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Cup coming to McNeill Gazette staff PORT McNEILL—The waiting ends this weekend when Willie Mitchell and the Stanley Cup touch down on the field at North Island Secondary School to begin a whirlwind visit.

It is the first appearance in Port McNeill for the venerable trophy, awarded to the National Hockey League champions. Mitchell, of course, is no stranger to the town, having grown up here and having learned to skate in the local arena before eventually going on to an NHL career.

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Each player on the winning Stanley Cup team is awarded 24 hours with the Cup. Mitchell, a defenseman, helped the Los Angeles Kings to the championship in June, then thrilled local viewers when he announced in a post-game interview with CBC Television, “Port McNeill, it’s coming!”

The wait ends at approximately 11 a.m. Sunday when Mitchell and the Cup touch down on the school field. He will then carry the Cup, trailed by a cadre of fans led by a vanguard of

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There, Mitchell and the Cup will take to the stage, and guests with pre-purchased tickets from local markets will be ushered in to have a photo taken.

“If there are 2,000 people, this should work well,” said Catherine Runnals, an event coordinator from Vancouver who has helped put together the day. “If there are

Gazette staff A head-on collision on Highway 19 just north of Woss last Wednesday left one person dead and another in the hospital in Victoria for treatment while holding up traffic for hours.

At about 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, a pickup truck collided with a flatbed truck carrying a BC Hydro service vehicle approximately 2.8 kilometres north of Woss, according to the RCMP’s North Vancouver Island Traffic Services.

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cumbed to his injuries at the scene, which left both vehicles in the ditch alongside the highway The flatdeck driver was airlifted from the scene to Victoria General Hospital for treatment.

The B.C. Coroner Service, Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement Unit, North Island Collision Reconstructionist and members of the North Island Traffic Services Unit investigated in the aftermath of the collision.

Names of those involved were not immediately released.

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Student learns on the job J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL—Jon Potter is living on the North Island only for a short period this summer.

But his work could leave a lasting impact on the economy of the region.

Potter, a master’s candidate in business administration at the University of Victoria, has been traveling from community to community, visiting entrepreneurs, businesses, educators, trainers and others to collect data that will be compiled by the Regional District of Mount Waddington as part of its ongoing Coordinated Workforce Strategy.

“It’s exciting,” said Potter, whose work will help establish both a web portal for North Island business and a database for the Regional District’s economic development programs. “I’ve been finding the response great.

People are really sharing their stories, and that’s refreshing.”

Potter’s work — he’s dealing with up to 1,400 databases across nearly 170 data fields — may seem like basic beancounter minutia to the layman. But he’s hardly been

Jon Potter spending his time cooped up in a room hunched over a computer and a phone.

Collecting the names and addresses of North Island businesses through business license records was just the beginning. He then set out to find who he was missing.

“As one example, take Donna and Norman Stauffer in Alert Bay,” Potter said. “They do a ton of catering. But the only way I found out was I went to Alert Bay and talked to people. Everyone there knows about them, but only by word of mouth.”

Filling in some of these missing gaps will help the RDMW determine its economic development focus,

identify job skills and training needed by local business, and help potential employees and customers find needed jobs or services.

And it can also provide a direct benefit to local businesses by establishing their profiles on the new web portal, expected to launch this fall.

“That’s a big part of what Jon’s collecting — what isn’t there in the public record,” said Penni Adams, project coordinator.

The work also benefits Potter, who has been in the area for much of the summer and who will wrap up his work this month, then spend a month compiling his final report before his contract runs out in late September. In addition to getting paid, Potter will get school credit for his work for the Coordinated Workforce Strategy Project.

“As part of a cooperative project, it’s meaningful work experience for me, that’s for sure,” he said.

Despite his student status and his relative youth, Potter did not come into this work a complete novice. Previously, he compiled a “not dissimilar” database for an oil and gas

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“Serving members and clients is our passion. We make the time to really listen, ask the right questions and understand the unique needs of each client.” says Coastal Community Insurance Services Port Hardy Branch Manager, Joanne Lacasse.

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A recent addition to the team is Tannis Buryniuk. Tannis began her career more than 30 years ago, focusing on the needs of small and large commercial clients. She brings to Coastal Community her extensive commercial insurance knowledge gained from working for some of the largest commercial insurance brokers in the country.

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“It is unbelievable good fortune we can have Jon here meeting people in person,” said Adams. “It’s so much better than having someone sitting in an office calling people.”

The good fortune was helped along by a grant to pay for the data collection and assembly. The Coordinated Workforce Strategy Project is a provincially funded program designed to help rural regional districts develop economic development strategies. It is being overseen by RDMW Economic Development Manager Neil Smith, whose department will also take over management of the web portal currently being developed by Backbone Technology of Vancouver.

It is hoped Potter’s data collection and interpretation will benefit employers, job-seekers, educators and even tourism on the North Island.

“I’m handing over my database to Backbone at the end of September,” Potter said. “My job is just to get the ball rolling.

That’s not where it ends — that’s where it begins.”

Setting sail for adventure The tall ships from SALTS were in Port Hardy this week. Each year the Sail And Life Training Society take young adults on short coastal voyages, providing at-sea training and a memorable life experience. This year the ships were fully staffed before coming to Port Hardy to prepare for a sailing to Ucuelet today.

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Skipper’s case moved PORT HARDY — A fishing boat skipper from Courtenay arrested following a harrowing rescue at sea by RCMP last week will face an arraignment hearing in a Campbell River courtroom after a judge in Port Hardy recused himself from the case.

Karl Darwin Thomas, 49, was charged with assault with a weapon (a knife), uttering threats, pointing a firearm and careless use of a firearm after allegedly attacking two crew members during an incident in the waters off Vancouver Island the evening of July 29.

Two days after the incident Thomas, more commonly known

The gillnet fishing vessel Opal T is docked at Government Wharf after it was escorted in by RCMP and its skipper taken into J.R. Rardon custody July 29. as Keith Thomas, one, it wouldn’t be appeared in Port Hardy right,” Klaver said. court for a bail hearing. “I’ve known his dad But judge Brian Klaver for years; he’s an old ordered the case moved friend. I remember this to Campbell River. man when he was just “I can’t take this a boy.”

Klaver explained to the accused that it was a conflict of interest for him to rule on the bail proceedings, describing a ruling as “a nowin situation for both of us”.

The accused nodded but remained silent in the court. He was returned to custody after Judge Klaver agreed with a request from the accused’s counsel, Paul Grier, that the hearing be moved to Campbell River, which is closer to Mr. Thomas’ home.

The following day Thomas appeared in Campbell River, where he was ordered to remain in custody until an arraignment hearing on Aug. 13.

Rotary helps D.A.R.E BC Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— The Rotary Club of Port McNeill donated $500 to help Port McNeill RCMP teach the internationally recognized Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program to 50 local Grade 5 school children.

Staff Sergeant Anthony Choy, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the RCMP Drug and Organized Crime Awareness Service which oversees the Port McNeill D.A.R.E. program, said more than 250 police officers teach D.A.R.E. to thousands

of school children in more than 90 communities throughout British Columbia.

“The D.A.R.E. program equips our children with the critical thinking and life skills necessary to choose a drug-free life,” he said.

“While police officers teach the program, the cost of the student learning materials is covered by community donations so the program can be offered free to all students. The learning materials cost approximately $10 per student.”

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main partner on the D.A.R.E. program. D.A.R.E. BC is a registered charitable organization responsible for raising funds from within each community to cover the cost of the student learning materials.

“We are very grateful to the Rotary Club for its generous donation which covered the cost of learning materials for all 50 students who took the program during the 2011-2012 school year,” he said.

The founder of D.A.R.E. BC, retired RCMP Staff Sergeant Chuck Doucette said

next year’s DARE program starts in September and will need to raise another $500 in Port McNeil to cover the cost of learning materials for the 50 students who are expected to take part in the program.

He appealed to the citizens of Port McNeil to help provide the financial support needed to empower school children in choosing a drug-free healthy lifestyle.

Donations can be made online by visiting the D.A.R.E. BC website. (www.darebc. com).

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The Cup is expected to remain at the arena for only a couple of hours before Mitchell returns to the chopper for the short trip to Alert Bay. There, Lord Stanley’s chalice will make another public appearance at the ‘Namgis Big House, as Mitchell honours supporters and former North Island Eagles hockey teammates living in the community.

From there, Mitchell will finish out his personal 24 hours with the Cup privately, in a smaller gathering of family and close friends.

Willie Mitchell holds up the Stanley Cup in a screenshot from the Gate House Community Theatre in June.

District of Port Hardy Notice of Street Closure, Removal of Highway Dedication and Disposition of Land In accordance with sections 40, 41 and 94 of the Community Charter, the District of Port Hardy hereby gives notice of its intention to adopt a bylaw to close to all traffic a part of Gibraltar Street that comprises 769.6m2 as shown outlined in black on the reference plan below (the “Parcel”) and remove its dedication as highway. The Parcel was dedicated as highway by Plan 3571.

Bylaw No. 16-2012, a Bylaw to close a portion of Gibraltar Street in the District of Port Hardy and remove its dedication as highway, will be considered by District of Port Hardy Council at its regular meeting at the Municipal Office, 7360 Columbia Street, Port Hardy, BC, on August 14, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.

Persons who consider they are affected by the bylaw will be provided an opportunity to make representations to Council in person at the meeting or by delivering a written submission to the Director of Corporate Services to the Municipal Office by 4:00 p.m. on August 14, 2012.

In accordance with sections 26 and 94 of the Community Charter, the District of Port Hardy further gives notice of its intention to sell the Parcel to Keltic Seafoods Limited for $9,300.00, subject to acquiring property that Council considers will provide public access to Hardy Bay that is of at least equal benefit to the public. The proceeds of the disposition will be paid into a reserve fund pursuant to section 41 of the Community Charter. Keltic Seafoods Limited intends to consolidate the Parcel with the adjoining property that it owns, located at 8555 Gibraltar Street with a legal description of Lot 6, Section 36, Township 9, Rupert District, Plan 15229.

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Frying pan assault man’s temper too hot A O’Toole Gazette staff PORT HARDY­ Although the biggest case of the day was the bail hearing of Karl Thomas, appear­ ing on four counts related to threatening his crew on board a fishing vessel, it was just one of many on a very full court docket in Port Hardy.

One of the more con­ tested cases was that of Glen Francis. Francis, of no fixed abode, though commonly a resident at Zeballos campgrounds, was accused of assault with a weapon, and attempting to choke to overcome resistance.

He appeared via video for a bail hearing, with Crown seeking he remain on remand while the defence sought a conditional release.

In the Crown’s pre­ sentation of events, Francis was sharing beers with the com­

plainant, Colleen John, in or around a tent in the Zeballos campgrounds when an argument broke out.

During the argument Francis is said to have covered John’s head with a blanket and restricted her breath­ ing. She then managed to throw him off and get out from below the blanket before Francis struck her on the right knee with a frying pan.

John blacked out after being struck and, when she came to, Francis was dragging her back to the tent by her ankles.

She cried out for help from a neighbour and feared for her safety as Francis had alleg­ edly threatened her life earlier in the day.

John managed to get away and went to the neighbour’s where the police were called.

On arrest, Francis was aggressive and combative, kicking

windows after being placed in the police car and repeatedly banging his head on the Plexiglas divider.

Crown also present­ ed photographs of the injuries sustained by the complainant.

The defense offered a different version of events. According to Francis, the pair had indeed been sharing beers prior to an argu­ ment but he contends that John was the aggressor.

In the defense’s ver­ sion, John became upset after another woman passed their site and she accused Francis of having a relationship with the woman. She then flew into a jealous rage, scratching and pushing the defendant who got up and left the scene.

The defence ques­ tioned the veracity of the photographic evi­ dence too, claiming that marks on John’s

Court Report neck were hickies and that Francis bore the same marks. They also pointed the pictures taken of the complain­ ant’s knee and asked if, as she claims, she was hit with a frying pan hard enough to cause a loss of con­ sciousness, why it left such little evidence.

Francis’ lawyer also claimed that John had contacted his office in a bid to retract her accusation and his office had directed her to the police.

The defense asked that Francis be released to stay with a friend in Victoria with the understanding that he go no further north than Campbell River and that he seek no contact with his accuser.

Francis’ previous record was too big a stumbling block how­ ever, as Crown pointed

to the 26-year-old’s 11-page criminal his­ tory.

In a summation the Crown listed 24 breaches of undertak­ ing as well as numer­ ous other charges including three fire­ arms charges, threat­ ening behaviour, actu­ al bodily harm and eight assaults, includ­ ing three as an adult.

In the latest assault, dated May 7, Francis was sentenced to 66 days for an assault on the same complain­ ant and had just been released.

Justice Brian Klaver addressed the defen­ dant and indicated that his prior criminal record “gives me no confidence at all that, if you were released, you would return (for trial)” . The Judge also pointed to Francis’ behaviour after his arrest, during which he lashed out in the back of a police car, as

evidence of his quick temper and ordered that Francis remain in custody until September 5, when he is due to reappear before the court.

In another case Zane Thornton was ordered to obey a $500 dol­ lar peace bond for one year, the conditions of which mean he must avoid contact with the complainant, Bonnie Flanagan.

Thornton, who has been in a selfdescribed “on again, off again” relation­ ship with Flanagan for some time was charged with caus­ ing fear of injury to the complainant after throwing her on a sofa during an argument.

The Judge gave his sentence but expressed concern whether the relationship was per­ manently severed.

After the defendant assured him that the relationship was indeed

finished, the Judge advised Thornton to contact a probation officer if Flanagan sought contact, and not to proceed back into a relationship without both parties expressing this wish to probation services.

In other cases before the court, the Judge repeatedly cited a dis­ turbing statistic— every day in Canada, four people die in drinkdriving related inci­ dents. The Judge called it a “terrible statistic” and said that he told it to everyone who came before him on impaired driving charges.

There were no fewer than seven individuals on last week’s docket facing charges of care or control of a vehicle or vessel with over .08 alcohol in their blood­ stream.

Conviction carries a mandatory one year driving ban as well as a fine.

RCMP help nab online stalker in Australia Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— The father of a North Vancouver Island teen wants parents to be alert to what their children are doing online, as the result of a relationship

his daughter had with an Australian man who was arrested earlier this year on child sex charges.

The father discovered his daughter’s correspon­ dence with the man on Facebook and through

other social media, and alerted RCMP. The RCMP then contact­ ed Australian authorities, who arrested Paul John Kelly, 48, of Grovedale, Victoria, Australia.

According to a story

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published in the Geelong (Victoria) Advertiser, Kelly was charged under commonwealth legislation with using a carriage ser­ vice to transmit indecent communications to a child under 16 and using a car­

riage service to groom a child under 16 for sexual activities.

He was also charged under state law with pos­ sessing child pornography.

The Port McNeill man said the relationship

went on for nearly two years, beginning when his daughter was 13.

“I just didn’t know,” he said. “I never looked. I think people have to know what danger our kids are in with that Facebook stuff.”

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Comox Valley teen found guilty of murder

Erin Haluschak Black Press COURTENAY—As he looked stoically at the judge while listening to the verdict, the Comox Valley teen accused of the seconddegree murder of James Denton was found guilty Wednesday morning.

While the Denton family hugged one another moments after hearing Justice R.B.T. Goepel’s verdict, a member of the accused’s family yelled, “This is joke” and immediately left the courtroom.

Va n c o u v e r - b a s e d Goepel took about an hour to read his reasons for judgment, in which he examined background facts, witness testimony, the accused’s testimony, the aftermath of the incident, the pathology report, and the validity of the self-defence argument.

Court heard throughout the trial, which concluded in June, that Denton, a 19-year-old Comox Valley resident who grew up in Port Hardy, 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 last July of a day-long music festival at the nearby Comox Valley Exhibition Grounds.

The accused, who was 16 at the time of the incident, cannot be

Const. Paul West speaks with Dave and Brenda Denton shortly before the teen accused of killing their son James was found Erin Haluschak guilty Wednesday of second-degree murder.

named because of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. The accused avoided eye contact with members of the packed gallery, and dressed in a white dress shirt and black pants with his feet in shackles, fixed his gaze on the judge during the entire verdict as he sat in the witness box.

Goepel chronologically went through the events leading to Denton’s stabbing, and mixed witness statements with the accused’s evidence.

The accused took the stand on the final day of trial, and testified he had been drinking in the woods with a friend nearby. His evidence stated he did not remember a conversation with that friend about the consequences of stabbing someone. He also said he felt scared upon meeting a group walking along Headquarters Road, which included

Denton, that eventually escalated into a verbal confrontation.

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

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

Goepel noted he does not accept the evidence from the accused that he does not remember the conversation with his friend in the woods, along with the fact that Denton had the opportunity to see the accused pull out his knife.

“The fact that the accused pulled out his knife in view of others is not credible.

The knife requires two hands to open.

It’s inconceivable that none of the witnesses wouldn’t have seen it,” he said.

The judge also dis-

credited the accused’s statement that he was scared.

“I do not accept the argument the accused was scared and frightened; it is at odds with his actions,” he added.

“The accused was truly the aggressor.”

Goepel also said the Crown has proven beyond a reasonable doubt the defence of self-defence does not apply.

“The accused has committed culpable homicide when he stabbed Mr. Denton,” he stated, and also dismissed evidence that the accused was anything more than mildly intoxicated at the time of the incident.

Goepel noted he considered the cumulative effect of the evidence, and “the accused’s intent to cause bodily harm and death does not raise a reasonable doubt.”

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at the end of the day there really are no winners in this case; the Dentons have still lost their son.”

He said Crown will seek an adult sentence based on the circumstances of the case and the actions of the accused, and added a youth sentence would not be adequate.

Goepel ordered a pre-sentence and psychological report for the sentencing hearing, which is scheduled to begin Nov. 26.

Village of Port Alice Notice of Tax Exemptions for the Year 2013 Per the Community Charter, the Council of the Village of Port Alice is proposing the following tax exemptions for the year 2013, all of which have been exempt from property taxes in the past.

1. Properties Owned By Not-for-profit organizations: • Legion: property registered in the name of Canadian Legion Branch #180, Lot 1, Plan 22668, DL 2137, Roll No. 00779.000 (exclusive of the portion which contains a residential housing unit) – estimated total taxes per year ($4,151.) with municipal portion being ($1762.).

• Wharf: property registered in the name of Port Alice Marine Rescue Society, Plan 594321, District Lot 188, Wharf Approach, Roll No. 00002.000 – estimated total taxes per year ($145.) with municipal portion being ($61.), and District Lot 1514, Rupert District, Wharf, Roll No. 01025.000 – estimated total taxes per year ($2,013.) with municipal portion being ($855.).

• Yacht Club: property registered in the name of the Port Alice Yacht Club, Rupert Land District, District Lot PT304, Roll Number 27506.940 – estimated total taxes per year ($2,063) with municipal portion being ($884.).

2. Occupiers of Municipal Property (recreational or not-for-profit organizations): • Port Alice Lions Club: lease a portion of the Community Centre for the space known as the Lions Den, located at 951 Marine Drive, Plan 22443, Lot 3, D.L. 2137, Roll No. 00778.010 – estimated total taxes per year ($732.) with municipal portion being ($311.).

• Huckleberry House Child Care: lease a portion of the Community Centre, for the space known as the Child Care Centre, located at 951 Marine Drive, Plan 22443, Lot 3, D.L. 2137, Roll No. 00778.010 – estimated total taxes per year ($450.) with municipal portion being ($191.).

• Port Alice Curling Club: lease for half-year a portion of the Arena, for the space known as the Curling Club, located at 951 Marine Drive, Plan 22443, Lot 3, D.L. 2137, Roll No. 00778.010 – estimated total taxes per year ($4,288.) with municipal portion being ($1820.)

• Port Alice Thrift Shop: lease a portion of Sea View Secondary School, for the space known as the Thrift Shop, located at 901 Marine Drive, Plan 18072, Lot 1, Block 7, D.L. 2137, Roll No. 00645.000 – estimated total taxes per year ($975.) with municipal portion being ($414.)

• Port Alice Seniors Group: lease a portion of Sea View Secondary School, for the space known as the Seniors Centre, located at 901 Marine Drive, Plan 18072, Lot 1, Block 7, D.L. 2137, Roll No. 00645.000 – estimated total taxes per year ($1,184.) with municipal portion being ($503.)

• Port Alice Scouts: lease a portion of Sea View Secondary School, for the space known as the Multi Purpose Room, located at 901 Marine Drive, Plan 18072, Lot 1, Block 7, D.L. 2137, Roll No. 00645.000 – estimated total taxes per year ($986.) with municipal portion being ($418.)

• Port Alice Red Cross Society: lease a portion of Sea View Secondary School, for the space known as Port Alice Red Cross, located at 901 Marine Drive, Plan 18072, Lot 1, Block 7, D.L. 2137, Roll No. 00645.000 – estimated total taxes per year ($643.) with municipal portion being ($273.)

3. Statutory Exemption: • Vancouver Island Regional Library: lease a portion of the Community Centre, for the space known as the Library, located at 951 Marine Drive, Plan 22443, Lot 3, D.L. 2137, Rupert District, Roll No. 00778.010 – estimated total taxes per year ($901.) with municipal portion being ($382.)

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added he hopes for the maximum sentence. “(The accused’s family) get to see their son once in a while. We don’t ever get to see James again. We’ve got pictures and memories, that’s it.”

Members of the accused’s family and defence lawyer Michael Mulligan were not available for comment.

Crown prosecutor Gordon Baines said despite the verdict, the case was not easy.

“Just remember

• Port Alice Fast Fit: lease a portion of Sea View Secondary School, for the space known as Fast Fit, located at 901 Marine Drive, Plan 18072, Lot 1, Block 7, D.L. 2137, Roll No. 00645.000 – estimated total taxes per year ($893.) with municipal portion being ($379.)

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fied with the verdict.

“It was the right decision; it was the truth. The judge (saw) through his lies, (but) that don’t bring James back. That does nothing for me except for more suffering.”

James’ uncle George Denton said the decision helps his family with closure.

“That’s justice for James. We got justice.

(The accused is) a lying little murderer, and now he’s going to pay for it,” he noted, and

• Port Alice Ecumenical Society: public worship land and improvements, Lot 3, Block 7, Plan 18774, located at 1100 Neigi St., Plan 18774, Lot 3, Block 7, D.L. 2137, Roll No. 00648.000 – estimated taxes per year ($1,623.) with municipal portion being ($737.)

• Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada: public worship land and improvements, Plan 33023, Lot 13 and Lot 14, D.L. 2137, located at 850-860 Marine Dr., Roll No. 00788.030 & 00788.031 – estimated total taxes per year ($6,800.) with municipal portion being ($2,994.)

If your not-for-profit community organization is not included above, requests will be considered up to August 31st, 2012. Please submit your written request to Village of Port Alice, P.O. Box 130, Port Alice, BC V0N 2N0 or by email to Treasurer@portalice.ca Gail Lind, Treasurer

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Pipeline too risky for B.C. With the Enbridge Review Panel in Port Hardy this week and B.C. Premier Christy Clark in the news, the proposed Northern Gateway Pipeline is generating plenty of opinion.

Our own poll this week saw voters divided on the Premier’s attempt to negotiate a better cut for our province.

On the one hand, the pipeline would provide a huge financial boost to B.C., creating jobs and pumping millions in oil revenue across the Rockies.

On the other, a spill in B.C., particularly on the coast, would be a catastrophe. Since the positives are financial, just consider how much a spill would cost in terms of dollars.

Apart from the cost of a clean-up operation, consider the loss from decreased tourism, the effects on scientific research in our unique environment and so on.

These are purely monetary considerations. What havoc would a spill wreak on the ecosystem? It doesn’t bear thinking about.

Enbridge and pipeline advocates argue that all risks are taken into consideration and minimized, and that due diligence will be performed.

But, no matter how many safeguards are put in place it will always remain an inherently risky venture. Ask the residents of Wisconsin, where an Enbridge pipeline ruptured last month. Or Elk Point, Alberta, where there was a spill the month before that.

Some will argue that people and their well-being take precedence over environmental concerns and that B.C. should jump at the opportunity to get a cut of the tar-sands oil money that has made Alberta so affluent.

For many here in B.C., however, our world-famous coastline is not for sale— at any price.

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A community garden at Eagle Ridge Manor offers new activities for seniors to participate in.

Unattended animals left running loose still present a problem in North Island neighbourhoods.

Pipeline posturing doesn’t help VICTORIA – The B.C. Liberal government is taking its new hard-line approach to federal environmental hearings on the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline proposal in September.

Environment Minister Terry Lake has filed the B.C. government’s notice to cross-examine Enbridge, one of the world’s biggest pipeline operators.

That’s all fine, and to be expected after Premier Christy Clark’s high-profile confrontation with Alberta Premier Alison Redford going into the recent premiers’ meeting in Halifax.

Clark’s demands for “world-leading” safety and spill response, as well as meeting the constitutional obligation to consult and accommodate aboriginal groups along the route, are mostly a statement of the obvious. Her call for a “fair share” of proceeds from exported oil to reflect B.C.’s risk has been assault-

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ed from all sides.

Pipeline opponents seized on Clark’s suggestion that a major oil spill might be tolerable if there was enough money in it for B.C. There had been earlier hints from Alberta that B.C. might need further rewards for the risk.

But when Clark made the “fair share” demand public, Redford was moved to channel Margaret Thatcher, declaring: “The Premier of Alberta is not going to blink

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on royalties.” The lady’s not for blinking, but neither is B.C.’s Iron Snowbird, as Preston Manning dubbed Clark this spring.

All this political theatre doesn’t amount to much.

I’ll stand by my January prediction that the Enbridge proposal is unlikely to proceed, mainly due to the tangled state of aboriginal claims.

Even if some way can be found to levy a B.C. tax on revenues from the Northern Gateway pipeline, it’s no solution.

The competing expansion proposal by TransMountain’s current owner, Kinder Morgan, shows the inconsistency of opposition to pipelines. Does anyone really believe that a new pipeline built to the highest standards ever would be too dangerous, while a 60-year-old pipeline is acceptable?

Protesters have an easy target in Kinder Morgan.

With a tenfold increase to 25 A member of

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tankers a month proposed, a heavy oil spill would be catastrophic to Vancouver’s environment and economy.

Tankers have made that trip safely nearly 100 years, but the congested modern shipping lane offers more threat of collision, and clearing Burrard Inlet for near-daily tanker transits would disrupt the rest of B.C.’s shipping trade.

An Angus Reid poll last week showed as many as half of respondents remain open-minded about the costs and benefits of new oil pipelines across B.C. Unlike B.C. politicians, they seem interested in learning more before making up their minds.

Clark began the Northern Gateway discussion with a principled position to wait for the result of the federal review, but that’s apparently out the window with an election looming.

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Big business Loose dogs can't be ignored not a solution Dear editor, “Quantitative easing” is not complicated. It is simply an artificial stimulus into the free market to kick-start investor confidence so that the entire capitalist system doesn’t collapse.

In essence, it is like struggling parents trying to figure out how they will make their next mortgage payment, credit card payment, household bills and buy gas for the family cars, and the only option seems to be to steal from the kids’ piggy banks and borrow against Grandmother’s security cheque, hoping that no one will notice.

These folks promise that it will only be this once... well maybe twice...okay,

let’s talk about Q3.

To me, the whole process looks like the government throwing more buckets of slop to the hungry pigs in the financial institutions, and spreading fresh carrion for the stock market vultures to pick the carcasses clean.

I think the solution might be to reverse the direction of money— let it work its way up from the local community instead of trickling down from giant banks and international monopolies. Perhaps these megalithic institutions could be labelled “too big to survive,” and go the way of the dinosaurs!

Blair Hamilton Port Hardy

Dear editor, My neighbour knowingly violates every bylaw pertaining to her three dogs. She initially started out with one stray unlicensed noisy dog, which now has multiplied to three unlicensed noisy dogs after a few litters. Countless times we have talked to her about her dogs, in person, on the telephone and even left her a copy of the Animal Control Bylaw 12-2010. Presently she is letting her dogs be at large every time she walks them and at home. She leaves her gate ajar and her dogs are free to roam, even when she is outside tending to her garden.

On Sunday July 22 at 2:30 p.m., her dogs charged out of their property and attacked a lone dog who had just chewed his way out from his leash. The

lone dog was walking in the street in front of their property. Realizing what was happening, I ran outside and yelled at them (they were now in my driveway), “Hey! Hey! Get outta here!” As they all scattered, the lone dog ran into my yard, through my now ajar gate, and the three dogs went back into their yard, to their flabbergasted owner, who was yelling at her dogs to get back into the yard.

The neighbour was actually speechless after I told her, in a calmer voice, “Close your gate! Close your gate! Next time it might be a kid!” I then turned and tended to the dog that was attacked and she then went back into her yard and closed her gate.

Over the years, we’ve had countless conversations regarding her dogs

that we can no longer ignore. From urinating and pooping whereever they want, chasing and barking at kids on bicycles, chasing and barking at vehicles, impeding traffic, charging across the street and harassing my dogs inside our gated property. They bark continuously, teaching all the neighbours dogs to bark (including the quiet one).

My daughter’s finger was bitten — this happened in the neighbour’s house when my daughter and her dad went there to check out the new puppies, an incident where the neighbour only replied that she would not discipline her dog because she did not see the incident.

And the other incidence where no one gets much of a sleep because our male dog is howling or barking, to one of her two female

dogs that is in heat. That is because our male dog has had a litter from a previous Houdini visit (from our gated yard to their gated yard across the street.)

Some incidents are forgivable, some are passed by with an apology, some are just atrocious and can no longer be ignored. Being so ignorant to the acts of her dogs, maybe this time, as a witness, she’ll finally pay attention and abide by the bylaws. But I doubt it, unless something is finally done, by someone else, probably the Animal Control Officer, in a uniform.

If you would please address this incident as soon as possible, that would be much appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Rhonda Hanuse Port Hardy

Owning a restaurant has its rewards

Within moments of the restaurant opening at 6:30 a.m., the first of the earliest coffee group start arriving.

Some are loggers and have been waiting in their pickup trucks, motors idling, keeping an eagle eye on that front door that will momentarily be unlocked.

Travel cups and thermos bottles are brought in and filled, hellos are exchanged, and the banter and laughter fill the early morning air. The second wave is those who are in for breakfast and they are greeted to the mouthwatering smells of bacon and sausage, pancakes, and rich western omelets topped with cheese. Yes, another day in the life of a busy restaurant has begun!

It is a fascinating study in human behaviour to observe the dynamics that play out in a small-town restaurant. People generally know or are acquainted with many sitting at the various tables in the room.

Good mornings or hellos are freely exchanged. They come from all walks of life;

nevertheless you see how important the restaurant experience is to each one, and the sense of well being it gives.

It becomes a meeting place for the community, an integral part of it. For some this may be the only social life they have. You could say this is their home for a brief moment; it embraces them and fills so wonderfully a basic human need to just be with people.

The happy buzz of conversation swirls around the room, adding to the ambience. An experienced waitress can pretty well predict where certain ones will sit, and what they will order.

Almost all people, if given a choice, prefer to sit on the outer rim of the room. It is very humorous to watch the expressions of customers who walk in to find a stranger sitting at THEIR table. They reluctantly make their way to another, but somehow the experience changes their demeanor. It’s as though a stranger is sitting at their kitchen

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Doro Robinson table. The audacity!

In fact one older couple was heard to say to a person sitting at their usual spot, “Would you mind moving, we always sit at this table.” One has to chuckle at human nature at times.

We are so much alike in many ways. We like things to remain predictable, or as we expected to find them.

My interest in the restaurant business started when I was no more than five years old, and having the wonderful experience of my dad taking us to the Nugget café in Quesnel in the early 1940’s. It didn’t happen very

often because money was very tight, but when it did it was a memorable experience, a treasured memory.

I sat there and stared in wonder at those swinging doors as waitresses exited from the kitchen, their arms loaded with plates of food. The fare then was Salisbury steak, pork chops with mashed potatoes, liver and onions, and the famous Denver sandwich to mention a few. My daughter Annie eventually shared this passion for the business and went on to open a very successful restaurant here on the North Island.

The food today has evolved into some very interesting items like wraps, jet teas, and things like that.

As was the case with the Nugget café, many of the restaurateurs back in the day were Chinese; they were experts in starting and keeping family-run businesses going for generations. It was a given, the whole family worked together and children were expected to do their share.

Many of these original family-owned restaurants can still be seen all across Canada, and even the smallest of prairie towns have one that survived where others just disappeared over the passing of time.

Perhaps the most intriguing question of all in this part of the food industry has to do with the people who decide to open their own restaurant. What is it that impels them to just keep going in spite of working 16 hours a day, making very little money, having staffing problems at times, and a huge pile of bills to be paid each month? Why do they persevere in the face of all odds? There has to be a corresponding payoff somewhere in all of this.

The payoff comes when things are going well; because your reputation goes out with every plate of food its preparation and presentation must be top notch at all times. It happens when people come up to the counter to pay their friendly waitress who

has served them well. They want to tell you “I sure enjoyed my meal,” and they thank you! It comes from having a hard-working, dedicated staff that continues to make it happen day after day. Or when the establishment has a good reputation and people know they won’t leave your place hungry. It happens at the end of the shift when the kitchen has been cleaned, the exhaust fan turned off, and everything polished in readiness for another day to start in a few hours. Yes, another busy day in the life of a restaurant.

This is dedicated to my daughter Annie, who was first introduced to the restaurant business when she worked for me at the tender age of 13 at the Taco Stop in Powell River. She is a true entrepreneur, and recently shed tears when she said “So long” to her own restaurant after owning it for many years.

Doro Robinson “The Pie Lady” Port McNeill

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North Island August 11 Missoula Children’s Theatre presentation of Hansel and Gretel, 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., Port Hardy Secondary School Theatre.

August 11-12 James Denton Memorial fishing derby. Tickets $20, available at Captain Hardy’s Restaurant. Cash prizes in four categories. Final weigh-in 4 p.m. Sunday at I.V.’s Quarterdeck Marina, followed by barbecue and awards at Quatse River Campground.

August 12 Willie Mitchell, Los Angeles Kings defenseman and Port McNeill-raised NHL player, brings the Stanley Cup to Chilton Regional Arena, 10:30 a.m.

August 12 Queen’s Jubilee Afternoon Tea Dance, 2-6 p.m., Coal

Meetings & Ongoing events

• Port Hardy Museum summer hours - now 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily.

• Quatsino Museum & Archives is open Friday to Sunday from 1:00pm-2:00pm. Open daily July & August. FMI quatsino.museum@recn.ca • The German Edelweiss Cultural Club meets Thurs. at 7pm in PH Inn Pub. FMI 250-230-1376.

• Lions Bingo every Thurs. @ Civic Centre. Doors open at 5:30pm.

• Every other Tuesday: Footcare clinic at Hardy Bay Seniors 9-5pm. FMI 1-888-334-8531.

• Third Sunday of every month: Hamburger and hotdog sale from 11 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. at Hardy Bay Senior's Centre, 9150 Granville St. • Filomi Days committee meeting: Every Tuesday at noon at the Port Hardy & District Chamber of Commerce.

Everyone welcome.

• Summer Camp! Stepping Stone Centre July 9-Aug 24.

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• Overeating Anonymous (OA) meetings. FMI call Julia at 250-949-7069 or Ann at 250-902-8244.

Hot Spots Harbour Activity Centre. Features dance lesson, live music and afternoon tea. Part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee activities sponsored by the District of Port Hardy. www.porthardy.ca

August 16 Summer Reading Club wrap-up part at Woss Library, 3-4 p.m. Awards, prizes, snacks and refreshments. Info, 250-281-2263.

August 18 Second annual Cops for Cancer golf tourney at Seven Hills. 9 a.m. shotgun start, 4-person best ball format, $60 per person entry includes 18 holes followed by dinner, prizes and silent auction. Dinner only $20, all proceeds to Canadian Cancer Society Tour de Rock. To register call Seven Hills 250-949-9818, for info email darren.regush@rcmp-grc.gc.ca or call Cst. Regush at 250-230-3679.

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August 18 Queen’s Jubilee “Wimbledon” tennis clinics for all ages in Port Hardy and Port McNeill. Part of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee activities sponsored throughout the month by the District of Port Hardy.

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Garden livens Eagle Ridge Manor

J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY— Eagle Ridge Manor resident Jim Botel needs the aid of a walker to move around the senior care centre attached to Port Hardy Hospital.

But that doesn’t stop him from grabbing a fresh snack when the mood strikes.

He need only reach into his personal, raised vegetable garden and pluck a carrot or onion, which is eaten on the spot.

Botel is among nearly a dozen residents or family members who have taken advantage of donations from Port Hardy Rotary and the Hospital’s Women’s Auxiliary to become involved in a new garden that has sprouted behind the centre.

The previous garden space was destroyed last year to make way for a new, 11-bed wing for the facility. But the donations of money and labour, and more than a few green thumbs possessed by residents, have created a bright, colourful hideaway off the back lobby of the

Above, Jim Botel looks over his raised vegetable garden at Eagle Ridge Manor. Right, Dona Koch sits beneath the painted butterfly carving she donated to the Eagle Ridge Manor garden gazebo.

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Manor.

“Gardening is huge therapy, especially at this age,” said Louise Dugas, recreational coordinator at Eagle Ridge. “These people all had gardens before.”

The main garden is made up of a profusion of flowering shrubs and both annual and perennial plants, all arranged around a central island of lawn circled by a w h e e l c h a i r- f r i e n d ly, paved sidewalk.

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Opposite the back door to the manor is a gazebo to provide shade in the sun or a dry spot on rainy days.

“It’s a beautiful place,” resident Nettie Williams said while enjoying a recent sunny afternoon in the garden. “It’s lovely.”

On prominent display on the front of the gazebo, next to the Canadian flag, is a large, painted wooden butterfly donated by current resident Dona Koch. It is one of

three she collected, and the other two remain in the family with her daughters.

“When I look out and see that, I feel quite at home,” said Koch.

The vegetable garden is Botel’s personal domain, and much of it is contained in a simple, nine-squarefoot box that gives new meaning to the term “raised bed”. Because it is difficult for him to kneel and hunch over a ground-level garden

bed, Botel’s raised container was placed on an old table, where he can stand or sit on his walker and work the soil.

The box runs riot with beets, onions, chives, zucchini, leeks and lettuces.

“The lettuce has a story to tell,” Botel said with a twinkle in his eye. “Some residents don’t always see eye to eye, and one day I came out and found the lettuce gone. They said

the squirrels got ‘em, but they were right over there by the fence. I just had to gather them up and re-plant them.”

Botel has separate containers with carrots and strawberries, and potatoes and berry canes are planted in rows along the back fence.

But, Dugas notes, Botel has had difficulty navigating the hill down to the berries. Also, the sidewalk around the central lawn is too

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narrow to allow two wheelchairs or walkers to pass, and she is hopeful the garden can be expanded with additional assistance from the community.

“With the building expansion has come more residents with expanded interests,” Dugas said. “We really do need more pathways, and it would be nice to extend the path out beyond the gazebo.”

Koch, who says she gardened her whole life, has a wish list that includes a small tool shed.

“I’m a life member of the women’s (hospital) auxiliary,” Koch said. “I’m proud of all they’ve done, and hope they will help us further. This garden has really added so much.”

It’s certainly added activities for the residents to engage in. After reaching into his garden bed to pinch off a green onion and pop it into his mouth, Botel was asked what he might be doing if he did not have the garden.

“Well, we have paintby-numbers,” he said.

“This is better.”

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McNeill Rotary embarks on new trail

J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— Fresh off its latest success helping install six new senior housing units, Port McNeill Rotary Club has embarked on something that will help residents and visitors get out of the house.

Clearing and levelling has begun on a new trail that will link Port McNeill to Highway 19 on the west side of Campbell Way, between Mine Road and the Welcome to Port McNeill sign at the highway.

“We think it can be a focal point for people entering town,” said Dave Nelson of Port McNeill Rotary.

“It will be eight feet wide, packed with crushed gravel and will tie in to the mountain biking trails. The idea is to put in a couple of benches along the way so people can sit and rest.”

The cost of the project, given the blessing of Port McNeill Council this spring, is expected to be about $60,000, Nelson said.

It is expected to be completed by the end of September, though some variables are still in place.

“We’re hoping to get fill material from

the new Windsor (Plywood) site,” said Nelson. “We’re just waiting for that construction to begin.”

The trail will be mostly level, with some gently rolling slopes. A test patch about seven feet wide has already been installed from the corner of Mine Road to the gravel service entrance behind the Jehovah’s Witnesses Church.

The project is backed by a letter of support from the Town of Port McNeill and approval of the Department of Highways. The trail is being run over land recently cleared for installation of the

Above, Port McNeill Rotarians Dave Nelson, Kathy Nelson, Jason Klein-Deeters, Bill Velie, Ron Downey, Don Orr and Jay Dixon stand at the head of the new trail the club is building alongside Campbell Way in Port McNeill. Below, a backhoe operator clears waste wood, rock and other debris from the site of the new trail being built by Port McNeill Rotary Club.

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“We’re hoping we can get people to donate a machine or two, and eventually we’ll need more manpower. But cash is always welcome.”

Dave Nelson

town’s new water lines, though some additional clearing of danger trees and other obstacles and debris has been needed.

Port McNeill Rotary is also asking the public for any help it can provide to the project.

“We’ve applied for

funding, but we can use all the help we can get,” Nelson said. “We’re hoping we can get people to donate a machine or two, and eventually we’ll need more manpower. But cash is always welcome. That’s what we really need at this time.”

To make a contribution, or to volunteer equipment or assistance, contact Nelson at 250-956-4344.

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North Island Life Sun and song Gazette staff C L U X E W E RESORT—A year after musician Todd Butler dubbed the Triport Music Fest “The Port McNeill Rain Festival”, the only use for an umbrella at the second annual festival Saturday was to provide some shade.

With the sun beaming down — and the occasional horsefly pestering the performers onstage — music fans were treated to music ranging from high-energy to hilarious at the picturesque seaside resort.

While children played on Bounce-a-Rama games or watched shows by magician Kevin Ogren beyond the

fence, festival-goers were treated to blues sets from Victoria groups Michigan Curve and The Roper Show; the musical comedy of Kenny Shaw and Brian Temple; and vigorous dance music spanning a range of styles and eras from a pair of Vancouverbased big bands, Souled Out and the headliners, Ten Souljers.

With the local rock band Jam Shack Araknids forced to withdraw due to the recent move of one of its members, Ten Souljers stepped in with a pair of sets, one in the afternoon and another to close the show Saturday night.

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Clockwise from left; blues guitarist Jesse Lee Roper of The Roper Show lights into a solo, dancers get a groove on to the stylings of Ten Souljers, Brian Shayne of The Port 1240 inquires into the branch atop the hat of fellow master of ceremonies Kenny Shaw, a young fan enjoyed the close view but not the volume, Victoriabased Michigan Curve performs its set of original blues, guitarist Lee McDonough jumps to the front of the stage to grab the mic during Ten Souljers’ performance.

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Youth play updates ‘Hansel and Gretel’ Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— Saturday’s play featuring local youth at Gate House Community Theatre was a fairy tale, a musical, a comedy, a mystery and a story within a story.

And it took only five days to produce.

A small but enthusiastic cast joined a pair of touring actor/directors from Missoula Children’s Theatre of Missoula, Mont., for a week of auditions, rehearsals and workshops, which culminated in two performances of Hansel and Gretel.

As with most Missoula Children’s Theatre scripts, this was not quite the traditional story you and your parents grew up with. In this tale, the young protagonists are Hank and Gretchen

(Taryn Walker and Rebecca Cyr), siblings forced to remain home while their friends all go to summer camp.

But they are given a book by their cousin which sends them on a dream trip into the dark, wild wood, where they are welcomed by the Wildwood Witch (Bethany Waines) and her Nasty Nasties, crafty cooks and gingerbread men.

When invited to the witch’s dinner, the kids — and the audience — are shocked by a surprising revelation concerning the witch’s eating habits.

Due to the small turnout for auditions, Missoula actor Taylor Colleen Peters took on three roles, Missoula director PrestonJoseph Woods also took on two roles, and local performer Tony

Shepley was both actor and assistant director.

Jen Lubrick provided accompaniment on piano, Joel Waines worked the sound board, and the production was hosted by Kathy Martin. Sponsors included the Gate House Community Association, the Andrew Mahon Foundation and several local businesses and individuals.

North Islanders who missed Saturday’s shows still have a chance to catch the performance this weekend at Port Hardy Secondary School theatre. The Missoula troupe auditioned young thespians in Port Hardy Tuesday and has been working this week on another pair of showings of Hansel and Gretel, Saturday at 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

Right, The Wildwood Witch (Bethany Waines) reveals a secret after reading the book Hansel and Gretel while backed by “crafty cooks” Becca Bosma and PrestonJoseph Woods during the Missoula Children’s Theatre production of Hansel and Gretel Saturday at Gate House Community Theatre in Port McNeill. Left, Youth campers join Gretel (Rebecca Cyr), the Wildwood Witch and Hansel (Taryn Walker) in a song.

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Daytripping Back in the saddle

Clockwise from top; A view up the beach where we rested, the NITRO group who took me out, making a log ride look easy, the young ‘deer’.

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Aidan O’Toole Gazette staff “You’re pretty fit, right?” asked Derek Koel, owner of The Shed in Port McNeill.

“Sure,” I lied — not intentionally, I just didn’t realize that we had different definitions of the word ‘fit’.

Derek had very graciously invited me to go out for a ride with him and some other folks from NITRO. The North Island Trail Riders Association create and maintain many of the trails in the Tri-port area and organize North Island biking events. I was invited to explore some of the trails around Port McNeill with them on their regular Wednesday night ride. I couldn’t have been in better hands.

Derek had specially arranged the loan of an appropriate bike for me, so after a quick pep talk we joined six other riders and set off. After a short climb we had to make a pit-stop to mend a puncture and this gave me an opportunity to have a chat with my guides.

They’ve been doing this regular ride for around five years now and there’s such a network of trails in the area that they can vary their route every week. Derek explained that there was a full range of difficulties represented, from beginner-appropriate routes to more technical courses for advanced riders. They were going to show me a bit of

a selection, though nothing too challenging.

It’s been a long time since I was on a bike but I quickly got into the swing of things with the help of my guides, and the trails were a blast— boardwalk in places, narrow routes through trees in others, plank paths scattered throughout. I started to get a little cocky and took the first spill of many into the soft, wet bushes that lined much of the trails.

The NITRO riders were awesome— making it look easy, always communicating with each other and planning regular stops to regroup.

After a nice downhill section that gave my nowtiring legs a breather, we took a break on a rocky beach. With the mist rolling in and the eagles calling overhead I remarked that, barring the rocks, the spot reminded me of Tofino. “This is better than Tofino,” said Derek.

“You’ve got a free access trail that runs all the way alongside the waterfront, you’ve got the wildlife - if this was Tofino this would be packed with people but we’ve got it to ourselves.”

Right on cue we heard a pod of whales out in the bay clearing their blowholes. Even though we couldn’t see them, it was still pretty special.

My wildlife adventures continued when we jumped back on the bikes and thirty seconds later came to a

halt. I looked forward quizzically and heard someone at the front say, “There’s a young deer up ahead.”

Photo op, I thought, jumping off my bike and pulling off my backpack. I pulled out my camera, dropped my bag and jogged to the front of the line.

“Where is it?” I asked, squinting ahead.

“Just around this bend,” said the lead rider pointing to a patch of grass between two trees ahead on my right. I inched up closer.

“See it?” came a voice from behind. I shook my head and took another step closer. “In the tree,” came the voice.

A deer in a tree? I looked up and realized for the first time that the word ‘bear’ can sound like ‘deer’ when you’re tired, as a yearling looked down at me from the low branches of a tree.

I fired off a couple of quick snaps and returned to the group just as some noises from the beach made everyone wonder if momma might be around.

We backed off down the trail for a ways and gave them time to move off before continuing our ride.

By this stage, my quads were burning and I was definitely showing myself up as a newbie as the others effortlessly hopped over rocks and logs while I struggled to find my gear.

To be fair, we’d left the shop over two hours previous and covered a fair bit

of ground.

Every now and then we’d come out onto logging roads and follow these for a while before ducking back into the woods for more fun in the mud.

These are multi-use trails through all sorts of terrain.

The whole area is not just bike-friendly but seems ideal for hikers, dog walkers and photographers. The fact that the trails intersect with the logging roads so often means that it would be possible to bring a vehicle to many of the trailheads and within a few minutes be enjoying a leisurely stroll with the pups or challenging yourself with a vigorous hike.

Maps of the trails are available from the Port McNeill Chamber of Commerce. I’d really recommend everyone pick one up and go explore.

There’s an amazingly rich variety within minutes and more people should get out there and take advantage.

Not only are they mapped, but they’re rated too. Each trail has a score for everything from hiking difficulty, to the view, to

the likelihood of a bear encounter.

The NITRO riders knew the area like the back of their hands, but the map and guide make it easy for anyone to plan a hike or a ride and know what to expect. Just fancy a nice, quick, easy stroll with a view? Try Barbs, easy parking, 2 on the difficulty scale, 6 for view, 0.7-km each way. Need a challenging ride? Try Loop B, an 8.1-km route that starts and ends in town, and takes you through five trails that will test your riding.

If trail riding sounds like fun (and trust me it is), stop by The Shed and have a chat. The NITRO guys and gals will definitely look after you well. Even if bikes aren’t your thing, pick up a map from the Chamber of Commerce. There’s a bunch of great, easilyaccessible trails around Port McNeill that are perfect for anything from an afternoon stroll to a fullday hike-a-thon.

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As the hometown of

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Sunday, August 12, 2012 10:30am Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill

1) The Town Council has declared August 12, 2012 as Willie Mitchell day; 2) The Town Council has unanimously voted to confer the status of FREEMAN on its most famous son; 3) All are invited to join us in celebrating his achievements as a great example to young people everywhere.

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August 11-12 Fishing James Denton Memorial fishing derby. Tickets $20, available at Captain Hardy's Restaurant.

Cash prizes in four categories.

Final weigh-in 4 p.m.

Sunday at I.V.'s Quarterdeck Marina, followed by barbecue and awards at Quatse River Campground.

August 11 Stock car racing Annual Dust Bowl Cup weekend at Triport Speedway. Racing 7 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m.

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August 12 Hockey Willie Mitchell and the Stanley Cup come to Chilton Regional Arena in Port McNeill, 10:30 a.m. Free public viewing, photos.

August 17-19 Slo-pitch Annual OrcaFest tournament at Centennial, Mantic and Hyde Creek fields.

Games to midnight Friday under the lights, throughout Saturday, finals Sunday at Centennial Field. Info, Orma, 250-956-3345.

August 18 Golf Second annual Cops for Cancer Tournament, 9 a.m. shotgun start, Seven Hills Golf and Country Club.

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Registration $60 per player, includes 18 holes of golf, dinner, prizes, silent auction.

To register, call 250949-9818.

August 25-26 Drag racing North Island Timing Association hosts the third Rumble on the Runway series event at Port McNeill Airport.

Time trials begin 10 a.m.; eliminations 1 p.m. Sunday is the Vancouver Island Bracket Finals.

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Gazette Staff This year’s Alert Bay 360 drew a flotilla of fifty-five as paddlers from far and wide came together for the annual race.

The Eco-paddle event pits rowers in a clockwise circumnavigation of Cormorant Island and is open to any self-propelled craft. The bulk of this year’s armada was made up of kayaks with various canoes, skiffs and even dragon boats filling the field.

After a countdown, the fleet of pad-

dlers set off from the Government Dock at 11a.m. with several pleasure craft mingling with the safety boats in the bay to get a good view of the start. The racers were also shadowed by a light aircraft, skimming over the boats as they headed out for the point.

First home, in a little more than 50 minutes, was Ian McKenzie, an accomplished kayaker and no stranger to the event, having now won three of the four annual races.

Clockwise from left: this totem by the late Jake McDougall from the 'Namgis First Nation was one of the many prizes on offer in this year's Alert Bay 360; paddlers in a double glide past a pleasure craft in the bay; competitors begin lining up on the beach in preperation for the starter's orders; an aerial photographer gets a bird's-eye view of the race; the competitors head out from the start line; back on dry land after his winning effort, Ian McKenzie had plenty to smile about.

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Swim earns a silver

Gazette staff Health issues prevented Port McNeill teen Liam Aoki from competing in several early season triathlons this year. He made up for it in a big way Sunday in Langley by placing second in the boy’s 12-13-yearold class of the Sun Rype Fraser Valley Triathlon.

Aoki lowered his previous best swim time by 28 seconds while posting an overall time of 33 minutes, 57 seconds for the 200-metre swim, nine-km bike and 2.5-km run.

The division, which included 15 competitors, was won by Noah Landry of Delta in 30:14.

Liam thanks his sponsor Willie Mitchell for the advice and support, including swim instruction through the Willie Mitchell Classic Fund. He also dedicated the race to his Opa, who is battling cancer, said his father, Jeff Aoki.

Clockwise from left; Joe and Edwina Leca of California step back to read the scale after entering their 19-pound spring salmon in the annual Telegraph Cove Fishing Derby Sunday, tourists applaud and snap photos of a fish caught by Rob Dawson, Harold Zayac weighs his 14-pound halibut during the Telegraph Cove Fishing Derby.

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Angler reels in a crowd Gazette staff T E L E G R A P H COVE—Jim Dawson did not haul in the largest fish during Sunday’s annual Telegraph Cove Fishing Derby.

But he was the undisputed crowd favourite.

A tour group from Vancouver and Hong Kong, recently disgorged from their large bus, stopped to point and chatter animatedly while watching Dawson clean his 24-pound spring salmon at dockside.

To oblige them, he turned and hoisted the fish as some snapped photos and others cheered and applauded.

“That’s the first time I’ve ever gotten a round of applause,” Dawson said with a smile.

Jari Hyvarinen weighed in a 26-pound spring to

Denton fishing derby Gazette staff PORT HARDY— Captain Hardy’s will host the first James Denton Memorial fishing derby Aug. 1112.

Tickets for the event are $20 and can be purchased at Captain Hardy’s Restaurant.

Final weigh-in is 4 p.m. Sunday at I.V.'s Quarterdeck Marina, followed by an awards barbecue and wrapup at Quatse River Campground.

Prizes will be awarded in four categories.

“All the money taken in goes back in prizes,” said Jeremy Sandeman, the owner of Captain Hardy’s who organized the event.

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Awards were handed out during a barbecue at the campground.

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NIC Director off to school

Bright sparks

Artwork on a BC Hydro electrical box, Adam’s being painted

by Port cell: 230-2174 McNeill artist Heather Brown near the Visitors’ Centre, nears completion.

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Pro reveals putting tips This article will tell at a speed that would you how to double the carry it 2 feet (the size of the hole when approximate length of you putt.

Sounds an inside the leather impossible seeing as gimmie) past the hole, the hole is a standard the effective size of size at every course the hole becomes 1.9 in the world but I inches wide. 3 feet is bet you’re interested. 1.4 inches and 5 feet When you absolutely is 0.5 inches meaning need to make a critical you would have to hit putt do you give it a it square in the centre little extra to to make a ensure that putt at this it gets to the speed. This hole? Never is what up, never is called in. Bang it “Capture off the back Speed”. If of the cup. this still Take the seems like break out too many of it. Not numbers, so fast… A here is what hockey net this means will catch for you. If any puck you want to Fade with that goes make more Black between putts, focus with Kevin Black the posts on hitting but a golf your putt at ball must a speed that DROP into the round would carry the ball hole. What does this 6” to 12” beyond the mean for putting? If hole if it were to miss my grade school so that the hole width teachers will forgive is almost maximized me, I’ll just fast for- and the wobble phase ward through the work of the putt is moved and go straight to the behind the hole, rather answers. A standard than in front of it. golf hole is 4.25 inches Kevin Black is the in diameter however CPGA golf pro and the effective size of course manager at the hole depends on Seven Hills Golf and the speed your ball is Country Club. Email rolling when it hits it. your golf questions to If the ball is rolling him at kbgolf@live.ca.

Gazette staff North Island College has bade farewell to Karsten Henriksen, its Associate Regional Director for the Mt Waddington region.

Henriksen, who assumed the role at the college two years ago, finished in the position last week in order to pursue doctoral studies. He will travel to Guelph, Ontario, and focus on Rural Studies at the university there while also teaching.

“My time at the college has been an exciting time,” said Henriksen. “It was a fantastic opportunity to get to know the com-

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NIC’s Director of Industry Training and Continuing Education until his retirement in 2009. Since then he has been involved in corporate training in Alberta.

Campbell is expected to begin his role later this month and has been in contact with Henriksen to ensure a smooth transition. He will also meet with some of the college’s community partners in the coming weeks.

In a statement, NIC expressed its appreciation for the support that the community offered Henriksen during his tenure.

“It was a fantastic opportunity to get to know the communities” -Karsten Henriksen

munities.”

During his tenure at NIC, Henriksen was instrumental in the establishment of the Nursing program in the Mt Waddington campus as well as the Carpentry Access program and launch of Elder College, which reflects Henriksen’s belief in life-long learning.

Henriksen said that his experience in the position was “very

positive” and that he had no doubt that his replacement will enjoy the same level of community support that he did.

Interviews for the position are expected to take place in September, with Douglas Campbell rejoining NIC as the Interim Associate Director until a permanent replacement for Henriksen is found.

Campbell was

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LEARNERS’ GUIDE COMING SOON Your complete guide to programs & courses in Mount Waddington is coming soon!

Learn a skill, advance your career, or take university transfer courses where you live through North Island College this year.

Watch for information on NIC programs and courses in next week’s newspaper: UNIVERSITY-LEVEL COURSES Choose from 21 first and second year university studies courses now available via new high-definition interactive television in Port Hardy.

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HEALTH CARE ASSISTANT PROGRAM RETURNS Ministry approves 10 new spaces for North Island students this fall North Island College is bringing the popular Health Care Assistant program back to Port Hardy, allowing North Island students to train for health care careers in their community.

Community Health Centre, a 10-bed multi-level care facility in Alert Bay. Cook advanced her skills with practical nursing program last year and says having programs near her community made a health care career attainable.

Love working with children?

The program combines in-class learning with 270 hours of clinical experience, allowing students to work with employers before graduation.

Students interested in the program should contact the college early.

The program starts this September, with upgrading options available for “Most students don’t realize that students who need time in the fall to we can tailor the early part of the program to their needs,” said Karsten meet entry requirements.

Henriksen, NIC’s Associate Regional Last year, six health care assistants Director. “If you want to take the in the community moved into NIC’s program but think you need upgradPractical Nursing program, leaving a ing, this is a fantastic opportunity to staffing gap at residential care facilicome to NIC, get an assessment, and ties across the North Island. start a new career.”

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“Bringing the program to Port Hardy, really made it convenient and possible for me,” Cook said.

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• UVic Guaranteed Earn a C average or higher in eight or more eligible courses and guarantee your entry into select UVic programs. Entry is non-competitive and, guaranteed, based on your grades at college.

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Start your career as a childcare assistant with ECC 104, a fourmonth introductory course in child development.

Offered Mondays and Wednesdays from 6 to 9 pm at the Mount Waddington Regional campus in Port Hardy, you’ll be able to start your new career while you continue work and family commitments.

On graduation, you’ll qualify for work as a childcare assistant in preschools and childcare centres, while you work toward your ECCE certificate part time over four years.

Drop by the Mount Waddington Regional campus next week to pick up your Learners’ Guide, or visit us online at www.nic.bc.ca/mountwaddington

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Land Act: Notice of Intention to Apply for a Disposition of Crown Land Take notice that International Forest Products Limited of Campbell River, BC, intends to make application to Ministry Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations (FLNRO), North Island Central Coast for a Foreshore Licence of Occupation - Industrial, Log Handling (18 Sites), File Number 1413674, situated on Provincial Crown land located in the Rivers Inlet/Darby Channel area.

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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

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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

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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

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SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 4680 Byng Rd. Port Hardy Pastor George Hilton 250-949-8925 or 250-949-8826 “Everyone welcome�

Saturday Services 9:30am - Bible Study groups 10:45am - Worship/Praise service Wednesday @ 7pm - Prayer meeting Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Offering Christian Education 250-949-8243

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Fine Art and Quality Crafts Juried Show.

Presented in a spectacular outdoor setting Sept 1,2 &3 Applications for Artisans are available at woodlandgardens.ca or phone 250-339-6901

PERSONALS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS Port Hardy meets every Wednesday & Saturday at the Upper Island Public Health Unit on Gray Street at 8pm.

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North Island Church Services NORTH ISLAND CATHOLIC CHURCHES Sunday Masses St. Mary’s Port McNeill: 9am St. Bonaventure Port Hardy: 11am St. Theresa’s Port Alice: Saturdays 5:00pm Alert Bay: 1st & 3rd Saturdays 10am Father Roger Poblete 250-956-3909

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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 Children’s Programs & Adult Bible Studies are scheduled throughout the year.

For information contact Pastor Dave Purdy • 250-956-4737

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LIGHTHOUSE RESOURCE CENTRE • Chaplain Services • Bible Studies • Spiritual Counselling • Weekly AA Groups (8635 Granville St. Port Hardy) 250-949-8125

PORT ALICE ANGLICANUNITED FELLOWSHIP Sunday Services - 4pm 1-250-949-6247 Box 159, Port Alice You are extended a special invitation to share in our Services

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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

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GWA’SALA-’NAKWAXDA’XW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH at entrance to Tsulquate Village (8898 Park Dr) Saturday/Sabbath 10:00 am-Sabbath School 11:15 am-Worship Service Pastor Randy Elliott 250-230-1885 cell

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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

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North Island Community Services Society is seeking highly motivated, organized and outcome-experience based individuals to work in the Special Services Program.

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Please forward resume with cover letter by August 23, 2012 to: North Island Community Services Society PO Box 1028, Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0 nicsbc@telus.net

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PROPOSALS FOR CATERERS North Island Concert Society is requesting proposals for caterers for our annual dinner concert to be held on April 20, 2013 at the Port Hardy Civic Centre.

We request that proposals include a minimum of two buffet menu selections; including a price per plate for each. Coffee, tea, dessert and clearing and take down must be included.

Anticipated attendance is 120-300, updates on ticket sales will be provided with ďŹ nal numbers provided in the week prior to the event.

Contractors must have appropriate business licences and insurance (WCB).

Proposals must be submitted to North Island Concert Society, Box 31, Port Hardy, BC V0N 2P0 by August 17, 2012 to be considered.

For further information call Kathleen at 250-949-7676 or Shawn at 250-902-2664.

District of Port Hardy Heavy Duty Mechanic The District of Port Hardy is looking for an experienced Heavy Duty mechanic to maintain its municipal eet. In this important role, you will maintain, service and repair a wide variety of Municipal vehicles and equipment vital to the efďŹ cient operations of the District.

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An Alberta Construction Company is hiring Dozer and Excavator Operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfield road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051.

AUTOMATED TANK Manufacturing Inc. is looking for welders. Due to a huge expansion to our plant located in Kitscoty, Alberta, 20km west of Lloydminster. We have openings for 10-3rd year apprentices or journey person welders.

We offer best wage in industry. 3rd yr apprentice $28$30/hr, journey person $32$35/hr, higher with tank experience. Profit sharing bonus plus manufacturing bonus incentive. Full insurance package 100% paid by company.

Good working environment.

Join a winning team. Call Basil or Blaine at; (office)780-8462231; (fax)780-846-2241 or send resume to: blaine@autotanks.ca; production@autotanks.ca.

Keep your feet on the ground in a safe welding environment through inhole manufacturing process. No scaffolding or elevated work platform.

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Foster Family Support Worker North Island Community Services Society is seeking a Foster Family Support Worker to provide support to Foster Families in the Mount Waddington region.

Applicants must have an applicable certiďŹ cate and at least 2 years minimum experience with supporting families. A working knowledge of the BC Foster Parents’ Protocol and Procedures is preferred. Applicants must also be highly motivated, positive, organized, and have experience in group processes and facilitation techniques.

Travel will be required.

Please forward resume with cover letter by August 17, 2012 to: North Island Community Services Society PO Box 1028, Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0 or email: nicsbc@telus.net

Special Services Worker (Medical Leave/Maternity Leave Position)

North Island Community Services Society is seeking highly motivated, organized and outcome-experience based individuals to work in the Special Services Program.

The Special Services Worker will work and support children and families to increase living skills, parenting skills, behaviour management and communication choices.

The position may include routine crisis intervention. The majority of this service takes place in the client’s home. Preference will be given to applicants with post-secondary credentials and/or related human services experience. Previous work experience is an asset.

This position is currently part-time.

A valid driver’s license and a reliable vehicle is necessary as travel will be required.

A criminal record check will be required.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted.

Please forward resume with cover letter by August 17, 2012 to: North Island Community Services Society PO Box 1028, Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0 or email: nicsbc@telus.net

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BARTENDER/SERVER Haida-Way Pub is hiring a bartender and servers, experience an asset. Serving it Right required. Also available is a temporary Front desk position until the end of November.

Please drop off your resume at the desk of Haida-Way or Email to staff@pmhotels.com

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Western Forest Products Inc. is an integrated Canadian forest products company located on Vancouver Island that is committed to the safety of our employees, the culture of performance and the discipline to achieve results.

We currently have the following openings:

Maintenance Supervisor Land Use Forester Millwrights/Apprentices Millwright/Planerman Tech Detailed job postings can be viewed at

http://www.westernforest.com/building-value/our-people-employment/careers WFP offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive beneďŹ t package and the potential to achieve annual performance rewards. If you believe that you have the skills and qualiďŹ cations that we are looking for, please reply in conďŹ dence to: Human Resource Department Facsimile: 1.866.840.9611 Email: resumes@westernforest.com

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

Youth Shelter Pilot Coordinator North Island Community Services Society is looking for a high-energy individual to coordinate a Youth Shelter Pilot Project working 35 hours a week.

The Youth Shelter Pilot Coordinator will assess youth shelter needs in the Mount Waddington region in addition to researching compatible shelter models and overseeing referrals for youth 13-18 years in need of temporary shelter. A full job description is available upon request. This is a contract position with the possibility of extension.

QualiďŹ cations include: s ! POST SECONDARY DEGREE OR DIPLOMA IN HEALTH social service ďŹ eld or a combination of experience and academic study s %XPERIENCE WITH YOUTH YOUTH ISSUES AND OR vulnerable populations s #OMPUTER PROlCIENCY IN SPREADSHEETS DATABASES and word processing software s &AMILIARITY WITH BUDGET PREPARATION AND management This position requires excellent communication and LISTENING SKILLS GOOD ORGANIZATION SKILLS THE ABILITY TO BE mEXIBLE WORK UNDER PRESSURE AND DEMONSTRATE good behaviour modeling skills.

Interested candidates must forward their resume with cover letter and the names of 3 professional references by August 15, 2012 to: nicsbc@telus.net OR North Island Community Services Society PO Box 1028 0ORT -C.EILL "# 6 . 2 Please note only short-listed applicants will be contacted for an interview.

CERTIFIED ELECTRICIANS Wanted for growing northern company. Competitive wages and benefits. Safety tickets needed. Fax 250-775-6227 or email: info@torqueindustr ial.com.

Apply online: www.torqueindustrial.com.

CERTIFIED MILLWRIGHTS Needed for growing northern company. Competitive wages and benefits. Safety tickets necessary. Fax resume to 250-775-6227 or email: info@torqueindustrial.com Online: www.torqueindustrial.com CONCRETE FINISHERS and Form Setters.

Edmonton based company seeks experienced concrete finishers and form setters for work in Edmonton and northern Alberta.

Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; Cell 780-660-8130. Fax 780-444-7103. john@raidersconcrete.com.

Diesel Mechanic Position.

Diesel engine and transmission repair shop located on Vancouver Island looking for a qualified mechanic. This person must be energetic and motivated, able to deal professionally with customers and neat in appearance. Marine and supervisory skills an asset. Competitive wage and benefit package. Fax:250-2860059 or email service@altechdiesel.com Attn:Service Manager.

FULL TIME Class 1 or 3 driver, with air, required immediately for Port Hardy. Bulk fuel/off road exp. an asset.

Clean abstract. Competitive wage package w/benefits.

Email/fax resume to: 250-9496381. port_hardy_agency@telus.net.

INSERTING MACHINE Operator required for busy Alberta printing plant. Previous Alphaliner or other machine experience an asset. Mechanical & computer aptitude required; ejamison@greatwest.ca NEUCEL SPECIALTY CELLULOSE is a softwood dissolving sulphite pulp mill, located in peaceful, picturesque Port Alice, on the majestic West Coast of BC near the Northern tip of Vancouver Island.

Do you appreciate sport fishing, hockey, mountain biking, golfing, scuba diving, hiking, camping, skiing, caving? Port Alice and the surrounding areas are a home base and playground for you and your family. Port Alice is a friendly town and a great place to raise children.

Currently there are exciting employment opportunities at Neucel and we are looking for qualified and committed people to fill them. • 2nd Class Power Engineer • Electrician (2) • Millwright (2) • Vibration Analyst • Process Engineer • Maintenance Purchaser • Manufacturing Support Engineer • Shift Superintendent To apply for any of these positions please send your resume to: hr@neucel.com or Fax 250-284-7715. www.neucel.com

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PERSONAL SERVICES

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE

RENTALS

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HELP WANTED

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HOMES WANTED

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PARTS AND Services representatives at Jacobson Ford Salmon Arm BC. We are looking for exciting, customer friendly, dynamic individuals capable of working in a fast paced work environment.

Parts and service experience an asset but not necessary, email resume to:

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FINANCIAL SERVICES PORT HARDY Well maintained 6-plex Great investment $385,000 Call Noreen 250-949-6319 imagine.it@cablerocket.com

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Roga Contracting Ltd Logging and log hauling contractor located in British Columbia, is seeking EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, HD MECHANICS and, HANDFALLERS for full time employment at their Campbell River and Port Alberni Operations.

RENTALS

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required for busy Ready Mix Concrete, Sand and Gravel company located in Port McNeill.

Must have extensive mechanical experience and a BCTQ. Commercial Vehicle Inspector’s certificate would be an asset. Full time position with union wages and beneďŹ t package.

Email or fax resume to:

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FUEL/FIREWOOD SEASONED FIREWOOD Vancouver Island’s largest firewood producer offers firewood legally obtained during forest restoration, large cords. Help restore your forest, Burndrywood.com 1-877-902-WOOD.

PORT MCNEILL 1701 Beach Drive. 3 Bedroom/2 Bath + office. Beautiful Ocean view!

New Kitchen. Priced below assessed value: $249,900. Immediate Occupancy. Call 250956-4661.

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No phone calls please.

We thank all those who express interest but will only contact those to be interviewed.

GRADE HOE OPERATOR Full-time, permanent in Logging Road Construction. Minimum 5 years experience working with rock & drills is required. Must have valid driver’s license. Rate per Union Agreement, This is not a camp position, Only qualified individuals will be considered. Fax resume with abstract 250-8710208

2 TICKETS TO MADONNA concert on Sunday Sept. 30, 2012 at 8pm. Rogers Arena, Vancouver. Section 109 Row 19 Seats 103 and 104. Price $395 for both. Phone 250-9490558. Includes event ticket protector insurance.

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MOVING SALES Leather sofa rust colored $399, coffee table and 2 end tables butterscotch colored $99, queen sized sofa bed hardly used $499, Moulinex food processor and blender $175, Black and Decker breadmaker $39, 4 burner bbq and accessories $119, plus many other items. 250-9498428.

FOR SALE BY OWNER CAYCUSE Well-Maintained Recreational Property/Home 1500 sq.ft, 3 bdrm 2 bath, 5 acres, garage.

A stone throw from pristine Cowichan Lake.

Reduced to sell $378,800.

Furnished. Ready to move in! Call 250-478-2648 or 250-745-3387.

WILLOW POINT. Newer 3bdrm, 2 bath + separate studio. Fenced yard & RV Parking. $269,900. (778)420-4256 or (250)202-8788.

HOUSES FOR SALE PORT MCNEILL, 5 bdrm, 2668 sq ft, water view, carport, 12’x16’ shop, boat shed, F/P, new roof, deck, cul-de-sac, $280,000 obo. (250)956-4547.

MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

COAL HARBOUR- Oceanside retreat on N. Vancouver Island. 1750 sq. ft. 2 bdrm, 2 full bath, finished basement, deck, sauna, hot tub and new roof in 2011. Pad rent $300/mnth. All appliances included. Auto/boat shed.

Fishing, boating, crabbing at your doorstep. $39,500. Call 250-949-6643 or 250-949-0527.

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PORT HARDY Byng Rd. 4 bdrms, 3 bath home.

2700 sq ft on 1/3 acre.

Priced to sell. $238,000.

Phone 250-949-8841.

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TICKETED Crane Operator in the West Kootenay Area with experience/Ability up to 75 ton crane send resume to wkm@shawcable.com

PERSONAL SERVICES ASTROLOGY/PSYCHICS PSYCHIC READER advisor tells love, marriage, business.

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TRANSPORTATION 2002-FORD EXPLORER XLS. Runs excellent. 157,000 kms.

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Phone Rick 250-956-4555 PORT HARDY Renovated 3 bdrm condo, secure building & caretaker on site. N/P, N/S. Avail. immediately.

Heat & hot water incl. $750/mo. Ref. req. Call 250949-7085 leave message.

CARS 2007 CUSTOM Chev HHR. Excellent condition. Loaded.

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Black Press is proud to be an official sponsor for the 2012 Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock, with news reporter Kyle Slavin on the 18-member tour team as a media rider. To follow Kyle Slavin’s Twitter updates from the final weeks of training and throughout the ride, follow @TDRKyle.

ON TOUR: This year’s Tour de Rock begins in Port Alice on Sunday, Sept. 23 and ends Friday, Oct. 5 in Victoria.

Tour de Rock raises funds and awareness for pediatric cancer research and programs.

HELP OUT: Donations can be made at www. copsforcancer.ca FIND OUT: To catch up on all the Tour de Rock news, photos and videos, go online to:

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Police officers Jett and Dorothy Junio are the first married couple to take on Tour de Rock Christine van Reeuwyk Black Press

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n a unique turn of events, a married couple will cruise Vancouver Island as part of the Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock.

Const. Dorothy Junio, the Oak Bay police school resource officer, will tackle the Tour de Rock alongside husband Const. Jett Junio of Saanich police.

They are the first married couple “You only get to to take part in the do it once and do it Canadian Cancer together …”

Society fundraiser.

“You only get to do – Const. Dorothy Junio it once and to do it together …,” Dorothy began.

“It’s a unique opportunity for sure,” Jett finished. “We have the luxury of debriefing everything we do from work to riding because we’re on the same page.”

They also share in fundraising responsibilities and aside from police work, in a local business as well. Jett returns to the Saanich police ranks in January after an 18-month leave to run Riders Cycles, a bicycle business on Cloverdale Avenue that the couple purchased a year ago.

The Junios came to Victoria four years ago after long careers with the Edmonton Police Service.

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rooted in Edmonton. The Island-wide ride, Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock, developed from those events in the mid-1990s.

“We knew the event (in Edmonton) was raising funds for kids with cancer, but the magnitude didn’t hit us until we got here,” Jett said.

“The fever we didn’t feel until we got to the Island,” Dorothy added. “The whole Island embracing it is amazing.”

With their kids, Adam and Ethan hitting 16 and 17 this year, they felt an opportunity to make a commitment to the cause. Plus it’s a year of milestones for the pair; both turned 50, celebrated 25 years of policing and it’s the 15th year of the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock.

Then there’s the illness itself. Dorothy’s mom developed cancer (she’s faring well right now), and suddenly they saw it throughout their peers.

“It became a big deal,” Dorothy said.

The biggest hurdles won’t be the kilometres-long hills or rainy days spent on a bike.

“It’s going to be the emotions,” Dorothy said. “You sometimes have to battle that along with the physical.”

As for the highs, just participating and seeing people dig deep to give is already providing those.

“The ride itself is secondary,” Jett said.

“It’s a vehicle to reach out to people for a greater cause: the kids.”

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Police officers Dorothy and Jett Junio, owners of Riders Cycles in Saanich, will be the first married couple to take on the Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock ride this fall.

Featuring a very low ecological footprint during construction and operation, the Kokish River Hydroelectric Project is being developed to produce clean and reliable electricity from run-of-river waterpower to help meet the future energy needs of British Columbia.

Visit kokishriver.com for more information.