Alberni Valley News, November 22, 2012

Alberni Valley

NEWS

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After more than a century, Hesquiaht vindicated over wrongful hanging.

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Students at AW Neill explore science, technology at Grade 8 Science Fair.

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Vol. 7 No. 13

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Page 13 North Island College aboriginal education advisor Luke George asks ‘where’s the funding?’ as he and other members of CUPE Loc. 3479 picket in front of the college, Tuesday morning.

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Fill a QF food bag and help a food drive SUSAN QUINN Alberni Valley News

Quality Foods, RBC Royal Bank and the Alberni Valley News are teaming up for a holiday food drive this week.

In today’s issue of the News you’ll find a grocery bag from Quality Foods; we’re

asking our readers to consider putting some non-perishable food items in the bags and dropping them off at either Quality Foods on 10th Avenue or Royal Bank on Third Avenue.

The food will go toward food bank programs in the Alberni Valley.

People can donate to the Royal Bank food drive in a number of ways in addition to the Quality Foods bags, branch manager Matei Mateias said.

The bank has put out collection boxes at its Third Avenue branch where people can donate individual non-perishable food

items. The bank is also selling bags that have already been filled with food for $10.

“We sell the bags and we donate the food,” Mateias said.

Mateias also wanted to ensure the food banks received some cash donations, so the bank bought

10 of the pre-made grocery bags and will donate the cash raised from selling these particular bags.

Bank staff has also collected another $100 from clients.

Anyone wishing to purchase a pre-made bag may do so at the reception desk or any teller.

The food drive will continue until just before Christmas “so we have enough time to sell all the bags and get them to the food bank before Christmas,” he added.

Last year the bank collected two boxes of food and $200, which was donated to the Salvation Army’s food

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The Royal Bank has a number of other initiatives on the go this Christmas, Mateias said.

The Quality Foods newspaper bag promotion is carried out annually in an Island-wide co-ordinated effort.

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Hesquiaht forgives province for century old hanging WAWMEESH G. HAMILTON Alberni Valley News

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n 10 minutes, B.C. Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ida Chong did her best to erase 143 years of pain suffered by the Hesquiaht people for the wrongful hanging of one of their ancestors in front of his family.

“In 1869, justice of the day was carried out in a harsh and violent manner to two of your ancestors – John Anietsachist and Katkinna,” the MLA for Oak BayGordon Head said to a crowd of more than 400 gathered at Maht Mahs gym in Port Alberni.

“Oh behalf of the government of British Columbia, I wish to express our sincere regret that your homeland was forced to bear witness to such violence.”

The past can’t be undone, Chong said.

“But whatever your ancestry, wherever we live, we share with you a common sorrow of man’s cruelty to man.”

In return, Anietsachist’s greatgreat-great-grandson, Anietsachist Victor Amos, thanked Chong and, in expressing

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Left, BC Aboriginal Affairs Minister Ida Chong presents a gift to Hesquiaht officials last Saturday. Right, the descendants of Anietsachist gather in a show of forgiveness for a century old hanging.

forgiveness, brought an end to a bitter resentment that endured for more than a century.

“If we don’t forgive as a family then that becomes a cancer of the heart and it will eat you alive,” Amos said. “But it’s more than just a hanging that we forgive for.”

Anietsachist, a Hesquiaht leader, and his friend were hanged in front of Anietsachist’s family.

Colonial officials left the gallows the

‘My grandfather paid the

ultimate price.’

– Victor Amos men were hanged on standing for five years.

“We have to forgive and we forgive all of the people who played a role,” Amos said.

“My grandfather paid the ultimate price –

with his life.”

Anietsachist and Katkinna were convicted of murdering a man and a woman who died aboard the ship John Bright, which capsized in a storm near Hesquiaht harbour on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. Autopsies found no evidence of murder, but conflicting testimony during a five minute trial at court in Victoria sealed the men’s fates.

The Hesquiaht resolved to pursue justice eight years ago and wouldn’t stop until amends were made, Amos said.

“We didn’t want the history books to show that my grandfather was a murderer,” he said.

The sense of closure remains short of complete, though.

Saturday’s events orbited around Anietsachist, but very little is known about Katkinna, the second man who was hanged,

Amos said.

The expression of regret helps bring closure to the Hesquiaht, but it also represents a step in the broader work government has been doing. “With all our government was doing with respect to other First Nations — with reconciliation, with recognition, with respect — we felt that this was one area that had to be dealt with before we could move forward with any other matters,” Chong

said.

Public officials see a lot in the course of their political lives, said Chong, who has been in office since 1996. But this event sits near the top of her experiences, she said. “It’s not what I saw but what I felt and I felt a lot today,” Chong said.

The day was the result of a lot of meetings and a lot of lobbying, AlberniPacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser said.

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We’re close enough to December, so “It’s the most wonderful time of the year.” Check out the McLean Mill Christmas Craft Fair this weekend. Friday’s event goes from 4-8 p.m. And Saturday’s festivities run from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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NTC to fight federal funding slash WAWMEESH G. HAMILTON ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

The Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council (NTC) is facing a 60 per cent cut to its federal funding and it’s not going down without swinging, president Cliff Atleo said.

“I think that the federal government has picked a fight with us and we’re prepared to take them on,” Atleo said Thursday outside the tribal council’s office building.

Atleo wasn’t referring to just Nuu-chah-nulth: all aboriginal groups across the country faced cuts.

In a show of solidarity, Atleo was flanked by AFN BC Regional Chief Jody Wilson-Rabould, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs president Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, and First Nations Summit Task Group member Dan Smith. Their groups are seeing a 10 per cent funding cut.

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Minister John Duncan announced the cuts to aboriginal organizations and tribal councils country-wide last September.

The cuts will trigger in 2014. The NTC’s budget will be reduced from $1.25

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Flanked by Nuu-chah-nulth officials, NTC president Cliff Atleo, centre, performs a chant before launching a protest about the federal government decision to slash 60 per cent of its funding .

million to $500,000.

The move will impact program and service delivery to more than 8,000 Nuu-chah-nulth people on the west coast of Vancouver Island and in urban centres.

The NTC delivers programs including fisheries, economic development, education, social development and the news publication Hashilthsa. The organization employs 154 people, and jobs are on the line if cuts proceed.

The tribal council will have to cut at least 25 jobs, Atleo said. “We’re one of the larger employers in the Alberni Valley; this affects all of us,” he added.

In a later interview,

Atleo said the number was abstract and that nothing was cast in stone yet. “There’s still things being looked at and other considerations to be planned for like severance,” he said.

The cuts to Nuu-chah-nulth represent a 60 per cent reduction in funding, the steepest amount leveled at any aboriginal group, Atleo said.

Nuu-chah-nulth is the home turf of AFN President Shawn Atleo, Canada’s highest profile aboriginal leader.

And the Nuu-chahnulth recently won a key aboriginal rights fisheries case that caused a shift in how aboriginal fisheries are managed.

Neither factor is a variable in the cuts to NTC funding, Cliff Atleo said. “There’s a bigger agenda at play,” he said.

That agenda involves the country’s resources and the spectre of aboriginal rights encumbering the extraction of such resources, UBCIC Grand Chief Stewart Phillip said.

“We’re the last line of defence between the country’s resources and a federal government that wants to open it up and devastate it.”

Phillip also doesn’t buy that everyone had to sharpen the pencil and prepare to make cuts. “The most vulnerable people in the country are facing cuts, meanwhile

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corporations are benefitting from tax cuts,” he said.

Nanaimo-Alberni MP James Lunney declined an invitation to attend the press conference, but he did speak about the cuts at a previous engagement.

“Every (federal) department is having its challenges right now,” Lunney said.

Many services have been reduced, but not cut. “The adjustment process is going to be a challenge,” he said.

Aboriginal leaders met with Prime Minister Stephen Harper in January to establish the begining of a new fiscal relationship. “But our leaders found out about the cuts after reading about it in the National Post,” Phillip said.

The cuts are troubling and

disturbing, WilsonRabould said. “A new fiscal relationship means sitting down with us to talk about what we can do together and support our First Nations’ re-building efforts,” she said. “It doesn’t mean one party imposing on another.”

Aboriginal advocate Ernie Crey was in Port Alberni the week of the protest for a fisheries meeting. The issue called to mind the words of Pam Palmeter, who vied for the AFN national chief ’s seat last summer, Crey related.

“I remember her saying about Harper’s government ‘You have to stand up to the bully every time’.

“She was right, and they have to do it loudly starting right now.”

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Lions’ TV auction returns 40th anniversary: | This year’s event Saturday, Nov. 24 will help three kid-oriented programs.

SUSAN QUINN Alberni Valley News

The Alberni Valley Lions Club is gearing up for its 40th annual television auction this Saturday, Nov. 24, starting at 4 p.m.

See the full list of auction items in our pullout list on pages 6 and 35.

There are 304 items ranging from hockey jerseys to toys, jewelry to tools, books, art supplies, gift baskets, kitchen and sporting equipment and more.

“We almost always open with the J&L (gift certificate). This year we’re closing with tickets to a BC Lions game,” auction organizer Russ McLaughlin said. “In between the two are all kinds of things for the whole family.”

The TV Auction is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. To celebrate, the

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Don Hudson, left, Russ McLaughlin and Tom Hall (in front) maneuvre their way around more than 300 items that have been donated for the Lions’ auction.

proceeds from every 40th item will go towards three special kid-oriented programs in the Alberni Valley.

The Lions hope to raise at least $2,700 from these specially selected items.

“The theme is ‘For the Kids’,” McLaughlin said. So it made sense to choose three programs.

The first is Under the Big Top, a joint effort between the city’s Parks and Recreation department and Mt. Arrowsmith Skating Club. The March 1 event will feature an afternoon show where every elementary school student will attend. An evening show will be open

to the public for an admission fee. The Lions will donate $1,000 towards the students’ tickets.

Ron Doetzel, manager of recreation services for the city, will be a guest auctioneer for part of the special items.

The second kids’ program is Coats for Kids. Cathy Cross at

the community school and her volunteers solicit donations of gently used coats, which are distributed to students who need them. The Lions annually donate $1,000 towards cleaning and repair of the donated coats.

The third is the annual Lions’ Bullhead Derby, which takes place during Salmon Festival weekend.

You can check out the auction items online at avlionsauction.com.

There is a photo of each item as well as its value and donor.

The phone lines will be open at 4 p.m. for pre-bids. At 4:15 p.m. the show goes live and the auctioneers come out and give viewers instructions on how the auction will proceed. Live bids start at 4:30 p.m.

To bid on any item included in the TV Auction, please call 778-421-3108. editor@albernivalleynews.com

Man acquitted of theft, police chase WAWMEESH G. HAMILTON Alberni Valley News

A man who had been accused of being involved in a break and enter at Jay’s Lace It Up on April 22 has been acquitted of all charges.

In Port Alberni Provincial Court on Monday, Judge J. Joe acquitted Pierre Gino Guidotti of break and enter, possession of stolen property, flight from a peace officer and dangerous driving.

A lack of corroborating evidence regarding Guidotti’s identification the day of the incident resulted in the acquittal. “The only evidence of his identification came from his co-accused Robin Schultz,” provincial prosecutor Graham Merke said.

“Her evidence solely didn’t prove his identification beyond a reasonable doubt.”

On May 4, Judge D.

Cowling sentenced Schultz, 29, to 535 days in jail and 18 months probation for motor vehicle theft, break and enter and failing to stop.

She has now been paroled and may be in treatment, Merke said.

On April 22, the windows at Jay’s Lace It Up were smashed and someone stole thousands of dollars worth of merchandise before fleeing.

Schultz was in a vehicle that police chased along Hwy. 4 after the driver failed to pull over.

The truck drove over an RCMP spike belt placed across the highway at Hilliers Road by Oceanside RCMP. The truck, which was later determined to be stolen from Nanaimo, continued on but drove into a ditch at Qualicum Beach.

Schultz was apprehended after a foot chase.

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EDITORIAL

Railway taxes can’t continue Reality check on teen suicide in B.C. At first glance, restoring passenger rail service on Vancouver Island is a positive move. A well-run service would ease pressure on the heavily-used Malahat Drive and provide a more environmentally friendly transportation option, getting residents out of their cars.

But a lot of questions still don’t have answers, including whether the service is even viable on the Island.

Regional districts across the Island have given preliminary approval to a request by the Island Corridor Foundation for a collective $3.2-million in one-time grants-inaid, contingent on ICF’s ability to produce a solid commitment from VIA Rail to reinstate passenger service between Courtenay and Victoria.

The Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District is one of five regional districts asked to pony up so work can get started on the upgrades, which don’t yet include the Parksville-to-Alberni spar.

The provincial and federal governments have kicked in $15 million collectively, the rail operator is paying $500,000 and the foundation would pursue financing from lenders for the remaining $2.2 million.

The ICF is asking taxpayers to invest in passenger rail, but the question remains whether the Island has enough people willing to use this service to make it a viable business venture in the long term.

And is this the end of the money train?

Current funds would bring the track up to safety standards for the next 10 years, but then what? When would Port Alberni see investment at its end of the tracks?

The foundation needs to show this is a solid business, one that taxpayers won’t be continually asked to subsidize.

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TOM FLETCHER B.C. Views

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ICTORIA – If you find Premier Christy Clark’s campaign against teen bullying to be superficial or even self-serving, I’ve got news for you. It’s potentially worse than that.

With the greatest respect to the family of Amanda Todd, her tragic case isn’t representative of teen suicide any more than it is typical of high-school bullying.

A clearer and more disturbing picture emerges from the latest report of B.C.’s Representative for Children and Youth, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond.

It’s a survey of 89 child protection cases from 2007 to 2010, where 15 kids killed themselves and the rest inflicted serious self-injury, in some cases repeatedly.

The word “bully” does not appear in the report.

It speaks of domestic violence, physical and sexual abuse, addiction, and runaways targeted by street predators. Threequarters of the kids were removed from their homes to protect them from their parents. More than half are aboriginal.

Its key conclusion is that shifting traumatized and mentally ill teens from institutional care to foster homes isn’t working.

Earnest but inadequately trained foster parents and social workers can’t cope with kids who need diagnosis, treatment and supervision.

Without that, kids shuffled through foster homes an average of a dozen times in three years, with little attachment to home or school. Some were violent, no surprise given their formative years.

I asked Turpel-

Lafond about the B.C. government’s recent focus on bullying. She said it’s worthwhile, and there are parallels between Amanda’s case and more common teen suicides. One is isolation at moments of crisis.

“Say you’re a middleclass parent with a child who hasn’t come out of their bedroom in six months, or you have a boy in foster care who’s in his 14th home,” she said.

“They both want to kill themselves, so what do you do?”

Ideally, you intervene and get them to a child psychologist.

Parents or guardians who can’t afford $150 an hour can wait months for the Ministry of Children and Family Development to arrange it. And in the meantime, our supposedly family-based foster care system sends them to

‘...shifting traumatized and mentally ill teens from institutional care to foster homes isn’t working.’

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“I’m really worried about how [school-based anti-bullying programs] will affect the most vulnerable kids, because you start anonymously reporting someone as being a bully,” TurpelLafond said.

“Yeah, we know they’re in the youth justice system. We know they’re troubled. By the way, they’ve been sexually and physically abused, jumped through 30 foster homes, and now we want to label them again?”

This is not to suggest that the existing B.C. effort isn’t substantial.

The ministry reports that there are 2,221 front-line staff positions, of which 219 are currently vacant.

It’s notoriously difficult to recruit, train and keep child protection workers, especially in remote communities.

Turpel-Lafond says her latest figures show the child and youth mental health service has 476 staff, with 21 vacancies and a government-wide hiring freeze.

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Kids aren’t reached as case loads increase From / 10 And many of those are doing double duty as community service managers.

Those managers don’t even have reliable data on case loads, she said. They just know they’re overwhelmed and many of the kids aren’t being reached.

This is not about political blame. I can trace this problem back to when Grace McCarthy was children’s minister, and the NDP did no better.

I’ve learned a bit

about Riverview and Tranquille, asylums that were closed because of a modern belief that they were inhumane.

At least they offered safety and medical care to even the most damaged people.

Right now our enlightened, progressive society can’t even help most of the kids we know are at high risk.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com

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Tourism series and eye opener

To the Editor, Rather than take responsibility for chronic nursing understaffing, the B.C government is attempting to coerce nurses to take flu shots.

Is that so if a flu epidemic breaks out in hospitals, government officials can blame it on nurses who neglected taking the shot? That’s sick.

And what makes nurses more sick is chronic nursing shortages meaning nurses are repeatedly asked to work overtime and overextend themselves to reduce waiting times for patients.

Over the past 20-plus years in B.C the nursing force has steadily declined but health-care management by so-called “authorities” has burgeoned by leaps and bounds.

Some of the high wages, perks, benefits, and pension monies could hire nurses.

It’s time to put the nursing-to-patient ratio in B.C on a weight-gain protocol and give health-care bureaucracy a high colonic.

Liz Stonard, Port Alberni

To the Editor, It was a refreshing experience to read what June KasperskiWild, the “Intentional Tourist”, had to say about our Valley.

I have seen everything she talks about. The hardest for me was to accept that our Centennial celebrations were not advertised anywhere outside of our local papers.

I saw a Vancouver Sun summer supplement, where every tiny craft fair and music festival from Merritt to Port Hardy was mentioned – but not a word about our town.

When I asked about it in an informal meeting, the explanation was: Chamber of Commerce spent all its money and energy building the new information center.

I usually read this paper very carefully, and remember seeing an article about a new tourism liaison person, who was hired a couple of years ago.

What happened to her?

What happened to the new “Bear claws” logo, which was produced at a great cost? All the city

trucks and business licenses still use the old one. Surely the money spent there could have bought a little story in the Sun or Colonist.

I disagree with the writer about the Valley being more beautiful in the winter than in the summer. In winter, all the new and used car lots, junkyards, unkempt yards and unpainted walls are more clearly visible, than in the summer.

Judging from the five o’clock traffic going over the hump to Parksville and Qualicum, not many working people like living here.

Some commute even from Courtenay and Nanaimo. We are just being used as a thoroughfare to Tofino, and a paycheck for the east side communities.

That’s a depressing thought.

When I went to a local (tourism based) business to talk about the proposed coal port, saying it would not be very beneficial to their business, the answer was: “Port Alberni is ugly anyway”. Wow. With a little change of attitude from the powers on top, down to us lowly local citizens, this could

be the prettiest little town on Vancouver Island. But does anyone care?

Rayana Erland, Port Alberni

ICF structure needs repair To the Editor, The Island Corridor Foundation, the nonprofit that owns the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway, recently started asking Vancouver Island regional districts for $3.2 million to repair bridges along the route.

So far, AlberniClayoquot has agreed to contribute $115,000, and the Cowichan Valley district has pledged $488,100.

Last week, the CRD’s Finance Committee approved $1.2 million for the ICF pending approval.

Island taxpayers need to be concerned.

A CRD report stated the $3.2 million won’t cover the upgrades needed. Worse, the ICF has not obtained a commitment from VIA Rail to resume basic passenger service.

The ICF’s claim that it will cost only $3.2 million to get all 48 bridges and trestles up to basic operational level

strains credibility.

A February 2012 report conducted for the Ministry of Transportation said it would cost at least $8.7 million to get the bridges operational and operating for 10 years?

The ICF has decided that only its board members and employees need to know what its plan is. The public is supposed to provide cash and not ask any questions.

The ICF also receives $340,000 annually from Telus for telecommunications lines that run along its right-of-way. What happened to all those funds?

I want to see railway service return. However, I believe the regional districts should refuse the funding request until the ICF has a new executive, a transparent board, and a realistic plan..

Jim Sturgill, E&N Railway Action Group (Editor’s note: Jim Sturgill was a member of the ICF’s rail operations committee for several years.

In January 2011, according to Sturgill, the ICF disbanded the committee.)

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It was three days before Remembrance Day and I stood in the store listening to blaring Christmas Music - watching the staff unload box after box of Christmas decorations and it brought to mind all those whose Christmas treasures have been washed away. So many will be not be “Dreaming of a white Christmas” but praying for a roof over their heads.

In the next few weeks your to-do list will suddenly quadrupled You may be spending more money than you intended. The holidays can be stressful but as we begin the mad rush let’s try to remember those in need. For those who can afford it, there’s endless opportunities to give someone a joyous Christmas. And for those who are already living on a shoestring budget, you would be surprised at how much you can do. For instance, if you meet the requirements, you could make a trip to your local BLOOD DONOR CLINIC. What better gift to give than the gift of life. There is a 3 DAY CLINIC SCHEDULE AT THE BARCLAY HOTEL DECEMBER 4-6. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS CALL 1-888-2-DONATE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT. As we get ready to celebrate the birth of Jesus the greatest gift of all - the simplest pleasures of helping others can make the season bright and fill us with the joy and wonder of Christmas.

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WTF: where’s the funding? the government hasn’t allowed them,” she added.

“And so that’s where we’re stuck — our fight isn’t with our employer (North Island College) right now; our fight is with the government.”

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COURTENAY — Classes were cancelled for North Island College students Tuesday as college CUPE workers walked off the job and set up picket lines in front of all Vancouver Island campuses.

According to NIC, the North Island College Faculty Association (NICFA) said it would respect these picket lines, and classes were also cancelled Wednesday as CUPE 3479 members continue trying to grab the provincial government’s attention during the two-day strike.

“What we are looking for is a wage increase equal to the settlements that all of the public sector locals that have currently settled this term have received,” CUPE 3479 president Michelle Waite said Monday.

The union wants a four-per-cent pay hike over two years, she added, noting a similar increase in the B.C. Government Employees’ Union Master Agreement signed earlier this fall.

Waite blames the province’s 2012 Cooperative Gains Mandate because she said it’s keeping a possible wage increase off the table completely during bargaining.

“Our biggest issue is our employers’ inability to negotiate wages with us because

‘The last thing we want to do is impact students.’

– Michelle Waite NIC spokesperson Susan Auchterlonie said the college — and its bargaining agent, the PostSecondary Employers’ Association (PSEA) — must abide by the mandate from the province.

She added the college has a “very good relationship” with its CUPE staff and has expressed its “frustration” with the situation to the PSEA and the Ministry of Advanced Education.

Overall, Auchterlonie stressed, NIC is just hoping things will be resolved soon; the semester wraps up with the last day of classes Dec. 7 and exams are set to begin right after, so the lost instructional days are coming at a somewhat critical point in the year.

“We’re just really hopeful we can get this resolved quickly,” said Auchterlonie.

“We don’t want to have any further disruption for our

students.”

Waite said CUPE 3479 will assess the situation before deciding on any further strike activity.

Union members at NIC voted 86 per cent in favour of strike action last week and followed up with strike notice to the Labour Relations Board.

CUPE 3479 has about 170 members, with about 105 of those at the Comox Valley campus, according to Waite. She added member turnout for the vote, which was about 50 per cent, was “really good” considering members are spread out over the college’s various campuses and the notice was short.

CUPE 3479 members are among about 3,000 college support workers represented

by CUPE, and members at various other institutions,

including Vancouver Island University and Camosun College on the Island, that are also striking because they’ve hit the same “impasse about wages,” according to Waite.

CUPE support workers at B.C.’s community colleges have been without a contract since 2010.

Waite said CUPE chose not to sign a collective agreement during the 2010 to 2012 term when the province’s net zero mandate was in place, as other public sector unions did.

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Waite said she hopes for some response from the province soon, as CUPE members don’t want to hinder student learning.

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Family protests selling off of century old masks DAVID WIWCHAR

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he last time the Hamilton family saw their sacred masks in person, they were being danced across the floor at a memorial potlatch.

The next time they saw the masks, they were pictured on an auction website on Nov. 4 with a large ‘SOLD’ sign stamped across them.

The Hinkeets (sea serpent) masks are among the most sacred items within Nuu-chah-nulth culture. Only chiefs or high-ranking families own them, and train their sons to dance them according to ancient protocols.

Jessie Hamilton was royalty: a Ha-kuum (queen) within the Hupacasath First Nation. Two of her most prized cultural possessions were a pair of Hinkeets masks: a male and female painted bright red, white, black, and blue, estimated at more than a century old.

The pair of ancient Hinkeets masks came from the Ucluelet First Nation, from Jessie’s mother upon

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Hinteets masks formerly belonging to Jessie Hamiton of Hupacasath were used last at the memorial potlach for her sister Beaulah Sayers in 2006. immediately called hint at the idea of her marriage to Dan Wawmeesh, who in selling those masks, Watts of Hupacasath, turn called family and became hers after my mother would member and wellhave slapped the her mother’s death in known lawyer Judith taste right out of 1967.

Sayers for help. your mouth,” said When Jessie died at The two then phoned Wawmeesh. the age of 84 in 2008, Seahawk Auctions “They are not her will specified that in Vancouver and chattel to be bought all of her “household tried to have the and sold; they are our possessions” would sale halted, but were family histories over go to her youngest told the seller had thousands of years, daughter, Joy. But produced a legal will and our place within according to Joy’s proving ownership of Hupacasath and Nuuolder brother the masks and the sale chah-nulth culture.”

Wawmeesh George would go on.

Wawmeesh learned Hamilton, who is now “We tried to explain of the auction sale forced to deal with through a cousin, who to them that there is the cultural storm a difference between happened to be at a swirling around private property Vancouver auction the sacred Hinkeets 32 days til Christmas and family cultural of Northwest Coast masks, there’s a big property, but their Native Arts. The difference between heads were full of cousin recognized personal possessions dollar signs instead the distinctive masks and family cultural of sense,” Wawmeesh as belonging to the possessions. & Accessories Hamilton family, and “If you were to even

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the masks as well as a series of eight black and white photographs depicting the Hinkeets used during historic rituals or celebrations.

According to Wawmeesh, his 45-year-old younger sister Joy is travelling in Goa, India; she and her boyfriend left Port Alberni two months ago on their second trip in a year to India.

Hupacasath carver Rod Sayers (Judith Sayers’ brother and the Hamiltons’ cousin) has offered to carve a replica pair, and plans to offer them first to the buyer of the original masks before giving them to the family as a replacement.

As for Joy, all attempts to contact her have failed. She has not returned phone calls or e-mails, and Wawmeesh said she will not be welcomed back by her family.

“There’s no ‘I’m

sorry’ here. There’s no going back,” said Wawmeesh. “She can’t carry a (traditional Hupacasath) name, title, or participate culturally now,” he said.

Seahawk Auctions have also refused to return calls on this matter, and Wawmeesh said police are now involved.

“The auction (house) should have pulled them. They should have done cultural due diligence,” said Wawmeesh.

“These masks are the highest of cultural property on the west coast here, and they should have recognized that and realized there would be an issue with those masks,” he said. “I would like to see the issue brought to court so communal property issues could be formalized.”

Wawmeesh has resigned himself to the loss. The loss of the masks is almost as painful as the loss of his mother, and now the loss of his sister – and future generations will be deprived of seeing the ancient Hamilton family Hinkeets danced at potlatches and important events.

“The ancient songs and dances will still be performed with the new masks, but they’ll be like a prosthetic after an amputation,” said Wawmeesh.”

(Editor’s note: The News asked David Wiwchar to write this story to avoid a conflict of interest because it involves a staff member.)

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BCIT students get locie for conductor training on APR small diesel-electric locomotive that used to push cars around the yard at the paper mill. MacMillan Bloedel gifted the small locie to the IHS in the 1990s and it has been under restoration since then.

BCIT wanted students to have the ability to switch railcars in the yard where there is more than one locomotive in motion. Restoring the No. 11 will give them this capability, volunteer David Hooper said.

The good side to this story is the student conductors will now have a more realistic experience.

This gives the Alberni Pacific Railway an edge over the other BCIT training site in Squamish because APR volunteers can simulate a busy railyard and they also have the private line that goes out to McLean Mill, Hooper said.

The IHS will recoup some of its costs by running the BCIT practicums, he said.

If you see someone in a yellow and blue jacket checking out your vehicle while it’s parked in a parking lot, it’s probably a member of Citizens on Patrol conducting a Lock Out Auto Crime survey.

Port Alberni RCMP and COPS were at the Walmart parking lot last Friday surveying vehicles in order to raise awareness around vehicle security.

While auto crime is decreasing in the Alberni Valley, “This time of year we do see an increase in calls because there are more shoppers out,” RCMP Cpl. Jen Allan said.

“This would be a prime picking ground for a criminal,” she said.

Marlene Flory, a COPS member, has been volunteering at the Lock Out Auto Crime events for several years.

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RCMP Cpl. Jen Allan, right, puts Gloria Claydon through a ‘spot the target’ quiz.

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Two classes of BC Institute of Technology (BCIT) student conductors have been using the Alberni Pacific Railway for some of their on-the-job training this week.

Trains will continue to operate on the railway between the train station on Argyle Street and Smith Road at McLean Mill until Sunday, Nov. 25.

Trains are operating between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m. and Alberni Valley drivers are asked to pay special attention at rail crossings.

Please obey the signals, particularly if the trainees are on the ground after dark. Students will sometimes use flares and lanterns for signaling in the dark, especially at lower Argyle Street crossing.

Walkers and ATVers are cautioned to stay off the railroad tracks as well as Roger Creek Trestle.

The Industrial Heritage Society, in order to prepare for this training, restored the No. 11

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Van Isle Ford dealer principal Will Pulford has purchased the Dennis Jonsson GM dealership. Pulford officially took over last Friday.

Dennis Jonsson sold the Chevrolet-GMC dealership in October, capping nearly three decades of selling cars in the Alberni Valley.

Pulford bought the Ford dealership on lower Johnston Road in the spring of 2010.

He always intended to buy another dealership, and has been looking seriously for the past year, he said.

“When the opportunity came up to purchase the store in Port Alberni it made sense. It kind of fit.”

Last February he announced his intention to build a larger dealership on Beaver Creek Road, on the site formerly occupied by the Alberni Athletic Hall.

Pulford said the GM and Ford dealerships will continue to operate independently; he

will not move the GM dealership to the new site.

“The GM dealership is kind of new. It’s literally in the best location in town for a car dealership,” he said, adding that the location was one of the things that attracted him to the sale.

Pulford is happy he is able to keep his new purchase within the community. “My wife and I love it here and we thought what better way to show Port Alberni that we love it here... than to support the community by investing in another business?”

Pulford has hired two news sales managers, one for each dealership. Brett Brenneman started at Van Isle Ford on Nov. 1, while Shawn Lawson is the new sales manager at Pacific Chevrolet Buick GMC Ltd. Meanwhile, construction on the new 15,000-squarefoot Ford millennium concept facility on Beaver Creek Road will start soon.

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The doors have closed for the final time at Westcoast Home Hardware on Third Avenue. But don’t despair: the store will reopen in a bigger space in the north end of Port Alberni in less than a week.

The Westcoast Home Hardware Building Centre will officially open on Thursday, Nov. 29 at 8 a.m. in the old Alberni Mall lot, at the north end of Johnston Road.

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The new building centre will be 30,000 square feet, more than three times as large as the old store.

More importantly, Lavertu will be hiring additional staff—as many as 20 people.

Crews have been busy renovating the old Safeway portion of the Alberni Mall in anticipation of Home Hardware’s move.

Other stores that will open in the next few months adjacent to Home Hardware include Aaron’s Home Furnishings and Appliances, and The Brick.

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◆ BUSINESS

Smell gas?

Café ‘Punk’d’ TRADEMARKS: | SteamWorks switches to SteamPunk Café.

Get out, then call: FortisBC’s 24-hour Emergency Line at 1-800-663-9911, or 911.

SUSAN QUINN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

Natural gas is used safely in homes across B.C. every day. FortisBC adds an odourant that smells like rotten eggs or sulphur. If there’s a leak, you’ll smell it.

FortisBC uses the FortisBC name and logo under license

from Fortis Inc. (08/12 11-001.5A)

r e v o c g s n i i D hopp in the S

Kevin Wright has only been in business for three months, but he’s already having to change the name of his coffee house.

SteamWorks Café opened in the summer on Third Avenue, a trendy new café with a steampunk theme—and, it turns out, a name already trademarked

by SteamWorks Brew Pub in Gastown.

In order to correct this trademark infringement, Wright has changed the name of his café to SteamPunk Café and Coffee House.

“During the spring when we were trying to figure out a name, ‘SteamPunk’ was actually my first choice,” Wright said. He ran checks on several different names to make sure they were legal, and received permission to use SteamWorks. He has since discovered that approval from Victoria doesn’t necessarily mean the name is OK to use.

SteamWorks Brew Pub owner Eli Gershkovitch said he found out about Wright’s café on Facebook.

Gershkovitch trademarked “SteamWorks” on Nov. 3, 2000 with the Canadian Intellectual Property

SONJA DRINKWATER/ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

SteamPunk Café and Coffee House owner Kevin Wright toasts his stepdaughter, Madi Pollard-Wright, shortly after the café opened in July.

Office.

Gershkovitch explained in an e-mail to the Alberni Valley News that he asked Wright to change the café’s name to prevent confusion, as well as to protect the SteamWorks brand he has created with his brewery.

Gershkovitch said he was impressed with Wright’s operations. “I also plan on patronizing the SteamPunk Café the next time I am in Port Alberni,” he said.

Wright has changed his signs.

editor@albernivalleynews.com

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The ladies of the Alberni Valley United Church were kept busy in the kitchen feeding the throngs of bazaar attendees on Saturday. A huge thanks to everyone that attended.

Edie Penner is a member of the local Rainforest Guild and told about this doll that she made to the many local members and 20 invited guests that came from Courtenay to share their projects with everyone.

Artist Gordon Dick gives us a sneak peek at one of the new doors that will lead into the auditorium of ADSS. The public will be able to see them on Dec. 7 from 2 to 7 p.m. At the grand opening.

Deb Cross of the Rainforest Quilters Guild of Port Alberni with her unique doll that she brought to the AV Search and Rescue Hall on last Thursday. The local group has 40plus members and are always ready to welcome more. They meet at 1 p.m. At the AV Search and Rescue Hall on the second Thursday of every month (not December) and if you would like more information contact Fran at 250-723-8557.

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The Canadian Cancer Society, Port Alberni members, Ron Frolic, left, and Betty Argotow, right, thank Ken McCallum (Canadian Tire), Chris Canuel (Breaker Marine), Jimmie Pelk (See Group of Companies) and Dennis Jonsson (Dennis Jonsson Motor Products) for enabling them to raise $1,200 through daffodil bulb sales.

Freya Knapp was in love with this huge teddy bear that she purchased for only $5 at the Alberni Valley United Church Tea and Bazaar on Saturday.

Olivia Patterson shows great form as she warms up for the Special Olympics Invitational that was held on Saturday at Rainbow Lanes.

Nigel Bell is a newcomer to Special Olympics Bowling and is loving it.

He was entered in the Invitational that had bowlers from Campbell River, Oceanside, Comox, Nanaimo and Port Alberni participate.

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Community Events SAT. NOV. 24 ◆ CULTURAL SHARING FESTIVAL at Echo Centre. From 5-8 p.m. Bring a heritage dish and enjoy some entertainment. Hosted

by Literacy Alberni Society. ◆ SMALL TOWN BRINGDOWN Podcast first anniversary.

Live and uncensored with Elliot Drew and Branden Grieder.

Advance tickets are $10 each or $15 at door. Tix at Ozzies Cycle or call (250) 730-1693. ◆ MCLEAN MILL CHRISTMAS VILLAGE CRAFT FAIR at the mill, 5633 Smith Rd. From 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

SAT. DEC. 8 ◆ CHRISTMAS IN THE BARN hosted by Potluck Ceramics.

Potluck is breaking out its popular red ceramics, as well as pizza plates, olive dishes, bottle coolers and more. At 4011 Cowley Rd. For info call 250-720-4946.

SUN. DEC. 9 ◆ CHRISTMAS IN THE BARN hosted by Potluck Ceramics.

Potluck is breaking out its popular red ceramics, as well as pizza plates, olive dishes, bottle coolers and more. At 4011

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For info. call 250-7247293. ◆ AFTER SCHOOL KIDS PROGRAM at Grace Lutheran Church (Corner of Redford Street and Ninth Avenue). For children in Grades K-6. From

◆ FREE DROP-IN at Hilton Centre, 4325 Neill St. On Mondays from 10-11 a.m. For parents of children up to age five. Call 250735-3022. ◆ FUN NIGHT on Friday nights at Legion Branch No. 293, 4680 Victoria Quay.

Starts at 5 p.m. Food available. Nominal admission fee. ◆ SONGWRITERS CIRCLE led by Birgit Kuit at Char’s Landing. Kuit will take turns playing songs then talk about it.

Second Saturday of each month. For more info. call 250-7301636.

◆ SUNSHINE CLUB book club. Meets every second Thursday from 12:45 - 2:15 pm in the Hemlock Room at Echo Centre.

For more info call directors Alexander or Pat Miller at 250-7242246. ◆ ALBERNI VALLEY COMMUNITY BAND meets Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. in the E. J. Dunn band room. Flutes, saxophones, and brasses are needed but all instruments are welcome. For info: 250-723-1903 or 250735-0128. ◆ ALATEEN at the Alano Club, 3028 Second Ave. From 11 a.m. to

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◆ CHOIR MEMBERS NEEDED Barkley Sound Choir welcomes new members in advance of new program to celebrate Alberni Valley Centennial. Practice is at 6:45 p.m. at the United Church, 2474 Church St. Contact Sylvia at 250-7237185 or Peter at 250724-5206.

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◆ THIRD ANNUAL CHRISTMAS AT THE MARKET is being held at the Spirit Square from 4-7 p.m. Santa will be there as well as the Timbre Choir.

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ulldogs fans who get to the gates early Saturday will be rewarded with a free pack of first-ever Bulldogs Hockey cards, complements of Alberni Valley News and the Bulldogs.

The 24 deck of cards features an action photo of each player on the front and the player’s statistics on the back.

The cards are each sponsored by local businesses, in most cases the same businesses that sponsor the players’ jerseys.

“With the team becoming community owned this year, it just felt right to do something special for the fans and for the team,” said Alberni Valley News publisher Teresa Bird.

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Alberni Valley Bulldogs’ Chase Van Allen squeezes Vernon Vipers’ Mitch Van Teeling off the puck in the Bulldogs’ end during third period action, Saturday night at the Dawg Pound in Port Alberni. (Weyerhaeuser Arena). The Bulldogs won 2-0.

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Bonspiel successful for lady curlers TERESA BIRD SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

For the 50th time, women curlers from all over Vancouver Island will gather for the annual ladies bonspiel at the Alberni Valley Curling Club this weekend.

To celebrate their golden anniversary, the entire club is pitching in to make this event a big success for the 23 teams taking part.

“Our bonspiels are the best due to our membership,” says Michelle Cheetham, chair of the organizing committee for the event for 17 years.

“Everybody does a little and a lot gets done. Just this weekend takes about 80 people.”

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“There are surprises and prizes during the weekend,” says Cheetham.

“A lot of extras to celebrate 50 years.”

The weekend is themed Then and Now, and a lot the extras reflect the changes in the sport since 1962.

“A lot has changed.

We used to smoke and drink on the ice,” laughs Cheetham.

Memorabilia such as old-style brooms, sweaters, pins and other trends and fashions will be on display.

Historical photographs and newspaper clippings have been laminated in collages onto more than a dozen tables in the club lounge.

The bonspiel starts Friday at 6 p.m. and ends with final games about 2 p.m.

Sunday. Spectators are welcome. A banquet will be held Saturday night, tickets are $15 at the club.

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through the gates Saturday night for the Bulldogs game against Victoria, will receive a deck of the cards.

Players will each get their own packs, sponsors will each receive two decks and the remaining sets will be donated to the Bulldogs for fundraising.

“It is a win-win project for everyone,” said Bird who acknowledges the invaluable assistance of Bulldogs marketing manager Laurie Smillie and The Graphics Factory’s Peter Wienold in the success of the project.

Fans at the game can also purchase pucks for the Movember puck toss and donate their change to the Alberni Valley News Pennies for Presents between periods.

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Alberni Valley atom Zach Ursel tumbles over Tri-Port’s Peyton Dugas during their hockey game Nov. 10 in Port McNeill. The Bulldogs swept a pair of exhibition games on the road trip, topping the Eagles 9-2 and 5-1.

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Victoria Grizzlies @ Alberni Valley Bulldogs Saturday, November 24, 2012 @ 7:00pm On Saturday it will be the fourth time that the Grizzlies and Bulldogs meet this season, but it will be the first time in over a year and a half that the Fitzgerald triplets will play in the Alberni Valley. When they were young, Leo, Myles, and Gerry starred in a 1999 movie called “Baby Geniuses”. Now, the triplets headline the Grizzlies #1 line. In the three games the Dogs and Grizz played this season, the Bulldogs have never trailed in 180 minutes but ended up on the wrong end of three overtime decisions. For the Bulldogs, Jay Deo is coming off a 39-save shut out, the first for him and for the ‘Dogs this season. Tryg Strand is also coming off three solid games which earned him an honourable mention for the BCHL Player of the Week aware.

Strand put up 3 goals, 1 assist, 1 game winning goal, one 1st Star selection, and one 2nd Star selection. Should be another entertaining game as Victoria comes into this weekend’s action riding a 3-game winning streak and the Bulldogs have earned points in 6 of their last 7 games.

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Rotary Arts District honours volunteers with event The Rotary Arts District will celebrate their dedicated force of volunteers with an event at Capitol Theatre Nov. 30.

“The vision for an arts district started to become a reality just over three years ago with the first

year of the Argyle Street Banners project. Since that time many people have volunteered in many different ways to build on the vision. Many people participated in open houses and public strategic planning

sessions, others are volunteering on committees and others have participated in the banner painting and door projects,” said Theresa Kingston chair of the Rotary Arts District. “It is time to recognize

this commitment of time and energy and show appreciation to everyone involved.”

Naturally the arts will be a part of the celebrations.

Performances and stories of how volunteers have given of their time and

resources will provide entertainment for the evening. Dessert and refreshments will be served and photos submitted for the Rotary Arts District photo contest will be on display.

Anyone who has painted a banner, sat

Celebrate with light MELISSA MARTIN Arts Around

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Gail Boulanger of Nanoose Bay will be reading from her two books this Saturday, Nov. 24 from 1–3 p.m. at Curious Coho Books.

Author dishes about life, loss and adventure SUSAN QUINN Alberni Valley News

Gail Boulanger has spent 30 years counselling people and giving talks on Vancouver Island.

Now, she has come out with a pair of books that cover both loss and hope.

Life Goes On was originally written in 2002 and deals with losing, letting go and living again.

For her reading, Boulanger covers the broader perspective of loss, then does a reading and holds a discussion.

Adventures Over 60, at the opposite end of the spectrum, includes stories taken

from Boulanger’s own experiences, or those of friends and family who have agreed to share.

“The stories are designed to inspire, inform and invigorate,” she said.

The final chapter, A Wholehearted Life, “is about what helps us most, which is kindness and generosity.”

Boulanger will be reading from her books at Curious Coho on lower Johnston Road this Saturday, Nov. 24 from 1–3 p.m.

Her books, published

by Notch Hill Books, are available at Curious Coho for $22.95 each. editor@albernivalleynews.com

Rollin Art Centre in conjunction with the Rotary Arts District’s “Light up your heART” event will kick off a new annual festival Saturday, Dec. 1 at the Rollin Art Centre.

“Celebration of Light”; luminaries and paper lantern sculptures, is the theme of this magical event. Stroll the grounds that will be decorated with luminaries, lanterns and lights, while listening to carollers in the outdoor market of artisans.

Calling all artisans and crafters: tables are still available for rental under the tent during this event.

Please call Melissa at 250-724-3412 for info.

Shopping under the mistletoe Mistletoe Market

has begun at the Rollin Art Centre, and will continue until Dec. 22. Don’t miss this transformation of the gallery into a winter wonderland of treasures.

You won’t want to miss the gallery all dressed for Christmas—and Christmas shopping.

Items include creative woodwork, original paintings, glass art, jewellery, cards, knitted goods, canvas floor mats, photography, soaps, pottery, ornaments galore and much more.

Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Located at the corner of Argyle Street and Eighth Avenue.

Learn the art of journaling Room is still available for a new workshop called Art Journaling, presented

by Cynthia Bonesky.

Learn how to art journal, exploring a

new creative outlet and having fun while doing it.

Cost is only $50 for the two-day workshop, Saturday, Dec. 15 and Sunday, Dec. 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Rollin Art Centre.

A supply list will be made available when you sign up.

Space is limited, so stop by the Rollin Art Centre to reserve your spot.

Buy back your art banner If you are one of the lucky ones to have painted a banner for 2012, they are available for purchase now at the Rollin Art Centre for $25.

Located at the corner of Eighth and Argyle, the gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Melissa Martin is the arts administrator for the Community Arts Council, the home of the Rollin Art Centre.

Market at the mill this weekend This year marks the ninth Annual McLean Mill Christmas Village and the fourth year for the Festival of Christmas Lights.

With more than 25 artisans and crafters showcased in Port Alberni’s Historic McLean Mill cabins and visitor’s centre, the site will be jam-packed with items perfect for gift giving and holiday decorating This oldtime country setting is an extravaganza for

the senses.

Both events take place over the next two weekends: • Friday, Nov 23 from 4-9 p.m.

• Saturday, Nov 24 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Sunday, Nov 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• Friday, Nov 30 from 4-8 p.m.

• Saturday, Dec 1 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

• Sunday, Dec 2 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

As you leisurely browse through the village with its

decorated buildings and festive lights, you’ll be greeted by the artisans displaying or demonstrating their craft.

Children can enjoy a hay ride, photos with Santa, and the popular Christmas colouring book tour.

Santa will be on site for photos Saturday, Nov. 24 and Sunday, Nov. 25 from 1–4 p.m.

Photography by Andrea Anderson Photography.

on a committee, gave input at the planning sessions, or otherwise participated in the Rotary Arts District is welcome to attend and bring family.

Tickets are free, but required, and can be picked up at Echo Centre until Nov. 26.

‘It is time to recognize this commitment of time and energy...’

– Theresa Kingston

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Family at improv Poverty hits stage The Improv comedy group at the Capitol Theatre have set their sights on the family unit as the inspiration for comedy in their upcoming Whose Line is it Alberni show.

With a theme of Family Matters the comedians will draw on the trials and tribulations of family

the audience. Without a script, actors draw on their quick wit, imagination and comedic timing to entertain.

The show takes place this Friday, Nov. 23, 7 p.m. at the Capitol Theatre on Arygle Street.

Tickets are only $5 at the door.

life, from raising children, helping the grandparents, managing the in-laws and all points in between.

The monthly comedy show, which is suitable for all ages, features local actors in short improvised scenes based on suggestions given by

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What really goes on in the lineup to a soup kitchen?

Find out this week at Char’s Landing when the one-act play Breadlines hits the small stage.

Gwynne Hunt wrote Breadlines when she joined Art Matters Society in Abbotsford.

It played to rave reviews at the Vancouver Fringe Festival in 2001.

Breadlines is set in the Downtown Eastside, “as is a lot of my work,” Hunt said.

It shows the struggle people go through to eat in low income areas.

There are 11 characters in the play, and many new faces to the stage for Port Alberni.

The play also features original music by Jason Titian, who plays a busker in Breadlines.

Breadlines shows at Char’s Landing on Thursday, Nov. 22 and Friday, Nov. 23, both at 7:30 p.m.

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New faces will grace the one-act stage for Breadlines, which has played to Fringe audiences in the Lower Mainland.

Humourist, poet launch books at Char’s NANAIMO—Two Vancouver Island writers are combining their comic and poetic talents in a dual book launch at Char’s Landing on Wednesday, Nov. 28.

Humourist Judy Millar will launch her short story collection—Beaver Bluff: The Librarian Stories—at Port Alberni’s “Words on Fire.”

However, Millar says her librarians aren’t like any you’re likely to meet locally.

“My stories are set in Big Beaver County, a fictional county somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. When these librarians aren’t scheming to sweeten up their superiors or set their colleagues for downsizing, they’re trying to outdo each other with their literary tattoos!”

Beaver Bluff has been called a “whimsical, witty and wacky

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Judy Millar says the librarians in her new book ‘aren’t like any you’re likely to meet locally’.

collection of stories for those who love to laugh” by 20-year library staffer and author, Lois Peterson.

Millar is an award-winning

writer and a frequent spokenword performer, so her Beaver Bluff launch is sure to be entertaining.

Nanoose Bay poet Pat Smekal will also be on hand to read from her latest book, Small Corners. “These poems introduce people who have touched my life in special ways,” says Smekal.

“But I think they do more than that. I believe each is a snapshot, reflecting the fleeting delicacies or small passing disasters of human experience.”

Smekal’s poetry has won a number of prizes and has been widely published in Canadian journals, anthologies and chapbooks. Like Millar, she is a frequent reader at spoken word events.

The dual launch takes place at 7 p.m. on Nov. 28.

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Charging towers for electric cars in store for city GREEN: | Electric car owners will find charging stations for their cars in the Valley starting next spring. Parksville installed charging stations last summer.

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he City of Port Alberni is pushing ahead with plans to install charging stations for electric cars.

Port Alberni has received a $16,000 grant from Plug In B.C. to install two electrical vehiclecharging stations in the city.

The grant will cover half the project’s costs and the remainder will be underwritten with money from the city’s gas tax fund, Cicon said.

Funding stipulations require that the stations be installed by spring 2013. Cicon said he is working with parks and recreation staff to

identify locations for the charging stations.

“We’re thinking at Harbour Quay and Victoria Quay,” he said.

“We’re still doing the research.”

Electric car owners will initially be able to charge their cars at the stations for free, Cicon said.

“Electric cars are so new to B.C. that there isn’t a great demand for this,” Cicon said.

Charging electric cars costs less than bus fare. “I think it costs $1 to $2 to do it.

Many municipalities aren’t charging for the small amount of electricity that is used.”

Cicon said he isn’t aware of any electric cars in Port Alberni yet.

“But we have

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Electric car charging stations like this one, left, at the high school are slated to be installed at Harbour Quay and Victoria Quay by March 2013. Right, the charging tower.

to build the infrastructure before people will buy the cars and charge them,” Cicon said.

The stations are for electric cars only, and not for hybrid cars, which are different,

Cicon said.

Electric cars are completely electric, meaning that they must be plugged in and charged.

Hybrid cars use a both gas and electric power to create a gas

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BC had the highest rate of child poverty for eight years in a row.

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efficient partially electric car, Cicon said.

When built, the two units won’t be the only electric car charging stations in the city.

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Hospitality Inn has one, and there are six stations at the staff parking lot of the new high school, Cicon said.

According to a news release, the province is is partially funding

454 new electrical vehicle charging stations across B.C. The Ministry of Environment launched the $2.7 million Community Charging Infrastructure Fund to promote electric transportation last spring.

Approximately 210 people in B.C. own electric vehicles since the province launched a special $5,000 credit program for them, the release noted.

According to B.C. Hydro, in October Surrey was the first city to install free use charging stations.

The City of Parksville installed three charging stations of their own last summer.

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Steven Davenport holds up his Governor General’s Award for academic excellence at a school board meeting on Nov. 13. Davenport maintained a 96 per cent grade average at ADSS last year. He is studying engineering at UVIC.

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Kuu-us open

Port Alberni Mayor John Douglas, left, and Nanaimo-Alberni MP James Lunney help Elia Nicholson-Nave officially open the Kuu-us Crisis Line Society’s property at the corner of Johnston Road and Adelaide last week. Kuu-us celebrated its donation from the federal government and recognized community members for their support.

Group protests logging at McLaughlin Ridge WAWMEESH G. HAMILTON Alberni Valley News

More than 80 people gathered at Echo Centre Monday for a meeting hosted by the WatershedForest Alliance in its quest to protect an old-growth forest at McLaughlin Ridge and in the China Creek Watershed.

Alberni-Pacific Rim MLA Scott Fraser and retired government scientist Doug Janz were guest speakers at the event.

The pair were resolute: that the forest range needs to be protected with enhanced regulations.

“McLaughlin Ridge is critical winter range for deer and elk. Weyerhaeuser and Mac Blo saw this and left it untouched,” Fraser said. “The area is a unique system for many different species.”

Fraser retraced the history of the issue.

McLaughlin Ridge was removed from a tree farm licence in 2004 by then-owners Weyerhaeuser and is now considered privately managed forest land.

Provincial officials wanted critical winter habitat protected for two years and

a committee would subsequently decide the form of protection.

The province and Island Timberlands disagreed on critical issues and the company ceased meeting in 2009.

Harvesting plans were not science-based, government biologists said. “We asked Island Timberlands not to go into McLaughlin but at the end of the day it was their land,” Fraser said.

Groups have a bit of breathing room as logging has thus far occurred only in the lower areas and not on the upper ridge. And logging isn’t expected to start again until next spring, WatershedForest Alliance chair Jane Morden said.

The group will continue talks with Island Timberlands about stalling logging in the area.

The group doesn’t have a beef with the company, Morden said. “Island Timberlands has the legal right to do what it’s doing,” Morden said. “But the government erred in not following through with its intent to pursue winter ungulate ranges.” reporter@albernivalleynews.com

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Old song better understood today — Kiaer Hesquiaht elder and statesman Simon Lucas, centre, leads a ceremony that was performed before Ida Chong’s expression of regret on the part of the provincial government.

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From/ 3 “We met with three different aboriginal affairs ministers: (Mike) de Jong, (George) Abbott and Mary Polak,” Fraser said.

The Hesquiaht delegation pressed the issue hard with Polak, who at least started movement on the issue.

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of one met with Hesquiaht officials for the first time in September.

“It’s fascinating to me that there is a human dimension to this that has endured, and that four to five generations later our ancestors’ paths cross again,” he said. “It’s an eye opener that the actions of your ancestors can have such an impact on others.”

It’s impossible not to feel a tinge of guilt about what happened.

“It’s nothing I did, but I’m representative of it,” Kiaer said.

Hearing the song Anietsachist composed and sang before his death, and which generations of Hesquiaht preserved, stood out to Kiaer.

“Capt. Mist would have heard it the first time it was sung and didn’t understand it,” Kiaer said. “Now we’re at a place where we understand its meaning, and where amends are being made for what happened.”

for justice, and that may have broken the deadlock. “Eight years, the Hesquiaht would never have given up or backed down on this,” Fraser said.

Overshadowed in the events of 1869 was Henry Mist, captain of the HMS Sparrowhawk, which transported Anietsachist and Katkinna to Hesquiaht to be hanged.

Sitting quietly at Saturday’s ceremony was Erik Kiaer, the great-grandson of Capt. Henry Mist.

Kiaer travelled from his home in Portland, Ore., where he works as a business consultant, to attend the event.

Kiaer, 47, became aware of Mist’s deed when he doing some family research last spring.

“Other people have ancestors who were sea captains and they create their own myths about them,” Kiaer said. “I didn’t exactly brag about mine.”

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Updated Rancher • Wheelchair friendly • Extensively renovated • 2 bedroom & 1 bathroom • Garage off lane

209,900 4115 Glenside Rd. $239,900 2835 Carmichael Cres $244,900 6307 Renton Rd. N. $379,900 3600 Trevor Rd. $459,900 6880 Bainbridge Rd $499,900

Great Family Home • 4 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms • 2 finished stories • 80’ x 120’ lot • Fenced back yard

SPROAT LAKE

All About Location • Large 3 bedroom home • Near city & low taxes • Updated 4 piece bath

Upper North Alberni • 4 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms • Extensive updates • Two feature fireplaces • Single car garage/workshop

Greenbelt Living • 4 bedroom & 3 bathroom • Extensively updated • 60’ x 130’ lot • Upper South Alberni

Cherry Creek • Extensively updated • Open concept living • 4 bedroom & 2 bathroom • 0.74 acre with workshop

Rare Rancher • Cherry Creek 0.84 acre • 2,165 sq.ft. built in 2003 • 3 bedrooms & 3 bathrooms • Hardi plank & stone exterior

7700 Woodward Rd $177,900 LT 1 Salal Road $252,000 10189 Stirling Arm Cres $545,900 10080 Stirling Arm Cres $899,000 Peaceful Acreage • 3.9 acres • McCoy Lake area • Munutes from Sproat Lake • Build your dream home

Sproat Lake • 0.55 acre • Semi-waterfront • Amazing lake views • Strata development

Luxury Home • 3 bedroom & 3 bathroom • Open concept design • Quality materials throughout • 0.817 acre & double garage

Sproat Lake Waterfront • 3,600 + sq. ft.

• 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms • Two full kitchens • 0.71 acre with pebble beach

Beauty Surrounds You • 5 bedroom & 4 bathroom • Tastefully renovated • 3.93 acre lot • Large detached workshop

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