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Toddler battles own genes

Diagnosis of cystic fibrosis turns family’s life upside down ‘It’s basically beating him on the chest in different areas of his lungs.’

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hen Leila Sturgeon received that phone call from the doctor’s office to come in, she went numb. She was asked to come in to discuss the results from a routine newborn screening test done on her then two-week-old baby, Ethan Ellwood. She hoped, perhaps irrationally, she later thought, the results from a simple pin prick on one of Ethan’s tiny feet would somehow pertain to her and not her seemingly healthy, newborn son.

Unfortunately it was about Ethan. He was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis (CF), a common but fatal genetic disease that has no cure.

“It was a total surprise,” Sturgeon said, describing the day she got the news from the doctor. “CF did cross my mind only because I looked it up and it’s one of the diseases they test from this heel prick.

I had said something to my mother and she said, ‘don’t worry about it, it’s not in our family.’”

Ethan’s dad, Keith Ellwood also didn’t think the gene was in his family either.

“Absolute confusion,” Ellwood said, explaining his first reaction when Sturgeon called him after getting the news. “There was no history of cystic fibrosis in either of our families.”

CF is a genetic disorder that affects mostly the lungs but can also affect the pancreas, liver and intestine. CF sufferers are unable to digest and absorb nutrients from food and their lung fills up with thick mucous, making it difficult to breathe.

For a child to be born with CF, both parents must be carriers of the gene. Carriers do not have CF but there is a 25 per cent chance that carrier couples will have a child with CF. Carriers also

– Leila Sturgeon

CHRISTOPHER SUN Alberni Valley News

Leila Sturgeon and Keith Ellwood with their son Ethan, above, never dreamed a routine newborn test would turn up a fatal disease. Ethan takes different medications, right, to help him digest his food and to keep mucous at bay.

have a 50 per cent chance of having a child that is a carrier and a 25 per cent chance that their child will be completely unaffected.

Both Sturgeon and Ellwood looked within their families to see who may have had CF. Neither were able to pinpoint a person with certainty, but Ellwood may have come close to at least one.

“I talked to my dad who is one of those family tree guys and I don’t remember which relative, but there was a great, great something,

two or three generations ago that died at an early age with pneumonia or something,” Ellwood explained. “It hadn’t been considered that it may have been cystic fibrosis until now.”

“People died young back then,” Sturgeon added.

The average life expectancy for a child born with CF in

Canada is now about 40 years, a huge jump from under five in the 1950s and 14 years in the 1980s.

An estimated one in 3,600 children born in Canada has CF, making it the most common fatal genetic disease affecting children and young adults.

The couple went to Victoria

General Hospital the next day to meet with various doctors and experts to discuss Ethan’s care. Ethan currently takes almost a dozen pills, which will increase to 60 as he gets older, at various times in a day to ward off infections and help him digest food. Ethan also goes through three sessions of physiotherapy that lasts at least 30 minutes but can last up to 90 minutes depending on how cooperative he is.

The physiotherapy was tough to perform at first.

“It’s basically beating him on the chest in different areas of his lungs,” Sturgeon said, adding she was in shock when she first saw the physiotherapist perform the therapy on her newborn son. “Keith had to do it first because I couldn’t and it was uncomfortable. Ethan hates it but unfortunately it has to be done.”

The patting on different areas of the chest and then vibration is meant to loosen mucous buildup in the lungs and help Ethan cough up anything that may be in there.

Eventually, Ethan will have to perform this physiotherapy on himself.

Luckily for both parents and Ethan, Ethan has no problem sleeping and at least one physio session can be performed on him while he’s sleeping.

Researchers identified the CF gene in 1989 and in January 2012 the U.S. Food and Drug administration approved the first drug that fixes a genetic mutation in some CF sufferers.

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Derelict buildings must come down: council Christopher Sun Alberni Valley News

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Nurses from all over Vancouver Island arrive at the Hospitality Inn on Wednesday to protest proposed measures that could see nursing jobs replaced by care aids. BC Nurses Union representative Art Moses said changes are planned for Nanaimo Regional General Hospital, with plans for expansion. The nurses were in Port Alberni to attend the Vancouver Island Health Authority’s board meeting at the hotel.

Charges laid in Roger Creek sexual assault SUSAN QUINN Alberni Valley News

A 17-year-old male has been charged with attempted murder in the sexual assault of a 16-year-old female near Roger Creek Park in Port Alberni on May 21.

The male, who is from Port Alberni and cannot be named because he is a minor, is also facing charges of aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault with a weapon and choking.

The 16-year-old girl is still in hospital

recovering from her injuries, Port Alberni RCMP Cpl. Jen Allan said.

“There’s no indication that these individuals were in any kind of relationship,” she added. The female is a student at Alberni

District Secondary School.

The male was arrested last Wednesday without incident. He has been remanded into custody where he will remain until his next court appearance on June 6, Allan said.

Port Alberni council unanimously rejected appeals to spare the demolition of two firedamaged buildings, including the former Tidebrook Motel.

The Tidebrook Motel at 4356 Gertrude St., across from the Roger Creek water park, was destroyed by a fire on Jan. 13, 2012. A second fire on Nov. 3, 2012 caused extensive damage to a former restaurant on the same property.

In February this year, a letter was sent to Alberta-based owner Jack Purdy to either bring the structure up to code or have it torn down by the end of March. In April, council rejected an extension request to the end of May. City councillor Cindy Solda vocally supported this and passing the bill to the owners of other derelict buildings. She is fed up with owners who don’t comply

with city bylaws.

“Promises were made before but they are empty promises,” Solda said. “How are we going to encourage new development in the community when some people don’t take pride in it.”

Solda said a number of local businesses and property owners have made efforts in fixing up their property over the years. Strictly enforcing bylaws on nuisance properties makes the community more liveable and encourages others to do the same.

“It’s a domino effect,” Solda added.

City manager Ken Watson estimated the demolition to be around $20,000 which will be billed to the property owner. If the property is sold, that bill would be transferred to the new owner.

In a report presented to city council Monday, the building inspector called the remaining

charred structure of the Tidebrook a hazard, adding that it is dilapidated and offensive to the community. He noted that the roof, windows and doors were destroyed, extensive water and mould damage exists and the damage exceeds 75 per cent of its value.

The property has also had a history of maintenance issues since 2008.

The second property that will face the city’s wrecking ball is a house at 5165 Golden St. That house was severely damaged in a fire on Nov. 2, 2010. The owner is deceased and the acreage property has been put on and off the market by the estate’s executor, most recently for $145,000.

The two property owners can appeal city council’s decision again, but Solda is confident that the structures on both properties will be demolished.

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Members of Team Ethan join Leila Sturgeon, Keith Ellwood and their son Ethan at the CF Great Strides walk in Nanaimo last weekend. The group raised more than $5,300 for cystic fibrosis research.

Family raises $$, awareness of CF From / A3 However, treatment for one year is about $300,000 and this particular drug does not address Ethan’s version of CF. There are more than 1,500 different CF mutations, but Ethan has the most common one, delta F508.

“I’m just hoping that we will have a little pill for Ethan before he starts school,” Sturgeon added.

Last Sunday, about 30 of Sturgeon’s and Ellwood’s family, friends and co-workers attended the CF Great Strides Walk in Nanaimo under the

Team Ethan banner, raising more than $5,300. Donations are still being accepted and can be made by going online to www.cysticfibrosis.ca/ greatstrides and searching “Team Ethan” under team search and Nanaimo as the location.

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July 1 parade needs entries

No RCMP camp for 2013 CHRISTOPHER SUN

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This July, Alberni Valley residents will step into the future.

The Port Alberni Multicultural Society is now accepting entries for the 2013 Canada Day Parade and according to parade coordinator Gillian Shearwater, the theme for both the parade and Canada Day events will be ‘Celebrating Our Future’.

“We all remember last year looking back over 100 years of history, so this year we thought we’d look forward and imagine where we’ll be in the future,” said Shearwater.

“We will all be a part of that future, building homes or clubs or businesses and we want to share everyone’s plans for the future.”

The society started accepting entries in February and will continue to do so until the June 10 deadline, Shearweater said. First to enter this year’s parade, she noted, was the Cherry Creek Fire Department.

She added that the society is currently in need of a recording secretary and an apprentice parade coordinator.

The Port Alberni Canada Day Parade takes place July 1, starting at 10 a.m., with familyoriented activities taking place at Glenwood Centre throughout the day.

Parade participants will be marshalled at 8:30 a.m.

It is a non-competitive event and anywhere from 400-800 participants are expected.

For more info parade or to request an entry form, please call 250724-7293 or e-mail CanadaDayParade@gmail. com.

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Hazmat training

Catalyst Paper employees run through hazardous materials safety drills, Friday afternoon. The employees are part of a volunteer crew that handles emergencies at the mill. All Catalyst’s mills conduct quarterly safety training; people participating in these drills were from Catalyst’s other mills in Crofton and Powell River.

Parents protest busing cuts CHRISTOPHER SUN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

An appeal to the Alberni Valley School District board to reconsider eliminating cross-boundary school bus service failed as the district struggles to balance its budget next year.

The local school district, like others in the province, are dealing with a 68 per cent transportation funding cut made by the provincial government.

A number of parents attended Tuesday’s school board meeting out of concern for the cuts, with one parent formally addressing the board.

Alesia Servatius has two kids attending French Immersion at École Alberni Elementary.

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She lives in the Gill Elementary catchment, which does not have a French Immersion program, but the bus that would take her kids to Gill must go back to the bus depot, passing near École Alberni.

“The bus travels along Gertrude to return to the bus depot so it’s a twoblock detour,” Servatius said. “It’s not going to cost them anymore money and the kids already have a spot on that same bus.”

Servatius lives 17 km from École Alberni, which takes her 20 to 25 minutes to drive one way.

If she drives her son and daughter to school in the fall, that would mean 68 km and two hours of driving five days a week.

She suggested the school board charge families

‘I am really hoping they will look at a user pay system.’

– Alesia Servatius choosing to send their kids cross-boundary which could even generate money for the cashstrapped school district.

“I am really hoping they will look at a user pay system,” Servatius added.

School district chair Larry Ransom said the board does not want to create a two-tier system as there are parents who can’t afford to pay for cross-boundary school bus service.

“We are leery about charging because the

impression of singling out people [who can’t afford it] appears like discrimination,” Ransom told Servatius, adding that the board will revisit the issue in the fall.

“I can’t make any promises, but don’t give up.”

SD70 operations manager Greg Roe told the board that he would look at the busing issue four to six weeks after the school commences again in the fall.

The district has combined bus routes, eliminating three runs.

“Clearly a reduction is not something anyone wants to go through, but we had no choice,” Roe told the board. “There may be some adjustments in the fall.” reporter@albernivalleynews.com

Port Alberni RCMP will not hold a youth camp this year but plans are in the works for a bigger one with Oceanside and possibly Nanaimo joining next year.

“We heard loud and clear from the Oceanside detachment that they wanted to develop a similar model we had,” said RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Jen Allan, explaining Oceanside decided to join during a meeting last week.

“Nanaimo has been invited to the process with an option to include them as well.”

The camp is open to students in Grades 10 to 12 who are interested in a career in law enforcement, such as the RCMP, conservation, fisheries or positions in the justice system. The plan is to hold this camp, which Allan said is modelled on what the RCMP academy depot would teach new recruits, every two years.

Last year, 12 students were accepted to the camp and they were taught things like tactical positioning when talking to a person who may be highly violent.

“It was our first one and we wanted to keep this pilot one small and a little more manageable and give an opportunity to work with the kids directly,” Allan said, explaining places like Prince George and Courtenay will see about 50 kids at their camps. “We are planning to have an even bigger and better one to offer to the community of Port Alberni.”

Allan added the RCMP often see new recruits list attending one of these camps in their application to become officers.

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TimberWest starts logging near Bainbridge Christopher Sun Alberni Valley News

TimberWest has started logging 18 hectares of forest near the Bainbridge Lake watershed.

TimberWest vicepresident Domenico Iannidinardo said the logging is being done two kilometres away from one

of the water intakes, and assured Port Alberni city council that precautions have been made to protect this important source of drinking water.

“We have no immediate plan to do harvesting nearer [to the lake],” Iannidinardo said, adding that TimberWest will be closely monitoring water

quality.

“There will be about 200 truckloads of logs over two to three months,” he later said.

Iannidinardo explained that a gravel road has been built to the site and showed pictures of the road and an outhouse within the vicinity of where the work is being

done.

He said the logged area will barely be visible from town and showed views of what the affected area would look like from different vantage points such as 10th and Argyle and Harbour Quay.

His presentation showed it being a barely noticeable blip on the

in the area compared to Island Timberlands, another company, and that harvesting in the watershed is nothing new.

He stressed to council that local companies are being contracted to harvest the trees and that on average, 10 truckloads of logs are harvested by TimberWest each week.

City’s new ‘get active’ plan to cost $20K Christopher Sun Alberni Valley News

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The Hawaii Mars waterbomber makes a low pass near the Holland America cruise ship Amsterdam in Alberni Inlet last week. The bomber did a fire suppression demonstration before the cruise ship departed.

Latest cruise ship visit on video A film showcasing last week’s cruise ship visit by Holland America’s Amsterdam has been put online and a second one is being produced to convince the cruise ship company to add Port Alberni as regular stop.

And all of it is being done for free by a local filmmaker who is passionate about promoting his town.

“I’m a Port Alberni booster,”

said John Kenchenten, owner of Eco Digital Video Institute, joking that he’s also a taxpayer and wants to see his taxes go down. “[City economic development manager] Pat Deakin called me a day or two before and asked me if I was doing anything.”

Kenchenten had some free time so he spent the day videotaping much of the happenings during the cruise

ship visit. He then quickly put together a four-minute video which was shown to city council Monday night. The video can be seen on youtube. com and is titled, Cruise Ship Amsterdam visits Port Alberni.

Kenchenten said the second video will be five minutes and will include other things such as the mill and the yarding of logs.

Coroner’s office seeks second rep for Alberni Valley and region Port Alberni has a coroner vacancy to fill.

The B.C. Coroners office is looking to fill one of two, on-call community coroner positions due to a recent departure.

The office is looking for a wide range of applicants to choose from.

“A posting in the Lower Mainland would get 100 to 200 applications,” said Vancouver Island regional coroner Matt Brown. “In rural areas we don’t have as

forest covered hillside.

Iannidinardo said this is the right time to do the job because the streams are dry and it is right before fire season.

TimberWest manages 6,000 hectares of forest in the Alberni Valley.

Iannidinardo later said his company has a relatively small ownership

many but we want to get the word out.”

“The role of a community coroner seeks a person with a particular background and interest.”

In the job posting advertised on the B.C. government’s website, the position pays $25/ hr and requires a degree or diploma in a health, legal or social sciences field and five years’ experience in a related field.

Experience in conducting investigative

inquiries, possession of sound judgment, excellent communications skills and 24/7 availability when on-call is also required.

The position requires attendance at scenes of death, gathering information, liaising with police and other emergency responders and dealing with families.

More information can be found at www. gov.bc.ca/myhr. reporter@albernivalleynews.com

A Port Alberni active transportation plan for walkers, joggers and cyclists is in the planning stage but a number of city councillors voiced concern that this may be a waste of $20,000.

Coun. Jack McLeman said he has seen similar studies done before and wondered why it’s being done again. He also had issue with hiring outsiders to tell the city what it needs.

“I always get a problem when someone we get from out of town gets here, who doesn’t know Port Alberni and tells us what we need and leaves Port Alberni with a cheque in his pocket,” McLeman said to council Monday.

“There have been five of those studies, two of them I was involved with.”

McLeman explained he remembered two similar studies that took place in the 1990s and that the regional district is currently working on one as well, adding that it should be tied in with the city’s.

City engineer Guy Cicon said the only plan he was aware of was from 1984 and was conducted by parks and recreation.

Cicon defended this new study by saying this one is allencompassing as a previous one focused only on cycling.

“This is not a duplicate study,” Cicon said.

“When we get the study back, it will be brought back to council for implementation.”

Coun. Rob Cole

said he’d rather see the $20,000 spent on building bridges across Roger Creek.

“We’ve got to focus on what we can get done,” Cole said. “I would like to see more focus on that than the street ways.”

Mayor John Douglas later reminded council that they previously approved a $70,000 budget for an active cycling plan and that the $20,000 for this all-inclusive study is coming out of that budget.

According to a letter from Cicon to city manager Ken Watson, Urban Systems was hired as a consultant and this plan is part of the city’s strategic plan to “ensure a high quality of life through the promotion of active living.”

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Garbage truck limps into 2014 Port Alberni city council is delaying the purchase of a new garbage truck because the lowest bid received was $30,000 over budget, but raised questions as to whether the city should get out of the commercial garbage pick-up business.

The packer body of the current eight-year old garbage truck is wearing out and the engine and transmission is beginning to cause problems, said city engineer Guy Cicon.

The budget to replace this truck is $230,000 but the lowest bid received was for $260,052.80 plus tax.

Cicon will look again at replacing the truck next year.

Coun. Cindy Solda reminded council that this option was discussed before but local businesses complained and were willing to pay more to continue having a cityrun garbage collection.

Cicon said commercial garbage collection is currently revenue neutral.

ECONOMY: | Mayor tours schools, new facilities as he forges relationships on trip with SD70 superintendent.

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It was a whirlwind trip for Port Alberni Mayor John Douglas who spent five days in China earlier this month.

Douglas was invited by the Alberni Valley school district to promote the Valley as an ideal place for young students to learn English and complete their schooling. The mayor said his visit went well and he expects more international students coming through School District 70’s doors.

“I met with seven students who will be coming in August,” Douglas said. “I anticipate higher numbers, 20 to 30 in the following year.

Douglas, along with representatives from the school district and privately owned Vancouver Island Schools made

Photo courtesy of John Douglas

Port Alberni Mayor John Douglas, fourth from left, finishes a tour of a new facility in Huangshi, China.

Douglas is the first Canadian mayor to have visited this Chinese city.

Photo courtesy of John Douglas

John Douglas finishes touring a school gymnasium, part of a brand new educational facility for 3,000 students, with Huangshi School District representatives on his recent trip to China.

presentations in various cities and met with parents looking

to send their children abroad. Some of the cities he visited

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Port Alberni city council has approved the purchase of a medium sized excavator for about $180,000, a downsize from the current one.

In his report, city engineer Guy Cicon said the current seven-year old excavator is currently worth about $90,000 and is too large for some of the city’s sewer and water projects.

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Exercise aerobically for at least 30 minutes 3 times a week. Enjoy plenty of fruits and vegetables, good quality proteins and healthy fats, organic whenever possible. Try to shop on the outside aisles of your grocery store. Minimize fast foods. Real food equals real health.

Make yourself be silent periodically. No TV, radio or internet, just quiet moments by yourself. Then ask yourself if you like the company you keep at that time. Play or listen to the music you love. Get enough sleep. Consider napping. Learn to love your job or move on. Get optimistic about your future. Then follow your heart. Make and keep close friends. Learn how to express your feelings.

Clear your past. Repair any relationships in your family or with old friends. Accept any responsibility for any role, no matter how small, that you played and then forgivingly approach that person. Work at your marriage. Chances are the grass isn’t any greener on the other side.

Get your finances under control. Spending more and going into debt won’t help fill any emptiness inside of you. Diminish any unnecessary worry. Live in the present, not the past (guilt) or future (fear). Stop if you find yourself criticizing yourself or others. Live a life of inspiration, not desperation. Consciously choose a kind, friendly, forgiving and relaxed approach to life. Take care of the earth, go green, and recycle.

Encourage a sense of spirituality. Consider that there may be a design even if you balk at the concept of a designer. Create the possibility that you are an essential part of an interconnected and interrelated web of life. It will make it easier to live in peace and to promote a true and contagious desire to contribute back to mankind.

Shy of picking your grandparents, there’s a lot that you can do today to live a clearer and more meaningful life. Adding Chiropractic can help you age gracefully, adding life to years and years to life. Live well.

Bridge over troubled water

The City of Port Alberni has saved some large metal bridge sections from the scrap heap and hope to use them for future crossings over Roger Creek and possibly the old plywood site pier.

The sections are worth $800,000 but the city is paying $35,000 for them.

These sections are being purchased from Alberni Engineering and are surplus fish pen bridge sections.

They measure 28 metres in length and are three metres wide.

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also met with various politicians.

“The mayor of Huangshi said I was the first mayor from Canada to come visit,” Douglas said, adding that these meetings also allowed him to discuss potential economic partnerships.

Douglas also had an unexpected meeting with officials at the B.C. Trades and Investment office in Beijing, which he believes will lead to something bigger for the community.

“It was the most important meeting to us economically,” Douglas explained.

“I had an hour meeting with the regional manager and a couple of others and I invited them to come visit Port Alberni the next time they are in B.C.” The trade office is mandated by the provincial government to help bring investment to B.C. One representative will be making a visit in June and the head of the Beijing office is expected to visit later this year.

Douglas said economic development manager Pat Deakin has since had a 90-minute conversation with the Beijing trade and investment office about Port Alberni’s desire to become B.C.’s third port and to become an LNG facility.

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Senate scandal a Harper fail BCTF digs in for endless contract war The pace of government action (or in this case, inaction) is something Canadians will never fully be able to grasp.

In the blink of an eye, the Conservative government can strip away the retirement dreams of millions of Canadians. But when a loyal soldier of the government stands accused of bilking taxpayers with improper expenses, the prime minister claims to be powerless, while money quietly funneled out ‘But this time, is of his office to repay the Canadians alleged wrongdoing.

But, this time, may finally Canadians may finally have had have had enough.

The cloud of scandal enough.’ continues to grow over the head of embattled Senator Mike Duffy. The former TV journalist is accused of fudging his expense account, eventually repaying the improperly claimed expenses with $90,000 he received from Nigel Wright, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff who has since resigned.

Duffy has now quit the Conservative caucus in the Senate, but he is so far rejecting calls to resign as a senator. And the prime minister seems unwilling to push him out the door.

Harper said he was “not happy” and “very upset” with the conduct of some parliamentarians and his own office, before hopping on a plane for a South American trade mission without answering questions.

Canada’s 105 senators all make a basic salary of $135,200. Most Canadians would be hard pressed to name a single duty that senators fulfill.

Maybe Mike Duffy has done a service to his country after all. Maybe the senator’s actions will be the straw that broke the camel’s back and prompt Canadians to demand an end to the political embarrassment that is this nation’s Senate.

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ICTORIA – Like those Japanese soldiers who didn’t hear about the end of the Second World War, the militant fringe that controls the B.C. Teachers’ Federation is digging in for endless battle against the B.C. government.

Their nemesis, Premier Christy Clark, reiterated last week that seeking a 10-year agreement with the BCTF is a top priority when the legislature is recalled this summer.

The current one-year truce ends June 30. The BCTF grudgingly agreed to that extension last year, then ran TV ads calling for an NDP government that promised concessions and union bosses on both sides of the negotiating table.

“You know, I may be a lame duck,” outgoing BCTF president Susan Lambert crowed to cheering classroom-

warfare radicals at the union’s convention in March, “but I think Christy’s goose is cooked.”

We’ll never know how much this sort of gloating contributed to the epic collapse of the NDP, champion of public sector union members whose pay and benefits make them the new upper class.

But I can tell you the prospects for sparing children from this ideological warfare are not good.

Last week the B.C. Court of Appeal handed down an ivory-tower decision that upheld the “right” of teachers to bring their union demands into the classroom in the form of posters, buttons and black armbands that to some self-absorbed teachers symbolize the “death” of education.

During the election campaign, The Globe and Mail carried a story

on one of those mock elections held in schools around the province.

An elementary-level student was quoted as saying she voted against the B.C. Liberals because Clark “caused a teachers’ strike.”

If this kid was talking about the most recent strike, I wonder where she got that idea.

In a negotiating performance that was appalling even by BCTF standards, Lambert and her team conducted months of disruptive work-to-rule action before they could even articulate a wage and benefit demand.

When they finally did, it was outrageously out of touch with reality.

An indication of how the union’s ruling class wants to conduct itself in the classroom can be found in the latest issue of the BCTF newsletter to its members.

‘Prospects for sparing children from this ideological warfare are not good.’

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Joanna Larson, president of the Prince Rupert union local, contributes an article headlined: “What kind of citizen do we hope to graduate from our K-12 public schools?”

Larson first quotes the education ministry’s current goals.

They include preparing citizens who are “creative, flexible, self-motivated, and who have a positive self-image.” Another goal is citizens who are “skilled and who can contribute to society generally, including the world of work.”

Larson then mocks these goals, as follows: “Essentially, the Ministry of Education has a vision of citizens who will maintain the status quo, not rock the boat, and participate on a superficial level in aspects of political and societal change.

“It doesn’t challenge individuals to take direct action against exploitation, marginalization and violence.”

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Politics mixed up in classes From / A10 In case you missed the political message, Larson later asserts: “The educated citizens we graduate from our schools cannot just be content to wear a pink shirt once a year….

Educated, engaged citizens must be willing to take direct action to change and shape our society for the better.”

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screeds, the final answer is generally the same: capitalism.

This call to arms is a blend of the NDP election platform and a rant from the Occupy Vancouver squat of a couple of years ago.

It’s no wonder we hear of students making BCTF picket signs in art class.

Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca

To the Editor, I was on Holland America Amsterdam (cruise ship). Had a wonderful day in your very friendly city. Appreciated the flyby from the water bomber—it was spectacular.

This was our second trip to your city via cruise ship and hope you get more visits after all the expense with the lovely new dock you made to accommodate the tenders. Thanks again.

Carol Snoeck, via e-mail

Cruise stop well organized To the Editor, My mother and I were two of the passengers aboard the cruise ship Amsterdam when it stopped at Port Alberni on May 22. I wanted to comment on how well organized the transportation was from the pier to the shopping area of Port Alberni for passengers such as my mother, who has limited mobility.

I also wanted to say how welcoming and gracious the local artisans and store owners were. Lastly

thanks very much for arranging for the Hawaii Mars water bomber display near the end of the ship’s visit; very enjoyable.

You live in a beautiful part of the province and the pride in your community shows. Thanks for a great day.

Marguerite Murray, New Westminster

Volunteers can be proud To the Editor, The people of Alberni Valley have always had a great willingness to help out, especially when others have been thrust into stressful situations of grief from loss of life or property. Volunteering of time and resources has been the real community glue for the people of Port Alberni.

All communities have many service groups that otherwise would not be able to serve, if it were not for the volunteers who do the work for the organization.

Fundraising, festivals or sporting events— the list is long where volunteers are critical for the community to carry on such events.

Many must come forward or some activities would be

too costly to operate.

People need only to have a willingness to learn what to do effectively to help out.

Wonderful, capable leaders come forth to lead the volunteers.

They are themselves volunteers who feel capable of organizing so things run smoothly.

Volunteers usually find the time requirements a little greater than they imagined. For most this is not a big problem because most serve on many short duration volunteer projects during a year.

Elders, the retirees and those who are a bit younger find time to help out.

The problem arises when the volunteer begins to feel a burnout in their serving efforts. Declining ability from age, interest, frustration or boredom from the familiar are hazards of volunteering.

Some programs need to cease for a while until the interest can be rekindled. This should not frustrate a community even if some major event needs to go into a stasis period.

Everyone has enjoyed and benefited from events operated by volunteers. So

please do volunteer into programs that interest you. Enjoy and have fun and camaraderie with those groups because your talent, time and energy are graciously needed.

Bruce Hornidge, Port Alberni

That’s sweet smell of karma To the Editor, Our English language evolved mainly from British dialects, along with many words derived from Latin and Greek, and a multitude of words borrowed, and sometimes “Anglicized”, from other languages around the world.

One such word that is commonly used in political context these days is schadenfreude, which is German for “satisfaction felt at someone else’s misfortune”. There’s no better way to express what I think about Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s present predicament.

Some 25 years ago as a top lieutenant in Preston Manning’s Reform Party, Mr. Harper was very vocal on how Ottawa needed to be changed, and how it should start with a Triple E Senate (equal, elected

and effective). Large parts of Alberta’s populace became very supportive; although the political leaders in the fledgling party, and many in the media, failed to point out to the gullible voters that they would need support from many more provinces to change how the Senate is constituted.

Fast forward from the early days of the Reform Party to present-day Ottawa.

Two of the PM’s handpicked senators have quit their caucus following questions about home-province residency, and fraudulent expense claims. The scandal has its genesis in the PM choosing two high-profile media mavens to fill Senate seats.

I concede that the PM is a very clever politician, but at the same time I have never had much respect for him.

So when he gets dragged deep in the doo-doo over a Senate scandal largely of his own making, I have to say: “It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy”.

The sweet aroma of schadenfreude is filling my nostrils right now.

Bernie Smith, Parksville

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The gun sounds and the racers at the Special Olympics are off sprinting down the lanes. About a third of the way around the race, once runner falls. The crowd gasps. With utter spontaneity the rest of the runners stop in their tracks. They look at the who has fallen. Then, one by one, they turn around and slowly make their way back to help the fallen runner to his feet. The race continues, with all of them running arm in arm to the finish line. They finish the race together. They recognize their interconnectness. Together they make their way forward. We all fall. We all suffer. And we are called by the Spirit to move beyond our suffering and join hands and help each other to finish.

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New man at museum has familiar face WAWMEESH G. HAMILTON

Coffee With Jamie Morton has come full circle by returning to Port Alberni to become the new director of the Alberni Valley Museum.

Morton has been on the job for just under a month and on Monday was working in pre-digital era conditions. “Our computers are down and might stay that way for the rest of the week,” he said. “I’m using the opportunity to catch up on some paperwork.”

Morton came back to Port Alberni from Manitoba, where he worked as the Hudson’s Bay collections curator.

“I was actually looking for a summer job for our son when I came across the job

posting for Alberni,” Morton said.

He went through the interview process and Bob’s your uncle, he was hired.

The job represents a return to Port Alberni for Morton, and moreover a return to the Alberni Valley Museum. He was previously an instructor at North Island College in Port Alberni, and a member of the heritage commission, which brought him into contact with the museum.

“Port Alberni has one of the finest small town museums in the province,” Morton said. “Most other places don’t have such an extensive industrial collection for instance.”

Although Morton hasn’t been here long he’d like to see a more solid bridge between the community and museum.

“I’d like to see

it become more relevant to the larger community. I don’t think enough people know about what a museum is and what it does, and that’s an Island trend.”

Born and raised in Vancouver, Morton was first exposed to a museum when he visited the former Vancouver City Museum, which is now the Carnegie Community Centre.

“There were these jars of formaldehyde with fish in them, and I remember seeing the mummy exhibit,” he said.

Morton attended Cresecent Heights Elementary then White Rock Vancouver College, where he graduated in 1969.

He wanted to be an archeologist since he was 11. He went to Simon Fraser University, where he earned a BA in archeology.

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‘We’d be in period dress and use a lot of traditional crafts...I learned how to make a watertight wooden barrel then.’

Morton’s first job in a museum-type setting was at the Fort Langley National Historic Site, where he worked for four years.

“We’d be in period dress and use a lot of traditional crafts, it was fun,” he said. “I learned how to make a water-tight wooden barrel then.”

Morton’s work with museums over the next two decades took him from Calgary to Portland, Oregon.

In 2000, Morton moved to Port Alberni, where he worked as a history and sociology instructor at North Island College.

He left for Manitoba in 2011.

The married father of two recently read two books: a detective novel and Sawlogs on Steel Rails by George McKnight. It’s a book produced in 1995 by the Port Alberni Seniors’ History Committee about the 45 years of railway operations in logging camps around Port Alberni.

A fan of confusing movies, his favourite is an obscure movie about a debaucherous rock star with Mick Jagger called

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New Alberni Valley Museum manager Jamie Morton examines a drawer full of hand planes used in woodworking, one of several collections at the museum.

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Museums are human constructs that are more about the present, Morton said.

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Community Events FRI. MAY 31 ◆ ÉCOLE DES GRANDS CEDRES elementary school will hold a fundraising garage

sale for its Haiti water project from 2-6 p.m. in the parking lot beside the school on Arrowsmith Road (in front of Alberni

around the Alberni Valley, highlighting more than 100 artists.

Maps will be available at the Rollin Art Centre.

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Congratulations to Portal Players Dramatic Society and the cast and crew of The Attic, The Pearls and Three Fine Girls for their

◆ ALL THINGS FRINGE VOLUNTEER MEETING at the Capitol Theatre from 1–2 p.m. The Art Matters Society will hold a first-ever Fringe Festival in Port Alberni June 21–23 and is looking for volunteers.

FMI: Gwynne Hunt, 250-723-3331 (Main Artery) or 250-7237883 (Art Matters Society). ◆ STEAK NIGHT at the legion. Supper served 5-7 p.m., followed by a dance with live music. $13 per person.

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THe 26TH ANNuAl BC CHilDreN’s HOsPiTAl’s MirACle WeekeND

BC Children’s Hospital helps kids get care closer to home Jonathan Dean recently took up horseback riding and, while climbing onto the back of a huge and powerful animal might intimidate some small children, the five-year-old Nanaimo boy took it in stride. Horseback riding just happens to be his latest achievement and his mother, Grace Dean, credits Errington Therapeutic Riding Association’s riding therapy, which requires balance and core strength, with helping Jonathan learn to walk.

Jonathan has a genetic condition called CHARGE syndrome and is deaf and blind and requires specialized care in speech therapy, audiology, respirology and ophthalmology. This means he’s had to overcome a many challenges since birth. Fortunately, one challenge – the frequent and inconvenient trips his family had to make to BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver – was removed with the opening of a pediatric clinic at Nanaimo Regional General Hospital in 2009. Although Jonathan still goes to BC Children’s a least once a year for checkups, most of his care is now managed by caregivers at the Nanaimo facility.

“Being able to go to Nanaimo has made such a difference,” says Grace Dean, Jonathan’s mother. “It’s helped our home life. I don’t have to take a full day or two from work.

I can’t even put into words how much it’s helped us.”

Construction of the pediatric clinic in Nanaimo was supported by Child Health BC, an initiative of BC Children’s Hospital.

Among the goals of Child Health BC are improved access to BC Children’s specialists, reduced travel for children requiring treatment, standardized care for children throughout BC, and improved pediatric services in the various regions of the province.

“The fact that Jonathan is able to receive specialized care so close to home is exactly what we’re looking for,” says Dr. Maureen O’Donnell, executive director of Child Health BC. Child Health BC’s activities took off after Overwaitea Food Group became the lead benefactor with a pledge of $20 million in support in 2007. TELUS and Scotiabank later made gifts of $5 million and $1 million, respectively. This support had an immediate impact, says O’Donnell. Pediatric clinics established with Child Health BC’s support in Nanaimo and Prince George have thousands of patient visits annually; additional travelling clinics are staffed by BC Children’s caregivers in communities across the province; and over 1,000 health professionals have participated in Child Health BC’s workshops.

O’Donnell credits Overwaitea Food Group’s donation with Child Health BC’s growing reach across the province, noting that it’s a perfect fit for an organization with a presence in so many BC communities. Overwaitea Food Group President Darrell Jones agrees.

“We’re committed to the health and wellness of kids and families in BC,” says Jones.

“We’ve been proud to support BC Children’s Hospital for more than two decades – and

with the help of our communities, we’ve contributed millions of dollars toward hospital improvement projects, advocacy programs and important research initiatives.

We’re grateful for the amazing support of our local communities, team members, customers and supplier partners who have all played a key role in making this fundraising success possible.”

Child Health BC is part of a larger transformation in the way BC’s children receive care, says Larry Gold, president of BC Children’s Hospital and Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children. The transformation also includes the construction of a new BC Children’s Hospital in Vancouver.

“We want to ensure children have access to a consistent standard of care, whether they live in Smithers, Campbell River or Castlegar; and there will always be children who need care that’s only available in a children’s hospital,” says Gold.

BC Children’s Hospital Foundation has raised close to $170 million, including Overwaitea Food Group’s gift and $25 million from Teck Resources Limited, in its $200-million capital campaign to support construction of the new hospital and Child Health BC. Gold says that the new hospital, which will open in 2018, will be family-friendly, making it easier

for families from outside the Lower Mainland to remain with their children.

Beyond the money being raised for the new hospital and Child Health BC, Gold says the hospital also counts on donations of about $14 million a year to support research, equipment purchases and training. On June 1 and 2 BC Children’s Hospital Foundation will hold its annual Miracle Weekend celebration on Global BC, to raise the millions the hospital needs to cover its urgent annual needs.

Grace Dean understands the importance of supporting the hospital: “Jonathan has received great care at BC Children’s and at the clinic in Nanaimo. As far as I’m concerned, the fact that my son, despite all his challenges, is walking on his own, is learning to communicate with me, and is even riding horses, shows just how much children can accomplish when they get the right care. BC Children’s Hospital has been there for us every step of the way.”

Between April 2009 and March 2011, approximately 1,200 families made over 3,200 visits to the Nanaimo Pediatric Ambulatory Health Clinic.

JUNE 1 & 2, 2013 On June 1 and 2, tune in to Miracle Weekend, broadcast live from BC Children’s Hospital, on Global BC from 7:00pm on Saturday, June 1 until 5:30pm on Sunday, June 2 The 26th annual BC Children’s Hospital’s Miracle Weekend is a two-day celebration that showcases the best of BC Children’s Hospital: patients, their families, caregivers and supporters who come from every corner of BC. BC Children’s Hospital receives over 200,000 visits from patients from across the province every year. Donations help the hospital deliver the best in care every day, and are helping to prepare for the future by supporting the construction of a new BC Children’s Hospital and better access to care for children in or close to their home communities.

Please support BC Children’s Hospital.

Donate at GiveSpace.ca or call 1-888-663-3033

At the Overwaitea Food Group, we’re very proud of our longstanding commitment to investing in the health of kids and their families. We’re grateful to everyone who supports us in this effort. Our team members, customers and suppliers have all played a key role in our fundraising success over the years.

We’ve been supporting BC Children’s Hospital for more than two decades, and we’ve raised millions of dollars in support of capital improvement projects, important research initiatives and advocacy programs designed to help keep our kids safe by reducing preventable injuries.

In 2007, we made a $20 million pledge to support Child Health BC, an initiative of BC Children’s Hospital that helps get kids in BC get the care they need, closer to home. Since then, we’ve raised more than $10.7 million toward our goal, and Child Health BC has been able to put this concept into action in a number of communities throughout BC. We are grateful for the amazing commitment and fund raising efforts driven by OFG team members who encourage the generosity of our customers and suppliers.

Darrell Jones, President OFG

Photo: C.J. Poznansky

Alberni Valley News Thursday , May 30, 2013

Valley SENIORS

Driving enthusiasm at home A

n important date to celebrate this month (besides Seniors Week) is the second annual “Abbeyfield Week”, which will be held June 8–15 in homes worldwide. In fact, there are more than 800 Abbeyfield homes and more than 9,000 residents in 17 countries.

The Abbeyfield movement began in 1956 when Major Richard Carr-Gomm resigned his commission with the British Army and bought a property at 50 Eugene Rd., South London for 250 pounds.

It was to provide housing for four people—the only qualification being loneliness. In 1987, Canada opened its first Abbeyfield house in Sidney, B.C. Today, there are 30 Abbeyfield houses in Canada.

And here in our community, the late Terry Whyte made possible the opening of the Port Alberni home. Now, under

‘I have had no regrets because this place satisfies my needs...’

– Muriel Thompson the leadership of Marlene Dietrich and an active board of directors, our local Abbeyfield provides accommodation to 21 residents.

One of those residents is Muriel Thompson, who is now the longest living resident of Abbeyfield. She has lived in this home for the past six and a half years.

Mrs. Thompson, originally from Ontario, lived in California for several years with her husband, who passed away in 1985.

In 2003, Mrs. Thompson decided to move to Brentwood Bay on Vancouver Island to live with her daughter, and

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Muriel Thompson has lived at Abbeyfield House longer than any other resident. She has been involved in myriad activities at the house.

shortly after, to Port Alberni, where her second daughter lives.

“I decided to come here to be closer to my other daughter and to Abbeyfield because I felt lonely and

depressed,” she says. “I have had no regrets, because this place satisfies my needs and allows me to have friends, be independent, keep busy, have my daughter coming to visit me regularly, and I have a large room with my own furniture.

“In other words, for me, it is a perfect place!”.

All these years since she first arrived, Mrs. Thompson has been actively involved in the life of Abbeyfield, not only socializing regularly with her peers but assisting others. She also oversaw the “Abbeyfield Convenience Store” when it was first opened.

And when the home’s first bus arrived, called at that time “the pride of Abbeyfield”, it was Muriel who was asked to do the christening of the vehicle, mainly for her enthusiastic endorsement of this means of transportation at Abbeyfield.

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Echo Village turns 21 1992 when the doors of this multilevel care home opened its doors to welcome the first residents.

Congratulations, Echo Village!

Happy anniversary, Echo Village!

On June 15, the Echo Village community will celebrate 21 years of operation.

It was the year

Saluting seniors occasion for all of us to appreciate and celebrate the men and women who have laid the foundations of our society.

In Port Alberni there are hundreds of individuals who live in seniors’ homes assisted by dedicated staff members and hundreds of volunteers and families.

As “Seniors Week” approaches, we want to salute all of them, for bringing fulfillment to all.

Following the tradition of several decades, the members of Port Alberni City Council passed a motion last March to proclaim “Seniors Week” in Port Alberni June 2–8, 2013.

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Danielle Fong ~ 250-735-4069 Cindy Stirzaker ~ 250-723-5935 IN MEMORIAM

IN MEMORIAM

Bradley Robert Mitchell March 17, 1984 ~ May 29, 2011 We thought of you today, But that was nothing new.

We thought of you yesterday, And will tomorrow too.

We think of you in silence, and make no outward show.

For what it meant to lose you, Only those who love you know.

Remembering you is easy, We do it every day.

It’s the heartache of losing you, That never goes away.

Love you always, Dad, Mom, Jen, Trena & Brody DEATHS

DEATHS

DONALD ALFRED HOULE August 4, 1923 – March 26, 2013 Don passed away at the West Coast General Hospital after a heart attack.

He is predeceased by his wife Kay Houle.

He is sadly missed by son Kevin and daughters Shelley (Mike) Bircsak, Kathy (Bruce) Kingsley and 3 grandchildren, Gregory, Andrea and Warren and his little dog ‘Pepper’.

A celebration of life will be on June 6th at 1:00 PM at the Notre Dame Church 4731 Burke Street Port Alberni B.C. In lieu of owers donations can be made to the SPCA or a charity of your choice. “A limb has fallen from the family tree.

Remember the best times, the laughter, the song The good life lived when I was strong.

Now my mind is at ease and my soul is at rest Remembering now I truly was blessed�

Dear Rhonda, Like a beam of light into a dark room, like a rose to a stranger.

You appeared into my life twenty years ago when I asked you to grad and you changed my life, forever, by saying yes.

With my cleft palate, acne and general lack of any confidence, you, over the years, have changed my self image. The most beautiful woman I have ever known, loved me; not a little but passionately. You loved me though my scars, acne and lack of direction.

You are a gift from God who has made me the man I am today. From this day forward I will know you longer than I have not. I was alive 20 years before and now I have loved you for 20 years and one day.

You have brought such joy into my life that I want to shout it from the rooftops. But I thought this classified ad would be a little more appropriate. As we move together through life, I want you to know that I am here and I love you as much as a man can love a woman. In celebration of this thought there is a coupon signed your loving husband in the paper for you.

You make me want to be a better man and I Love You. Thank you for being a part of my life for 20 years.

Christopher

IN MEMORIAM GIFTS RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE BC Help Tomorrow’s Families Today– leave a gift in your will. legacy@rmhbc.ca

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING EVENTS BARKLEY SOUND Floathouse Owner’s Association Annual General Mtg. Wednesday, June 5, 7pm at Kin Hut.

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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES QUAD L Enterprises Ltd. has a job opening for a: Vegetation Control Supervisor in the Cariboo/Valemount Area. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Planning and implementation of all aspects of control projects. Expertise to provide training and supervision to employees. Following all Health, Safety and Environment policies and procedures. The ideal candidate will have experience in the industryas a Certified Arborist and have current safety certifications Please submit resumes including a current driver’s abstract to: hr@isley.ca

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We offer a competitive pay plan with an aggressive bonus structure, salary guarantee and moving allowance. Attention: Dean Brackenbury, GSM. Email: dbrackenbury@denhamford.com

HELP WANTED HAIRSTYLIST WANTED. Full time/part time for First Choice Hair Cutters for their Port Alberni location. Guaranteed $11/hour, 25% profit sharing, paid overtime, benefits, paid birthday, vacation pay, annual advanced training and advancement opportunities. Call 1-866-472-4339 today for an interview.

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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.

Detailed job posting can be viewed at:

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WFP offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefit and pension package and the potential to achieve annual performance rewards.

Please reply in confidence, citing Reference Code: Human Resource Department Facsimile: 1.866.840.9611 Email: resumes@westernforest.com Application Deadline: Thursday, June 6, 2013 Reference Code: General Foreman – EFO As only short-listed candidates will be contacted, WFP thanks you in advance for your interest in our Company.

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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:

Scale Specialist Grader Operator Grapple Yarder Operator Excavator Operator Line Loader Operator Heavy Duty Mechanics Detailed job postings can be viewed at

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Human Resource Department Facsimile: 1.866.840.9611 Email: resumes@westernforest.com

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MISCELLANEOUS WANTED SCRAP METAL; Fridges, freezers, washers, dryers, electric/wood stoves, lawn mowers & other recyclable metal, free pick up. Call Richard 250-723-0855.

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CARRIER OF THE WEEK CHRIS CAPPUS

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Chris has been with the News since September 2006 and delivers to 144 Alberni Valley residents! In his spare time Chris likes going to the gym everyday and cutting lawns.

He saves his paper delivery earnings and it helps to pay the bills. What Chris likes most about being a carrier for the News is meeting his neighbours, getting exercise and being outside.

GRINSHEEP FIBRE Productions. 1265 Leffler Rd. (across from the Wildlife Centre in Errington) Offering felting, spinning, knitting & weaving supplies at reasonable rates.

Open Tues - Sat., 1 - 5 or by appt. Call 250-248-6306 or email: grinsheep@gmail.com

3471 ARGYLE St. Port Alberni. 3 bdrm, 2 bath rancher in new subdivision. Open concept, fenced yard, covered patio, irrig. system. View at: Arrowsmithlistings.com Asking $339,900. Call 250-7233020 or 250-735-0679.

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.

Detailed job posting can be viewed at:

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These are USW hourly union positions with a comprehensive benefits package. Details of the collective agreement can be viewed at

http://www.westernforest.com/careers/collective-agreements.php Please reply in confidence, citing Reference Code: Human Resource Department Facsimile: 1.866.840.9611 Email: resumes@westernforest.com Application Deadline: Thursday, June 6, 2013 Reference Code: Grapple Yarder Crew NFO As only short-listed candidates will be contacted, WFP thanks you in advance for your interest in our Company.

Incredible 5 acre treed PARK-LIKE PROPERTY with Well-Maintained Furnished Home 1500 sq.ft, 3-bdrm, 2 bath. Extremely close to Pristine Cowichan Lake, in the town of Caycuse.

Perfect for recreational property or full time living.

Motivated seller $378,800.

Exceptionally low yearly cost. Not leased land.

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Along with our thanks, Chris received some Black Press merchandise and a $10 gift card from Walmart!

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FRI. MAY 31 & Sat. June 1.

All day, starts 8am. 3891 Craig St. Chest freezer, pool table, ABS plumbing, and more!

GARAGE SALE. Friday May 31, 2 - 6 pm. At Ecole des Grands-Cedres, on Alberni Elementary School parking lot.

Fundraiser to buy a fresh water well for sister-school in Haiti. Rain or shine.

YARD SALE. Saturday, May. 18th, 2699 Old Nanaimo Hwy. Weather permitting.

NP: 4868 Elizabeth St., Sat., June 1st, 8am-1pm. Misc estate items, tools, books and fishing gear. Rain or shine!

MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

PARKSVILLE 2BDRM. Full bath, 5appli’s, 50’x12’. New deck w/metal roof, fenced yard. Pets OK. Was $60,000 Now $45,000. (250)248-7776

BUYING OR SELLING?

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RENTALS

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

APARTMENT/CONDO

AUTO FINANCING

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

2 bedroom Apt for rent on Tree’s Property on the Alberni hwy $600.00 per month 250-954-9547

DreamTeam Auto Financing “0” Down, Bankruptcy OK Cash Back ! 15 min Approvals

PORT ALBERNI, Carmoor Building at the Harbour Quay, deluxe adult oriented 1 & 2 bdrm loft Apts for lease. 10’ ceilings, F/S, D/W, microwave, W/D, A/C, gas F/P. No pets, no smokers, ref’s req’d. Call (250)724-5040.

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1-800-961-7022

11.5’ Elkhorn Camper, $5,500. Side entry model, requires 8’ box. HW heater, propane stove w/oven, propane/elect fridge, forced air propane heater, flush toilet, inside shower. (250)390-3805

COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL Formerly Curves in Coldstream. 1800 & 1400 sq.ft or sell all including 3000 sq.ft residence, heart of Coldstream Vernon BC. Near schools, store & lake. 250-542-6261

COTTAGES

2000, 26’ Golden Falcon 5th wheel, 3 way fridge, slide out, new hot water 10gal tank, queen bed. In exc. cond.

Stored in Ladysmith. $7200 firm. Call (250)580-2566.

BRIGHTLY LIT Cabin, planted flower/vegetable garden, priv yard. Close to Beaver Creek Store. $600. (250)999-0139.

HOMES FOR RENT

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL

CARS

SOUTH PORT: 4 bdrm, 1 bath reno’d kitchen, large backyard.

N/S, $1200/mo + util’s. Avail. now. Call (250)723-0880.

CASH BUYER

Scrap cars & trucks, Complete or not.

Over the phone price quotes.

RECREATION

RV RESORT ON THE LAKE

Spots available at great rates. Daily, weekly, monthly. Pool, Hot tub, exercise room, laundry, putting green, hiking, fishing. Free coffee in one of the best clubhouses on the island. Nanaimo area. www.resortonthelake.com 250-754-1975 or admin@resortonthelake.com

AUTO FINANCING

Saluting seniors

TRUCKS & VANS

1995 FORD CONTOUR- 4 good Michelin tires, $900 obo.

Call (250)723-4449.

RADIAL ARM Saw, Craftsman, $250. Chop saw $75.

Metal saw with 12” blade $75.

Also: routers & garden cultivator with extras. (250)723-3886.

1990 DODGE Cummings turbo diesel pick up & canopy. 3 speed automatic, 409,000 KM. $5,000. Call 250-723-9679.

MARINE BOATS

SPORTS & IMPORTS

A1 AUTO Loans. Good, bad or no credit - no problem. We help with rebuilding credit & also offer a first time buyer program. Call 1-855-957-7755.

Facebook and iPads aren’t just for the younger generation: seniors at the Sunshine Club take an iPad class to get to know their new technology.

(250)730-1672 or (250)724-1672 VALLEY TOWING

1975 OLDSMOBILE Toronado, $4,000. Garaged since 1982. Has collector plates.

104,000 original miles. Runs beautifully. (250)390-3805

2008 VIBE- 66,000 km, good on gas and excellent running order. $12,000. (250)723-3886

TRANSPORTATION

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2012 Fiat 500, automatic, fully loaded. Black w/red racing stripe.

Excellent condition. $20,000. (250)591-4112

1986 28’-FAIRLINE Fly Bridge, $29,900.

Twin 6cyl gas engines, 2VHF radios, depth sounder, 4burner propane stove w/oven, 110/12v fridge, electric head w/holding tank. (250)390-3805

MOTORCYCLES SUSAN QUINN/Alberni Valley News

2000 CBR 600F4, 23000 km, perfect dealer maintenance, new tires, chain, sprockets, battery, full tune, valves,timing, fluids,brakes. $4000.

Helmet & Jacket $450.

Call or text: #250-240-9556

2006 BAYLINER Discovery, 350 Merc Cruiser with Bravo 3 Leg Dual Prop. EZ load trailer 8000 lbs. Electric anchor winch, VHF, winter covers... too much to list. $34,900. Call 250-752-5029 for more info.

Carpet bowling is popular at Echo Centre, but can always use more members. It’s essentially lawn bowling without the grass stains.

Seniors’ week is June 2–8 in the Alberni Valley and the days will be filled with activities for people aged 50 and above. Parks and Recreation have a whole schedule of events laid out at various places throughout the Valley. See our special supplement included with today’s Alberni Valley News.

For the first time ever, seniors can participate in a mobility scooter

rodeo, to learn safe ways to drive around the community.

There are trips planned to the West Coast aboard the Frances Barkley, and to McLean Mill on the steam train.

Want to get on the water? Try dragon boating, outrigger canoe paddling or even adult swimming.

And many businesses are opening their doors to seniors with special attention too.

Time for a NEW car?

LOST & FOUND Ads are always

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Parks and Recreation offers myriad activities, like chair fit exercise class, to help seniors of all ages and physical condition to keep fit and healthy.

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Wrestlers prepare for Canada Games Alberni Wrestling has three athletes who have been preparing for the Canada Games trials this coming weekend at Burnaby Central High School.

Michel Kurucz, Nolan Badovinac and

Jonathan Spencer have been training with coach Travis Cross.

Unfortunately, Kurucz has suffered an injury and will be unable to compete, coach James

Messenger said.

If Badovinac or Spencer win at the trials they will represent British Columbia at the Canada Games in Sherbrooke, QC in August.

Golf’s triple threat KATHY WHITE

Pitch n’ Putt

Kelly Gauthier was the big winner in the B-Division of the nine-hole ladies at Alberni Golf Club this week, winning low gross, low net and low putts.

She also had a birdie on No. 2.

Also in the B-Division, pars were had by Kathy Toms on No. 8, Jan Charlesworth on No. 2 and No. 4. Lorraine Wilson had a par on No. 8.

Julie Swaney had two chip-ins today, one on No. 6 and another on No. 7.

In the A-Division, low gross went to Marta Williamson.

Low net was won by Julie Swaney, who also had the low putts.

18-hole ladies Low gross went

to Jackie Little with a 74. Low net was shared between Patsy Gauthier and Kathy White each with 74.

Gayle Rhodes had the challenge pin, Pat Nicklin challenged her, but Rhodes held onto the pin. Marie Randall will give it a try next week.

The Zone 6 Amateur/Senior tournament was held in Comox at Glacier Greens Golf Club on May 25–26.

Port Alberni golfers Christina Proteau won first place and Jackie Little won second.

In the senior level Little took first place.

Proteau and Little will play in the provincials in June. Good luck,

ladies.

Janice Cross won first low net in her age category at the Zone 6 tourney. Teresa Cutting won third low net in her age category.

Cross and Pat Nicklin will be representing the Alberni Golf Club on June 3 at Glacier Greens’ Champion of Champions Tournament for winning low gross and low net in the club championship tournament we had last August.

Good luck, ladies.

Never let up. The more you can win by, the more doubts you put in the other players’ minds the next time out. —Sam Snead

SONJA DRINKWATER/ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

Draggin’ tails

West Coast Dragon Boat Society member Donna James, centre, assists a boat mixed with regular paddlers and people who wanted to try dragon boating for the first time, Sunday during an open house at Sproat Lake Landing. The ladies’ teams hold their annual festival on June 9 at Sproat Lake.

Trask takes ’em to task at Alberni Golf Club KNOX COUPLAND Alberni Golf

Last weekend was another great weekend for golf at the Alberni Golf Club.

The very popular

Twin Travel Scramble was held. The winning team was comprised of Glen Trask, Jerry White, Kevin Carlton and Dennis Frykas.

Second place went to Ken Fonk, Steve White, Gord Cutting, and Clint Wilson.

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Plan ahead FOR ALL THE RIGHT REASONS. Yvonne Parti really enjoyed talking to Cecil Dawson about these paintings that are at Clock Tower Gallery. Having his dad’s charts as a backdrop gave them an even more unique look. If you haven’t seen this display you only have a few more days with Saturday being the last chance to view this exhibit.

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The THE Arts ARTS

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Artists open their doors Days With the Arts studio tour June 1–2 brings light to Valley culture SUSAN QUINN

stool for this exhibit. Tim builds functional art out of reclaimed wood and The Deakin name is known in other objects. For the stool, many corners of Port Alberni: family Carter burned images of ◆ STUDIO TOUR members are spread far and wide, mother animals and their maps are $20 and and are known for a variety of talents. babies. available at Rollin Five particularly artistic members “That’s the first piece Art Centre and Echo will display their work in the Ormond we’ve actually combined Centre. Call 250Block across from Little Bavaria together. We’re going to be 724-3412. restaurant as part of Days With the doing more,” she said from Arts studio tour this Saturday, June 1 her West Coast studio. and Sunday, June 2.

Carter normally burns her artwork onto The two-day self-guided tour includes 30 large pieces of fungus found on tree trunks. studios and public settings with the artwork “The medium is new for me, the burning of more than 100 artists on display. part. I’ve always been artistic.” Her career Some of the group locations include the has meandered from photography to acrylic, Rollin Art Centre, Char’s Landing, Clock oil and watercolour painting before the Tower Gallery, DRAW Gallery, the Maritime pyrography.

Museum buildings, Echo Centre and the Tim collects wood from the dam catch at Alberni Valley Museum.

Great Central Lake, and has made furniture Kelly Deakin Carter, Sean, Tim and Mel such as coffee and end tables and benches.

Deakin and Karen Gamble will put on a family He has transformed an old oil tank exhibit. into a composter and a stepladder and The Deakins—Gamble is an honorary paintbrushes into a bird bath and plant Deakin— stand.

Carter, who now lives in Ucluelet, is Sean creates three-dimensional pieces out a pyrographic artist. She and Tim have of soapstone and wood. collaborated on a three-legged milking Mel, who is Carter’s niece and now in Victoria, will bring some of her watercolour and ink pieces to the Days With the Arts tour. She prints on various media such as aquaboard, cold press paper and wood panels.

Gamble, who is the mother of Carter’s step-children, is a photographer specializing in nature.

Now located in Cumberland, Gamble has also lived in Ucluelet and Port Alberni and that is reflected in her work.

“All of us are nature-based,” Carter explained. That’s a common ground we have is a love of the outdoors.”

The Deakins held an exhibit last year at Char’s Landing; some different members are participating this year, Carter said.

The Deakins are five of many artists participating in the studio tour this weekend.

Participants create everything from stone sculptures to jewelry, woodcarving to printmaking, all types of painting to handpainted wearable art, photography to encaustic wax art.

Tickets are $20 and include a wristband for entry into each site, as well as a map to the studio locations.

Many of the artists will have door prize draws while others contributed to the large draw spread currently on display at the SUSAN QUINN/Alberni Valley News Rollin Art Centre (until May 31).

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Tim Deakin, one of five family members exhibiting in the Ormond Block on Fourth Avenue across from the Little Bavaria restaurant, assembles a bird bath/ plant stand made out of paintbrushes, ladder and buckets. Deakin turns reclaimed materials into functional art.

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Stone sculptor Ian Howie joins Days With the Arts studio tour for the first time this weekend. Howie has donated a piece similar to ‘Rip Curl’, a wave of rainforest marble, as a draw prize.

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an Howie has been carving for two decades—first with wood, now with rainforest marble.

Although he has lived and worked in the Alberni Valley for the past five years this is the first year he has had the opportunity to join the Days With the Arts studio tour.

Howie’s Beaver Creek gallery space, located upstairs from his workshop, will be open as part of the two-day tour.

Howie and his wife, Ellen Vander Putten, relocated to Port Alberni from Nanaimo. He admits housing prices were an attractive enticement; as was the detached workshop. Vander Putten teaches classical piano at the United Church, where she is also the

church pianist.

Howie carves primarily in rainforest marble, which he quarries himself from an undisclosed location near Kennedy Lake. He likes the characteristics of the stone, which is local. “Vancouver Island has a tremendous amount of marble,” says Howie. “Rainforest is generally accepted as being from one location. It’s rare and famous because of that location.”

Howie has worked as a small passenger ferry captain in Nanaimo and as a bridge saw operator at a granite fabrication company. He hopes to turn his sculpting into a full-time job “soon”. editor@albernivalleynews.com

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Ponch-ing it up

Chamber hosts artisan fair

Weekend passes, day passes and individual tickets are now available for the first annual Alberni Valley Fringe Festival, June 21–23.

Weekend passes are $120, day passes are available at discounted rates and tickets for individual shows range from $4–$10. Drop into Main Artery on Argyle Street at Third Avenue or call 250-723-3331.

Ten local acts and 10 out-of-town acts will highlight the festival, which will take place at the Capitol Theatre and Char’s Landing, organizer Gwynne Hunt said.

Buskers, musical entertainment and a Fringe Fairy will give the fest a street presence.

Art Rave seeks merchant help

Organizers of Art Rave, taking place Aug. 16–18 at the Port Alberni Train Station and surrounding area, are calling on artists and merchants for help.

Wes Bloxham from Islands Gallery would like to see artists sign up to display and demo their work in various stores and restaurants leading up to Art Rave.

Anyone interested in building the buzz can give Bloxham a call at the gallery at 778-4210090.

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Catch their folk country act on Tuesday, June 4, 8-10 p.m. at Char’s Landing. Advance tickets $10, seniors $8 at Rollin Art Centre ($3 more at the door).

School exhibit one of several exciting events for Rollin MELISSA MARTIN Arts Around

Art in the Schools is currently on exhibit at Rollin Art Centre.

This exciting exhibit runs until June 8.

Students from local elementary schools and Community Living who took part with local artists in Art in the Schools have their artwork on display during this wonderful exhibit. Admission is free although donations are greatly appreciated.

The art centre is wheelchair accessible.

Did you buy your ticket?

You don’t have much time left to purchase your ticket for the Days With the Arts tour. The longanticipated fundraiser for the Community Arts Council and

Rollin Art Centre, which takes place every second year, happens this Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2 (please see stories on page A24).

Days with the Arts is a self-guided studio tour. With more than 100 local artists and 30 separate venues, you won’t want to miss it.

The tour highlights the varied work of our artistic and creative community.

Tickets are only $20 and available at the Rollin Art Centre. Included in the ticket price is a chance to win one of many door prizes donated by the artists themselves. Stop by the gallery to support the Community Arts Council.

It’s a carnival at ADSS The ADSS Social Studies 10 class is hosting a fundraising evening on Tuesday, June 11 from 5–8 p.m.

at the high school.

All proceeds will go towards Pathway to Success, a pathway that will lead from ADSS to North Island College.

The carnival is great for the entire family: activities include art for sale, dunk tank, photos, face painting, bingo, calk walk, 50/50 draw, pie the teacher and more.

Tickets are $1 each, $5 for 10 or $15 for 20 tickets. All activities require tickets.

What’s on at Char’s Landing

p.m., Diana Pearson with her dad Mike Pearson opening.

Advanced tickets available at the Rollin Art Centre, Cash only.

Art’s a DRAW at this gallery DRAW gallery presents Flowers and Dreams, Spring to summer group show runs to June 29. The show savours all the flowers in spring and then the warmth of summer where little dreams may go.

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exceptional talents of local artists.

DRAW is open Thursday to Saturday 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., located at the corner of Melrose and Eighth Avenue.

Life Drawing workshops every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays. Please call 250-724-2056 for more info.

Think Rollin for weddings Book your wedding or special event now to be held in the

beautiful gardens at the Rollin Art Centre.

Make those special days last forever with photographs taken on our beautifully landscaped gardens and grounds amongst a gazebo, bridge or in a field of flowers.

Call Rollin Art Centre (located at Argyle Street and Eighth Avenue) today for more info at 250-7243412.

Melissa Martin is the arts administrator for the Community Arts Council.

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Like a pot of beans simmering over a campfire on the lonesome high plains, Real Ponchos’ music has a deep, soulful and honest groove.

That’s not to say that after a few good bottles, you won’t find these boys in the saddle commanding

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Exhibitors include aboriginal clothing, handcrafted and organic products, stone carvings, cookbooks, holistic wellness treatments and products, and homebased products.

The jazz band from AW Neill Middle School will perform from 1–2 p.m.

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#307-4505 Victoria Quay • River & mountain views from private balcony • 1007 sq.ft., 1 bedrm, open concept floor plan • Near shopping, services & Somass River Boardwalk • Secured, covered parking, adult oriented complex

69,900

#10-10325 Lakeshore Road

129,900

Echo Area

4249 Princess Road • Charmingly updated 2,400 sq.ft. 5 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • 60 x 107 level landscaped lot with RV carport • Lg open kitchen, b/i dishwasher access to 29 x 15 deck • Heat pump, newer roof, updated wiring, plumbing & newer garden shed

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$

2460 10th Avenue • 3 bedroom, 1 bathroom • Nicely updated incl. new roof 2012 • Wired shop for 220 - 2 welder outlets • Shop has heated floor and bathroom LD

• 533 sq.ft., 1 bdrm ranch style home with loft • Fenced 33x125 sloped C3 zoned lot • Alley access • Sold ‘as is where is’

NOW 139,000 Rare Rancher

3876 10th Avenue • Great starter or retirement home • 900 square feet, 2 bedroom • Extensively renovated • Wheelchair friendly

32,000

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#6-4935 Broughton • 1,100 sq ft 2 bedroom 4 piece bathroom • 55+ Greenridge Manufactured home park • Covered deck & parking w/greenbelt privacy • Close to shopping, restaurants, golf course, marina.

3126 2nd Avenue

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5569 Falls Street • 1,600 sqft 3 bdrm 2 bath rancher w/heat pump • Impressive open floor plan with 9’ ceilings • Gourmet kitchen with island and large pantry • 4 years remaining on New Home Warranty

Double Double

149,900

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598,800 Peace Of The Country

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$375,000

2541 4th Ave.

Craig Filipchuck

B3

250-723-1800 4213 Princess Rd Corner of Ian & Johnston

OWNER WANTS THEM SOLD!

craigfili@shaw.ca • www.coastrealty.com 2541 4th Ave.

$192,000 2541 4th Ave.

OWNER WANTS IT SOLD!

SL#1 • Duplex new construction • Trades considered or lease to own • Quiet neighbourhood 16-4935 Broughton

250-720-6220

$192,000 #8-3749 10th Ave. LEASE $12.75 sq.ft.

OWNER WANTS IT SOLD!

SL# 2 • Duplex new construction • Trades considered or lease to own • Quiet neighbourhood

$69,000 3642 15th Ave.

$139,900

SL#1 & 2 • Duplex new construction • Trades considered or lease to own • Quiet neighbourhood

$47,000

22-6225 Lugrin Road

OPEN HOUSE

WELL ESTABLISHED SHOPPING CENTRE • High foot and vehicle traffic • C2 Zoning allows wide range business uses • Building waiting for your business

SAT. JUNE 1 • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

$192,000

Lot 30 Uchucklest Inlet $129,000

5100 Pleasant Road

A MUST SEE • New bathroom and furnace • Newly painted • Pet friendly park

OPEN HOUSE

FABULOUS LOCATION • Double wide mobile,55+ park • 2 large bedrooms, 3 pce ensuite • Large yard, carport and RV space Lot O Cheeyah Island

GREAT STARTER • Or retirement rancher, wheelchair access • Lg master bdrm & updated 4 pce bath • 12’x24’ shop fully wired

229,000 Lot P Cheeyah Island

$

$225,000

WATERFRONT PROPERTY WATERFRONT PROPERTY • Just under 3 acres in Uchucklesit Inlet • 2.64 acres of waterfront • Offers best fishing, diving & canoeing • Located in Uchucklesit Inlet, Barclay Sound • Perfect location & summertime retreat • Offers best fishing, conoeing & diving 7833 Wardrop Rd. CE PRI W NE

$229,000 3908 Marpole St.

COUNTRY LIVING • Half acre • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Full basement 14 Headquarters Bay

NICE NEIGHBOURHOOD • Well cared for 3 bedroom home • Fully fenced level back yard • Plumbed for a second bathroom 3203 3rd Ave.

SL#1 • New construction • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Half duplex in upper North Port

150,000

$

HIGH VISIBILITY

• Close to downtown core • 14’ high ceilings, potential for Dance studio or Instructional Business • Zoned CMX2

$240,000 each 3908 Marpole St.

$320,000 Lot R Cheeyah Island

OCEAN FRONT • 5 acres waterfront strata • 860 sq. ft. cabin to lock up • Septic installed

FRI. MAY 31 • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SAT. JUNE 1 • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Lot E Cheeyah Island

SL#2 • New construction • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Half duplex in upper North Port

• 6.06 acres • Possible subdividable • Harbour view

$225,000

WATERFRONT PROPERTY • 2.64 acres of waterfront • Located in Uchucklesit Inlet, Barclay Sound • Offers best fishing, conoeing & diving

$260,000 137 Winter Harbour Rd. CE PRI W E N

BAMFIELD ACREAGE

$225,000

WATERFRONT PROPERTY • 2.64 acres of waterfront • Located in Uchucklesit Inlet, Barclay Sound • Offers best fishing, conoeing & diving

$240,000 each Lot H Cheeyah Island

$250,000 432 Pachena Rd.

WATERFRONT PROPERTY • Just under 2 acres in Uchucklesit Inlet • Offers best fishing, diving & canoeing • Perfect location & summertime retreat

WATERFRONT PROPERTY • 1400 square foot float cabin • Sleeps 12 to 14 people • Private location, large float

$699,000

PORT HARDY • Wayne Ridley’s Fishing Lodge • Turn key fully operational • Accommoadates 20-16 guests

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280,000

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3219 6th Avenue

3570 China Creek Rd

• 5 bedrooms, 3 full baths • 2 separate suites, fenced yard • Garage and alley access • Income of over 2000 per mo.

• Lg updated family home w/suite • Quiet neighbourhood • Walk to schools, trails, owner motivated

239,000

204,900

$

$

3588 7th Avenue • 6 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms • 2 seperate suites, • Alley access • Central location

SOLD

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3704 3rd Avenue

2819 View Terrace

3691 Haslam Road

• Commercial lot and building on high traffic road

• Panoramic Inlet and mtn. views!

• Lg 3 bed, 2 den, 2 1/2 bath home on the hill • Central location, a gardener’s paradise

• Most desirable neighbourhood in town • Solid 4 bed 2 bath home • Large heated shop, level fenced yard • 2 natural gas fireplaces

159,999

$

2401 8th Avenue

3925 6th Avenue

• 3+1 bedrooms • Totally updated home • Quiet neighbourhood • Walking to school/daycare/parks

• 4 bdrms, 1 bath, lots of character • Central location, • Walking distance to recreation facilities

ONE PERCENT

139,000

$

4404 Bute Street • 2 bed, 1 bath rancher • Located in central location • Updated and move in ready

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4575 WELLINGTON

349,900

NEW PRICE $199,900

$

•Great home in quiet Cherry Creek neighbourhood.

•Detached workshop, new drain tile.

89,000

$

NEW LISTING

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4815 Johnston Rd.

4847 Bute St.

• High traffic location

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• Quality 5 bed & den, 3 bath home built in 2008 • Almost 5000 sq. ft. on two floors!

• Swimming pool, jacuzzi tub, hardwood, heat pump • Two fireplaces . . . too many features to list!

• 1.98 acres in Cherry Creek

$268,000 E RIC P W NE MLS #353341

6064 RENTON RD. S.

• 3 bed, 2 bath home in Cherry Creek • Updated kitchen & bathroom • 0.88 acres on quiet no thru road • Detached 24x24 wired shop

MLS #354981

3460 MARKHAM RD.

1969 HARLEQUIN CRESC.

$264,000

$235,000

Updated 44 bed bed 22 bath bath w/attached w/attached garage • Nanoose Bay 3 bed 2 bath •• Updated family home 150x124lotlot in Cherry •• 150x124 in Cherry CreekCreek Detached 28x35 heated shop w/bathroom •• Detached w/bathroom • 14,000+ sq.ft. lot backs onto greenspace Customkitchen kitchenwith withisland, island, 2 gas •• Custom 2 gas F/PF/P • Double oversized garage Hardwoodfloors floors– –thisthisis aismust a must •• Hardwood see!see! close to golf course & marina

W NE

• Well maintained 2 bed rancher • 4 bay garage, paved driveway • 20x40 in-ground swimming pool • .39 acres on quiet road, low taxes

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$324,000

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$269,000

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G TIN LIS W E N

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MLS #356257

• 4+bed, 3 bath, 2630 sq.ft home • Built in 1991 by current owners • Combination electric/wood furnace • Attached double garage • Located at end of no thru street • 2 fireplaces . . . too many features

5522 WOODLAND CRES. E

• Quality 3 bed & den, 3 bath • Built in 2005, 1729 sq. ft.

• 50x120 lot in Westporte • Open concept, vaulted ceiling • Master w/ensuite on the main

4289 NORTH PARK DR. • 6 Bed 3 Bath, 3 living areas • 2 Garages • Maple Kitchen in Main • Georgeous Views

9595 SPROAT PLACE • Sproat Lake • 4 bed 2 bath • 0.54 acres, 24x25 deck • jacuzzi tub, wood F/P

$225,000

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2330 11TH AVE.

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ON NTI PERS E T O AT VEL DE

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4285 PRINCESS RD.

• Updated 2 bed 2 bath Rancher • Located on 60x107 lot in North Port • Attached garage, small detached workshop • Fully fenced backyard with deck

MLS #329937

4961 GERTRUDE ST. • 3 separate titles, fruit trees • 3-44X143’ lots • Lots of potential

MLS #348226

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UNDER CONSTRUCTION 00 0,0 $ 36

CENTRAL LOCATION CHARMER! 00 0,0 $ 22

5566 SWALLOW DRIVE

• Unique feat. incl: iPod docks, total home water filtration system • Roof w/lifetime warranty, RV parking w/sani dump, 8 X 12 insulated shed

3535 12TH AVENUE

• Master bedroom on the main, 2 bedrooms up • Fully fenced back yard with large covered deck

ATTENTION HORSE LOVERS! 99 9,9 $ 37

00 6,9 $ 13

✦ OPEN HOUSE ✦

SATURDAY, JUNE 1ST 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

2587 1ST AVENUE

• 3 bdrm 1 bath home, basement w/in-house workshop • Newer windows, roof, perimeter drains, plumbing & heat pump

6379 FAYETTE ROAD

• Lg split level 3 bedroom, 3 bath home on 2.17 acres • Riding ring and two barns with 3 horse stalls

Personal Real Estate Corporation

PARADISE AT SPROAT LAKE! 00 9,0 $ 55

TIDY LITTLE CUTIE! 00 9,0 $ 15

SOLD!

15-5558 BEAVER CREEK RD

• Updated 2 bdrm, 1 bath w/ sunroom mobile home • Plenty of privacy, wrap around deck, close to all amenities

THREE YEARS YOUNG! 00 3,5 $ 17

#4-3774 12TH AVENUE

• Open floor plan design,2 bed, 2 bath plus den • Near shops, restaurants, amenities & hospital

EXECUTIVE FAMILY RESIDENCE! 00 9,0 $ 49

2875 CARMICHAEL CRES.

• 4 bedroom, three bath upper south port home • Fully fenced yard, newer roof, close to schools and walking trails

EASY LIVING! 0 ,50 $ 39

6310 KAREN PLACE

• 4 bdrm, 4 bath executive home, ust over 4600 sqft • One acre with shop, RV parking, sweeping driveway

STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE! 0 ,90 $ 569

• 4 bdrm, 2 bath w/single garage and fully fenced • Overlooking park and green space

COUNTRY MASTERPIECE! 00 7,0 $ 45

COMPLETELY RENOVATED 00 9,0 $ 16

COMFORTABLE AND STYLISH! 00 9,9 $ 27

6295 LUGRIN ROAD

• Custom built six year young home on 0.60 acre • 4 bedroom, four bath with in-law suite

4209 NORTH PARK DRIVE

• Charming home offers 2 bedrooms, 2 bath • Relax on the patio, views of the greenbelt across the street

5820 TEBO AVENUE

• Stunning cook's delight kitchen with huge eating bar • Fully fenced back yard, private, feat. gardens & workshop

John’s Corner email: john@midislandhomes.com LARGE SPLIT LEVEL HOME! 00 9,9 $ 18

3613 7TH AVENUE

3754 9TH AVENUE

• Beautiful 2 bedroom 1 bathroom rancher sits on a nice lot • Walking distance to shopping, doctors offices and transportation

UPDATED HOME WITH SHOP! 00 9,0 $ 16

5342 OTTER PLACE

• Custom built 4 bdrm, 3 bath home on lg lot • Exceptional craftsmanship & detached shop

INVESTOR ALERT! 00 2,5 $ 64

26-1655 ALBERNI HIGHWAY

• 2 bdrm, 2 bath 14' wide mobile features vauleted ceilings • Great price, low maintenance yard and easy access

$1,200/MO LEASE OR SALE...

00 9,0 $ 19

5630 STRICK ROAD

• 4 bdrm plus den, 3 bath rancher on 1 acre w/ lg shop • Swimming pool, pool house, play house & outdoor kitchen

COUNTRY HIDEAWAY! 00 9,0 $ 31

3673 ANDERSON AVENUE

• 2 bedroom, 1 bath home w/bsmnt feat: updated kitchen • Alley access and 30x24 shop in a central location

COUNTRY LIVING! 00 9,0 $ 34

3970 7TH AVENUE

• 7 unit quality apartment complex • Covered RV parking, private decks & covered parking

MULTI FAMILY POTENTIAL! 00 9,9 $ 19

4672 ADELAIDE STREET

• 1193 sqft home or business feat. 3 bdrms, 1 bath • Lg living room, kit., eating nook, bath, 1 bdrm on the main

• Family home in Central Port Alberni • 4 bdrm, 2 bath home plus rec room on 2 lots

500 , 4 $ 26

COMMERCIALLY ZONED DUPLEX! 00 9,9 $ 14

1.9 BEAUTIFUL ACRES! 00 9,9 $ 39

4850 BENJAMIN ROAD

Port Alberni’s Real Estate Experts

4521 DOGWOOD STREET

• 3,000 sq.ft. building with bright, open main floor • Two 2 piece baths, and a full kitchen downstairs

5510 DUNDALK AVE. NORTH

• Cherry Creek rancher, open concept and large kitchen • 2 car garage, carport for the boat and room for the RV

4233 8TH AVENUE

• 4 bdrm, 3 bath unit, room for the whole family • Brand new roof, carport, balcony and patio

TOP OF ECHO!

3706 MORTON ST. • Quality built 3 bedroom, 2 bath split level home • Beautifully updated kitchen feat. large island • REDUCED to 264,500 and $3000 Decorating Bonus to the Buyer!

COUNTRY IN THE CITY! 00 9,9 $ 16

5281 MARY STREET

• 2 bed, 1 bath home on 5.77 acres • Lg kitchen w/built in appliances & stove top range

LIFE IS EASY AT BARCLAY ESTATES! 00 8,9 $ 16

7545 BEAVER CREEK ROAD

• 882 sqft rancher featuring 3bedrooms & 1 bathroom • 15 acres, Truman Creek winds through front corner of property

4135 MORTON STREET

• 2 bedroom, 1 bath well maintained Echo area home • Back yard has covered deck & nice detached work shop

2755 5TH AVENUE

• 4 bdrm, 3 bath home w/ 5th bed or office/den • Quiet neighbourhood, private yard, beautifully landscaped

10777 KIMOLA ROAD

• 9.5 acres of private, parklike, partially wooded lot • Recently built cedar home, also has quest accommodations

4175 RAVENHILL AVENUE

FAMILY FRIENDLY! 00 2,9 $ 14

Ph: (250) 731-4101

2558 9TH AVENUE

• Newer comfortable home on a good sized lot • Chalet style loft overlooks open floor plan

SOUTH PORT CLASS! 00 9,0 $ 34

• Exquisite 3 bdrms, 2 bath home with open floor plan • In house workshop, extra lg garage with RV Parking

Ph: (250) 730-1608 email:clairestorie@live.ca

Claire Storie

B5

the Dave Koszegi Team

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2867 4TH AVENUE

• Main floor: 1 bed, 1 bath & upper has kit., 3 beds & 1 bath • Newer heat pump, 200 amp electrical panel, thermal windows

Personal Real Estate Corporation

• Lovely family home is situated on a private 0.24 acre lot • Three bedrooms, two bathrooms on the main

NORTH PORT RANCHER! 00 9,9 $ 24

5064 RICHARDSON ROAD

• Open concept 3 bedroom, 2 baths w/sun room • Built in 2000, wheelchair accessible w/breezeway

Port Alberni’s Real Estate Experts

John Clark MAGICAL MEMORIES! 00 0,0 $ 17

S-14 10324 LAKESHORE ROAD

• Sproat lake Gated Community at Tall Timbers • Private with creek running alongside the lot

COUNTRY LIVING CLOSE TO TOWN! 00 9,9 $ 29

4560 VICTORIA STREET

• 3 bdrms, 2 baths on main w/in-law suite down • Lg family home on .5 an acre, oversized dbl carport

SPROAT LAKE GETAWAY! 00 9,0 $ 54

19280 PACIFIC RIM HWY

• Unique 3 level home offers 1700 sqft of living space • Gently sloping trail to the pebbled beach and wharf

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OCEAN VIEW FIXER - UPPER! 00 5,0 $ 12

2567 1ST AVENUE

• 2+ bedroom, great starter or retirement home • Detached garage /workshop, alley access, close to marina

UPPER NORTH PORT LOT! 0 ,90 $ 72

4371 ARROWSMITH ROAD

• 72 x 156 lot in a great area with lane access • Walking distance to schools, shopping & restaurants

3 CITY LOTS AS ONE PACKAGE! 0 ,90 $ 69

6031 RIVER ROAD

• One 66x120 foot lot on River Road • Two 33x120 foot lots on Brown Road

FALL IN LOVE! 00 9,9 $ 37

2317 8TH AVENUE

• 5 bdrm, 3 bath feat. soaker tub in ensuite & walk in closets • Fully fenced yard in upscale neighbourhood, no-thru road

MULTI FAMILY SITE! 00 9,9 $ 11

4250 ROSEWOOD ST

Alberni Valley News Thursday, May 30, 2013

Port Alberni’s Real Estate Experts

3158 SWEET AVENUE

BRAND NEW SPROAT LAKE HOME! 00 9,0 $ 59

5625 SILVERSPOON ROAD

IMMACULATE SPROAT LAKE WATERFRONT! 00 9,0 $ 89

10242 STIRLING ARM CRESCENT

• Ideal for a 6 plex or 8 plex in prime central location • Walking distance to new high school, college & recreation

• One of the nicest subdivisions in town • .33 of an acre lot in cul-de-sac & quiet neighbourhood

• 3 bedroom, 3 bath, open floor plan, 9' ceilings • One acre, beautiful views of mountains, lake access

• 4 bdrm, open concept living area w/gourmet kitchen • Down features a full kit, recroom, sunroom w/hot tub & shower

CLOSE TO ALL AMENITIES! 99 9,9 $ 29

SPROAT LAKE-DAWSON'S LANDING!

NEW CUSTOM WATERFRONT HOME! 00 99,0 $ 1,8

ENCHANTING VICTORIAN ESTATE! 00 9,0 $ 59

3619 12TH AVENUE

• 4 bedrooms, 3 bath home with in-law suite • Beautiful gardens, fenced yard, 24x12 garage/workshop

Claire’s Corner

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SL1 KYUNIM ROAD

9866 STIRLING ARM CRESCENT

• 0.43 acre lot fully serviced by electricity, water & sewage to lot line • 5 bedroom, 4 bath esquisite Sproat Lake estate • Unobstructed views, southern exposure & 98' of level sandy beach • Astounding views, private, sandy pebble beach with wharf

EASY LIVING IN CREEK'S EDGE MOBILE PARK! 00 9,0 $ 11

TERRACE LANE PATIO HOME! 0 ,90 4 0 $2

5555 GOLDEN STREET

MOUNTAIN & OCEAN VIEWS! 00 9,0 $ 17

301-2825 3RD AVENUE

• 2 bed, 1 bath corner condo w/plenty of windows • Secure building, laundry in unit/gas FP in living room

FULLY RENOVATED! 00 9,0 $ 46

7303 BELL ROAD

• Custom home on 2.26 acres, built in 1995 by a premier builder • Master craftsmanship throughout this 3600+ sqft 4 bdrm, 4 bath home

• 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom, three year young reno's & addition • 2.5 acres, 40x30 shop, RV parking, 2-tier partially covered deck

PEACEFUL LIVING ON GREENBELT! 00 9,5 $ 25

ONE OF THE FINEST HOMES IN PORT ALBERNI! 00 9,9 $ 69

ASTOUNDING OCEAN VIEWS! 00 9,0 $ 39

2126 RITA RD

FEATURE LISTING

00 2,0 $ 21

NINE YEAR OLD CUSTOM HOME! $

0 ,00 9 9 1

CHERRY CREEK ACREAGE! 3440 TAHLEN ROAD

• 2.5 acre Cherry Creek Lot in great neighbourhood

UNDER CONSTRUCTION 00 0,0 $ 36

CENTRAL LOCATION CHARMER! 00 0,0 $ 22

5566 SWALLOW DRIVE

• Unique feat. incl: iPod docks, total home water filtration system • Roof w/lifetime warranty, RV parking w/sani dump, 8 X 12 insulated shed

3535 12TH AVENUE

• Master bedroom on the main, 2 bedrooms up • Fully fenced back yard with large covered deck

ATTENTION HORSE LOVERS! 99 9,9 $ 37

00 6,9 $ 13

✦ OPEN HOUSE ✦

SATURDAY, JUNE 1ST 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

2587 1ST AVENUE

• 3 bdrm 1 bath home, basement w/in-house workshop • Newer windows, roof, perimeter drains, plumbing & heat pump

6379 FAYETTE ROAD

• Lg split level 3 bedroom, 3 bath home on 2.17 acres • Riding ring and two barns with 3 horse stalls

Personal Real Estate Corporation

PARADISE AT SPROAT LAKE! 00 9,0 $ 55

TIDY LITTLE CUTIE! 00 9,0 $ 15

SOLD!

15-5558 BEAVER CREEK RD

• Updated 2 bdrm, 1 bath w/ sunroom mobile home • Plenty of privacy, wrap around deck, close to all amenities

THREE YEARS YOUNG! 00 3,5 $ 17

#4-3774 12TH AVENUE

• Open floor plan design,2 bed, 2 bath plus den • Near shops, restaurants, amenities & hospital

EXECUTIVE FAMILY RESIDENCE! 00 9,0 $ 49

2875 CARMICHAEL CRES.

• 4 bedroom, three bath upper south port home • Fully fenced yard, newer roof, close to schools and walking trails

EASY LIVING! 0 ,50 $ 39

6310 KAREN PLACE

• 4 bdrm, 4 bath executive home, ust over 4600 sqft • One acre with shop, RV parking, sweeping driveway

STANDARD OF EXCELLENCE! 0 ,90 $ 569

• 4 bdrm, 2 bath w/single garage and fully fenced • Overlooking park and green space

COUNTRY MASTERPIECE! 00 7,0 $ 45

COMPLETELY RENOVATED 00 9,0 $ 16

COMFORTABLE AND STYLISH! 00 9,9 $ 27

6295 LUGRIN ROAD

• Custom built six year young home on 0.60 acre • 4 bedroom, four bath with in-law suite

4209 NORTH PARK DRIVE

• Charming home offers 2 bedrooms, 2 bath • Relax on the patio, views of the greenbelt across the street

5820 TEBO AVENUE

• Stunning cook's delight kitchen with huge eating bar • Fully fenced back yard, private, feat. gardens & workshop

John’s Corner email: john@midislandhomes.com LARGE SPLIT LEVEL HOME! 00 9,9 $ 18

3613 7TH AVENUE

3754 9TH AVENUE

• Beautiful 2 bedroom 1 bathroom rancher sits on a nice lot • Walking distance to shopping, doctors offices and transportation

UPDATED HOME WITH SHOP! 00 9,0 $ 16

5342 OTTER PLACE

• Custom built 4 bdrm, 3 bath home on lg lot • Exceptional craftsmanship & detached shop

INVESTOR ALERT! 00 2,5 $ 64

26-1655 ALBERNI HIGHWAY

• 2 bdrm, 2 bath 14' wide mobile features vauleted ceilings • Great price, low maintenance yard and easy access

$1,200/MO LEASE OR SALE...

00 9,0 $ 19

5630 STRICK ROAD

• 4 bdrm plus den, 3 bath rancher on 1 acre w/ lg shop • Swimming pool, pool house, play house & outdoor kitchen

COUNTRY HIDEAWAY! 00 9,0 $ 31

3673 ANDERSON AVENUE

• 2 bedroom, 1 bath home w/bsmnt feat: updated kitchen • Alley access and 30x24 shop in a central location

COUNTRY LIVING! 00 9,0 $ 34

3970 7TH AVENUE

• 7 unit quality apartment complex • Covered RV parking, private decks & covered parking

MULTI FAMILY POTENTIAL! 00 9,9 $ 19

4672 ADELAIDE STREET

• 1193 sqft home or business feat. 3 bdrms, 1 bath • Lg living room, kit., eating nook, bath, 1 bdrm on the main

• Family home in Central Port Alberni • 4 bdrm, 2 bath home plus rec room on 2 lots

500 , 4 $ 26

COMMERCIALLY ZONED DUPLEX! 00 9,9 $ 14

1.9 BEAUTIFUL ACRES! 00 9,9 $ 39

4850 BENJAMIN ROAD

Port Alberni’s Real Estate Experts

4521 DOGWOOD STREET

• 3,000 sq.ft. building with bright, open main floor • Two 2 piece baths, and a full kitchen downstairs

5510 DUNDALK AVE. NORTH

• Cherry Creek rancher, open concept and large kitchen • 2 car garage, carport for the boat and room for the RV

4233 8TH AVENUE

• 4 bdrm, 3 bath unit, room for the whole family • Brand new roof, carport, balcony and patio

TOP OF ECHO!

3706 MORTON ST. • Quality built 3 bedroom, 2 bath split level home • Beautifully updated kitchen feat. large island • REDUCED to 264,500 and $3000 Decorating Bonus to the Buyer!

COUNTRY IN THE CITY! 00 9,9 $ 16

5281 MARY STREET

• 2 bed, 1 bath home on 5.77 acres • Lg kitchen w/built in appliances & stove top range

LIFE IS EASY AT BARCLAY ESTATES! 00 8,9 $ 16

7545 BEAVER CREEK ROAD

• 882 sqft rancher featuring 3bedrooms & 1 bathroom • 15 acres, Truman Creek winds through front corner of property

4135 MORTON STREET

• 2 bedroom, 1 bath well maintained Echo area home • Back yard has covered deck & nice detached work shop

2755 5TH AVENUE

• 4 bdrm, 3 bath home w/ 5th bed or office/den • Quiet neighbourhood, private yard, beautifully landscaped

10777 KIMOLA ROAD

• 9.5 acres of private, parklike, partially wooded lot • Recently built cedar home, also has quest accommodations

4175 RAVENHILL AVENUE

FAMILY FRIENDLY! 00 2,9 $ 14

Ph: (250) 731-4101

2558 9TH AVENUE

• Newer comfortable home on a good sized lot • Chalet style loft overlooks open floor plan

SOUTH PORT CLASS! 00 9,0 $ 34

• Exquisite 3 bdrms, 2 bath home with open floor plan • In house workshop, extra lg garage with RV Parking

Ph: (250) 730-1608 email:clairestorie@live.ca

Claire Storie

B5

the Dave Koszegi Team

BUILD YOUR DREAM! 0 ,90 $ 79

$

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2867 4TH AVENUE

• Main floor: 1 bed, 1 bath & upper has kit., 3 beds & 1 bath • Newer heat pump, 200 amp electrical panel, thermal windows

Personal Real Estate Corporation

• Lovely family home is situated on a private 0.24 acre lot • Three bedrooms, two bathrooms on the main

NORTH PORT RANCHER! 00 9,9 $ 24

5064 RICHARDSON ROAD

• Open concept 3 bedroom, 2 baths w/sun room • Built in 2000, wheelchair accessible w/breezeway

Port Alberni’s Real Estate Experts

John Clark MAGICAL MEMORIES! 00 0,0 $ 17

S-14 10324 LAKESHORE ROAD

• Sproat lake Gated Community at Tall Timbers • Private with creek running alongside the lot

COUNTRY LIVING CLOSE TO TOWN! 00 9,9 $ 29

4560 VICTORIA STREET

• 3 bdrms, 2 baths on main w/in-law suite down • Lg family home on .5 an acre, oversized dbl carport

SPROAT LAKE GETAWAY! 00 9,0 $ 54

19280 PACIFIC RIM HWY

• Unique 3 level home offers 1700 sqft of living space • Gently sloping trail to the pebbled beach and wharf