marine mammals, including sea otters, dolphins, seals and sea lions. It was started when Jim

Then and now- Telegraph Cove pictured above as an active sawmill in 1945 and, below, the boardwalk as it currently looks. Telegraph Cove will celebrate its 100th anniversary this weekend.

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Borrowman provided a donation of unique skeletons and the Grahams donated a building to house the exhibits. The Bones Project Whale Interpretive Centre is open on a seasonal basis and in some years has had more than 20,000 visitors.

The celebration this weekend will see many generations of people with special connections to Telegraph Cove, back to celebrate

District of Port Hardy

2011 Annual Report

Remember…

The 2011 Annual Report is available for viewing Monday June 18, 2012 at the Municipal Hall and on the District website: www.porthardy.ca The Port Hardy Council will be adopting the 2011 Annual Municipal Report at the Regular Council Meeting: Date: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 Time: 7:00 pm Place: Municipal Hall Council Chambers 7360 Columbia Street, Port Hardy BC

Drop off your dead batteries at the Gazette office.

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its 100th anniversary.

Brenda McCorquodale is a Port Hardy resident and North Island history

enthusiast. If you have any stories or local lore you’d like to share, email her at storeysbeach@gmail.com.

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The owners of Great Bear Nature Tours are proud to contribute to the growing tourism industry on the North Island.

Come and see Port Hardy’s newest murals being painted on the fuel tanks near our office at the Seaplane Base.

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The Quarterdeck Inn opened in August 1999 featuring 40 well appointed ocean view rooms. The hotel serves mostly tourists during peak season May through September and Corporate Clients year round. The hotel is the newest business at the resort, complimented by a full service marina, fuel dock, liquor store and Pub style restaurant.

Our Resort employs 40 staff during peak season and 32 employees year round.

We strive to offer excellent product and service to our many guests be it local, corporate or from far away places. The Quarterdeck would like to send a special thank you to all who have supported our business.

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NIEFS Offers Youth Skills for Success In October Peoples Drug Mart will be celebrating its 5th birthday in Port Hardy, and what a 5 years it’s been!

We have been thrilled from day one with the support that we have received from the local community, and were honoured to be named Business of the Year for the 3rd consecutive year in 2011. It wouldn’t be possible without our excellent staff.

We’re very excited to welcome Jared Siemens to the team as our new staff pharmacist. Jared is a recent graduate of the University of British Columbia.

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For Mark Snowdon, the Skills for Success program is providing an opportunity for him to earn while he learns. Program Coordinator Kelly Kennedy explains, “With Skills for Success, youth ages 15-30 gain valuable skills both on the job and through specialized training while they participate in a paid work experience.”

For example, Mark is learning and developing the skills needed to cook at A&W. In addition, he gained the certifications and training he needed to succeed, including Worksafe BC (WCB), First Aid and Foodsafe. Mark is currently working with A & W and is reported to be doing an excellent job.

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Left, Mickey Walker and George Nelson celebrate Walker's 45-foot putt on the second hole Sunday during the annual Loggers Golf Tournament at Seven Hills Golf and Country Club. Below, Libby Waldner gets direction from playing partner Brenda Isaac as Dave Lamont looks on as they prepare to putt on the ninth hole.

Tell us about items of interest to the sports community.

June 22 Baseball Port Hardy vs. Port McNeill, 6:45 p.m., Hyde Creek Ballpark.

June 23-24 Drag racing North Island Timing Association hosts the first Rumble on the Runway series event at Port McNeill Airport.

Time trials begin 10 a.m.; eliminations 1 p.m.

Soccer Port Hardy Youth Soccer Tournament, all age groups.

Games at Eagle View Elementary, Robert Scott Elementary and PHSS track fields.

Concession at each location.

June 24 Hyde Creek vs. Port McNeill, 4 p.m., Hyde Creek Ballpark.

June 28 Logger sports Demonstration/ practice session, 7-8:30 p.m., Broughton Blvd., Port McNeill (across from Centennial Ballfield). Info, Nick, 250-956-2736.

July 3 Logger sports Demonstration/ practice session, 7-8:30 p.m., Broughton Blvd., Port McNeill (across from Centennial Ballfield). Info, Nick, 250-956-2736.

July 3-7 Hockey Second annual Clayton Stoner Hockey Camp at Chilton Regional Arena, Port McNeill.

Skate with and learn from Port McNeill’s own defenseman with the NHL’s Minnesota Wild.

Registration $395; camp space limited.

Register online or get more info at progressivehockey. com.

July 5 Baseball Hyde Creek vs. Port Hardy, 6:45 p.m., Hyde Creek Ballpark.

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Teams share title in Logger Tourney J.R. Rardon Gazette editor SEVEN HILLS— Two teams had to settle for a tie in the low-gross title chase, but everyone was a winner as the annual Loggers Open Golf Tournament drew 135 golfers for a twoday run at Seven Hills Golf and Country Club last weekend.

The fund-raising tourney provided a barbecue meal courtesy of Mount Cain Cafe and a prize to every player, along with the usual assortment of bonus prizes for long drive, closest-to-the-pin and “wiggly line” accuracy.

“We had a great response from our sponsors and local businesses,” said Bill Gray, co-organizer for the tourney. “Everyone has contributed; it’s totally amazing.”

All funds raised in the tourney after expenses are given to local charity. Last year, the fund assisted the family of forestry worker Luke Stoner after his accidental death on the job. This year’s recipient, Gray said, will be decided after the tourney’s board holds its tourney follow-up meeting.

Gray and the golfers also credited the crew and volunteers of Seven Hills for getting the course in top-notch shape for the tourney.

Andrew Laming was a double winner on the weekend, which featured three flights of 18-hole, best-ball team play. He won the Landon Motors long drive on hole number seven, and teamed with Vic Klassen and Jack, Rudy and Todd Servatius in a fivesome

that notched a 6-underpar total to tie for top score of the weekend.

That group was matched at 6-under by the quartet of Scott Mitchell, Tim Chester, Paul Bastarache and Ron Downey.

Ron VanVelzen picked up a set of truck tires from Kal Tire for hitting his drive closest to the wiggly line on the ninth fairway. The long drive on No. 8 went to Allison Mercer for the ladies and Russell Murray for the men; closest-to-thepin honours went to Janet Dorward and Ray Bono on No. 2 and to Carol Whyte and Rick Onions on No. 4.

Hole-in-one prizes sponsored by Pacificus Biological Services on No. 2, by Finning Cat on No. 6 and by Macandales on No. 11 went unclaimed.

Hockey takes over ice for the summer Gazette staff The North Island Eagles hockey program returns this summer with its mini hockey camp June 25-28 at Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill.

Two ice sessions are available for each of four age groups — atoms, peewees, bantams and midgets. Cost is $20 per player for the two sessions.

Pre-register before

the start of camp by emailing Eagles registrar Tanya Kellar for a .pdf copy of the registraton form at tkellar75@yahoo.ca.

Eagles hockey camp schedule Mon., June 25: Atoms 7-8 p.m., Bantams 8:159:15 p.m.

Tues, June 26: Peewees 7-8 p.m., Midgets 8:15-9:15 p.m.

Wed, June 27: Atoms

Sports Briefs 7-8 p.m., Bantams 8:15-9:15 p.m.

Thurs, June 28: Peewees 7-8 p.m., Midgets 8:15-9:15 p.m.

Summer pucks A pair of summer hockey clinics will return to Port

McNeill’s Chilton Regional Arena in July, and registration for both is now being accepted online.

Clayton Stoner, the former Port McNeill Minor Hockey player now skating for the NHL’s Minnesota Wild, returns for the second Clayton Stoner Hockey Camp July 3-9.

The camp is presented by Victoria-based Progressive Hockey

and features goaltender-specific sessions for the North Island’s netminders.

Info and registration is available at www. p r o g r e s s ive h o c key. com.

Lou Lemire returns for the fourth straight year with his Summer Hockey Skills Camp July 9-13, with a traditional youth day camp, an adult skills camp, and an additional spe-

cialized shooting/scoring clinic for eligible players registered in the day camp.

Registration fee is $395 until June 1, when it goes up to $425, and includes a camp jersey.

The adult skills camp is $150; $170 after May 1, and the specialized shooting/scoring clinic is $40.

Registration and info is available at loulemirehockeycamp.com.

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Master Batters take the win at slopitch tourney Gazette staff The Master Batters were crowned champions at the Father's Day Classic slopitch tournament out at the Storey's Beach baseball fields this weekend.

They beat out the Woodchuckers in front of a large crowd who stayed to watch the game in spite of the overcast skies.

Eighteen teams competed in the annual tourney, which ran from Thursday night to Sunday afternoon.

A large portion of the competitors joined spectators in watching Hi-Vis beat the Ballerz in the Bud Division final game before the two finalists took the field to slug it out.

The crowd were not disappointed as the two teams put on a fantastic display with plenty of home runs and spectacular field-

ing.

Master Batters' short stop Jacob Colbourne was singled out as the division's male M.V.P. after the display, while the Woodchuckers had the female M.V.P. in Kerry Harilstad.

The game rounded out a great tournament with the winners getting first pick of a slew of prizes.

The team opted to go home with new trackpants while the Woodchuckers took new hoodies back home.

Every team that competed were given a prize for coming out from organizer David Deans.

Deans said that the weekend tourney was a great success and that he was already considering the next local slopitch event— a wooden-bat-only tourney around Filomi Days.

Left, Shelby Cockell of the Master Batters gets safe as he goes hard for third; Above, Jason Evans of the Woodchuckers makes a solid connection with the ball.

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Construction in Beaver Cove Area

Sports Scoreboard Father’s Day Classic results:

Male M.V.P.- Len Miller- Bluesox

Lucky Division

Bud Lite Division

1. The Rez 2. Team Awesome 3. Hardy Buoys Smokers 4. People’s Bushrats 5. Swingers

1. Master Batters 2. Woodchuckers 3. Dustmen 4. Bandits

Female M.V.P.: Marilyn BrotchieThe Rez Male M.V.P.: AdamTeam Awesome Bud Division 1. Hi-Vis 2. Ballerz 3. Alchies 4. Port Alice 67 Female M.V.P.: Brittany JohnnyBallerz Male M.V.P.: David Brotchie- Hi-Vis

Female M.V.P.: Kerry HarilstadWoodchuckers Male M.V.P.: Jake Colbourne, Master Batters

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Residents and visitors in the Beaver Cove area are reminded that construction Residents and visitors in the Beaver Cove area are reminded that ofconstruction the Kokish River Project has begun. of theHydroelectric Kokish River Hydroelectric Project will begin soon.

Effective July 3, as a safety precaution, the Kokish Main Road will be closed to The Ida Lake Recreation Site will remain open, however the access roads the public as logging and construction activities make the road impassable for may be busier than usual. regular vehicle traffic.

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Muddy track doesn't dampen the show J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY—A clean line in the corners meant a clean visor Sunday as Glen Day rolled to a nearly wire-to-wire victory on a muddy track at TriPort Speedway.

Starting on the outside of the front row, Day bolted to the front just after the green flag dropped. He managed to hold the spot despite persistent pressure from teammate Daniel Hovey, who tapped Day several times as he chased the leader through the second turn.

“I was trying not to hit him, but it was just that little tap,” said Hovey, who had outdueled Day to claim the second heat race in a reversal of results.

The Father’s Day show drew a small field of four cars, but proved a showcase of clean yet close driving.

In the 20-lap main only one lap was marred by a yellow flag, and that came when Justin Reusch lost a race-long battle with balky steering to slide off the track and into the infield mud on

Above, Tyler and Yuan Niida-Smith watch as dad Greg Smith cleans mud from the car of Justin Reusch during Father's Day racing at Triport Speedway Sunday. Below, Glen Day leads Daniel Hovey, Chris Hardy and Justin Reusch out of turn four. J.R. Rardon

the 17th lap.

“I was broke,” said Reusch, whose two front wheels were both

pointed outward on the corners due to a broken tire rod. “I couldn’t counter-steer at all.”

Still, Reusch made it back into the race without a pit and finished out as all four drivers

hit the final turn in a pack before Day took his second consecutive feature main checkered flag of the season.

The other driver, Chris Hardy, placed third behind Hovey driving a car owned by his father, Paul Weeks.

Rain overnight and earlier in the day, at times fairly heavy, threatened to make the heavy clay track a quagmire. But the precipitation held off throughout most of the racing and drivers were able to pack the track into a fairly solid surface.

“This corner, I had,” said Day, pointing to the third and fourth turns. “It was the other one I was a little apprehensive about.”

It was through turns one and two that Hovey continuously rode up hard on Day and several times tapped his shop-mate before backing off.

“I was wondering if that was Justin chasing me around every lap,” Day said, in a dig at his partner.

“Hey, sometimes it’s hard to back off when you’re going hard,” Hovey responded. “I

was just glad to be out there at the end. I haven’t gotten to drive much because my car’s always broke.”

For the second straight race, Hovey posted the fastest qualifying time, and he also grabbed the opening trophy dash. In the season opener, however, he lasted just a heat and a half before losing his rear differential.

Reusch claimed the

first heat with Hovey second and Day third.

Day maintained the season points lead at 187 with Reusch trailing with 170. Hovey’s strong showing put him back in the hunt with 115 points, and Week’s car lurks just behind with 104.

The next race event is a Saturday evening show under the lights, set to start at 7 p.m.

July 7.

NORTH ISLAND HOSPITALS PROJECT DROP-IN OPEN HOUSES Following the funding announcement on April 26, 2012, work is now commencing on the North Island Hospitals Project.

Find out more about the next four years of work and how the North Island Hospitals Project will support you and your family’s health care needs when these new state-ofthe-art acute care facilities open in spring 2017.

Two drop-in open houses have been scheduled: 1. CAMPBELL RIVER: Tuesday, July 3, 1:30- 7 pm, Campbell River Community Centre: Community Lounge Room.

Please use the south entrance (back parking lot) after 4:30 pm.

2. COURTENAY: Wednesday July 4, 1:30-7 pm Florence Filberg Centre: Main Conference Hall.

Swing, batter!

Above, Thomas Henderson of Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw School takes a mighty cut during the Grade 5-7 softball jamboree at Beaver Harbour Park Friday. Right, Brittany Wallace of Fort Rupert Elementary gets a push around the bases from Barb Colbourne.

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Project and VIHA staff will be on hand to answer questions and gather input. For more information on the North Island Hospitals Project visit the VIHA website: http://www.viha.ca/about_viha/building_ for_health/nihp.htm.

A drop-in open house will take place in Mt. Waddington in September.

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Port Hardy Secondary School Academic Awards Recognition of academic excellence for the 2011-2012 school year YEAR-END AWARDS ASSEMBLY - JUNE 14, 2012 PERFECT ATTENDANCE AWARD FOR THE YEAR • Buddy Miller • William Miller • Matthew Roulston EXCELLENT ATTENDANCE AWARD FOR THE YEAR (5 OR FEWER CLASSES MISSED) • Allison Johnston • Brodie Johnson • Hannah Ankenmann STUDENT WHO ACHIEVED A – 90% AVERAGE OR BETTER FOR THE YEAR PRINCIPAL’S HONOUR ROLL GRADE 8 • Bethany Martineau • Sydni Burns GRADE 10 • Brodie Johnson • Wai Ching Sze-To GRADE 11 • Carter Crawford GRADE 12 • Laina Southgate • Felicia Stagg STUDENTS WHO ACHIEVED 80% AVERAGE OR BETTER FOR THE YEAR HONOUR ROLL

FRENCH DEPARTMENT Grade 8 Academic: Sydni Burns Social Responsibility: Bethany Martineau

Senior Academic: Wai Ching Sze-To Social Responsibility: Cheyanne Speck New Leaf: Rachel Clare, Bradley Demoe

BIOLOGY 11 Academic: Kiri Birmingham

Grade 9 Academic: Alexandra Southgate Social Responsibility: Adam Gough Grade 10 Academic: Wai Ching Sze-To Social Responsibility: Alisha MacDonald

GUITAR Academic: Buddy Miller Social Responsibility: Brandon Prasad New Leaf: Adam Nelson

CHEMISTRY 11 Academic: Carter Crawford Social Responsibility: Thomas Kervin

Grade 11 Academic: Carter Crawford Grade 12 Academic: Felicia Stagg Social Responsibility: Joo Yong Cho MATH DEPARTMENT Grade 8 Academic: Sydni Burns, Joshua Nelson Social Responsibility: Quentin Frost Grade 9 Academic: George Walkus, Jacob Nelson Social Responsibility: Katelynn Johnson, Cassidy Lee, Jeremy Wamiss

GRADE 8 • Sarah Case • Dawson Romanuik • Abby Traverse • Norah Brown • Joshua Nelson

Grade 10 Academic: Brodie Johnson, Wai Ching Sze-To Social Responsibility: Dallas Heasman New Leaf: Robert Cahill

GRADE 9 • Jean Bell • Adam Gough • Allison Johnston • Robyn Kufaas • Cory Pearson • Alexandra Southgate

Grade 11 Academic: Carter Crawford Social Responsibility: Kiri Birmingham

GRADE 10 • Brenna Clarke • Anik Desmarais-Spencer • Dallas Heasman • Alisha MacDonald • Buddy Miller • William Miller • Brandon Prasad • Ella Waring • Christian Wood GRADE 11 • Kiri Birmingham • Claire Jones • Kenneth Majgaard • Travis Prior-Bleaney • Matthew Roulston GRADE 12 • Rejean Child • Joo Yong Cho • Cody Diotte • Darin Holm • Emilie Howard-Langlois • Malcolm Richards • Avellin St. Claire • Benjamin Wilson DEPARTMENT AWARDS PLANNING 10 Academic: Ella Waring, Brodie Johnson DRAMA DEPARTMENT Junior Academic: Norah Brown Senior Academic: Cole Kinley SOCIAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT Grade 8 Academic: Sydni Burns Social Responsibility: Sarah Case New Leaf: Jayden Paul Grade 10 Academic: Wai Ching Sze-To, Ella Waring Social Responsibility: Kelsie Johnson, William Miller, Dallas Heasman New Leaf: Spruce Wamiss-Nelson, Liam Ryan, David Brotchie Grade 11 Academic: Claire Jones Social Responsibility: Laina Southgate, Leah Holmes, Kiri Birmingham Most Improved: Chace Lee HISTORY 12 Academic: Felicia Stagg Social Responsibility: Joo Yong Cho New Leaf: Richard Paul-Blizzard

Grade 12 Academic: Carter Crawford ENGLISH DEPARTMENT Grade 8 Academic: Joshua Nelson Grade 9 Academic: Alexandra Southgate, Adam Gough Social Responsibility: Allison Johnston, Skyela Kervin New Leaf: Jack Van Graven, JB Dohinog, Cheyenne Janssen ENGLISH/ENGLISH FIRST PEOPLES 10 Academic: Wai Ching Sze-To Social Responsibility: Kristen Walkus, Alisha MacDonald, Brodie Johnson, Dallas Heasman New Leaf: David Brotchie, Jace Lomax ENGLISH/ENGLISH FIRST PEOPLES 11 Academic: Carter Crawford Social Responsibility: Cameron Wozniak New Leaf: Liam Knutson

WOODWORK Junior Academic: Kristian Jensen, Linda Planes Senior Responsibility: Quinton Wamiss New Leaf: Kenneth Puglas Senior Academic: Kevin Cloutier Defoy Social Responsibility: Cameron Wozniak New Leaf: Troy Cadwell AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY Grade 9 Academic: Skyela Kervin Grade 10 Social Responsibility: Timothy Hogan New Leaf: Greg Mose Grade 11 Academic: Avellin St. Claire Social Responsibility: Kenneth Majgaard METALWORK Grade 8 Academic: Michael Regnier Social Responsibility: Abby Traverse New Leaf: Rory Korhonen Grade 9 Academic: Skyela Kervin Social Responsibility: David George New Leaf: Jacob Nelson Grade 10 Academic: Buddy Miller Social Responsibility: Timothy Hogan New Leaf: Jordan Johnson Grade 12 Academic: Avellin St. Claire Social Responsibility: Kenneth Magjaard New Leaf: Ryan Hewlett DRAFTING Grade 9 Academic: Cian Fogarty Senior Responsibility: JB Dohinog New Leaf: Jeremy Wamiss Grade 10 Academic: Marshall Perkovich New Leaf: Marshall Perkovich

ENGLISH/ENGLISH FIRST PEOPLES 12 Academic: Felicia Stagg Social Responsibility: Benjamin Wilson New Leaf: Cody Diotte

Grade 11 Academic: Ryan Steed Social Responsibility: Jennifer Wilcox New Leaf: Matthew Roulston

COMMUNICATIONS 12 Academic: Malcolm Richards New Leaf: Richard Paul-Blizzard

Grade 12 Academic: Malcolm Richards Social Responsibility: Malcolm Richards New Leaf: Ryan Hewlett

KWAK’WALA Introductory Academic/Social Responsibility: Sally Brown, Robyn Kufaas Grade 11/12 Academic/Social Responsibility: Rejean Child, Thomas Wamiss Jr. HOME ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT Junior Academic: Sydni Burns Social Responsibilty: Bethany Martineau, Josh Nelson

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Grade 8 Academic: Sydni Burns Social Responsibility: Bethany Martineau Grade 10 Academic: Brodie Johnson, Wai Ching Sze-To Social Responsibility: Christian Wood New Leaf: Eric Webb SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 11 Academic: Janice Barnes Social Responsibility: Chace Lee New Leaf: Anthony Walkus

BIOLOGY 12 Academic: Felicia Stagg

SOCIAL JUSTICE 12 Academic: Kiri Birmingham Social Responsibility: Benjamin Wilson New Leaf: Kirsten Sorensen PHYSICS 11 AND 12 Academic: Felicia Stagg, Carter Crawford Social Responsibility: Thomas Kervin WRITING 12 Academic: Darin Holm Social Responsibility: Joo Yong Cho SCIENCE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE B.C. INNOVATION COUNCIL Felicia Stagg PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Senior Academic: Cody Diotte, Travis Prior-Bleaney Social Responsibility: Malcolm Richards New Leaf: Craig Harry MRS. ZOFFMANN AWARDS (L.A. RESOURCE) Academic: Archie Walkus Social Responsibility: Cheyenne Janssen New Leaf: Kelly Anderson, Chassidy Willie RESOURCE ROOM – Mr. Nield Social Responsibility: Jacob Nelson New Leaf: William Brown, Chace Lee ACADEMIC AWARD OF EXCELLENCE MEDALS GRADE 8 Sydni Burns GRADE 9 Adam Gough GRADE 10 Wai Ching Sze-To GRADE 11 Carter Crawford GRADE 12 Laina Southgate ROTARY CLUB OF PORT HARDY SERVICE ABOVE SELF AWARD Carmen Coburn TOP ALL AROUND STUDENT Benjamin Wilson GOVERNOR GENERAL AWARD 2011 Carly Waring

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Sunset Elementary students and RCMP took part in a Bike Rodeo held this month at Sunset Elementary School for roadway safety education. Students participated in skill-testing questions and stations where they were able to apply their knowledge and skills first hand. All participants had safety checks done on their bikes, compliments of The Shed Bike Shop, and their serial numbers were logged by RCMP. Afterwards, they received a healthy snack (donated by Marketplace IGA) and a prize.

Photos submitted

Just for You Courtesy of Island Foods you receive a free pop with every Just for You Placed in the Gazette!

THANK YOU

The North Vancouver Island Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada raised $7,356.65 at our Port McNeill Scotiabank MS Walk on May 13th. Thank you to all of our participants, donors and sponsors! Proceeds will fund local programs and services for people affected by MS on North Vancouver Island and allow us to make our annual donation to research to find a cure for MS.

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Scholarships And Bursaries The Class of 2012 and the staff of Port Hardy Secondary School thank our generous scholarship and bursary donors.

We are humbled and honoured by your generosity and support.

101 North Island Squadron Air Force Association of Canada Aboriginal Achievement Aboriginal Citizenship Adrianne Wadhams Memorial Aimee Labatt Memorial BHP Billiton/Island Copper Bjermeland Investment Group Black Bear Resort Community Futures Mount Waddington Dave Landon Motors District #85 French Scholarship District of Port Hardy Community Spirit Dogwood District/Authority Award Scholarship E.JKlassen Motorcade Eagle View Elementary School EMCON Services Fort Rupert Elementary School

Geisler Construction HR MacMillan Family Fund Jeanette Stebbings Memorial Jeannie Robertson Memorial Judy Bourne Memorial Keta Cable Kwak’wala Language and Culture Revitalization Kylie Whitney Memorial Marine Harvest Canada Matt Lindback Memorial North Island Administrators North Island College Foundation North Island Gazette/Black Press North Vancouver Island Salmonid Enhancement Association Pacific Coastal Airlines/Sheldon Smith Memorial PHSS Fish Club PHSS Parent Advisory Council PHSS Staff

PHSS Student Council PHSS Trades Port Hardy Bulldozing Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce Port Hardy Hospital Auxiliary Port Hardy Lions Club Port Hardy Rotary Club Port Hardy WWI Old Timers Hockey Club Sally How Memorial Smyth and Company Chartered Accountants Top Island Econauts Dive Club VINTA Wilma Postema Memorial Small Business Award Contributors - Brenda’s Daycare, North Island Shiatsu Massage, St. Columba’s Church

Thank you to: Grade 11 parents for the tea and supervision on June 9th; to the Port Hardy Fire Department for supervision help the night of graduation; to bus drivers for donating time on the traditional bus ride; to the RCMP detachment for the honour guard and parade; and to everyone in our community for your support to the PHSS Grad Class of 2012. We are terribly sorry if we have missed anyone.

DONATIONS- PHSS DRY GRAD 2012 Shop Rite Canada Post Malone’s Bistro Hardy Sound Ltd. Macandale’s Julia and Brittany’s Salon Black Cat Repairs Ltd. Home Hardware Kelley’s Chocolate Captain Hardy’s Hardy Buoys Marine Harvest CIBC Scotia Bank Coastal Community Credit Union Quarterdeck Inn & Marina Overwaitea Foods Scarlet Point Seafood Ltd. EJ Klassen Motorcade BC Liquor Distribution Fox’s Disposal Insurance Centre Keltic Seafood Paul Grier James Walkus Fishing Company

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Come see the latest in sewing, embroidery, serging and notions! All brought to you in your community. We will be in Port Hardy’s Thunderbird Mall July 6th and 7th from 9am to 6pm. Island Sewing & Embroidery comes to Alert Bay at the Legion Branch 188, July 9th and 10th from 2pm to 9pm.

Come take a class! Advance registration is a must as class size is limited. Contact us at christa.islandsew@shaw.ca or by calling tollfree (855)871-8850

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Sundays at the Salvation Army Lighthouse, 8635 Granville St., at 7pm.

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It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Alex Matkoski. Alex was forever a kind and devoted husband, dad and grandfather. He was born in Edmonton on Sept. 18, 1930. He moved to BC when he was 16 and began working on the railway in the Queen Charlottes. In 1953, he started working in Englewood, on Northern Vancouver Island. This is where he met Arlene, his wife of 57 years. Alex and Arlene settled in Woss in 1957, where they enjoyed “camp life� and raised their three children. Alex worked as an engineer on the railway for Canadian Forest Products for 42 years, where he ran numerous steam and diesel-electric locomotives. He was always a dedicated and caring employee, often cleaning, painting and maintaining his work locomotives on his own free time. His favourite loci was the steam engine known as “The 113�.

He remained passionate about the railroad and trains. His knowledge of the railway was appreciated by the many people who came to ride the train.

Throughout his working years he developed many friendships, which lasted a lifetime. When he retired in 1995, he and Arlene moved to Campbell River.

Their retirement was spent enjoying numerous trips to Las Vegas or taking bus tours to various casinos in BC, Washington, and Nevada. He loved to gamble!!

When Alex became a survivor of prostate cancer, he was active with the Prostate Awareness Group, participating in many fundraisers that supported the cause. Alex enjoyed gardening and was well known for his neatly kept yards. He was an avid Vancouver Canucks fan and rarely missed watching a game. He was an overly generous and gentle man, with a wonderful sense of humour. who loved his family and his pets. He will be greatly missed but never forgotten. He is survived by his wife Arlene, and his children Bev (Danny), Wayne (Pam), Leslie (Raymond) and his grandchildren Lindsay, Leah, Jenna, Rebecca and Kaitlyn. A special thank you to the caring staff at New Horizons, their resident dog “Yorkâ€?, and Dr. Gunther Klein. As per Alex’s wishes there will be no memorial service. In lieu of Ă owers the family requests donations to www.pads.ca (PaciĂ&#x;c Assistance Dogs Society), phone 1-604-527-0556, B b BC

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PORT HARDY BAPTIST CHURCH Corner of Trustee & Highland Morning Service 11:00 am Plus regular family activities Office: 250-949-6844 www.porthardybaptistchurch.ca Pastor: Kevin Martineau 11/12

ST. COLUMBA ANGLICAN UNITED 9190 Granville St. Port Hardy Phone 250-949-6247 11:00 a.m. Sunday School and Service Wed., 1:00 pm Bible Study Everyone welcome Meeting rooms available columbac@uniserve.com 11/12

FULL GOSPEL CHURCH 2540 Catala Place Port McNeill (across from Firehall) Sunday 10:30 am - Morning Worship Church Office 250-956-4741 Pastor Stan Rukin Youth Pastor: Steve Taylor Cell: 250-527-0144 Office hours: 10am-4pm Mon-Thurs Visitors always welcome www.ptmcfullgospel.org 11/12

CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN Alert Bay Sunday Services - 10 am Reverend Lincoln Mckoen 1-250-974-5844 Warden Flora Cook 250-974-5945 Warden Joan Stone 250-974-2234 11/12

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 4680 Byng Rd. Port Hardy Pastor George Hilton 250-949-8925 or 250-949-8826 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone welcomeâ&#x20AC;?

Saturday Services 9:30am - Bible Study groups 10:45am - Worship/Praise service Wednesday @ 7pm - Prayer meeting Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Offering Christian Education

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PORT MCNEILL BAPTIST CHURCH 2501 Mine Road Sunday 9:45 am (Sept-June) - Sunday School 11:00 am - Worship Service 7:00 pm - Evening Fellowship Youth Group Wed - 7:00 pm Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Programs & Adult Bible Studies are scheduled throughout the year.

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ST. JOHN GUALBERT UNITED ANGLICAN CHURCH 250-956-3533 Email: gualbert@uniserve.com Sunday Worship - 9:00am Reverend Wade Allen All Welcome 175 Cedar Street Port McNeill 11/12

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PORT HARDY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert St Sunday Worship 10:30 am & 7 pm Tuesday Prayer 7:30 pm Midweek Biblestudies - Call the church for time and place 250-949-6466 Pastor George & Karen Ewald (home) 250-949-9674 E-Mail:pastorgeorge@providenceplace.ca 11/12

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Kelowna PaciďŹ c Railway Ltd (KPR) has an immediate opening for our Manager of Track position. The successful candidate will become part of an experienced management team and will oversee track maintenance and track capital work while insuring regulatory compliance and safe work practices and must have a minimum of 5 years of experience as a track supervisor.

KPR operates on 120 miles of Class 1 and Class 2 track in British Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Okanagan Valley, between Kelowna and Kamloops. This position works out of our Vernon, BC ofďŹ ces.

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B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Family Fishing Weekend a success Gazette staff There was a great turnout for this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s B.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Family Fishing Weekend.

Despite the poor weather, lots of families came out to enjoy the events which were organized locally by Nita Klatt.

Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event was held at the Seagate dock, while Sunday saw the fun move to fresh water at Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lake.

The weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big winner was Keenan Saunders, who managed to land the biggest fish both days.

On Saturday, Keenan caught a 44 cm rockfish, beating out Adam Gough and Kirsten Strussi who caught 37-

and 32-cm rockfish, respectively.

Keenan went two-fortwo on Sunday, landing a 13.5-inch cutthroat.

Just behind, with a 12.75-inch cutthroat, was Port McNeillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Brendan Murray.

Third at Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lake was too close to call with both Koen Harwood and Keenanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sister, Kaitlyn Saunders, catching 9.5inch cutthroat.

Prizes were awarded to the winners, with Keenan taking the trophy both days, and second and third receiving a tacklebox.

All children who attended were given their own fishing rod for taking part in the event.

Clockwise from above left: Evelyn Maundrell checks her line while her sister Allison heads to her tacklebox at the fishing dock in Port Hardy; Keenan Saunders, Kirsten Strussi and Adam Gough pose with prizes at the family fishing weekend; Participants in Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Family Fishing Weekend outing at Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor Lake gather for a group photo after a day of angling; Keenan Saunders hoists his trophy after landing the biggest fish of the day in Port Hardy; Organizer Nita Klatt congatulates Kirsten Strussi on her third place catch.

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McNeill Theatre marks one-year anniversary Gazette staff PORT McNEILLâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Gate House Community Theatre will celebrate the one-year anniversary of its reopening July 1 with a special party and free movie at 7 p.m.

The festivities anchor an ambitious summer schedule that kicked off with a rap/DJ concert put on by local teens last Saturday and will include another concert, a choral workshop and a Missoula Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre production in addition to a regular lineup of movies.

The downtown theatre was shuttered for more than 20 years before being purchased and reopened by Steve Jackman in 2009.

Last summer, he sold it to the Gate House Community Association, a non-profit soci-

ety dedicated to promoting and providing a space for local performers, artists and students.

The Gate House society kicked off with a Canada Day party, and will celebrate its first anniversary the same way, with cake, coffee and other refreshments before the free showing of a movie yet to be named.

The theatre also announced the return of its Classic Tuesdays movie night, featuring classic movies under a common theme each month.

Fridays are pre-release new movies, and Saturday afternoons see showings of familyfriendly matinees.

On July 14 the theatre will host Illiteratty, a Vancouverbased, multi-disciplinary band that performs folk, pop/rock, celtic, blues and jazz styles. The

show begins at 7 p.m.; ticket prices are to be announced.

The following day Earle Peach will put on a choral clinic for singers of all ages, from 12:30-3:30 p.m. The cost for the clinic is $10 for adults and $5 for youths.

On Aug. 4, Gate House Theatre welcomes back Missoula Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Theatre for two showings of Hansel and Gretel, a musical variation on the classic fairy tale featuring Port McNeill elementary school-aged children in the acting roles and as assistant directors. Auditions for the presentation will be held at the theatre July 30.

For more information, call the theatre hotline at 250-9564141 or visit www.gatehouseca.org.

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