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West Coast trustee steps down, forcing SD70 byelection Christopher Sun Alberni Valley News

Barbie Mayor has stepped down as Alberni school district trustee for the West Coast, triggering a by-election the school district cannot afford. But now she’s having second thoughts.

Mayor said she submitted her resignation

partly because of changes to her work schedule as a legal nurse, but mostly due to frustration with the board.

“It has mostly to do with the transparency and accountability of the board,” Mayor said Wednesday morning, adding she felt she was constantly hitting a brick wall when it came to

advancing the concerns and needs of the West Coast.

“We sit 125 geographically challenged kilometres away from the rest of the school district and our needs and wants are in some ways very different” Mayor felt a lot of board discussions are conducted in-camera and away from

public scrutiny when they shouldn’t. One example is the fact that she stepped down more than two weeks ago and there was no public release about it.

She also mentioned that financial statements and monthly lists of expenditures are not given to the public nor published online, but should be.

Mayor said there is a huge desire for French Immersion to be offered at West Coast schools, but it falls on deaf ears when brought to the board. She feels the West Coast needs more recognition as it is the only area in the school district where student enrolment is increasing.

“Tofino has become recognized worldwide

and more people are coming to this area and our schools are becoming overcrowded,” Mayor said.

“I look at my taxes and 35 per cent of my property taxes goes to the school board.

“We have a huge tax base but we don’t have an equivalent amount of voices behind it.”

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Wawmeesh Hamilton (seen accepting a BCYCNA award earlier this year) is off for the summer writing a special project for The Tyee.

News reporter takes summer off for special writing project Alberni Valley News reporter Wawmeesh Hamilton is taking the summer off. But he’s not on vacation.

Hamilton has been chosen by The Tyee online news site to write a feature series on aboriginal youth programs in Canada.

His project will take him to Winnipeg, Calgary, and several locations in British Columbia. Look for his work both on thetyee. ca as well as www. albernivalleynews. com this summer.

As we bid Hamilton good luck in his exciting project, we welcome reporter Christopher Sun to

the community.

Sun will be with us for the summer.

He is already hard at work covering Hamilton’s beats and looking for more story ideas.

Sun is from Vancouver, but he’s spent time reporting in Ladysmith, Fort St. John and the Lower Mainland in the past.

If you have something you think Sun should be covering, e-mail him at reporter@ albernivalleynews. com or give him a call at 250-723-6399 and welcome him to Port Alberni.

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Grade 12 students Colin Kumagai and Cole Tewinkel wait outside the old ADSS for the grad parade to start.

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The Grade 8 students at E.J. Dunn will display their French language skills by presenting their rendition of this classic play en français with music in English. An explanation pamphlet for those who may not know this country’s official second language will be provided. Wednesday, June 19th at the ADSS Theatre, 7:15 p.m. and admission is by donation.

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Troubled Waters A basic necessity of life is water, not the internet. So come out and watch Paul Manly’s Troubled Waters, which is about providing safe drinking water, assuring there is water for agriculture and industry, protecting fish-bearing streams and making sure our natural support systems are not deprived. Paul will be in attendance for a Q&A after the screening. North Island College, room C204, Thurs. June 20th at 7 p.m.

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Nanaimo builder buys subdivision REAL ESTATE: | Saywell Developments has new vision for Tomswood Road project.

SUSAN QUINN Alberni Valley News

Nanaimo developer Don Saywell has purchased a subdivision on Tomswood Road behind AW Neill and plans to build smaller single detached homes on the lots.

The subdivision was created two years ago but stalled. Roads and utilities were put in, and there are two homes built.

Port Alberni realtor Dave Koszegi said restrictive covenants have been changed on the site to permit smaller houses on existing lots.

The housing trend in Port Alberni leans toward smaller single detached homes over townhomes, Koszegi said.

The Tomswood Road lots will be able to accommodate RV or boat parking in addition to the houses, he added.

New home sales are currently priced above the average selling price, which ranges from $194,000 to $204,000 in Port Alberni. Saywell’s home will be priced

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Pacific Coast University president Wolfgang Zimmerman, left, and ISSA Secretary-General Hans-Horst Konkolewsky sign a memorandum of understanding between ISSA and NIDMAR, Monday morning at PCU-WHS. SUSAN QUINN/Alberni Valley News

Don, left, and Cheryl Saywell of Saywell Developments, and Dave Koszegi and John Clark from the Dave Koszegi Team stand at the site of a subdivision on Tomswood Road that Saywell has purchased and intends to develop.

around the average sale price.

The project will be built in phases, with four to six homes in the first phase, Koszegi said.

Saywell hopes to break ground on the new development in the next couple of months.

Saywell won a 2010 commercial building award from the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board for The Luxfords at Lexington, a townhome complex.

The most recent project Saywell completed was the

‘Port Alberni is an underserved market for new homes.’

– Don Saywell visitor’s centre on the Nanaimo Parkway at Northfield Road.

Saywell is no stranger to Port Alberni, however, as he owns a vacation home at Sproat Lake and has spent nearly every weekend here

for the past 22 years.

This will be his first building venture on this side of the Hump.

“Port Alberni is an underserved market for new homes,” says Saywell, whose company has worked on projects from Campbell River to Victoria.

Saywell, who works alongside his wife Cheryl, said he has already made some alliances with local contractors and is sourcing local suppliers for pending construction. editor@albernivalleynews.com

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PCU signs groundbreaking int’l deal Christopher Sun Alberni Valley News

With the stroke of a pen, Port Alberni has become the centre of international training in preventing, managing and retraining people with disabilities.

A contingent representing the International Social Security Association (ISSA) visited Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences (PCU-WHS) Monday morning to tour the school and sign a memorandum of understanding.

The MOU will see the Swiss based ISSA adopt standards and practices developed by the National Institute of Disability Management and Research (NIDMAR), which is headquartered at PCUWHS, to be taught around the world.

“The concepts developed here are world leading,” said ISSA secretarygeneral Hans-Horst Konkolewsky.

“There is a growing attention towards the need to prevention of injuries and in healthcare and the workplace.”

Konkolewsky said countries spend 15-25 per cent of

‘Essentially, a United Nations agency has trust and confidence to proceed with us.’

– W. Zimmerman their GDP on social security and with an aging workforce and shrinking population in developed countries, the need to prevent workplace accidents and bring disabled people back to the workforce is critical to keep social security costs down.

Developing countries are seeing a growing amount of workplace injuries, which will result in a strain on their social security too.

“It’s a waste if we have not done enough to prevent accidents or not bring people back to work because of sickness or injuries,” Konkolewsky added.

“We need to focus more on prevention and return to work programs.”

ISSA is based in Geneva and has 336 members in 157 countries.

PCU-WHS president Wolfgang Zimmerman called this a “groundbreaking” agreement.

“Essentially a United Nations agency has trust and confidence to proceed with us,” Zimmerman said.

“We will work in collaboration with ISSA in the context of this agreement which will create a huge opportunity for this area, for this region.”

Most students currently take courses online, but programs at the university are held at times. The university is offering a summer program this year, which was physically attended by 30 people last year.

In September, a delegation of students from Malaysia will attend the learning institution.

PCU-WHS is planning to become a degree accredited university and this international recognition should help convince the provincial government to grant it, Zimmerman added.

He said he is hoping to get an answer in a few weeks and if he gets the accreditation, the university will finally open its degree granting doors in September 2014.

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SD70 drowning in water taxi expenses CHRISTOPHER SUN ALBERNI VALLEY NEWS

The Alberni Valley School District has re-tendered its water taxi contract after costs leapt $100,000 in a single year.

While transportation cuts in the City of Port Alberni have focused on busing, one aspect that hasn’t received much consideration is the cost of transporting children living in remote communities on the West Coast to

school.

It cost SD70 $400,000, or about $12,000 for each child to take a 10-minute water taxi ride between Meares Island and Tofino last year, the Alberni Valley News has learned.

The Tofino water taxi service picks up 25-35 children from the Village of Opitsaht, bringing them near the government dock in Tofino to attend school. The current water taxi has a

capacity of 12 and makes three trips in the morning and afternoon.

School district 70 superintendent Cam Pinkerton blamed the high cost, which leapt by $100,000 in one year, on boat engine repairs and a lack of oversight by the school board.

“One of the reasons why we re-tendered this contract was because of the escalating cost,” Pinkerton said, explaining that

massive cuts in provincial funding triggered an internal review of the school district’s expenditures.

“It sort of got away from us.”

The current contract ends June 30. The district is presently reviewing three proposals and a new five-year contract, with option to extend, will take effect in September. The school district will not be on the hook for boat repairs in the

new contract.

According to numbers provided by school district secretary-treasurer Lindsay Cheetham, the water taxi bill was $306,000 in the 20092010 budget, jumping to $410,000 in 20102011 and remaining about the same last year. The final cost for 2012-2013 is not available yet.

In comparison, the school bus system costs about $750,000 and is used by 900 students, costing

less then $1,000 per rider. That price tag includes wage, benefits, insurance, fuel and supplies.

“Boats are really expensive,” Pinkerton explained. “It’s 12 times more expensive than the bus.”

The water taxi contract was awarded to the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations eight years ago and the band subcontracted it to the actual service provider. The contract was originally for five years, but was

extended three times.

Pinkerton added that student enrolment in Port Alberni has been dropping for the last 10 years, but Tofino has seen the opposite.

“Tofino is the only growth area in the school district,” Pinkerton said. “There were 125 students three years ago and now we have 201.”

Port Alberni will see a four per cent drop in enrolment this year, he added.

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Crown considers RCMP charges following IIO investigation

The Independent On Feb. 15, 2013, Investigations Office RCMP officers has forwarded a responded to a report to complaint Crown counsel involving an over an officeradult female, involved Cecelia incident that Bigstone, 59. took place in The female was Port Alberni located walking last February. at the corner of This means Maitland Street that Chief and Eight CECELIA Civilian Avenue. During BIGSTONE Director the officers’ Richard contact Rosenthal of the with Bigstone, the IIO considers that RCMP members an officer may have determined that she committed an offence. was the subject of

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District can ill afford another by-election

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Mayor explained she initially submitted an e-mail resignation to school district board chair Larry Ransom, who then told her she must send it to the entire board to make her resignation official, which she did.

However, in between that time, she spoke to Teresa Rezansoff, president of the B.C. School Trustees Association who convinced her to reconsider due to the cost of holding a by-election.

However, because Mayor had resubmitted her resignation, she could no longer back out.

“I might consider it,” Mayor said about running in the by-election. “I have learned a lot after resigning and things have been handled so poorly that it has triggered a fire in me again.”

The B.C. School Trustees Association is looking at whether Mayor can run again, but were unable to provide an answer by press deadline.

The by-election is scheduled for Sept. 14 and is the second by-election this year for the school district. The last by-election was held in February due to former trustee Glenn Wong’s sudden death.

Gaelle Frey was elected to take the vacant seat.

School district superintendent Cam Pinkerton said the cost for the by-election would be minimal if only one person runs, as that person would be acclaimed, but he estimates the cost will be about $15,000 if more than one person runs. He added that this was unexpected so the amount had not been budgeted.

Numerous calls to school board chair Larry Ransom were not returned by press deadline. reporter@albernivalleynews.com

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City moves ahead with Harbour Quay RFP despite opposition Christopher Sun Alberni Valley News

Despite vocal opposition armed with a petition of more than 1,000 signatures, proposals for the sale and development of the Marine building at Harbour Quay is now being accepted.

Port Alberni city council voted Monday to issue a request for proposals for the city-owned building which currently houses Salmonberry’s, Clocktower Gallery, All Mex’d Up, Cecelia’s, Sugar Shak and the Donut Shop.

Despite pleas from the majority of the 35 people who packed city hall who were against the possible sale and development of the building, city council chose to go against them.

“I am extremely disappointed,” said Samantha Barrowcliff, who co-owns the Donut Shop with her husband.

“We’ve got a 2007 redevelopment study [opposing this] and we’ve got over 1,000 people who signed a petition against this and I felt that was all ignored by council.”

Barrowcliff and her husband purchased the Donut Shop five years ago. They

CHRISTOPHER SUN/Alberni Valley News

Port Alberni resident and former business owner Lea-Anne Barrowcliff addresses city council on Monday, voicing her opposition to the possible sale and redevelopment of the Marine building at Harbour Quay.

moved back to Port Alberni to run the business after living in Calgary for 10 years.

She wrote a five-page letter to council pleading her case and also addressed council directly on Monday.

Others also spoke against the proposal.

“It belongs to the city, it’s not for city council to sell,” said Ian Thomas, one of six people who addressed council before the vote. “Don’t go selling

public land.”

“I am really concerned we are going to lose this,” said Lea Anne Barrowcliff to council, referring to the current quay as a jewel in the city and how people can freely come and enjoy the view and support the independent businesses located there. “I moved here in ‘75 and there was no Harbour Quay, just docks.”

However, some

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residents want to see what developers have in mind for the area.

“It’s not binding,” said Cameron Oscienny to council.

“How can we reject a proposal we haven’t seen?”

“I think we’re being premature by saying no,” said Neil Anderson, adding that cities don’t develop land, but private developers do. “Most development is done by private dollars.”

Mayor John Douglas said while there was a vocal group against issuing the RFP, there was also a considerable amount of people in favour of it.

“This allows us to pursue an option so it can help us pursue change, which we want to do, and pursue economic development,” Douglas said a day after council voted.

“It was a really good exercise in economic development, change and democracy.”

According to a report by economic development manager Pat Deakin, a number of private sector entrepreneurs approached the city to consider selling the Marine building.

Deakin would not release the identities of those people.

“It’s not fair if I

release the names as they won’t know the names of the other developers who may also be interested,” Deakin said on Tuesday. “I won’t confirm the identity of the developers who have expressed an interest.”

City council also passed a motion to issue a request for proposals on Harbour View lands, located at Argyle and Kingsway.

In 2005, an attempt to sell the property overlooking Harbour Quay was opposed by residents and the sale process was terminated. Deakin wrote in his report that this experience left Port Alberni “with a poor reputation among the developers that had prepared proposals.”

Deakin told council that the neighbouring Harbour Quay property owned by Shell has been sold and city council debated on whether to take a wait and see approach on what happens to that property before making a decision on Harbour Quay.

However council decided to take the lead instead.

Deakin also wrote in his report that the sale of the Marine building would eliminate the ability for the city to redevelop the site for public park uses or increase waterfront access for the public.

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Quay of no interest to Hong Kong investors Christopher Sun Alberni Valley News

Port Alberni economic development manager Pat Deakin will not say who wants to purchase the Marine building on Harbour Quay, which caused city council to now consider selling it, but he confirmed who isn’t interested.

Deakin said representatives from a company based in Hong Kong have visited Port Alberni eight times, expressing PAT interest DEAKIN in purchasing property here.

During one of their visits, a story came out announcing that a developer was interested in purchasing and developing Harbour Quay and Deakin believes that is how the rumour started.

“They had been to the community about five times and they have come back to the community three times since,” Deakin said about the Hong Kong based investors, Zeit (Canada) International Development Ltd. “The Marine building is not one of the properties that they have been visiting or been negotiating on.”

Deakin was mum on what Zeit’s plans are, but he said details will eventually be made public.

“They are not ready yet,” Deakin explained. “They were in the community again last week and I understand they are coming back again soon.”

Ricky Liu of Zeit will give a presentation at the chamber of commerce’s dinner on Wednesday, June 19, 5:30 p.m. at Solda’s Restaurant.

Reservations can be made through the chamber at 250-7246535.

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RCMP inspector living childhood dream CHRISTOPHER SUN

Coffee With Ask a young boy what he wants to be when he grows up and chances are “policeman” or “fireman” will be one of the top two responses.

That rang true for Mac Richards who also thought about being a paramedic, perhaps influenced by his mother, who was a nurse. However, a law enforcement career won out in the end.

“From when I was five or sixyears old, it was already something I identified,” Richards said, who is Port Alberni’s RCMP detachment commander. “Growing up, my mother kept a portfolio for each grade and in it, there

was something about what do you want to do when you grow up and this is what consistently came up over the years.”

Richards grew up in Coquitlam and had an uncle who was a policeman in another part of B.C. Inspired by what his uncle did, Richards started volunteering for the local Coquitlam detachment, which solidified his future career.

“Part of it was a sense of helping people and a sense of what’s right and insuring, making sure that’s taken care of in a community,” Richards said, explaining his career choice. “It’s a challenge no doubt.”

Richards started his career in Saskatchewan and worked at four detachments in his 16 years there. He then moved to Alberta for

seven years, where he worked at two detachments.

Last October, Richard moved his family from Morinville to Port Alberni and was promoted from staff sergeant to inspector.

‘Part of it was a sense of helping people and a sense of what’s right...’

– Mac Richards “It was an opportunity to come home, or closer to home,” Richards said, explaining his decision to make the move, adding that his two brothers and two sisters all live in B.C., mostly in the Lower Mainland. “The opportunity to live on Vancouver Island is

something a person can’t pass up too often.”

However, moving his family to Port Alberni may be a homecoming of sorts. He remembered visiting Sproat Lake and going to the bathtub races in Nanaimo when he was a child. He also spent his honeymoon touring the island with his wife Shannon.

Outside of the office and away from all the paperwork he despises but comes with the job, Richards spends his free time either being a homebody or going outdoors.

He recently returned from a weekend camping trip to Comox with his family and he plans to explore Vancouver Island with more camping trips through out the summer.

On the homebody front, the last movie Richards watched was

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RCMP Inspector Mac Richards has come home to B.C. with his move to Port Alberni. He looks forward to exploring the island with family camping trips.

the original Psycho

by Alfred Hitchcock and it was with his daughter Jocelynne, who is finishing Grade 8. They watched the movie so she could

see the story behind the new television show, Bates Motel.

Also on the homebody front, the last book Richards read was Good to

Great. A book about how companies transition from being average to great and how companies can fail to make the transition.

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Courts stymie volunteerism Gov’t expense cleanup must continue One has to wonder when B.C. Court of Appeal judges volunteered in their community?

If they did, they would understand there is an extremely short supply of individuals who willingly give up their own time to help organizations around them. And it’s increasingly difficult to get people to lend a hand as life seems to get busier.

So what did the B.C. Court of Appeals do? They have made it more difficult for groups to attract volunteers by declaring that elected officials are in conflict of interest when participating in a non-profit society that receives civic funding.

In Enderby, there has already been one casualty as Coun. Brad Case has resigned from his role with the chamber of commerce.

That’s unfortunate as Case brought a wealth of business and community experience to the chamber. And, in turn, he could provide knowledge about the chamber’s inner workings to his council colleagues.

Many communities, and particularly small ones, don’t have the luxury of differentiating between people who sit on municipal council or regional district and those who volunteer with a service agency or business group. Often multiple hats are worn.

Yes conflict of interest can occur but there is provincial legislation that clearly outlines the guidelines. And the simple solution is for a politician not to be involved in the discussion on a group they belong to, particularly if that organization receives public funding.

The provincial government needs to review the court ruling and make changes to legislation to ensure conflicts are avoided while allowing volunteerism to continue.

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ICTORIA – As she unveiled her new cabinet, Premier Christy Clark promised a “line-by-line” review of government spending to deliver a balanced budget this year.

Statements such as this would have more credibility if politicians subjected their own personal spending to the same scrutiny. That’s still not happening in B.C. Expense accountability has come a long way in the last year, thanks mainly to the work of nowdeparted Auditor General John Doyle, who swung the cobweb-covered door open on B.C.’s secretive Legislative Assembly Management Committee.

Chaired by the speaker and run by senior MLAs from both parties, the committee had been doing pretty much whatever it wanted with MLAs’ own expenses.

Doyle’s audit found that MLA credit card bills were being paid without receipts, part of a lax accounting system that included inaccurate bank records and inadequate management of the legislature gift shop and dining room.

The operating budget of the legislature and constituencies runs to more than $60 million a year.

Now-retired speaker Bill Barisoff asked the auditor to give a pass to the $119,000 annual allowance for each of the 85 constituency offices. Transfer amounts and payroll expenses were verified, but constituency expenses were not, likely because these records weren’t kept either.

I’m not suggesting that there has been any misuse of public funds. The point is we don’t know, and the notion of an “honour system” for politicians’ expenses has become unacceptable.

A similar toxic tale has

been unfolding in the Senate in Ottawa. It has its own secretive committee called the Board of Internal Economy, which was forced into the open after trying to sweep Senator Mike Duffy’s housing claims under the red rug of the Senate chamber.

Duffy has lived in Ottawa for decades, first as a TV host and then senator, but he decided the rules were loose enough that he could claim his summer place in Prince Edward Island as his principal residence. An audit has also found he was claiming living expenses in Ottawa while campaigning for the Conservatives back east.

It turns out the key ingredient in an honour system is honour.

This mess goes back more than a century in B.C. and Canada, and has its roots in the British Parliament, where MPs and Lords had a system of claiming all sorts of

‘A similar toxic tale has been unfolding in the Senate...’

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expenses, including construction of a “duck house” and maintenance of the moat around an Honourable Member’s castle.

Many years ago, British MPs convinced themselves that they were underpaid, and rather than create a public fuss by giving themselves a big raise, they would be able to top it up by claiming up to 250 pounds at a time without receipts. Cheers!

You can imagine how well that worked out. As one observer put it, the system was not only open to abuse, it was actually designed for it.

Here in B.C., the next step is obvious.

If you go to the website of Alberta Premier Alison Redford, you can easily find the link to her detailed expense reports, itemized for travel, meals, hotel rooms and so forth.

Alberta cabinet ministers provide the same disclosure.

B.C. cabinet ministers’ travel expenses are now reported, but only as an occasional lump sum.

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Do you think Fisheries and Oceans Canada should cooperate more with local groups trying to solve the chinook salmon shortage?

Yes – 31 No – 4 This week’s question: Is Port Alberni city council being shortsighted in sending out a request for proposals for the Marine building at Harbour Quay?

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As a result of Doyle’s revelations last summer, B.C.’s Legislative Assembly Management Committee now meets in public, with transcripts of proceedings available.

But MLA expenses are still not itemized.

Total expenditures are being reported

on a quarterly basis, but with no detail to explain why some MLAs have much higher totals than others.

It’s time to sweep out the cobwebs.

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

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Mailbag: Feedback on ports, quays and paddling to the sea City’s not using its port To the Editor,

In my youth I sailed on various cargo ships, I’ve been to many ports, and in my opinion I have never seen a more underutilized port then we have here.

We don’t need great ship docking facilities to ship out raw logs; that all can be done at anchor.

In the early 1980s I skippered Fisheries and Oceans Patrol vessels as a fisheries officer out of Prince Rupert, a town very much like ours, logging and fishing being prominent.

I heard the same arguments about the new coal terminal being built there then: not enough longterm jobs, coal dust, pollution and the proximity of a major salmon bearing river, the Skeena River.

I am not aware of any detrimental effects resulting from shipping coal through Prince Rupert.

Today fishing and logging are no longer sustaining jobs or taxes for either city, but Prince Rupert is becoming a central player in transportation, especially as they are now expanding

and building a new container terminal, upgrading infrastructure, railroad and highway —real well paying jobs with residual service jobs.

We are being left behind completely.

Why? Because they have a railway, and the residents and governments had the vision to look beyond tomorrow.

It astonishes me that the local Port Authority and the city are not pursuing a railway as the only possible option for our port to having any “legs” to move ahead into the future.

If coal is to come here that would give us our first long-term customer.

A rail link to Nanaimo would give new possibilities for containers to be easily shipped from Delta Port via rail-ships and rail-barges to Nanaimo, and then on to our port by rail.

There is a huge timesaving advantage for a shipper to ship and receive containers from Port Alberni instead of Vancouver.

At times I wonder if we have lost the foresight and pioneering spirit and will of our fathers and forefathers to “just making it happen

when needed”.

Walt Kusmin, Port Alberni

Quay proposal nonsensical To the Editor,

It quite boggles my mind. We have a public space at Harbour Quay with flourishing shops, that is well used by residents and tourists, and the city is considering selling it to build condos—the same city that says it wants to encourage local business.

One of the discussion points in the report states that “...this would increase the viability of most business at Harbour Quay”. What business will be left? Not the crowded shops in the present building.

Will other businesses function with the noise and dust of construction, again?

This will “provide a different image for our city” says the report, especially as tourists arrive and go to the Quay to explore businesses they read about in travel magazines.

What impression will they have when they arrive?

Then there is the question of whether the developers will

have enough money to finish the project, an interesting question also in the report.

Perhaps this is being considered because there are no other empty spaces downtown?

Or an enemy put whacky pills in our water supply? Or it feels good to shoot ourselves in the foot?

Or someone thinks that new businesses that might exist are better than older established onest?

Before any further consideration of this proposed plan there should be total transparency.

Who are the “private sector entrepreneurs” behind the idea? Are they local people with an interest in the community?

What compensation would they provide the present businesses, and what guarantees can they give for completion of any projects?

City hall is to be commended for speaking first with the affected merchants about this proposal, and for advancing some good “pros” and “cons” for consideration in the report. I trust they will continue to be thoughtful and open.

Barbara Cooper, Port Alberni

Get outside, start paddling To the Editor,

Calling all mothers and fathers and sons, Daughters and lawyers and especially nuns, Get your paddles at the ready and your wetsuits looking chic, For it’s soon to be National Paddle Week!

The next time the blue sky lights up a day, or the clouds, with their rain, weep the morning away You can be there to watch it all from your canoe, Your kayak, or even your stand-up paddleboard too!

It’s your bonding time with nature, an activity with your kids, A time for profound life reflection, overwhelming bliss, And in a lake or ocean you can watch your bad days Dissolving like raindrops in your paddleboard’s wake.

But don’t forget your whistle too when you head out to sea And always make sure to securely fasten up your PFD. Those are only two examples of safety at its best--but join a paddle club in town and learn the rest.

Sophie Kaufmanis, via e-mail

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A young Christian man was planning to go for the summer to work at a logging camp in Northern B.C. His friends wondered how he would make out there because it was known as a particularly rough camp. After the summer was over and he got home, they asked him how difficult it was. He said it was no problem, they never found out that he was a Christian.

It seems that people who don’t believe in God are usually very open about their beliefs or lack of them, while Christians often are so shy to speak about their faith.

I like what one Christian writer said. She suggested that we should be able to speak about Christ and our trust in Him as as freely as we talk about sports, our gardens, or the weather.

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Thursday,June 13, 2013 Alberni Valley News

Musings about malware NORMAN SILVERSTONE

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am sitting in our living room looking at giclées and framed photographs, some of them taken back in the 1980s. Les and I have opened our home for “Days with the Arts”: I have taken the living room to display my photographs and Les has the dining room to showcase her oneof-a-kind socialite/ hostess aprons and her famous little handy tote bags.

Today being day two, we have been averaging about two people per 1½ hours. Almost all of the tagged people that look at my prizewining photographs say the same thing, “What wonderful photographs”, as if they are in a art gallery or a museum.

The day started off fine, sunny with a promise of getting hot but by now (1 p.m.) the day just seems to be getting so much longer and quieter.

As John Lennon said, “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans”.

I say: “ If you don’t roll with the punches then you will get flattened”. And now for something completely different.

Photo courtesy Norman Silverstone

Columnist Norman Silverstone’s living room was transformed into a gallery during Days With the Arts studio tour earlier this month.

F-secure has reported that new malware has been found for Mac OS X. The malware is a backdoor application that seems to take screenshots of your computer and uploads the info to remote servers. The malware is being called OSX/ KitM.A. It is a small application called macs.app that runs when you log in to your Mac. Then it takes regular screenshots that it places in a folder in

your home directory called MacApp. Here is how you can find if this malware is on your computer. Go to System Preferences, click on Users and Groups, click on your user name, then click on the Log-in Items tab. If the macs.app is there then remove it so that it cannot launch when you log in.

Have a look in the Downloads folder, the home directory, as well as the Application folder, to make sure that the malware has

not planted itself there.

Another good little free application for the Mac is CCleaner (the first C stands for Crap). CCleaner will clean out the junk that has accumulated over time: temporary files, broken system permissions, and other problems.

This will give your computer more speed as well as freeing up some precious room on your hard drive.

Be aware that CCleaner will not root out viruses, malware, spyware etc.

I use a very easy free program called ClamXav to check for viruses on my computer as well as checking the incoming mail. By the way, if you are using MS Office on your Mac, go to Word preferences, click on Security, and make sure that the box is checked that says “ Warn before opening a file that contains macros”.

Otherwise you could open an e-mail attachment to find a nice juicy virus ready to attack. Whoops, too late, once the attachment is opened, you have the virus.

Don’t be a victim, protect yourself.

Any questions?

E-mail me at nsilverstone@telus. net or see me at www. silverstonephotos. com.

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Grade 9 students from Alberni District Secondary School participate in a First Nations paddle as part of a larger cultural event.

Students learn First Nations culture in new school event The First Nations Steering Committee says its first Grade 9 cultural event at the end of April was “an overwhelming success.”

The event had been in the planning stages since the beginning of this school year.

Alberni District Secondary School has various teams in the school who pull together to create successful endeavours for our students, a steering committee representative said.

Teachers brought in resource people from the Nuu-Chah-Nulth community to support the First Nations curricular content that they presented to their classes. For example the languages department had Lena

Ross, a Tseshaht Band language specialist, to work with their classes.

Sewing classes created First Nations designs, Foods had Dolly McRae and Annie Watts come in and demonstrate cooking of some traditional foods.

Wayne Dick came into Woodwork and helped with bentwood boxes.

West Coast Aquatic representatives visited science classes.

During lunchtime on six days the committee gave away free sample of some traditional foods.

On April 29 they hosted a Traditional Foods Fear Factor Challenge hosted by teachers Ryan Hall and Ms. Graydon.

Contestants were required to eat fish head, herring roe, brine smoked salmon roe, oysters, raw clams and raw prawns. This was a well attended and exciting event for participants and audience alike.

The final day was a celebration of the completion of the two-week event.

Students participated in modified forms of traditional games, sampled some bannock on site, barbecued sockeye salmon and ate cake donated by Quality Foods.

The students were also treated to a Lahal demonstration and as well as a presentation by the Alberni Valley Museum.

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Inbrief City says no to fire gear Lowest price city newsline

Premier comes for breakwater official opening Premier Christy Clark is slated to officially open the new breakwater at Harbour Quay, this Friday, June 14 at 11:30 a.m. An official naming ceremony will also take place.

Members of the public are welcome to come out for the event, which will also include hotdogs from the Kiwanis as well as cake.

Manor owner to rebuild

The owner of the Downtown Manor apartment block that burned down in 2011 wants to rebuild.

City council has approved the rezoning of 4916 Athol St. so the owner can rebuild a building that was burned down two years ago.

The four storey, 26 rental unit apartment building was built in 1964 and destroyed in a fire on May 31, 2011.

The applicant wants to build a similar building to replace it, but with 24 rental units. However, zoning in the area has changed from RM3 higher density in 1964 to the current RM2, medium density, multiple family residential.

The developer also needs to apply for various yard setback sizes and the number of required parking spaces as those have also changed in the last 50 years.

Fire chief gets new job title

Port Alberni fire chief Timothy Pley is the new president of the Fire Chief’s Association of B.C. Pley was acclaimed to a one-year term and will represent about 500 fire chiefs from more than 350 fire departments in B.C. The association is a non-profit that provides a forum for the exchange of ideas and educational information regarding fire service in the province.

City rewarded for safe work

WorkSafeBC has awarded the City of Port Alberni a 2012 certificate of recognition and with it, a $14,976.70 cheque for going the extra mile in making it a safe place to work.

PAFD: | Council chooses cost over comfort with replacement breathing apparatus.

Christopher Sun Alberni Valley News

Port Alberni Fire Department’s firefighters must make do with cheaper and less comfortable breathing equipment to fight fires after city council vetoed what they wanted in favour of a local vendor selling a different brand.

The self-contained breathing apparatus is a piece of equipment firefighters use to breathe when fighting fires. Fire chief Tim Pley presented a report showing seven proposals from five vendors with products made by three different companies, ranging in price from $160,761 to $190,640.50 (not including GST). Firefighters tested various products and chose Calgary-based vendor Wholesale Fire Rescue’s Scott AP75 product for $178,814.43, which was middle road in price.

Port Alberni’s Acklands Grainger’s $163,419.92 bid was chosen by city council instead.

Pley said late that he essentially put his firefighters through a blind test of the three brands. “They saw three different products but never saw the prices or tenders.

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Firefighter and SCBA technician John Miguez demonstrates the SCBA breathing apparatus in council chambers.

“Users were more comfortable with how one operated as opposed to the other.”

Pley said the fire department currently uses a Scott brand that is 30 years old, admitting that may have played a role in their decision making process.

“The new Scott was more comfortable because it’s something we are used to using,” Pley said. “This one was preferred.”

Pley added that the MSA product being sold by Acklands Grainger does meet the fire department’s minimum requirements and accepted council’s decision, which was based on price.

“It’s city policy to support local vendors and the local vendor was the second cheapest,” Pley said. “City council determines what is the best value for the city.”

City council closely defeated the recommendation to go with the fire department’s preference.

In the end, Coun. Cindy Solda’s motion to go with the local bidder won out.

“If the bid from Alberta came in cheaper than I would have gone with them,” Solda said, adding that the price and supporting local businesses are important factors.

“A lot of our bids from Port Alberni have been high in the past.

“I looked at this as a preference to drive this vehicle, but I can only get that vehicle,” Solda added.

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The cheapest price to replace the Bob Dailey Stadium track surface won out, despite a letter from a bidder requesting city council to reconsider.

Marathon Surfacing, based in Surrey, won the contract to remove and replace the rubber track surface at the stadium for the price of $447,580 plus GST. Five bids were received ranging from Marathon’s, which was the lowest, to an Ontario based bidder at $705,638.

However, the general manager of Ocean Marker Sports Surfaces, based in Langley, wrote a letter to council requesting they review the general conditions and specifications for the rubberized track replacement before making a final decision.

GM Benedict Chen

wrote that while his company’s bid was $468,255 or “3.3 per cent” more than Marathon’s, the competitor does not have the experience, equipment or qualifications.

However, parks, recreation and heritage director Scott Kenny told council on Monday that the city has an established relationship with Marathon Surfacing as they worked on the surfacing at Klitsa and Weaver Park. Kenny also spoke to people who hired Marathon Surfacing in the past and they all said they would hire the company again.

“Marathon met my test in terms of experience,” Kenny told council. “We have experience working with them and they are the lowest bid.”

The replacement project starts in July and is expected to take seven weeks.

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More air charters and even scheduled flights in and out of Port Alberni could be possible if the AlberniClayoquot Regional District would make a $55,000 investment into the airport, says the president of the Alberni Valley Flying Club.

Club president Chris Duncan said the airport is underutilized as weather determines if a plane can land at the facility. Pilots flying into Port Alberni can only use visual flight rules (VFR) which means the visibility must be clear for three miles, and cloud cover is more than 4,600 feet high because planes cannot fly through clouds here.

However, a published GPS approach using instrument flight rules (IFR), would allow planes to fly lower and through the clouds.

“There is only a 4,600-ft. published approach right now,” Duncan said. “This $55,000 would bring it down to 500 feet.”

KD Air chief pilot Lars Banke said the weather in Port Alberni makes flying into the valley unreliable and unsafe. His airline

drives passengers from Port Alberni to catch flights out of Qualicum Beach airport. However, the difference between VFR and IFR is huge.

“I know if I was choosing, I am two times more likely to fly to an IFR airport than a VFR,” Banke said. “Because with IFR, I am more likely to get there.”

Orca Air manager of charter flights Lorne Acheson agreed that weather is a huge deterrent in using Port Alberni’s airport under visual flight rules.

“We’ve had charters in the past to Port Alberni but it’s more of a summer thing,” Acheson said.

Neither would speculate if their respective airlines would start scheduled flights if Port Alberni became an IFR airport.

Regional district director Jack McLeman is in favour of the flying club’s request and made a motion for the district to investigate this at the last regional district meeting.

“If we can’t properly use the airport, why have it,” McLeman said rhetorically. “I don’t think it’s a lot of money.”

McLeman added that he’s heard of investors bypassing Port Alberni because

CHRISTOPHER SUN/Alberni Valley News

EJ Dunn vice-principal James Messenger, second from right, accepts a cheque for $500 from 2012 ADSS Dry Grad committee members Derrick VanViegen, right, and Ryan Hart as well as Natalie VanViegen, left, and Vanessa Schoen, Tuesday night at the SD70 meeting. Three donations were made, including Alberni and Eighth Avenue schools.

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Alberni Flying Club president Chris Duncan points out Port Alberni on a VTA map, that shows published approaches into airports.

of current flight restrictions.

“I know of a particular person who was looking to buy property but couldn’t fly into Port Alberni so he ended up buying property in Nanaimo,” McLeman recalled.

Regional district staff will report back to the board with their findings. reporter@albernivalleynews.com CHRISTOPHER SUN/Alberni Valley News

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The 2012 Alberni District Secondary School Dry Grad committee has been spreading a lot of joy this graduation season, a year after they handed the reins over to the 2013 committee.

Former co-chairperson Vanessa Schoen and graduates have been handing out several cheques in the past few weeks, representing the surplus from their Dry Grad bank account.

The Class of 2012 raised $81,000 for their celebration; after expenses, $5,500 is traditionally left in the account for the following Dry Grad committee, Schoen

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There is not usually such a large surplus at the end—in this case, $7,300. “Our kids worked their butts off with bottle drives, a talent show. We did the Polar Bear Swim, sold chocolates, poinsettia baskets, held a jail and bail.

It was a lot of hard work,” Schoen said.

“What we decided is since these kids raised this money for an event of fun, they wanted to remain with the theme of fun,” she added.

All six elementary schools received $500 for their year-end fun days. Both middle schools were awarded $500 each for the turkey dinners they serve every year.

One thousand dollars went to the DARE program, another $500 to the breakfast program and $500 to the grad formal wear donations program at ADSS. They also donated $1,000 toward the construction of a glass showcase at ADSS. Schoen said she didn’t know if it was a record fundraising year for ADSS, but recalled a class in the mid-1980s had enough money to pay for the sign that used to grace the front of the former high school on Burde Street.

“We’re thinking a little bit out of the box,” she added.

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SAT. JUNE 15 ◆ A cup half colourful artist reception for artist Leanne Spanza is 1-3 p.m. Her acrylic paintings showcase a love of British Columbia’s landscapes and a passion for admiring the simple things in our everyday lives. Rollin Art Centre.

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Alberni District Co-op Serving the Alberni Valley since 1928

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Every Friday at 9 am, we will draw 10 winners who will each win a key. Winners will be contacted and names will be published in the Alberni Valley News.

Throughout the promotion we will give away 190 keys, You may win more than one key.

All entries are good for one week only. We will start fresh each week with a NEW DRAW, so enter often

Key holders must be present at THE GREAT CAR GIVEAWAY EVENT Location and time to be announced

ALBERNI CO-OP GREAT CAR GIVEAWAY ~ Car Draw July 13 • 2012 Ford Fusion ENTRY RULES

Co-op Must be a member membe Entry Ballot MUST include; Full Name, Member Number, Phone Number and Receipt Number rs received Tickets given away at 25 litre increments 1 ticket for each 25L increments 5¢/litre One ticket for each 10.00 in store purchase in 2012 Fuel Delivery - every 100 litres 1 ticket. Tickets will be stapled to invoice. Maximum of 10 tickets Card lock customer can bring in card lock receipt and receive 1 ticket per 25 L. Maximum of 10 tickets Furnace repair and protection plan purchases will receive one ticket.

190 keys Last draw will be July 12. Winners will be notified by phone as the draw is the next day.

Spouses can use same number and well as kids under 16. Kids over 16 must get their own membership Each Friday at approximately 9am, 10 names will be drawn for keys which will be provided on the day of the draw.

Names will be published in AV Times on Thursdays and letters will be sent to each winner.

Each week will be a fresh start; you may win more than once so keep entering.

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Perennials are a gardener’s friend Gardening is often seen as an art form to men and women with a green thumb. Once the landscape is designed, homeowners may not want to change much from year to year. That is where perennial plants can be an advantage.

Designing a landscape and keeping the garden looking beautiful can take a keen eye. It also may require a lot of time and commitment. If home gardeners have to replant items year after year, gardening can become time-consuming and expensive. Turning to perennial plants and flowers to serve as the anchor for a home garden can make the process easier.

Perennials are plants that live indefinitely. In terms of flowering plants, perennials will bloom every year. In essence, they have the staying power of shrubbery but are more delicate in nature and often appealing to the eye.

There are perennials for every season, soil type and sun

exposure. Perennials come in a wide variety of blooming flowers or attractive foliage.

Chances are if a homeowner wants to add perennials to the garden, there is a variety available that will fit his or her needs.

Here are some perennials that can be added to the garden:

* lavender * ornamental grasses * asters * chrysanthemums * irises * poppies * milkweed * goldentufts

* anemones * columbines * daylilies * peonies * hostas Once perennials are in place, there is relatively minimal maintenance that is required.

The tune-ups that may be needed are some deadheading to promote new and stronger growth and some cleaning up after winter before the new blooming season takes place.

Once the early spring season arrives and the ground is not too muddy or rain-soaked, clear out any leaves and debris that have gathered around where perennials are located.

Gardeners can also till the mulch or soil in these areas to aerate the planting beds.

Using shears, cut down any dead grasses, stems and stalks from spent perennials that overwintered. Remove any dead wood and broken

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Perennials that aren’t flowering as well as they used to or have dead centers

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RILEY, Reese (Douglas) Doug was born in Port Alberni on January 31, 1936 and passed away suddenly from a heart attack on June 5, 2013.

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Doug started his work life with BC Tel until he was persuaded to try out as a deckhand on the pilot boat on a six month trial basis; he never looked back.

He went on to acquire his captain’s ticket in 1965 and bought Riley’s Boat Services several years later. Along the way he also beach combed and ran a charter boat service to two oil rigs.

Doug’s love of sports was all encompassing, he actively participated in bowling, curling and umpiring.

Fishing was another hobby and prompted him to buy an old house in Bamfield. This allowed him to service ships and to fish. In later years he was on several committees and joined the Masons.

As his health declined he gave up these pursuits and enjoyed cards, casinos and coffee clatches with the fellas. Doug loved a good joke and led life to the fullest. One might say that he did indeed “live the life of Riley�.

Doug’s wishes were that we keep things plain and simple. Cremation has taken place and there will be a family gathering at a later date. Flowers are graciously declined and if desired, donation can be made to the charity of choice.

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MOBILE HOMES & PARKS

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CERAMIC LAMPS with shades, as new. $40 for set of two. 778-421-1988.

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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.

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

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We currently have the following openings:

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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: Friday, June 14, 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.

LICENSED ELECTRICIAN specializing in service upgrades & renovations. 250724-1801, 250-735-5008.

TWIN BOX spring and mattress with frame, good cond. $95. Call (250)723-2629.

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

HOBBIES & CRAFTS 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

LIGHT OAK entertainment centre,comes with 2 speakers, TV, radio, tape deck, cd player, vhs player, record player & headphones. $150 complete. Also reclining loveseat, $100. Call 250-752-6007

APARTMENT/CONDO

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.

STEEL BUILDINGS, Metal buildings 60% off! 20x28, 30x 40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60 x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED

21 CF upright Kenmore Freezer, $550. Cedar octagon outdoor table & 6 chairs, $550.

Small dining room wooden table w/steel base & 4 chairs, $125. Sand blaster w/gun, gloves & nozzle, $130. Air Compressor, oil lubricated, $125. Call 778-421-3879.

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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BLUE MOUNTAIN Pottery collection 10 pcs, VF cond, ind. prices. Call 250-724-1059

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RENTALS

STEEL BUILDING - DIY Summer sale! - Bonus Days extra 5% off. 20X22 $3,998. 25X24 $4,620. 30X34 $6,656. 32X42 $8,488. 40X54 $13,385. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca

COTTAGES

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

HOMES FOR RENT

HOUSE AVAIL July 1. Four bedroom, 2 bath. Fully fenced, shed, garage. No smoking, no partiers, 1 small dog possible, references. required, $1100/ mo. 250-723-1536.

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BUSINESSES FOR SALE

Carriers of the Week

NATE & ISAAC WARD A Grade 8 student, Isaac has been a carrier since July 2012. He enjoys P.E. and likes to be outside, riding his bike and rip sticking.

Isaac saves his earnings and likes that he can rip stick while delivering papers.

Nate delivers to 50 homes.

A Grade 9 student who enjoys English, in his free time he likes to read, listen to music and go airsofting. Nate uses his earnings for airsoft, music and candy.

Along with our thanks, Isaac and Nate each received a $10 gift card from Walmart!

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NORTH PORT 1020- Mary & Brown (51) CENTRAL PORT 2014- Morton & 3rd (67) 2016- Bute & 9th (71) 2029- Morton & 14th (58)

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HELP WANTED

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ROOMS FOR RENT

HOUSES FOR SALE 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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HOMES WANTED

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Clean rooms available. Heat, hydro, cable, bathroom incld.

Fully furnished, kitchen facility. $375-$475. 250-730-1961.

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HELP WANTED

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ESTATE SALE: #16-3535 Burde St., Sat., June 15, 9amNoon. Treadmill, couch, dressers, hutch & more! Rain or shine!

MOVING/GARAGE SALE, 4639 Strathern St. Sat, 9am3pm. Household items, wine equipment, antique typewriters and projectors, bookshelves, Lego sets, TV stand, microwave stands, etc.

FRENCH CREEK 1225 Bunker Pl. Jun 14 (9-6) & 15 (9-4).

2500 sq ft fully furnished home + 2 sheds - all goes. Nothing cherry picked, top of the line.

From household items to antique & contemporary furniture. + tools. Everything goes!!

View at www.estateliquidators.ca. Pay by Visa or MC. SATURDAY, JUNE 15. 8:00 am - 1:00pm. 2278 Mallory Drive.Something for everyone!

YARD SALE. SAT. June 15, 9 am-1 pm. Items for the yard & household, tools, wine making supplies. 6784 Cypress Blvd.

YARD SALE. Saturday, June 15th, 8am. 2699 Old Nanaimo Hwy. Weather permitting.

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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 RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

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

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

SCRAP CAR REMOVAL CASH BUYER

Scrap cars & trucks, Complete or not.

Over the phone price quotes.

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

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TRUCKS & VANS

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

TRUCKS - LOGGING

CARS

QUALICUM BEACH1988 Chevy Scotsdale 1500 pickup with canopy. Running order.

Needs work & brake lines replaced soon. Good tires and new battery. $950 obo. 20’ ext ladder $40. 250-752-5457

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

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

1995 FORD CONTOUR- 4 good Michelin tires, $800. obo.

Call (250)723-4449.

SPORTS & IMPORTS 2001 JAGUAR supercharged silver XKR convertible. 131k.

Gorgeous head-turner. $13,500. fkimantas@shaw.ca

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

Excellent condition. $17,000. (250)591-4112

BOATS

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

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Alberni’s Ewing named Glacier Kings’ new coach The Comox Valley Glacier Kings will head into the new Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League season with a new head coach.

The Yetis have announced that Port Alberni native Joey Ewing will guide the team’s fortunes in 2013-14.

The Glacier Kings said former head coach Bill Rothleiser, who led the Icemen to the North Division playoff championship in his first year behind the bench, gave his notice in February, citing personal reasons for his decision.

Born in 1983 in Alberni, Ewing’s junior hockey career started in the VIJHL with the Port Alberni Bandits. While playing junior hockey, he also juggled a professional wakeboard career.

The Glacier Kings note Ewing went on to play Junior A in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for the Winkler Flyers and Southeast Blades, helping the Blades win their first-ever division championship. He finished his Junior A career with the Quesnel Millionaires in the BCHL. Ewing then moved to Whistler, where he helped turn around a struggling minor hockey program.

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Alberni Valley minor hockey product Joey Ewing heads up VIJHL’s Comox Glacier Kings.

During his first three seasons of coaching the Whistler Winterhawks bantam rep team, he led the squads to three Pacific Coast Amateur Hockey Association league titles and two provincial championship medals.

After three years

coaching bantam, Ewing joined the staff of the KIJHL’s Golden Rockets as an assistant coach.

During his season in Golden, the Rockets ended a seven-year playoff drought.

After leaving the Rockets, Ewing returned to Whistler and coached the Winterhawks Midget Rep program to three league titles and two provincial championship berths in four years behind the bench.

Ewing has also directed his passion for coaching into private hockey lessons and skill development for aspiring junior and collegiate-level athletes. Ewing has also enjoyed working as a scout for colleges and teams in the BCHL.

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Derek Smith, a Grade 9 student at Alberni District Secondary School, tries his hand at lawn bowling during a recent PE class.

Students try lawn bowling O

ne of Alberni District Secondary School’s Grade 9 PE classes was introduced to the sport of lawn bowling this month.

Lawn bowling club members volunteered

their time to teach the students how to “bowl”, teacher Karli Van Vliet said.

“The kids learned that this is not just a sport for older people, and that the average age of international lawn bowling teams is

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The students enjoyed the sunshine and social nature of the game.

They also realized that there is more to the game than meets the eye and that it is a good way to improve

coordination, Van Vliet said.

Anyone interested in trying lawn bowling can contact the club at 250-730-2565 or drop by for Family Time on Friday evenings from 7–9 p.m.

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◆ SPORTS

Jim Proteau earns Red White and Blue honours

Annual trout derby June 15-16 at Sproat

KNOX COUPLAND Alberni Golf

Sproat Lake Landing hosts its annual Father’s Day trout derby this Saturday, June 15 and Sunday, June 16.

Cost to enter the derby is $10 for adults and $5 for juniors (16 and under).

There is free fishing in B.C. for Father’s Day weekend so anglers don’t need a licence for this derby.

Prizes will be available. Fishing can take place anywhere on Sproat Lake.

Tickets for the derby are available at Gone Fishin’ in the Lower Johnston Road block or from Sproat Lake Landing.

Please call 250723-2722 for more information.

Fishing times are dawn to dusk on Saturday and dawn to a final weigh-in at 1 p.m. on Sunday. editor@albernivalleynews.com

Last Sunday the Men’s Club at the Alberni Golf Club staged the Red White and Blue Tournament.

In this format entrants play six holes from the red tees, six from the white and

six from the blue tee boxes.

Low gross for Sunday was posted by Jim Proteau, followed

by Sam Parhar, Glen Trask, Bill Barrett and Steve Acland.

Low net winner was John Panagrot chased

by Matt Mesic, Chris Owen, Al Wright, Paul Saulnier, Tom Price, Ron Clark, Jim Peterson, Vic Carlton,

Fred Fredrickson, Masami Hiryama and Mickey Keeley.

Closest to the pin winners were Al Wright on No. 2, Preban Rasmussen won the charity hole on No. 4, Tom Hennesy on No. 13, and Russell Israelson on No. 17.

Denis Debolt was closest to the pin with his second shot on

No. 11. Ken Fong hit the longest drive on No. 7.

The hidden hole this week was No. 8 and as there was no winner there will be a carry over.

Sunday, June 1 was another fine day for the skins game at the Alberni Golf Club.

Low gross was posted

by Steve Acland, winning $7. Second

low gross went to Preben Rasmussin, and was also worth $7.

Sammy Parhar was third, winning $14.

R. Isrealson tied for third place, also winning $14.

Mike Picher was also in the money, winning $7.

On the net side Steve Acland, D Vanos, Sammy Parhar and Mark Anderson were

all tied, winning $24 each.

KPs went to D. Vanos on No. 2, Sammy Parhar on No. 4, Al Wright on No. 13 and Steve Acland on No. 17.

The next men’s Club event will not be until June 30 as the Men’s West Coast Open is next Sunday followed by the Ladie’s West Coast on June 23.

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New faces join Bulldogs in hockey’s off-season The days may be warm and sunny, and the ice may be long gone from the Dawg Pound, but the Alberni Valley Bulldogs’ Jr. A team has been busy this off-season.

The Bulldogs announced late Tuesday that they have acquired the rights to Shane O’Brien from the Stratford Cullitons of the Greater Ontario

Junior Hockey research into League and O’Brien, the received team invited commitments him to attend from two the Bulldogs’ additional spring players from identification spring training camp in Port camp.

Alberni this JOSH O’Brien past April.

ADKINS (1994-born) Immediately, was first seen by one the coaches and of the Alberni Valley evaluators were Bulldogs’ Ontarioimpressed with based scouts. Shortly the speed at which after doing some O’Brien thinks and

Principles For Living

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In My Father’s Eyes Nothing helps move us forward in our lives more than cleaning up any unfinished business we have with our parents. Until we do, we attract people into our lives with the same emotional charge that mirrors the incompleteness we experience with that parent.

It seems like just yesterday that my father and I couldn’t see eye to eye. There was no love, not even like. I was raised in a very tightly controlled social setting.

As a result, most of my childhood energy was spent directing anger inward towards myself or outward towards my father. Finally, in the late 90’s on a weekend visit, we shared a pivotal moment that set the two of us on a healing path.

On the Sunday morning he surprisingly started to tell me about his past. He confided that very near the end of World War II, he and his father shared a train to the respective parts of the front for which they each fought in separate regiments. His father travelled 100 miles out of his way to accompany my 18 year old father to his destination and in doing so put himself in trouble with his superiors. At that time, my father had no idea why his father would do such a thing.

My dad now knows that his father was trying to say goodbye. My grandfather knew he would not live much longer. He died one week later on the Russian front. My father remembered how uncharacteristically forthright and loving his father was and told me that he would do anything to go back in time and say goodbye to his father.

Kapow, it was like my blinders had been instantly removed! I understood why my childhood seemed so regulated and saw his control issues as a means with which to keep me close to him, as his own inadequate but very human way of demonstrating his love for me. My father and I now share a truly loving relationship and as a result, my entire life has become enriched. Before that healing moment, I unknowingly felt the weight of the reflection I saw of myself in my father’s eyes in all of my relationships and, like an anchor, that weight held me back.

So instead of a simple gesture this Father’s Day, a card or a well meaning purchase, why not make a gift of whom you are? That gift would keep on giving.

Just ask my father.

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“Shane will give the Bulldogs much added speed and offense to our lineup.”

O’Brien put up 47 points in 48 games in Stratford’s 201213 season; it’s an organization that has produced many successful Jr. A and professional players, including Penticton Vee’s all-rookie team member Brad

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plays the game, assistant coach Adam Hayduk noted in a press release.

Even with an injury suffered at training camp, O’Brien didn’t slow down.

“We are extremely happy we were able to come to terms with Stratford and acquire the rights to Shane,” said Alberni Valley Bulldogs head coach and general manager

The City of Port Alberni is updating its zoning bylaw, to meet the needs of our changing community. We’ve compiled your input and suggestions so far and now it’s time to find out what you think of the draft we’ve put together. You are invited to come out and comment on the changes being proposed and let us know what you think.

Key issues we’ve addressed in the draft Zoning Bylaw include: • Suites in residential neighbourhoods • Seniors and special needs housing • RV parking • Commercial revitalization • Chickens and bees • Urban agriculture.

- Community Meeting and Open House -

Monday, June 17 Open House: Presentation/Q&A:

4:00 pm - 6:30 pm 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Echo Centre - Dogwood Room 4255 Wallace Street

For more information, please contact Scott Smith, MCIP, City Planner Tel: 250-720-2808 email: Scott_Smith@portalberni.ca Find us on Facebook at “Port Alberni Zoning Bylaw Review” http://www.portalberni.ca/zoning_bylaw_review

McClure, Nelson Emerson, Boyd Devereaux, Ed Olczyk, Louie DeBrusk, Bryan Smolinski, and Chris Pronger just to name a few.

Adkins one of two to commit

Two players out of the 2013 spring identification camps have also committed to the Bulldogs for the 2013-14 season.

Victoria-born forward Josh Adkins played this past season with the Peninsula Panthers of the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League.

Adkins (1995-born) put up 11 goals and 32 assists in 46 games with the Panthers and came highly recommended by his former coaches.

“I went into the camp pretty hopeful but I was also nervous because there were many talented players at the camp,” Adkins said.

The second player to commit out of spring camp is 1995born defenseman Riley Ostoforoff, who played the last two seasons for the Castlegar Rebels in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League.

ICE CHIPS...Bulldogs’ coaching staff says these are just the first

player announcements

of the off-season, and that more are to follow...The public’s first chance to meet the three new players will be at the second

annual Alberni Valley Bulldogs season kickoff golf tournament,

Saturday, Aug. 17 at the Alberni Golf Club.

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A Professional Kitchen for Professional Cooks Reah Horsley offers eggs benny at Port Alberni’s new Teaching Kitchen, which is open to the public when class is in session. Professional Cook students plan and create delicious breakfasts and lunches, while gaining industry recognized training and culinary skills. Apply now for classes starting this September. Find out more: www.nic.bc.ca/trades

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“I’ve always liked woodworking, and I wanted to learn how to do it properly,” said Drakeford, who plans to set up a small woodworking business in Nanaimo on graduation.

He entered the program after talking to instructor Stephen McIntosh.

“I’ve evaluated a lot of faculty and I could tell right away was he was a good teacher,” Drakeford said. “He wants students to develop their own ideas, and knows what he’s talking about.”

Program size, instructor, Joinery students come into the and skills training lures program with a wide range of skills students to Port Alberni and goals—from forestry workers and David Drakeford knows his way around a classroom.

The retired Vancouver Island University Dean of Science and Technology and Associate Vice President, Academic spent the last 20 years teaching and overseeing post secondary programs.

fine arts majors looking to expand their skills to 17-year-old high school student Brett Johnson, who intends to continue his apprenticeship training in Calgary, where his grandfather holds a journeyman’s ticket.

Drakeford spent the last nine months commuting from Nanaimo to Port Alberni, where he fulfilled his passion for woodworking in NIC’s Joinery / Cabinetmaking Foundation program.

NIC’s Joinery / Cabinetmaking program is the only fine furniture making program north of Victoria. Students learn to design and create tables, chairs, cabinets and fixtures over nine months to prepare for careers in millwork, furniture building, marine joinery, residential finishing carpentry, or as a self-employed artisan.

Along his route, he picked up fellow classmates from Nanoose, Qualicum

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To qualify, you must be either unemployed and not eligible to receive EI, or employed in a low-skilled position.

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Port Alberni Graduation Ceremonies Celebrate the achievements of Port Alberni graduates! Alberni Athletic Hall, 2 pm

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Red Cross First Aid with CPR Level C (FAC-021) Prepare to help people in physical distress. as you learn to treat a variety of injuries due to heat and cold, medical conditions, and more in this standard First Aid course. 8 am -4 pm

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Mildred Reynolds is seen here with her family at the celebration of her 90th birthday on Saturday afternoon at the Bavarian Centre. Family and friends from near and far came to wish her a very happy birthday.

Mildred Reynolds prepares to cut her cake with her children, from left to right, Terry, Rhonda, Larry and Les at the open house celebration of her 90th birthday on Saturday.

Cpl. Denis Sauve came to the Rollin Art Centre to meet with the grads, Jamie Del Rio was the first one he saw.

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The annual Veterans Dinner was held on Sunday at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch #293 and there to assist in serving the dinner were cadets from the 2308 Canadian Scottish Regiment.

Three generations of ADSS grads met at the Rollin Art Centre on Saturday, from left to right are Karen Hoekstra, 1983 grad, Rachel Hoekstra, 2013 grad and Isabelle Redford, 1955 grad.

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The THE Arts ARTS STAGES puts new spin on Rumpelstiltskin tale

Students in the STAGES Youth Theatre Program at the Capitol Theatre present Rumpelstiltskin this Saturday, June 15 and Sunday, June 16.

This production depicts how greed and sacrifice lead to the distress of a beautiful maiden who, without a miracle will lose her head.

The STAGES Youth Theatre Program is an after school drama program for youth ages four to 16. The STAGES program is in its fourth year and is the brainchild of program director Teresa Drew.

“The performing arts are so important to a small community,” says Drew. “We want

to make sure that children have access to the performing arts and so many kids want to be a part of drama programs.

“STAGES is a great way to involve youth in all areas of the performing arts (both on stage and backstage) and to learn the lessons and skills that come with it.”

Rumpelstiltskin is a script written by Wendy Karpuik, where children from each class join together to tell a fantastic and entertaining story.

This year’s theme is based on the story that originated in Germany.

The fairy tale by the same name dates back

to 1812 by the authors Jacob and Wilhem Grimm, known as “The Brothers Grimm”.

Some additions and alterations to the story have been added to accommodate the size of our cast.

Get ready for an evening filled with laughter and entertainment.

The curtain rises at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.) on Saturday.

On Sunday, June 16 doors will open at 1:30 p.m. with the curtain rising at 2 p.m.

Admission is $10 at the door (children 12 and under, accompanied by an adult are free), and seating will be first come, first served.

20 different shows to see . . .

Local shows-

“capsules-it’s about time”.

Connections, Raven, Birth of Releasing Light Kreations, Misha Munroe (singer/songwriter), Eye Thoughts of Verse City, FringProv, Ballerinas, Massive/Beat/Poet, Fandomonium, MacBethie.

Out of town entries-From Victoria-Grim, Bitts of Tease Cabaret, Cougar Annie Tales. Jakes West Circus Act from Chilliwack. The Oblivion Series-a not so girlie show from New Westminster. From Gibson’s A Crack In My Reality and from Chemainus Standing Up For Myself. Two shows from Quadra Island; Take Five, The Actor’s Nightmare.

The Alberni Valley Fringe Theatre Festival Produced by: Art Matter’s Society Sponsored by: Portal Players, Main Artery & Alberni Valley News TICKETS AVAILABLE AT: Main Artery, 4969 Artyle St. For more info: alberni.ca/artmatters

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Fringe Festival 2013

It’s ‘time’ to think about Fringe D

id you know Any Warhol collected 612 time capsules in his lifetime? As a character in Gwynne Hunt’s new play, Capsules—It’s About Time, ‘Warhol’ talks about time and his obsession with it.

Capsules is a quirky fringe-type play with humour, reflection and thought-provoking images of how time rules our lives.

When theatregoers come and see the show at the Capitol Theatre, as part of the Alberni Valley Fringe Theatre Festival June 21–23, Hunt is asking them to bring a small item for the inaugural Fringe time capsule.

“It will be opened in 10 years, in 2023,” she says, “so put some thought into what would represent 2013 to you.”

Capsules plays at the Capitol during the Fringe Festival on Saturday, June 22 at 8:15 p.m. and Sunday, June 23 at 5 p.m.

Catch the Fringe Bug! If you see the Fringe Fairy about, get a Fringe Buck from her for $1 off your ticket to Capsules or Hunt’s children’s play MacBethie at 2 p.m. on Saturday.

Advance tickets are $8 at the Main Artery

Submitted photo

Bill Brown channels his best Andy Warhol in preparation for Capsules, one of 10 local Fringe performances and 20 total shows.

for Capsules, 4969 Argyle St. Tickets for MacBethie are $4 for adults/$2 for children. Tickets can be purchased after 4

p.m. on June 21 at the Capitol Theatre.

For more info on the Fringe Festival, go online to alberni.ca/ artmatters, call Fringe

Central at 250-7233331 or 250-723-7883, or watch the Alberni Valley News on Thursday, June 20 for a Fringe program.

Ponder Troubled Waters with AVTTS A number of recent events give cause to reflect on one of life’s most basic necessities, water.

How best to provide safe drinking water to the residents of the Alberni Valley?

Or assure a supply for local agriculture and industry? Protect fish-bearing streams and generally assure that our natural support systems are not deprived, and on how best to treat used assets downstream?

Quickfacts ◆ TROUBLED WATERS by Paul Manly screens June 20 at NIC. Admission is free.

In order to further that discussion, Alberni Valley Transition Towns Society will be hosting a screening of Paul Manly’s Troubled Waters at North Island

College’s room C204 at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 20. Manly will be at the screening and will lead a discussion to follow.

There is no admission charge for this event.

Transition Towns representatives hope relevant stakeholder groups will send representation to put forward ideas as to how best to manage our water supply, delivery and treatment apparatus.

Also from Transition Towns, on Wednesday,

June 19 the regular meeting starts at 6 p.m. at Char’s Landing, 4815 Argyle St., with a screening of the film Carbon Nation from 7–9 p.m. Carbon Nation is a film that emphasizes solutions to climate change and aiding the bottom line to implement low-energy solutions to energy problems.

Both of these June 19 events are open to the public and free.

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EJ Dunn presents Les Mis On Wednesday, June 19 and Thursday, June 20, students of E. J. Dunn will present their rendition of the play Les Miserables.

The presentation will take place at the ADSS auditorium at 7 p.m. both nights (the curtain will rise at 7:15 p.m. sharp).

The main production will be in French, however all of the songs will be in English as well as the explanation pamphlets. The students have been working on this event for several months now and teachers are hoping for a good turnout from the community.

Entry will be by donation, and proceeds will go towards production costs.

Stiles stylin’ at Char’s This Friday, June 14 from 8–10 p.m., Cam Stiles will play his “naked bass” instrumentals, a medley of TV show themes, in a one-man solo show at Char’s Landing.

Stiles’s show features himself playing rock, blues and jazz unaccompanied, including a medley of TV show themes (Seinfeld, Night Court, Barney Miller), and covers from Jaco Pastorious and Victor Wooten.

He also plays in a trio for other performances.

Stiles’s upbeat swing and bass driven rock is sometimes quirky and tongue in cheek.

Advance tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors at the Rollin Art Centre (cash only, prices rises by $3 at the door) or e-mail info@charslanding. com to reserve.

FMI: 250-730-1636.

Char’s Landing is located at 4815 Argyle St. at Fifth Avenue.

Colours burst in new show at the Rollin u Sat, June 15th, 5-9pm, The Barley Show outdoor open mic showcase u Wed, June 19th, AV Transition Town Society 6pm meeting, 7-9pm film Carbon Nation & discussion u Thu, June 20th, 8-10pm, Oliver Swain u Fri/Sat June 21/22 4-10pm Fringe Festival w/Gwynne Hunt

MELISSA MARTIN Arts Around

The current art exhibit at the Rollin Art Centre features painter Leanne Spanza of Kelowna.

In ‘A Cup Half Colourful’, Spanza captures the beauty of B.C.’s landscapes with vibrant colour and simplistic beauty.

Spanza’s background in interior design helps her integrate colour, contrast, space and lines into her artwork, according to her bio.

This exhibit is sure to excite the senses with her colourful and imaginative interpretation of landscapes. A Cup Half Colourful runs until July 6. Come out and meet Spanza at her artist’s reception this Saturday, June 15th at 1 p.m. in the gallery.

Teas starting on the terrace Rollin Art Centre’s popular Teas on the Terrace will be starting July 4 and run Thursdays until Aug. 22. Tickets are now on sale and cost only $10 for an afternoon of delicious delectables and wonderful entertainment. Stop

Group show at DRAW Gallery

Photo courtesy Leanne Spanza

The vibrancy of Harbour Quay is captured in the bold colours and simple lines of Leanne Spanza’s work.

by now and purchase your ticket today as seating is limited at these events.

Summer camp includes art Rollin Art Centre’s summer children’s art camps for kids aged five to eight years are starting soon.

These summer camps run every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday and offer a different theme each

week. Times are 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. for children five and six years and 1–3 p.m. for seven- and eight-yearolds. The cost is $25 for each week.

Art camps offer a great time for the children to explore their creative side, make friends, create a take home craft and enjoy a healthy snack.

These camps fill up quick as space is limited.

What’s on at Char’s Landing u Fri, June 14th,

8-10pm, Cam Stiles bass instrumentals, medley of tv show themes

DRAW gallery presents Flowers and Dreams, Spring to Summer group show, running to June 29.

This show features the many exceptional talents of local artists.

The gallery is open Thursday through Saturday from 12–5 p.m., located at the corner of Melrose and Eighth Avenue.

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

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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

★ OPEN HOUSE ★ $ SAT. JUNE 15 • 12:30 - 1:30 pm 129,900

$

149,900 Echo Area

Victoria Quay Condo

3915 Anderson Avenue • 1,700 sq. ft. 2+2 bedroom • Updated kit. & flooring, bsmt partially finished • Nicely landscaped fully fenced yard • 18x12 wired shop/side yard RV parking

#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

32,000

$

SO

$

THINKING OF SELLING?

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Nicely Maintained

Lance Engstrom

#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.

(Full Time Realtor)

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$405,000

$569,000 W NE

MLS #354812

6435 CYPRESS BLVD

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NEW

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MLS #355101

3460 MARKHAM RD.

(250) 720-7653

WHY PAY MORE? $349,900

ron@rongray.ca

$334,000

$299,900

NEW

MLS #354981

G TIN LIS

MLS #353338

3189 MCNAUGHTON AVE.

RON GRAY

MLS #356400

• 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!

• Updated 4 bed 2 bath w/attached garage • 150x124 lot in Cherry Creek • Detached 28x35 heated shop w/bathroom • Custom kitchen with island, 2 gas F/P • Hardwood floors – this is a must see!

• Nanoose Bay 3 bed 2 bath family home • 14,000+ sq.ft. lot backs onto greenspace • Double oversized garage close to golf course & marina

• 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 to list!

4289 NORTH PARK DR. • 6 bed, 3 baths, 3 living areas • 2 Garages • Maple kitchen in main • Gorgeous views

$275,000

$258,000

$235,000

$225,000

$179,000

CE PRI W E N

MLS #349691

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

1969 HARLEQUIN CRESC.

W NE

ICE PR

MLS #355760

MLS #353341

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

• 4 bedrooms, 2 bath, 2425 sq. ft. home • Heat pump, 2 F/P, 200 amp panel • Newer roof & 60 gal HW tank • Fully fenced corner lot, detached RV parking garage

2850 HIGHMOOR ROAD

3846 MONTROSE ST.

MLS #350339

2330 11TH AVE.

• 4 bed 3 bath family home w/updates • 2 F/P, covered deck • 7841 sq.ft. lot backing onto greenspace • Gas furnace.

ON NTI PERS E T AT VELO DE

MLS #329937

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

$259,000

CE PRI W E N

MLS #356257

9595 SPROAT PLACE • Sproat Lake • 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • 0.54 acres, 24x25 deck • Jacuzzi tub, wood F/P

$254,900

G TIN LIS W E N

MLS #358077

4270 VICTORIA DR. • 4 bedroom + a den • 3 bathrooms • 1/2 acre many mature fruit trees.

SELL YOUR HOME FOR $6,900.00

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Alberni Valley News Thursday, June 13, 2013

ONE PERCENT Vancouver Island

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OPEN HOUSES • OPEN HOUSES • OPEN HOUSES • OPEN HOUSES • OPEN HOUSES • OPEN HOUSES

SATURDAY, JUNE 15 • 1:00 - 2:30 pm 3749 San Mateo Drive

5230 Gordon Avenue

MLS 356654

NG

ISTI

L NEW

239,000

$

NG

ISTI

L NEW

229,900

$

PRICED WELL - WELL BUILT

~ Rare 5 Acre Parcel (Drilled 25 GPM Well) ~ Build Your Dream Home/ Walk to Spider Lk ~ Minutes to seaside town of Qualicum Beach ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#358081

~ Family Neighborhood - 5 Bdrm/3 Bath ~ Floor to Ceiling FP in LR, Woodstove in FR ~ Wrap Deck, Fenced Yard, Wrkshp., RV Parking & MORE ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#357993

$

234,900

5755 Brown Road

NEW

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PRIC

$

423,000

PRIVATELY SET ACREAGE !

3605 China Creek Road

~ Full Legal sxs Duplex on Lg. Lot ~ Great Neighborhood Overlooking Greenspace ~ Each w/Carport, Deck, RV Parking ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#314952

~ West Coast 3 Bdrm/3Bath Split Level on near 1/2 ACRE ! ~ Beautiful Lake Views from Private Bdrm. Decks & MORE ! ~ Newer Roof, Heat Pump..Lg Private Patio & Yard ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com

~ 2 Bdrm. Moblile on “Own Land “ ~ Lots of Newer Updates; 3 Yr. Roof... ~ Possibly the Most AFFORDABLE Parksville Retirement... ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com

1275 Station Rd. Errington ~ Beautiful 2.11 ACRES bordering on Parkland ! ~ Open Plan LR, DR, Kit, w/French Doors to Deck... ~ Skylights, 3 Economical Heating Sources, Newer Roof.... ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#353013

199,900

$

M

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$

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319,900

$

MLS#349202

NG

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579,900

$

NE

LEGAL DUPLEX

EXTRAORDINARY 21 ACRES

~ SxS Legal Duplex in North Port - Lovely Corner Lot ~ Each Side 2 Levels, 1600 sq.ft. Decks, Patios ~ Each Side 2 Bdrm, 2 Bath, Parking & MORE ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#357154

~ Beautifully Reno’d 3 Bdrm, 3 Bath Privately Set ~ Natural Setting, Organic Gardens, Newer Metal Roof & MORE ~ Walking Path to Bordering Stamp River ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#356934

4994 Ian Avenue

$

ING

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8000 Beaver Cr. Rd.

785,000

~ Unparallelled Acre Natural Setting/1Owner 3182 sq.ft. Home ~ Lovingly Maintained ~ Heat Pump, Newer Kitchen, Roof, Deck, Dock ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#356934

$

EXTRAORDINARY INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY COLLEGE VIEW ESTATES LOT !

LUXURY BEACH HOUSE

SPROAT LAKE

9806 Stirling Arm Cres.

99,900

499,900

94,500

$

SOLD

Lot 1Claymore Rd. Qualicum

3596 McKnight St.

20-4935 Broughton St.

~ 10 ACRES in Famous Qualicum Beach (zoning for 2 Acre Lots) ~ 5 Mins. to Beach, Village, 1 Blk. to School.... ~ Incredible Development Opportunity/ Holding Property... ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#354073

~ 60’x124’ Level Lot in Upscale Established Neighborhood !

- Mountain Views, Walking Distance to Rec. Facilities, Schools, College...

- Bring Your Plans to This Incomparable Building Site.... ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#352924

~ Doublewide With an approx: 7000sqft.

YARD ! ~ 2 Bdrm/2 Full Bath is Immaculate... ~ Skylights, AIR CONDITIONING & ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#346953

88,000

225,000

$

599,000

213,900

4879 Athol St.

~ Suite Up + Suite Down w/ $1800 Revenue/mn.

- Well Maintained w/Fully Fenced Yard; Good Tenants - Walk to Downtown, Bus Stop & Beautiful Waterfront & Marinas ! ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#353004

NEW

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SPECTACULAR HORNE LAKE

Lot 240 Sunset Terrace Horne Lake

~ Short Drive To P.a.-Private .33 Acre Lot ~ Gorgeous 83Ft. Lakefront...Cottage/Retreat ~ Mins. To Qualicum, Golfing, Quaint Shops... ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#340097

204,400

$

429,000

$

CRAIG ROAD BUILDING LOT

3871 Craig Road

3993 Anderson Ave.

~ Lg. 0.19 Lot In Most Sought After Area ~ Lovely 3 Bdrm/2 Bath w/12x16 Deck ~ Partially Fenced, Mountain Views ~ Self-Contained 1Bdrm. Inlaw ~ Amenities, Schools, Golf Courses, Suite w/Luxury 5 Pce. Ensuite.

Marinas In Mins. ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com onepercentrealty.com MLS#342811 MLS#341057

246,900

18-5251 Island Hwy ~ Award Winning Arbutus Home; Lg. Private Lot... ~ Essential Upgrades totaling $35,000 ~ 3 Bdrm/2Bath, Media Room, Shared Clubhouse, ~ 750ft Private Beach & Much MORE ! ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#351056

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525,000

$

AFFORDABLE LAKEFRONT/SHORT DRIVE TO PA

Lot 280 East Side Rd. Horne Lake

~ Wonderful Opportunity on Beautiful Horne Lake... ~ Under Construction - 1125 Sq.ft. Cabin ( Guest Trailer Incl) ~ Level .22 Acre Lot/63 Ft. of Lakefront. Low Strata Fees... ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#349942

229,900

$

$

$

ECHO AREA INVESTMENT

579,900

$

$

Q

REVENUE PROPERTY !

875 Kasba Cr., Parksville

MLS 349202

SPIDER LAKE AREA

Lot2 Spider Lk Qualicum

AFFORDABLE SPROAT LAKE !

10550 Asher Rd.

~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com

147,900

$

OLD! S AFFORDABLE PARKSVILLE!

$194,300

~ 2 Bdrm/2 Bath Mobile on 2.25 ACRES! - Privately Set Back & mins. to Town...

- Build Your Dream Home while Living in Mobile

~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com

$ 349,900 SOLD! SAVINGS with CHUCK $7050.00

SATURDAY, JUNE 15 • 3:00 - 4:30 pm

$349,900

~ 5 Bdrm/3 Bath; 2700 Sq. Ft. Exec/Family Home ~ Panoramic Views, Pool, Wrap Decks, Greenhouse ~ Exquistely Designed Home/Established Neighbourhood

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Call Chuck & SELL Your Home FOR ONLY $6900!

REALTY

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www.albernivalleynews.com

SOLD

PRIVATE HOBBY FARM

NORTH PORT’S # 1 FAMILY LOCATION !

~ Log Home - 5 Bdrm/31/2 Bath on 10 ACRES ! ~ Incl: Lovely 2 Bdrm, Mortgage Helper w/ Fireplace ~ Barn for Horses, etc. & 4 Mins. to Town ! ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#353004

~ Lovely Family Home; Approx; 3000sq.ft 4 Bdrm/ 3 Bath ~ Huge Deck, Near 1/4 ACRE Lot, Fully Fenced Backyard... ~ Schools, Amenities...& Much MORE...It’s All Here ! ~ MORE Photos & Audio visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#350029

1225 Ruffels Rd. Errington

$

NEW

ING

LIST

109,900

$

3782 Haslam Rd.

279,900

$

SOLD in 1 HOUR !

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

BEAUTIFUL HOME WITH SUITE

~ Lovely 4 Bdrm. 2 Bath on .23 City Acre ! ~ Mins to Golf Course, Malls, Schools, Marinas... ~ Gardener’s Paradise - RV & Boat Parking ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#344048

~ 5 Bdrm/3 Bath Split Level in Excellent Area ! ~ 1Brm.SUITE, In-House Wkshp. Lg. Deck... ~ RV & Multiple Parking, Nicely Landscaped ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#337607

4050 Johnston Rd.

RICE

P NEW

3165 McNaughton Ave.

189,000

$

NORTH PORT RANCHER

4833 Helen St. ~ Like new Top to Bottom w/ Detached Shop ~ Sought After North Port RANCHER; Easy Possession ~ Fully Fenced 2 Bdrm near Amenities, School, Waterfront ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#349202

E

RIC WP

NE

199,900

$

5734 Watson Road

~ Beautifully Reno’d 3 Bdrm/2 Bath Split Level ... ~ Desirable Location on 20 City Acre Lot ~ New Gourmet Kitchen, Newer Roof & So Much MORE ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#355473

192,500

$

PRICED TO SELL

PRICED BELOW ASSESSEMENT

~ Priced to Sell on Near 1/2 ACRE ! ~ Privately Set 3 Bdrm. + Lower Level Ready for Finishing! ~ Incredible Views, Incredible Family Neighbourhood! ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#348222

~ New Top to Bottom - Inside & Out ! ~ Open Plan; Kit. w/Eating Bar ~ LR w/elec FP., Laminate & Italian Flooring, ~ New Roof, Windows, Walkways... ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at MLS#297578 onepercentrealty.com

4575 Wellington

2629 5th Ave.

4012 - 9th Ave.

~ Well Maintained 3 Brdm 2 Bath ~ Lg. Corner Lot and Garage. ~Walk to Echo Centre,Shopping ....

~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com

SOLID HOME WITH POTENTIAL

VIEWS! VIEWS! VIEWS!

4765 Burde Street

2416 Anderson Ave.

~ Fixer Upper “Good to Go” w/Wkshp in Place ~ 3 Bdrm, 1976 Sq. Ft. -Full Height Basement ~ Fenced Yard, Carports - Walk to Everything! ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com

~ Privately Set 5 Bdrm./2 Bath on .33 Acre Lot ~ 3300 sq.ft Views from Deck & Every Room ! ~ Gardener’s Paradise, 2 Wood Fireplaces & Much MORE ! ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#349202

MLS#356649

379,900

$

WHEN ONLY THE BEST WILL DO!

3521 Bishop Cres.

~ “Goorts” Built 4 Bdrm/3 Bath on .28 City Acre ~ Shows Like New; Lives Like A RANCHER ~ Approx: 4000sq.ft. Amazing Custom Deck & Much MORE ! ~ MORE Photos & Audio Visual at onepercentrealty.com MLS#351303

We Do It All And MORE! Why Pay MORE?

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250-731-4654

LANCE DOBOSZ

Mid-Island Realty

ldobosz@remax.net

Each Office is Independently Owned & Operated

RE/MAX Mid-Island Realty Port Alberni, 250-723-5666, 4994 Argyle Street, Port Alberni

280,000

289,000

$

$

• OPEN HOUSE • SAT. JUNE 15 11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Video tour available

Video tour available

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 B6 •

279,000

279,000

$

248,999

$

229,000

$

$

Reduced

SOLD

SOLD Video tour available

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

700/mo Lease

139,000

$

$

$

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

3580 Markham Rd

•Great home in quiet Cherry Creek neighbourhood.

•Detached workshop, new drain tile.

89,000

$

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

4815 Johnston Rd.

4847 Bute St.

• High traffic location

• Best value property at this price range.

• Home ready to rent out as an investment property, or own for less than rent Thursday, May 16, 2013 - Alberni Valley News

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$192,000 2541 4th Ave.

SL#1

OWNER WANTS IT SOLD!

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

OWNER WANTS THEM SOLD!

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

2541 4th Ave.

WELL ESTABLISHED SHOPPING CENTRE

OWNER WANTS IT SOLD!

$47,000

A MUST SEE

250.723.1800

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

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

22-6225 Lugrin Rd

Corner of Ian & Johnston

$375,000

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

SL#2

4213 Princess Rd

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2541 4th Ave.

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$63,500

16-4935 Broughton

FABULOUS LOCATION

• New bathroom and furnace • Newly painted • Pet friendly park

• Double wide mobile,55+ park • 2 large bedrooms, 3 pce ensuite • Large yard, carport and RV space

• OPEN HOUSE • OPEN HOUSE • SAT. JUNE 16 • 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

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6419 CHERRY CREEK RD • $375,000

CHERRY CREEK FAMILY HOME!Spacious 5 bedroom, 4 bath family home on 1 acre in desirable Cherry Creek! This 3000+ sq ft one owner home was built in the mid 70's and backs onto 18 hole Cherry Creek Golf Course. Master bedroom has a 2 pce ensuite and its own cozy deck, eat in kitchen with teak cabinets, formal dining room with sliding glass doors out to the large deck that features an In-ground swimming pool! Living room features large front window and Italian tiled natural gas fireplace. Full basement has 2 bedrooms, both with their own 3pc bath and private entrance from outside (previously used as a B&B), family sized sauna, Italian slate pool table, natural gas fireplace, wet bar, ample storage space, and a small in house workshop/mud room. This

$135,000 5100 Pleasant Road

3642 15th Ave. GREAT STARTER

• Or retirement rancher, wheelchair access • Lg master bdrm & updated 3 pce bath • 12’x24’ shop fully wired

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Pat & Gerry Hickey

4213 Princess Rd

Corner of Ian & Johnston

250.723.1800

• OPEN HOUSE • OPEN HOUSE • FRI. JUNE 15 • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM SAT. JUNE 16 • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Lot O Cheeyah Island $229,000

WATERFRONT PROPERTY

WATERFRONT PROPERTY

WATERFRONT PROPERTY

Pat & Gerry Hickey and Danielle Marley in attendance

$

$229,000

7833 Wardrop Rd.

COUNTRY LIVING

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

3908 Marpole St. $240,000 each

SL#1

• Half acre • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Full basement

3908 Marpole St.

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

$240,000 each 14 Headquarters Bay

SL#2

$320,000

OCEAN FRONT • New construction • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Half duplex in upper North Port

Lot R Cheeyah Island

150,000

HIGH VISIBILITY

• 2.64 acres of waterfront • Located in Uchucklesit Inlet, Barclay Sound • Offers best fish-

NOW SELLING! • Trestle RV strata campsites • Waterfront & view campsites • Water, sewer, washroom/laundry facilities • Easy access spacious campsites • Affordable family camping site • Access to Central Lake

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Lots E,P,H Cheeyah Island $225,000 3203 3rd Ave.

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• Well cared for 3 bedroom home • Fully fenced level back yard • Plumbed for a second bathroom

• OPEN HOUSE • OPEN HOUSE • THUR. JUNE 14 • 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM SAT. JUNE 16 • 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Lot 30 Uchucklest Inlet $129,000 • 1400 square foot float cabin • Sleeps 12 to 14 people • Private location, large float

property has 2 driveways with ample covered parking for RV's, boats and vehicles, multiple fruit trees, garden shed, and a vehicle service pit. Private back yard is fenced and the approx. 1/4 acre side yard is waiting for your ideas!

$192,000

$250,000

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

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

137 Winter Harbour Rd.

$699,000

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

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Father’s Day Specials

BRUNCH 8 AM - 3 PM

Surf & Turf Benny $1495 Stuffed French Toast $1095 DINNER SPECIALS 4 - 8 PM Reservations Recommended

20 oz Porterhouse steak $2995

Jack Daniel Ribs ............. $1795 Pan-seared Scallops ....... $1995 with bacon jam

Reservations Recommended

4505 Gertrude St. 724-5050

Miller’s Place

4833 Johnston road • 250-724-5794

Ham Scrambler Monday - Friday 7 am - 11 am

595

$

TraDITIONal breaKFaST Saturday 7 am - 11 am

795

$

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A Local Tradition Since 1969

Steak & Eggs 7am - 3pm $1195

OPEN 7 Days a wEEk 11 am - 9 pm

Father’s Day Brunch Buffet sUNDay, JUNE 16 10:00 aM - 2:00 PM

with hashbrowns & toast

Deluxe Luncheon Buffet 11am - 3 pm Adults $1395 Seniors $1295

Patio NOw OPEN!

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4 pm - 8 pm

1595

$

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4785 Beaver Creek Rd. • 250.723.2474

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B4

Thursday, June 13, 2013 Alberni Valley News

Port Alberni’s Real Estate Experts 24 hour direct: 250.723.SOLD (7653)

DAVE KOSZEGI RealtoR

Email: dave@midislandhomes.com Web: midislandhomes.com davekoszegi.com 723sold.com

®

READY TO BUILD? T +GS 0 0 9 $ 69,

2LOTS, ONE PACKAGE! 0 ,00 $ 99

5250 ADAMS PLACE

2978 KINGSWAY AVE

• Quiet neighbourhood surrounded with newer homes • 0.159 acre lot, sewer, water and hydro to the lot line

6031 RIVER ROAD

• Commercial and Residential Zoned lots • 0.17 acre with beautiful views

UPLANDS SUBDIVISION! 0 ,90 $ 89

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

COURT ORDERED SALE 0 ,00 $ 95

3565 BRACKEN LANE

3554 10TH AVENUE

• 0.17 acre lot surrounded by green space • County living in the city close to all amenities

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

• Great central location, walking distance to all amenitites • Needs some work, perfect for the handyman in mind

CLOSE TO ALL AMENITIES! 99 9,9 $ 29

3619 12TH AVENUE

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

Claire’s Corner

Alberni Valley News Thursday, June 13, 2013

✦ OPEN HOUSE ✦

00 3,5 $ 17

3 YEARS YOUNG! 3754 9TH AVENUE

SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

$

• Beautiful two bedroom one bath rancher sits on a nice lot • Walking distance to shopping, doctors offices and transportation

FEATURE LISTING

0 ,90 5 3 1

SPECTACULAR VIEWS!

2587 1ST AVENUE

Port Alberni’s Real Estate Experts

PRIVATE ACREAGE IN KITSUKSIS AREA! 0 ,90 $ 79

LT 1 TOMSWOOD RD

EXQUISITE SPROAT LAKE! 00 9,0 $ 79

#2-10010 LAKESHORE RD

EXQUISITE SPROAT LAKE WATERFRONT! 0 ,00 9 9 $ 1,3

10054 STIRLING ARM CRESCENT

• 1.07 acre lot cleared and ready for your new home • Water to the lot and the soil is approved for septic system

• 3 Bedroom, 3 bath, 1500 Sqft Condo in Mya Beach Estates • Custom designed and built, wharf and boat slips

• 5 bedrooms, five baths with family suite • Massive gourmet kitchen freaturing large island

BEAUTIFUL SPROAT LAKE! 00 9,0 2 8 $

LUXURIOUS SPROAT LAKE! 00 9,0 $ 61

ENCHANTING VICTORIAN ESTATE! 00 9,9 $ 57

9339 FABER RD

#3-10010 LAKESHORE RD

• 4 Bedrooms, four baths, 100% suite ready for family • Southern exposure and serene lake views

• 3 bedroom, 3 bath 1,500 sq ft Condo in Mya Beach Estates • Secure gated community that captures the essence of the West Coast

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

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

5555 GOLDEN STREET

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

DOWNTOWN CONDO! 00 2,0 $ 11

205-5170 ANGUS ST

• One bedroom, one bath, open floor plan and gas fireplace • Laundry, security entrance, storage unit & local transport nearby

CURB APPEAL COUNTS! 00 9,9 $ 12

4763 GERTRUDE ST

• Updated 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom home with bonus room • Fully fenced yard, detached shop with alley access

BEAVER CREEK ACREAGE! 00 9,0 $ 19

8262 MESHERS RD

• 2.01 acres at the foot of the Beauforts, quiet, private area • Newer 1 bdrm cabin and mobile home needing some TLC

SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! 00 8,8 $ 39

2245 MALLORY DRIVE

• 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom with summer kitchen down • Swimming pool, hot tub, detached garage, amazing views

FEELS LIKE HOME! 00 9,9 $ 27

PERFECT FAMILY HOME! 00 9,9 $ 16

15-5558 BEAVER CREEK RD

#4-3774 12TH AVENUE

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

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

SPROAT LAKE VACATION! 00 9,0 $ 23

EXECUTIVE FAMILY RESIDENCE! 00 9,0 $ 49

C3-10324 LAKESHORE RD

• 29' 2005 Keystone Trailer on large private lot • Located at Tall Timbers gated community

UPDATED HOME WITH SHOP! 00 9,0 $ 16

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

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

NINE YEAR OLD CUSTOM HOME! $

0 ,00 9 9 1

SOLD!

5342 OTTER PLACE

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

VIEWS! VIEWS! VIEWS! 00 9,9 $ 13

4782 REDFORD STREET

• Main level entry, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms,large family room • Single garage, detached workshop, garden area, central location

SOUTH PORT 4 - PLEX 00 9,9 $ 19

7479 BELL ROAD

• Main level entry four bedroom, two bath country home • One acre beautifully landscaped w/sep. garage & large garden

READY TO RETIRE? 0 ,00 $ 275

2805 5TH AVENUE

11-3535 BURDE ST

• 4 one bedroom units with their own hydro meters • Situated close to all amenities, shopping and bus

• 55+ Burde Hill Estates, secure gated community • Brand New Roof, Hot Water Tank & Perimeter

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

00 9,0 $ 19

COUNTRY HIDEAWAY! 00 9,0 $ 31

2835 1ST AVENUE

4672 ADELAIDE STREET

7545 BEAVER CREEK ROAD

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

• 3 bedroom, one bath home with basement and second floor • Situated on a no-thru road with astounding views and a Shop

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

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

SOUTH PORT CHARMER! 00 8,8 $ 24

SPROAT LAKE WATERFRONT! 00 9,9 $ 74

PEACEFUL LIVING ON GREENBELT! 00 9,5 $ 25

COUNTRY IN THE CITY! ST 0+G 0 9 , $ 399

2755 5TH AVENUE

• Over 2900 sqft of wonderful family home on manicured 1.5 acre • 18x36 in-ground pool w/diving board, pool house, patio, bar area

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

COMPLETELY RENOVATED RANCHER! 00 9,0 $ 16

VICTORIA QUAY CONDO! 00 9,9 $ 14

4209 NORTH PARK DRIVE

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

email: john@midislandhomes.com

00 5 , 4 $ 26

3731 ARGYLE ST

• Well built 3 bedroom, 3 bath plus den family home • Updates include thermal windows, newer roof and flooring

Port Alberni’s Real Estate Experts

10796 TAYLOR ARM DRIVE

• Completely remodeled four bedroom home with views • Gentle sloping access in a sheltered bay with 100' of sandy beach

2875 CARMICHAEL CRES.

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

3934 COMPTON RD

• 3 bdrms, 2 baths, dble garage, shed & patio out back • Maple cabinetry, granite counter tops throughout, gas

Personal Real Estate Corporation

FEATURE LISTING TOP OF ECHO!

305-4505 VICTORIA QUAY

• 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom open floor plan, gas FP in livingrm • Secured entry, covered parking, private deck, views of the river

John Clark MAGICAL MEMORIES! 00 0,0 $ 17

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!

LARGE SPLIT LEVEL HOME! 00 9,9 $ 18

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

ACREAGE & SHOP MINUTES FROM TOWN! 00 9,9 $ 29

6428 BEAVER CREEK RD

2558 9TH AVENUE

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

5695 STRICK RD

FAMILY FRIENDLY! 00 2,9 $ 14

John’s Corner

3613 7TH AVENUE

3673 ANDERSON AVENUE

ATTENTION HORSE LOVERS! 99 9,9 $ 37

ENCHANTED COUNTRY ESTATE! 00 9,9 $ 58

Ph: (250) 731-4101

• 3 bedrrom 1 bath home with basement with in house workshop • Newer windows, roof, perimeter drains, plumbing and heat pump

UNDER CONSTRUCTION 00 0,0 $ 36

B5

the Dave Koszegi Team

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

Claire Storie

www.albernivalleynews.com

• 4 bedroom, two bath home situated on 2 acres • Beautifully updated, wood shed, RV & visitor parking

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

4233 8TH AVENUE

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

COUNTRY ACREAGE! 00 9,9 $ 30

7475 MCKENZIE RD

• 2780 sqft, feat: 5 bedrooms, 3 baths & bonus room • 2.87 acres, shop, additional parking for your RV

Port Alberni’s Real Estate Experts

S-14 10324 LAKESHORE ROAD

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

SECURE LIVING! 00 5,0 $ 11

206-5170 ANGUS ST

• Downtown condo offers one bedroom, one bath • Nat. gas FP, laundry in unit, security entrance, storage unit

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

www.albernivalleynews.com

B4

Thursday, June 13, 2013 Alberni Valley News

Port Alberni’s Real Estate Experts 24 hour direct: 250.723.SOLD (7653)

DAVE KOSZEGI RealtoR

Email: dave@midislandhomes.com Web: midislandhomes.com davekoszegi.com 723sold.com

®

READY TO BUILD? T +GS 0 0 9 $ 69,

2LOTS, ONE PACKAGE! 0 ,00 $ 99

5250 ADAMS PLACE

2978 KINGSWAY AVE

• Quiet neighbourhood surrounded with newer homes • 0.159 acre lot, sewer, water and hydro to the lot line

6031 RIVER ROAD

• Commercial and Residential Zoned lots • 0.17 acre with beautiful views

UPLANDS SUBDIVISION! 0 ,90 $ 89

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

COURT ORDERED SALE 0 ,00 $ 95

3565 BRACKEN LANE

3554 10TH AVENUE

• 0.17 acre lot surrounded by green space • County living in the city close to all amenities

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

• Great central location, walking distance to all amenitites • Needs some work, perfect for the handyman in mind

CLOSE TO ALL AMENITIES! 99 9,9 $ 29

3619 12TH AVENUE

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

Claire’s Corner

Alberni Valley News Thursday, June 13, 2013

✦ OPEN HOUSE ✦

00 3,5 $ 17

3 YEARS YOUNG! 3754 9TH AVENUE

SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

$

• Beautiful two bedroom one bath rancher sits on a nice lot • Walking distance to shopping, doctors offices and transportation

FEATURE LISTING

0 ,90 5 3 1

SPECTACULAR VIEWS!

2587 1ST AVENUE

Port Alberni’s Real Estate Experts

PRIVATE ACREAGE IN KITSUKSIS AREA! 0 ,90 $ 79

LT 1 TOMSWOOD RD

EXQUISITE SPROAT LAKE! 00 9,0 $ 79

#2-10010 LAKESHORE RD

EXQUISITE SPROAT LAKE WATERFRONT! 0 ,00 9 9 $ 1,3

10054 STIRLING ARM CRESCENT

• 1.07 acre lot cleared and ready for your new home • Water to the lot and the soil is approved for septic system

• 3 Bedroom, 3 bath, 1500 Sqft Condo in Mya Beach Estates • Custom designed and built, wharf and boat slips

• 5 bedrooms, five baths with family suite • Massive gourmet kitchen freaturing large island

BEAUTIFUL SPROAT LAKE! 00 9,0 2 8 $

LUXURIOUS SPROAT LAKE! 00 9,0 $ 61

ENCHANTING VICTORIAN ESTATE! 00 9,9 $ 57

9339 FABER RD

#3-10010 LAKESHORE RD

• 4 Bedrooms, four baths, 100% suite ready for family • Southern exposure and serene lake views

• 3 bedroom, 3 bath 1,500 sq ft Condo in Mya Beach Estates • Secure gated community that captures the essence of the West Coast

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

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

5555 GOLDEN STREET

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

DOWNTOWN CONDO! 00 2,0 $ 11

205-5170 ANGUS ST

• One bedroom, one bath, open floor plan and gas fireplace • Laundry, security entrance, storage unit & local transport nearby

CURB APPEAL COUNTS! 00 9,9 $ 12

4763 GERTRUDE ST

• Updated 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom home with bonus room • Fully fenced yard, detached shop with alley access

BEAVER CREEK ACREAGE! 00 9,0 $ 19

8262 MESHERS RD

• 2.01 acres at the foot of the Beauforts, quiet, private area • Newer 1 bdrm cabin and mobile home needing some TLC

SPLASH! SPLASH! SPLASH! 00 8,8 $ 39

2245 MALLORY DRIVE

• 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom with summer kitchen down • Swimming pool, hot tub, detached garage, amazing views

FEELS LIKE HOME! 00 9,9 $ 27

PERFECT FAMILY HOME! 00 9,9 $ 16

15-5558 BEAVER CREEK RD

#4-3774 12TH AVENUE

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

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

SPROAT LAKE VACATION! 00 9,0 $ 23

EXECUTIVE FAMILY RESIDENCE! 00 9,0 $ 49

C3-10324 LAKESHORE RD

• 29' 2005 Keystone Trailer on large private lot • Located at Tall Timbers gated community

UPDATED HOME WITH SHOP! 00 9,0 $ 16

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

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

NINE YEAR OLD CUSTOM HOME! $

0 ,00 9 9 1

SOLD!

5342 OTTER PLACE

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

VIEWS! VIEWS! VIEWS! 00 9,9 $ 13

4782 REDFORD STREET

• Main level entry, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms,large family room • Single garage, detached workshop, garden area, central location

SOUTH PORT 4 - PLEX 00 9,9 $ 19

7479 BELL ROAD

• Main level entry four bedroom, two bath country home • One acre beautifully landscaped w/sep. garage & large garden

READY TO RETIRE? 0 ,00 $ 275

2805 5TH AVENUE

11-3535 BURDE ST

• 4 one bedroom units with their own hydro meters • Situated close to all amenities, shopping and bus

• 55+ Burde Hill Estates, secure gated community • Brand New Roof, Hot Water Tank & Perimeter

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

00 9,0 $ 19

COUNTRY HIDEAWAY! 00 9,0 $ 31

2835 1ST AVENUE

4672 ADELAIDE STREET

7545 BEAVER CREEK ROAD

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

• 3 bedroom, one bath home with basement and second floor • Situated on a no-thru road with astounding views and a Shop

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

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

SOUTH PORT CHARMER! 00 8,8 $ 24

SPROAT LAKE WATERFRONT! 00 9,9 $ 74

PEACEFUL LIVING ON GREENBELT! 00 9,5 $ 25

COUNTRY IN THE CITY! ST 0+G 0 9 , $ 399

2755 5TH AVENUE

• Over 2900 sqft of wonderful family home on manicured 1.5 acre • 18x36 in-ground pool w/diving board, pool house, patio, bar area

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

COMPLETELY RENOVATED RANCHER! 00 9,0 $ 16

VICTORIA QUAY CONDO! 00 9,9 $ 14

4209 NORTH PARK DRIVE

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

email: john@midislandhomes.com

00 5 , 4 $ 26

3731 ARGYLE ST

• Well built 3 bedroom, 3 bath plus den family home • Updates include thermal windows, newer roof and flooring

Port Alberni’s Real Estate Experts

10796 TAYLOR ARM DRIVE

• Completely remodeled four bedroom home with views • Gentle sloping access in a sheltered bay with 100' of sandy beach

2875 CARMICHAEL CRES.

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

3934 COMPTON RD

• 3 bdrms, 2 baths, dble garage, shed & patio out back • Maple cabinetry, granite counter tops throughout, gas

Personal Real Estate Corporation

FEATURE LISTING TOP OF ECHO!

305-4505 VICTORIA QUAY

• 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom open floor plan, gas FP in livingrm • Secured entry, covered parking, private deck, views of the river

John Clark MAGICAL MEMORIES! 00 0,0 $ 17

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!

LARGE SPLIT LEVEL HOME! 00 9,9 $ 18

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

ACREAGE & SHOP MINUTES FROM TOWN! 00 9,9 $ 29

6428 BEAVER CREEK RD

2558 9TH AVENUE

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

5695 STRICK RD

FAMILY FRIENDLY! 00 2,9 $ 14

John’s Corner

3613 7TH AVENUE

3673 ANDERSON AVENUE

ATTENTION HORSE LOVERS! 99 9,9 $ 37

ENCHANTED COUNTRY ESTATE! 00 9,9 $ 58

Ph: (250) 731-4101

• 3 bedrrom 1 bath home with basement with in house workshop • Newer windows, roof, perimeter drains, plumbing and heat pump

UNDER CONSTRUCTION 00 0,0 $ 36

B5

the Dave Koszegi Team

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

Claire Storie

www.albernivalleynews.com

• 4 bedroom, two bath home situated on 2 acres • Beautifully updated, wood shed, RV & visitor parking

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

4233 8TH AVENUE

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

COUNTRY ACREAGE! 00 9,9 $ 30

7475 MCKENZIE RD

• 2780 sqft, feat: 5 bedrooms, 3 baths & bonus room • 2.87 acres, shop, additional parking for your RV

Port Alberni’s Real Estate Experts

S-14 10324 LAKESHORE ROAD

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

SECURE LIVING! 00 5,0 $ 11

206-5170 ANGUS ST

• Downtown condo offers one bedroom, one bath • Nat. gas FP, laundry in unit, security entrance, storage unit

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