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Teachers walk as talks fail

J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY—Optimistic that a collective bargaining agreement was near entering last weekend, British Columbia’s teachers instead found themselves on the picket lines Tuesday in a full-scale

strike that may mean the end of the current school year.

“I was hopeful we’d get some good news today,” Sunset Elementary School teacher Kevin Ogren said Monday. “ I was expecting to be back in class (Tuesday).”

Instead, all classes remained shut

down on North Vancouver Island and elsewhere in the province.

Provincial exams will go forward for Grade 10-12 students after the Labour Relations Board deemed them essential services, but endof-year activities like field trips, awards days and leaving ceremo-

nies are thrown into question.

“Year-end festivities associated with schools will in all likelihood be cancelled,” School District 85 superintendent Scott Benwell said.

See page 5 ‘Teachers rally’

• Looking ahead

Economic workshop asks North Island to imagine its future.

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• Fish on!

Family Fishing Weekend draws crowd to Sea Gate dock

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Aboriginal Week heats up on North Island

•Battle in the bay

Alert Bay sweeps June Sports soccer tourney trophies.

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Above: Young students from Fort Rupert’s Wagalus School perform the paddle dance for residents of the Eagle Ridge Manor care home in Port Hardy to kick off Aboriginal Week Monday. The school will hold its 20th anniversary celebration at the Tsaxis Big House today beginning at 4 p.m.

At right, Alex Alfred dances in the Atlakima (dance of the forest spirits) in the spruce costume during the Fort Rupert Elementary School cultural celebration at the Big House in Tsaxis last Thursday.

The event was organized by cultural worker Sisaxolas (Harold Nelson) in partnership with hereditary chief Robert Mountain, his extended family, and First Nations programs of School District 85.

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Regional District plans for future

J.R. Rardon Gazette editor SEVEN HILLS— Forestry remains the dominant industry on North Vancouver Island, but tourism will continue to play an increasing role in the local economy in coming years.

That was part of the message shared as the Regional District of Mount Waddington took the first steps toward and update of its decade-old economic plan by hosting a Strategic Sector Planning workshop at Seven Hills Golf and Country Club last Thursday.

The workshop featured a presentation by William Trousdell and Colleen Hamilton of EcoPlan International, a Vancouver-based consulting firm. They addressed local civic officials, business owners and First Nations economic planners who attended to contribute their suggestions and recommendations to the proposed economic plan.

“We need to rely on your knowledge to move this strategy forward,” said Trousdell.

“We want you to think about what this region is going to look like in 20 years, and we’ll

Carly Pereboom of Port Hardy and District Chamber of Commerce, centre, talks with Lawrie Garrett, Deb Huddlestan and Todd Landon during the economic planning workshop at Seven Hills Golf and Country Club last Thursday. At right, Jonas Velaniskis, left, planning manager for the RDMW, chats with Port Hardy deputy mayor Deb Huddlestan.

J.R. Rardon walk back from there riers and ways gov- energy projects — the to determine the steps ernments can advance Cape Scott Wind Farm and the Kokish Runnecessary to achieve each of them.

Trousdell and of-River Hydro projthat future.”

A steering committee Hamilton presented ect — and aquaculture highlighting and tourism are on the made up of local vol- dates unteers identified five some of the trends and rise.

Craig Murray of key economic sectors challenges facing the on the North Island — North Island, including Nimmo Bay Resort Forestry, cultural and a dramatic population approved the inclusion adventure tourism, decline over the last 20 of tourism as one of the five selected ecomarine, small business, years.

Forestry has seen a nomic sectors, noting and education and decline in that time, the summary of the training.

Each was represent- though it remains the 2003-04 regional ecoed by a large wall post- No. 1 employer in the nomic plan did not er, and workshop par- region, followed by even include the word ticipants were urged to the public sector. On tourism.

Trousdell and write their respective the other hand, gains visions for those sec- have been made with Hamilton will take the tors, along with emerg- the recent comple- input gathered from ing opportunities, bar- tion of two renewable last week’s workshop

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Historic church gets roof Gazette staff QUATSINO—The oldest building on North Vancouver Island just got a new lease on what residents hope are many more years of life.

Community members this month completed replacement of the roof of St. Olaf’s Church, built in 1896 in Quatsino. While the modern metal covering may appear incongruous on the centuryold, woodland chapel design of the building, it will help ensure the church’s viability into the future.

“We were proud to invest our time and financial support in order to keep our historic St. Olaf’s Church standing strong for many years to come,” said Gwen Hansen of the Quatsino Archives Association.

“We only just finished it. The project has been ongoing for a couple of months, and it really came together during that last stretch of nice

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The historic St. Olaf’s Church in Quatsino, the oldest building on the North Island, boasts a new metal roof courtesy of funds raised by a group of local volunteers.

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weather we had.”

In February, the Quatsino Archives Association and the St. Olaf’s Church Restoration group agreed to split the cost or replacing the old split cedar shake roof.

Local volunteers Donnie Botel, Marko Panich and Alastair Hjeltholt, with help from Brian Burkholder

and Tom Maxie of the Coastal Messenger mission boat, led the first step of removing the old cedar shakes.

Andrew Hansen then stepped in and performed needed repairs on the structure of the roof.

Finally, Clint Ewen and his crew from Steelhead Enterprises of Port McNeill pro-

The Port Hardy Secondary School, Class of 2014, would like to sincerely thank the many individuals, businesses and organizations for their very generous donations. We couldn’t have done it without your support.

SD#85 – Vancouver Island North The Source Dunlop’s Home Hardware Building Centre Rexall Drug Store Port Hardy Town Pantry (Chevron) The Bargain Shop ShopRite Pacific Coastal Airlines Julia & Brittany’s Salon True Value Hardware Little Critters Pet Shop Creative Edge Salon & Spa Airport Inn Port Hardy Monks Office Supply Ltd. Overwaitea Foods Peoples Drug Mart Fields Your Dollar Store Flashpoint Custom Goldsmith North Island Cycle & Sports RCMP Port Hardy Detachment

vided the material and labour to install the new roof.

The metal roof covers the main structure of the building, which was originally used as the first schoolhouse in the community settled

by Norwegian homesteaders. Cedar shakes still cover the front porch and vestibule of the church.

Above: Customers Chantel Benwell, Mackenzie Murgatroyd and Bonnie Murgatroyd chat with Krista Minar (seated) and Lulu Prong at the North Island Farmer’s Market in Hyde Creek June 7. At right, Gwen Alsop bags tomato plants for customer Julie Perreaux. The market returns to Hyde Creek Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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From our hearts, THANK YOU!

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A special thank you to all the staff at PHSS, parents and relatives who tirelessly gave of their time and resources to create this wonderful event. There are too many to mention all, but a few deserve special recognition, Robert Fyles, Frank MacLean, Courtney Pratt, Colleen Martin, Erin Junkala, Malcolm Fleeton, Christina MacDonald, Julie Mose, Pam Johnson, Melissa Penney and Angie Wood. Thank you to the grade 11 parents and students.

We apologize if anyone was inadvertently missed. We have had incredible support from so many people. Your continued faith in the future of PHSS grads is greatly appreciated by the parents, staff and students. Thank you.

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Mount Cain gets funds to boost accommodations Gazette staff MOUNT CAIN— Alpine recreation enthusiasts will soon be able to gather in greater numbers at Mount Cain’s Kapitany Hostel and Old Lodge with new guest beds being added to the resort.

The popular community-owned ski hill and alpine recreation destination will be moving its staff housing to a modular building being brought to the site this summer. The Island Coastal Economic Trust (ICET) is contributing $48,500 through their Economic Infrastructure Program to support the cost of moving and renovating the building.

“Mount Cain’s Kapitany Lodge is a multi-use facility currently operating beyond its capacity,” said ICET Chair Phil Kent. “Mount Cain has very limited accommodation available and visits have been steadily increasing in the past 5 years. Now, thanks to

“This is an unexpected and welcome opportunity for Mount Cain.”

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this new opportunity to create cost-effective staff housing, the lodge will be renovated to accommodate more guests, allowing it to boost its economic sustainability and attract even more visitors to the region.”

Mt. Cain is a key economic resource for the North Island, bringing in visitors for winter tourism opportunities. For communities from Port Hardy to Sayward, Mt. Cain also serves as the largest employer of youth in the region.

A portable office building consisting of six industrial modular units was donated to the Mount Cain Alpine Park Society by

Kiewit, the construction contractor for the Kokish River hydroelectric project, to save the cost of moving it to a new location.

“This is an unexpected and welcome opportunity for Mount Cain,” said Mount Cain Alpine Park Society Director Donald Mancell. “Having separate accommodations gives both employees and guests greater privacy, improving the overall experience for everyone.”

The increased overnight guest capacity means that the Lodge can host larger groups and events on a yearround basis, helping to generate more visitor interest and economic

benefit to Northern Vancouver Island.

After relocation and renovation, the modular building will include administration offices and staff housing. Meeting and training rooms are also included in the design to provide first-aid, avalanche and winter camping education to the community.

The Island Coastal Economic Trust is a $50 million endowment established in 2006 by the Government of British Columbia to help diversify the economies of central and northern Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast.

ICET is guided by a Board of Directors and two Regional Advisory Committees which include more than 50 locally elected officials and MLAs and five appointees. This exceptional team of leaders collaborates to set regional priorities and build vital multiregional networks.

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Port McNeill Pathfinders, from left, Danielle Lacasse, Jenna Cramb, Taryn Walker and Rebecca Griffith, received the Canada Cord, the highest award given to Pathfinders, during the advancement ceremony at the Port McNeill Guide/Scout Cathy Griffith Hall Monday, June 9.

PORT HARDY SECONDARY SCHOOL YEAR-END AWARDS 2013-2014

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Principal’s Honour Roll (Student(s) who achieved a 90% average or better for the year) Grade 8 Tierra Doyle Jaylon Grenier Kaleigh Harris Emma Jensen Mason Masales Sydney Williamson Grade 9 Kathleen Gough Olivia Haysey Reylen Joy Pascua Patrick Traverse Maya Waldstein Grade 10 Abby Traverse Grade 11 None Grade 12 Alisha MacDonald William Miller Alexandra Southgate (Semester One) Wai Ching Sze-To Ella Waring Honour Roll (Students who achieved an 80% average or better for the year)

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Trading places

Vancouver Island North teachers, family members and other supporters wave at a passing motorist as they rally around a mock “bargaining table” in front of the School District office in Port Hardy Tuesday afternoon. The rally came as B.C.’s teachers J.R. Rardon embarked on a full-strike.

Above: Taurus Willis listens as PHSS teacher Joel Dyck explains the project at an introduction to trades event for Grade 7 students last week. The event, coordinated by Levin Prong, gave future high school entrants a chance to get hands-on with some of the tools in the school’s metal and wood shops in putting together birdhouses from kits.

Below PHSS student Olivia Haysey demonstrates some blacksmithing to the visiting students.

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Teachers rally at SD office from page 1 “This is not necessarily a done deal; the sides are still bargaining. But in the absence of a deal, parents and students can expect those activities to not go forward.”

Some parent volunteer groups have teamed up to arrange alternative ceremonies for their children.

A leaving ceremony for Grade 7 students at Sunset Elementary will take place June 25 at Port McNeill’s Community Hall. The same evening, Port Hardy kindergartners will be recognized in a graduation event at the Civic Centre beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Sunset’s Grade 7’s also made their yearend field trip to Victoria this week, thanks to a cadre of parent and support worker volunteers and the efforts of principal Steve Gray.

The B.C. Teachers’ Federation last Friday submitted a proposal

“At the end of the day, we feel we got played.”

Fred Robertson

to the B.C. Public School Employer’s Association, the government’s negotiating agent, described as a framework for agreement. It included a reduction in the teachers’ wage demand from 14 per cent to eight per cent and extended the term of the contract to five years from four.

But the government did not respond with its counter-proposal until Sunday evening, and the teachers argue that the offer was actually a step backward from the BCPSEA offer previously put on the table.

The government has offered seven per cent over six years, with a $1,200 signing bonus.

The teachers are asking for a $5,000 sign-

ing bonus and the restoration of class size and composition limits already upheld by a court order the province has appealed.

“At the end of the day, we feel we got played,” said Fred Robertson, president of Vancouver Island North Teachers’ Association.

“We believed we were going into serious negotiations. But they came back late Sunday, when it was too late to talk to our membership, and their package was an insult. It didn’t address anything.

“If they had wanted a deal, the deal was there.”

The last day of regular classes on the North Island was actually last Thursday, June 12. On Friday,

VINTA engaged in a one-day strike as part of a series of rotating strikes called by the BCTF beginning in late May. And Monday was given over to a series of meetings among teachers across the province to discuss the government’s latest contract offer and determine strategy going forward.

Teachers striking at various schools in Port Hardy rallied at the SD85 office in Port Hardy in a show of solidarity Tuesday afternoon, the first day of the full strike.

Behind the picket line, school district officials could only wait and be prepared for any changes in the ongoing negotiations.

“The district continues to hope the parties will find some common ground at the bargaining table, and that classes can resume before the end of the school year,” said Benwell.

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COMMENTARY

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Stop the presses!

After more than 1,000 issues of the North Island Gazette, the time has come for me to move on and seek new challenges.

In my 19 years at the Gazette I’ve been involved in so many local community events and projects that hold a special place in my heart. Too many, in fact, to list them all. But a few that stand out for me are the Big Event for Hardy Buoys with my son making it on TV while Alfons Bauer tossed pizza dough; the Olympic torch visit, which again my son was involved and was a part of the Flash mob with Kendra Hall; 19 Gazette Hamper Fund Christmases; becoming a Rotarian two-plus years ago; meeting so many supportive North Islanders; working with current and former co-workers and my regular weekly clients.

All of these things and the day-to-day North Island life, happenings and fundraisers made my job THE most entertaining, exciting and unpredictable, which is what I loved the most about it. Especially in 1999 when I watched — right out of my office window — a killer whale showing its calf how to hunt sea lions. Later that day a couple hundred porpoises were chased into the bay. The whole town pretty much shut down, including the editor who was out in a boat on press day!

When I sat down to think about the most touching and inspirational moment of my 19 years with the Gazette it wasn’t hard. In 1997, after working two years with the company, we were informed that Rick Hansen, my hero, was coming to PHSS for his 10-year tour reunion.

Former reporter and close friend Doug Marner, who has since passed away, asked me if I wanted to tag along on his interview with Hansen. YES! It was the only time I had the opportunity to meet Rick, show him my scrapbook of newspaper articles from his inspirational tour, which he autographed before we took a picture together.

Afterward, Charlie Walkus, then in Grade 6, wheeled himself across the gym before a standing-room-only crowd to present Rick with a gift. It was all too surreal and everyone applauded. Charlie and I have worked together every delivery day for almost 10 years and have created a wonderful relationship that I will cherish, thanks to the Gazette.

Not all of the special moments have been happy ones, but even during times of mourning or tragedy when the community has pulled together for one person or their family, the support you all give one another is absolutely amazing. It’s just another reason why I’m not going anywhere and why I love calling the North Island my home.

That said, the support North Island businesses and citizens have shown to the Gazette and myself these past 19 years has made it all worth it! I grew up while working at the Gazette. From circulation manager to publisher, I have learned so many things and met so many interesting people along the way. I wouldn’t change a thing.

I will definitely miss my second home and my amazing team I leave at the helm but I look forward to quality time with my family and eagerly anticipate whatever life adventure is awaiting around the corner.

Thank you again for all the well wishes and kind words. It means a lot. I would like to wish the best to the incoming publisher and the team who will continue to produce a great paper each week.

Sandy Grenier

Ontario election lessons for B.C. VICTORIA – “Liberal” is becoming one of the most ill-defined words in Canadian politics.

Here in B.C., a Liberal is a Conservative, or at least a fiscal conservative, bent on balancing budgets and battling big unions in a world of low growth and low inflation.

In Ottawa, a Liberal is currently whatever Justin Trudeau wakes up and decides.

In Ontario, Premier Kathleen Wynne saved her gut-shot Liberal government by limping to the left of the NDP, promising to spend lots more borrowed money and build lots of transit.

This is in a have-not province with an operating deficit that is currently running north of $12 billion.

You think B.C.’s energy policy is a disaster? Check out Ontario, where the cops are still investigating the $1 billion cancellation of plans to construct two

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natural gas-fired power plants before the 2011 election. The gas plants were to stabilize erratic output from wind and solar power, a European-style climate change gesture that involved Ontario ratepayers giving a huge subsidy to Korean tech giant Samsung.

The Ontario Liberals clung to power in part by promising a provincial pension scheme on the same scale as the Canada Pension Plan.

B.C. has a similar pension

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program in the works, to be offered to the two thirds of small business and selfemployed people who don’t have a group plan with their employer. Ours would, of course, be voluntary.

Not so in Ontario, where large and small businesses will be required to cough up half of the required pension payments.

The Ontario model is dumb on several levels. It is to be imposed just as the baby boom retirement wave breaks across Canada’s most populous province, increasing risk that the pension pool may run dry. And it sticks small business with a new payroll tax in a province that has lost much of its traditional manufacturing base and needs to innovate.

Here’s the funny part, if you don’t live in Ontario.

Wynne tabled her spendingspree, deficit-be-damned budget in an effort to convince the NDP to keep propping up the Liberal A member of

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minority government and avoid an election.

Instead, she won a majority and now has to implement her pie-in-the-sky promises. Ontario is bracing for a downgrade in its credit rating based on the election result, and is about to go into province-wide bargaining with public service unions who want their share from the Liberal money tree.

B.C. voters now have three years to see how the Ontario version of Liberal government plays out, compared to the B.C. Liberal version.

For us, much depends on resource development, including forest products, natural gas and other trade with Asia.

If all goes well here, B.C. can continue to send transfer payments to the fantasyland of Ontario.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press. tfletcher@ blackpress.ca

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Teachers shouldn't have to fight for kids Dear editor, After 37 years of teaching I have become ill. Little did I know that the day I became sick was the last day I would see my class again.

It was the last day I would see their smiling faces and get the “Good morning Mr. Murray”. It was the last day of their Grade 5 year.

I phoned the principal today. His remarks were that the school was packing up.

They were cleaning out their lockers, taking things off the walls, emptying their desks.

This is not the way I envisioned leaving a teaching career of 37 years.

I have been fighting for public education for all of those 37 years. Every September I have to fight for class support. Every September I have to fight to get the supplies I need and the Resource Teachers to supply their talents.

Every morning I am greeted by 28 kids, five IEP’s and three behaviour support kids, and I love my job. I really enjoy going to work each day because I am making a difference. The kids smile when they say hello.

They ask me if I am all right when I am away. I have three hundred sick days. That is because it is easier to teach than it is to be away sick. I want to be in the classroom.

Do people not get the real work that teachers do?

Teachers are a very special lot. It took me years to get the system down pat where I didn’t have to take marking home every night. It took me years to figure out how to juggle the schedules so I could continue the momentum each day, regardless of the daily interruptions, announcements and crises that erupted on a daily basis.

It is very easy to disrupt

the teaching schedule. A negative comment by a parent, a decree by an administrator, a direction by the board can change everything. All of these things change the daily momentum that must occur if kids are to really learn.

Over the years, I have seen the best of education.

I have seen times when we had the funding required.

I have seen years when we had music teachers, French teachers, and specialist resource teachers. These were great times. Our band kids had blazers with our school logo on their chests.

We were proud.

We had a French teacher who would go from class to class and teach French. We had a music teacher who would appear and create melodies in the classroom.

Those times are gone. The new teachers, in our profes-

sion, know education as it is today. They do not know education the way it could be, the way it has been in the past.

We have to tell them. The experienced teachers, the ones with the knowledge, have to impart this information before they leave the profession. They have to ignite the feeling of accomplishment that we felt many years ago. They have to acknowledge that this system can be much better than it is today. You do not have to put up with kids who misbehave.

Kids who show up on time, who finish their homework, who behave well, are an expectation. That is the “norm”. We do not award points for good behaviour.

That is an expectation. Hard work is an expectation.

Completing your written work is an expectation.

Who do people think actually runs our education system? Who do they think shows up in front of every class and greets the myriad of emotions, skills and behavioural expectations every day?

It is teachers. They are the ones who make it work.

They are the ones who ameliorate every 'hiccup'. The teachers are the heart. The teachers are the driving force. The teachers need to be there. Without the teachers BCPSEA would not exist. Without the teachers the Ministry of Education would not exist. Without the teachers, the class would not exist.

We have to look at this with perspective. All that the teachers are asking for is a fair class size. All the teachers are asking for is a fair class composition. Don’t overload one teacher with a

huge class of high-demand kids. Give them a reasonable class, with reasonable demands so that they can do their jobs. Give them a class that they can teach — not manage, not control, but teach.

That is all we ask for. Why is it so difficult to achieve this goal? Why is it so difficult to expect that there is funding for this system?

Why is it so difficult to expect that teachers do not have to supply money from their own pockets to achieve this goal?

Public education is a right.

It should not have to be fought for. This government does not support us. This government does not respect teachers. This government is wrong.

Dear editor, Total number of teachers is 41,000 in the B.C. Teachers’ Federation. In the strike vote, 4,674 teachers voted no and 7,613 teachers did not vote at all. This shows that the teachers are not fully united on the actions of their union.

It is time to face the facts and reality of what is happening in the rest of Canada. As of today, the governments in the provinces of B.C., Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island, are working on contract negotiations with the teachers. No signed contracts in force presently.

Teacher contracts are a hard sell in all 10 provinces. Alberta’s present contract, ending in 2015, is a four-year contract, with three years of frozen wages and a 2 per cent raise and a cash bonus in the fourth year. Saskatchewan’s last contract, ending in 2013, was a four-year contract with a 5.5 per cent wage increase. Manitoba’s last

contract, ending in 2013, was a four-year contract with a 7.5 per cent wage increase. Ontario’s present contract, ending in 2014, is a 2-year contract with frozen wages. Quebec’s present contract, ending in 2015, is a five-year contract, with a 5.6 per cent wage increase. Nova Scotia’s present contract, ending in 2015, is a three-year contract with a 5.5 per cent wage increase. Newfoundland’s last contract, ending in 2012, was a 4-year contract with a wage increase of 5 per cent. Prince Edward Island’s last contract, ending in 2013, was a 2-year contract with frozen wages.

New Brunswick’s present contract, ending in 2016, is a four-year contract with a wage increase of 4 per cent.

Here in B.C., the government is offering the teachers a six-year contract, with a 7.25 per cent wage increase and a $1,200 signing bonus if the contract is signed by June 304. Not good enough for B.C. teach-

ers. They want a wage increase of 9.75% over a four-year contract. Not good enough for the B.C. taxpayer. The average B.C. teacher wage is $89,624 per year ($70,624 in wages

and $18,000 in taxpayerfunded benefits).

The B.C. taxpayer also contributes 16.13 per cent of teacher wages to the B.C. teachers’ pension fund. All in all, a very generous salary

and benefit package when teachers only have to work 188 days per year in relation to other taxpayers in the non-teaching profession that have to work 238 days per year.

Completely outrageous wage demands in comparison to what teachers have negotiated in the other nine provinces.

Joe Sawchuk Duncan

Greg Murray Port Hardy

Teachers' wage demands 'outrageous'

Letters to the editor

&Rav s Rants e Refs offside Kudos to the organizers of June Sports for your hard work — all the kids had a great time. Thumbs down to the referees who didn't show and let them down. But good on the parents and volunteers who stepped up to fill in!

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Fabulous fish fry fundraiser Gazette staff The community showed up big to support the recent fish and chips fundraiser at U’gwamalis Hall in Fort Rupert.

So big in fact, that the event sold out of the battered half of the pairing.

Organizer Leslie Dickie said that at least 120 plates were sold Friday, June 6, helping to raise $2,616 in support of medical expenses for Sandra Sewid.

“The community came out in full support,” said Dickie.

“Sandra really appreciates it.”

The balance of the total came from raffle items including woven cedar items, art and housewares — all donated.

Also gifted to the cause were the fish and the use of the hall, courtesy of the Kwakiutl Band.

“I can’t thank them enough,” said Dickie of the donors.

Above: Jennette Child serves up another plate of fish and chips at a fundraising fish fry and auction recently in Fort Rupert.

Left: A large community turnout helped bring in over $2,500 at the fundraiser.

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HOT SPOTS

June 21-22 Chutzpah! Festival dance performances with Donald Sales and his company, F.O. Hall, Sointula. Shows 7:15 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday include performances by professional company dancers, members of Port McNeill’s Portside Academy of Performing Arts and Sointula youth Bessy Prevost and Molly Lash-

Burrows. By donation; proceeds to Sointula Recreation Association.

July 1 Port Alice Canada Day Parade, noon, from Marina to Community Centre. Cash prizes for best parade floats.

For info, contact the Community Centre at 250-284-

3912.

July 4-5 Annual Port McNeill Logger Sports competition at the waterfront logger grounds on Broughton Blvd.

Preliminary rounds Friday evening; finals commence Saturday at 10 a.m.

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MEETINGS & ONGOING EVENTS • Are you interested in being part of the team? Join the PH Fire Dept. drop-in meeting every Thursday at 7 p.m. at the fire halls.

• Port Hardy Museum & Gift Shop open daily, 10:00am-5:00pm. Come check out the new Prospecting & Mining temporary exhibit. FMI 250-949-8143.

• Quatsino Museum & Archives is open Saturday and Sunday from 1:00-2:00pm Sept.-June, daily July-August.

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• Games Day first Sunday of each month, 3-5 p.m., Coal Harbour Activity Centre. Bring a friend. Free.

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• PH Lions Club Bingo every Thursday. Doors open at 5:30pm.

• The German Edelweiss Cultural Club meets Thurs. at 7pm in PH Inn Pub. FMI 250-230-1376.

• The Port Hardy Hospital Auxiliary Society meets the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Everyone welcome.

• Overeaters Anonymous meets Sundays at 5:00pm.

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Raising spirits Gazette staff A packed Big House at Tsaxis saw Fort Rupert Elementary students take on the personas of the forest as they performed the Atlakima at last week’s Play Potlatch.

Special permission was given by Chief Robert Mountain and family for cultural teacher Harold Nelson to teach the dance to the students.

And the young dancers lived up to the occasion, embodying the spirits of

the forest in full costume.

The masks were loaned from the Mountain family and the cedar bark regalia donated to the family after the performance to acknowledge their generosity.

Students also performed the more familiar Paddle and Salmon Dances before retiring to the hall for a lunch provided by Kwakiutl Band and prepared by students of Eke Me-Xi Learning Centre.

Clockwise from above: Anne Wilson dances the Salmon Dance; Seth Hanuse as the Kingfisher in the Atlakima; 21 masked dancers from Fort Rupert Elementary’s Grades 5, 6, and 7 take to the floor in front of a packed Big House Thursday; Liam Wadhams dancing in his family’s Raven costume; Krista Graham, intermediate teacher, dances as the Laughter Spirit; Alex Alfred dances as the Spruce.

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10 www.northislandgazette.com Thursday, June 19, 2014 From far left: Kirsten Strussi, Jerzie Cheetham, Madison Grenier and Emma Harrison wrap up their rendition of Old MacDonald at the Wild Hearts debut concert; Faith Castillo looks on as Gates Purdy riffs the air guitar during the senior choir’s segment.

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Our Territory covers the lands and waters of northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, and our home village is at beautiful Bull Harbour on Hope Island.

Once numbering 500, today 70 surviving members are working hard to rebuild our community.

Our goal is to provide economic

opportunities at our home village that respects our lands, waters, and resources, so our families may once again thrive.

To achieve this goal, we have invited business partners to help create diverse economic opportunities including wind power, tourism, and aquaculture.

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“Our families want to return home.”

Chief Tom Wallace, Tlatlasikwala First Nation

Center Photo by: Edward Dossetter (1881) • Source: American Museum of Natural History Negative No. 42298

Gazette staff PORT HARDY— The young vocalists of Port Hardy’s Wild Heart Music Choir were in full voice last week as the group held its debut concert at Port Hardy Secondary School.

Appropriately titled ‘Beginnings’, the concert showcased the talents of both the junior and senior choirs under the direction of Krista Minar to a packed house in the

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A swing and a hit Members of the Gate House Youth Drama program wrapped up their year recently with weekend performances of Murder Café at Gate House Community Theatre in Port McNeill. At right: seated from left are Taryn Walker, Bethany Waines, Anna Shepley and Moriah Purdy.

Standing: Sequoia Coe, Tabitha Chapman, Josiah Waines and Joel Waines. At left, brothers Joel, left, and Josiah Waines perform Abbott & Costello’s ‘Who’s on First’ sketch J.R. Rardon as an opening act.

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Thanks to everyone who entered our contest we were able to give $140 of entry proceeds to the 1000X5 Literacy Program.

1000x5 was started in April 2008 in Saanich and has since been successfully replicated in Victoria, Sooke, and now Port Hardy! Since 2008, a total of 105,000 books have been redistributed to families across Southern Vancouver Island. The Gazette is proud to support this initiative in Port Hardy.

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12 www.northislandgazette.com Thursday, June 19, 2014 Left: Kelley Geisler congratulates Markus Geisler on setting a personal best at the inaugural Special Olympics Mount Waddington Self Best Competition.

Right: Kelley Geisler, Courtney Cox and Anita Brennan watch as Nadine Nolie dives off the starting blocks at the Self Best Competition last week.

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Making a splash in Hardy Gazette staff Athletes Markus Geisler, Nadine Nolie and Terry Quirrion made quite the splash last week as the Mount Waddington chapter of Special Olympics B.C. held its inaugural Self Best Competition.

The trio had a pizza party at the pool to celebrate a successful season, and the setting of

some personal best times at Thursday’s session.

In the few short months since its inception, the local chapter has gone from a speculative meeting to a full-blown swimming program in Port Hardy.

But organizers hope to expand further this summer with fundraisers and, possibly, a move

into other sports. Also, organizers are gauging community interest in an ActiveStart program aimed at children from 2-6 years old. In order to make those expansions a reality, athletes, volunteers and coaches are needed — not just in Port Hardy, but in Port McNeill and Port Alice too.

The Special Olympics’ mission is to provide individuals with intellectual disabilities opportunities to enrich their lives and celebrate personal achievement.

For more information on the local program check out the Special Olympics BC- Mt. Waddington page on Facebook or call Anita at 250-230-9005.

Hooked youngsters angle for prizes

Danica Wilson backs off a little unsure as mom Dorothy reels in a fish at the Family Fishing Weekend event in Port Hardy.

Gazette staff Playgrounds on the North Island were quieter than usual last weekend.

That’s because much of the regular crowd were gone fishin’ for the weekend.

Family Fishing Weekend events drew dozens of youngsters and parents to the water’s edge to angle for the catch of the day.

Saturday saw an event in Port Hardy at the Family Fishing Park off the Sea Gate Dock, moving to O’Connor Lake for Sunday’s event.

The two local derbies were organized by The Bait Shack owner Nita Klatt who was on hand giving out prizes to the participants at each location.

Saturday’s top catch was hauled up by Jack Griffith, who landed a 12-inch rockfish off the dock to claim first place.

On Sunday, Brandon Purdey’s rainbow trout

Kids line up to receive their prizes from organizer Nita Klatt at the Port Hardy Family Fishing Weekend Event Saturday.

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gave him the top catch at O’Connor Lake as participants braved the rain to try a spot of freshwater fishing.

Those hooked — as it were — by the experience won’t have long to wait for their next

fix with the annual Filomi Days derby on the horizon.

In addition, The Bait Shack is celebrating its opening by hosting its inaugural spring salmon derby, open now until August 31.

If you catch a 20-pound or better spring between now and then, weigh in at The Bait Shack, off the Bear Cove slipway, to enter.

Top prizes in the derby include a rod

and reel combo and a halibut rod with an Islander MR3 reel up for grabs as a hidden weight prize.

For more information on the derbies call Nita at 250-9027145.

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Tell us about items of interest to the sports community.

June 20-22 Soccer Annual Port Hardy Youth Soccer invitational tournament. Games at Robert Scott, Eagle View and Port Hardy Secondary School fields; concession at each site, divisional finals on Sunday.

June 21-22 Golf Annual Loggers Golf tournament, Seven Hills Golf & Country Club. Three flights, two Saturday and one Sunday, each followed by barbecue dinner; huge prize table after Sunday’s round. Fourperson scramble team format. Info, Bill Gray at 250-949-7623 or Lito Pineda at 250956-5234.

Drag racing Rumble on the Runway point series races 1 and 2, 10 a.m., Port McNeill Airport.

Time trials followed by bracket challenge in Super Pro, Pro and Sportsman divisions.

Concession available.

June 22 Baseball Hyde Creek vs. Port McNeill, 5 p.m., Hyde Creek Ballpark.

July 4-5 Logger sports Annual Port McNeill Logger Sports competition, Broughton Blvd. logger grounds.

Friday evening qualifying, Saturday finals beginning 10 a.m. Concession, free admission.

July 5 Baseball Hyde Creek vs. Port McNeill, 4 p.m., Hyde Creek Ballpark.

July 5-6 Golf Port Alice Golf & Country Club Men’s Open tournament, 9 a.m. each day. Dinner, prizes. For registration and info, call 250-2843213.

Alert Bay men, women sweep Gazette staff ALERT BAY—The host community kept the two big trophies at home Sunday with wins in the men's and women's finals of the annual June Sports soccer tournament.

But they achieved the accomplishment in very different fashions.

The Alert Bay Cormorants outlasted Cowichan in a marathon men's final that wasn't finished until two, 10-minute overtimes and a shootout were completed.

Cormorants goalkeeper Dustin Price stopped every penalty kick in the shootout to preserve the win for the hosts.

The Alert Bay Thunderettes, on the other hand, rolled to a relatively comfortable 5-1 win over the Port McNeill Lightning in the ladies' final behind goals from Shadow Alfred (2), Jolene Nagy, Trish Nolie and Alicia Such.

The Thunderettes used three straight goals early in the second half to break open what had been a close contest and pull away to the win.

The championship

Clockwise from above: Kelsey Lyle of the Alert Bay Thunderettes, left, Kaitlyn Lasota of the Port McNeill Lightning and Port McNeill goalkeeper Shona Murray get cozy during a play in front of the Port McNeill goal in the women's final of the June Sports soccer tournament in Alert Bay Sunday; Salmon prince Stephen Alfred, left, and princess Janine Forbister stroll off the field after presiding over a ceremonial opening kickoff; the J.R. Rardon, Sandy Grenier kids races on Saturday featured a wide range of emotion.

games wrapped up four days of frivolity, food and football on Cormorant Island, which kicked off with the annual Salmon Prince and Princess Festival Thursday evening.

Stephen Alfred and Janine Forbister were named prince and princess, respectively, and presided over the rest of the weekend's activities, including Friday's June Sports parade, Saturday's kids

soccer and races and Sunday's finals.

The men's and women's championships were preceded Sunday by the ever-popular Legends game, pitting mostly 55-over footballers who grew up

with the tournament, now in its 50th year.

When the teams huffed and puffed their way to the final whistle, stadium announcer Billy Wasden quipped, "And that's your final, folks, with the old guys

1 and the old guys zero."

Youth titles went to Port Hardy's North Island Rush (U15); Alert Bay's Junior Breakers (U12); Port McNeill (U10) and Alert Bay 1 (U7).

NISS girls 10th in provincial tourney Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— Travyn Foster donated his birthday money to help the North Island Secondary School girls soccer team make their fourth Provincial A championship tournament appearance in five years.

When the team returned last week with a 10th-place finish, it had a belated birthday gift for the Sunset Elementary Grade 1 student.

Team members contributed money to purchase a new soccer ball, which they all signed before presenting it to Foster in recognition of his generosity. The signing occurred during the players’ annual postseason gathering to sign each others’ provincial T-shirts at NISS.

The youngster made a donation of $50 during a team barbecue and car wash held at MarketPlace IGA on his birthday.

“We didn’t want to take it,” NISS principal Jay Dixon said. “But he insisted.”

It was actually the fifth straight year the Norsemen had qualified for the provincial finals, though the team did not travel to the tourney in 2011 due to a conflict with the school’s grad date.

The Norsemen got off to a rocky start to the tourney, held in the Vancouver area May 30-31, dropping a 3-0 decision to Nakusp in what Kaitlyn Lasota described as the team’s worst game of the tourney.

Their second pool game

was a 6-1 loss to Immaculata Academy, the private-school powerhouse that went on to win the provincial A title.

Jenna Cowan of Sointula provided the team’s lone goal.

The side’s fortunes took a turn for the better in their final game, a 3-2 shootout win over Fort St. James. Goalkeeper Madison Guldager helped shut the door in the shootout to preserve the win.

In the placement semifinals, NISS claimed a 2-1 win over St. Anne’s Academy, carrying a comfortable 2-0 lead into the closing minutes before St. Anne’s broke up the shutout bid.

In the 9th-10th place game, the side dropped a 5-3 decision to Osoyoos.

The NISS girls soccer team returned with a 10thplace showing in the Provincial A championship tournament this month.

J.R. Rardon

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Left: Brock Shore leads the pack out of the turn during the Trophy Dash Sunday at the Triport Speedway season opener. Right: Jim Swift's car gets towed to the pits after a collision with the side wall during the first heat race.

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Drivers leave it all on the oval at Speedway Gazette staff PORT HARDY— During the scheduled season opener earlier this month, spectators at Tri-Port Speedway were given a raincheck as some drivers needed more time in the shop.

Last weekend they showed why it was worth the wait.

Sunday saw some great stock racing — and no shortage of drama — at the track, the drivers leaving it all on the oval in the season opener.

Glen Day took up where he left off last year, taking the main event and topping the points tally for the day.

But he had it far from his own way, Chris Hardy starting the season with a bang.

Electrical issues plagued Hardy at the exhibition event June 1, but this time out he was in top form, holding off stiff competition to hold the front for the Trophy Dash win.

He then proved it was no fluke in the heats, going second and first before taking third in the main event, putting him firmly in second overall.

Jared Breitkreitz also make a strong start with the third overall points. Breitkreitz’s

solidly consistent driving earned him third and second in the heats and second in the main.

It was less of a good day out for Jim Swift, Daniel Hovey and Brock Shore.

Indeed, Swift’s season could be over after a spectacular crash in the first heat.

Swift started from the front of the pack at the green flag and crossed the line neckand-neck with Day, who leapt up from the back row. As Day took the inside, the two fought for the racing line out of turn two, the resulting contact sending Swift into the

wall and airborne. He climbed out unscathed at the red flag but the same couldn’t be said for his car as it was hauled to the pits with what looked like a broken axle.

Three laps later and both Day and Shore were in the pits for tire changes after separate collisions as none of the drivers were willing to back off a line.

Shore had joined the race late after an apparent short had put him out of the Trophy Dash.

Meanwhile Hovey’s newly installed radiator was steadily leaking, forcing him to the pits.

The war wounds added up, leading to a last-man-standing format main event. The drivers agreed that, in addition to the regular 15-lap limit, if one driver was left running he would be the victor.

As it worked out, it only took six laps for Day to take the first main of the season, the others bowing out.

The drivers are scheduled to return to the track this Sunday, June 22, at 1 p.m. for the next race. After leaving it on the track Sunday, that’ll mean a few late nights back in the shop for most this week.

Motor Sports Father’s Day Stock Races

Trophy Dash:

Triport Speedway June 15

Heat 2: 24, 44, 77

Racing: Glen Day (7) Chris Hardy (24) Jared Breitkreitz (44) Brock Shore (13) Daniel Hovey (7) Jim Swift (17) Fast Time:

7

24

Heat 1: 77, 24, 44

Main: 77, 44, 24 Day Points: Car 77 24 44 13 7 17

Pts 98 87 62 32 23 15

Dragsters ready to Rumble Gazette staff The North Island Timing Association will resume its annual Rumble on the Runway drag racing series June 21-22 at Port McNeill Airport.

The June race weekend is the first of three in the Rumble series.

Additional races follow the weekend of July 19-20 and Aug. 23-24. Time-ins begin at 10 a.m. each day, with elimination heats in Super Pro, Pro and Sportsman divisions starting at 1 p.m.

Admission will be $5 per person with children 12 and under getting in for free.

This year's events

Sports Briefs boast $5,000 in prizes for the top drivers.

For more information contact the association through www. northislandtimingassociation.com.

Slo-pitch Registration has opened for the inaugural Load ‘Em Up Stevie Clair Sr. Memorial mixed slo-pitch tournament.

Scheduled for the Storey’s Beach diamonds June 26-29, organizers are seeking more teams to fill out

the 18 positions available. Cost is $350 per team of six and four, with $1,000 on the line for first place.

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Left: Load ‘Em Up shortstop Jim Clair makes a diving catch in the first inning of the side’s A final matchup with the Blue Sox Sunday.

Above: Load ‘Em Up’s Arlene Clair takes the throw at first base to put out Blue Sox runner Cody Diotte in Sunday’s final of the Father’s Day Classic.

Right: The Blue Sox’s Graeme Wiggins has one pop up off his bat during the final.

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Load ‘Em Up tops Father’s Day Classic Gazette staff PORT HARDY-A late rally wasn’t enough to save the Blue Sox as Load ‘Em Up cruised to an 18-8 victory in the A final of the Father’s Day Classic slo-pitch tournament last weekend.

A field of 22 teams played it out over the weekend to line up the games for Sunday’s finals and a share in the $4,500 prize pool.

Another lightning start from Load ‘Em Up saw them race up 16-0 in four innings, leaving the Sox facing an uphill battle.

The Blue Sox weren’t about to go down without a fight however, and they found their form in the home stretch.

Pitcher Kale Henschke started them off with a base hit to centre field. Brandon Cheetham then cracked a single to right field, bringing Henschke home to open the Sox’s account. A tag up and an RBI double made it three before Henschke went to work on the mound, holding Load ‘Em up to one.

A tag-up in the sixth saw Load ‘Em Up take

the inning 1-0 and set a tough target for the final inning.

Back-to-back twoRBI hits from Jeff Cowles and Cheetham added to an earlier score to give a glimmer of hope, but a strikeout followed by a mishit allowed Load ‘Em Up to close the door.

A spectacular diving catch from Load ‘Em Up shortstop Jim Clair helped his side blank the Sox in the first before Mitch Nelson smacked one over the fence for a two-RBI hit to get the game started.

Then, in the sec-

ond, an RBI homer from Ryan Handley was followed by Tony Knighton’s two-RBI hit over the fence at left field as Load ‘Em Up racked up the score.

By the time Nelson added a two-RBI triple in the fourth- this one staying inside the park - the game was already approaching out of sight.

Most sportsmanlike awards for the final went to Aaron Miller and Tony Knighton.

Earlier in the day the Woodchuckers beat out the Dustmen to claim the B title.

Father’s Day Classic Slo-pitch Tournament Storey’s Beach Diamonds June 12-15 A Division 1. Load ‘Em Up 2. Blue Sox 3. Bush Cats 4. Master Batters Most Sportsmanlike: Aaron Miller, Tony Knighton B Division 1. Woodchuckers 2. Dustmen 3. Swingers

4. Generals Most Sportsmanlike: Greg Fox, Jaqueline (Woodchuckers) C Division 1. Hi-Vis 2. Al-Kes 3. Purple Cobras 4. Bandits Most Sportsmanlike: Barb Colbourne, Kelly Jones D Division 1. Bushrats 2. Bad & Naughty 3. Ravens 4. Smokers

Most Sportsmanlike: Mel Nelson, Colin Hunko E Division 1. Boozers 2. Family 3. Storm 4. Storm & 1/2 Most Sportsmanlike: Kyle Jones, Bobbi Ball F Division 1. Port Alice 2. Aces Most Sportsmanlike: Brittany Johnny, Jason Holmes

T’lisalagi’Lakw School claims Charlie Cup Gazette staff ALERT BAY—Taking advantage of the home court on the final weekend of competition, T’lisalagi’Lakw School claimed the 32nd

annual Charlie Cup checkers championship with wins from students Mariah Elliott and Lucas Alfred during the June Sports festival Saturday.

Elliott earned the MVP Award and Alfred received the Most Inspirational Player Award from contest host David Lyon, who challenged schoolchildren to

checkers matches throughout the school year before awarding prizes to the top point-getting school and students.

Elliott’s win over Lyon

Saturday in Alert Bay put T’lisalagi’Lakw into a fiveway tie for first place in the school standings, with one point each.

Alfred won a special tie-

breaker match Lyon used to select the school champion.

Tara Cox-Cooper, a Grade 2 student at Eagle View, won the Best Sport Award.

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Fleet feet feat at NISS Gazette staff PORT McNEILL— The North Island’s elementary school students put aside strike concerns last Wednesday to gather for the annual Districtwide Track and Field Meet at North Island Secondary school.

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Clockwise from above: Tamika Mountain of Alert Bay T’lisalagi’Lakw School races to the front of the pack in the peewee girls 400 metres during the annual Districtwide Track and Field Meet in Port McNeill last Wednesday; Drayson Marshall of Sunset Elementary braces for landing in the bantam boys high jump; Crystal Tapp of Sunset Elementary momentarily loses sight of her toss in the bantam girls shot put; and Kayley Clair of Eagle View School soars in the peewee girls triple jump.

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Elementary School Track & Field Results Districtwide Track & Field Meet At NISS Track June 11 Tyke Boys Overall points — 1. Ethan Bono, Sunset, 24 points; 2. Matthew Ney, Gold River, 17; 3. William Grant, Sunset, 13.

100 metres — 1. Ethan Bono, SS, 17.35; 2. Evan Wighton, SS, 17.82; 3. David Hurley, Eagle View, 17.92; 4. Joe Rocchio, SS, 18.22; 5. David Klatt, EV, 18.72.

200 metres — 1. Ethan Bono, SS, 33.19; 2. Evan Wighton, SS, 35.28; 3. David Klatt, EV, 35.62; 4. Dawson Twamley, Sea View, 35.75; 5. Mason Northey, EV, 37.00.

400 metres — 1. Matthew Ney, GR, 1:16.29; 2. David Hurley, EV, 1:19.59; 3. Dawson Twamley, SV, 1:23.88; 4. Mason Northey, EV, 1:24.53; 5. Chaz Hall, EV, 1:24.86.

800 metres — 1. Matthew Ney, GR, 2:59.38; 2. Chaz Hall, EV, 3:04.50; 3. William Grant, SS, 3:05.93; 4. Ethan Fuller, Avalon, 3:11.75; 5. Zach Spafford, SV, 3:17.16.

High jump — 1. Joe Rocchio, SS, 110 cm; 2. Dawson Twamley, SV, 105; 3. Jake Rocchio, SS, 105; 4. Skylar Warnock, Fort Rupert, 100; 5. (tie) Sydney McGillawee, FR, and Rodney Johnston, Av, 95.

Long jump — 1. Ethan Bono, SS, 3.07 metres; 2. Matthew Ney, GR, 3.03; 3. Lorren Glendale, A.J. Elliott, 2.73; 4.

William Grant, SS, 2.70; 5. Ryan Fawbert, GR, 2.64.

Triple jump — 1. William Grant, SS, 5.78; 2. Tim Olesen, EV, 5.38; 3. Alexander Schmidt, EV, 5.28; 4.

Chaz Hall, EV, 4.77; 5. Matthew

Datos, SS, 3.80.

Ball throw — 1. Ethan Bono, SS, 34.74m; 2. David Klatt, EV, 28.70; 3. Tye Morash, K’ak’ot’lats’i, 27.27; 4. Kai Verbrugge, SS, 24.9; 5. Hayden Jack, SS, 24.51.

400 relay — 1. Sunset A, 1:09.85; 2. Eagle View A, 1:12.40; 3. Sunset C, 1:16.28; 4.

Gold River, 1:16.87; 5. Sea View, 1:17.66.

Tyke Girls Overall points — 1. Mallory Martineau, Eagle View, 24; 2.

Abigail McCorquodale, Eagle View, 17; 3. Mackenzie Moore, Eagle View, 14.

100 — 1. Mallory Martineau, EV, 18.22; 2. Summer Lambert, SS, 18.75; 3. Mackenzie Moore, EV, 19.35; 4. Brooklyn Watson, AJE, 19.65; 5. Brooke Neely, SV, 19.71.

200 — 1. (tie) Abby McCorquodale, EV, and Mackenzie Moore, EV, 36.31; 3. Sharon Prevost, AJE, 36.48; 4. Summer Lambert, SS, 36.49; 5. Brooke Neely, SV, 36.87.

400 — 1. Mallory Martineau, EV, 1:22.53; 2. Abby McCorquodale, EV, 1:27.44; 3. Sidney Cote, SS, 1:34.59; 4. Jerzie Cheetham, EV, 1:35.35; 5. Emma Harrison, EV, 1:36.00.

800 — 1. Talia Child, FR, 3:31.30; 2. Jorja Laughlin, AJE, 3:31.87; 3. Tessa Lapointe, GR, 3:32.01; 4. Paige Greer, EV, 3:41.03; 5.

Kirsten Strussi, EV, 3:41.75.

High jump — 1. Larissa McGillawee, FR, 95cm; 2.

Brooke Neely, SV, 90; 3. Linden Chateauvert, AJE, 85.

Long jump — 1. Mallory Martineau, EV, 3.01m; 2. Talia Child, FR, 2.69; 3. Larissa McGillawee, 2.61; 4. Brooklynn

Watson, AJE, 2.57; 5. Abby McCorquodale, EV, 2.44.

Triple jump — 1. Mallory Martineau, EV, 6.98; 2. Madison Grenier, EV, 5.95; 3. Abby McCorquodale, EV, 5.77; 4.

Brooklyn Watson, AJE, 5.68; 5.

Sabine Lapointe, GR, 4.52.

Ball throw — 1. Sharon Prevost, AJE, 17.29; 2. Shayla Williams, K, 16.45; 3. Mackenzie Moore, EV, 16.15; 4. Loralie Bell, SV, 15.72; 5. Alyssa Clair, K, 15.13.

400 relay — 1. Eagle View A, 1:13.31; 2. A.J. Elliott, 1:17.47; 3. Sunset A, 1:19.31; 4. Eagle View B, 1:20.59; 5. Fort Rupert, 1:26.91.

Peewee Boys Overall points — 1. (tie) Rhys Dutcyvich, SS, and Caleb Ney, GR, 17; 3. (tie) Jason Glendale, AJE, Joey Grant, SS, Payton Laming, SS, and Seth Walkus, Gwa’sala’Nakwaxda’xw, 16.

100 — 1. Norman Janssen, K, 17.01; 2. Dominic Walkus, GN, 17.22; 3. Callen Macarenko, EV, 17.65; 4. Kohner Walkus, Av, 17.70; 5. Michael Leduc, GR, 17.85.

200 — 1. Seth Walkus, GN, 33.32; 2. Jason Glendale, AJE, 33.69; 3. Mathew Saunders, SS, 33.91; 4. Michael Leduc, GR, 34.27; 5. Avory Collins, SS, 34.91.

400 — 1. Rhys Dutcyvich, SS, 1:16.10; 2. Luke Gage, Av, 1:18.85; 3. Jason Glendale, AJE, 1:22.72; 4. Mathew Saunders, SS, 1:22.74; 5. Avory Collins, SS, 1:23.63.

800 — 1. Caleb Ney, GR, 2:44.05; 2. Rhys Dutcyvich, SS, 2:56.31; 3.

Joey Grant, SS, 2:57.81; 4. Luke Gage, Av, 3:08.78.

1,500 — 1. Caleb Ney, GR, 5:22.95; 2. Joey Grant, SS,

5:45.28.

High jump — 1. Bradley Hosken, SS, 125cm; 2. Seth Walkus, GN, 125; 3. (tie) Keanu CharlieWalkus, GN, and Payton Laming, SS, 110; 5. (tie) Joey Grant, SS, and Noah Jensen, SS, 110.

Long jump — 1. Rhys Dutcyvich, SS, 3.46m; 2. Avory Collins, SS, 3.08; 3. Luke Gage, Av, 3.07; 4.

Caleb Ney, GR, 3.00; 5. Michael Leduc, GR, 2.97.

Triple jump — 1. Jason Glendale, AJE, 7.20m; 2. Joey Grant, SS, 6.56; 3. Callen Macarenko, EV, 6.34; 4. Avory Collins, SS, 6.17; 5. Caleb Ney, GR, 5.71.

Shot put — 1. Payton Laming, SS, 6.03m; 2. Seth Walkus, GN, 5.77; 3. Andrew Point, Av, 5.67; 4. Dante Michelson, AJE, 5.06; 5.

Tyler Coon, GN, 5.00.

Discus — 1. Payton Laming, SS, 14.65m; 2. Michael Leduc, GR, 13; 3. Tyler Coon, GN, 9.87; 4.

Levi Lawrence, GR, 9.86; 5. Fay Lam, AJE, 9.3.

400 relay — 1. Sunset A, 1:05.55; 2. Gold River, 1:08.43; 3. Avalon, 1:10.05; 4. Eagle View, 1:10.72; 5. Gwa’sala’Nakwaxda’xw, 1:11.02.

Peewee Girls Overall points — 1. Isabella Schmidt, EV, 19; 2. (tie) Kayley Clair, EV, and Jordan Laughlin, AJE, 18.

100 — 1. Isabella Schmidt, EV, 16.54; 2. Abby Parker, SS, 16.80; 3. Faith Gage, Av, 17.56; 4. Hana Kim, GR, 17.86; 5. Aliya Therrien, EV, 18.06.

200 — 1. Isabella Schmidt, EV, 32.55; 2. Abby Parker, SS, 33.04; 3. Aisha Gilbert, GR, 33.75; 4.

Emily Walker, EV, 33.97; 5. (tie) Faith Gage, Av, and Avary Miller, Av, 34.12.

400 — 1. Tamika Mountain,

T’lisalagi’Lakw, 1:19.85; 2.

Kayley Clair, EV, 1:21.03; 3.

Silkence Williams, AJE, 1:22.81; 4. Aisha Gilbert, GR, 1:23.12; 5.

Zoe Johnson, EV, 1:25.47.

800 — 1. Freddie Williamson, EV, 3:28.57; 2. Jasmine Dayley, EV, 3:29.87; 3. Emily Mjolsness, AJE, 3:30.97; 4. Danielle Barnes, T, 3:37.81; 5. Tamika Mountain, T, 3:50.67.

1,500 — 1. Jordan Laughlin, AJE, 8:56.33.

High jump — 1. Cassiel Carlson, SS, 1.20m; 2. Avary Miller, Av, 1.15; 3. Silkence Williams, AJE, 1.10; 4. Alex Twamley, SV, 1.05; 5. (tie) Ashley Cadwallader, FR, and Sophie Tynjala, AJE, 1.05.

Long jump — 1. Kayley Clair, EV, 3.30m; 2. Aisha Gilbert, GR, 3.03; 3. Isabella Schmidt, EV, 3.01; 4.

Emily Walker, EV, 2.96; 5. Danielle Barnes, T, 2.94.

Triple jump — 1. Kayley Clair, EV, 7.08m; 2. Freddie Williamson, EV, 7.06; 3. Emily Walker, EV, 6.97; 4. Isabella Schmidt, EV, 6.50; 5.

Sophie Tynjala, AJE, 6.47.

Shot put — 1. Jordan Laughlin, AJE, 6.08m; 2. Mady Harris, FR, 5.68; 3. Kodi Hutchinson, GR, 5.22; 4. Ashley Cadwallader, FR, 4.80; 5. Julianna Fraser, SS, 3.91.

Discus — 1. Jordan Laughlin, AJE, 12.81m; 2. Hana Kim, GR, 12.25; 3. Kodi Hutchinson, GR, 11.14; 4. Tamika Mountain, T, 10.66; 5. Emily Mjolsness, AJE, 10.16.

400 relay — 1. Eagle View, 1:09.25; 2. Sunset, 1:10.50; 3. Gold River, 1:10.70; 4. A.J. Elliott, 1:10.95; 5. Eagle View B, 1:13.53.

Bantam Boys Overall points — 1. Boss Lee, Av, 18; 2. Tre McLachlan, EV, 17;

3. (tie) Drayson Marshall, SS, and Carson Strang, SS, 14.

100 — 1. Boss Lee, Av, 15.22; 2.

Drayson Marshall, SS, 16.15; 3.

Clayton Bono, SS, 16.47; 4. Victor Hanuse, Av, 17.60; 5. Simon Walkus, GN, 17.68.

200 — 1. Boss Lee, Av, 29.82; 2. Drayson Marshall, SS, 30.00; 3. Clayton Bono, SS, 31.11; 4.

Carson Strang, SS, 31.69; 5.

Jacob Pohl, Av, 31.72.

400 — 1. Carson Strang, SS, 1:13.68; 2. Tony Zapp, FR, 1:15.09; 3. Tre McLachlan, EV, 1:20.28.

800 — 1. Tre McLachlan, EV, 4:51.39.

High jump — 1. Simon Walkus, GN, 123cm; 2. Carson Strang, SS, 120; 3. Drayson Marshall, SS, 120; 4. Jonathon Pohto, AJE, 115; 5. Alfred Charlie, FR, 115.

Long jump — 1. Boss Lee, Av, 4.25m; 2. Clayton Bono, SS, 3.56; 3. Jacob Pohl, Av, 3.52; 4. Jordan Riehl, SS, 3.18; 5.

Jonathon Pohto, AJE, 3.15.

Triple jump — 1. Jordan Riehl, SS, 6.50m.

Shot put — 1. Tyler Swanson, SS, 8.2m; 2. Tristen White, Av, 7.3; 3. Jon Hancock, SS, 6.6; 4. Jacob Pohl, Av, 6.4; 5. Cody Walkus, GN, 5.8.

Discus — 1. Tre McLachlan, EV, 14.89; 2. Jon Hancock, SS, 12.48; 3. Kayle Wallas-Williams, GN, 12.34; 4. Michael Tynjala, AJE, 10.8; 5. Reece Lloyd, SS, 10.3.

400 relay — 1. Avalon, 1:01.62; 2. Sunset, 1:02.35; 3. Gwa’sala’Nakwaxda’xw, 1:08.53.

Bantam Girls Overall points — 1. Mandy Foldy, SS, 23; 2. Kristen Clair, EV, 22; 3. (tie) Faith Castillo, EV, and Freyja Reed, AJE, 20.

100 — 1. Faith Castillo, EV, 15.89; 2. Sydney Martineau, EV, 17.87; 3. Abbie MacDonald, Av, 18.35; 4. Kianna Schmidt, SV, 18.50; 5. Colesa Pakkalen, AJE, 19.97.

200 — Kristen Clair, EV, 30.00; 2. Georgia Walkus, EV, 31.30; 3. Freyja Reed, AJE, 34.44; 4.

Sydney Martineau, EV, 35.39; 5.

Helen Clair, GN, 35.46.

400 — 1. Faith Castillo, EV, 1:08.69; 2. Georgia Walkus, 1:19.02; 3. Freyja Reed, AJE, 1:29.93; 4. Alana Johnston, Av, 1:30.24; 5. Alexis Dawson, Av, 1:33.21.

800 — 1. Kristen Clair, EV, 3:01.46; 2. Mandy Foldy, SS, 3:21.35.

1,500 — 1. Mandy Foldy, SS, 5:06.9.

High jump — 1. Freyja Reed, AJE, 1.2m; 2. Hailey Tiberghien, SV, 1.2; 3. Abbie MacDonald, Av, 1.15.

Long jump — 1. Freyja Reed, AJE, 3.6m; 2. Hailey Tiberghien, SV, 3.45; 3. Kristen Clair, EV, 3.03; 4. Faith Castillo, EV, 2.94; 5. Abbie MacDonald, Av, 2.75.

Triple jump — 1. Kristen Clair, EV, 7.60m; 2. Faith Castillo, EV, 7.05; 3. Sydney Martineau, EV, 6.20.

Shot put — 1. Mandy Foldy, SS, 5.17m; 2. Alana Johnston, Av, 5.03; 3. Crystal Tapp, SS, 4.00; 4. Sarah Brandson, SS, 3.98; 5.

Moriah Purdy, SS, 3.00.

Discus — 1. Mandy Foldy, SS, 13.79m; 2. Charlize Swanson, AJE, 13.6; 3. Crystal Tapp, SS, 11.93; 4. Kianna Schmidt, SV, 10.89; 5. Sarah Brandson, SS, 9.64.

400 relay — 1. Eagle View, 1:01.12; 2. Avalon, 1:09.68; 3. A.J. Elliott, 1:11.66; 4.

K’ak’ot’lats’i, 1:15.87.

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EDUCATION/TRADE SCHOOLS

ATTENTION- EXPERIENCED morning cooks are needed at Northern Lights Restaurant in Port McNeill.

All shifts available. Drop resume in person or call 250-956-3263.

LANDON COLLISION & TOWING Requires a full time tow truck driver. The successful applicant must have a clean driving record and be prepared to work on call. We pay a base guaranteed salary/or tow commissions as well as a full benefits package. Please apply in person to Don Lawrence at 4800 Byng Rd. Port Hardy, or by email to: lct@cablerocket.com

MAINTENANCE PERSON/EMERGENCY RESPONSE

Req. for Berwick Retirement Facility, Comox Valley. 8 pm - 8 am. Casual night shift opportunity. Painting skills required.

$17.79/hr

Please contact: hrmanager@berwickrc.com

INTERIOR HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR SCHOOL. NO Simulators. In-the-seat training. Real world tasks.

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Vernon Service Company requires Journeyman Service Plumbers/Gasfitters, $36.00/hr Call (250)549-4444 or fax 250-549-4416

INFORMATION

INFORMATION

We are looking for a driver to deliver the Gazette to our carriers and businesses in Port McNeill and Port Hardy every Thursday. Would prefer someone with own vehicle with approved safety divider. Contract rate. We do have a van available with weekly pay only for temporary use. Must be bondable and have cash handling experience. Please bring resume and driver’s abstract to the Gazette office or fax to 250-949-7655 Attn:Circulation. No phone calls please.

WE ARE looking for young enthusiastic carriers to expand our current paper routes in PORT HARDY, PORT MCNEILL, HYDE CREEK and PORT ALICE. A great way to gain experience with your first job and to earn a little extra spending money! Call the office at 250-949-6225 and ask for Circulation.

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INFORMATION Attention

Port Hardy Dog Owners Are you a dog owner? Did you know that all dogs over the age of eight months are required to be licensed on an annual basis? As per the District of Port Hardy Animal Care and Control Bylaw, dogs must bear a license for the current year.

The annual license is $15 for each neutered or spayed dog. If you hold a breeder’s license and your dog is not neutered or spayed, then you must still purchase a licence at a cost of $50 per dog per year. Failure to purchase an annual license for your dog is subMect to a ¿ne. Please keep in mind that licencing can be useful to identify your dog in a situation where it gets lost and is taken into care by an Animal Control Of¿cer. In addition, licencing proceeds are used to help maintain the animal care and control service for Port Hardy residents.

Inquiries may be directed to the Animal Control Of¿cer at (250) 949-6113.

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Thu, June 19, 2014, North Island Gazette PERSONAL SERVICES

HELP WANTED

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Bookkeeper/ Data Entry Clerk Port Hardy Bulldozing Part time position, approximately 20 hours per week, available in a heavy construction office. Position may lead to full time. Applicant must have previous office experience, good organization/ accuracyskills, skills,be befamiliar familiarwith withoffice officeequipment equipmentand andoffice officefunctions, functions,have have organization/accuracy working knowledge knowledge of of Microsoft Microsoft Word, Word, Excel Excel & & Simply Simply Accounting, Accounting, have have aa willingness willingness aa working to learn learn with with aa professional professional approach approach and and be be able able to to work work as as part part of of aa team team as as well well as as to independently. The The successful successful candidate candidate will will have have aa 33 month month probation probation period. period. independently.

TRADES, TECHNICAL HEAVY Duty Mechanic JM & Exp 3rd year Apprentice to join our team, camp work on the West coast of BC. Comp. wages/benefits. Email resume to js29bd@shaw.ca Black Diamond Mechanical & Welding Ltd. PCL ENERGY - Now Hiring Journeyperson: Pipefitters ($40+/hr) and Scaffolders ($38+/hr) for an industrial project in Vanscoy, SK. LOA of $145/day worked, travel and bonuses paid! We offer competitive wages and benefits.

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LEGAL SERVICES

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Position: Director – Heiltsuk Economic Development Corporation

Deadline for expressions of interest is June 30, 2014.

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Please drop drop resume resume off off in in person person to to 7890 7890 Goodspeed Goodspeed Road, Road, Port Port Hardy Hardy before before 2:00 2:00 pm pm Please on Friday Friday June June 27, 27, 2014.

2014. on

Situated in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest, the Heiltsuk Economic Development Corporation, established by the Heiltsuk Tribal Council manages the business affairs of the Heiltsuk government. Currently we are seeking interested individuals to join our Board of Directors. The Board provides strategic direction and oversight to a number of Heiltsuk businesses operating in the retail, forestry, fishery, and tourism sectors of the economy. We intend to maximize the opportunity to benefit from the emerging conservation economy in our region. If you want to be part of our success, then please contact Cheryl Campbell at (250) 957-2217 for more information.

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FINANCIAL SERVICES

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HOME/BUSINESS SERVICES HOME REPAIRS FULL SERVICE Plumbing from Parker Dean. Fast, reliable, 24/7 service. Take $50 off your next job if you present this ad. Vancouver area. 1800-573-2928.

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE AUCTIONS

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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

FOR SALE BY OWNER

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1109 Ewen Road. Two-bedroom trailer on 2+ acres for sale in Hyde Creek. $199,000.

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Available at Ace Hardware & The Home Depot.

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STEEL BUILDINGS. Summer meltdown sale! 20x20 $5,419.

25x26 $6,485. 30x30 $8,297.

32x34 $9,860. 40x48 $15,359.

47x68 $20,558. Front & back wall included. Pioneer Steel 1800-668-5422 or online: www.pioneersteel.ca

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED WANTED: FIREARMS. All types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military.

We handle all paperwork and transportation. Licensed Dealer. 1.866.960.0045 or visit online: www.dollars4guns.com

MOBILE HOMES & PARKS PORT HARDY 3 bdrms, 1 bath on own corner lot. #105 Cedar Hts. TAP. Storage shed, workshop, fenced backyard, 2 car parking. $66,900.

Cell 949-0950, 949-6843, 9496597.

HOT TUB (SPA) COVERS. Best price. Best quality. All shapes & colours available.

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PORT HARDY #61 Highview TP. Completely renovated, CSA electrical certification, certified woodstove with baseboard heat, new insulation and drywall. Other details are posted at the trailer. Starting at $68,000 obo. Call 250-9495131 or 250-902-9114.

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

HELP WANTED

Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xwSchool School PO PO Box Box 1799 1799 Port PortHardy, Hardy,BC BC V0N V0N2P0 2P0 Phone Phone (250) (250) 949-7743 949-7743 Fax Fax (250) (250)949-7422 949-7422 “Strong “StrongTogether TogetherInInAll AllWe WeDo” Do” EmploymentOpportunity Opportunity Employment

PURCHASER Orca Sand & Gravel, is located in Port McNeill and is one of the North Island’s leading industrial employers. We produce and ship high grade construction materials to west coast US markets.

Qualifications: r Recognized technical training and certification or 3-5 years experience in a warehousing environment r Experience in sourcing and purchasing heavy industry materials and equipment, and inventory management r Experience working with an inventory control system (GuideTI or similar software) r Demonstrated strong communication and computer skills r Good understanding and experience working within budget constraints r Demonstrated familiarity and compliance with all relevant safety policies and regulations r Ability to work with minimal supervision r Grade 12 education or equivalent r Overhead crane and forklift experience is an asset r Ability to safely lift and carry up to 35 lbs. and to climb on and off mobile and stationary equipment The regular hours of work for this position will be Monday to Friday, eight hours per day, or as determined by production and shipping requirements.

This position offers a full benefits package with a competitive wage based on experience and qualifications.

If you meet these qualifications and want to work with a leading North Island employer, we invite you to deliver or forward your resume to: Orca Sand & Gravel 6505 Island Highway P.O. Box 699 Port McNeill, BC V0N 2R0 Fax: 604 628 3354 emailto: resumes@orcasand.ca

There full-timeSpecial SpecialEducation EducationCoordinator Coordinator position being forfor thethe There is isa afull-time being offered offeredat atGwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xw Gwa’sala-’Nakwaxda’xwSchool School 2014-2015school schoolyear, year,starting startingon onAugust August 25, 25, 2014.

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3:00 pm. pm. Only Onlythose thoseshort-listed short-listedwill willbebecontacted contacted will required.Closing Closingdate datefor forthe theposition position is is June June 20 at 3:00 forfor ananinterview. member of of our ourteam. team. interview.Thank Thankyou youfor foryour yourinterest interest in in becoming becoming a member Please Pleasefax, fax,mail, mail,orore-mail e-mailapplications applications to: to:

Reed Reed Allen, Allen, Principal!

Principal Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw School!

Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw School Box V0N 2P0 2P0!

Box1799, 1799, Port Port Hardy, Hardy, B.C., V0N Tel: 949-7422!

Tel:(250) (250)949-7743 949-7743 Fax: Fax: (250) 949-7422 Email: rallen@gwanak.bc.ca! !

Email: rallen@gwanak.bc.ca

36 Atluck, Woss. Two bdrm house for sale or rent. Close to ski hill and lake! Wood and oil heat. $89 000. 250-956-3316

TOWNHOUSE- Price reduced to $137,500. #2-2697 Mine Road, Port McNeill. Quiet strata complex, convenient to schools and hospital. 3-bdrm, 1.5 bath home, approx. 1250 sq.ft. Open plan main floor.

Kitchen with built-in dishwasher, fridge, stove. Upper level has master bedroom with walk-in closet, storage room, laundry alcove with full-sized washer/dryer. Electric baseboard heat. Single attached garage with remote controlled door opener. Tidy, fenced back yard with patio, greenhouse and tool shed. Quick occupancy. Phone 250-9569875 or email: windonthemoon3@hotmail.com for appointment to view.

HOUSES FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE

RESTAURANT Equipment Auction - Saturday - June 21st @11am Organic Lives, Jugo Juice, New Liquidation Equipment & Consignment.

Online bidding available through BidSpotter. Video Preview, auction catalogue, inventory pics @www.KwikAuctions.com

MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE

587 S. MURPHY St. Spacious 4bdrm, 3bth, 3500sqft. Centrally located. Ocean view.

Low maint yrd w/ 2 lg. decks in back. Oversize dble garage + RV prkng. Must be seen to appreciate. $519,900. 250-2877709 or 250-203-5160. CR

7175 HIGHLAND Dr. Port Hardy. 2520 sq ft 4bdr home.

2 landscaped lots joined. 2dr garage.

Walkout basement/suite. 250-949-8922 or www.island.net/~fishnet.

Asking $336,000.

FSBO, Ocean view home, Storeys Beach, Port Hardy.

2856 sq. ft. Walk in Basement, 3 BR, 3Bath, den/office plus extra room on ground floor could be used as 4th bedroom. Lg family room, wood stove, hardwood floors, many updates. Roof 9 yrs old apx.

Fenced back yard. Serious inquiries only. 949-7974

LAKESHORE US Lake Osoyoos Lake Front: 4 Acres 296FF Lowbank $459k; Cottage at Shore $203,900; Beautiful Walk Out 160FF $649k; New Townhouse w/Gar $549; 4-plex $409k; Sunny Bungalow $319k; Veranda Beach $367,900 & $469k Sun Lakes Realty 509.476-2121 CALL www.sunlakesrealty.us

RENTALS APARTMENT/CONDO KINGCOME MANOR

PORT MCNEILL

NEWLY RENOVATED Bach, 1 or 2 bedrooms.

Newly furnished available.

Free sat tv, over 300 channels.

Phone Ron and Linda 250-956-3365 MARINA VIEW APTS & Townhouses.

Professional building. 3 bdrms & 2 bdrms available, small dogs allowed.

Call 250-949-0192.

PORT HARDY: Airport Rd. 2 bdrm, quiet. NS/NP. Refs. $550. Call 250-949-6319.

PORT MCNEILL3 Bdrm townhouse. Ocean view. Call 250-956-3440. www.portmc neilltown houses.yolasite.com

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North Island Gazette Thu, June 19, 2014 RENTALS

RENTALS

TRANSPORTATION

APARTMENT/CONDO

APARTMENTS FURNISHED

CARS

Port Hardy, BC West Park Manor & Lindsay Manor 1/2 month free for selected suites!

Large one & two bedroom suites, some with a great view, all clean and in excellent condition.

Also elegantly furnished executive suites available.

Well maintained secure & quiet buildings.

Close to shopping.

Friendly onsite resident managers.

Call Renee toll free 1-877-227-7888 or email for info: comehome@ pineridgevillage.ca

PORT HARDY Highland Manor •Bachelor •1 bdrm suites Move in incentive on approval References Call Jason 250-949-0192

1966 FORD RANCHERO Good condition, good driver $5000 O.B.O. 250-287-3345

PORT HARDY SEAHAVEN APARTMENTS 7070 Shorncliffe St. Oceanview 2 bdrm suite.

Fridge/stove, balcony, blinds, private parking stall, locker, laundry on premises.

Quiet, adult building, non smoking, no pets.

References required.

Inquiries contact 250-230-1462 or 250-949-8501

1974 JEVELIN- 304 motor, automatic, motor and transmission removed but available. Car to view is in Port Hardy. Call (250)902-8016 or 250-937-0391.

MOBILE HOMES & PADS PORT MCNEILL Mobile Home Park Pads for rent.

Short walk to shopping, school & ocean. $300/ month Call 250-758-4454

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES FOR SALE

Pals for ALS

Sophia Downey keeps a close eye on the cupcakes while Ruby House, left, chats with customers and Ron Downey, rear, mans the grill during a barbecue and bake sale to benefit ALS research at Peoples Drug Mart in Port McNeill Friday.

J.R. Rardon

SUITES, UPPER PT. MCNEILL: 3 bdrm, 1 bath.

Ocean view. Lrg deck, carport. $700+ util’s. Avail. immed.

N/S. Call (250)230-0852.

TRANSPORTATION AUTO ACCESSORIES/ PARTS

PORT HARDY

Woodgrove Gardens Very clean & bright.

2 bdrms, 5 appliances, patio. On site manager.

Available now. $645./mo. NS/NP. Call Rosaline

2005 33’ MONTANA 5th, designed for full-time live-in.

Well cared for. Polarpack, large bright living space.

W/D, lots of storage, generator. Asking $22,500. obo.

Amazing, must see!

(250)202-5820.

22’ WILDERNESS TRAILER Very clean and in good condition. $7000 OBO. 250-8029090

MARINE

250-949-7074

PORT MCNEILL APARTMENTS Well managed 1 & 2 Bdrm suites Gym & sauna on site Call for availability

BOATS AUTO FINANCING

Phone Rick 250-956-4555 PORT MCNEILL MCCLURE APT’S.

New Management 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apartments. Competitive prices.

Call 250-956-3526.

1980 26’ COMMANDER: twin Volvo engines(512 hrs.) Dou. prop legs, stainless propellers, Walker Bay dinghy, 2.5 H.P. Yamaha 4 stroke kicker. Recent survey(April 2014.) Heavy duty 3 axle trailer included $40,000. 250-923-8959

TWO OCEANS IN COAL HARBOUR

Large fully furnished 2 bdrm Apartments include stove, fridge, washer, dryer & micro.

Clean, comfy, quiet & upgraded. Rural setting overlooking harbour. Satellite TV channels included ($90 value). Available Now. $850 inclds hydro or $650+ hydro with a 1 year lease. Pets considered. Call 1250-949-8855. www.twoceans.com

HOMES FOR RENT PT. MCNEILL: Ocean view home, 4 bdrm, 2 bath, lrg yard, ample parking, 5 appl’s, hardwood floors, N/S, $850 + util’s.

Avail. Jul. 1. 250-230-0852.

40’ LONG RANGE Cruise/Charter Boat. Transport Canada Compliant. $98,000.

250-339-7502. www.silverfoxmarinecharters.com

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Smile of the week.

Maria Downey Downey of of Port Port McNeill displays displays aa chocolatechocolatecoated smile smile during during the the Mart barbecue People’s Drug Drugmart barbecue sale for and bake and salebake for ALS. ALS. J.R. Rardon J.R. Rardon

On a colour page, the author’s painting of this Honourable Jean Montague rhododendron would be a riot of brilliant red.

Gordon Henschel

Rhodo lovers, unite!

In our front yard is my favourite Rhododendron. I love it! It returns my love each spring by blooming profusely; vivaciously parading its array of blossoms in such numbers that its long, viridian leaves, beautiful as they are all year, must take a seasonal backseat. Its official name, Honourable Jean Montague, is as regal as its colour, a deep crimson with purple undertones.

I paint it every spring without fail, the accompanying painting being one of my romantic encounters. I brought a branch of it into class for a workshop I taught. The effect of its intense colour on the group was an endorsement to my infatuation with this incredibly vibrant plant.

Immediately everyone wanted to try to

A Brush with Henschel with Gordon Henschel paint it. What a challenge to try to find those dazzling reds on a painter’s palette!

The Rhododendron is the perfect plant for our cool, wet Northwest climate.

Especially at home on North Island, its growers can ignore the instructions to “plant in partial shade�.

Forget that! The North Island sun has never disturbed any of the Rhodos in my experience, especial-

ly Honourable Jean, which sits in the sunniest place in our yard and loves it.

My goal, which I expressed to a number of people, was to collect Rhodos that bloom at different times so that there are ongoing blooms throughout most of the year. Several years ago, when our good friends, Graham and Mary Park, sold out their nursery in Coal Harbour, we purchased 50 Rhodos and our dream came true.

They are now well established in our front yard, making April to July the most colourful time of year for us.

We recently had an Elderhostel bus drop in to our gallery. In talking to a chap from Calgary who, nevertheless, had a distinct British accent, I was informed that, given the right

kind of Rhodos, you could have one blooming in every month of the year. “I’ve seen them in gardens in England,� he insisted and spoke of a place where, from an elevated platform, there were Rhododendrons as far as the eye could see, blooming all year long.

I must admit that I was sceptical. As much as I would like to believe the story, I would love to hear from anyone who knows this to be true; a second opinion, so to speak. At the very least it would be lovely to get in touch with people who have them blooming on into the late summer.

Rhodo lovers unite!

Gordon Henschel owns an art gallery in Nimpkish Heights. www.henschel.ca

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Senior funding offered

Gazette staff Vancouver Island North MP John Duncan this spring announced federal support for projects that will help Canadian seniors use their leadership abilities, skills

and experience to continue to make a difference in their communities through the New Horizons for Seniors Program (NHSP).

Duncan’s announcement was made on behalf of Honourable

J U ST Brian Ackles & Phyllis Olney were happily married on Friday June 13, 2014.

Alice Wong, Minister of State (Seniors).

The call for proposals will accept applications until Friday, July 4. Organizations may receive up to $25,000 in grant funding.

Projects must address

one or more of the program’s five objectives: volunteering, mentoring, expanding awareness of elder abuse, social participation and capital assistance.

More than 1,770 NHSP community-

FO R

Port Hardy Youth Soccer would like to thank Pacificus Biological Services Ltd. for the new set of soccer jerseys they donated to our players this season!

based projects were approved through the 2013-2014 call for proposals, for a total of more than $33.4 million in funding. 16 of these projects were located in Vancouver Island North for a total

of $257,995.

The 2014-2015 NHSP communitybased projects help empower seniors to share their knowledge, skills and experiences with others and support communities.

YO U !

Regional Fall Fair

Port Hardy S e p te m b e r 6 - 7 It’s time to start planning your entries and get working on those gardens and crafts!

Get your EXHIBIT LIST or BOOTH RENTAL FORM at: Port Hardy/McNeill/Alice Libraries, The Hobby Nook, or Port Hardy/McNeill Chambers of Commerce.

For further information about the fair or enquiries about renting a booth at the fair, please call 250-949-7778 or 250-956-4400.

This lucky team was especially happy to be wearing them already!

...and they lived happily ever after.

THANK YOU

for supporting the youth in our community!

Becky and Fraser wanted you to know that on June 8, 2014 in a small ceremony on an island off the coast of Vancouver Island Fraser Allen and Rebecca Ann were married.

It was the perfect day and they could not be happier.

Casting a Net Capturing the Arts of the North Island