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◆ COVER STORY

Between the covers From local authors debuting their newest titles to intriguing books from the west coast, here are some book titles to pique your interest.

Pat Deakin is a busy man whether on or off the job. In between compiling reports on how to attract people to the city, Pat Deakin’s got three books on the go all at once.

“Most of the books I read are related to my work.”

On his radar currently? Million Dollar Habits by Brian Tracy which struck him with one line about why some business flop and others flourish; “businesses succeed because of high sales; fail because of low sales, all else is commentary.”

That line has helped him pare down his approach to attracting new residents; he either sells them on Port Alberni or not, all else is commentary.

He’s also got Influence Marketing

by Danny Brown and Sam Fiorella, a book that inspired him with a story of a company that went from having a great product but no distribution channel and seemingly insurmountable obstacles to a company with that same great product but national recognition and sales to match. The metaphor here is obvious.

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Mike Ruttan Mayor of Port Alberni “The style of my reading right now is stuff to do with the (city) budget, community charter, bylaws; keeping up with those things.

I’m just about to start Naomi Klein’s book This Changes Everything, which we bought a while ago.

I love historical fiction, particularly historical fiction that’s set during the Middle Ages or during early Chinese or early Mongolian era.

My favourite author is Conn Iggulden, who wrote a series on Genghis Khan. He brings to life events of that time. Because it’s a series you get the sequence of generations.

My oldest son enjoys reading it as well so it’s something we have in common.”

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The Alberni Valley is home to many talented people, among them book authors, or people who have become the subject of books. The past year seems to have been a banner year for local authors.

Here, then, is a sampling of some of the books coming out of the Alberni Valley and West Coast in the past year: My Name Is Dolly; Poems & Stories; Power and the Native Woman (published by ALWpublishing. com, available online) Publisher Annie Watts has teamed up with her mother, Dolly McRae, to produce a trio of books that are available from Watts’ new publishing company and as eBooks.

Watts and McRae launched the trio of books on Dec. 4.

My Name is Dolly shares moments of McRae’s life before she went to residential school.

She writes of her time in Kitwanga, B.C., as well as her life in B.C. Power and the Native Woman was written to assist anthropology students or anyone wanting to develop a concept of Native culture focused on the Nuu-chah-nulth and Gitk’san nations in B.C. Pagan Flames (published by Solstice Publishing and is available on Kindle and CreateSpace) “Healing is an art,” says author Vanayssa Somers, “and romance readers will tell you, love stories are healing.”

Pagan Flames is a tale of two souls entwined through centuries, clinging without fail to the bonds of deep romantic love.

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“My work has always centered on people and their needs. Writing romance is no different.” Born in the Yukon, raised in B.C., she is familiar with the healing properties of boundless forests, pristine rivers and the deep wilderness.

“The immortal power of love is the best reason in the world to press on through life’s darkest moments—the reward is great for those who never give up on Love,” she says.

Global Casino: International Investment Banking, a Practical Guide (self-published, available from www.amazon.ca and at the Port Alberni library) John E. Van Dyke is the founder of Pan Pacific Group International Ltd. (PPG), leader of a multinational powerhouse and well versed in international finance. A resident of and businessman in South America since 1998, Van Dyke has returned to Port Alberni, where he grew up, to raise his daughters.

With Global Casino Van Dyke aims to provide the average person with a working knowledge of the international investment banking industry, the stock market and component that make up the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process for businesses.

This is Van Dyke’s third book.

Port Alberni (More Than Just a Mill Town) (Published by Heritage House, available at Alberni Valley

Museum) Port Alberni is renowned historian Jan Peterson’s fourth book about Port Alberni, but this one is the most personal. Port Alberni is a colourful portrait painted as a result of Peterson’s time as a journalist with the Alberni Valley Times newspaper.

Peterson takes readers on a vividly described three-decade ride of boom and bust in a community that, she says, only gets stronger with each new challenge.

We Are Born With the Songs Inside Us (Harbour Publishing, softcover) Since 2004, journalist Katherine Palmer Gordon has interviewed dozens of young First Nations people living in B.C.— artists and community leaders, comedians and consultants, musicians and lawyers, people who are household names and those known only within their communities.

We Are Born With the Songs Inside Us collects 16 candid stories gleaned from those interviews: stories of people who share an unshakable belief in the importance of their cultural heritage to their wellbeing, to their success at what they do, and to their everyday lives.

Among them is Kim Baird, former chief of the Tsawwassen First Nation, who negotiated the Tsawwassen Treaty; Gino Odjick, a former NHL star; and Penny White, a marine biologist who works with coastal communities on resource management.

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Maggie Hodge-Kwan, librarian, Vancouver Island Regional Library “A title I’m reading right now is What We See When We Read: A Phenomenology, by Peter Mendelsund. A true pleasure to read—it’s all about the pictures we paint in our head when we read fiction.”

One chapter takes a description of Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy, written in 1873 and gives it to a police artist, asking them to recreate their impression of Anna Karenina. “It’s not what I thought it would be,” Hodge-Kwan said.

“I just finished Yes Please, by Amy Poehler (celebrity memoir), Life in Motion by Misty Copeland (great book about the first African American ballet soloist at the American Ballet Theatre) and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (the third Bridget Jones book— totally funny and light holiday reading).

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Charmead Schella, executive director, Literacy Alberni

“I’m re-reading The Unbearable Lightness of Being, by Milan Kundera. It’s a favourite. It’s a book of hope.

It’s set in Prague 1968, which was Prague Spring. It’s set just before the Russians came and occupied, just before Czechoslovakia became two republics.

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Christmas bird count sees boost

Richard Bauer peers through a scope at a scoter near Harbour Quay Marina on Saturday while Rick Avis and Sheena Falconer observe during the annual Christmas Bird Count.

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Port Alberni’s numbers were up and some rare birds were spotted during the annual Christmas Bird Count, held Dec. 27 around the Alberni Valley.

However, Port Alberni’s numbers are still low compared to other centres on the Island, says count compiler Sandy McRuer.

“Anyway, 9165 birds were counted from 88 species. This is up from last year where only 77 species were identified and 6,609 birds were counted,” McRuer said. “The better weather had quite a bit to do with it; no wind only an hour of rain, mild temperatures meant no frozen lakes, and even sun later in the day.”

Compared to neighbouring communities we fare poorly, he said. “For

‘We definitely had some very nice birds that aren’t commonly seen on bird counts on Vancouver Island.’

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instance, last year Parksville had 115 species and 23,282 birds.”

Port Alberni’s numbers are usually lower because there are fewer skilled observers, “far fewer” participants, and more habitats, such as gravel, sand beaches and open ocean, he explained.

This year several people came from Courtenay, Nanaimo and even Rossland, B.C. to help with Port Alberni’s count.

“We definitely had some very nice birds that aren’t commonly seen on birds counts on Vancouver Island,” he said, such as Ruddy Duck, Spotted Sandpiper, Peregrine Falcon, Hermit Thrush, Western Meadowlark, American Goldfinch, and Evening Grosbeak.

After 22 years, McRuer announced at a wrapup dinner at the Golden Dragon that he is stepping down. “The torch is being passed or doused,” he said.

McRuer has been officially reporting bird count numbers to the Audubon Society for more than two decades. “It’s time for someone else, preferably younger, to take it on,” he said. editor@albernivalleynews.com

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First Night Family Celebration

Polar Brrr Swim The second annual Canal Beach Polar Bear Swim is happening at noon on New Year’s Day. Hosted by The Peak 93.3, the swim will feature prizes for the best costume, best group costume and the oldest swimmer.

Afterwards, warm up in the warming tent with free hot dogs, coffee and hot chocolate. A shuttle will be going from the uptown Coulson building to the beach prior to the event.

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Looking for something fun to do with the whole family? Check out the First Night Family Celebration put on by the city with the help of the Port Alberni Toy Run and Boston Pizza. There’s an Echo Pool family swim from 6-8 p.m. with games, prizes and pizza.

If frozen water’s more your style, there’s skating and on-ice games from 5-7 p.m at the AV Multiplex. If you prefer solid ground under your feet, then there’s rollerblading, dancing, prizes and snacks at Glenwood Centre from 6-9 p.m. All activities are free.

Are you hoping for a peaceful 2015? Then join the Peace Walk happening at 11:30 a.m. on New Year’s Day. The walk starts at Glenwood Centre and ends at Abbeyfield. Walkers are encouraged to bring a symbol, banner or sign that expresses their personal wish for peace. There will be an open mic at Abbeyfield and a lunch at 1 p.m. at the Guru Nanak Sihk Temple.

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Bulldogs Hockey Come on out and cheer on your Alberni Valley Bulldogs as they take on the Surrey Eagles at 7 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 2 and the Cowichan Capitals at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 4. Both games are at the AV Multiplex, visit www. albernivalleybulldogs.ca for more information.

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Art Rave Social The Art Rave Society will be holding their second monthly Art Rave social at Chars’s Landing from 7-10 p.m. Toast to the New Year with a glass of complimentary bubbly and enjoy music and complimentary appies on Dec. 31. There’ll be a live art demonstration and a silent auction fundraiser as well.

PUBLIC NOTICE Review of the Draft Recovery Strategy for Northern Goshawk laingi subspecies Parks Canada is pleased to announce that a draft recovery strategy for the Northern Goshawk laingi subspecies, a Threatened species listed under the Species at Risk Act, is now available for review and feedback. The draft strategy was developed in collaboration with government agencies, technical experts, and many interested parties, including representatives from the forestry sector, First Nations, and environmental organizations.

Are you interested in the recovery of the Northern Goshawk laingi subspecies? Are you a property owner in the Port Alberni area where Goshawk recovery activities may affect you? If so, Parks Canada would like to hear from you.

Your comments are important to the development of the recovery strategy. To receive a copy of the draft strategy or to share your comments, concerns, or questions by February 16, 2015, please contact us by email at Northern.Goshawk@pc.gc.ca or by phone at 1-888-773-8888.

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AVIS PUBLIC Examen de la version provisoire du programme de rétablissement de l’autour des palombes de la sous-espèce laingi Parcs Canada est er d’annoncer qu’une version provisoire du programme de rétablissement de l’autour des palombes de la sous-espèce laingi, une espèce menacée inscrite dans la Loi sur les espèces en péril, est maintenant disponible pour examen et commentaires. La version provisoire du programme a été élaborée en collaboration avec des organismes gouvernementaux, des experts techniques et de nombreuses parties intéressées, y compris des représentants du secteur forestier, des Premières Nations et des organismes voués à la protection de l’environnement.

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EDITORIAL

2015 looking up for Alberni 2015: the year of climate adaptation We’re about to christen a new year in the Alberni Valley, and with the crisp, cold weather comes the promise of good things for the future.

We have a new city council that appears to have renewed vigour in making Port Alberni a more economically sound place to live. And with the higher numbers of people who turned out to the polls during the last election, we seem to have more people vocally invested in our community.

Hopefully, the new council will continue to take public input into consideration as they gain experience as a team, and the public will continue to hold them accountable.

So, what do we want for our city in 2015?

The old cliché of peace and goodwill towards mankind is a good place to start.

The annual Peace Walk takes place on Jan. 1, starting at Glenwood Centre and culminating at Abbeyfield House on Redford Street. While walkers may spread a global message of peace, we would like to see more peace and less turmoil at city council.

The Polar Bear Swim taking place for a second year at Canal Beach can remind us not to throw cold water on new ideas, just because we don’t understand them.

(The Boxing Day shopping frenzy can also be a good reminder not to spend money we don’t have on something just because we want it right that moment; a little restraint goes a long way.)

As the sunshine brings out smiles in everyone, let us remember to smile even when it is cloudy, for it can brighten our days and our outlook. As the temperatures drop, let us try and make sure our tempers don’t drop with it—keeping a civil tongue when speaking with others.

As far as goodwill, we challenge everyone to think positively of Port Alberni this year, despite what anyone else says (or at least poke fun at who we are—we’re looking at you, #WorstPlaceToLive).

If something doesn’t sit right with you, come up with constructive criticism, or better yet, a solution. Let’s leave the negativity in 2014.

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TOM FLETCHER B.C. Views

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ICTORIA – It’s time to look beyond the protests and political battles around climate change that dominated 2014, and look at the year and the decade ahead.

From the California drought to shifting forest patterns across B.C., there is evidence that our climate is changing more rapidly. Public debate consists mainly of squabbling about the significance of humancaused greenhouse gas emissions, rather than what can be done to prepare.

A draft discussion paper from the B.C. forests ministry on wildfire control was released in December after an access to information request. “Climate Change Adaptation and Action Plan For Wildfire Management, 2014-2024” describes the progress

made in the province’s hotter fires are being seen community forest fire across North America, prevention plan, and its with costs rising along goal to create “wildfire with urban development. resilient ecosystems For example, the 2011 and wildfire adapted Slave Lake fire in northern communities” over the Alberta generated the next 10 years. second largest insurance The final discussion charge in Canadian paper is to be released history. early in 2015, but the key The costs of preparing research is in. It estimates are huge. The costs of not that by 2017 preparing there will be could be 788 million catastrophic. cubic metres Also in of dead pine 2014, the B.C. in B.C. forests. government Fires in these appointed areas spread an advisory 2.6 times committee to faster than in prepare for healthy green the renewal of stands, up to the Columbia 66 metres per River Treaty minute. with the The report United States.

– Deborah Harford calls for fuel While this management 1964 the beyond treaty has community boundaries no end date, its flood to stop “mega-fires” by control mandate expires creating landscape-level in 2024. I spoke with fuel breaks, with targeted Deborah Harford and Jon harvesting, prescribed O’Riordan, members of the burning and new Simon Fraser University silviculture practices.

Adaptation to Climate It notes that bark beetle Change Team (ACT), who, infestations and bigger, along with ACT senior

‘If you’re looking ahead 60 years from 2024, there’s a lot of climate change projected in that period...’

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policy author Robert Sandford, have written a provocative book on the treaty. They hope it will help lead to a renewed agreement that will be a model for a changing world.

“If you’re looking ahead 60 years from 2024, there’s a lot of climate change projected in that period, for British Columbia and the U.S.,” Harford said. “For the B.C. side, we’re looking at heavy precipitation and potential increase in snowmelt runoff, while in the States, you’re getting the opposite, much less snow.

“There will probably be no snowpack left down there, and they’re looking at the prospect of quite drastically lower flows in the summer.”

The treaty, sparked by devastating floods in 1948, led to construction of three dams on the B.C. side and one at Libby, Washington that backed up Kookanusa Lake into B.C. Between that reservoir and the Arrow Lakes, 110,000 hectares of B.C. land was flooded.

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Mailbag: Feedback on news items Collective voices needed To the Editor,

What better example of governments’ barely concealed contemptible attitude towards Canada’s First Nations peoples than Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s dismissive response to Peter Mansbridge’s query on CBC’s ‘The National’ as to whether his government would hold a national inquiry into over 1800 missing and murdered aboriginal women across Canada.

“Not high on our radar”, was the PM’s

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outrageous answer.

The PM’s apology to First Nations in the House was nothing more than a sham and a part of politicking as usual.

As a 60-plus nonaboriginal woman, I strongly encourage every last Canadian aboriginal of voting age to please make a New Year resolution to exercise the best thing colonialism ever gave them: the vote!

Nothing else would get politicians’ attention more than the prospect of the largest growing population demographic in Canada voting en

masse. And what a beautiful thing that would be.

Liz Stonard, Port Alberni

Clark’s quest for dam glory To the Editor,

Once upon a time B.C.’s current Liberal premier was content to play the leading lady in that farcical mini-series, ‘Calamity Clark Goes to Victoria’.

When Christy Clark was personally defeated in the last provincial election, she was forced to find a politically safe seat. She chose

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Westside-Kelowna, the luxurious bastion of conservative values and the ancestral home of the fabled Bennett family.

Clark has now become enthralled with the legacy of the late Premier ‘Wacky’ Bennett, the renowned builder of hydroelectric dams.

Although times have changed, Clark has become intoxicated by her fantasy of becoming another legendary builder of mega-projects.

For her own selfaggrandizement she is charging into the Peace River valley with the same

recklessly bravado displayed by General George Custer in 1876, when he foolishly and fatally attacked the Plains Indians at the Little Bighorn River.

Perhaps her approval of this “dam” $9 billion project will go down in the history books as ‘Premier Clark’s Last Stand’.

Hopefully the First Nations people of the Peace River will cut Clark’s hyper-inflated ambition down to size with court challenges and thereby save British Columbians from drowning in a reservoir of red ink.

Lloyd Atkins, Vernon

Shift could be benefit for B.C. What will make people want to stop in Port Alberni?

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This included orchards, dairy farms and the homes of 2,000 people.

Those dams hold back spring flood water and provide for irrigation that has allowed Washington to expand its agriculture to a $5 billion-a-year industry.

The treaty shares the value of hydroelectric power generated by the many downstream U.S. dams such as the Grand Coulee, but it pays B.C. nothing for

agricultural benefits that were achieved at the cost of B.C. farms and aboriginal territories.

O’Riordan notes that climate shifts create a strategic benefit for B.C. The U.S. has no more dam capacity to exploit, and needs us more than ever, for flood protection and water supply.

Tom Fletcher is legislature reporter and columnist for Black Press.

Twitter: @tomfletcherbc E-mail: tfletcher@blackpress.ca

T. LYMAN JARDIN Guest shot To the Editor,

An interesting debate was recently batted around in a forum on alberni.ca. The subject: should Port Alberni continue to go for big industry, or should a more diversified economy be the focus. Wes Brick’s letter to the editor (Celebrate what we’ve got here, Dec. 25) segues with this debate.

Returning to the debate referenced, I asked: “how successful has Port Alberni

been in landing new ‘big industry’ in the last 20 years compared to the economic success of Coombs”?

Respondents to this question said “but they have the goats on the roof”.

What a brilliant idea that was! Years ago we might have had just such an idea.

Councillor Ken Hoffman, in the late 1970s suggested big rotating flashing fish to be placed, as I recall, in the Victoria Quay area. The idea was pooh-poohed. Shortly after, Ken left town and had a very successful career in Surrey politics.

Jump forward to 2007.

Remember the hoop la

around the Bear Tracks and Lumberjacks “branding” exercise? Great, I thought.

“Make tracks in the valley” was suggested as wording.

The logical shape of a sign was a bear paw. It all made sense. But instead of a refreshing “Make tracks in the Alberni Valley” welcome sign, we got a generic traditional “Welcome to the Alberni Valley”. Another missed opportunity.

The “branding process”,it seems, was a dollar wasting exercise in futility.

In crossing Canada the Wawa “big goose” or the Sudbury big nickel draw attention. The recent big

fish beside the Chamber of Commerce office is interesting and humourous.

A bigger one is apparently on the hook; hopefully, it doesn’t get away.

The question remains: “What will make people want to stop in Port Alberni”?

Could the “grand trestle bridge” over Roger Creek gorge, as envisioned by John Mayba, become a drawing card? Does the Hole in the Wall have potential?

This council, I hope, will find the secret and courage needed to re-build a prosperous valley.

T. Lyman Jardin, Port Alberni

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Although New Year’s day is celebrated on many different dates in various cultures, most of the world holds to January 1st (dating back to 45 AD). The common thread, no matter what the day, is the sense of a new beginning. In Old Testament times the Day of Atonement was the day when the sanctuary was cleansed and all the records of past sins symbolically removed. In our culture New Year’s day is a great time for Christians to look back and evaluate the past year. Have I been putting first things first? Have I been a channel for God’s spirit of love? Also a time to say, “forgetting those things which are past, I press forward”. God wants no one to be guilt laden but in faith to ask for forgiveness and the gift of His Spirit to live in assurance of His love and acceptance.

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t’s that time of year again when I start talking about making a list of New Year’s resolutions and my husband starts declaring his disdain for them.

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As far as I can tell, one of the biggest reasons most of us don’t succeed with our resolutions is because we have an all-or-nothing mentality, and we tend to view our first setback as absolute failure, rather than a mere obstacle to overcome.

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A well-developed plan that allows for

‘I will be sure to include the following as one of the most important goals on my list: Enjoy the process.’ these occasional missteps can make the difference.

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“The beauty of it is the material is ground down into chips and mulch and is used in parks’ composting. We believe there is a bit of a void there right now and there are a lot of Christmas trees that need a place to go,” said KidSport president Ron Doetzel, who retired last year from Parks and Rec. Up until three years ago, volunteers from Boy Scouts used to drive around the city collecting trees by donation and had them chipped.

However, no Boy Scout units have operated for the past two or three years so no one has been collecting trees. Volunteers with Alberni District Secondary School’s rugby team handed out cards about tree recycling with every Christmas tree they sold this year, helping to spread the word.

The tree chipping service “will prevent trees from being thrown or tossed into an alley,” park supervisor Jacob Colyn added.

KidSport is not providing pickup, however; people will have to bring their trees to the Multiplex themselves.

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I’ve looked at some of my lists from years past and I can see that the more thought I put into each goal, the better my results have been. I now know that “write a book” is too broad and

vague as is—it needs a detailed strategy.

To accomplish this objective I must tackle it in more manageable bite-sized chunks.

Author E.L. Doctorow once said: “Writing is like driving at night in the fog.

You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”

This analogy doesn’t just apply to bestselling historical novels, but to any lofty goal.

Breaking down our big ambitions into smaller, more achievable tasks can keep us from getting overwhelmed and feeling stuck.

Another important element to realizing our dreams is our willingness to seriously focus on them—not just when we create our lists, but when our motivation dwindles and we lose our way.

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Angela Spence, left, and Kimmy Schulze from John Paul II Catholic School do some wrapping for the Society of St. Vincent de Paul.

Students from John Paul II Catholic School and their families spent some of their time before Christmas helping with the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul.

Students wrapped gifts for children on the society’s list, collected food donations, toiletries, warm clothing (toques, socks, scarves) throughout the year that were included in hampers delivered to families in need, and helped make up food hampers.

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Grant Gibson, front left, of the Alberni Valley Lions Club donates a cheque for $500 to St. Vincent de Paul president Mike O’Gorman with help from fellow club members Don Hudson and Russ McLaughlin.

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‘I’m a sucker for fresh starts’ That’s when we need to take some time to re-focus and re-commit.

In the past year, I found myself needing to do that often. Life can get messy and becoming distracted can easily blur our vision and take our eyes off the prize.

For that reason I’m a sucker for fresh starts.

The first of a new year is my favourite, but a new month, new week or even a new day is also a great opportunity to re-energize.

And just thinking about what I want to accomplish is never enough. I need to personally document my intentions to solidify and prioritize their level of

importance.

New Year’s resolutions, to me, are simply a written list of attainable goals that I plan on achieving in the following year.

Imperfection will inevitably play a part, as will persistence and a constant re-focusing as I go along.

But to avoid working for the future rather than living in the

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They also helped serve and clean up in the parish hall during a Christmas dinner for single and bereaved parishioners.

The Society of Saint Vincent de Paul was founded by a group of young people in France in 1833 under the leadership of Frederic Ozanam, a 20-year-old student in Paris. Members felt the need to practise their Christian faith in action rather than words so they dedicated their lives to serving the poor on a person to person basis by sharing their time, talents, friendship and possessions with them.

Since then the Society has spread to 114 countries. With nearly one million members worldwide it is the largest lay organization within the Catholic church.

The society is active in the Alberni Valley, says Mike O’Gorman, president of the local society. As Catholic schools on Vancouver Island support their respective chapters, the Alberni Valley society is helped by John Paul II—and uses its meeting, food and furniture storage rooms.

This year the Port Alberni society visited approximately 400-500 families throughout the year, and delivered substantial food hampers to 50 families at Christmas, a society spokesperson noted.

All the gifts (103 this year) plus 50 turkeys, were donated by the parishioners of the Holy Family Notre Dame Catholic Church.

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Our writer: Valley Seniors is a monthly feature compiled by Orlando Delano and featuring residents living in Port Alberni seniors complexes.

Fiddlers play for the love of music One of the outstanding and wonderful additions to the Port Alberni musical world began over seven years ago when a group of musicians and music lovers gradually started getting together to play fiddles and other instruments and entertain the Valley citizens. It was the beginning of a group that would perform together for the love of music and for the love of sharing their skills, with seniors and other segments of our population.

Under ¨the creed to promote the playing and enjoyment of Old Time Fiddle music’” the group volunteers to perform at the Seniors Care Homes as a community service on a regular basis. They officially became the Alberni Valley Old Time Fiddlers, Branch #19 of the B.C Old Time Fiddlers Association in 2008. And thanks to Abbeyfield, the group had the opportunity to start practicing in their living room on a weekly basis, and becoming a great addition to the residents’ musical programs. With more members added, the group moved their practice sessions to the “AbbeyHall” basement room at no

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Six years on, the ensemble counts with almost 30 members, about 15 fiddlers, plus guitars, piano, mandolin, banjo, wash-tub bass and Irish whistles.

Although some of the musicians are self-taught, many have attended Fiddle Camps and workshops. Informal lessons are sometimes held within a regular practice when introducing a new piece of music.

“This music has been played for many generations in our country, from our great grandparents to successive descendants, and we continue with this tradition,” says Gordie McConnell, President and co-founder of the local Old Time Fiddlers.

Throughout the years, he has entertained thousands

in the Valley and beyond, playing on his own and with bands.

He plays evrything from from guitar and banjo to the steel guitar. His wife Myrna, a piano player and singer, has also been an important part of the ensemble, since its formation, as well.

“Myrna has sung all her life,” comments McConnell.

In addition to performing at Abbeyfield; the group also brings their music to Fir Park Village and Heritage Place on alternating Wednesdays, and on the fourth Monday of each month (May to September), they hold a regular practice followed by a presentation to the residents of Rainbow Gardens. Special appearances by the group also take place at Echo Village and West Haven.

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tradition has recently been added to the Year End celebrations at both Fir Park and Echo Villages. The Old Time Fiddlers take part in the closing of the year with music at these two seniors’ homes on Dec. 31!

Gail Ross, one of the directors who writes on the activities of the local fiddlers for the B.C. Old Time Fiddlers Association

newsletter, plays the fiddle and the whistle, while husband Ron, the wash-tub bass and the harmonica.

“At the time I joined the group, I used to play guitar and I did not know how to play the fiddle; so, by practicing on a regular basis and with other musicians’ support, I learned to play it,” she said.

The Old Time Fiddlers are getting more and more popular in our community and other Island’s areas.

In addition to their various steady public performances, they have special presentations at the McLean Mill, Art Rave, July 1st festivities, Sunshine Club Dances, Fall Fair, etc.

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They have played for a couple of weddings and family reunions.

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Tom Fletcher’s yearend interview with Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad.

Tom Fletcher: Can you tell me about some agreements with First Nations you have in the works for 2015?

John Rustad: On the LNG front, we have agreements with approximately 20 nations that we have signed and we’ll be announcing some time into the new year. I can’t give you more details than that, but they include the coast, some of the sites where LNG facilities will be, and some of them of course are also pipeline benefit agreements.

It’s been a good year for us with LNG negotiations. We have another 20 nations that we’re working with and with a few exceptions, most of those are moving along relatively well.

Fletcher: One of the agreements signed recently was a benefit agreement with the Wet’suwet’en First Nation. At the same time we have one or two hereditary chiefs at the Unist’ot’en camp (accessible by logging road from Houston), with support from professional environmentalists, and they’re adamantly opposed to gas or oil pipelines. Have I got that right?

Rustad: I wouldn’t characterize it that way. Here is how the Wet’suwet’en people are divided.

There is the office of the Wet’suwet’en, which is all of the hereditary chiefs from the Wet’suwet’en areas. And then there are six elected bands, four of which have asserted their territory, working with their hereditary chiefs, and those are the Wet’suwet’en First Nation, the Skin Tyee First Nation, the Nee Tahi Buhn Indian Band

and the Burns Lake Indian Band.

And then there is the Moricetown Band and Hagwilget, which have not asserted their territory but work under the Office of the Wet’suwet’en.

The Unist’ot’en is one hereditary chief, and the Unist’ot’en family is involved in the blockade. So I’m hopeful, we’ve been working with them.

I’m optimistic that in the new year we may be able to find a resolution to that particular issue.

Fletcher: Another highlight of the year, the Site C dam announcement on the Peace River. We’ve got Treaty 8 First Nations who remain opposed.

They signed their treaty in 1899, it surrendered the territory east of the Rockies and it protects their traditional hunting, trapping and fishing. The joint review panel on Site C said there are impacts here that really can’t be mitigated. What’s the duty of the Crown in that situation?

Rustad: Obviously we have a duty of consultation, and where appropriate accommodation.

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Aboriginal Relations Minister John Rustad, left, meets with Tsilhqot’in chiefs Roger William and Joe Alphonse at Rustad’s legislature office.

Moberly First Nations, who are arguably most impacted by this project, it’s going to be challenging. It has significant impact on them directly as a people, so we’re going to need to find ways to mitigate. You can’t mitigate the fact that the valley will be flooded, but find some other things that we can do with the nation.

Fletcher: Can those opposed stop Site C? Rustad: Obviously there are some legal challenges out there.

I would say Site C has probably been the most studied major project in British Columbia’s history. There have been conversations that have gone on for 30-plus years and a lot of engagement with First Nations on it. I can’t say what a judge will say.

Fletcher: The Tsilhqot’in court decision recognizing aboriginal title was a big event in 2014.

Are people reading too much into that as a precedent for other First Nations, or is that territorial claim really unique?

Rustad: It is unique. There has never before been a declaration of aboriginal title in Canada. It’s also unique as a very long court case that led to that decision.

One thing that isn’t unique, we know that aboriginal title exists, it’s in the Canadian constitution. The courts have said that it exists but they have never defined exactly where it was.

When you look at how the definition was applied for the Tsilhqot’in decision, that was known

as well, in terms of the continuous occupation prior to 1864 [Chilcotin war], their continuous and exclusive use.

This is the first direct title award. It certainly has raised expectations, and from our perspective, we want to do as the courts have said, and that is sit down and negotiate. What does this mean? How do we work with First Nations to define their aboriginal title for those nations who want to do that.

Fletcher: Your party was strongly opposed to the Nisga’a treaty when it was signed by the previous government. It’s been quite a journey since

then, hasn’t it?

Rustad: It truly has been. When you look at where relationships between the province and First Nations have gone over that period, it has been a similar journey. When we decided to take the path of the New Relationship back in 2005, things have changed dramatically.

We went from having virtually no agreements between the province and First Nations to today, where just in the last four years alone, we’ve signed more than 200 significant revenue sharing agreements. We have hundreds of other agreements, on education, social services, health, capacity funding, etc.

We’ve come a long way in really what’s been a relatively short period of time, but we still have a lot of ground to make up.

When you look back on Nisga’a and where the province was, and how the relationship has transformed and evolved, it is the direction that we need to go. And that means governments need to be flexible and find paths forward, following the courts

and the constitution.

And more importantly, find ways to build respectful relationships. It’s critical for our economy.

Fletcher: What are your goals in 2015?

Rustad: Over this past year when I’ve had the honour of being the minister, we originally had a goal of 10 nontreaty agreements by 2015, and then when I came in we added an additional 10. I think we’re now over 50 non-treaty agreements.

We’ve signed a significant number of incremental treaty agreements, we have four treaty agreements in principle that are on the table, and we have moved forward with two other treaties that will be fully implemented by 2016.

But I think looking forward, the conversations that we’re going to be having with regards to mining, the work we’ll be doing with the Tsilhqot’in, the need we have to go out and have conversations around things like forestry and title … I think it’s going to be an exciting year.

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“I love this restaurant,” says Schell. “I love Tofino, I love Lisa—this is a beautiful book.

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There are great stories of Tofino’s tribe of cool people and delicious seafocused recipes.

Vancouver Island: Imagine (MacIntyre Purcell Publishing Inc., softcover)

With images by award-winning Comox Valley photographer Boomer Jerritt and text by bestselling author Peter Grant of Victoria, this photo book is pure magic.

Many communities from the Island, including the Alberni Valley, are featured in this book.

Vancouver Island: Imagine celebrates the grit and joy of the islands’ people through Jerritt’s stunning photos and Grant’s experienced storytelling.

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A place is shaped by its people, and Horsfield and Kennedy highlight notable figures of past and present: the merchants, missionaries, sealers and settlers; the eternally optimistic prospectors, the Japanese fishermen and their families; the hippies, storm- and whalewatchers.

Offering an overall survey of the history of the area, Tofino and Clayoquot Sound is extensively researched and illustrated with photos and maps.

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Schella lived in Prague in one of the places featured in Kundera’s novel, and the city still holds a place in her heart.

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Dave McCormick Port Alberni Port Authority “I always have a coffee table book on the go and it’s always a sports one,” says McCormick.

He likes books from

different cities, the “then and now” ones but “with the passing of Jean Beliveau, “I pulled Canadien Legends: Montreal’s Hockey Heroes out. I like sports and history so it’s perfect.”

He’s currently rereading The Dixon Cornbelt League by W.P. Kinsella. A lifelong Chicago Cubs fan, McCormick likes the metaphor that Kinsella makes with baseball; unlike any other sport, the sidelines in baseball aren’t clearly defined.

Instead, “the first base line and the third base

line extend forever.”

But when he’s not reading about baseball, he always has a little time to wander down memory lane and with his little nephew here for Christmas, he pulled out the original French version of the classic The Hockey Sweater.

“It’s such a great little story and I like to practice my French.”

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E-mail us at editor@ albernivalleynews.com if you’d like to share a book (send us a selfie, too!) you’re enjoying.

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Jessie Downton of the Johnston Road CoOp presents Rowemary McKinnell with the 50” television she won on December 24th.

Alberni Toyota donated clothing, food, toiletries and Christmas donations to the Bread of Life, from left to right are Dawn McMillan interim co-ordinator for the Bread of Life, Kristen Connell, Toyota, Chris Turner, Toyota, Wynita Jaworski, Toyota and Bread of Life board member Dennis Dalla-Vicenza.

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