North Island Gazette, January 22, 2015

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‘Namgis to raze St. Michael’s J.R. Rardon Gazette editor ALERT BAY—After casting a shadow over Alert Bay — figuratively and literally — for the better part of a century, the St. Michael’s Indian Residential School building is coming down.

The monolithic, fourstorey brick structure has loomed over the bay as a stark reminder of one of the darker chapters in the history of colonial relations with Canada’s aboriginal peoples. Though vacant for 12 years, except for periodic occupancy by carvers working out of its basement, the building has continued to draw survivors and family members who walk the halls or stand outside as part of personal healing rituals.

And the demolition of the building will be attended by a healing/cleansing ceremony expected to draw hundreds on Feb. 18.

“We want to celebrate the passing of a dark historical time by igniting new hope and optimism through continued healing and the potential for reconciliation,” said Verna Ambers, assistant administrator for the ‘Namgis Band, whose own mother attended the school for eight years before its closing at the end of 1974. “I think it’s going to be a sad time and

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Mike Willie of SeaWolf Adventure Tours, right, leads a tour group up the slope to the now-vacant St. Michael’s Indian Residential School. The building is scheduled for demolition beginning next month.

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a happy time. It’s going to be very emotional.”

The decision to raze the building was approved by the ‘Namgis First Nation council last summer, but logistics and protocol dictated that “we sat on it,” as Ambers said. “We had to give a lot of consideration to survivors. People often say, ‘Oh, it happened a long time ago; let it go.’

But it’s not that easier for the survivors.”

Requests for proposal were submitted late last year, and the contract was expected to be awarded this week, after the Gazetted went to press with its print edition.

The demolition will take an extended period of time, said Wayne Cook, Capital and Housing Coordinator for the ‘Namgis.

“Asbestos remediation, that’s the first part,” said Cook. “Then we’ll have the

demolition, and the final part is soil remediation.

We’re working toward having it done by March 31, but that’s a best-case scenario.”

The ‘Namgis have no plans to rebuild on the location. Ambers said part of the property would be given over to parking for the adjacent U’mista Cultural Centre. Some of the bricks will be retained for the construction of a

prospective memorial, though the type and time frame of the memorial have not yet been determined.

The building and adjoining property was transferred in 1975 to the ‘Namgis First Nation.

It then housed the band offices, along with a North

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Gazette staff PORT HARDY—Three suspects were arrested following a break-and-enter at Sporty’s Bar and Grill early Sunday morning.

A 19-year-old Nanaimo man who recently moved to the area and two youths face charges of break and enter and theft.

Port Hardy RCMP responded to a break and enter in progress at 3:30 a.m. Jan. 11 at the busiSporty Bar & Grill in Port Hardy ness, located at 8700 Hastings was hit with a break-and-enter last Street. week, a year after a similar breakEntry was gained through a in shown in this file photo. window that was smashed by J.R. Rardon a large brick. The parties were

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“...the community is much safer with the persons responsible for this crime in police custody.”

SSgt. Gord Brownridge gone prior to police arrival, and several bottles of liquor were stolen.

The RCMP examined video surveillance and interviewed witnesses who assisted in the

identification and arrest of the three people.

“The apprehension of these suspects was a priority for my officers and today the community is much safer with the persons responsible for this crime in police custody”, said Staff Sergeant Gord Brownridge, officer in charge of the Port Hardy RCMP. The two youths were remanded in police custody and were scheduled to appear in Port Hardy Courts Jan. 13. The adult male was released to appear at a later date.

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No plans to rebuild on old school ground from page 1 Island College campus and health services treatment centre, along with a cafeteria and even a cabaret lounge in the basement, for more than two decades.

In 2003 it was renamed ‘Namgis House, though it never shook its identity as St. Michael’s Indian Residential School.

“When we had the treatment centre there, one of the healing issues was people wanting to walk into

building and experience that again,” said Ambers, who worked there when it housed the Band offices.

“You’d be working and hear people screaming and crying. We asked the treatment centre to let us know when people were coming in, because we didn’t always know what was happening.”

The building proved too expensive to keep up, however, and tenants eventually drifted away.

“Initially, we thought we could save that building,” said Ambers. “But every year it ran a deficit, and it got out of hand.”

When the current ‘Namgis administrative building was completed earlier this century, St. Michael’s was finally abandoned.

Since then, it has deteriorated dramatically. A flood resulting from burst water pipes on the upper floor five years ago drove

the last carvers from the basement, and the building has now become a health and safety concern.

“The inside walls are collapsing and one outside wall is bulging, so it’s starting to become a dangerous place,” Ambers said. “No matter how many times we board it up, the kids keep getting in there.”

The residential school in Alert Bay was actually established by the Anglican Church in 1982.

When St. Michael’s was constructed by the government in 1928, with room for 200 live-in students, it was the largest of the schools under Anglican administration.

The residential school concept has since come under criticism for forcing students to surrender their native language and other cultural attributes.

Mike Willie and Kodi Nelson, joint proprietors of the aboriginal SeaWolf

Adventure Tours, have made St. Michael’s a focal point since beginning their award-winning aboriginal tourism venture in 2013.

“There are some who believe that once it’s gone, people will forget what happened here,” Nelson said while addressing a tour group in front of the school last summer.

“They’d like to make it a museum. (But) we are rising from all this. And we will rise.”

District to name street for Parnham

J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY— The late Port Hardy Mayor Bev Parnham, who took a leading role in battling for healthcare services in the district, will be recognized for those efforts when her name is attached to the street leading to the hospital and new health clinic.

Council voted during its regular meeting last week to approve the naming of a portion of Thunderbird Way south of Granville Street in Parnham’s honour, following her death last spring due to complications from a bacterial infection.

Following an earlier suggestion to that effect, District of Port Hardy staff prepared a draft bylaw with several potential suggested names for the street. It also canvassed owners of business along the road who would be impacted by a change of address, and received positive responses from all of those who returned the survey.

Council voted unanimously to name the street for Parnham and directed staff to draft a bylaw for presentation at council’s next meeting Jan. 26.

Jeff Long, Director

of Corporate and Development Services, noted the draft included a decision by council on the actual name of the street. Coun. Jessie Hemphill suggested an email survey of council members on the name, with the consensus decision forwarded to staff to include in the final proposed bylaw.

Names proposed in the district’s draft included Parnham Way, Parnham Place, Bev Parnham Way and Bev Parnham Place.

Hardy backs Warriors Council heard from a delegation led by Russ Hellberg, requesting in-kind assistance and attendance from Council at the start of the second annual Wounded Warrior BC Run, which begins in Port Hardy Feb. 15.

A welcome event will be hosted by the local Canadian Legion and 101 Squadron the evening of Feb. 14.

The run, which covers 600 kilometres to its terminus in Victoria in support of veterans and current members of the Canadian Forces suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder and other servicerelated ailments, begins at 6 a.m. the following

morning at Carrot Park.

Helberg, who appeared with Don Ford and 101 Squadron representative Lou Lepine, requested the appointment of a councillor to the local organization committee, and Coun.

Rick Marcotte agreed to fill the role.

Hellberg also asked for a link to the event on the District’s website and a notice in its calendar of activities.

Community Forest Council approved the appointment of Dave Nelson to a twoyear term on the board of the North Island

Council Meeting Port Hardy Community Forest, which is jointly owned by the District, the Town of Port McNeill and the Village of Port Alice.

“They recently gave us a $100,000 cheque, so we like them,” Mayor Hank Bood quipped of the Community Forest Board.

Nelson has served for the past year and was seeking an extension of his term. He was previously approved by Port McNeill’s council.

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Committee appointments Council approved its committee appointments for the coming term, with Hemphill calling attention to the creation of a new First Nations Relationship

Building Committee and approving of its addition.

“I think it’s not only a promising step, it’s a necessary step; it’s an important step,” said Bood. “I think it’s obvious to everybody that the native villages that

border our town do border our town. The only thing that separates us is an imaginary line between the regional district and the District of Port Hardy. So we obviously have a lot of things we need to do together.”

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You are cordially invited to attend an open house hosted by 0917228 BC Ltd. owned by Grieg Seafood BC Ltd. at Black Bear Resort Hotel, 1812 Campbell Way, Port McNeill, BC from 4 pm. to 8 pm. on Tuesday, February 10, 2015. Also in attendance will be representatives from the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

The purpose of the open house is to seek public comments on activities that may occur at or in the vicinity of the proposed finfish aquaculture facilities located at District Lot 2538 and District Lot 2539, Range 1, Coast District. 0917228 BC Ltd. owned by Grieg Seafood BC Ltd. has submitted an application to occupy Crown foreshore for the purpose of finfish aquaculture and the related works associated with that purpose.

This open house will be an opportunity for the public, interest groups and agencies to provide comments on other uses or activities that occur at the proposed application site. It is also an important opportunity to share information regarding the geographical placement of the site and details of the proposed operation.

We look forward to meeting with you on Tuesday, February 10, 2015, 4 pm – 8 pm at Black Bear Resort Hotel, 1812 Campbell Way, Port McNeill, BC.

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Big, bad wolf B.C.’s favourite scapegoat The disconnected B.C. government may be smoking just a wee too much B.C. bud these days. First, they’re opening B.C.’s vault of natural beauty to a new type of tourist — thousands of foreign trophy hunters who will take food from the tables of B.C. hunters so they can mount natural B.C. in their family rooms.

And now we come to the culling of up to 184 wolves by snipers operating out of helicopters.

Sounds like a page out of Alaska, where they kill wolves with 50-calibre machine guns from helicopters, so there are more moose to sell more moose tags.

That’s the “Apocalypse Now” version of wildlife management; it’s all about the illusion wolves are responsible for the decimation of wildlife populations, when in reality it’s about development and the almighty dollar.

Caribou populations

Our Backyard with Lawrence Woodall have been decimated in Canada due to development, not by wolves.

The George River herd, which numbered over 800,000 in the late 80’s, now numbers fewer than 27,000 and is continuing to decline at an alarming rate.

This was forecasted in the early 90’s

by Caribou biologists, but development went ahead.

Government attempts to blame increased predation and parasites, which is true to a degree, but without the open scar on the landscape due to development, population cycles would’ve

remained stable.

With the Southern Selkirk caribou herd we see the B.C. Government scapegoat the wolves for its demise, but it was habitat destruction and the lack of habitat protection which put the herd at risk. Anyone that has followed me over the years know I’ve defended the Conservation branch, but it appears that the decimation of the conservation authorities under Gordon Campbell in the 90’s has made a mockery of what is expected of them.

A wolf cull is only a quick fix, and unless habitat is quickly restored and protected, the last of the Selkirk herd will fade into history. Caribou don’t coexist well with development; they prefer the canopy of the forest and don’t like to traverse large, open, linear disturbances, where it is a turkey shoot for wolves. As humans

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deforest regions through mining and other forms of development, large open scars on the landscape are created. This allows wolves to move further into caribou territory, where wolves wait on the edges of forests for caribou to migrate across the scars. This means more kills, an environment for a growing wolf pack, and a short-sighted excuse to blame the wolves.

An example of this is the Little Smoky Caribou herd (sevenyear study) which numbers approximately 70 animals. More than 95 per cent of their ter-

ritory is disturbed by industry development. Instead of habitat restoration or protection, the wolf was blamed once again, and a cull began in 2005.

By 2012, 841 wolves had been slaughtered, poisoned or shot from helicopters.

This raises several questions about caribou management by government as energy leases are still being sold, which will likely cause the collapse of the herd and the senseless destruction of hundreds of wolves.

This study looked at adjoining caribou territory under the same

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strains of development where no culls occurred and there was little difference in population fluctuations. Where caribou territories haven’t been impacted by industry, populations remain stable with wolves present.

Are we a species that is bent on destroying all other species at the cost of development?

If you’re telling me there is no alternative to these short sighted projects, then we are a species that is best suited for extinction before we eradicate what’s left of the biodiversity on this planet.

Could any of you

imagine a world without grizzlies, moose, or caribou, and even the wolf, which has constantly been slandered by humans but which plays a major role in wildlife management?

It’s our lack of protecting habitat and the reckless development at all costs that will destroy these animals.

On a lighter note, I also wonder if Christie’s snipers will play Ride of the Valkyries as they fly overhead and butcher innocent wolves.

Lawrence Woodall is a longtime naturalist who has spent much of his life in the outdoors.

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High-speed proves slow going J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT ALICE— Ongoing concerns with the availability of high-speed internet and with mental health services in the village took centre stage last week as North Island MLA Claire Trevena appeared before council during its regular meet-

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Port Alice is currently served by Brooks Cable. Coun. Doug Worthington, who

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“That would be enough to alleviate our wait list,” McDonald said. “Once we get to 100 megs, then we’ll have high-speed.”

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Alert Bay fights airport trespassers David Faren Gazette correspondent ALERT BAY—Ongoing trespassing at Alert bay’s air strip could cause the Village to lose a valued service if the activity is not curbed.

During its regular council meeting Feb. 14, Mayor Michael Berry told council, “we would be delisted,” and “Medivac would not

come here.” Berry was trying to stress the importance of keeping people from engaging in their walks, bicycle rides, and other recreational pursuits on the landing strip. Councillor Lisanne Granger pointed out that Cormorant Island has an aging population and (Medivac) is going to be a needed service.

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January 22 Get Loud at the Library, 7-9 p.m., Sointula branch of VIRL. Loud community party with music and author readings. Come share your poem out loud! All ages.

January 24 Annual Robbie Burns dinner, 6 p.m., Port McNeill Canadian Legion Branch 281. Highland dance, followed by roast beef dinner and haggis served by the Ladies’ Auxiliary. Tickets $20, available by calling Debbie Anderson at 250-956-3682. Or call the Legion at 250956-4551 and leave a message.

January 24 Annual Cain Cup ski and snowboard race (if snow permits!), Mount Cain Ski Area. Registration begins 8:30, followed by the Race on the Face and slalom events. For info, visit www.mountcain.com.

January 24 Mother Goose Song and Rhyme, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Port Hardy branch of Vancouver Island Regional Library.

Free; bring the kids for fun and song. Also in Port Hardy, Short Story Writing with Garth Holden continues each Saturday through Feb. 7, from 2-4 p.m.

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Kathy O’Reilly-Taylor

A welcome turn of the page Hello, everyone. My name is Kathy O’ReillyTaylor and I am delighted to have been appointed the Publisher/Editor of the North Island Gazette.

I decided to relocate to the Island after a visit this summer.

I was moved not only by the sheer beauty of the area, but by how happy people seemed with the way of life the North Island offers.

(Moving to where I will not have to freeze, scraping ice and snow off my windshield every morning, is another bonus.)

I have always loved the ocean, and been fascinated by beachcombing and marine animals, likely because my parents started taking me camping close to beaches in New York and New Jersey every summer, starting when I was just several weeks old. Water has always been a source of peace for me.

So when the opportunity at the Gazette came up, I jumped.

I have worked in the weekly newspaper business for over 20 years. I obtained my Bachelor of Arts degree, with a major in Journalism, from Concordia University in Montreal. After leaving Montreal I spent a few years living in Lake Louise and Vancouver before starting my career as a sports reporter for the Hinton Parklander, a weekly newspaper in a pulp and coal mining town in northern Alberta.

After a maternity leave break, I moved on to the Camrose Canadian — an agricultural community and home of the annual country music Big Valley Jamboree — as a general news reporter.

The next move was south to the town of Pincher Creek, where I became the editor of the Pincher Creek Echo. Over the next 12 years, I became Publisher of the Echo, the Crowsnest Pass Promoter, the summer publication the Waterton/Glacier Boundary, two monthly magazines and numerous specialty publications. Prior to taking on my new role at the North Island Gazette, I had been selling advertising in Lethbridge for the Southern Alberta Newspaper Group.

In my spare time, I enjoy horseback riding, reading, and camping. I have recently started doing stained glass, which I have found to be a pretty amazing hobby. I love the process of creating something beautiful out of nothing, which is why I think I also enjoy gardening so much.

I am proud to have belonged to a group of volunteers called the Pincher Planters that helped Pincher Creek win a national “Communities in Bloom” title.

It is great to be at the helm of a weekly newspaper again.

I invite you to stop in to the office to say hello, offer suggestions about the newspaper and your ideas for stories you would like to see in its pages.

It takes a community to raise a newspaper, too.

Tell us, is anyone listening?

Dear editor, The telephone’s down in our town; been down damn near a month, with little regard by Telus for those of us living on the edge.

Been much that way since swallowing old B.C. Tel by us oldsters, who doggedly maintain our landlines as our “lifeline” to the Outside, not trusting (with obvious good reason) the costly, newfangled “cell”.

With increasing failing service (still stuck with dial-up email), some eventually adopted both AirCard and the Cell with some hope to maintain a bare link to emergency services should the need arise.

Despite the tower being on the hill above our heads (apparently in a shadow), reception is, at best, conditional in fall and winter despite the leaves being off the trees. Although that may be a blessing when you click online and watch those megabytes speed on by!

When first the line went down, climbing to a high point above the road to gain cell reception, then patiently explaining that you cannot possibly, simultaneously, call and answer your own “landline” while standing, freezing the family jewels while getting dizzy spinning, ineffective-

ly, to sustain a signal on your cell.

Finally, gained a commitment three weeks on, for a fix which then was cancelled late on the day arranged. Told their technician couldn’t get a boat.

Bullhoockey! Not that they couldn’t, but that they wouldn’t, wanting a trip out here on the cheap, for us landline’s again thrown on the heap with a reschedule for next week. Guess we’ll see.

Upon relating the story with the ‘Merican neighbour down the way, one burns green with envy when shown Verizon with five clear bars while I can

rarely raise one, my weak (tongue-in-cheek) response is the North Island rendition of Pilates — reach up for the ceiling! Scrunch on down in the window well!

Might try trotting up and down the road in wind, rain, hail — guaranteed to keep you fit and well!

While attempting ineffectually to get a signal on your cell!

But I shouldn’t be telling Telus this or they’ll add that to my bill as well!

If, as we are so often reminded, that “Telus is our future,” then you just gotta shake your head.

Paul “Kip” Beck Quatsino

Dear editor, Since the removal of the large green recycle bins, many people are dumping their garbage in the bush around Port Hardy.

All you have to do is go for a drive on the bush roads around here and you will see all kinds of refuse dumped all over the place.

This kind of practice is

very poor for the environment, as well as looking like hell.

To help prevent this kind of practice, bring back the recycle bins.

Please consider this request.

Thank you, for the environment.

Jim Evans Port Hardy

Bring back recycle bins

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January 23-25 Curling Fort Rupert Curling Club ladies open bonspiel. Draw times to be announced; concession, lounge open throughout weekend.

For info or to register, email porthardycurling@gmail.com.

Jan. 30-Feb. 1 Minor hockey Port Hardy Minor Hockey Bantam tournament, Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena. Game times tba; raffle table, 50/50 draws, concession, more.

February 7 Rep hockey North Island Eagles atom development hosts Sooke, 4 p.m., Port McNeill.

February 8 Rep hockey North Island Eagles atom development hosts Sooke, 10 a.m., Port McNeill.

February 14 Rep hockey North Island Eagles atom development hosts Kerry Park, 3 p.m., Port Hardy.

February 20-22 Minor hockey Port Hardy Minor Hockey Midget tournament, Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena. Game times tba; raffle table, 50/50 draws, concession, more.

February 21 Rep hockey North Island Eagles atom development hosts Peninsula, 4 p.m., Port McNeill.

February 22 Rep hockey North Island Eagles atom development hosts Peninsula, 10 a.m., Port McNeill.

Feb. 28-March 1 Curling Fort Rupert Curling Club hosts the annual Hugh Fraser Memorial men’s open bonspiel.

Bulls break through in memorial J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY— The Port Hardy Bulls finally discovered the secret to ending the rival Warriors’ mastery of the annual Gilbert Walkus Memorial Game.

Keep them off the scoreboard.

Blueliner Dylan Dirom scored a shorthanded goal in the first five minutes and goalie Colin Hunko and his defence made it stand up as the Bulls notched a 1-0 win and snapped the Warriors’ unbeaten run in the fifth year of the memorial showdown.

“We all went out with a good attitude and decided to have some fun,” said Dirom.

“We’ve had five years to catch up; I’m glad we got the ‘W’.”

The game is played in honour of former Warrior standout Gilbert Walkus Jr., who died in an apartment fire along with two other people on New Year’s day in 2010. A tribute game between

The Bulls’ Shawn Desrosiers, left, loses his footing while giving chase to the Warriors’ Cole Schneider during the annual Gilbert Walkus Memorial hockey game at Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena Friday.

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the Bulls and Warriors was played later that month, and the following year the memorial game was established as an annual event.

“This is probably twice as intense as a regular-season game (against the Warriors),” Dirom said. “We look forward to it all year, and the crowd that

comes out is always so supportive. We want to put on a good show for them.”

The game is traditionally played the first weekend of each year, but this year’s contest was delayed two weeks and put together on just five-days’ notice. Still, a sizeable audience was on hand to observe a

minute of silence and watch as Gil’s sons, Braden and Bryce, both scored ceremonial shootout goals against Hunko before the official puck drop.

Braden, now 12, has taken the shot each of the five years of the memorial. Bryce, who turned 10 the next day, was taking part for the

first time but calmly skated in and lifted a forehand shot over Hunko’s left leg pad and just inside the post as the crowd cheered.

That was the last time Hunko turned to scoop a puck out of the net.

With the Bulls displaying a solid forecheck in the early going, even on the

team’s first penalty kill, Dirom converted a cross from Ethan Shaw from the right point at 4:36. The shot appeared to be redirected in traffic, and Dirom said teammate Darryl Coon Jr. claimed to have tipped it.

“I’ll give him credit,” Dirom said with a smile.

Both teams had solid chances the remainder of the period, but Hunko and Warriors netminder Jason Saunders were each up to the task.

Hunko got much busier in the second and final period, when the Warriors turned up the pressure and were aided by a string of Bulls penalties. The final 4:11 provided numerous scoring opportunities for the Warriors, who enjoyed a pair of power plays and skated 6-on-4 over the final minute after pulling Saunders for an extra attacker.

“Our goaltender stood on his head,” said Dirom. “Hunko was outstanding.”

Peewees pummel visiting Juan de Fuca Gazette staff PORT HARDY— Luke Gage capped a monster weekend Sunday with a hat trick that included the game-winning goal as the North Island Eagles peewee hockey team topped Juan de Fuca 5-3 in Division 3 league play at Don Cruickshank Memorial Arena.

In an exhibition game between the teams a day earlier, Gage had a hand in every goal of an 11-3 romp over the Grizzlies, scoring four goals and adding seven assists.

The Eagles wrapped up the regular season with a 5-3-2 mark and finished just one point behind Juan de Fuca (6-3-1), which began

the weekend in first place in the league.

The Eagles, however, are its top-scoring team, a status that was not jeopardized last weekend. And with the continued improvement of first-year peewee goalie Kayden Jones and the rest of the defence, the team signaled it could be a force in the coming Tier 3 playoffs.

After a scoreless first period Sunday, Rhys Dutcyvich gave the Eagles a 1-0 lead with a goal at 5:25 of the second. Gage pushed the lead to 2-0 with his first goal less than four minutes later, but the Grizzlies quickly answered to make it 2-1.

That score carried into the third period,

North Island Eagles peewee Mathew Saunders, left, reacts after being tripped by the stick of Juan de Fuca’s Kaden Granberg during their exhibition game in J.R. Rardon Port Hardy Saturday when Juan de Fuca got Dutcyvich and Mathew an unassisted goal from Saunders to make it 3-2 Nathan Bouveur off the at 4:28 of the period, opening face-off to tie and struck again five the contest and put the minutes later to make home crowd on edge it 4-2. Juan de Fuca with 19:42 still to play. found the net again to But Gage scored off close to 4-3 with 5:25 assists from linemates left, but the score held

until Ryan Patterson ended the suspense on an empty-net goal with 30.9 seconds left.

Saunders finished with three assists and Payton Laming added a helper.

Saturday’s scorefest included five goals

by Dutcyvich and one each from Laming and Saunders. Dutcyvich (4) and Saunders (3) were also busy in the assist column as the line combined for nine of the 11 goals. Chelsea Noel also collected a playmaker with three assists, Braden Walkus had two and Patterson added one.

Atoms blanked Trailing Victoria 1-0 in the third period of their game in Port

McNeill Sunday, the Eagles atoms twice had what they thought were goals waived off.

Shortly after the second non-goal, the visiting Hawks took advantage of a power play to push their advantage to 2-0, and added an emptynet score to cap a 3-0 victory.

“The kids played well, and we’re proud of them,” atoms coach Ray Bono said. “They did everything we asked of them. They just came up on the short end of the stick.”

One day earlier, the Eagles earned a 5-5 draw with Victoria after Matthew Datos scored with 4:39 remaining in an exhibition game at Chilton Regional Arena.

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Around the world in 80 ends

J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT McNEILL— The ladies of Broughton Curling Club embarked on a world tour last weekend. And they never had to leave the club.

With a theme of Curling Around the World, the annual Ladies Open Bonspiel encouraged rinkmates to dress in costumes representing different countries, and also to bring food and drink items from those countries to the popular dinner and social that preceded Saturday’s finals.

“I found a tablecloth that loosely resembled plaid,” said Sonya Strang of skip Heather Brown’s “Team Scotland,” who converted the fabric into a vague approximation of a kilt. “I thought, ‘good enough.’ I’ve got a nice, cheap costume.”

Brown squared off against Brenda Drummond’s Team

Canada in the A final, one of three played in a skins format that provided payouts totalling more than $600.

Both skips expressed some confusion about the rules, which required rinks possessing the hammer to score two rocks to earn the “skin” for each end.

A blank or single rock pickup with the hammer resulted in a carryover of that skin to the following end, while a steal was good for the end and the skin.

“We’re still trying to figure out this skins format,” said Bonny Bramham, Brown’s third, as Drummond swept the first three skins in their A final.

“I’m used to playing to win the end, not to get two stones,” Brown added.

Further adding to the confusion was a progressive skins payout which made the later ends more valuable than the early ends.

Once Brown broke the ice with a win in

The mimes of “Team France”, from left, Charlotte Mellstrom, Kat Tjepkema, Lisa Lenarduzzi and Heather Hawley, enjoy the party at Broughton Curling Club during the ladies bonspiel finals Saturday J.R. Rardon the fourth, she rallied split it and get off the hammer nudged Gray’s nicely with Bramham, ice,” said Drummond, shot rock but failed second Denise Blid who finished with to dislodge it, settled and Strang, her daugh- $142.50 while curl- for $60 after her shot, ter and lead. She won ing with Kristen Kerr, which represented a Manke, $50 swing. three of the next four Stephanie Garrick curled with ends to move ahead Tammy Symons and Amy Miller, Neva in the money chase, Serena Foldy.

Ann Gray of Port Perrott and Julia Roy, and finished with $172.50 after she and Hardy’s Fort Rupert all garbed in miniature, Drummond agreed to Curling Club secured feathered Tyrolean caps split the eighth and a steal on the final shot and a rough approxifinal skin instead of of the B final to earn mation of lederhosen. carrying it over to an a $150 payout. Rival Gray and rinkmates skip Jessica Garrick of Megan Cadwallader, extra end.

“We’re happy to Team Germany, whose Kylie Anderson and

Bantams fall short J.R. Rardon Gazette editor PORT HARDY— The North Island Eagles bantam hockey team found little consolation in winning half a hockey game Saturday. After all, the scoreboard reflects the full 55 minutes.

After falling behind 3-0 in the early going and trailing 4-1 at the mid-game, ice-cleaning break, the Eagles controlled play over the second half of the game but managed just one score in a 4-2 loss to Cowichan Valley in the teams’ Division 3 league finale.

The bantams finished 3-6-3 in league play, good for sixth in the seven-team division. On the other hand, Division 3 was heavily-populated by Tier 2 teams, which they will not face as they prepare to host the Provincial Tier 3 playoffs in March in Port Hardy.

Back on the first hand, though, Cowichan is one of the

Tier 3 programs they will have to contend with in the Vancouver Island championships, and Saturday’s game points out the need for a 55-minute team effort, the coaching staff pointed out.

“The effort was there in the first half,” assistant coach Chad McKenzie said. “But when they buy into the team concept, we do well, and they bought into after the break.

That’s why we won the second half.”

Strong goaltending

by Nigel Walkus kept the Eagles in the game early as Cowichan controlled the run of play.

The visitors finally broke through with back-to-back goals barely a minute apart near the end of the first period, and pushed their lead to 4-0 with another pair early in the second period.

Eagles defenseman Evan Fox finally got the hosts on the board with an unassisted score midway through the second, just before

Naomi Stead wore what appeared to be standard curling garb.

When asked what country her rink represented, Gray answered, “The Arctic.”

They shared the region with C Final representative Sarah Russell, who claimed her similarly outfitted rink represented the North Pole.

“We had Santa hats, but nobody could see because they kept falling in our faces when we curled,” Russell said.

After surrendering the opening end to Bronwyn Coyne, Russell and teammates Kathryn Hawrys, Jamie Woodford and Kate Green went on to sweep the next six ends. Coyne, skipping Team France 2, managed to win the final — and most lucrative — end to salvage $30 of the $105 payout for the C final.

Coyne and rinkmates Natalie Diaz, Amanda Kehler-Stevens and

Joanna Galvin sported jaunty berets to indicate their host country. But the prize for best costume went to Team France 1 — Charlotte Mellstrom, Kat Tjepkema, Lisa Lenarduzzi and Heather Hawley — who donned the striped shirts and white face paint of traditional mimes.

Having failed to reach the finals, the mimes watched the action from the upstairs lounge along with Jennie-Lynn Noel’s defending bonspiel champions. Noel’s rink has not competed this season due to other commitments with their childrens’ activities, but came to enjoy the social and watch the finals.

So did they have a favourite rink they were cheering for?

“It’s hard,” said Tricia Ewen, Noel’s third.

“We’ve got friends on all the teams.”

“We’re cheering for curling,” Noel added.

North Island Eagles bantam Elliott Furney, right, pushes back as Cowichan Valley’s Matteo Iorio attemts to run him into the boards during their league game in Port J.R. Rardon Hardy Saturday

the ice-cleaning break, and that seemed to usher in a change in the game.

“It’s amazing what a sense of urgency seems to do for them,” cocoach Greg Fox said.

Tanner Roberts scored on a point-blank rebound at 8:24 of the third to make it 4-2, but the bantams were unable to score again.

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His father was in the Air Force and the family lived at various bases across Canada. They eventually settled in Comox, BC where in 1974 he went to work for Canadian Forest Products as a heavy duty partsman and later in the Fire Shop. He stayed with Canfor for 25 years. In 1976 he met Angelika “Gaylee�

Hornung. They were married in 1977 and had 2 sons. In 2007 they moved to Alberta and had recently settled near Caroline. Mike was a longstanding Legion Member and, other WKDQ KLV IDPLO\ 0LNH¡V SDVVLRQ LQ OLIH ZDV JROI For the past few summers he worked as a greenskeeper in the mornings and would play up to 27 holes after work if there was nobody slowing him down. He won many various local tournaments and just this past summer he shot his best round of 64.

Mike is lovingly remembered by his wife Gaylee, sons Steven (Renee) of Calgary and Craig (Lyndsay) of Caroline, as well as his grandsons, Andrew and Rory. He is also survived by his siblings Anne (Dave) Foden, Donna (Harvey) Rutzen, Jim McCullough, Pat McCullough, and Billy McCullough as well as many nieces, nephews and friends.

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Erwin Renke

With a heavy heart we announce the passing of Erwin Renke, our father, husband, brother, son and uncle who left us suddenly on the morning of Saturday January 17th, 2015 at the age of 81. Erwin was born on October 24th, 1933 to his parents Emil and Emilie Renke in Strassburg in what is currently known as the Republic of Moldova.

He moved with his family across Europe as refugees of World War II through Czechoslovakia, Poland, East Germany and West Germany to then follow his oldest brother Herbert to Canada in 1953.

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Erwin was a fair and generous man whose greatest joys included cooking for friends and family and being out on the salt chuck chasing salmon. Erwin is survived by his wife Christa Renke, son Martin Renke with his wife Davinda, daughter Christine Watson with her husband Dwight, grandchildren Alyssa/ Jeremy and Riley/ Rebecca, respectively, and brothers Herb Renke, Al Renke and Paul Renke and their respective families.

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North Island Church Services

PORT HARDY BAPTIST CHURCH Corner of Trustee & Highland Morning Service 11:00 am Plus regular family activities Office: 250-949-6844 www.porthardybaptistchurch.ca Pastor: Kevin Martineau

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NORTH ISLAND CATHOLIC CHURCHES Father Scott Whittemore 250-9563909 Sunday Masses St. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 430 Chapel St.,Port McNeill: 9am St. Bonaventure 4750 Byng Rd., Port Hardy: 11am St. Theresaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s corner of Nigei St. and Marine Dr., Port Alice: Saturdays 5:00pm Alert Bay: 65 Hemlock St., 2nd & 4th: Saturdays 10am 11/14

ST. COLUMBA ANGLICAN UNITED Reverend Wade Allen 9190 Granville St. Port Hardy Phone 250-949-6247 1:00 p.m. Sunday School and Service Tues., 1:00 pm Bible Study Everyone welcome Meeting rooms available columbac@uniserve.com 11/14

FULL GOSPEL CHURCH 2540 Catala Place Port McNeill (across from Firehall) Sunday 10:30 am - Morning Worship Church Office 250-956-4741 Pastor Stan Rukin Visitors always welcome www.ptmcfullgospel.org 11/14

CHRIST CHURCH ANGLICAN Alert Bay Sunday Services - 10 am Reverend Lincoln Mckoen 1-250-974-5844 Warden Flora Cook 250-974-5945 Warden Joan Stone 250-974-2234 11/14

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH 4680 Byng Rd. Port Hardy Pastor Okumu â&#x20AC;&#x153;Charlesâ&#x20AC;? Lomudak 250-949-8925 or 250-949-8826 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyone welcomeâ&#x20AC;?

Saturday Services 9:30am - Bible Study groups 10:45am - Worship/Praise service Wednesday @ 7pm - Prayer meeting Avalon Adventist Jr. Academy Offering Christian Education 250-949-8243 11/14

PORT MCNEILL BAPTIST CHURCH 2501 Mine Road Sunday 9:45 am (Sept-June) - Sunday School 11:00 am - Worship Service 7:00 pm - Evening Fellowship Youth Group Wed - 7:00 pm Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Programs & Adult Bible Studies are scheduled throughout the year.

For information contact Pastor Dave Purdy â&#x20AC;˘ 250-956-4737 11/14

LIGHTHOUSE RESOURCE CENTRE â&#x20AC;˘ Chaplain Services â&#x20AC;˘ Bible Studies â&#x20AC;˘ Spiritual Counselling â&#x20AC;˘ Weekly AA Groups (8635 Granville St. Port Hardy) 250-949-8125 11/14

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PORT HARDY CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP at Providence Place, 7050 Rupert St Sunday Worship 10:30 am & 7 pm Tuesday Prayer 7:30 pm Midweek Biblestudies - Call the church for time and place 250-949-6466 Pastor George & Karen Ewald (home) 250-949-9674 E-Mail: pastorgeorge@providenceplace.ca 11/14

PORT ALICE ANGLICANUNITED FELLOWSHIP Reverend Wade Allen Sunday Services - 4pm 1-250-949-6247 Box 159, Port Alice You are extended a special invitation to share in our Services 11/14

ST. JOHN GUALBERT UNITED ANGLICAN CHURCH 250-956-3533 Email: gualbert@uniserve.com Please call for worship times Reverend Wade Allen All Welcome 175 Cedar Street Port McNeill 11/14

GWAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;SALA-â&#x20AC;&#x2122;NAKWAXDAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;XW SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH at entrance to Tsulquate Village (8898 Park Dr) Saturday/Sabbath 10:00 am-Sabbath School 11:15 am-Worship Service Pastor Randy Elliott 250-230-1885 cell 11/14

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP)

FOR LOG HAULING SERVICES Tolko Industries Ltd. is a private, Canadian-owned forest products company based in Vernon, BC which manufactures and markets forest products to world Since its beginnings in 1956, Tolko has grown from a small sawmill to become a company diversiďŹ ed by geography and products, with over 3,000 employees in operations across Western Canada. Tolkoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s manufacturing operations produce lumber, unbleached speciality kraft papers, panel products, co-products, biomass power and a number of specialty wood products. For more information, please visit our website at www.tolko.com.

Tolko is interested in seeking individual proposals for a non-replaceable Log Hauling Contract with an annual volume of up to 300,000 tonnes. The work will be based out of Vernon, BC with the majority of the work taking place within the Southern Interior of BC. Prior to obtaining a Request for Proposal (RFP) package, contractors must provide a prospectus with the following information: 1. Company name and contact information, including a phone number and an email address.

2. Brief description of your company and services offered.

3. Previous work history with dates that would pertain to this RFP. Once we have received your prospectus, a package will be sent to you with instructions on how to submit a complete proposal. Tolko reserves the right to reject in whole or in part, any or all proposals for any reason. Completed proposals must be submitted by 5:00pm (PST) on Friday, January 30th.

Until a formal purchase order or other contractual document is ďŹ nalized, signed and accepted

by Tolko, Tolko does not intend to create any contractual relationship (either express or implied) with any entity submitting a proposal or other response to the Tolko request for quotation. As a result, those who submit a proposal are free to modify or withdraw their proposal as they deem appropriate. The successful recipient will be considered an independent contractor.

Company Prospectus and Contractor Proposal(s) can be faxed or emailed to: Attn: Travis Kiel Fax: 250 547 1274 Email: travis.kiel@tolko.com All proposals will be kept conďŹ dential.

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Georgia Murray, left, founder of the Wild Heart Music program in Port McNeill, addresses students prior to their Skype session with the J.R. Rardon Bulembu Children’s Choir in 2013.

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Murray headlines show debut spring concert featuring an appearance by Murray, performed at OrcaFest, joined the Bulembu Children’s Choir of Africa and Murray’s brother, Clifton Murray of the Juno-winning Tenors, on Skype, and sang backup during a performance by West Coast Music Award-winning performer Rick Scott at Gate House Theatre.

Last year, the group performed its second annual spring concert, and reprised its appearance at OrcaFest in addition to singing Christmas carols at a Vancouver Regional Library event in December.

For more info call Deborah Murray at 250-956-3297.